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slimwilson · 03-30-2023, 11:26 PM

This is what works for me in summary:

Bluestacks is definitely the way to go. Using the links provided at the beginning of this thread work, as well as the version of Android etc.

Use the built in media manager to look for your .prc files after you login to amazon on the kindle app in on the android emulator. You download the .prc files when you click on the book in the kindle app. It downloads them to sdcard/Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/files.

An easy way to get the files you want (because you can't see the .prc often) is once you get to the above location, use the little search icon in the top right and put .prc in there. You'll now only see the files you need to transfer to your computer. Easiest way for me was once you do all of the above and you see only your .prc files, choose 'Export to Windows' on the bottom left, select all of your .prc files.

If you haven't read all of the threads. You MUST have the DeDRM and the kfx plugins for Calibre. Also, the DeDRM plugin needs the 'Kindle for Android ebooks Keys' not just the one from your PC install. This messed me up for a minute. The way you get that is again listed in the first post. Yes you need to download the adb.exe to use. You use this with the cmd prompt as indicated. One thing that was messing me up is that after i connected, finding the port and location in the advanced settings. It connected, but when i attempted to do the backup, I got the error:
unable to connect for backup: more than one device/emulator

if you get this, run .\adb.exe devices . You might get a list like this:
List of devices attached
127.0.0.1:5555 device
emulator-5554 device

This is totally fine, just use this syntax: .\adb.exe -s 127.0.0.1:5555 backup com.amazon.kindle -f nameofbackup.ab

the -s tells it which device to use. I used the -f to name the file. You don't have to do that.

The last thing i want to say is I couldn't find the backup file. I was looking on the Android folder structure or in the sharedfolder etc. The home directory in which it is backed up, is the directory from which you're running the adb.exe

Once you have the .ab file you use as instructed and the .prc files will be decrypted nicely in your Calibre.

Hope this helps!

03-30-2023, 11:26 PM	#261
slimwilson Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2023 Device: kindle	Some Thoughts This is what works for me in summary: Bluestacks is definitely the way to go. Using the links provided at the beginning of this thread work, as well as the version of Android etc. Use the built in media manager to look for your .prc files after you login to amazon on the kindle app in on the android emulator. You download the .prc files when you click on the book in the kindle app. It downloads them to sdcard/Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/files. An easy way to get the files you want (because you can't see the .prc often) is once you get to the above location, use the little search icon in the top right and put .prc in there. You'll now only see the files you need to transfer to your computer. Easiest way for me was once you do all of the above and you see only your .prc files, choose 'Export to Windows' on the bottom left, select all of your .prc files. If you haven't read all of the threads. You MUST have the DeDRM and the kfx plugins for Calibre. Also, the DeDRM plugin needs the 'Kindle for Android ebooks Keys' not just the one from your PC install. This messed me up for a minute. The way you get that is again listed in the first post. Yes you need to download the adb.exe to use. You use this with the cmd prompt as indicated. One thing that was messing me up is that after i connected, finding the port and location in the advanced settings. It connected, but when i attempted to do the backup, I got the error: unable to connect for backup: more than one device/emulator if you get this, run .\adb.exe devices . You might get a list like this: List of devices attached 127.0.0.1:5555 device emulator-5554 device This is totally fine, just use this syntax: .\adb.exe -s 127.0.0.1:5555 backup com.amazon.kindle -f nameofbackup.ab the -s tells it which device to use. I used the -f to name the file. You don't have to do that. The last thing i want to say is I couldn't find the backup file. I was looking on the Android folder structure or in the sharedfolder etc. The home directory in which it is backed up, is the directory from which you're running the adb.exe Once you have the .ab file you use as instructed and the .prc files will be decrypted nicely in your Calibre. Hope this helps!