Galaxy Tab A problem

[coase]

I have a Galaxy Tab A 9.7 and hook it up to Calibre (latest version) under Windows 10. The first time I loaded it up, it went and scanned for other books on the SD card and took its time. But after I transferred most of the books to it using Calibre, it worked fine. But the next time I hooked it up, it still seemed to take forever to scan the external SD card for titles before doing a simple transfer of one book title. Does that mean I should unload all the books and reload them from Calibre? I don't understand why it should take forever to connect and transfer just one book.

[kovidgoyal]

Newer Android device use MTP. MTP is slow. YOu can speed up scan times by excluding folders on the device from scanning, which you can do by right clicking the device icon in calibre and choosing configure this device.

[coase]

I tried to configure the device and exclude all folders except the ones where I plan to transfer the books (and where the books that were transferred before reside already). But when I did this, Calibre got stuck in an error saying it could not communicate with the device after trying to do something for many minutes.

I tried to click back a few but not all of the folders (just ones with names like Android or books/ebooks). That seemed to get the program going for a bit but in the end same thing. Error and red X. No new books transferred.

Should I just forget about this and manually copy books to those folders? Seems a lot easier and faster.

[kovidgoyal]

If you are managing a large collection on the device, I'd suggest using one of the wireless connection methods, described here, instead: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....kindle-fire-hd

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by coase

Should I just forget about this and manually copy books to those folders? Seems a lot easier and faster.

@coase - If you only keep a few books on it - such as the ones you are, or will shortly be, reading, and maybe a few reference books then - maybe yes.

That's my scenario, I decided within a week of starting to use Calibre that its device integration facilities were beyond my needs. I like being able to use the same processes and technology for ebooks as I use for videos, music, spreadsheets, drawings etc. To move files between my PC and my Android tablet over WiFi I use the Cheetah Sync software. Works well for me.

BR