Problems with Android 11 are well known. Search for Android 11. Navigator9 schrieb am Donnerstag, 29. Juli 2021 um 17:24:37 UTC+2:
> My post dated 11 Feb 2021 stated that I succeeded in exporting to another > tablet of identical make, model, etc. That has stopped working. > > After updating my OS to Android 11 One UI Core 3.1, I cannot export any > OsmAnd files to anywhere. After generating the export file, OsmAnd > provides a lengthy pick-list of candidate destinations from which to > choose. It does not, however, offer to save the export file to the > simplest possible location which would be to save it to e.g. the uSD card > that is in the tablet drawer, or to a user-accessible folder on the tablet, > or to a USB thumb drive connected via an On-The-Go cable. After choosing > e.g. my Google Drive and pressing the save button, the screen flashes very > briefly and immediately reverts to the initial export menu. I cannot find > the newly-generated export file anywhere. Ditto for exporting to OsmAnd > itself. > > Fortunately, as of 2021-July-29, I can still back up / export my track > files and my favourites by inserting the uSD card into my desktop PC and > manually copying the discrete track and favourites files from there onto > hard drive of the PC via the classical Windows method (i.e., Ctrl+A then > Ctrl+V). That is OK but does not work for OsmAnd settings because there > appears not to be a discrete OsmAnd settings file that is accessible to > users - or, at least, not one that I can find. > > IMO it would be better if OsmAnd stored, in a discrete settings file that > is accessible to users, the settings, as it does for tracks and > favourites. Then folks could back up or export their settings manually, > via moving the uSD card to a PC. > > On Thursday, 11 February 2021 at 16:55:37 UTC-5 Navigator9 wrote: > >> I was able to export settings (less maps) and, on another tablet of >> identical make, model, and software configuration level (Android 10 and >> latest Osmand), import that settings file. The settings appeared correctly >> in Osmand in the "import" tablet. >> >> I then attempted to import that same settings file into a tablet of >> different make and model, that was also Android 10 and latest Osmand. On >> the "import" tablet, in the "import settings" dialogue window, when I >> selected the aforementioned settings file, the import settings dialogue >> window sort of flashed briefly and there was an error message to the effect >> that the settings file that I pointed to dialogue box to could not be >> imported. Also, the settings that I wanted to import did not appear in >> Osmand in that "import" tablet. >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> On Thursday, 11 February 2021 at 14:12:31 UTC-5 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> I was happy to see that in the latest version there is a feature to >>> export settings, profiles, etc. into a file. >>> I tried to use that to copy all my settings to another phone but without >>> success. >>> >>> On the source phone I go to settings export and osmand creates a file >>> named "share.data". >>> After copying that file to the other phone and after settings import >>> osmand complains "this is not a valid obf file". >>> >>> What am I doing wrong here? >>> >>> Has anybody successfully exported and imported settings and profles? >>> >>> >>> -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/osmand/8f4898f3-11fd-4bb6-ba6b-c7761a72a64dn%40googlegroups.com.
