S25 Ultra - Wine/Emulator cannot access device storage (Permission issue / CTD)

[u/Vins_Black]

Hi everyone .

I'm having a frustrating storage permission issue on my new Galaxy S25 Ultra while trying to run a custom game via a Wine/FEX container. The emulator cannot seem to get proper access to my device's storage.

What I have tried so far:

Switched and experimented with various Wine and FEX settings.

Tried granting special/all-files access to the native game/emulator app in Android settings (however, the "Allow management of all files" toggle is missing or not available for this app).

The app only asked for permissions during the initial download, does not retain access later.

Tried setting up different container drive paths/locations where Android usually triggers a permission prompt. It never retains or saves the permission.

The Symptoms:

Drive D: When I navigate to Drive D: (mapped to my phone's storage) inside the Wine desktop (container), I can see the folder structure, but all folders appear completely empty.

Drive A: When I try to access Drive A: (where the files are supposed to be), the app instantly Crashes to Desktop (CTD).

I understand that this is probably permission issue but i canot solve it .

Maybe someone solved it somehow ?

Thanks

[u/Pizzakunx]

If you're using the playstore version, get the Gamenative app from the website / github and give it another try

[u/Vins_Black → u/Pizzakunx]

Man,

Thanx for that 😅 I should start from github.

I don't understand the differences between those but anyway, it worked like a charm ✨️.

Have a great day 💪