In principle you absolutely do not need to root your phone to use an SD card with OsmAnd on Android 5.x.
I used OsmAnd on Android 5.x with all my map data and favourites stored on the SD card. As of Android 5.x, apps can read and write to their own directory on the SD card. On your SD card, there would be a directory called Android, and within that a directory called data, and within that a directory called net.osmand (free version) or net.osmand.plus (paid version). There might be a "files" directory within this. Open OsmAnd, select Settings, General settings, Data storage folder, and select one of the "External storage" options. The path should look something like /storage/6419-1419/Android/data/net.osmand.plus/files Also, for future versions of Android, I strongly recommend that you don't use the "adoptable storage" feature, because it means the memory card will only be readable in that phone. Thanks Nick On Friday, 16 February 2018 07:12:02 UTC, Mika Paakkari wrote: > > Hi! > > Oh - too bad hear about that rooting. > Is this more like an android problem or is it depending on the osmand? > Just about curiosity... > I'm perhaps not gonna root my phone... > > Actually - the sd card is formatted to be an internal memory. > But, anyway osmand is showing in the maps download the "real" physical > inner memory. > Which in my case is 8GB. > So - it's not extending the memory seamlesly. > > BR Mika > > > > torstai 15. helmikuuta 2018 22.01.20 UTC+2 Klaus Lichtenwalder kirjoitti: >> >> Am 15. Februar 2018 19:40:17 MEZ schrieb Majka <majk...@gmail.com>: >>> >>> On Android 5.1, you have to be rooted. Otherwise, not possible. >>> >>> On Thursday, 15 February 2018 14:23:47 UTC+1, Mika Paakkari wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello! >>>> I have tried and tried - no success so far. >>>> I have read and googled - no help so far. >>>> So, can someone help me? >>>> Is is possible to get osmand configured the way it uses SD- card as a >>>> storage? >>>> It's not accepting the SD- card for storage. >>>> I always get the error "can not create storage..." >>>> Osmand is the latest version. >>>> My phone is Caterpillar S30 with android version 5.1. >>>> And the SD- card is formatted to be an internal memory. >>>> Thanks! >>>> BR Mika >>>> >>>> >> I'd think if your sd card is formatted as internal storage then there's >> no sd card. Using the sd card as internal storage extends the device's >> storage with the sd card, "seamlessly" >> >> Klaus >> -- >> Diese Nachricht wurde von meinem Android-Mobiltelefon mit K-9 Mail >> gesendet. >> > -- 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.
