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Old 11-04-2024, 09:51 AM   #74
CrazedEwok
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Device: Kindle Colorsoft / Kindle PW 11th Gen
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
I wonder if anyone who looked at a 2024 Kindle under Windows for the system directory has turned on show hidden system files? If not, then we don't know if system is visible or not.
I'm not who you were replying to, but I have a new Colorsoft and am using Linux, avoiding any Windows idiosyncrasies. Using libmtp or android-file-transfer, I can confirm that the `system` folder is inaccessible through the MTP interface. I think `system` "really" exists on the underlying filesystem, but access is sabotaged on the Kindle's MTP interface.

Example using FUSE provided by `android-file-transfer`:
Code:
$ pwd
~/mnt/kindle/Internal Storage
$ ls -a1
./
../
.active_content_sandbox/
audible/
documents/
driveinfo.calibre
fonts/
metadata.calibre
screenshots/
$ cd system
cd: The directory 'system' does not exist
$ touch system
touch: cannot touch 'system': Input/output error
$ touch systema
# Works!
So Kovid's suspicions seem to track.
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