>>171578>ooh...>how big is that file?>>171598>I'd guess about 7 gigs by now.When I downloaded the entire Wikipedia, the file was 9.13 GB. However, you simply cannot put that on your SD card. SD cards are formatted with FAT32, which has a maximum file size of 4GB. So, you need to break up the file into smaller chunks. The conversion tool is on the app's website,
http://fastwiki.qwrite.info/en/down_install.en.htmlAll in all, the folder on my SD card takes up grand total of 10.8GB. Since I'm using a Galaxy S III, it has 32 GB of internal memory, and I'm using a 32 GB SD card. I use my SD card for Wikipedia. So, I'm not hurting for space.
Here's a summary of how to get it:
1. English Wikipedia dump is located at
http://dumps.wikimedia.org/enwiki/. There, you'll see a list of dates. Each date represents the date when that particular Wikipedia dump was made. Generally, you want to pick the most recent one. When you pick a date, you'll be taken to a new page, with LOTS of links. The one you're looking for is named enwiki-YYYYMMDD-pages-articles.xml.bz2 (substitute YYYYMMDD for the date of the dump).
2. Use the conversion tool at the Fastwiki website, to break the file into chunks. It may take hours. This tool needs to be in the same folder as the Wikipedia dump. When it's complete, you'll have a new set of files in the same directory. Those are the files you put on your SD card, not the original Wikipedia Dump file. You'll need a lot of hard drive space. Your original Wikipedia dump is not deleted, but simply copied and broken into segments. So your folder that has a 9 GB Wikipedia dump file will still have that file, plus all the new chunks created.
3. Download the math file from the Fastwiki site. It's called something like "fastwiki.math.en.20130204". It lets math articles render properly.
4. Once all this is done, put the converted Wikipedia dump, and the math file, onto your SD card, and run the Fastwiki app.
Enjoy all of Wikipedia (text only).
