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Main Folder changed with reboot

WernerZ. shared this problem 41 days ago
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Hi,


my main directory normally is SD card android media.


Whenever I have to reboot my phone, it is changed to internal storage android data. Not very nice.


Whenever I change it back to my normal setting I MUST copy or move my data from wrong dir to normal dir with this change. Not what I intended to do.


This cannot be the intended behaviour!?


Did I do anything wrong?


Regards

Werner

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Michal Stupka ● 40 days ago

Hi Werner,

could you please go to the main menu > helpdesk/about app > app info and take screenshots before the reboot and after the reboot? Thanks

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WernerZ. ● 34 days ago

Hi Michal,


here are my screenshots.

The minor problem is: the main directory is changed, but I can set it back to the SC card, where I want it to be.

The mayor problem is: I was forced, to copy (or even move) my data to the new directory, which means overwriting (i.e. deleting) my valuable data, which was there!


Kindly yours
Werner

Files: 1_20260520_125056_MainDir-B4-Reboot_a.jpg 2_20260520_133528_MainDir-B4-Reboot_b.jpg 3_20260520_133906_MainDir-After-Reboot.jpg 4_20260520_133920_Changing_MainDir_ToSD_a.jpg 5_20260520_133931_Changing_MainDir_ToSD_b.jpg 6_20260520_133946_Changing_MainDir_ToSD_c.jpg
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WernerZ. ● 34 days ago

It would be great, if you are able to correct my typo

"Main Folder Chacen" to "Main Folder Changed"

Thanks
Werner

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Michal Stupka ● 34 days ago

Hi Werner,

it seems Locus Map can't access the folder on the SD card when rebooting, and creates a new empty directory structure in the default storage. Is the SD card OK? Could you please try to replace it with another SD card?

You may also update to the latest version 4.34 from our repo at https://bit.ly/lmVersions.

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WernerZ. ● 25 days ago

Hi Michal,

my SD card works perfectly in all respects, no indication, that something might be wrong with it. As I have no other SD card at the moment an will get soon an new smartphone anyhow, I cannot easily replace the SD card.

Is it possible, that there can be a timing problem, that after a reboot Locus tries to access the SC card before it is made available by Android.? Sounds not very likely to me, however!

The real problem for me in this case was not that I had to change the main directory back to the SD card, this is done relatively easily.

The real problem for me was, that changing the main dir Locus forced me to copy or move my (non existing!) data to the new directory, which meant overwriting (i.e. deleting) my valuable data, which was there!

I would like to suggest, that locus should detect, that there are real data at this location (destination of the copy/move) and allow me, to keep those. In particular this is true, if the source data, which are copied, is empty.


Kindly yours

Werner

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Michal Stupka ● 22 days ago

Hi Werner,

please, do the following:

  • Download the latest beta version from http://bit.ly/lmVersionsTest
  • After installation, run the app and long-press the main menu button ( 65ab74f02671fb4a2ceb0db7c0510f6e )
  • Tap "Logging setup"
  • Turn on "Log to file" and "INITIALIZE", "INITIALIZE(MAPS)", "MAPS(CORE)", "MAPS(UI)", "LOCATION & GNSS", "FILE MANAGER", "SENSORS(v2)" categories
  • Then close the app, wait for 10s, and run it again.
  • Try to replicate the issue (it will be logged this way)
  • After that, send me the logs which will be created in "Android/data/menion.android.locus/files/Locus/logs"

Thank you very much.

If something isn't clear, feel free to ask me.

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wm.zoller ● 21 days ago

Hi Michal,

according to your instructions I

- Installed Verson LM Version 4.34.1.2

- I Enabled Logging under Logging Setup and checked all the options

- I tried to replicate my issue at least 5 times, but it didn's apear any more.

- Before this update (I assume, I had Ver. 4.34.1) the Issue (change of main directory from SD-Card...Media to Internal...data) had occurred about 5 times in turn, without exception.

I therfore assume, that you have fixed the problem in Ver. 4.34.1.2.!?

What surprised me:

Under the path (only seen from my pc with USB-connection) ...

\\:A52s von Werner\Interner Speicher\Android\data\menion.android.locus\files\Locus\

I only found the two subfolders \maps and \mapsVector. No subfolder \Logs

Under the path "SD-Card data"

\\:A52s von Werner\SD-Karte\Android\data\menion.android.locus\files\Locus\

I found \logs and many subfolders (as expected) including \Logs.

..\Logs contained about 12 Logfiles, the latest one is 2026-01-05.txt

Under the path "SD-Card media"

\\:A52s von Werner\SD-Karte\Android\media\menion.android.locus\logs

I found about 40 Logfiles from April to June, the last one being \2026-06-02.txt (see 2026-06-02.txt attached).

For me the "Main dir change by reboot" is not a problem any more, as I now (unfortunately) have a new Smartphone without SD-Card, but if it helps you, I can do some more testing with the old one. Just let me know!

May I remind you, that for me the main problem was (is not any more my problem) the overwriting of my data in the SD-Card, when I moved the main dir from "internal" to "SD-Card"?

Kindly yours

Werner

Files: 2026-06-02.zip
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