diff --git a/tests/FlickerTests/AndroidManifest.xml b/tests/FlickerTests/AndroidManifest.xml
index 58f56f29528ca..f9f9d58281714 100644
--- a/tests/FlickerTests/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/tests/FlickerTests/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
     <!-- Read and write traces from external storage -->
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
+    <!-- Allow the test to write directly to /sdcard/ -->
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
     <!-- Write secure settings -->
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS" />
     <!-- Capture screen contents -->
@@ -34,7 +36,8 @@
     <!-- Workaround grant runtime permission exception from b/152733071 -->
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS"/>
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_LOGS"/>
-    <application>
+    <!-- Allow the test to write directly to /sdcard/ -->
+    <application android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true">
         <uses-library android:name="android.test.runner"/>
     </application>
 
diff --git a/tests/FlickerTests/AndroidTestPhysicalDevices.xml b/tests/FlickerTests/AndroidTestPhysicalDevices.xml
index 16504389098c9..abd620f5c1573 100644
--- a/tests/FlickerTests/AndroidTestPhysicalDevices.xml
+++ b/tests/FlickerTests/AndroidTestPhysicalDevices.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         <option name="hidden-api-checks" value="false" />
     </test>
     <metrics_collector class="com.android.tradefed.device.metric.FilePullerLogCollector">
-        <option name="directory-keys" value="/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.android.server.wm.flicker/files" />
+        <option name="directory-keys" value="/sdcard/flicker" />
         <option name="collect-on-run-ended-only" value="true" />
         <option name="clean-up" value="true" />
     </metrics_collector>
diff --git a/tests/FlickerTests/AndroidTestVirtualDevices.xml b/tests/FlickerTests/AndroidTestVirtualDevices.xml
index 222212a74cd03..9a5413ae3ad26 100644
--- a/tests/FlickerTests/AndroidTestVirtualDevices.xml
+++ b/tests/FlickerTests/AndroidTestVirtualDevices.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         <option name="hidden-api-checks" value="false" />
     </test>
     <metrics_collector class="com.android.tradefed.device.metric.FilePullerLogCollector">
-        <option name="directory-keys" value="/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.android.server.wm.flicker/files" />
+        <option name="directory-keys" value="/sdcard/flicker" />
         <option name="collect-on-run-ended-only" value="true" />
         <option name="clean-up" value="true" />
     </metrics_collector>
diff --git a/tests/SurfaceViewBufferTests/src/com/android/test/SurfaceTracingTestBase.kt b/tests/SurfaceViewBufferTests/src/com/android/test/SurfaceTracingTestBase.kt
index a6d3d8f56b927..273833b919503 100644
--- a/tests/SurfaceViewBufferTests/src/com/android/test/SurfaceTracingTestBase.kt
+++ b/tests/SurfaceViewBufferTests/src/com/android/test/SurfaceTracingTestBase.kt
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ open class SurfaceTracingTestBase(useBlastAdapter: Boolean) :
     }
 
     fun withTrace(predicate: (it: MainActivity) -> Unit): LayersTrace {
-        return withSFTracing(instrumentation, TRACE_FLAGS) {
+        return withSFTracing(TRACE_FLAGS,
+                outputDir = instrumentation.targetContext.dataDir.toPath()) {
             scenarioRule.getScenario().onActivity {
                 predicate(it)
             }
diff --git a/tests/TaskOrganizerTest/src/com/android/test/taskembed/ResizeTasksSyncTest.kt b/tests/TaskOrganizerTest/src/com/android/test/taskembed/ResizeTasksSyncTest.kt
index 42cb552d1b9c9..2e3467aff9bab 100644
--- a/tests/TaskOrganizerTest/src/com/android/test/taskembed/ResizeTasksSyncTest.kt
+++ b/tests/TaskOrganizerTest/src/com/android/test/taskembed/ResizeTasksSyncTest.kt
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ class ResizeTasksSyncTest {
         val firstBounds = Rect(0, 0, 1080, 800)
         val secondBounds = Rect(0, 1000, 1080, 1800)
 
-        val trace = withSFTracing(instrumentation, TRACE_FLAGS) {
+        val trace = withSFTracing(TRACE_FLAGS,
+                outputDir = instrumentation.targetContext.dataDir.toPath()) {
             lateinit var resizeReadyLatch: CountDownLatch
             scenarioRule.getScenario().onActivity {
                 resizeReadyLatch = it.resizeTaskView(firstBounds, secondBounds)