diff --git a/OsmAnd/src/net/osmand/plus/api/SQLiteAPIImpl.java b/OsmAnd/src/net/osmand/plus/api/SQLiteAPIImpl.java
index f63139e37a..7b8816252f 100644
--- a/OsmAnd/src/net/osmand/plus/api/SQLiteAPIImpl.java
+++ b/OsmAnd/src/net/osmand/plus/api/SQLiteAPIImpl.java
@@ -185,8 +185,9 @@ public class SQLiteAPIImpl implements SQLiteAPI {
 
 	@Override
 	public SQLiteConnection openByAbsolutePath(String path, boolean readOnly) {
+		// fix http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26937152/workaround-for-nexus-9-sqlite-file-write-operations-on-external-dirs
 		android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase db = SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(path, null,
-				readOnly? SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READONLY : SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READWRITE);
+				readOnly? SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READONLY : (SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READWRITE | SQLiteDatabase.ENABLE_WRITE_AHEAD_LOGGING));
 		if(db == null) {
 			return null;
 		}
diff --git a/OsmAnd/src/net/osmand/plus/helpers/WaypointHelper.java b/OsmAnd/src/net/osmand/plus/helpers/WaypointHelper.java
index 871448795c..c3730cf6e7 100644
--- a/OsmAnd/src/net/osmand/plus/helpers/WaypointHelper.java
+++ b/OsmAnd/src/net/osmand/plus/helpers/WaypointHelper.java
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ public class WaypointHelper {
 	private static final int LONG_ANNOUNCE_RADIUS = 700;
 	private static final int SHORT_ANNOUNCE_RADIUS = 150;
 	private static final int ALARMS_ANNOUNCE_RADIUS = 150;
+	
+	// don't annoy users by lots of announcements
+	private static final int APPROACH_POI_LIMIT = 3;
+	private static final int ANNOUNCE_POI_LIMIT = 3;
 
 	OsmandApplication app;
 	// every time we modify this collection, we change the reference (copy on write list)
@@ -342,6 +346,9 @@ public class WaypointHelper {
 						kIterator++;
 					}
 					if (!announcePoints.isEmpty()) {
+						if(announcePoints.size() > ANNOUNCE_POI_LIMIT) {
+							announcePoints = announcePoints.subList(0, ANNOUNCE_POI_LIMIT);
+						}
 						if (type == WAYPOINTS) {
 							getVoiceRouter().announceWaypoint(announcePoints);
 						} else if (type == POI) {
@@ -353,6 +360,9 @@ public class WaypointHelper {
 						}
 					}
 					if (!approachPoints.isEmpty()) {
+						if(approachPoints.size() > APPROACH_POI_LIMIT) {
+							approachPoints = approachPoints.subList(0, APPROACH_POI_LIMIT);
+						}
 						if (type == WAYPOINTS) {
 							getVoiceRouter().approachWaypoint(lastKnownLocation, approachPoints);
 						} else if (type == POI) {
diff --git a/OsmAnd/src/net/osmand/plus/resources/BaseLocationIndexRepository.java b/OsmAnd/src/net/osmand/plus/resources/BaseLocationIndexRepository.java
index 5ff273a0e2..61392454f6 100644
--- a/OsmAnd/src/net/osmand/plus/resources/BaseLocationIndexRepository.java
+++ b/OsmAnd/src/net/osmand/plus/resources/BaseLocationIndexRepository.java
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ public class BaseLocationIndexRepository<T extends MapObject> {
 			// close previous db
 			db.close();
 		}
-		db = SQLiteDatabase.openOrCreateDatabase(file, null);
+		// fix http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26937152/workaround-for-nexus-9-sqlite-file-write-operations-on-external-dirs
+		db = SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(file.getPath(), null,
+						 SQLiteDatabase.ENABLE_WRITE_AHEAD_LOGGING| SQLiteDatabase.CREATE_IF_NECESSARY);
 		name = file.getName().substring(0, file.getName().indexOf('.'));
 		if(db.getVersion() != version){
 			db.close();
diff --git a/OsmAnd/src/net/osmand/plus/srtmplugin/HillshadeLayer.java b/OsmAnd/src/net/osmand/plus/srtmplugin/HillshadeLayer.java
index 14315a06e1..c89fe440c6 100644
--- a/OsmAnd/src/net/osmand/plus/srtmplugin/HillshadeLayer.java
+++ b/OsmAnd/src/net/osmand/plus/srtmplugin/HillshadeLayer.java
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ public class HillshadeLayer extends MapTileLayer {
 			@Override
 			protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {
 				File tilesDir = app.getAppPath(IndexConstants.TILES_INDEX_DIR);
-				sqliteDb = SQLiteDatabase.openOrCreateDatabase(new File(tilesDir, HILLSHADE_CACHE) , null);
+				// fix http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26937152/workaround-for-nexus-9-sqlite-file-write-operations-on-external-dirs
+				sqliteDb = SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(new File(tilesDir, HILLSHADE_CACHE).getPath() , 
+						 null, SQLiteDatabase.ENABLE_WRITE_AHEAD_LOGGING
+						    | SQLiteDatabase.CREATE_IF_NECESSARY );
 				if(sqliteDb.getVersion() == 0) {
 					sqliteDb.setVersion(1);
 					sqliteDb.execSQL("CREATE TABLE TILE_SOURCES(filename varchar2(256), date_modified int, left int, right int, top int, bottom int)");