Thread: Mini help please - Kobo not syncing
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Old 03-10-2013, 08:37 PM   #8
davidfor
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Originally Posted by paola View Post
davidfor, robko, thanks for the advice - I am now starting to wonder whether the problem is with Calibre, and I wonder whether I could pick your brains on this one.

The reason I am starting to suspect Calibre is that while it is true that I noticed the problem first when syncing, it is also true that I had added a book from Calibre in the same sessions, and problems started with the next power on.

I had solved the problem after copying the backed up database. More precisely:
1. I overwrote the sqlite database with a previous working version, about a week old;
2. I synced the device - at this point things seemed exactly as before, i.e. most recent books not showing;
3. powered off;
4. powered on;
Step 2: was this using WiFi after disconnecting from the PC? Or while connected using the desktop app?
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and after this all was working, meaning I had almost all the books there, bar the last sideloaded kepub.epub. I read a book, powered off, powered on, and still all working. The last sideloaded kepub.epub was showing as present on the device upon connecting it to the laptop, but would not appear in any view on the device. So I connected to calibre, which could see the said book; deleted it and resend it again.
Are you using the extended driver that supports kepub.epub files? And if so, which version? And which version of calibre?
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Then I disconnected the Mini, and the sideloaded book now showing in my mini library. Powered off, then on, and back to the original problem: all the most recent books not showing, including the just sideloaded one. I connected to calibre again, and got the same error message reported above, i.e. it cannot connect to the device.

So I started again process from 1. , this time first deleting the newly sideloaded kepub.epub: i.e. I deleted the kepub.epub, overwrote the database with the backed up file from last week, synced the device, powered off, then on, and again had the mini back in working order again with all my books (sideloaded included) except from the last kepub.epub - but now I don't want to re-send the book via calibre, as I am afraid it will mess it up again.

Any ideas on what could be going wrong? I have been supercareful (as always, I should say) about disconnecting the device properly.
It sounds like there is a problem with that book. Or with the driver getting it onto the device. Have you tried sending another book?

As I ask above, it sounds like you are using the extended version of the driver by Joel. I haven't looked at it for a few weeks, so I don't know what state it is in. There was a version earlier in the year that did more updates to the database than. Joel withdrew that because he couldn't get them right.

It is possible it is a problem with the book. Any chance I can look at it? If it is legal to attach it here, do so. Otherwise upload it somewhere and PM me with a link. Or PM for an email address to send it to. If you kept a copy of the corrupted database, I would also be interested in looking at it.
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