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Rooted with Go Launcher, but can't read books. The Amazon Kindle application opens, but doesn't find anything on the device. There are books on the device.
If I switch back to the stock launcher, my books are there fine, and I can read them.
Anyone have this issue? Clearly a big issue if you rooted but still want to use it primarily as a book reader.
When you want to read your books, click on the old launcher and use it to read the book. Not a real problem. Being rooted is not an issue reading books, just Amazon Prime which you can fix with OTA Rootkeeper.
Why do you need OTA rootkeeper if you have permanent root?
Because Amazon Videos (Prime) doesn't work with root. You have to un-root to use it.
Anyone know if there is a way to access the stock bookstore when rooted? I'd like to be able to access the lending library but the store link in the stock launcher takes me to the web store and not the fire version. I am rooted but have temp unrooted using ota rootkeeper. Prime video is working.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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the way I did it was I downloaded the amazon kindle app from the google market. then I mounted my kindle as a disk drive in my pc and copy pasted the book files to the folder the app has for books. now all my books are there when I open the app
Yikes, it's worse than I thought. I assumed it was only in Go Launcher that there were no books.
But I switch back to the Amazon launcher, go into the book tab, or document tab, and none of the books I downloaded are there.
Music files are there and play with the music player.
Pictures are there and play with the gallery
Videos are there, and play in the video player
All the new applications I installed rooted in Go Launcher are there and work
but...the four books are there in the correct folder (books), I can see them when it's connected as a Windows drive, but they don't show up in the launcher under the Books or any other tab.
My wife will kill me. She wanted this primarily as a book reader.
Thanks in advance.
I just use the Amazon Kindle app from the Market to read books using Go Launcher for Tablets.
That didn't work for me either. When I click "On Device", it doesn't show me any of the four books.
Just so there is no confusion, I read these four book files (well, tested them) before starting the rooting procedure, so I know that the formats are OK etc.
This is really weird. My Kindle is rooted and I have no issues with Kindle books. All of my books are still there. So there were books on the device but after you rooted they are all gone?
harry_fine said:
That didn't work for me either. When I click "On Device", it doesn't show me any of the four books.
Just so there is no confusion, I read these four book files (well, tested them) before starting the rooting procedure, so I know that the formats are OK etc.
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Did you place them in the Kindle folder?
Edit: I just copied a book that I had on my Galaxy Nexus in the Kindle folder to the Kindle folder on my Fire and it showed up in the Kindle app.
The books are not physically gone, the files are all there, but they can't be seen with the stock launcher or Go Launcher.
harry_fine said:
The books are not physically gone, the files are all there, but they can't be seen with the stock launcher or Go Launcher.
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Try reinstalling the Kindle app from the Market or clear the app data for the one you have installed.
This happens if you downloaded the Amazon Kindle App from the Android Market.
When you download the Android Market version it overwrites the stock version without saving your data.
The fix for this is simple.
[*] Go to Settings-->More-->Applications-->All Applications-->Amazon Kindle
[*] Click "Clear Data" and "Uninstall Updates"
If you did it correctly then it should've reverted back to the stock version(v4.1.2.12)
*But if that does not work, here the original stock version .apk:
LINK: http://db.tt/49Efe35z
Now you will have the stock version, but you will not see any books.
Don't worry though, because all books you purchase from Amazon are linked to your account.
*You need to use your PC for these next few steps!
[*] Log in to your Amazon Account and go to Your Digital Items-->Your Kindle Orders
Now you should see a list of books you have purchased for your Kindle Fire.
[*] Click on "Actions" and choose "Deliver to my Kindle" OR "Download and Transfer via USB"
IF YOU CHOSE: "Deliver to my Kindle"
[*] Go to SETTINGS-->SYNC and you should see your book appear.
IF YOU CHOSE: "Download and Transfer via USB"
[*] Download your book to your PC.
[*] After downloading, use your USB cable to connect your computer and Kindle Fire. Your Kindle Fire will appear as a drive on your computer.
[*] Copy your downloaded file from your computer to your Kindle Fire's documents folder.
IF YOU CANNOT CONNECT YOUR KINDLE FIRE TO YOUR PC FOR WHATEVER REASON:
[*] Download your book to your PC.
[*] Upload the book to Dropbox or the cloud storage service of your choice(eg. Box, SugarSync, etc.)
[*] Now go to your Kindle Fire and download the book.
[*] Move the downloaded book to the "Documents" section of your Kindle Fire.
Hope this helps!
Thanks
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For anyone looking for a solution, I found it, at least I can now see and read all my books on the stock launcher.
All I did was uninstall the Amazon Kindle application, and somehow, that allowed me to see books from the Amazon default launcher.
I don't know if I can try installing again and if that will let me read both in the Go Launcher and Amazon Launcher. I will try and let you know.
Perfect. That completely fixed my problem as well. Thanks!
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ur making it so much more difficult
if ur running just android and not cm7
just install home launcher and switch back and fourth between go launcher and amazon original book os
During the several days it took to get rooting straight (and it's working perfectly now thanks to [-_-] ), I remember reading something about steps required to access the Kindle Store (Amazon) after you have hacked your Fire. I can no longer seem to find those notes. I'm trying to access books already purchased by my wife on her Amazon Account. I've already de-registered my Fire from my account and re-registered it on her account, but I don't seem to have access to her books. Can someone point me to the correct thread or let me know what I need to do?
The only "hack" needed is with relationship to Amazon Video Prime. where you need to use something like OTA Rootkeeper to allow the app to not see you are rooted.
As for books, you have to access them via the default launcher and use sync to use the default book reader.
don't know about purchasing books but to use amazon video you have to use ota rootkeeper to temporary unroot
hope this helps ...
Thanks for the quick responses. I didn't seem to be able to access my wife's books after I DE-registered it from my account and then re-registered it to hers. None of the books would load. Now that I've gone back to my own account, all my books are missing and I can't wirelessly load them. I WAS able to download them to my PC and then copy them via USB to my Fire. I'll have to take a look at installing the OTA Rootkeeper.
Thanks again.
glad to help ...
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Do you still have the stock Kindle app installed or did it get updated during your rooting process. Mine updated at some point and screwed everything up.
If you go into your app management and uninstall the kindle reader, it should uninstall the updates and take it back to the stock reader app. Then loading up books through the stock launcher cleared up all of the issues on my end. Give it a try.
Simply clearing the data on the kindle app might fix the issue too, though without knowing how deeply Amazon login is integrated it might take more than just a data clear on the Kindle part (because the reader is still just an app).
Amazon prime video service wouldn't work but this app fixed all.
After using this app I just restarted KF and service is working again.
hi there
i just bought a fire runing on 6.2.2
i cannot download anything as i dont have a us credit card
anyone can teach me how????
thanks
Get a US credit card and you don't have a problem. The Kindle Fire is supported/distributed for the US only right now.
You can use it other places but you have to go through hoops to use it for media etc... there are other threads you can find out that information from.
Search is your friend...
you actually can download books and magazines using a canadian credit card but you need a USA address
also, you can download ANY app on the android market by going to:
goodereader .c0m/apps on your kindle fire browser
that way you can download apps from the google marketplace without having the market on your actual ereader!
its pretty smart
You may be able to get a US prepay card, but don't be surprised if it doesn't work. Try contacting Amazon support too. You never know what they'll say...
So I downloaded a kindle ebook for my finance class and its only viewable on my pc. When I tried to open it on my nexus 7 and galaxy nexus it said it was not compatible for either device. Is there anyway I can access my kindle ebook on my galaxy nexus and more importantly on the nexus 7?
Gracias
Note: Preferably i don't want to root my devices or remove the drm lock from the ebook but if i have to its not a prob.
What kind of file is the eBook?
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What kind of file is the eBook?
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Are you trying to push the ebook to your tablet via the PC or do you have the Kindle app on your device? Have you tried menu>sync & Check for items in the app? That should look for any purchases you've made on your Kindle account and queue them for download.
I wasn't aware there were PC only ebooks from Amazon. Did you get it from some other source than Amazon?
johnnyvol said:
Are you trying to push the ebook to your tablet via the PC or do you have the Kindle app on your device? Have you tried menu>sync & Check for items in the app? That should look for any purchases you've made on your Kindle account and queue them for download.
I wasn't aware there were PC only ebooks from Amazon. Did you get it from some other source than Amazon?
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Yeah I tried amd it says my kindle eBook 'isn't compatible with your device'. Also its a finance textbook that's around 14 MB in space but just becuz its that big doesn't mean I can only see it on my PC.
And yes I got it through amazon.
Hello Everyone.
I am hoping someone can knock some sense in to me!
Im having some issues with my rooted nook and the kindle App.
Basically i have a ton of Kindle books from my old kindle (before the wife trod on the screen and killed it) that i want to read on my nook.
I was under the impression that if i rooted my Nook Simple touch and installed the Kindle App on to the device i would be able to read these files.
Unfortunately i seem to have no luck at all.
Could some one please help as im getting withdrawal symptoms from the book and the added issue that i now have to converse with the wife!
almost 100 views and no help. surely I cant be the only one with this issue?
What version Kindle App are you trying to use? As the ST is running an old Android version 2.1 then you have to use an old Kindle App. I think Kindle_3.0.1.70.apk is the right one.
I found the Kindle app that worked on the NSTs to be very limited. I prefer to convert Kindle books to epub using Calibre so I can use them with most any reader, dealing with DRM as needed to complete the process.
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thanks for your input chaps.
this calibre software.. can it do bulk file conversions or would I have to wade through all my books one by one?
Yes, but you'll probably want to do some checking that the conversion has worked correctly, especially for any PDFs that you (try to) convert.
Calibre conversion is also my preferred technique as I use it to provide backups anyway. I just keep the old Kindle App on there as well in case I am away from my base station and access to the Calibre library.
Bulk conversion is very reliable I found and for regular Kindle books works well. Obviously you want to try one out to make sure you have the method right. You will need the Kindle DRM plug-ins for Calibre to do the conversion when uploading from Kindle but the translation back to ePub when downloading to the Nook is automatic.