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James M · 02-08-2024, 01:38 PM

I was having problems with Calibre communicating. It would find the books om the device ok, but when I went to copy a book to the device it came up with the "Error communicating...". I tried various changes, but nothing worked,

I then opened device manager, and saw my tablet under "Portable Devices". I then went to View > Devices by connection. I saw that my tablet and my Wi-Fi adapter were linked to the same USB hub. So I moved the cable to a different USB port, and this time, in Device Manager, it was on its own on its USB hub, and this time, everything worked perfectly.

I hope this method might be of use to others.

02-08-2024, 01:38 PM	#27
James M Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2024 Device: Samsung Tablet S6 lite	Problem communicating was due to shared USB hub I was having problems with Calibre communicating. It would find the books om the device ok, but when I went to copy a book to the device it came up with the "Error communicating...". I tried various changes, but nothing worked, I then opened device manager, and saw my tablet under "Portable Devices". I then went to View > Devices by connection. I saw that my tablet and my Wi-Fi adapter were linked to the same USB hub. So I moved the cable to a different USB port, and this time, in Device Manager, it was on its own on its USB hub, and this time, everything worked perfectly. I hope this method might be of use to others.