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Originally Posted by Jabby
That was my plan - but we know what happens to the "best laid plans". Here is where I stand:
After I read your instructions, I saw what you were doing so I thought I would try it with another device. I did and it worked . I now had an authenticated SD card that worked with my tablet (Coby MID7024 running Aldiko).
I am now trying to transport it to my JBL. So far no luck. The Aldiko hidden folder holds two .xml files; activation and device while the JBL only held a device xml. So I copied the activation file only to the JBL - no go. I copied the entire hidden folder to the JBL. I've tried all combinations of extsd and intsd card with and without a Digital Editions folder....and on and on.
Do you have any ideas? I can post the xml files if you think it will help.
Regards - John
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I guess I don't follow what you are trying to do. The JBL has the activation
files, in as much as it needs any, built into the Adobe Reader Mobile software
that is embedded into the firmware update. The ADE software that you install
on your PC needs to be "activated/authorized" to provide the anchor Id
(Adobe ID) it needs in the process and allow the ADE software to "Authorize"
devices. The JBL's embedded Adobe Reader Mobile software appears to use
the data that the ADE program on your PC writes into the "manifest.xml" when
it both creates the file and when it updates it for each ebook it adds to the
"authorized device". That is why you need to use ADE to put the ebook onto
your "device". (Remember ADE thinks your SD card is the device that the
"device.xml" file said it was, and it provides ebooks that can be read on that
device, using the reader software that matches the data mentioned in the
"device.xml" and the resulting authorization it puts in the "manifest.xml" file.)
An SD card pretending to be one device can only be used in that device, I
think.
The reader software in each device will have its own way of working. The
script in the .xml files will be different.
If you are trying to use an SD card made for one device in a different device
it won't work. It might work with another of the same make and model
running the same firmware, but I wouldn't count on it.
Having an SD card that ADE sees as your device was mostly to have another
way to deal with manipulating large file structures and get around some DRM
issues. Changes in the DRM scheme made it somewhat less useful.
(But- I find it even easier to just use ADE to enable the download of the
actual ebook file, then disinfect the book file, and be done with it.)
Luck;
Ken
P.S. You could try renaming the "activation" .xml file to "manifest.xml" but
it probably won't work.