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chaley · 02-17-2012, 11:51 AM

The nexus runs android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich). From what I understand, as of android 3 (honeycomb) google removed the ability to mount any memory, internal or sd card, as a disk. Because of this change, calibre will not detect any device running android 3 or later.

Your choices include:

Create a folder on your PC that mirrors the books folder on your device. Use calibre's connect to folder to maintain books in this mirror. Use a replicator (if any works with MTP connections) to sync this folder with the phone. Puresync (http://www.jumpingbytes.com/en/puresync.html) claims to be able to sync "some MTP devices".
Similar to above, but use dropbox or some equivalent to sync the folders over the air.
Try something like ptpdrive, which can mount some MTP devices as drives. I have no idea if it works with an android phone.
Use the content server to access your library over the air. You might use OPDS if your reader app supports it.

02-17-2012, 11:51 AM	#5
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,728 Karma: 6690881 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	The nexus runs android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich). From what I understand, as of android 3 (honeycomb) google removed the ability to mount any memory, internal or sd card, as a disk. Because of this change, calibre will not detect any device running android 3 or later. Your choices include: Create a folder on your PC that mirrors the books folder on your device. Use calibre's connect to folder to maintain books in this mirror. Use a replicator (if any works with MTP connections) to sync this folder with the phone. Puresync (http://www.jumpingbytes.com/en/puresync.html) claims to be able to sync "some MTP devices". Similar to above, but use dropbox or some equivalent to sync the folders over the air. Try something like ptpdrive, which can mount some MTP devices as drives. I have no idea if it works with an android phone. Use the content server to access your library over the air. You might use OPDS if your reader app supports it. Last edited by chaley; 02-17-2012 at 04:35 PM.