Unable to write to external SD card in Android 6 Marshmallow

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Len Brown 2
Len Brown
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May 20, 2017, 5:01:13 PM via Website

When I try to write to the external SD card on my new Simbans Presto tablet it asks for access to the SD card root. See attached screenshot, which I do not understand.
Nothing I try makes any difference. This happens with every File Manager app I have tried. Anyone know how to fix this?
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James Watson 36
James Watson
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May 21, 2017, 4:02:07 AM via Website

Perhaps you need to grant permissions, 'modify or delete the contents of your SD card' and 'read the contents of your SD card', to your those File Manager apps.

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Len Brown 2
Len Brown
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May 21, 2017, 4:00:37 PM via Website

I've tried to do that, James, but always come up up against the 'Screen overlay detected' bug.

I'm busy trying fix suggestions for that I found on AndroidPit. No luck yet, but I'll keep trying.

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Crystal Reinl
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Jun 9, 2017, 1:34:30 PM via Website

Perhaps you need to update the firmware online.

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Brice Martin 1
Brice Martin
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Jul 14, 2017, 4:04:39 PM via Website

Hello, i just have to turn my SD to Fat32 mode (with linktoSD) before = ext2

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