I posted on this NG a while back about this app, finally got it going on my Moto G5+
phone with Android 8.1 Oreo.

Phone had to go into the repair shop for a USB jack change and he fouled it
up beyond hope.
So I bought another on ebay and transfered stuff from Google backup but it didnt back up
Magic earth.

Their Magic Lane system now has support tickets, opened one but no anwer for days.

I need the 32 bit APK for Android 8, not the ARM 64 as I believe the phone
is 32 bit.

Hard to find it on the web?


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UFO <techforce@nospam.gmx.com> wrote:

I posted on this NG a while back about this app, finally got it going
on my Moto G5+ phone with Android 8.1 Oreo.
...
I need the 32 bit APK for Android 8, not the ARM 64 as I believe the
phone is 32 bit.

Hard to find it on the web?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.generalmagic.magicearth

"About this app" popup says it supports Android 8+.

Many more negative reviews than positive. Sure you don't want to use
some other mapping app (e.g., Google Maps, OsmAnd, Here WeGo, etc)?

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VanguardLH <V@nguard.lh> wrote:

UFO <techforce@nospam.gmx.com> wrote:

I posted on this NG a while back about this app, finally got it going
on my Moto G5+ phone with Android 8.1 Oreo.
...
I need the 32 bit APK for Android 8, not the ARM 64 as I believe the
phone is 32 bit.

Hard to find it on the web?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.generalmagic.magicearth

"About this app" popup says it supports Android 8+.

Many more negative reviews than positive. Sure you don't want to use
some other mapping app (e.g., Google Maps, OsmAnd, Here WeGo, etc)?

The last version supporting Android 8 was released in August. Now they
require 9+. The August version is:

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/magic-lane-international-b-v/magic-earth-navigation-maps/magic-earth-navigation-maps-7-1-25-34-36a60bb6-67629954-release/

Be very careful with apkmirror as there are (third party?) ads with fake download buttons - it's better viewed with adblock, but otherwise the
downloads are here (the 'Download APK Bundle' link), for the universal .apk, Android 5+:

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/magic-lane-international-b-v/magic-earth-navigation-maps/magic-earth-navigation-maps-7-1-25-34-36a60bb6-67629954-release/

or here for the arm64 and arm32 version, Android 8+ https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/magic-lane-international-b-v/magic-earth-navigation-maps/magic-earth-navigation-maps-7-1-25-34-36a60bb6-67629954-release/magic-earth-navigation-maps-7-1-25-34-36a60bb6-67629954-2-android-apk-download/

Personally I'd try the second link first.

Theo

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UFO, 2026-02-26 22:01:

I posted on this NG a while back about this app, finally got it going on my Moto G5+
phone with Android 8.1 Oreo.

Phone had to go into the repair shop for a USB jack change and he fouled it up beyond hope.
So I bought another on ebay and transfered stuff from Google backup but it didnt back up
Magic earth.

<https://magic-earth.de.uptodown.com/android/versions>


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Arno Welzel
https://arnowelzel.de

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Didnt have a problem with it, would still be using it if the phone didnt go into the repair shop
and die there.

Magic Earth only needs a GPS feed, I think Google maps needs the phones service to internet
or a Wifi connection to work.

Gonna try Osmand, but still hard to find a good link for the Magic Earth APK

Many more negative reviews than positive. Sure you don't want to use
some other mapping app (e.g., Google Maps, OsmAnd, Here WeGo, etc)?

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Thanks the univeral one worked, had to get the APKMirror Installer to read
the compressed file.

I salvaged my old SD card from the dead phone and it had all the maps saved
on it from last time
so that made it easy.



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UFO <techforce@nospam.gmx.com> wrote:

Didnt have a problem with it, would still be using it if the phone
didnt go into the repair shop and die there.

Magic Earth only needs a GPS feed, I think Google maps needs the
phones service to internet or a Wifi connection to work.

Gonna try Osmand, but still hard to find a good link for the Magic
Earth APK

Google Maps supports offline maps. You select an area, and download the
map to your phone. However, the offline map will not have many POI
(Points of Interest), and, I believe, you do not get step-by-step
driving instructions. Offline maps are how you use Google Maps when you
are out of reach of cell towers, like in rural areas, or state forests.

Here WeGo works using offline maps, but you can pick much larger
regions: city, state, country, continents. The larger the map, the
larger the offline file stored on your phone. I had an SD card, and
that's where I stored there offline maps. Had all of North America
stored on my phone. Here WeGo came from Nokia in cooperation with many automotive manufacturers to provide driving assistance to their
customers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_WeGo

Osmand uses crowd-sourced data from OpenStreetMap for their maps. In
highly populated urban areas, like cities, there are a lot of users per
acre, so the map data gets updated often. In rural areas where users
are far more sparse, or even absent, there is little or no map data, and
not often updated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OsmAnd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap

There is a paid version that unlocks additional data, but I didn't
bother when I trialed OsmAnd. Got rid of it when I found too many areas
were covered by county plats which show prospective routes that don't
yet exist.

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