Munz Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 So I bought a android head unit from China and it seems to be denying Poweramp access to system files (both external USB and internal). When I head into Poweramp to select the music library files, it presents me with an "Enable" button for both the internal and external USB storage. When I press Enable on the internal storage, the "No activity found to handle intent" error message comes up. And when I try to press Enable on the USB device, it gives me "The folder selection system component seems to be missing/disabled/frozen on your device. Please enable the component" error. Enabling File Legacy Mode does not help and I've made sure to give Poweramp storage access. What's weird is that the head units custom built-in file explorer/manager app can view all the files just fine and play the music files through the default built-in music player. I've tried installing the Google Files app but even Google Files can't access the USB storage device (it gives me an "Access Denied" error). Obviously, there is something on the Android 11 head unit that's blocking storage access for downloaded apps. I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling Poweramp and factory resetting the head unit. No luck. Does anyone have a workaround for something like this? Open to any ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Sounds like your head-unit doesn't have the necessary file management services available. Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munz Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 @andrewilley I actually installed the Google Files app and nothing changed unfortunately. Even Google Files gives me an "access denied" error when it attempts to load my USB media. I saw that thread and tried this solution with no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Some users have tried other options to fix their devices e.g. Might be worth a try. And just to check, you are not even seeing a list of storage locations when you click the '+' button, you get an error message before that point? Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotleyG Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 3 hours ago, Munz said: What's weird is that the head units custom built-in file explorer/manager app can view all the files just fine and play the music files through the default built-in music player. Sounds like they have heavily modified the base Android OS to only permit their file browser and player to function. Just because it runs on Android doesn't mean they have given you full access to install apps. The same even happens with some portable digital audio players. Have you contacted the manufacturer for support on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munz Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 @andrewilley I did try installing the DocumentsUI application. It installed successfully but the app would crash as soon as I tried to open it. So I never got it working either. Weird thing is, when I went to press the "Enable" button in Poweramp, it would try to open the DocumentsUI app but, like I said before, the app would not open and would crash right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munz Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 @MotleyG Yes. It does seem like this is the case. I reached out to the manufacturer and am waiting on a response. It's weird because I can install any application from the Google Play Store without any issue. It's just having issues letting installed apps dive into internal and external files. I reached out on here hoping someone would have a workaround for this or know of a way for Poweramp to use the native file explorer app on the device instead of it trying to use DocumentsUI to get file information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 What version of Android does it appear to be running? Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munz Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 @andrewilley Android 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 And you can't access any media (not even something on the device's internal storage using Legacy mode?) Might be worth trying a reboot / clear PA app data, and try again? Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munz Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 @andrewilley When I activate legacy mode, I can see all the interal files AND select them. However, my USB device (Music) is still disabled and I can't enable it. I keep getting the no activity found to handle intent error. What is weird is that I just installed VLC player and it successfully loaded all the music from the USB stick. Very weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munz Posted January 11, 2023 Author Share Posted January 11, 2023 Never figured this out. It's unfortunate because I used Poweramp for years. Ended up going with another offline music player application that was successful in scanning my storage device. It was obviously something not aligning between my Android system and the way Poweramp scans storage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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