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Hello, I understand that:

The reason OruxMaps NG stops working when you uninstall the Play Store is the license verification system. Although the app can open offline when everything is installed thanks to a temporary security token saved locally, completely removing the Play Store deletes the internal components and libraries required to read that permission. When OruxMaps launches, it looks for those services to confirm the paid license is legitimate, and if they are missing, the app blocks itself for security. Therefore, the Play Store or Google Play Services must remain present on the system; it works without internet because it validates against a saved local certificate, but the underlying Google framework must still be there to process it.

A quick clarification, please, TroNpo: the Play Store and Play Services are required, but is it necessary to have a linked account?

Does the phone (in my case, without a SIM and used solely for OruxMaps) need to connect to the network and log in to the Play Store periodically to verify the license's validity?

I am one of the users who experienced the app being disabled due to a Google Play check failing because there was no connection, as described at https://oruxmaps.org/forum/index.php?topic=44645.0, but this has not happened since December 2024.
OruxMaps GP and my Samsung phone remain unchanged and there have been no Android updates.
The mystery remains...

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Hola, en mi Samsung recibo la notificación de que Android está accediendo al GPS SÓLO cuando cierro la pista y me olvido de apagar el GPS en Oruxmap antes de cerrar la aplicación. Si ayuda....
PD: perdón por mi español... de Google

Orux, on the occasion of the upcoming holidays, we sincerely hope that any issues keeping you away from the project will be resolved as soon as possible!

My five friends and I have been using your software since version 7 and you have accompanied us in many enjoyable activities.
You have done an excellent job and we are very grateful to you. May joy and serenity be with you.

Thank you very much, I was afraid it was something trivial... but I just couldn't find it ! Thanks, as always, for your kind help.

Sorry for my perhaps silly question, but how can I invert an uploaded route?

In the forum I see https://oruxmaps.org/forum/index.php?topic=40570.msg53494#msg53494
but I don't find the corresponding buttons in the latest GP and beta versions...

Thanks

HI, maybe this can be useful to you
https://oruxmaps.org/forum/index.php?topic=44546.msg58795#msg58795

It works very well for me, except that the mileage progression of the new merged track is not correct (but maybe I'm doing something wrong...)

[Published: 10 June 2025]

Just discovered in https://www.oruxmaps.com/cs/en/blog
Written by: Super User   Category: Blog   Published: 10 June 2025
but no download link..

Someone knows something about it? Thanks.

thanks to Maki for the nice history of an application that I have been using with pleasure for about 5 years.
I agree with Tronpo that the functionality of Orux (for me coupled with Openandromaps) is very satisfactory and I highlight the great value of this Forum where so many knowledgeable and courteous people have helped me (Tronpo, among the first)

I think Adetogni's proposal regarding opensource plus free donations makes a lot of sense to me. In the Linux world there are several projects that have been proceeding like this for decades (for instance https://calibre-ebook.com/)

If Jose is legitimately proud of his product he could thus make it even more long-lived and widespread.

[without network connection sometimes the application does not start.]

Hello jdgraz, on the my Samsung (with android 13) the same problem as indicated:
https://oruxmaps.org/forum/index.php?topic=44558.msg58841#msg58841

My GooglePlay is always on, but without network connection sometimes the application does not start.
I would point out that once the connection is restored it starts regularly and even if I remove the connection the app still works.
This happens sporadically.
Clearing the application cache solves the problem for a day or a week o....
My small solution: start the app (even without gps and tracking) in a place with a connection and then deactivate it. Then all day in the mountains in the company of Oruxmaps 

The problem I had reported on my Samsung has not occurred again in the last 4 months. That is, OruxGP starts regularly even without an internet connection (thus without checking GooglePlay).
Changed something on Samsung side or Orux side or ...?
Experience of other users?

When running I use  Text To Speech -periodic alerts - message to speech - average speed in movement
and I get information about my speed in the last km.

Walking in mountains it could be nice to get another voice message about ascending/descending vertical speed (m/h).
It could be instantaneous or average (last x minutes or y meters ascended/descended)

Hello point 3...Can you update the brouter database from the OruxMaps/track/brouter settings?
No, I cannot.

Point 4 I don't quite understand what is happening to you.
I understand that you are talking about the pdf legends of the Mapsforge themes, right?

Not Mapsforge themes pdf, but Manage Map legend (1.jpg) I get aspect map (2.jpg) but not inclination map (and others DEM maps that I use)  and then I cannot visualize them 

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Hi, test using new beta2:

• Maps outside app folders: ok. Now my Beta can use maps mapsforge shared with OM GP!
• It would be beautiful if it were possible to have sharing also on dem/traces/mapstyles...
• Brouter profiles correctly migrated/copied in their inner own folder and now OM Beta can use them.ok
• Legend Maps (pdf) copied in mapstyles inner folder and OM Beta puts them  with:  maps - maps tweaks - manage theme legends. Then I can visualize map theme with: map - legend. However using: map - manage maps legend I can only put exposure, but not inclination map  and then I cannot visualize them 
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[install and use the Beta version]

Hi, another little trick I am using in these months where if the problem we are talking about occurred: install and use the Beta version.
It does not go through google play and therefore has no license check and so it always starts, even without a connection.
Beta and GP share maps, tracks, dem and so the increase in space occupied is modest.

Sub optimal solution while waiting for OruxGp to come back as it did months ago..

[High +]

Thanks Tronpo: I changed maps > maps Mapsforge > shading > shading magnitude from previous High + to Low and the map display looks the same as before. 

Map rendering for me is slower even with the cached map..