Re: cannot get maps on sd-card, cannot find them anywhere at all even though they work

2019-07-18 Thread 'ra' via Osmand
correct: I have seen the "sd-card" NOT being the sd-card. great design. I had to reload a worldwide map and some basic german maps and now it seems ok. still I do not understand why the files weren't visible before. btw: sometimes osmand sends you obscure ways, thinking must NEVER be switched

Re: cannot get maps on sd-card, cannot find them anywhere at all even though they work

2019-07-18 Thread Harry van der Wolf
storage/emulated/0 is always internal memory, and sometimes it is called /sdcard (which is also confusing, because it is not the sd-card)) External memory always has "some" 8-digit identifier on Android 7+ (or so). However, simple file managers sometimes hide this identifier and call it "external

Re: cannot get maps on sd-card, cannot find them anywhere at all even though they work

2019-07-18 Thread 'ra' via Osmand
additionally I find it strange how storage is named. in my german pc-explorer there is interner speicher and speicherkarte. the first amaze calls "0" sitting in /storage/emulated. the second it calls "5299-5AAD" sitting in /storage. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: cannot get maps on sd-card, cannot find them anywhere at all even though they work

2019-07-18 Thread 'ra' via Osmand
neither via explorer connected to my PC nor with amaze such file is to be found. but the maps work. -- 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

Re: cannot get maps on sd-card, cannot find them anywhere at all even though they work

2019-07-18 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, first find the file name of a map you have installed - see https://osmand.net/list.php but remove the .zip suffix. Then start a file manager app (like Amaze which I like best for searching) and search for that file 'ra' via Osmand schrieb am Mi., 17. Juli 2019, 16:21: > even though in

cannot get maps on sd-card, cannot find them anywhere at all even though they work

2019-07-17 Thread 'ra' via Osmand
even though in osmand the sd-card was set to be the place for maps I found them internally. I changed the place and osmand offered to move the maps, which it did one by one. since then I cannot find them anywhere, neither connected to a pc nor on the phone. but the tool "treesize" shows they