I am a very happy user of Calkulin's ROM. However, I do like to try other roms, so I did an nvflash and stuck to stock for a day. The only problem was that when I re installed Kindle, a book I previously purchased failed to appear on the Kindle screen.
How can I retrieve the Book? Does anyone have experience with this?
Thanks!
Mark
The book in question should still show up in your library. You just need to redownload it again.
sjmoreno said:
The book in question should still show up in your library. You just need to redownload it again.
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Like stated....it is there.....you just need to download it again.
I believe it will be in the archive section since you've already purchased and downloaded it previously...
Launch Kindle then hit the menu button and choose "archived items". I think that's what I did to get a book I had on my phone but wanted to continue reading on my tablet...
tcrews said:
Like stated....it is there.....you just need to download it again.
I believe it will be in the archive section since you've already purchased and downloaded it previously...
Launch Kindle then hit the menu button and choose "archived items". I think that's what I did to get a book I had on my phone but wanted to continue reading on my tablet...
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I tried that but the book doesn't show up in the archive area.
Here is how things happened. In Calkulin rom I bought a book through Kindle and it appeared as one would expect. The other day I restored the stock VS rom, which has Kindle on it, but the book was not purchased while in the stock rom. When I launched Kindle, the book showed up but the a dialog box opened saying I had to delete it and reload it from the archive. So I did that. But when I go to the archive it isn't there. Tried sync but no go.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
Mark
Are you signing in to the Kindle app with the same email address you used to buy the book?
I have Kindle on my PC, my Droid and my tablet and have access to all the books I've bought on all the devices. I use of course the same email account and password I used for amazon.com when signing in to the Kindle app.
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Are you signing in to the Kindle app with the same email address you used to buy the book?
I have Kindle on my PC, my Droid and my tablet and have access to all the books I've bought on all the devices. I use of course the same email account and password I used for amazon.com when signing in to the Kindle app.
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tcrews,
Thanks for your idea. That was it! I apparently logged in and paid for the book with an email address from work.
I just uninstalled Kindle. Resinstalled it so I could register with the "proper" email address and it downloaded.
Thanks again!
Mark
I have a rooted Kindle Fire HD with ADW Launcher EX running alongside the default Launcher.
When I am using ADW I cannot open the Kindle app; I was wondering if anyone else experiences this or what I can try to fix this.
I would use just ADW as my default launcher but it would make my Kindle Fire HD less of a Kindle without my books.
I noticed this as well when using Go Launcher. I also am unable to find Magazines which I use a lot, so I have to switch back to the normal launcher.
I second this question, anyone get the Kindle App working?
yak22 said:
I have a rooted Kindle Fire HD with ADW Launcher EX running alongside the default Launcher.
When I am using ADW I cannot open the Kindle app; I was wondering if anyone else experiences this or what I can try to fix this.
I would use just ADW as my default launcher but it would make my Kindle Fire HD less of a Kindle without my books.
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Nope, no luck either. This is one of the reasons why I'm keeping my KFHD unrooted but use ADW Launcher EX... I like the flexibility.
I downloaded the kindle app from the market and last night got all my books in there, BUT today when I tried to open it it said it was not installed. I don't know what happened or how to fix it yet. I am trying, will keep you posted! This is bugging me, I want to get to my books without launching in kindle. I am using go launcher hd.
Update: I can not get that app to work, I can not even un install it.
But, I went to the market and installed "kindle shortcut" there are 2 kindle widgets, make sure you pick the right one, it is the second one. I am using go launcher hd. Go to add widgets. Click it, click the kindle shortcut widget. It will load all your books, you will see the name of the book at the top, check the box that says use art work, it will use the book cover. This will add the book on your home screen page. You can then open the book, with go launcher it asked me which launcher IT wanted to use the first time only, after that it directly opens your book, and to the exact place you were reading. The only bummer is you have to do it for each book, add widget, click book name, pick next book, check use art work, etc. Hope this helps, at least I can get to my books without launching kindle now! I'm thinking maybe make a folder to put them in?
The name of the app in the market is Kindle widget, on my kindle it says kindle shortcut.
Ok, I could not stand taking up 3 dock pages with my books and you can not make a folder for widgets, only apps. I did find an app called widget folder, it is specifically for widgets. I downloaded it, added each book shortcut, still one at a time. Now all my books are under the one app, not scattered over 3 dock pages. In order to change the name press and hold, you can not re name within the app. So far no problems. Although you can not get to the cloud, it still puts all your books in one place so you do not have to use kindle launcher just to get to books. Hope it helps until the devs get it all sorted out.
ADW Launcher?
WillysJeepMan said:
Nope, no luck either. This is one of the reasons why I'm keeping my KFHD unrooted but use ADW Launcher EX... I like the flexibility.
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May I ask how you got your kindle running ADW Launcher EX without root? I'd really like to know for myself.
shadowmoseley said:
May I ask how you got your kindle running ADW Launcher EX without root? I'd really like to know for myself.
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Download and sideload install.
It's not on the amazon app store so you'll need to find another source..
Run launcher
I run ADW EX and just have a shortcut to Amazon Launcher (the KFHD desktop) in the dock. I hit that and am back to the "stock" OS. Hit the home button and I'm back in ADW. I am rooted however.
Does anyone know where to I should upload an ebook file from my PC in order to view it in the Amazon Kindle app?
Tried Documents and Books folders with no success.
michel_sab said:
Does anyone know where to I should upload an ebook file from my PC in order to view it in the Amazon Kindle app?
Tried Documents and Books folders with no success.
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Send it to your kindle email. It will show up on your Amazon account and be pushed to all your devices that have the kindle app. They will even format it for you if you put the correct command line in the subject, however I can't think of it off the top of my head.
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Does anyone know where to I should upload an ebook file from my PC in order to view it in the Amazon Kindle app?
Tried Documents and Books folders with no success.
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The Kindle app treats "books" differently from documents. I am pretty sure the Documents folder should load in the Kindle App as long as they are the right format.
Books are in: MOBI, AZW, and PRC
Documents can be: TXT or PDF
The best format is to convert ebooks to Mobi or AZW.
I do not know exactly where the Kindle app is looking, but I would actually recommend and application: Calibre (just Google "Calibre ebook"). It doesn't officially support Amazon Kindle Fire HD, but it does support Kindle Fires right now. There are other apps you can use, but I'm assuming you are loading non-Amazon ebooks.
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Does anyone know where to I should upload an ebook file from my PC in order to view it in the Amazon Kindle app?
Tried Documents and Books folders with no success.
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Use Calibre to do the upload. It will convert the file and place it in the correct folder in the right format. The document folder is the default for kindle books. The latest version recognizes my Fire HD and uploads flawlessly.
Chelle01 said:
I downloaded the kindle app from the market and last night got all my books in there, BUT today when I tried to open it it said it was not installed. I don't know what happened or how to fix it yet. I am trying, will keep you posted! This is bugging me, I want to get to my books without launching in kindle. I am using go launcher hd.
Update: I can not get that app to work, I can not even un install it.
But, I went to the market and installed "kindle shortcut" there are 2 kindle widgets, make sure you pick the right one, it is the second one. I am using go launcher hd. Go to add widgets. Click it, click the kindle shortcut widget. It will load all your books, you will see the name of the book at the top, check the box that says use art work, it will use the book cover. This will add the book on your home screen page. You can then open the book, with go launcher it asked me which launcher IT wanted to use the first time only, after that it directly opens your book, and to the exact place you were reading. The only bummer is you have to do it for each book, add widget, click book name, pick next book, check use art work, etc. Hope this helps, at least I can get to my books without launching kindle now! I'm thinking maybe make a folder to put them in?
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I was able to get that first one you mentioned to work, and and in my opinion it's the one you want. I am For it to work you need to change the directory to "/mnt/sdcard/Books/Sidecars". The only problem is that you need to have a "coverssmall" directory within that to have cover art for your books that contains the files from "/mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/files/small" on in it. Normally for that I'd do something like "ln -s /mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/files/small /mnt/sdcard/Books/Sidecars/coverssmall" but the fat32 sdcard won't allow siblings so I just copied the directory over and renamed it. It's not a perfect solution since I'll have to do it every single time I get a new book to have cover art, but surely one of the gurus here can think of a better way to do it.
I installed busybox and sManager (script manager) and wrote a small script that copies the files from one directory to the other. Unfortunately the widget does not detect the new files by itself so i have to recreate it,hmm strange!
Sent from my rooted Kindle Fire HD
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I was able to get that first one you mentioned to work, and and in my opinion it's the one you want. I am For it to work you need to change the directory to "/mnt/sdcard/Books/Sidecars". The only problem is that you need to have a "coverssmall" directory within that to have cover art for your books that contains the files from "/mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/files/small" on in it. Normally for that I'd do something like "ln -s /mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/files/small /mnt/sdcard/Books/Sidecars/coverssmall" but the fat32 sdcard won't allow siblings so I just copied the directory over and renamed it. It's not a perfect solution since I'll have to do it every single time I get a new book to have cover art, but surely one of the gurus here can think of a better way to do it.
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Got the kindle app to work by reading another thread. Renamed otter to a .bak instead of apk, (in system apps) then downloaded and installed kindle app apk, not on Google play. Download-moved to system app-changed permissions-then installed. Got my books back yaaaaa! Hope this helps.
This worked for me as well, but after rebooting the device the Kindle App disappeared. Did you already reboot yours and the kindle app is still alive?
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This worked for me as well, but after rebooting the device the Kindle App disappeared. Did you already reboot yours and the kindle app is still alive?
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Yes, reinstall again. Don't know why it did that?
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Yes, reinstall again. Don't know why it did that?
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Update: after bragging it was working it decided to crash. BUT, I moved it from system app to SD card/data/app changed permissions to rw r r, restarted and works. Restarted many times so far works fine. Try it! And let me know if it works!
Can't read anymore Amazon books on KFHD. Help, please!
My KFHD is rooted, with perfectly working ADW launcher and Google Play with various Google apps (but no way to install Maps, for some reason: Google play says it's incompatible with my device, while I keep reading here that it is done by several people ).
I had the problem described above, being unable to get to my Kindle books from ADW. The described Kindle widgets (or shortcuts) refuse to install on my tablet. I tried to install the Kindle reader apk I am using on my Galaxy II phone, and it apparently installed, accepted my Amazon login, even displayed sone - not all - of my books, but when I try to open a book, it just exits back to the ADW home screen. I also tried disinstalling it via Titanium Backup and reinstalling, but still it wont open any book.
And switching to the uriginal Amazon environment, I saw that the original reader disappeared with all my books!
So, I got an Amazon tablet unable to read Amazon books! Somebody knows how to get back the original reader? Or has any other useful suggestion? Thanks everybody!
I seem to have run into an issue. After rooting my kindle fire hd 7" and installing google play I lost my notification bar and my bottom bar. I basically can only enter one app at a time and if I want to switch I have to reset. I have no access to settings, because the only way I know is to go through the notification bar.
Other than waiting for skorpn cable to get into fastboot, any other way I can possibly get this fixed?
I can pull mine off if you want
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Ok fixed this for someone else install this adw launcher http://db.tt/ezZp558n its a free version and will work install and open and go to app drawer and go to settings icon and you will be in the system settings so you can go to device and factory restore.
Sent From My Rooted Kindle HD 7"
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ek2u2pjoqqcnxci
Here's the system ui apk just in case
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Awesome!
Hinzman420 said:
Ok fixed this for someone else install this adw launcher db.tt/ezZp558n its a free version and will work install and open and go to app drawer and go to settings icon and you will be in the system settings so you can go to device and factory restore.
Sent From My Rooted Kindle HD 7"
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I have been dealing with the same issue for hours and was getting ready to throw in the towel and order a cable. This worked perfectly! Thank you
Just glad to hear you can enjoy your kindle again.
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disappearing taskbar
i just had the same thing happen to me on unrooted kindle fire hd. I had just searched the forums last night and found out how to get gmail and reader onto my kindle... well I heard a notification and then it disappeared so I knew it had to be something. it IS new email in the inbox of your primary gmail account it seems. it is definitely tied to gmail. I went in and it came back and hasn't disappeared since. there's my two cents' worth of troubleshooting. just thought everyone would like to know.
Kindle Noob said:
i just had the same thing happen to me on unrooted kindle fire hd. I had just searched the forums last night and found out how to get gmail and reader onto my kindle... well I heard a notification and then it disappeared so I knew it had to be something. it IS new email in the inbox of your primary gmail account it seems. it is definitely tied to gmail. I went in and it came back and hasn't disappeared since. there's my two cents' worth of troubleshooting. just thought everyone would like to know.
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You guys need to post in the tool you are using to root your Kindle's. There are MANY of you that are having the same issues with loosing your navbar and menu bars with this rooting process. This should NOT be happening.. If you are experiencing bugs with a automated root tool than you need to post in that thread to ask the developer of the tool...
my kindle fire HD after trying this ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43274610#post43274610 ) mod that surpolst to fix the black wallpaper issue has instead made my toolbar where it will show up for a few seconds then just go away, and it dosent even say my name anymore, it just says my kindle on the name. at one point my kindle was rooted, but in efforts to fix this problem i have un-rooted ( used unroot app on computer and restored factory defaults) im wondering what else i could do to possibly fix it, or since all the root is gone should i just get a hold of amazon?
any help would be appreciated, thanks!
I used to experience that too. Just do a factory reset and re-root...
Gmail notifications can cause this. Disable Gmail notifications, might fix it.
Sent by KFTT, in spite of everything.
factory restore on a kindle dosent un install root, and I've already tryed the gmail as I have seen that in another post, no diffrence at all
Restore kindle using kindle fire first aide and choose 7.2.3 option, it should restore kindle to bone stock, like when you first used it
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Toolbars Gone? ...Download KindleFree From Google Store
You know it takes some time to root this thing. Before you start over...first download the app KindleFree (Free) by Stephen (Stericson) it's kinda hard to find. I downloaded from Google store, installed and set it up and rebooted. Afterwards, I got my toolbars back, but still can't get those live wallpapers to work!
pbatemon said:
my kindle fire HD after trying this ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43274610#post43274610 ) mod that surpolst to fix the black wallpaper issue has instead made my toolbar where it will show up for a few seconds then just go away, and it dosent even say my name anymore, it just says my kindle on the name. at one point my kindle was rooted, but in efforts to fix this problem i have un-rooted ( used unroot app on computer and restored factory defaults) im wondering what else i could do to possibly fix it, or since all the root is gone should i just get a hold of amazon?
any help would be appreciated, thanks!
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tech6 said:
You know it takes some time to root this thing. Before you start over...first download the app KindleFree (Free) by Stephen (Stericson) it's kinda hard to find. I downloaded from Google store, installed and set it up and rebooted. Afterwards, I got my toolbars back, but still can't get those live wallpapers to work![/QUOT
first time I attempted this app it was no help nothing changed, uninstalled then did it once more, the second time it worked! thanks so much guys! yay I have my kindle back
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Hi,
I'm really hoping someone can help or at the very least, put me out of my misery. My little girl loves playing Sims Freeplay that I downloaded from the Play Store onto my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7". So, we purchased a Nook HD for Christmas for her. After switching on for the first time, and loading the Play Store, Sims Freeplay didnt even appear on the Play Store. After searching through google it came up with the error message 'Your device isnt compatible with this version'.
After searching online, it was suggested that a rooted Nook HD would allow access to all Play Store Apps. So, I followed the root instructions on this site and downloaded CM 10-1-3 with all of the other relevant programs and installed. Everything went fine and I have a rooted Nook HD, great. Unfortunately, this has not solved the problem of Sims Freeplay. It still doesnt appear on the Play Store and when accessing it via Google it still gives the same error message.
Other users have suggested changing the LCD dpi resolution to 240 but this is the resolution already installed on CM 10-1-3. I have also tried changing it to 320 and 170 (which I believe is the dpi for the Samsung Tab 2 7") but with no joy.
Is there actually a way around this problem because if there isnt I would rather know as this was the main reason for buying my daughter her own tablet in the first place. Should I sell it and replace with a compatible device or is there something I have missed.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I cannot find a solution anywhere.
Stuart.
There is a way to get the game on your HD device with CM installed (through the 1mobile.com store), which I tried, but it would not run. It said it could not connect to the EA server and to contact customer support. You might want to try a different device.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app
One thing to try is grabbing the APK for the app from your compatible tablet and then sideloading it on your HD. I do this sometimes on my Nexus 7 for the Comcast email/accounts app, then move it to my HD+ and install it. The app I use to grab the APK is called "APK Fetcher" in the play store.
That said, the app may or may not run well on your HD, but it doesn't cost anything to try.
Oops, posted at the same time as Leapinlar (who would know better). Only other thought is: I wonder if the game would run on stock ? You can sideload apps on stock without root.
rhyang said:
One thing to try is grabbing the APK for the app from your compatible tablet and then sideloading it on your HD. I do this sometimes on my Nexus 7 for the Comcast email/accounts app, then move it to my HD+ and install it. The app I use to grab the APK is called "APK Fetcher" in the play store.
That said, the app may or may not run well on your HD, but it doesn't cost anything to try.
Oops, posted at the same time as Leapinlar (who would know better). Only other thought is: I wonder if the game would run on stock ? You can sideload apps on stock without root.
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Seems strange, some people claim to have got it working by changing the LCD DPI which I have tried myself both up and down but it has done nothing. Do you think that DPI would have anything to do with why the device is coming up as incompatible?.
Someone else suggested installing a modded version of Play Store which is claimed to get rid of the problem but to be honest I dont really understand that process.
It's annoying that a tablet that I found to be inferior to the Nook HD (Samsung Tab 2 7") works perfectly but the Nook HD doesnt work at all (neither does the Nook HD+ for that matter I think).
Stuart.