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Old 09-02-2011, 10:21 AM   #1220
Pendragon
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Originally Posted by meme View Post
If there aren't any names showing up in the collections then it sounds like there is a problem with the Kindle mapping the codes in the collections file to the actual books on the Kindle. Check the collections.json file manually to see if any books are listed in the collections. If there are entries, then its a mismatch of books/codes. If there aren't any, then that's odd.

Have you tried using Edit Collections in the plugin and seeing if books appear to be in collections, maybe adding one or two to a collection, then saving and restarting the Kindle (restarting, not just turning off/on)?



That does sound bizarre. Collections are stored on the Kindle in a file called collections.json. The Kindle reads this file only once after a restart. If you edit collections on the Kindle itself, it will update the file. But if you edit collections using the plugin or manually update the file, the file is not read until you restart the Kindle. So unless you've installed the Fonts or Screensavers hack and enabled fast boot (which will cause the file to be reread without restarting the Kindle), then its not clear why the collections would be ok after unplugging if they weren't ok before.
I do have the screensaver hack installed, but just took the default settings ie did not enable fast reboot, all of my collections were installed using the app in manual mode, and everything shows in the collections before the kindle reboots itself after detaching, however as i mentioned not once the unit reboots until I've attached it to a PC, attaching to power does not initiate the reset, unit runs fine until it is rebooted, its almost like the unit revisits the .json file after connecting with the pc, the family also has 2 K3G's and they work perfrectly it's just my KDXG that's flaky, tried restting the unit back to factory but once I reloaded it and applied the hack the same thing happens
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