Android 4.2 - storing books on SD card?

flyash · 12-30-2015, 02:36 PM

Running Calibre Companion v4.3.2.3 on Android 4.2.2

In Calibre Companion (CC) settings, I changed the default folder to /mnt/sdcard/books and then used CC to move some books over to the device.

Using Android's file manager, the books appear to be on the sd card, but if connect the tablet to my computer (as media device), the SD card is empty apart from a few empty folders. The books appear to be stored in the tablet's memory under /storage/emulated/legacy/books

So are these books stored on the card or the tablet? If the latter, how can I move them to the card?

chaley · 12-30-2015, 02:59 PM

On many Android devices, /mnt/sdcard is main memory, not the external SD card. Yours appears to be one of them. You need to find the correct path for the external SD Card. I can't tell you what that path is, but it easily could have "extsd" somewhere in its name.

flyash · 12-30-2015, 04:25 PM

Thanks. Using ES File Explorer, I've got it figured out.

On my Asus tablet, /mnt/sdcard is a partition (or maybe just a folder) in system flash memory. /mnt/sdcard2 is the external microSD card.

12-30-2015, 02:36 PM	#1
flyash Groupie Posts: 196 Karma: 1003498 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: none	Android 4.2 - storing books on SD card? Running Calibre Companion v4.3.2.3 on Android 4.2.2 In Calibre Companion (CC) settings, I changed the default folder to /mnt/sdcard/books and then used CC to move some books over to the device. Using Android's file manager, the books appear to be on the sd card, but if connect the tablet to my computer (as media device), the SD card is empty apart from a few empty folders. The books appear to be stored in the tablet's memory under /storage/emulated/legacy/books So are these books stored on the card or the tablet? If the latter, how can I move them to the card?

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12-30-2015, 02:59 PM	#2
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,364 Karma: 8012652 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	On many Android devices, /mnt/sdcard is main memory, not the external SD card. Yours appears to be one of them. You need to find the correct path for the external SD Card. I can't tell you what that path is, but it easily could have "extsd" somewhere in its name.

12-30-2015, 04:25 PM	#3
flyash Groupie Posts: 196 Karma: 1003498 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: none	Thanks. Using ES File Explorer, I've got it figured out. On my Asus tablet, /mnt/sdcard is a partition (or maybe just a folder) in system flash memory. /mnt/sdcard2 is the external microSD card.

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