If you find you cannot get migration to work, and want, or need, to start afresh, these are the methods I have found to import the data from where it used to be. These can also be used to do things you may have been doing with a file manager, or PC USB connection, in the past, that no longer work with files on an SD card.
To import favourites, put a favourites.gpx in a shared folder such as Downloads, or your original and still accessible osmand folder, go to My Places, and you should be able to import the file To Import maps, put a map in a shared folder such as Downloads, or your original, use a file manager to 'open with' and select OsmAnd+ To Import routes, put a route in a shared folder such as Downloads, go to Configure Map, Tracks, Add More..., and select the route file To Export routes, go to Navigation, select a route, select Details, and share the file using the 'share' icon at the top - I used email To Delete routes, go to My Places, Tracks, 3 dots to the right of a route, and delete To Delete maps, go to Download maps, local, 3 dots to the right of a route, and delete I have not tried using Backup/Restore to manage things, but I'm not sure they will help with migration on Android 11 unless you already have a backup taken with an older version. On Sunday, 5 December 2021 at 11:16:46 UTC Tim Passingham wrote: > Hi all, > > Many of your responses are going to my spam folder. I don't know why. > Today I even got one from lodrogyamtso, dated Dec 1, but that post seems to > have been deleted from this group. Suffice to say I got it too late to try > his/her recommendations, having started again from scratch, and I don't > think they would have worked using my SD card (which I needed to do for > space reasons). > > I know a fair bit about computers, having spent most of my life working > with them, but the complexities being introduced these days are sometimes a > bit beyond me. > > I have tried Ghost Commander, and other file managers, none can access the > full data of files in folders within 'external storage 2' at > /storage/2614-1710/Android/data . As I noted above, I have started again, > and found ways to import maps, routes, favourites and so on. I then got > stuck with exporting routes I have recorded. I have now found that under > Navigation, selecting the route, selecting Details, one can 'share' the > route to another file, or send an email with it in. > > The last bit of functionality I cannot find is how to delete routes. I > need to be able to, because I record several a week sometimes. Does anyone > know how to do this? > > Having got this far I'm not inclined to experiment with different folders > and migration strategies, since I don't want to break anything and find I > have to start again. So apologies to those who have made more suggestions. > > I have exchanged messages with osmand support, but they haven't been very > helpful. They don't seem to really understand the issues this change has > created for at least some of their regular users. The issues aren't their > fault of course, and have no doubt created a load of headaches for them, > but I hope they manage to create some release notes with helpful notes > about how to proceed. > > If anyone wants a summary of the ways I have found to get round problems > to do with access to the osmand files, I'll post a summary of all the > methods I've found so far. > > On Saturday, 4 December 2021 at 21:46:07 UTC [email protected] wrote: > >> >> >> On Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 8:35:53 AM UTC+1 tomcr**il.com wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 4 Dec 2021, 00:44 A Thompson, thom**ail.com wrote: >>> >>>> File Commander is a file explorer type app for Android. There's a free >>>>> version with intrusive ads. I only mention it because I couldn't >>>>> successfully 'open with' from Samsung's file manager. Presumably other >>>>> apps >>>>> would work though. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >> As far as I know using File Commander makes no difference and I have not >> tried Ghost Commander (but I do not have any expectations) >> >> I am definitively disappointed for this problem and obviously, for the >> reasons I have already mentioned, I put the blame completely on >> Google/Android leaders. >> >> One point I have note, it that if I go under the Android setting of >> Osmand app and select to show/change the Permissions and than select "Files >> and Media" >> I have offered two only options: >> *Allow access to media only >> *Deny >> >> If I look at other apps, in most of the cases I got the same two options, >> however for a small number of apps (like Acrobat Reader and Excel) I got >> a third option >> *Allow management of all files. >> >> If we were able to use this option, I suppose the problems would be >> solved. >> >> In my opinion this is a problem not just for OsmAnd but for any apps that >> need to access files (but for app that just need to access media). >> By the way I can not see much differences between media files and other >> files. In my humble opinion both of them are just binary files (or text >> file in same cases) >> >> Do you know what happens if I choose to migrate to a subdirectory >> **/Android/media or I choose to use a custom directory down there? >> (now I have already uninstalled and reinstalled the app so I can no >> longer see the migration request) >> >> Thank a lot and sorry for the long post (and for the rant) >> >> AnyFile >> >> -- 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/8cfcc9ec-8237-4a71-a8e4-e3b9749f6a47n%40googlegroups.com.
