Installing app offline + maps

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Hi everyone,

New to the forum. I just received my newly acquired Kraken and am excited to get after it. I’m facing a few issues I was hoping someone could assist me with.

I have a phone that can’t connect to the internet and an old phone to download the Kraken SDR app to get the APK files to transfer via Bluetooth.

I downloaded the app and used APK Extractor to get the APK to send over to the offline phone. Problem arose and the app wouldn’t open. I downloaded an APK from google (Kraken SDR APK combo). And it seems to work…

Now second issue is getting maps for the area I want to work on. Is there a way to download the region I want to work on and send the file of the map over?

Thank you all for your time and help!

Best regards.

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To use an android mobile cell phone with SIM card supported by any mobile provider is highly recommended to perform Kraken app and/or download region maps.

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Thanks for your reply. In this instance I don’t have a phone that has access to cellular service. Would it work to download a regional map on a phone that is connected and then export the APK? Would the map be embedded into the APK as I transfer it over?

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You’re going to have the connect to the phone to the internet at some stage to download the maps from MapBox, a WiFi connection is fine.

The maps aren’t stored in the apk as that would be a huge apk.

Once you’re on WiFi use the offline maps download feature to download maps for the region you are interested in.

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