Hello,
How do you allow your phone or your computer to push files in the Android>data directory (or folder) ?
I’ve got a Samsung Galaxy A52s running iodéOS 5.8 (Android 14) and a computer running on dual boot Kubuntu 20.04 or Windows 8.
I can also have access to a Kubuntu 24.04.1, if needed.
For instance, I have some OSMAnd~ maps that I would like to copy from a computer (I have them from a backup of another phone) and paste into the folder that contains the maps I already use, thus avoiding some extra data transfer.
I know where I wan’t my files to go: Android>data>net.osmand.plus>files
But I don’t know how I can transfer my *.obf files there…
I have tried with a USB cable, connecting my phone to my computer.
Before, I allowed USB transfer with Settings>Connected devices>USB:
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Use UBB for File Transfer USB tethering MIDI PTP No data transfer
And, also, I have access to the “Developer options” (I tapped 7 times on the “build num ber” in Settings>About phone) and I have set USB debugging to “yes” (Debug mode when USB is connected).
Not sure if it could be useful or not…
I have tried to copy the files in the target folder: failed…
I have tried to copy the files in another folder on the phone and, then, copy from this folder to the target folder (using the phone’s files manager): failed…
Do you have any advice ?
I am OK to use command lines on my linux computer if this is part of the solution.
I want to use free and open source apps as much as possible…
Hello laneb,
thanks for your quick answer !
Unfortunately, I am stuck in the process…
I don’t know if this is impossible with iodéOS 5.8 or if I am missing something…
I’ve got following error message while trying to enter target folder:
I’ve activated USB debugging mode
Shizuku is running
When I go to Settings>Apps>All apps and click on Total Commander, under “App info”, I see Permissions: No permissions granted.
But does it matter ? I don’t know…
I have access to the Android>data folder with Terminal Commander.
When I wrote my message about the “Write rights” error, I had Total Commander installed from the Release version repository.
I then tried to install it from the Beta version repository.
It seems to work better.
I succeeded in copying OSMAnd~ maps to the target folder I aimed to.
But, awkwardly, I can’t copy OrganicMaps files to the folder I already have files in. I had to copy the complete folder from my “old” phone backup.
I have now two folders of map files for the same app…
Late now but OSMAnd has an import/export function, that can optionally include downloaded content such as maps. Saves having to mess about in those folders manually
Thanks but my question was: how do you write the data from an old phone to a new one ?
Regarding OSMAnd, I saved the maps with the export function you mentionned but… then ?
I had my maps (and other stuff) saved on my old phone, I could transfer them to a PC, but from the PC I wasn’t able to “paste” them on my new phone.
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