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barn_owl · 03-17-2019, 08:42 AM

Hello everyone =)

I've used Calibre Companion on my smartphone for a while now and it is a really great app. I love that it shows all the custumn columns and it really helps me to keep track if/when I read a book.

Sadly with our buggy WIFI at home the wireless connection with calibre often fails or gets disconnected shortly after the booklist began loading. Sometimes it 'only' takes a few tries to get the metadata synced or new books on my phone, sometimes it won't work even then and I can only try again at a later time. It is really frustrating and takes so much time, I could be reading instead.

So what I would like to find (but weren't able to myself) is an app for Android, that I can use on my phone, that has basically the same functions as CC, but is able to find/display books, that I sent to my phone using a cable connection.

Does anyone know anything similar that I just haven't managed to find?

03-17-2019, 08:42 AM	#1
barn_owl Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2019 Device: PocketBook Touch Lux 3, Smartphone	Alternative to Calibre Companion (non WIFI-based)? Hello everyone =) I've used Calibre Companion on my smartphone for a while now and it is a really great app. I love that it shows all the custumn columns and it really helps me to keep track if/when I read a book. Sadly with our buggy WIFI at home the wireless connection with calibre often fails or gets disconnected shortly after the booklist began loading. Sometimes it 'only' takes a few tries to get the metadata synced or new books on my phone, sometimes it won't work even then and I can only try again at a later time. It is really frustrating and takes so much time, I could be reading instead. So what I would like to find (but weren't able to myself) is an app for Android, that I can use on my phone, that has basically the same functions as CC, but is able to find/display books, that I sent to my phone using a cable connection. Does anyone know anything similar that I just haven't managed to find?