I think there is a problem with access-rights in MF (better: the moment while installation, when the folders are created)! In other programm-folders (like LocusMaps) I have FULL right to read and write.
Without the possibility of using self-created favorites or mca-files, MF is almost useless for me.
Here is one line from the logs, where a folder is mentioned:
2021-12-29 20:09:21: File greece_osm.mca download succeeded to /data/user/0/com.mapfactor.navigator/files/navigator/data, stored version: -1, server version: 202112140, download time: 30 secs
In Android 11+12 Users without root dont have access to these files. So please program MF so, that the files will be stored in android/data/com.mapfactor.navigator/!
I think Locus was installed before changes to Android, I also have Navigator Pro in accessible folder, but not the standard version, which I uninstalled and reinstalled
I have Android 9 and thought I would be safe to access installation folder - unfortunately I uninstalled Navigator and installed again, it went to /data/user/0/com.mapfactor.navigator/files/navigator/data
strangely I have not upgraded Android for 8 months!!!
and I tried to install Navigator 4, 5, 6 and 7 - all went to folder data/user/0/com.mapfactor.navigator/files/navigator/data
I installed both, Locus and MFN, today on a plain, factory-reset-device!
Locus-developers programmed to use the "android/data/"-folder, So, it is possible. MF had just to programm it "right".
For me, the great advantage of MF was, that I could create OWN mca files (for travel). If that is no longer possible, I have to say unfortunately "bye navigator"
PS: If MF dont have the "skills" to programm this user-friendly, then MF should at least provide an internal "file browser" in the navigator, with which one has access to the data directory!
I have now tried to at least take over the "settings" from my old mobile phone (favorites, vehicle profiles, ...). I was able to create a backup in GoogleDrive with my old mobile phone (it can then also be selected for restoring on THIS mobile phone).
On the NEW mobile phone the message "Download of the backup files not available" appears. When I choose "Backup" on the new mobile phone, "Backup created on GoogleDrive" and then "Cannot create a backup folder" comes up.
Internet connection exists, Google account has been set up.
When I log in GoogleDrive I cant see MF-Backups anywhere - Sorry, I'm really "pissed" now
What exactly should I do with the USB stick? OTG? OK, I can READ files from USB stick via OTG. And then? Where to PASTE in the files? The User of Android 11 + 12 has no write access to the directory used for navigator by MF!
AGAIN: There is only ONE thing that the developers of MFN has to do: Built in a function, to select the data- and setting-folder MANUALLY within the app. So everybody could choose an folder with write-permissions. And dont say "thats not possible". In LocusMaps it is!
So, I've now installed OSMAnd. "Lo and behold", they too manage to save all data in accessible directories. The problem with switching to a different software is always the "familiarization phase". But once you've done that, a return is unlikely ... Bye bye
I don't know why it does not work for you, but I do not have Android 12 to test
as to Locus and Osmand - developers think that they use old API, which will at some point expire and they will be forced to use new one, meaning that folders will not be accessible
good news is, that we will do something about it, so please be patient
Hoping my old Device will working along time. The first senseless changes was the No access to the SD-Card. Developers found solutions for this problem. No Access for config folders for users seems to be a new Android-Feature. This is in my eyes a senseless Feature. Synchronization with the PC should work. Synchronization should just work with the map explorer and the map explorer should also be better sometimes.
A little hint: with the "stock-explorer" you can actually not get into the directory amdroid/data (what tomas said!) , but if you use the X-Plore you have access. I use this app for many years so it I dont recognized that. So, if Navigator uses the android/data folder again, everything is OK (with a special file browser)
I have since bought Osmand. The route calculation is painfully slow. But it has many advantages and functions and can (at least for me) replace Navigator and Locus maps.
Search in the https://groups.google.com/g/osmand archives for my modified routing templates for OsmAnd based on midifications of the heuristic coefficient. They are 3 - 20 times faster and can be used for distances over 1500 km.
Note though that not one single Nav app is as fast as MNF Navigator. Only a few OSRM apps are that fast but these are less flexible when it comes to using other profiles.
But I've since familiarized myself with OSMand (which is not easy because it's very complex and extensive, but also a bit too convoluted).
So far I have used Mapfactor for pure (car) navigation. For hiking, cycling and POI management LocusMaps. OSMAnd joins (for me) both apps in one! In contrast to MF, you can also navigate perfectly by bike, on foot or even by boat(!). You can configure your own map views for each navigation type. Map updates in the Pro version even hourly(!).
You can also create the map material completely yourself. The interaction of routing and POIs is much better than with MF ("POIS along the route"). Nice (surprising) features, such as being asked at the end of the navigation if you want to look for a parking space.
In short: I am thrilled. I leave MF as a backup on the phone. But I will probably hardly use it anymore
Config from PC was moved to a unused folder!!!! Nothing is good! Files are hidden! And now? How to use my GPS Tracks? How to use Routes which made with the PC? This is no solution.
Who speaks about backupfolder? I create my own mca-files. But now I dont have access to "feed" navigator with it. Same with other individual files (Sound, Profiles and so on)
Trying to use a new device. Installed MF successfully, but now need maps. Tried several times to download a map through the app, but the Internet connection is poor in my current location, so it always falls. Now trying to copy a map from old device to new, without success. I've read this whole thread.
I've moved the backup folder to a new location, but the backup options do not include maps.
I've installed x-plorer, but have no success granting permissions to the appropriate folder. According to its documentation, everything is locked down.
It's there any way to copy maps from one device to another? I did this regularly using Windows as an intermediary several years ago, but I am completely stumped with this current MF version and current Android.
Thanks, but I can't find a corresponding Export function so I can save the map file from the device where it has already been downloaded? The only backup options I can see are for Settings, not for actual maps.
I can use the maps with MF on the old device, but I have no other access to them. Does MF have any ability to copy them into a non protected folder? Alternatively, are you aware of any app that will allow me to browse into the folder where they are stored so I can copy them myself? The old device is android 13.