Connecting to Android device

Kumabjorn · 01-01-2012, 08:48 AM

Kind of new to the Sony Readers but I've used a Kindle for more than a year.
I can't find a Sony eReader application for my andrid based AUS eeePad Transformer. I guess Sony is in the game to sell devices not books like Amazon. If I connect the Sony eReaders to my Transformer I only get the charging screen.
Is there some method for purchasing books on a Transformer and then move them to the Sony device?

banjobama · 01-04-2012, 09:21 PM

There's a Reader for Android app. Is that what you mean? Which Sony reader do you have?

Bookworm_Girl · 01-05-2012, 01:17 AM

Sony has both an Android phone app and a tablet app. I was using the Android phone app and found the features rather limited although I was able to purchase books just fine. I found it better to use alternative reading apps that were capable of recognizing DRM'ed books instead like Aldiko.

Bookworm_Girl · 01-05-2012, 01:24 AM

A further thought - I suppose you could purchase a book via the Reader Android app and then use a File Manager app to upload the book to a dropbox account and then download from dropbox to your T1.

Kumabjorn · 01-05-2012, 05:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by banjobama

There's a Reader for Android app. Is that what you mean? Which Sony reader do you have?

I haev the Android app (phone version, couldn't find tablet version) but that is not what I want, I want to connect with a USB cable and move content freely between the devices (on one hand a PRS-350 or PRS-T1 and on the other an ASUS Transformer). I thought I should be able to do it over WiFi with the PRS-T1 and USB with the PRS-350. But they don't show up as a USB disk (or mass storage device) on my Transformer when I connect them. Hence, my vexation.

Bookworm_Girl · 01-05-2012, 08:47 AM

I'm not sure why you wouldn't just purchase books and download through the web-browser on the T1.

My post #4 suggests a method how to move a file via Wi-fi from your T1 to your Transformer. I suggest that you get an account with Dropbox and install the Dropbox app (or find a similar service). Then install a file manager app like ES File Explorer. Find the folder where your purchased books are stored. Then send the book to Dropbox. On my tablet it's a long-press on the file-name and then in the Operations menu that appears is an option "send" which brings up another menu where you can select "Dropbox". Then I log into the my dropbox.com account via the T1 web browser and download the book to my T1. This methods works for me to transfer files between my Kindle Fire and T1.

Kumabjorn · 01-05-2012, 07:43 PM

Ahh, the assumptions of unitarianism. In my case the reason I can't do that is that my PRS-T1 is the Japanese model, it is tied into Sony's Japanese book store so it doesn't have any Shopping option that connects it to the US store. The other reason is that I also have two PRS-350 and they do not have any WiFi connectivity. I am used to having to overcome geo-restrictions when I buy books, and I have learned a lot of tricks (thanks to all MR contributors) however, this time I'm schtumped by one of the world's most international corporation's myopia. I have downloaded the Sony Reader Android Phone app (the tablet app has geo-restrictions) so through that app I can purchase books, but they look kind of funny on a tablet running a phone app. Hence, I want them on my readers.

Bookworm_Girl · 01-05-2012, 08:39 PM

I realized you were in Sweden and assumed you had overcome the geo-restrictions, but I didn't realize that your readers came from Japan! But, now I remember some of your posts. I think you might be the person that had your first Sony ereader get damaged on your flight home from Japan a few months ago?

Do you not have a desktop or laptop option to install the Sony Reader for PC software on and then transfer via USB to your 350? Is the Transformer your only option?

I have an idea. What if you transfer the book to your T1 wirelessly? Then download it not to the internal memory on your T1 but to the SD card? Then you can swap the card from your T1 to your 350?

Kumabjorn · 01-06-2012, 08:34 AM

That is correct, I had my first PRS-350 broken upon returning home. I have now exchanged that one for two PRS-350 and one PRS-T1, Mythinking is that I will use the PRS-350 for reading by my grad students, that way we can make sure we are on the same text with the same content.

Right now I am still in Japan so I am constricted by availabe devices and that is my Transformer. I used Dropbox today for a test run, but I was schtumped by DMR. The book was available (epub file only) but I couldn't open it on the T1. I believe the reason is that I haven't been able to register it on the Sony Book site. So far I have been very accepting of DMR because I see the value for publishers in restricting piracy, but all I wan't is to move a legally purchases e-Book from one device to another and it is getting exceedingly frustrating to be hindered by geopolitical myopia.

I have to admitt that I'm not savy enough to know how I can move a book over WiFi to the T1. When I open ES File Explorer nd choose the LAN option I can't see the T1. I have a feeling it is only connected to WiFi when I run the Store application. When I do that the ES File Explorer doesn't seem to communicate with the T1.

As for a micro SD card, I have those but the PRS-350 doesn't have any slot for it.

Sorry if I sound snippy, I don't mean to, but I'm very very frustrated (read; Mad as hell)

vishcompany · 01-06-2012, 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kumabjorn

So far I have been very accepting of DMR because I see the value for publishers in restricting piracy, but all I wan't is to move a legally purchases e-Book from one device to another and it is getting exceedingly frustrating to be hindered by geopolitical myopia.

I have to admitt that I'm not savy enough to know how I can move a book over WiFi to the T1. When I open ES File Explorer nd choose the LAN option I can't see the T1. I have a feeling it is only connected to WiFi when I run the Store application. When I do that the ES File Explorer doesn't seem to communicate with the T1.

As for a micro SD card, I have those but the PRS-350 doesn't have any slot for it.

Sorry if I sound snippy, I don't mean to, but I'm very very frustrated (read; Mad as hell)

welcome in the real world of DRM (Digital Restrictions Management).

Is there any chance, that you also have a laptop/notebook/netbook at hand (preferably running win or mac)? If so, I highly recommend getting calibre and google "Apprentice Alf" for the dustbusters, that will take care of DRM for good. As soon as you know your workflow, freeing your books of DRM is a matter of mere seconds.
Once this is done, you can move your books - which you dutifully paid for - to any device of your choice. Calibre also comes with a content server, which enables you to download your books through wifi from calibre. works like a cham with the T1.

Ever since I switched to this, my ereading life has become wonderfully carefree. I buy my books from many different shops in different formats. All it takes me is a few extra mouseclicks and I have full, unrestricted ownership of the content I paid for.
It will maybe take you an hour or so to learn the ropes of this, but regarding all the time you already wasted, trying to cope with DRM, your time-investment will pay off very quickly.

Kumabjorn · 01-06-2012, 07:01 PM

Once I get back home I intend to master the idiosynchracies of removing DMR but right now I am, as previosuly stated, locked into Android devices.

(Hey Kovad, any chance of porting Calibre to Android?)

Bookworm_Girl · 01-06-2012, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kumabjorn

As for a micro SD card, I have those but the PRS-350 doesn't have any slot for it.

Oops! I forgot that. I can understand that it's frustrating to be traveling and away from your usual equipment.

JSWolf · 01-07-2012, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kumabjorn

Once I get back home I intend to master the idiosynchracies of removing DMR but right now I am, as previosuly stated, locked into Android devices.

(Hey Kovad, any chance of porting Calibre to Android?)

As to your porting to Android question, the answer is no.

Kumabjorn · 01-08-2012, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

As to your porting to Android question, the answer is no.

From that I gather that this has already been discussed. Too bad, not that I had any hopes.

luvduchovny · 01-09-2012, 03:15 PM

Dropbox sounds like the only real solution. There is an android Dropbox app. Once you load the books you want there, then you can load them on your Transformer tablet (via the Dropbox app). You can get them for the T1 by connecting to dropbox via the website (using the browser on the T1). The 350 is the most problematic since there isn't an sd slot. So I'm guessing connecting the 350 to the Transformer doesn't make it turn up like an external drive? There might been an android app out there that will use a more extensive file manager system but you might have to be rooted to use it for it to recognize the 350 as an external drive.

01-01-2012, 08:48 AM	#1
Kumabjorn Basculocolpic Posts: 4,356 Karma: 20181319 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Kindle 4SO, Kindle for Android, Sony PRS-350 and PRS-T1	Connecting to Android device Kind of new to the Sony Readers but I've used a Kindle for more than a year. I can't find a Sony eReader application for my andrid based AUS eeePad Transformer. I guess Sony is in the game to sell devices not books like Amazon. If I connect the Sony eReaders to my Transformer I only get the charging screen. Is there some method for purchasing books on a Transformer and then move them to the Sony device?

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01-04-2012, 09:21 PM	#2
banjobama Busy Read'n Posts: 980 Karma: 5039283 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Auburn, WA Device: Pocketbook Touch Lux 5	There's a Reader for Android app. Is that what you mean? Which Sony reader do you have?

01-05-2012, 01:17 AM	#3
Bookworm_Girl E-reader Enthusiast Posts: 4,871 Karma: 36507503 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southwest, USA Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5	Sony has both an Android phone app and a tablet app. I was using the Android phone app and found the features rather limited although I was able to purchase books just fine. I found it better to use alternative reading apps that were capable of recognizing DRM'ed books instead like Aldiko.

01-05-2012, 01:24 AM	#4
Bookworm_Girl E-reader Enthusiast Posts: 4,871 Karma: 36507503 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southwest, USA Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5	A further thought - I suppose you could purchase a book via the Reader Android app and then use a File Manager app to upload the book to a dropbox account and then download from dropbox to your T1.

01-05-2012, 08:47 AM	#6
Bookworm_Girl E-reader Enthusiast Posts: 4,871 Karma: 36507503 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southwest, USA Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5	I'm not sure why you wouldn't just purchase books and download through the web-browser on the T1. My post #4 suggests a method how to move a file via Wi-fi from your T1 to your Transformer. I suggest that you get an account with Dropbox and install the Dropbox app (or find a similar service). Then install a file manager app like ES File Explorer. Find the folder where your purchased books are stored. Then send the book to Dropbox. On my tablet it's a long-press on the file-name and then in the Operations menu that appears is an option "send" which brings up another menu where you can select "Dropbox". Then I log into the my dropbox.com account via the T1 web browser and download the book to my T1. This methods works for me to transfer files between my Kindle Fire and T1.

01-05-2012, 07:43 PM	#7
Kumabjorn Basculocolpic Posts: 4,356 Karma: 20181319 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Kindle 4SO, Kindle for Android, Sony PRS-350 and PRS-T1	Ahh, the assumptions of unitarianism. In my case the reason I can't do that is that my PRS-T1 is the Japanese model, it is tied into Sony's Japanese book store so it doesn't have any Shopping option that connects it to the US store. The other reason is that I also have two PRS-350 and they do not have any WiFi connectivity. I am used to having to overcome geo-restrictions when I buy books, and I have learned a lot of tricks (thanks to all MR contributors) however, this time I'm schtumped by one of the world's most international corporation's myopia. I have downloaded the Sony Reader Android Phone app (the tablet app has geo-restrictions) so through that app I can purchase books, but they look kind of funny on a tablet running a phone app. Hence, I want them on my readers.

01-05-2012, 08:39 PM	#8
Bookworm_Girl E-reader Enthusiast Posts: 4,871 Karma: 36507503 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southwest, USA Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5	I realized you were in Sweden and assumed you had overcome the geo-restrictions, but I didn't realize that your readers came from Japan! But, now I remember some of your posts. I think you might be the person that had your first Sony ereader get damaged on your flight home from Japan a few months ago? Do you not have a desktop or laptop option to install the Sony Reader for PC software on and then transfer via USB to your 350? Is the Transformer your only option? I have an idea. What if you transfer the book to your T1 wirelessly? Then download it not to the internal memory on your T1 but to the SD card? Then you can swap the card from your T1 to your 350?

01-06-2012, 08:34 AM	#9
Kumabjorn Basculocolpic Posts: 4,356 Karma: 20181319 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Kindle 4SO, Kindle for Android, Sony PRS-350 and PRS-T1	That is correct, I had my first PRS-350 broken upon returning home. I have now exchanged that one for two PRS-350 and one PRS-T1, Mythinking is that I will use the PRS-350 for reading by my grad students, that way we can make sure we are on the same text with the same content. Right now I am still in Japan so I am constricted by availabe devices and that is my Transformer. I used Dropbox today for a test run, but I was schtumped by DMR. The book was available (epub file only) but I couldn't open it on the T1. I believe the reason is that I haven't been able to register it on the Sony Book site. So far I have been very accepting of DMR because I see the value for publishers in restricting piracy, but all I wan't is to move a legally purchases e-Book from one device to another and it is getting exceedingly frustrating to be hindered by geopolitical myopia. I have to admitt that I'm not savy enough to know how I can move a book over WiFi to the T1. When I open ES File Explorer nd choose the LAN option I can't see the T1. I have a feeling it is only connected to WiFi when I run the Store application. When I do that the ES File Explorer doesn't seem to communicate with the T1. As for a micro SD card, I have those but the PRS-350 doesn't have any slot for it. Sorry if I sound snippy, I don't mean to, but I'm very very frustrated (read; Mad as hell)

01-06-2012, 07:01 PM	#11
Kumabjorn Basculocolpic Posts: 4,356 Karma: 20181319 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Kindle 4SO, Kindle for Android, Sony PRS-350 and PRS-T1	Once I get back home I intend to master the idiosynchracies of removing DMR but right now I am, as previosuly stated, locked into Android devices. (Hey Kovad, any chance of porting Calibre to Android?)

01-09-2012, 03:15 PM	#15
luvduchovny Zealot Posts: 145 Karma: 137186 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Sony Reader PRS-500, PRS-600, PRS-650, PRS-T1, PRS-T3	Dropbox sounds like the only real solution. There is an android Dropbox app. Once you load the books you want there, then you can load them on your Transformer tablet (via the Dropbox app). You can get them for the T1 by connecting to dropbox via the website (using the browser on the T1). The 350 is the most problematic since there isn't an sd slot. So I'm guessing connecting the 350 to the Transformer doesn't make it turn up like an external drive? There might been an android app out there that will use a more extensive file manager system but you might have to be rooted to use it for it to recognize the 350 as an external drive.

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