Moving Locus to another phone or tablet

You have purchased a new mobile or tablet. Or you are getting ready for a factory reset. Follow the instructions on how to move Locus Map, its settings and all its data (maps, tracks, points) safely into the new (or freshly restored) device:

• change the location of the custom subdirectories (if you have any) to the default within the main app's directory
• create a backup of your data and store the backup file on Dropbox, Google Drive, or OneDrive
• go to Locus settings > Backup & Filesystem > App data transfer > unload app data
• select e.g. “download” directory and create a new folder in it. Name it e.g. “locus_data”. Confirm.
• all the app's data is copied into the newly created folder
• copy the “locus_data” folder via PC, Dropbox, Google Drive, or whatever else to your new phone's “Download” directory

• install Locus Map
• go to Locus settings > Backup & Filesystem > App data transfer > load app data
• select the“download/locus_data” directory and confirm
• restore the backup
• restart Locus Map

• open a file manager (Total Commander, Solid Explorer, Xplore etc.) and find /Locus/ directory
• zip it as e.g. “locus_backup.zip” file (optionally)
• send it to some cloud storage (Dropbox, Google Drive etc.)

• open Locus map manager > offline tab
• backup all maps that are stored out of the main app directory (especially the raster maps purchased from commercial publishers) to Dropbox or Google Drive.

• install the latest version of Locus Map to the new device
• download the /Locus/ directory (or its zipped file) from Dropbox or Google Drive and copy its content (unzip it) to the /Locus/ directory in the new phone - overwrite the data that was newly created during the installation
• do the same with the maps
• log in to Locus Store, re-download LoMaps, and restore your Premium package (if you have any)
• restart Locus Map so that all the backups are properly re-initialized