Eclipse file explorer not working with real device

Question

I can use the file explorer fine with the emulator, but when I try to open directories with an actual device, it is unable to open the directory.

I have selected my device under the Devices tab, and I can see the directories under the file explorer tab.

If I try to used adb shell on the cmd line, I can see the directories but when I try to open them I get: "opendir failed, Permission denied"

the permissions on the directory are drwxrwx--x

I feel like there might be some permission setting on the device that I am overlooking, any ideas?

Answer 1

You cannot access most of the filesystem on production devices, except perhaps on rooted ones, by any means, let alone DDMS' file manager.

For your own app, you can use adb shell run-as to copy a file to external storage, then copy it off from there using DDMS' file manager, or adb pull, or just using your normal desktop OS to copy from the mounted storage.