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- "Before installing, please turn off all anti-virus and firewall software."by RKearney
- If you have two apps, both maps...
> The reason behind it is the hardened memory allocator, which seems to create a significant overhead for Osmand. That might be because scrolling a map requires constant loading and discarding of data.
... is this really the right hunch, over e.g. the OpenStreetMaps app lacking in discipline with its heap allocations?
by perching_aix - I wonder if a website using leaflet.js has better or worse performance in the said case. If it does better, then maybe the problem is on OsmAnd's side?by hadi77ir
- Maybe the actual solution is to improve, replace the application.by pjmlp
- Huh. Yeah, it is noticeably faster on my 9a with that disabled. I wonder what they're doing differently...by Groxx
- Odd. Google Pixel 7 with GrapheneOS here. OsmAnd works perfectly fine for me without disabling any exploit protection options.