Troubleshooting Kindle App Settings

Kortstok · 12-03-2014, 09:35 AM

Hi guys
Hope someone can help me. Is it possible to somewhere change the settings of the Amazon Kindle App to recognize mobi books stored on an SD Card for an Android device? Or is the default folder on the main memory the only place to store books?

shamanNS · 12-03-2014, 11:40 AM

Just create folder named "kindle" on root of SD card and copy your mobi/azw3 files to that folder.

Kortstok · 12-04-2014, 03:09 AM

Tried that on numerous occasions but my device does not pick the books up in the app... When I search on the Tab 'On Device' the new books does not reflect?

Any other advise?

HarryT · 12-04-2014, 04:48 AM

I'm pretty sure that the Android Kindle App doesn't support books on an external SD card, but would be happy to be proved wrong!

shamanNS · 12-04-2014, 07:34 AM

I have a device with no SD card slot (Nexus 4) so can't really be 100%, but since on such devices Android is mounting /data partition as /sdcard it **should** all be the same, real SDcard or fake/emulated one? And on my Nexus 4 it still works when I put some books in /sdcard/kindle, just as it did on my old phone which had sdcard slot.

If not, you could probably fix your problem by creating a symlink.

HarryT · 12-04-2014, 07:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shamanNS

I have a device with no SD card slot (Nexus 4) so can't really be 100%, but since on such devices Android is mounting /data partition as /sdcard it **should** all be the same, real SDcard or fake/emulated one? And on my Nexus 4 it still works when I put some books in /sdcard/kindle, just as it did on my old phone which had sdcard slot.

If not, you could probably fix your problem by creating a symlink.

But "/sdcard" is the internal storage. An external SD card mounts as "/extsd" (at least it does on the Android devices that I have).

shamanNS · 12-04-2014, 11:51 AM

Ah.... Sorry, last time my mobile had MMC slots Android was at version 2.3

So I guess you would need rooted phone to fix your problems with some symlink (not possible if SDcard is formatted as FAT) or some bind mount "magic".

12-03-2014, 09:35 AM	#1
Kortstok Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2014 Device: Samsung S4 Mini	Kindle App Settings Hi guys Hope someone can help me. Is it possible to somewhere change the settings of the Amazon Kindle App to recognize mobi books stored on an SD Card for an Android device? Or is the default folder on the main memory the only place to store books?

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12-03-2014, 11:40 AM	#2
shamanNS Wizard Posts: 1,115 Karma: 12345678 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Serbia Device: Kindle PW5, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle PW1	Just create folder named "kindle" on root of SD card and copy your mobi/azw3 files to that folder.

12-04-2014, 03:09 AM	#3
Kortstok Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2014 Device: Samsung S4 Mini	Tried that on numerous occasions but my device does not pick the books up in the app... When I search on the Tab 'On Device' the new books does not reflect? Any other advise?

12-04-2014, 04:48 AM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I'm pretty sure that the Android Kindle App doesn't support books on an external SD card, but would be happy to be proved wrong!

12-04-2014, 07:34 AM	#5
shamanNS Wizard Posts: 1,115 Karma: 12345678 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Serbia Device: Kindle PW5, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle PW1	I have a device with no SD card slot (Nexus 4) so can't really be 100%, but since on such devices Android is mounting /data partition as /sdcard it should all be the same, real SDcard or fake/emulated one? And on my Nexus 4 it still works when I put some books in /sdcard/kindle, just as it did on my old phone which had sdcard slot. If not, you could probably fix your problem by creating a symlink.

12-04-2014, 11:51 AM	#7
shamanNS Wizard Posts: 1,115 Karma: 12345678 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Serbia Device: Kindle PW5, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle PW1	Ah.... Sorry, last time my mobile had MMC slots Android was at version 2.3 So I guess you would need rooted phone to fix your problems with some symlink (not possible if SDcard is formatted as FAT) or some bind mount "magic".

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