01-21-2021, 06:59 AM | #1 |
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Calibre not recognising tablet
Hi - I have a Lenovo M10 Plus 128gb tablet which I connect to my laptop via usb. I have Calibre installed on the laptop but Calibre does not seem to recognise the device and thus I am unable to download books. The tablet just makes a buzzing sound when connected and does not give me the option to connect with the pc. Anyone else have problems with Lenovo and did you find a fix for it?
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01-21-2021, 10:47 AM | #2 |
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When you plug it in to your laptop, does your tablet open a notification that lets you configure the connection in file transfer vs charging only? If it's set to charging, try changing it to file transfer.
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01-25-2021, 01:21 PM | #3 |
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First you need to get the laptop to see your tablet, can't blame calibre if it doesn't.
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01-25-2021, 05:13 PM | #4 |
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As the ones above said, get your computer to see the tablet. It's in the top menu on the tablet, and then select File Transfer. As soon as I did that Calibre popped up a window asking if I wanted it to manage my tablet (Lenovo's M8). You can also do the usual thing and google for how to connect your tablet and find some youtube videos to watch.
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01-27-2021, 06:03 AM | #5 |
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Thanks for the above answers - this is what I found to be the solution. While tablet is connected to pc via USB I went into tablet settings/connected devices/USB/Media Device On/USB debugging on!
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01-27-2021, 09:12 AM | #6 |
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Just realised - this is only a temporary solution - debugging stops when I take USB lead out of laptop, and and when I reconnect to laptop, have to go through the settings thing again every time I want to download a book.
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01-28-2021, 05:48 AM | #7 |
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Try this. Plug tablet in when pc says tablet found etc, click unmount, then start calibre. That's the only way I get my Samsung devices working with calibre on ubuntu.
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