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01-08-2017, 11:29 PM | #1 |
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cannot access Kindle Cloud Reader from my 4.3.2 Android device.
My Samsung Galaxy device is on Android 4.3.2 version, barely two years old.
I was trying for the first time to access the Kindle Cloud from there by logging in and going to https://read.amazon.ca , but I am getting a message that the Cloud cannot be accessed from this browser on this device( I can do it through my PC but this is not what I want. .) I am just off an almost 2 hrs fruitless chat with an Amazon Rep. He had me uninstall and reinstall the Kindle App, but it still didn't work. After almost two long hours of unsuccessful trials, he was clueless and told me that the Cloud is not accessible for Android versions under 5 or so. Mine is 4.2.2. He suggested that I buy a newer tablet. Sure! Easy answer. By the way, when I uninstalled and reinstalled the Kindle App, I noticed that the name of my android device had changed . I didn't raise the point because the books were there, but may be this is the reason. My Cloud may be under the previous device name.. But I m not so sure that the Amazon rep really hit on the problem. Why should an Android version which is only two years old no longer allow me to access the Cloud today ? It doesn't make sense.I tried both Firefox and Chrome, to no avail. I am stuck because I really need to access the Cloud from my tablet. If I can't get on the Kindle Cloud, can I perhaps use other storage solutions similar to the Cloud, may be the Dropbox ? I'll try this. In the meantime,Id appreciate comments and suggestions on this. Thanks for your help Ittiandro Last edited by ittiandro; 01-08-2017 at 11:36 PM. Reason: clarify |
01-08-2017, 11:48 PM | #2 |
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I don't know why the version of Android should matter as long as it's new enough to run a compatible browser. Really have no idea, but will throw a couple ideas out there...
Maybe try Dolphin? Maybe try switching your browser user agent to desktop (if Android browsers still allow for that)? Curious what you can do with the cloud reader that you can't do with the Kindle app? |
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Tried Dolphin and other browsers like Opera and Safari. It doesn't work. What do you mean by switching my browser user agent to desktop? How? Ittiandro |
01-09-2017, 12:23 AM | #4 |
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Changing user agent...
http://dolphin.com/support/en/faq_26_en.html In chrome go to the read.amazon.ca site and then click the dots to pull up the browsers menu and tap on request desktop site (or something like that). ...it can probably be done in the other browsers too, just not sure of the exact steps. |
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Edit: It occurs to me that the question you have here may be related to your other thread about your desire to access the files of your purchased Kindle books. If so, then neither Kindle Cloud Reader or Amazon Drive will be of any help to you. Last edited by jhowell; 01-09-2017 at 07:57 AM. |
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I was thinking that the only way to have text and translation in front of me is to open the book twice ( one with the Kindle reader on the tablet and the other from the Cloud) . Here is where I ran into the problem of not being able to access the Kindle Cloud from the tablet. The first solution I had originally thought of was convcrting the . Mobi ( or .prc /azw ) version into EPUB format and read it with my regular e-book reader. . This way I could open the original .mobi version in the Kindle reader and the converted .epub version in the other and read the two simultaneously, without playing with the bookmarks, by using the split screen feature on the tablet ( Xposed installer/Xmultiwindow). . I have already done this in the past for a couple of Kindle books and it works, but I am hesitant now to use this method , because it requires playing with the DRM and I don’t want to run into legal problems, even though it would only be for study reasons and not commercial purposes. (In fact hundreds of people do it and there are even softwares for this like Epubor). Besides, I am having problems now in retrieving the .prc files of the new Kindle books I downloaded .I used to find them in the storage device memory, but they are no longer there , only .asc or other uworkable, not convertibles files, like . phl files . With this information, you can perhaps confirm to me if the Amazon Drive and /or the Dropbox or similar other Cloud storage facilities you suggested are suitable to my purpose or if I am wasting my time. Thanks Ittiandro Last edited by ittiandro; 01-09-2017 at 11:59 AM. |
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