We thought Marvin was Gone, but we are smarter than Apple! - Page 3

Lancer_325 · 12-19-2025, 07:25 AM

Don’t upgrade to iOS 26.2, Marvin stopped working. I’m hoping the next iOS update will sort it and I will update people here. Happened before.

Bayaz · 01-01-2026, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Lancer_325

Don’t upgrade to iOS 26.2, Marvin stopped working. I’m hoping the next iOS update will sort it and I will update people here. Happened before.

Man, I wish I would have read this a few days ago. I ran the 26.2 update and it killed Marvin.

The only good thing is that I did a recent export of Marvin. If you change the extension to .zip (Windows), you can extract it and see all your epubs and a database that (I think) contains the information on which collection each book is in.

Man, what a pain in the butt

Lancer_325 · 01-02-2026, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Bayaz

Man, I wish I would have read this a few days ago. I ran the 26.2 update and it killed Marvin.

The only good thing is that I did a recent export of Marvin. If you change the extension to .zip (Windows), you can extract it and see all your epubs and a database that (I think) contains the information on which collection each book is in.

Man, what a pain in the butt

I can confirm that Marvin will not work on 26.2. I ran an iOS beta update for 26.3 and can confirm that Marvin will not work on that update either. It looks as if Marvin is finally gone

I could downgrade to iOS 18 but it's too much hassle for just one app I'm afraid.

Bayaz · 01-02-2026, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Lancer_325

I can confirm that Marvin will not work on 26.2. I ran an iOS beta update for 26.3 and can confirm that Marvin will not work on that update either. It looks as if Marvin is finally gone

I could downgrade to iOS 18 but it's too much hassle for just one app I'm afraid.

That sucks, homeslice. Do you have a recent backup? Now I’m forced to move everything to the least sh!tty alternative I found (BookFusion - subscription). I had originally intended to create BF virtual bookshelves for each Marvin collection, but I never anticipated that Apple would completely kill Marvin.

Turtle91 · 01-02-2026, 11:02 AM

I'm definitely not interested in a subscription to read my books. I already have a subscription to get books...KU... Everything is getting subscriptioned to death and it ends up being a ton of money without you ever remembering that you are paying for stuff!!

Cantook is a free reader...although it has some bugs it is being updated. And it has pretty decent catalog/OPDS support!!

KLF · 01-29-2026, 08:10 PM

I finally got around to extract both 2 and 3 versions of Marvin, I had Marvin 2 working on my iPad Mini 6 and Marvin 3 in my iPhone 13.

Now they are both installed in old iPad 7 that does not get updates anymore, it is stuck on 18.5 from now on.

I guess I'll try to find a (cheap) iPad mini 5 next, make it my main ebook reader since I'm reading at home anyways. I knew I had a reason I never got around to sell that old iPad

troilus98 · 02-20-2026, 05:13 PM

Hoping OP or someone could help. I just opened Marvin3 today, 2/20/26, and found out it no longer opens at all. Crash on startup. I knew it was no longer supported but it kept running. Sad.

But what I really don't want to lose is all the journal notes on book quotes and things I made. Does anyone know how to access them? I've never exported from Marvin before. I installed imazing to see if i could find a settings file, but I can't seem to. Any help appreciated.

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12-19-2025, 07:25 AM	#31
Lancer_325 Member Posts: 24 Karma: 13406 Join Date: Oct 2013 Device: iPhone	Don’t upgrade to iOS 26.2, Marvin stopped working. I’m hoping the next iOS update will sort it and I will update people here. Happened before.

01-02-2026, 11:02 AM	#35
Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,462 Karma: 20534347 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 15/11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	I'm definitely not interested in a subscription to read my books. I already have a subscription to get books...KU... Everything is getting subscriptioned to death and it ends up being a ton of money without you ever remembering that you are paying for stuff!! Cantook is a free reader...although it has some bugs it is being updated. And it has pretty decent catalog/OPDS support!!

01-29-2026, 08:10 PM	#36
KLF Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2016 Device: iPad Mini 2	I finally got around to extract both 2 and 3 versions of Marvin, I had Marvin 2 working on my iPad Mini 6 and Marvin 3 in my iPhone 13. Now they are both installed in old iPad 7 that does not get updates anymore, it is stuck on 18.5 from now on. I guess I'll try to find a (cheap) iPad mini 5 next, make it my main ebook reader since I'm reading at home anyways. I knew I had a reason I never got around to sell that old iPad

02-20-2026, 05:13 PM	#37
troilus98 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2026 Device: iPad	Hoping OP or someone could help. I just opened Marvin3 today, 2/20/26, and found out it no longer opens at all. Crash on startup. I knew it was no longer supported but it kept running. Sad. But what I really don't want to lose is all the journal notes on book quotes and things I made. Does anyone know how to access them? I've never exported from Marvin before. I installed imazing to see if i could find a settings file, but I can't seem to. Any help appreciated.