[Users] Qfield issue on Samsung Galaxy S10

[Matthias Kuhn]

Hi Peter,

I can't explain this with QField alone.
Does this also happen if you don't ever open QField at all? The only
explanation I have is that some other app does some housekeeping and cleans
things up.
Matthias

On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 7:07 PM Peter Stone <peter.stone71 at btinternet.com>
wrote:

> Hi Matthias,
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> Following on from my change of directory name, the same has happened, and
> the .tif files are removed from the directory.  It does not appear to be
> related to the directory name.
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> All I have done this time is open the project, check it is there and then
> close it.  Nothing else.  One day later I open the project, and the .tif
> files have gone!
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> Thanks
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> Peter
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> Dr Peter Stone PhD. MSc. MCIWEM. CEnv.
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> Mob: 07803 259 780
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> Email: peter.stone71 at btinternet.com
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> Twitter: @Sediment_Mattrs
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> *From: *Matthias Kuhn <matthias at opengis.ch>
> *Sent: *08 February 2021 11:56
> *To: *Peter Stone <peter.stone71 at btinternet.com>
> *Cc: *users at lists.qfield.org
> *Subject: *Re: Qfield issue on Samsung Galaxy S10
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> Hi Peter,
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> Does this also happen if you put it into another root folder than /QField?
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> QField does in general not remove any file. However the folder /QField is
> a bit special since it comes with a couple of "special" folders (basemaps,
> grids etc. go in there).
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> Matthias
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> On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 10:43 AM Peter Stone <peter.stone71 at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
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> Hi Matthias et al.
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> I’m still getting a load of great use out of Qfield so thank you for that!
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> I was in touch previously about problems with my Samsung S7.  Lucky me, I
> now have a Samsung S10!  All is working ok but I have an irritation (which
> isn’t stopping me working).
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> In my projects, I use UK Ordnance Survey base maps which are in the Qfield
> project as .tif files.  For some reason, they get deleted from the Qfield
> project directory on the Samsung device after a few days.  The files are
> originally there, and I can work with them for the first few days, but then
> disappear!  If I don’t check before going out, I can arrive on site and get
> an “Unable to load some layers” message when I fire up Qfield.  It doesn’t
> stop me using the app but I just don’t have background mapping.
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> I package a project with QFieldSync, then copy the files from my PC into a
> “QField/Project Name” directory on the internal storage of the Samsung S10.
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> It’s only the .tif files that get removed.
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> I’m on QField Version 1.7.8
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> Thanks
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> Peter
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> Dr Peter Stone PhD. MSc. MCIWEM. CEnv.
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> Mob: 07803 259 780
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> Email: peter.stone71 at btinternet.com
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> Twitter: @Sediment_Mattrs
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