02-19-2011, 10:36 AM | #16 |
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Have you tried the factory reset? It erases everything from your Kindle. Afterward you would have to redownload all your collections and books. It's usually the last resort.
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02-19-2011, 10:36 AM | #17 |
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Can you open DRM-free books, such as the ones in the Mobi section of the "Book Uploads" forum here at MR?
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They got back to me within an hour, have you tried emailing them? and btw i still hav my books and there on the same page
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Restart = books and everything still there. Reset = books, hacks all gone and you must re-download, reinstall everything. |
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02-19-2011, 10:57 AM | #22 | |
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EDIT: Actually, you mentioned the Kindle for Android app a while back. To my knowledge, there have been no tools released that will remove the DRM from files downloaded to K4Android... yet. So if that is where all of your files came from, there's no way you'd be able to put them on your Kindle and read them. Or have I misinterpreted? Last edited by DiapDealer; 02-19-2011 at 11:03 AM. |
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OK, I've just seen your edit, I believe that the books in question still have the DRM, and were available a few days ago, they may never have been near the android app, but these form a very small percentage of the total books on the kindle. Paul Last edited by Paulinafrica; 02-19-2011 at 11:09 AM. |
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Just for kicks, though... eliminate Calibre from the equation entirely. Download a DRM-free mobi and transfer it directly to your Kindle's 'Documents' folder via the USB cable. |
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Ah, I was assuming that this is what was being done. Yes, if the books are being transferred via Calibre, it's entirely possible that it's the culprit!
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02-19-2011, 11:26 AM | #29 |
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I had to do a factory reset a couple of days ago as I had serious Wifi issues (now fixed) and yes it wipes all content - including music, books from Amazon, newsfeeds and books from non-Amazon sources.
Once it had reset, I got my collections back. It also installed the user guide, a welcome letter and the 2 dictionaries. But that was all. Not a big issue to me seeing as I don't keep much on the Kindle these days. I tend to download books from the Archived Items or my Dropbox acc as and when I want to read them. But for anyone else doing this, I'd recommend plugging in your Kindle to your PC and backing up the Kindle Documents folder first and also the music and audible folders if you have anything in those. |
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