Mystery 2.5gb "no title" items in downloaded items in Kindle Android App

mkgtu · 07-15-2021, 12:14 PM

Edit: This is in the Kindle for Android app, NOT Kindle Fire. That's a typo in the title, but Tapatalk wouldn't let me edit the title.

What are these mystery downloads? There are usually 4 of them, totalling 10 gigabytes, but android app info only shows Kindle using 5.7 gigabytes in storage (I've downloaded some audiobook files). So they are ghosts!

I've deleted them and that doesn't seem to hurt anything. But they eventually return. Always 4 of them; always 2.5 gb each.

Count me puzzled.

Click image for larger version

Name: Screenshot_20210715-090023_Kindle.jpg
Views: 194
Size: 39.6 KB
ID: 188201

Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk

mkgtu · 07-15-2021, 01:42 PM

Follow up:

If I try to open one of these files, nothing really happens. I just get a black screen with a little "spinner" that keeps on spinning.

If I "select" one of these files, there is no option to "remove download", only to "remove from library".

The files also don't seem to be independent of each other. Are they all pointing to the same thing? I "removed" three of the four and then tried to open the remaining file and got a message that I would need to download it again. But of course there was no "not-downloaded" version anywhere, like in the "All" section, that could be downloaded!

While all four were still present in downloads I used a file manager to check in the Kindle directory and in the Amazon.kindle directory in Android/data. There were no 2.5gb files to be found anywhere. The " files" directory of the Kindle directory in Android/Data was only 3.6gb, which includes several audiobooks included with some ebooks. (I have a huge internal storage — 512gb — so I don't worry about storage space) So the 10gb supposedly used by these "no title" downloads doesn't exist anywhere I can see.

More than a curiosity, I get concerned that these are virus files inserted by some third party gremlin. (I use Bitddfender Mobile Security, which has never flagged anything.)

Click image for larger version

Name: Screenshot_20210715-095552_Kindle.jpg
Views: 163
Size: 21.0 KB
ID: 188202

Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk

Barbara1955 · 07-15-2021, 04:41 PM

I get Green screen & spinner I Delete 6 today!

mkgtu · 07-15-2021, 08:08 PM

Good to know I'm not the only one! But do wish I knew what these were.

Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk

jhowell · 07-15-2021, 08:27 PM

I see one untitled 2.6GB book in my Kindle for Android app. There is no corresponding file for it anywhere that I can see. Looks like a bug in the app.

mkgtu · 07-15-2021, 10:33 PM

And the four 2.5gb untitled files that I "removed" this morning are back again tonight.

Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk

tomsem · 07-16-2021, 02:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mkgtu

And the four 2.5gb untitled files that I "removed" this morning are back again tonight.

Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk

Try:
- force close Kindle app (bring up task switcher and swipe it away)
- go to MORE menu and Sync (this may take awhile)

That said, Android app has been strange about storage in the past. You might have to re-install to clear things up.

Barbara1955 · 07-17-2021, 08:35 PM

Mine are back also! Delete them 10 Times since posted

07-15-2021, 12:14 PM	#1
mkgtu Zealot Posts: 139 Karma: 33000 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Currently:Voyage, Oasis 3, Kindle mobile apps, andKindle Fire	Mystery 2.5gb "no title" items in downloaded items in Kindle Android App Edit: This is in the Kindle for Android app, NOT Kindle Fire. That's a typo in the title, but Tapatalk wouldn't let me edit the title. What are these mystery downloads? There are usually 4 of them, totalling 10 gigabytes, but android app info only shows Kindle using 5.7 gigabytes in storage (I've downloaded some audiobook files). So they are ghosts! I've deleted them and that doesn't seem to hurt anything. But they eventually return. Always 4 of them; always 2.5 gb each. Count me puzzled. Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk Last edited by mkgtu; 07-15-2021 at 12:18 PM.

07-15-2021, 01:42 PM	#2
mkgtu Zealot Posts: 139 Karma: 33000 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Currently:Voyage, Oasis 3, Kindle mobile apps, andKindle Fire	Follow up: If I try to open one of these files, nothing really happens. I just get a black screen with a little "spinner" that keeps on spinning. If I "select" one of these files, there is no option to "remove download", only to "remove from library". The files also don't seem to be independent of each other. Are they all pointing to the same thing? I "removed" three of the four and then tried to open the remaining file and got a message that I would need to download it again. But of course there was no "not-downloaded" version anywhere, like in the "All" section, that could be downloaded! While all four were still present in downloads I used a file manager to check in the Kindle directory and in the Amazon.kindle directory in Android/data. There were no 2.5gb files to be found anywhere. The " files" directory of the Kindle directory in Android/Data was only 3.6gb, which includes several audiobooks included with some ebooks. (I have a huge internal storage — 512gb — so I don't worry about storage space) So the 10gb supposedly used by these "no title" downloads doesn't exist anywhere I can see. More than a curiosity, I get concerned that these are virus files inserted by some third party gremlin. (I use Bitddfender Mobile Security, which has never flagged anything.) Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk Last edited by mkgtu; 07-15-2021 at 01:54 PM.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
oldest_article not working, all RSS items downloaded instead	khromov	Recipes	3	07-09-2012 05:07 PM
Keep track of already downloaded items	bartoszcisek	Recipes	0	04-28-2012 02:07 PM
Tablet Where are downloaded items stored on a NT?	bfollowell	Nook Color & Nook Tablet	3	01-18-2012 09:28 PM
Tegan: re already downloaded feed items	Starson17	Recipes	4	01-20-2011 03:07 PM
Bug: Can't add items to the library and existin items corrupted	ckole	enTourage Archive	11	04-16-2010 01:13 AM

07-15-2021, 04:41 PM	#3
Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,455 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	I get Green screen & spinner I Delete 6 today!

07-15-2021, 08:08 PM	#4
mkgtu Zealot Posts: 139 Karma: 33000 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Currently:Voyage, Oasis 3, Kindle mobile apps, andKindle Fire	Good to know I'm not the only one! But do wish I knew what these were. Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk

07-15-2021, 08:27 PM	#5
jhowell Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,070 Karma: 91577715 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Charlottesville, VA Device: Kindles	I see one untitled 2.6GB book in my Kindle for Android app. There is no corresponding file for it anywhere that I can see. Looks like a bug in the app.

07-15-2021, 10:33 PM	#6
mkgtu Zealot Posts: 139 Karma: 33000 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Currently:Voyage, Oasis 3, Kindle mobile apps, andKindle Fire	And the four 2.5gb untitled files that I "removed" this morning are back again tonight. Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk

07-17-2021, 08:35 PM	#8
Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,455 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	Mine are back also! Delete them 10 Times since posted

Advert

Advert