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ittiandro · 01-09-2017, 02:21 PM

I need to find all my .mobi books purchased from Kindle in my Android tablet
They are in the tablet, in the Cloud and ( some ) in my PC. and I can read them, but I cannot see them in the storage file system. NOWHERE, as I used to. I really need to retrieve the file , not to open the book.

From a previous now closed thread I see that people have found them in SdCard( or extSDCard) Android/Data/com.amazon.kindle/files. This is where I always looked for and found them. Not any longer now.

What is puzzling is that even the very few I could see until a few days ago have all disappeared from the tablet storage, even if, strangely, I can read them..So they must be there, somewhere..
Somebody hinted that there are other ways to retrieve them.Can anybody tell me how? I wasted a week on this!

Also, somebody in the previous, now closed thread, mentioned a " show hidden files "option in Es File Manage. How can I check and activate this option, if necessary?

It is really baffling how complicated Kindle Amazon make things when it comes to download the books to the device. Sometimes I have the impression that these books have a life of their own and they jump almost erratically from one location to another, from device to device , probably remote controlled..

Tanks

Ittiandro...

01-09-2017, 02:21 PM	#1
ittiandro Connoisseur Posts: 64 Karma: 24500 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: JuliusvonJD	Location of Kindle .mobi books in device storage I need to find all my .mobi books purchased from Kindle in my Android tablet They are in the tablet, in the Cloud and ( some ) in my PC. and I can read them, but I cannot see them in the storage file system. NOWHERE, as I used to. I really need to retrieve the file , not to open the book. From a previous now closed thread I see that people have found them in SdCard( or extSDCard) Android/Data/com.amazon.kindle/files. This is where I always looked for and found them. Not any longer now. What is puzzling is that even the very few I could see until a few days ago have all disappeared from the tablet storage, even if, strangely, I can read them..So they must be there, somewhere.. Somebody hinted that there are other ways to retrieve them.Can anybody tell me how? I wasted a week on this! Also, somebody in the previous, now closed thread, mentioned a " show hidden files "option in Es File Manage. How can I check and activate this option, if necessary? It is really baffling how complicated Kindle Amazon make things when it comes to download the books to the device. Sometimes I have the impression that these books have a life of their own and they jump almost erratically from one location to another, from device to device , probably remote controlled.. Tanks Ittiandro...