Troubleshooting Kindle WiFi - Sideloaded docs appear only under "Downloaded"

swamp thing · 06-24-2016, 10:45 PM

In my kindle WiFi, books/docs are listed in the home screen according to selected options. On the left you select between "All" and "Downloaded". On the right you select between All, Docs, Books, etc.

I find that sideloaded items (via USB either from windows or via Caliber) are not shown under the "All" option on the left, but are shown under "Downloaded". That is rather funny, since (a) All should mean the superset of all modes and (b) downloaded should mean via network/sync rather that pushed thru manually.

It took me an hour to realize this fact, and I was tearing my hair looking for the sideloaded docs under "all".

What is the logic around this? Do all models / versions behave like this?

Cinisajoy · 06-24-2016, 11:16 PM

All means all things from Amazon.

Barbara1955 · 06-25-2016, 12:15 AM

IF you Side Loaded e-books & cant find them under Downloaded Make sure when you DL you transfer them into 1 of the Files/Folders on the PW.... Click & drag & Drop into the file.

swamp thing · 06-25-2016, 12:37 AM

Thanks for the replies!

eschwartz · 06-27-2016, 08:16 PM

Back in the day, the two options used to be "Cloud / Device".

But apparently Amazon decided it was too confusing to people who only buy from Amazon, so they switched it to "All / Downloaded" a few firmware revisions ago. (Maybe around the 5.6.0 update? I forget the exact version.)

...

The fact that you realized what was going on at all, rather than posting frantically here asking where your books went to, puts you towards the front of the pack.

HarryT · 06-28-2016, 03:09 AM

"All" means "All the items in your Cloud library".
"Downloaded" means "Items that have been downloaded to your device".

06-24-2016, 10:45 PM	#1
swamp thing Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: Kobo Touch	Kindle WiFi - Sideloaded docs appear only under "Downloaded" In my kindle WiFi, books/docs are listed in the home screen according to selected options. On the left you select between "All" and "Downloaded". On the right you select between All, Docs, Books, etc. I find that sideloaded items (via USB either from windows or via Caliber) are not shown under the "All" option on the left, but are shown under "Downloaded". That is rather funny, since (a) All should mean the superset of all modes and (b) downloaded should mean via network/sync rather that pushed thru manually. It took me an hour to realize this fact, and I was tearing my hair looking for the sideloaded docs under "all". What is the logic around this? Do all models / versions behave like this?

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06-24-2016, 11:16 PM	#2
Cinisajoy Just a Yellow Smiley. Posts: 19,161 Karma: 83862859 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Texas Device: K4, K5, fire, kobo, galaxy	All means all things from Amazon.

06-25-2016, 12:15 AM	#3
Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,455 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	IF you Side Loaded e-books & cant find them under Downloaded Make sure when you DL you transfer them into 1 of the Files/Folders on the PW.... Click & drag & Drop into the file.

06-25-2016, 12:37 AM	#4
swamp thing Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: Kobo Touch	Thanks for the replies!

06-27-2016, 08:16 PM	#5
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Back in the day, the two options used to be "Cloud / Device". But apparently Amazon decided it was too confusing to people who only buy from Amazon, so they switched it to "All / Downloaded" a few firmware revisions ago. (Maybe around the 5.6.0 update? I forget the exact version.) ... The fact that you realized what was going on at all, rather than posting frantically here asking where your books went to, puts you towards the front of the pack.

06-28-2016, 03:09 AM	#6
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	"All" means "All the items in your Cloud library". "Downloaded" means "Items that have been downloaded to your device".

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