Mantano App

[volwrath]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Okay. I have to have an epub reader that displays styles correctly. Right now Mantano does this wonderfully with Cool Reader and Nook being the other ones.

I understand. I like cool reader as well, but mantano always scared me off with initially the $15 cost and now the $7.49. I am going to play with the free one for a while and cogitate on it for a while

Truth be told I need to start reading(and stop playing) on my Fire

[Skydog]

Originally Posted by sadievan

That did it. It was set to sync /mnt. That was the parent folder for SDcard. So I'm guessing it was scanning my whole usable partition. I set it to sync with ebooks folder. That's probably the one I'll use if I load any epub books.

Thanks
Carol

Can you tell me exactly how one sets a sync folder? I see no such option in settings, only the option to tap on the sync icon for manually syncing (which shows /mnt/sdcard/ ).

Thank you.

[sadievan]

Originally Posted by Skydog

Can you tell me exactly how one sets a sync folder? I see no such option in settings, only the option to tap on the sync icon for manually syncing (which shows /mnt/sdcard/ ).

Thank you.

Go to settings/my books/sync folders. There will be an 'x' on the right side to delete the sync folder. And there is a plus sign at the bottom. When you click on the plus sign a window will pop up with your folders. Put a check in the box of the folder you want to sync.

Carol

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Skydog

Can you tell me exactly how one sets a sync folder? I see no such option in settings, only the option to tap on the sync icon for manually syncing (which shows /mnt/sdcard/ ).

Thank you.

To set up synching
Go to Settings/My Books/Synch Folders then hit the + Add Folder button. To remove a folder hit the x icon next to the folder's name. It's good to remove the /mnt from the list and add your own folders. There is no auto sync.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by sadievan

OK. Done. But I don't think I should have to do this each time I use the app. The app should close out on it's own. I think I read in one of the other threads that the paid version of Mantano doesn't do this.

Carol

The way android works is that it load the apps and they stay "running" unless you start something else and memory is full. It is not doing anything when it's in that state, just taking up memory, like a swapped out process in a mainframe or desktop computer. You can actually "kill" the app if you go into the configuration (upper right - more - applications - all applications) and kill it, but it will not remember your current status if you do.

If you bring it back up from the background it should go right back where it was when you switched tasks.


BTW I just downloaded and installed this app as well as Aldiko (they finally fixed the rotation crash!) and I'm liking it - Mantano so far but have not done much with it yet.

[Skydog]

Originally Posted by sadievan

Go to settings/my books/sync folders. There will be an 'x' on the right side to delete the sync folder. And there is a plus sign at the bottom. When you click on the plus sign a window will pop up with your folders. Put a check in the box of the folder you want to sync.



Carol

Originally Posted by Blossom

To set up synching
Go to Settings/My Books/Synch Folders then hit the + Add Folder button. To remove a folder hit the x icon next to the folder's name. It's good to remove the /mnt from the list and add your own folders. There is no auto sync.

Boy, don't know how I missed that. Thanks!

[sadievan]

Originally Posted by kennyc

The way android works is that it load the apps and they stay "running" unless you start something else and memory is full. It is not doing anything when it's in that state, just taking up memory, like a swapped out process in a mainframe or desktop computer. You can actually "kill" the app if you go into the configuration (upper right - more - applications - all applications) and kill it, but it will not remember your current status if you do.

If you bring it back up from the background it should go right back where it was when you switched tasks.


BTW I just downloaded and installed this app as well as Aldiko (they finally fixed the rotation crash!) and I'm liking it - Mantano so far but have not done much with it yet.

Thanks for the explanation Kenny. Since I changed the sync setting to only sync with the one folder, it doesn't stay running anymore. Before it was set to sync with /mnt which is the parent folder of the sdcard, so I think it was scanning my whole usable partition.

Most of my books are .mobi so I really don't use Mantano. I was trying to get some newsfeeds from Calibre. I had them sent to my email address as epubs cause the mobis didn't show up good. But now I found an app called US Newspapers. It links to the papers' web site and you can add your own sites too.

It's nice to know I have Mantano if I want it for something in epub that doesn't show up right in mobi. I like choices.

Carol

[sadievan]

Originally Posted by Skydog

Boy, don't know how I missed that. Thanks!

It's easy to miss. The plus sign is small. At least for my eyes it is.

Carol

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by sadievan

Thanks for the explanation Kenny. Since I changed the sync setting to only sync with the one folder, it doesn't stay running anymore. Before it was set to sync with /mnt which is the parent folder of the sdcard, so I think it was scanning my whole usable partition.

Most of my books are .mobi so I really don't use Mantano. I was trying to get some newsfeeds from Calibre. I had them sent to my email address as epubs cause the mobis didn't show up good. But now I found an app called US Newspapers. It links to the papers' web site and you can add your own sites too.

It's nice to know I have Mantano if I want it for something in epub that doesn't show up right in mobi. I like choices.

Carol

Ah, I see that others answered, I was kinda late to the table. But have been working with android for a while. It does have a few quirks but is getting better with every release. And as Blossom mentioned some apps can actually be running in the background -- particularly things like maps, weather, gps(not valid on the Fire) etc. if that option is not disabled in the app. I know some people had that issue with the WeatherBug app which would constantly update it's data in the background if you let it.

[sadievan]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Ah, I see that others answered, I was kinda late to the table. But have been working with android for a while. It does have a few quirks but is getting better with every release. And as Blossom mentioned some apps can actually be running in the background -- particularly things like maps, weather, gps(not valid on the Fire) etc. if that option is not disabled in the app. I know some people had that issue with the WeatherBug app which would constantly update it's data in the background if you let it.

I'm new to Android. This is my first Android Device. I have an iPhone and Windows PCs.

Carol

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Ah, I see that others answered, I was kinda late to the table. But have been working with android for a while. It does have a few quirks but is getting better with every release. And as Blossom mentioned some apps can actually be running in the background -- particularly things like maps, weather, gps(not valid on the Fire) etc. if that option is not disabled in the app. I know some people had that issue with the WeatherBug app which would constantly update it's data in the background if you let it.

Some apps like email, RSS Readers, Weather apps and other things that keep tracks of thing via the web will stay running in the background. These are okay to leave running.

I found the Nook app likes to stay running too so I got rid of it. It's bad enough I have to be connected WiFi to import my sideloaded books through their synch option I feel like I am being spied on but it wont close either.

[yogibare143]

Blossom

Have let Mantano stay running in Applications for a few days with no problems. I'm just going to leave it alone since I really like reader. Since it stay's running anyway I just hit Home instead of using back arrow. That way it goes to last page read in current book I'm reading. Sent two emails to Mantano and never heard back from them. Don't think much of their support. I just wanted to Thank you for your help.

Mark

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by yogibare143

Blossom

Have let Mantano stay running in Applications for a few days with no problems. I'm just going to leave it alone since I really like reader. Since it stay's running anyway I just hit Home instead of using back arrow. That way it goes to last page read in current book I'm reading. Sent two emails to Mantano and never heard back from them. Don't think much of their support. I just wanted to Thank you for your help.

Mark

Yeah it's easier to get support through the Mantano thread here. GregoryP posts from time to time on it letting us know what is going on with the app.