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Luckily OsmAnd+ (cost £5, there's a free version) is brilliant, and having all of the maps loaded into the phone at once is so much better than having to download bits of maps as you go along. It navigated me around Japan faultlessly last January.

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Almost all Osm apps on Android I've tried freeze completely when you zoom out to more than 1/4 Tokyo level. Is this any better ?

Edit: just downloaded the full version, and I can confirm it's a lot better than every other Osm apps I've tried. I'm using a Galaxy S4 by the way

I just tried to see if this bug exists in OsmAnd+ but couldn't reproduce it. In general, it is a tight and stable app. Give it a try. There is a free version which is as good as the paid one.

Edit - here is their git repository: https://code.google.com/p/osmand/

I don't recall OsmAnd{,+} ever freezing. On the other hand I have a beefy phone (Galaxy S3) so it's possible that a phone with a less powerful chip would have trouble rendering.

Edit: Just tried it now and I can zoom out to the whole of Tokyo (and in fact wider) no problem.

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