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dvd2000 · 09-30-2015, 02:58 PM

I would like to share with you a little experience that I had today with my kindle.
I don't know if someone has already done this (I searched on the forum but I didn't find nothing): today I accidentally deleted a book from my kindle; connecting the kindle to the computer I found the .fuse_hiddenXXXXXXXXXX file (the X's represents some numbers) in the documents directory and I renamed it with the book title (but it will work just with any name you give it) and with the original extension of the book (.azw3); the ebook reappeared on the kindle and it worked without any problem. I thought it could be useful to share this hack on this forum: maybe it will help someone.
Do you think this could be a good method to restore deleted file on a Kindle? Has someone already done this?
I would like to know what exactly is the .fuse_hidenXXXXXX file. I know that it is created when you delete an item but some process still need it, but is it created every time you delete something or just sometime? Is it a temporary file?

09-30-2015, 02:58 PM	#1
dvd2000 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2015 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2	Restoring deleted books I would like to share with you a little experience that I had today with my kindle. I don't know if someone has already done this (I searched on the forum but I didn't find nothing): today I accidentally deleted a book from my kindle; connecting the kindle to the computer I found the .fuse_hiddenXXXXXXXXXX file (the X's represents some numbers) in the documents directory and I renamed it with the book title (but it will work just with any name you give it) and with the original extension of the book (.azw3); the ebook reappeared on the kindle and it worked without any problem. I thought it could be useful to share this hack on this forum: maybe it will help someone. Do you think this could be a good method to restore deleted file on a Kindle? Has someone already done this? I would like to know what exactly is the .fuse_hidenXXXXXX file. I know that it is created when you delete an item but some process still need it, but is it created every time you delete something or just sometime? Is it a temporary file?