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Originally Posted by stumped
bite the bullet and do the factory reset
amazon will not help you because the issues are with sideloaded books, and the way the fire manages and stores indexing is well hidden
things you could try first, that may help is
1.get to the list of (system) apps via settings, and delete all the cache and data you can find for anything to do with the books' apps
2. there is a soft reset option- less destructive than factory reset. hold down power button and ignore all messages until tablet restarts ( 30 - 40 secs). that will not wipe any books or apps.
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Thanks for the help! I kinda figured that a factory reset might be the only way to guarantee fix the issue. But regarding your two suggestions:
1. I've looked up the settings and couldn't find a way to clear any cache/data under the Reader Settings
2. I've already tried the soft reset option a few times. Originally I thought it didn't work because one of the books which I deleted prior to the soft reset somehow managed to retain its history through deletion -> soft rest -> reupload. A subsequent soft reset following the deletion of 1/3 of the books on my Fire HD might have worked however, but I'll have to keep using the Fire HD to know for sure.
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Originally Posted by stumped
a slight concern is that you mention the carousel. that is a feature of OS4, i.e. the ~2013 devices, and there is no easy way to add google stuff to those.
check amazon / wikipedia & work out exactly what device you have, and look in settings to see what version of Fire OS is running. and chack that you have all available system updates.
to help with troubleshooting, explain exactly how you do the sideload from calibre steps
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Sorry, I think I misspoke when I said carousel (I was using the terminology from an older Kindle HD that I previously used that was ~2013). I believe it's more appropriate to call it a list of the 7 most recent books read.
My Fire HD is a Fire HD 8 (7th generation) with Fire OS 5.3.7.0 that is up to date as of this morning.
As for how I sideload from calibre, here are the steps:
1. I take the epub and convert it to azw3 inside calibre
2. I connect my Fire HD to my computer and wait for the books/metadata to be read (usually takes about 2+ minutes)
3. I select books I want to upload and choose the "Send to Device" button in the main toolbar.
Note: I use the following metadata plugboard for my sideloading:
azw3:MTP_DEVICE = {#category:|| > }{series}{series_index:0>2s| #| – }{title:| |}
As an additional sidenote/issue, I've noticed that Calibre has a tendency to abruptly crash with no error when the USB connection to the Fire HD is interrupted even slightly. I also have crashes if I connect the Fire HD to the computer first and then open Calibre. I've heard this issue with certain Win10 systems not working well with Calibre was not reproduced by the Calibre dev, so I'm not expecting an answer to that problem.