how do I transfer waypoints from old phone to new phone in GPS Essentials App?

[thebowfisher8]

I recently got a new phone.  I had 3 years of waypoints in my old phone on the 3.2 version.  I transferred the app to my SD card and then put the SD card in my new phone.  I downloaded the latest version of GPS essentials on to my new phone and when I opened it, it is empty.  No waypoints.  So I put the SD card back in my old phone and uploaded the new version onto it, thinking that all the waypoints would be sync into it, and when I opened it, It was empty.  Now I can't find my waypoints at all.... HELP!   thanks

[Michael Schollmeyer]

G4 has a new database format. When you first start the new version, it should open a dialog to import the old database. You can trigger this manually at any later time:

- Open GPS Essentials,
- tap on Streams,
- tap on the plus in the action bar,
- swipe to Import,
- tap on Browse,
- tap on "com.mictale.gpsessentials" and then on "databases" and
- select "Waypoints" (this is the old database file).
- Back in the import dialog, tap on Start.

Regards, Michael
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On 01 Aug 2014, at 04:39, thebowfisher8 <thebow...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I recently got a new phone. I had 3 years of waypoints in my old phone on the 3.2 version. I transferred the app to my SD card and then put the SD card in my new phone. I downloaded the latest version of GPS essentials on to my new phone and when I opened it, it is empty. No waypoints. So I put the SD card back in my old phone and uploaded the new version onto it, thinking that all the waypoints would be sync into it, and when I opened it, It was empty. Now I can't find my waypoints at all.... HELP! thanks
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[thebowfisher8]

Hey thanks Michael.  Did what you said and it worked on my old phone and everything was imported to the new version 4.0.  However, I downloaded the App on my new Galaxy s5 and did the same thing and my waypoints are empty... I thought everything was linked to my account and it shouldn't make a difference which phone.   How do I move everything from my old phone to my new phone?       Thanks,    Brian

[Michael Schollmeyer]

Data will not synchronize between devices automatically. You can copy everything under com.mictale.gpsessentials on your SD card to another device to duplicate the data at a certain point in time. If you want to synchronize a specific stream, you can share it on mapfinity.com: Choose "Account" and register, wait for the registration email and click the confirmation link. Then select properties in stream view and choose "Private" under Access. Register on a second device using the same email address and then tap on synchronize in All Streams.

Regards, Michael
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[thebowfisher8]

Thanks for the tips Michael, but I tried everything and cannot seem to figure out how to copy my data/waypoints.   I guess I need to find a way to copy everything to my SD card or send it to the SD card.  I tried highlighting all the waypoints, but when I do, it doesn't give me an option to export or copy.  Tried the export, but that only exports one waypoint at a time....   When I think I sent waypoints to my SD card, I check the SD and it has no data or waypoints.  Don't know what else to do...

On Thursday, July 31, 2014 10:39:06 PM UTC-4, thebowfisher8 wrote:

[Michael Schollmeyer]

You need another app to copy the whole database, or mount your SD card to a desktop computer and copy the files there. Sorry did not mention this detail.

Regards, Michael
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[thebowfisher8 .]

Ok thanks.  Any recommendations on an application that I could use to do that?  I would just mount the SD card to my computer,  and download the database off my phone storage to my computer,  but the problem still exist that I can't transfer the data/waypoints to my SD card in the first place.

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[Michael Schollmeyer]

If you're using a desktop computer you don't need an additional app. Just copy everything under com.mictale.gpsessentials (recursively, i.e. include all sub-folders) to a place on your desktop computer, mount the target device and copy the files from the desktop computer there.

Regards, Michael
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[thebowfisher8 .]

Ok thanks, will try

[Jeramy Phillips]

Has there been any thought to utilizing Google Drive or Dropbox to keep files/databases in sync across devices?

[Jim Haag]

Open GPS Essentials,
- tap on Streams,
- tap on the plus in the action bar,
- swipe to Import,
- tap on Browse,
- tap on "com.mictale.gpsessentials" and then on "databases" and
- select "Waypoints" (this is the old database file).
- Back in the import dialog, tap on Start.

When you get to the 6th step, and tap on databases, Is GPSE looking for a special filename? No matter what I put in that folder, GPSE says the folder is empty.