I have a new Samsung Galaxy Young GT-S6312 phone running Android 4.1.2
I want to run OSMAND+ Maps and Navigation. I have installed it, and despite the small screen size, the program is quite useable - not as good as on my HTC One, but more than adequate.
Unlike Google, the OSMAND+ maps and navigation stores all the data on the phone, no network access required, which is extremely useful in India, where sometimes I don't even have a voice connection, let alone data.
I believe the phone uses 50 megs for the program, 100 megs for the world base map, and another 150 megs for the India maps. There are other files as well. I've got everything installed, and the software is working fine.
Google/Samsung/Android somehow decided to remove the option to move software to an SD memory card, which is what I would have done if I could.
The phone has 1.5 gigs of memory for all user-added files, and I'm using a good part of that now for ordinary data files, that I would rather have on an SD memory card. I would like to find a way to relocate the data files. I think my choices are to find a way to do this in the program, or to find a way to move "OSMAND" to the external (not internal) SD card. Maybe there are others I haven't thought of.
If I understand the following thread correctly, if I 'root' the phone, I can do this:
[TOOL] DirectoryBind - move data to external_sd (GameLoft, Shadowgun etc.) ROOT req. - xda-developers
A better idea might be to find a way to have OSMAND relocate the files for me, so it "knows" where to find them..... I have no idea how to do this, or even to find an OSMAND forum in which to ask.
Any suggestions?
I want to run OSMAND+ Maps and Navigation. I have installed it, and despite the small screen size, the program is quite useable - not as good as on my HTC One, but more than adequate.
Unlike Google, the OSMAND+ maps and navigation stores all the data on the phone, no network access required, which is extremely useful in India, where sometimes I don't even have a voice connection, let alone data.
I believe the phone uses 50 megs for the program, 100 megs for the world base map, and another 150 megs for the India maps. There are other files as well. I've got everything installed, and the software is working fine.
Google/Samsung/Android somehow decided to remove the option to move software to an SD memory card, which is what I would have done if I could.
The phone has 1.5 gigs of memory for all user-added files, and I'm using a good part of that now for ordinary data files, that I would rather have on an SD memory card. I would like to find a way to relocate the data files. I think my choices are to find a way to do this in the program, or to find a way to move "OSMAND" to the external (not internal) SD card. Maybe there are others I haven't thought of.
If I understand the following thread correctly, if I 'root' the phone, I can do this:
[TOOL] DirectoryBind - move data to external_sd (GameLoft, Shadowgun etc.) ROOT req. - xda-developers
A better idea might be to find a way to have OSMAND relocate the files for me, so it "knows" where to find them..... I have no idea how to do this, or even to find an OSMAND forum in which to ask.
Any suggestions?