This is already fixed in the master branch (currently unreleased) commit ca762806fd6b5b455c42ef85833ff92c791eabe8 Author: Juergen Hoetzel Date: Fri Aug 7 18:00:00 2015 +0200 * tramp-adb.el (tramp-adb-ls-output-name-less-p): Improve error checking. "ls -l" on Android in Enforcing mode can print "lstat './FILENAME failed: Permission denied".