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dini · 08-27-2014, 06:13 AM

Hi Everyone,

I was having a great deal of difficulty with this plugin, using an iOS 7 iPad Air (LTE cellular). I used calibre 1.48, tried even a fresh install on a different computer (Snow Leopard and Mavericks), following the instructions ultra-accurately on the Marvin blog:
http://blog.marvinapp.com/post/53438723356

As well as the instructions on the earlier version of this thread, before I saw this one. However, calibre would not recognize the iPad, and in fact deleted the iOS reader applications plugin when I tried. And tired and tried. The trick seems to be to not follow the instructions on the blog, and instead, have calibre launched already before connecting the iPad on the first connection attempt after plugin install (and relaunch). It will give the message that it could not connect the device (before you have the chance to tap the Trust button on the iPad). Tap trust, dismiss calibre's message, and connect again. Finally, the Red M appears on the tool bar for the first time.

I spent at least a couple of hours messing around with this, hard resetting the iPad, truly everything. It seems the Trust issue ends up deleting the plugin if you launch calibre after connecting the iPad. I never got the message that there was a problem, and no Marvin icon appeared. Very strange, actually, that the plugin was deleted, not just inactivated. (Actually, not completely deleted, but gone from the list of plugins from the Preferences, and when I go to install again, it is indicated as not yet installed).

I hope my comment helps, including those who are trying to trouble shoot for others!

08-27-2014, 06:13 AM	#33
dini Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: iPad and Kindle and Sony	I hope this helps Hi Everyone, I was having a great deal of difficulty with this plugin, using an iOS 7 iPad Air (LTE cellular). I used calibre 1.48, tried even a fresh install on a different computer (Snow Leopard and Mavericks), following the instructions ultra-accurately on the Marvin blog: http://blog.marvinapp.com/post/53438723356 As well as the instructions on the earlier version of this thread, before I saw this one. However, calibre would not recognize the iPad, and in fact deleted the iOS reader applications plugin when I tried. And tired and tried. The trick seems to be to not follow the instructions on the blog, and instead, have calibre launched already before connecting the iPad on the first connection attempt after plugin install (and relaunch). It will give the message that it could not connect the device (before you have the chance to tap the Trust button on the iPad). Tap trust, dismiss calibre's message, and connect again. Finally, the Red M appears on the tool bar for the first time. I spent at least a couple of hours messing around with this, hard resetting the iPad, truly everything. It seems the Trust issue ends up deleting the plugin if you launch calibre after connecting the iPad. I never got the message that there was a problem, and no Marvin icon appeared. Very strange, actually, that the plugin was deleted, not just inactivated. (Actually, not completely deleted, but gone from the list of plugins from the Preferences, and when I go to install again, it is indicated as not yet installed). I hope my comment helps, including those who are trying to trouble shoot for others! Last edited by dini; 08-27-2014 at 06:19 AM. Reason: changed one word (typo)