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Barcey · 06-01-2008, 01:38 PM

Hi renoel,

When the Kindle first came out it was recognized by the Mobipocket Desktop Reader v6.0 and showed a PID for it but the PID didn't work. If I'm reading your post correctly that's the PID you tried to enter. Mobipocket has since "fixed" this by not recognizing the Kindle at all in later versions of the Desktop Reader.

Igorski's Python script generates a PID from the Kindle's serial number and this is the PID you should be using. Unfortunately I don't have a Kindle so I can't tell you step by step how to run it.

06-01-2008, 01:38 PM	#211
Barcey Wizard Posts: 1,531 Karma: 8059866 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Device: Kobo H2O / Aura HD / Glo / iPad3	Hi renoel, When the Kindle first came out it was recognized by the Mobipocket Desktop Reader v6.0 and showed a PID for it but the PID didn't work. If I'm reading your post correctly that's the PID you tried to enter. Mobipocket has since "fixed" this by not recognizing the Kindle at all in later versions of the Desktop Reader. Igorski's Python script generates a PID from the Kindle's serial number and this is the PID you should be using. Unfortunately I don't have a Kindle so I can't tell you step by step how to run it.