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--- en:help:v2:settings:storage [2022/04/08 20:48] – alpinequest
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 Starting with Android 11, drastic changes have been made by Google regarding how applications can access data stored outside of the application specific folders: except for file managers (and a few other specific cases), applications are only able to access media files from the shared storage spaces (internal device and removable SD card). It means that all your file-based maps and placemarks saved outside of the application specific folders are no more accessible.
-However, applications still keep a total access on their application specific folders (read and write everything). There is one application specific folder on the internal device memory, and one application specific folder on the removable SD card (if any). For AlpineQuest Pro, the path of this folder is "''**/Android/data/psyberia.alpinequest.full/files/**''", for AlpineQuest Lite, the path of this folder is "''**/Android/data/psyberia.alpinequest.free/files/**''".
+{{:icon_help.png?nolink}} Those limitations don't apply if you update the application from version 2.2.9 (or below) to version 2.3.0 (or above).
+However, applications still keep a total access on their application specific folders (read and write everything). There is one application specific folder on the internal device memory, and one application specific folder on the removable SD card (if any).\\
+For AlpineQuest Pro, the path of this folder is "''**/Android/data/psyberia.alpinequest.full/files/**''".\\
+For AlpineQuest Lite, the path of this folder is "''**/Android/data/psyberia.alpinequest.free/files/**''".
 Until better solutions are found, here are some workarounds:
 **Placemarks**
-  * Move your placemarks inside an application specific folder (see above), inside the "''**landmarks/**''" sub-folder;
+  * Move your placemarks inside an application specific folder, inside the "''**landmarks/**''" sub-folder. For AlpineQuest Pro, that would be "''**/Android/data/psyberia.alpinequest.full/files/landmarks/**''";
-  * Open your placemarks from your File manager, the application will be listed in the possible choices for handling this file.
+  * Open your placemarks from your file manager, the application will be listed in the possible choices for handling this file.
 **Maps**
-  * Move your maps inside an application specific folder (see above), inside the "''**maps/**''" sub-folder;
+  * Move your maps inside an application specific folder, inside the "''**maps/**''" sub-folder. For AlpineQuest Pro, that would be "''**/Android/data/psyberia.alpinequest.full/files/maps/**''";
+  * Add the file extension ''".mp3"'' to your maps, this way the Android system will consider the map file as a media file and will allow the application to access it. For example, rename your QCT map "''my_map.qct''" to "''my_map.qct.mp3''" (do not remove the original "''.qct''" file extension).
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+==== How to move your files? ====
+\\
+In order to move your files from or into into an application specific folder, you can either:
+  * Plug your device on your desktop computer (using your USB cable) and use it to move the files;
+  * Use an Android 11 compatible file manager ("''Cx File Explorer''" or "''X-plore File Manager''" for example).