Kindle app on Android now can use SD card

Alohamora · 12-06-2018, 06:36 AM

The latest update to the Kindle app on Android can now use SD card storage for downloads. When I enabled this, it also offered to transfer existing books to the SD card.

Good news for those who are running out of space on their phone or tablet main storage.

The article below shows screen shots of the new settings page. I've confirmed the new settings are active on my phone.
https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/1...-your-sd-card/

Plumadona · 12-06-2018, 05:07 PM

Thanks so much! Just got rid of Kindle for Samsung and as pleased as punch!

disconnected · 12-08-2018, 12:33 AM

Thank you, I just bought a new Android tablet. Now if I could just figure out how to sideload my books... I'm not sure of what formats are acceptable and where I need to put them on the SD card so the Kindle app can see them. Actually, I don't even know where to put them in main memory if the SD card won't work with sideloaded books.

DuckieTigger · 12-08-2018, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by disconnected

Thank you, I just bought a new Android tablet. Now if I could just figure out how to sideload my books... I'm not sure of what formats are acceptable and where I need to put them on the SD card so the Kindle app can see them. Actually, I don't even know where to put them in main memory if the SD card won't work with sideloaded books.

Sideloading to the SD card does NOT work, I just tried copying sideloaded books from internal to SD card without luck. The directory on the main storage is creatively named "kindle" and allows .mobi and .azw3 files that I can confirm as working.

DuckieTigger · 12-08-2018, 06:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

Sideloading to the SD card does NOT work, I just tried copying sideloaded books from internal to SD card without luck. The directory on the main storage is creatively named "kindle" and allows .mobi and .azw3 files that I can confirm as working.

Correction. Sideloading does work on SD card, but in different folders. On the internal storage it can be in "internal/kindle/" or "internal/Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/files/". On the SD card the "sd/kindle/" does not work. The other one has a seperate subfolder. You would need to put a book from cloud onto the sd card, then the folder for your books can be found under: "sd/Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/files/". The name depends on your device. Mine is "amzn1.account.longcrypticstuff" (except the bold part is an alphanumeric traffic accident). To sideload place .mobi or .azw3 into "sd/Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/files/amzn1.account.longcrypticstuff/" and it works. While the books downloaded through the app are each in subfolders, the sideloaded ones do not work in subfolders. There is possibly other file formats that can be sideloaded, but I am not willing to experiment.

The reason for the cryptic folder name is probably for DRM reasons - to be able to share a SD card, but keeping the books separate.

Alohamora · 12-08-2018, 10:15 AM

Using the 'send to Kindle' email address seems to work out better than sideloading for me. That puts the book in the cloud so I can download it to any of my devices.

disconnected · 12-08-2018, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

Correction. Sideloading does work on SD card, but in different folders. On the internal storage it can be in "internal/kindle/" or "internal/Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/files/". On the SD card the "sd/kindle/" does not work. The other one has a seperate subfolder. You would need to put a book from cloud onto the sd card, then the folder for your books can be found under: "sd/Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/files/". The name depends on your device. Mine is "amzn1.account.longcrypticstuff" (except the bold part is an alphanumeric traffic accident). To sideload place .mobi or .azw3 into "sd/Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/files/amzn1.account.longcrypticstuff/" and it works. While the books downloaded through the app are each in subfolders, the sideloaded ones do not work in subfolders. There is possibly other file formats that can be sideloaded, but I am not willing to experiment.

The reason for the cryptic folder name is probably for DRM reasons - to be able to share a SD card, but keeping the books separate.

That worked perfectly!

12-06-2018, 06:36 AM	#1
Alohamora Evangelist Posts: 446 Karma: 8897438 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: USA Device: Android phone, Fire tablet, ios phone	Kindle app on Android now can use SD card The latest update to the Kindle app on Android can now use SD card storage for downloads. When I enabled this, it also offered to transfer existing books to the SD card. Good news for those who are running out of space on their phone or tablet main storage. The article below shows screen shots of the new settings page. I've confirmed the new settings are active on my phone. https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/1...-your-sd-card/

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12-06-2018, 05:07 PM	#2
Plumadona Groupie Posts: 188 Karma: 615554 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: NYC Device: Kindle Oasis, Kindle HD6, Kindle PW2, Sony PRS-T1, Nook NE1	Thanks so much! Just got rid of Kindle for Samsung and as pleased as punch!

12-08-2018, 12:33 AM	#3
disconnected Fanatic Posts: 527 Karma: 4504715 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: US Device: Kobo Forma, Libra, H2O2e2, Clara, Auras, Kindles, Nooks, Sony, iPAQ	Thank you, I just bought a new Android tablet. Now if I could just figure out how to sideload my books... I'm not sure of what formats are acceptable and where I need to put them on the SD card so the Kindle app can see them. Actually, I don't even know where to put them in main memory if the SD card won't work with sideloaded books.

12-08-2018, 10:15 AM	#6
Alohamora Evangelist Posts: 446 Karma: 8897438 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: USA Device: Android phone, Fire tablet, ios phone	Using the 'send to Kindle' email address seems to work out better than sideloading for me. That puts the book in the cloud so I can download it to any of my devices.

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