06-25-2021, 07:11 PM | #1 |
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Kindle does not display covers on lock screen
On my ad-free Kindle Paperwhite 10 with latest firmware (5.13.6), ebooks converted with Calibre do not display their cover on the lock screen.
I suspect a bug similar to covers that were not displayed in the menu... Is there a kind of workaround to solve that ? (like the thumbnails folder) Thanks for any help ! |
06-25-2021, 08:21 PM | #2 |
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Books converted with the default settings and sideloaded via USB should show the cover on the lock screen. If you are emailing the books to your account or using conversion settings that mark books as a personal documents then the cover will not show.
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IS there a specific conversion option I should look at ? |
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That option is enabled. I can see covers on the main page; the only problem is with covers on the lock screen (when device is turned off).
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Sorry but I can't find that option in my mobi output. Could you tell me?
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If these conversion options are set correctly then your book should have the proper metadata to enable display of the cover on the lock screen. If it still isn't working then make sure that Display Cover option is set to "On" in Settings, Device Options. (If this option is not shown then you may have an ad supported Kindle.) If you see the title and author of the book on the lock screen instead of a cover image then there was a problem in extracting the cover from the book. The cover must be in JPEG format with JFIF (not EXIF) metadata. (That is normally the case if the cover is set during conversion.) |
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I opened the following bug in Calibre detailing this issue: https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1943495 |
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02-08-2022, 08:00 AM | #14 |
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I had the same problem with 4 old books. Thanks to your instructions I was able to solve it. Thanks again.
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10-13-2023, 07:15 PM | #15 |
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I know this is a very old thread but thank you for the information. I finally got my books to show the covers on lockscreen!
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