You can try the backup route - no need for fiddling with the map. menu -> Download maps/local - select the one you want to update, the three points for menu and select backup (sorry, working from Czech version here, look carefully if the menus are slightly different). This should move the map from the main directory to the backup directory for you, it does nothing else. It should help.
Alternatively: To find the map: -> settings/common settings/data directory shows the directory where all the data are saved. Find this directory in file explorer on phone (it will be probably Android/data/net.osmand.<net or plus>/files/), the map has the obf file extension. The underlaying problem: Do you have perhaps the map installed on sdcard (external sdcard, not the internal one)? It seems that osmand has not sufficient rights for the directory, it cannot delete the old map.In the new Android versions, it should be possible to give Osmand the rights - sorry, I cannot help you there, my "best" version is Android 5, try to look it up for yourself. Or, alternatively, find the "old" data directory, move it somewhere else or you would need to re-download all the maps (the worldmap etc.), backup the osmand file and uninstall it completely. Reboot the phone, install osmand again, let it create the directory for you, and move the data back to the newly created file structure. Perhaps reboot again, just to be sure everything works. On Tuesday, 20 June 2017 11:39:26 UTC+2, boydru...@gmail.com wrote: > > Thanks Maika, > where to find the map files and what is the file extension? > > Thanks Christian > > > Am Dienstag, 20. Juni 2017 11:28:47 UTC+2 schrieb Majka: > >> I would try the simplest remedy - simply backup the map you are trying to >> update first (or delete, if you are sure you won't need it anymore). >> After this, simply download the new map. >> >> On Tuesday, 20 June 2017 09:06:09 UTC+2, boydru...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> Dear all, >>> i use the latest osmand+ 2.6.5 but getting a i/o fault if i try to >>> update maps. >>> >>> The message is (in german): >>> >>> >>> >>> *I/O fehler aufgetreten: old file can't be deleted* >>> Any help to overcome this Problem is highly appreciated! >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Christian >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Osmand" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to osmand+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
