Android Browsers won't download.

Mogrith · 09-18-2010, 07:22 PM

Content server works on local network. XP laptop can d/l books.

On my android devices I can see content page seach ect but downloads fail very quickly with download unsuccessful as only message.
part of log with Get command:

Code:

192.168.1.5 - mogrith [18/Sep/2010:15:20:39] "GET /get/EPUB/Bull, Emma|Bear, Elizabeth|Monette, Sarah|Shetterly, Will|Downum, Amanda|Shipman, Stephan-Shadow Unit - Season 1_9407.EPUB HTTP/1.1" 200 1061457 "http://192.168.1.2:8080/mobile?num=25&search=epub&sort=date&order=descending" "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.1-update1; en-us; Android for Telechips TCC8900 Evaluation Board (US) Build/ECLAIR) AppleWebKit/530.17 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/530.17"
192.168.1.5 - - [18/Sep/2010:15:21:25] "GET /get/EPUB/Bull, Emma|Bear, Elizabeth|Monette, Sarah|Shetterly, Will|Downum, Amanda|Shipman, Stephan-Shadow Unit - Season 1_9407.EPUB HTTP/1.1" 401 1109 "" "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.1-update1; en-us; Android for Telechips TCC8900 Evaluation Board (US) Build/ECLAIR) AppleWebKit/530.17 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/530.17"

I tried full name as listed and tried renaming file in both cases name is <unknown> in d/l queue

Same error with stock browser and with dolphinHD browser (one in log)

Same thing on either my android 2.1 or 1.6 device.

kovidgoyal · 09-18-2010, 09:04 PM

you are able to download using non android browsers, like the browser on your own computer?

Mogrith · 09-18-2010, 10:49 PM

yes and a different computer in the same network.

But the d/l fail when I try the same file on one of the android devices.

kovidgoyal · 09-18-2010, 10:50 PM

Since it seems to be an android specific issue, you may have better luck posting in the android forums.

Mogrith · 09-18-2010, 11:05 PM

Thanks I'll try there. Just wondered if this was a common, easy fix. doesn't sound like it.

Thanks for the reply. When I get a fix I'll follow up here.

Mogrith · 09-20-2010, 07:54 PM

From the log file I see i am getting 401 errors.

According to the RFC:
10.4.2 401 Unauthorized

The request requires user authentication. The response MUST include a
WWW-Authenticate header field (section 14.47) containing a challenge
applicable to the requested resource. The client MAY repeat the
request with a suitable Authorization header field (section 14.8). If
the request already included Authorization credentials, then the 401
response indicates that authorization has been refused for those
credentials. If the 401 response contains the same challenge as the
prior response, and the user agent has already attempted
authentication at least once, then the user SHOULD be presented the
entity that was given in the response, since that entity might
include relevant diagnostic information. HTTP access authentication
is explained in "HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access
Authentication" [43].

kovidgoyal · 09-20-2010, 08:00 PM

so turn off the password in the content server settings.

Mogrith · 09-23-2010, 12:40 PM

Yes that did it. But I am uncomfortable with leaving my server open to the internet w/o a password.

I'll keep the content server off most of the time.

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09-18-2010, 09:04 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,835 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	you are able to download using non android browsers, like the browser on your own computer?

09-18-2010, 10:49 PM	#3
Mogrith Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Brea, CA Device: K1,K2, Broken 505,M003(android 1.6)	yes and a different computer in the same network. But the d/l fail when I try the same file on one of the android devices.

09-18-2010, 10:50 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,835 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Since it seems to be an android specific issue, you may have better luck posting in the android forums.

09-18-2010, 11:05 PM	#5
Mogrith Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Brea, CA Device: K1,K2, Broken 505,M003(android 1.6)	Thanks I'll try there. Just wondered if this was a common, easy fix. doesn't sound like it. Thanks for the reply. When I get a fix I'll follow up here.

09-20-2010, 07:54 PM	#6
Mogrith Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Brea, CA Device: K1,K2, Broken 505,M003(android 1.6)	From the log file I see i am getting 401 errors. According to the RFC: 10.4.2 401 Unauthorized The request requires user authentication. The response MUST include a WWW-Authenticate header field (section 14.47) containing a challenge applicable to the requested resource. The client MAY repeat the request with a suitable Authorization header field (section 14.8). If the request already included Authorization credentials, then the 401 response indicates that authorization has been refused for those credentials. If the 401 response contains the same challenge as the prior response, and the user agent has already attempted authentication at least once, then the user SHOULD be presented the entity that was given in the response, since that entity might include relevant diagnostic information. HTTP access authentication is explained in "HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication" [43].

09-20-2010, 08:00 PM	#7
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,835 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	so turn off the password in the content server settings.

09-23-2010, 12:40 PM	#8
Mogrith Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Brea, CA Device: K1,K2, Broken 505,M003(android 1.6)	Yes that did it. But I am uncomfortable with leaving my server open to the internet w/o a password. I'll keep the content server off most of the time.

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