10-08-2019, 02:18 PM | #1 |
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Can you install Calibre Portable onto Android Device?
So I know Calibre portable won't run on Android.
What I'd like to know, is can I install Calibre Portable onto the SD card on my android tablet, connect my tablet to a PC, and then run Calibre Portable on the PC (from the SD card on the tablet)? Has anyone tried this? Thanks, Joe |
10-08-2019, 03:18 PM | #2 |
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I don't see why not. If you device looks like a (flash) drive to the PC
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10-08-2019, 03:38 PM | #3 |
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I'd be a tad concerned about calibre detecting the USB connected device as an Android device, and the confusion that might ensue doing a send to device or similar function.
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10-08-2019, 04:26 PM | #4 |
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You might need to add the device to Preferences->Sharing->Ignore devices.
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10-08-2019, 06:03 PM | #5 |
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Thanks for the replies.
I use Calibre to manage my library, but use my Android tablet for reading. So my process is to download books on my tablet, copy to a UCB C / USB 3.0 flash drive, move over to my laptop, import into my Calibre library which is on an external hard drive, export the epub's to a folder on the flash drive drive, then copy back to the book directory on my tablet. *whew*. But everything is well organized in subfolders by author. The laptop is from work, so I don't copy anything locally to it. I had tried keeping the Calibre library on the flash drive, but suffered regular corruption of files swapping the flash drive between the tablet and the pc. At this point I think it was related to the unmounting algorithm used by ES File Explorer, which I no longer use. Solid Explorer uses the system manager to unmount flash drives, and the problem went away. So I was thinking of going back to the flash drive. Then I thought, maybe I should cut out the flash drive middle-man. Which brought up the question of running Calibre Portable from the tablet. Thanks for your thoughts, Joe |
10-08-2019, 11:20 PM | #6 |
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And if you use an android program to have the library synchronized. Example caliber companion or Calibrebox from the play store
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10-09-2019, 01:23 AM | #7 | |
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10-09-2019, 12:59 PM | #9 | |
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I use FolderSync for Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...oldersync.lite JRT's Folder Synch google app is missing from the store (email sent to author) http://www.jrtstudio.com/cheetah-syn...-wireless-sync Update: Quote from the JRT devs: Quote:
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