I've had the DAF WP7 rom for about a month now..works pretty great after doing some registry tweaks. Anyway, I've put together this ebook (.epub format) and emailed it to myself and downloaded the ebook attachment from my gmail, and I downloaded an ebook/epub reader (Freda) from the Marketplace to see if the format was correct--to test the epub on my HD2. But when I launched Freda, the only ebooks that are displayed in the Bookshelf are the ones that came with the app..
I looked around in Touchxplorer to see if I could find my epub so I could try to copy and paste it to the root folder to see if Freda would be able to then find and load them, but the only thing by way of an email attachment I was able to find was in this folder.. APPLICATION DATA/VOLATILE/EMAIL ATTACHMENTS .. but the attachments I had downloaded were displayed as .DAT files--I don't know what this means..data files?--anyway, they won't open and I doubt Freda could recognize them anyway, even if I were to copy and paste them in root folder..
Anybody have any idea how I can find the files I've downloaded from my email as attachments? I noticed the first day I flashed the rom that the Storage Card in Touchxplorer wasn't a folder but just a file (I think it's a .DAT file also), so I guess the 16GB card I have in the phone is pretty useless? That sucks, but I at least want to be able to download files (besides pictures, those work fine) and be able to access them.
Thanks!
trevor4 said:
I've had the DAF WP7 rom for about a month now..works pretty great after doing some registry tweaks. Anyway, I've put together this ebook (.epub format) and emailed it to myself and downloaded the ebook attachment from my gmail, and I downloaded an ebook/epub reader (Freda) from the Marketplace to see if the format was correct--to test the epub on my HD2. But when I launched Freda, the only ebooks that are displayed in the Bookshelf are the ones that came with the app..
I looked around in Touchxplorer to see if I could find my epub so I could try to copy and paste it to the root folder to see if Freda would be able to then find and load them, but the only thing by way of an email attachment I was able to find was in this folder.. APPLICATION DATA/VOLATILE/EMAIL ATTACHMENTS .. but the attachments I had downloaded were displayed as .DAT files--I don't know what this means..data files?--anyway, they won't open and I doubt Freda could recognize them anyway, even if I were to copy and paste them in root folder..
Anybody have any idea how I can find the files I've downloaded from my email as attachments? I noticed the first day I flashed the rom that the Storage Card in Touchxplorer wasn't a folder but just a file (I think it's a .DAT file also), so I guess the 16GB card I have in the phone is pretty useless? That sucks, but I at least want to be able to download files (besides pictures, those work fine) and be able to access them.
Thanks!
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Generally the emailing of an attachment will only work if you can open the attachment in a WP7 application like Adobe or Excel. I have found that once downloaded and opened the file is visible and available from the application. For example, if you email a pdf file and open it, it is available when you open Acrobat, even after you delete the email.
For a file that cannot be directly run by a WP7 application, you are out of luck using email because it cannot be opened and there is no option to save it.
You might find some useful insights here:
http://www.wpcentral.com/sideloading-ebooks-now-possible-htc-windows-phones-homebrew
Freda
trevor4 said:
I've had the DAF WP7 rom for about a month now..works pretty great after doing some registry tweaks. Anyway, I've put together this ebook (.epub format) and emailed it to myself and downloaded the ebook attachment from my gmail, and I downloaded an ebook/epub reader (Freda) from the Marketplace to see if the format was correct--to test the epub on my HD2. But when I launched Freda, the only ebooks that are displayed in the Bookshelf are the ones that came with the app..
I looked around in Touchxplorer to see if I could find my epub so I could try to copy and paste it to the root folder to see if Freda would be able to then find and load them, but the only thing by way of an email attachment I was able to find was in this folder.. APPLICATION DATA/VOLATILE/EMAIL ATTACHMENTS .. but the attachments I had downloaded were displayed as .DAT files--I don't know what this means..data files?--anyway, they won't open and I doubt Freda could recognize them anyway, even if I were to copy and paste them in root folder..
Anybody have any idea how I can find the files I've downloaded from my email as attachments? I noticed the first day I flashed the rom that the Storage Card in Touchxplorer wasn't a folder but just a file (I think it's a .DAT file also), so I guess the 16GB card I have in the phone is pretty useless? That sucks, but I at least want to be able to download files (besides pictures, those work fine) and be able to access them.
Thanks!
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Maybe send the .epub to Freda for publishing and download it from the catalogue.
Or find the source code for Freda (it's out there somewhere) and use that to modify either your file or the program???
I'm not sure TouchXplorer (in WP7) sees any SD Card in any other way than a .dat file.
According to all the posts and literature the SD Card and the internal memory in WP7 at least, are in practice one and the same.
>Settings>about, to see how much Available Storage you have. Anything resembling a figure near to your SD Capacity means the SD Card is working and being read as expected by WP7.
hinds said:
Generally the emailing of an attachment will only work if you can open the attachment in a WP7 application like Adobe or Excel. I have found that once downloaded and opened the file is visible and available from the application. For example, if you email a pdf file and open it, it is available when you open Acrobat, even after you delete the email.
For a file that cannot be directly run by a WP7 application, you are out of luck using email because it cannot be opened and there is no option to save it.
You might find some useful insights here:
removed link cause I'm not allowed to post links
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I think that this might be the only way I can go.. I just want to load up my epub so I can preview the formatting and layout and make sure everything looks okay.
Thanks for the link!
stepthehen said:
Maybe send the .epub to Freda for publishing and download it from the catalogue.
Or find the source code for Freda (it's out there somewhere) and use that to modify either your file or the program???
I'm not sure TouchXplorer (in WP7) sees any SD Card in any other way than a .dat file.
According to all the posts and literature the SD Card and the internal memory in WP7 at least, are in practice one and the same.
>Settings>about, to see how much Available Storage you have. Anything resembling a figure near to your SD Capacity means the SD Card is working and being read as expected by WP7.
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Not sure if I'd be able to modify the Freda source code, or even to what end.. I got this XAP (don't remember what it's called just now) and on the opening page it had a lot of info about my device and the amount of free storage was around 12 or 13 GB, so I think that the ROM is using my SD card.. ah well, these ROMs are pretty new and I'm sure the devs will really surprise us with the features they can implement.
Thanks for the info buddy..
could you just rename the file type from DAT to epub? that's what I do when I want to read mobi on kindle app
To get an EPUB onto your phone for reading with Freda, put the EPUB into a DropBox folder, an OPDS catalog (for instance by running Calibre on your PC), or onto a web-site. Freda can fetch EPUB files from any of those locations.
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Hope this is the right place for this....
I cooked & downloaded 3.17.03 (from Jeffs Kitchen) and have two problems:
1. When I go into Excell or Word now, I can't see any files that are loaded on the memory card. I have to use File Manager and double click the file I want. I can't find any way to inform Excell where to look either.
2. I also can't find anyway to add programs to the quick launch program (tdLaunch). I went to the authors homepage and dowloaded the PPC 2002 cab file but this won't run on my XDA. Curious that the author doesn't cover this most basic need in the README file. (I can't find any Help file for this even tho' I selected Help Files with all programs I chose to include.
Anyone know the answer to these problems?
A number of the attractive features mentioned in the ROM Kitchen announcement are not present on the version dloaded from Jeff. (Absence of tutorial at start-up, localisation to Central Europe etc, auto-config).
If any of the Developers see this, could they please comment why this is? (other than Jeff is not using the Developers ROM enhancements??)
Many thanks.
QUOTE 2. I also can't find anyway to add programs to the quick launch program (tdLaunch). I went to the authors homepage and dowloaded the PPC 2002 cab file but this won't run on my XDA. Curious that the author doesn't cover this most basic need in the README file. (I can't find any Help file for this even tho' I selected Help Files with all programs...........
Tap "start",...tap "settings".....tap "today"...... at base of screen tap "items"......tap "tdlaunch".........tap "options" you can add, delete, etc from there. Hope this what you are wanting.
1. When I go into Excell or Word now, I can't see any files that are loaded on the memory card. I have to use File Manager and double click the file I want. I can't find any way to inform Excell where to look.....
Try opening word or excel, at the base of screen tap "tools".....tap "options", take a look in there for the defaults for saving and viewing files. Might help.
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Tap "start",...tap "settings".....tap "today"...... at base of screen tap "items"......tap "tdlaunch".........tap "options" you can add, delete, etc from there. Hope this what you are wanting.
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Blimey, I must say Inever noticed that "Options" option before!
Thanks a lot, yes that solved it!
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1. When I go into Excell or Word now, I can't see any files that are loaded on the memory card. I have to use File Manager and double click the file I want. I can't find any way to inform Excell where to look.....
Try opening word or excel, at the base of screen tap "tools".....tap "options", take a look in there for the defaults for saving and viewing files. Might help.
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No dice on that one unfortunately. Even tho' i tell it i want to save to Storage Card 1 it won't look in there.
It's not this "ignore my doc" file is it? I used ot have one but now I can't see one in the root dir of the card.
:?
Did you try reformatting the card, after backing up the files of course. Also have you actually saved a file to the sd card since your upgrade?
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Did you try reformatting the card, after backing up the files of course. Also have you actually saved a file to the sd card since your upgrade?
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No, I havn't tried reformatting it. (After all its the ROM that was changed not the location of the data). And I just tried saving new files- They ARE written to the SD folder "My Documents".
But the XDA still doesn't see any files in the other folders on the card...
you have to save those files in the My Document directory on the SD Card. thats how MS did it.
Hi.
Actually, I dimly recalled that the file ignore_my_docs IS necessary for the OS to 'see' files on the Memory cards which are outside of My Documents.
I located a backup and found the ignore_my_docs file, transferred it over to the XDA and my problem was solved.
Not actually sure how the original was deleted. :?
Thanks for the feedback anyway.
Cheers
Hey guys found a software called Taxi which can use a dump file to use wikipedia ofline on handheld oder Pocket Pc running WM.
But I don't get it.
I want to install the German Version, since the english one is a lil to big for my Sd Card.
Would be happy about any help or hint.
Ps. My problem is, I download the file ( xml) and try to convert it with taxi converter but it says error ^^ heeelp!!!!!!
Wikipedia on the go with Mobipocket!
Hello,
I use the Mobipocket e-book Reader which can be downloaded for free here:
http://www.mobipocket.com/en/DownloadSoft/application.asp?device=WindowsMobile
And the Wiki-Files can be found here:
ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/wikipedia/mobile/ebooks/
Some infos for all the possibilitys for Wikipedia on the go can be found here (in German):
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unterwegs
After installing Mobipocket there will be a folder called "ebooks" created in the Phone Storage.
I have moved the Folder to the "Root Directory ("\") of my Storage Card.
In this folder you have to put the "e-Book files"!
So Mobipocket should detect the e-Book files with the Standard Parameters after installing! (I didn't have to edit any Parameter in Mobipocket!)
Works great for me!
one more question.
I downloaded a *.tgz file 1,4 Gb do i have to unpack that on my sd card in a special folder ?
greets
Look up StarDict and MDict
Uploaded a couple of .pdf files from my desktop to the SD card.
Can't seem to find a way to see the file directory. (Not rooted)
Do I need an app for that? (If so, which one?)
Can I bring it up in Dolphin or Chrome browser, and if so, what is the Path?
Should I have loaded the .pdf into a sub-directory on the SD card? If so, what should I name it?
TIA for any suggestions.
I've been using a program called androzip as a file explorer... just find the file you want and open it
Thanks!
I evenually made a sub-directory on the SD card and put the .pdf in it, and download a .pdf app... which then found the file, but only once it was moved to the sub-folder.
I'm still curious to know what path to use to locate/open a local file in a browser...
Thanks.
file:///sdcard/my%20docs/mythbusters_poster.jpg is an example that works on my browser
britoso said:
file:///sdcard/my%20docs/mythbusters_poster.jpg is an example that works on my browser
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Thank you britoso!
************POST & LINKS UPDATED 21/02/2010***************
Update: There was a syntax error you cant use special characters like ' " . _ extra in the names of the books. That was the bug have fixed that and re-uploaded the files Now have 300 books in my ereader library. Now there are 5 zip files X 60 books each and the corresponding book cover in the images.zip file
The E Reader is a fantastic application and I was always searching for great books. Managed to download ALL the books from www.epubbooks.com. I have made the exact two folders which need to be copied on to the reader folder in your My Documents Folder of your device. Or create a Reader Folder in your storage card My documents/Reader
Here is the step by step guide
a) Make a Folder on your PC called Reader. Make two subfolders within that called Books and Images
b) Download & the images.zip into the Images folder on your PC
c) Download & Extract all the files from Book 1.zip to Book 5.zip into the Books Folder.
d)Copy the Books that you want onto the Books and Images Folder onto your device or copy all the books on to the reader folder on your device
e)Download and Install the Ebook Indexer 0.4 cab on to your device.
Download File
http://hotfile.com/links/42866819/a...ges.zip.html(*****************************NEW UPDATED LINK ENJOY)
f) Start the Ebook Indexer Program and Click Create Index. It will automatically detect all the books that you have copied either on your device or the storage card and now you can see them on the ereader Manila Tab(20 books) and the entire collection on the Library tab.
Remember the ereader Manila Tab has a limit of showing 20 books.
Cheers and have fun. Let me have feedback on whether you found this useful to add the books onto your device
thanks for sharing mate.
patcat007 said:
Books 5: http://hotfile.com/dl/29343047/1bf8774/Books_5.zip.html
Books 6: http://hotfile.com/dl/29343047/1bf8774/Books_5.zip.html
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Books 5 &6 point to the same book - book 5. Can you give us the link to book 6?
Link error - Books 6
patcat007 said:
Images Zip: http://hotfile.com/dl/29318598/1ec5ac3/Images.zip.html
Books 1: http://hotfile.com/dl/29339985/22d3514/Books_1.zip.html
Books 2: http://hotfile.com/dl/29340887/ffd0eec/Books_2.zip.html
Books 3: http://hotfile.com/dl/29341413/561c002/Books_3.zip.html
Books 4: http://hotfile.com/dl/29342041/ad8d729/Books_4.zip.html
Books 5: http://hotfile.com/dl/29343047/1bf8774/Books_5.zip.html
Books 6: http://hotfile.com/dl/29343047/1bf8774/Books_5.zip.html
Ebook Indexer Cab: http://hotfile.com/dl/29343635/88268db/EbookIndexer_04.CAB.html
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Hi patcat007
Links for Books 5 and Books 6 seem to be the same.
Cheers
andrew-in-woking
Links Updates
Sorry mates Links corrected was trying to get the post up in a hurry before my meeting started. Lemme know whether it was helpful
Works fine mate downloaded a few books of my own just wondering where you got the imegas from they dont come with the book do they
Read 300 Books
Revising Post uploading Books which will work in the process of sending files to Hotfile. Download from new links after an hour
Fantastic, downloading now! Thanks
Any mirror plsss
thanks for the links.
would be good to have a text index to preview what's in the zip files.
i dont have the patiences to wait 30 minutes between downloads from Hotfile.. /me lazy
thanks
im tryin to use the ebook indexer but whenever i try to create index it says "can't delete table. Program exit" I just flashed a new NRG new feb 22 cookie monster rom. was using the feb 16 rom last night and the indexer worked perfectly
thanks mang
same problem
chizzwhizz said:
im tryin to use the ebook indexer but whenever i try to create index it says "can't delete table. Program exit" I just flashed a new NRG new feb 22 cookie monster rom. was using the feb 16 rom last night and the indexer worked perfectly
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"can't delete table, program exit" also happened to me. Do we need to install a reader for the books?
jizhu said:
"can't delete table, program exit" also happened to me. Do we need to install a reader for the books?
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Make sure that you have the "Books" & "Images" folder under "Reader" either in RAM or Storage Card
ivorstar said:
Make sure that you have the "Books" & "Images" folder under "Reader" either in RAM or Storage Card
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of course, was in storage card/my documents/reader (Books, Images). But just can't open any book. Please help
i dunno if anybody has this problem but none of the images load up for me on my tp2
jizhu said:
of course, was in storage card/my documents/reader (Books, Images). But just can't open any book. Please help
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First you need to have the Ereader Tab cooked in your ROM which is there in the New Manila ROMS NRG 16th Feb has it. I have tested all 300 books and their images and they open and read just fine on my Touch Pro 2.
jizhu said:
of course, was in storage card/my documents/reader (Books, Images). But just can't open any book. Please help
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First you need to have the Ereader Tab cooked in your ROM which is there in the New Manila ROMS NRG 16th Feb has it. I have tested all 300 books and their images and they open and read just fine on my Touch Pro 2.
Thanks, but a question
patcat007 said:
First you need to have the Ereader Tab cooked in your ROM which is there in the New Manila ROMS NRG 16th Feb has it. I have tested all 300 books and their images and they open and read just fine on my Touch Pro 2.
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First of all thanks for this app, I was able to purchase a book in Adobe digital format, move it as you describe in your instructions and read it on my phone. My only issue is that once I used the ebook indexer, none of the images showed up, even though they did previously for the preloaded books. I am using NRG Rom as indicated in my sig. Just weird that the images wont display, any ideas?
bleeman said:
First of all thanks for this app, I was able to purchase a book in Adobe digital format, move it as you describe in your instructions and read it on my phone. My only issue is that once I used the ebook indexer, none of the images showed up, even though they did previously for the preloaded books. I am using NRG Rom as indicated in my sig. Just weird that the images wont display, any ideas?
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The books have to be in the *.epub format in your books folder in the format Author Name-Bookname.epub and the image folder should have the image folder should have the image in the following format Author Name-Bookname.JPG(it doesnt take jpeg) as a format. Also there should be another image file ideally 58X58 pixels in the format Author Name-Bookname_thumb.pub. If you have the books and the images in the respective folder in the formats specified it will show up in the manila Tab. But there's a limit of 20 books that the Manila Tab can show. Hope this solves your problems. Cheers
hi folks, i finally got a way to copy office / PDF files directly from computer, these files will show up in Office Hub/ Adobe Reader's Document List
before you start, make sure you get TouchXplorer work on your phone.
1. you need to do some registry hacks to make the wp7 device visible in My Computer/ Explorer , here you can see the tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=915664.
OR: Modify these Registry Entries
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USB\VID_045E&PID_04EC&MI_00\6&210a541a&0&0000\Device Parameters]
"EnableLegacySupport"=dword:00000001
"PortableDeviceNameSpaceExcludeFromShell"=dword:00000000
"ShowInShell"=dword:00000001
Once you're done , CLOSE ZUNE, you should see 2 wp7 devices in your computer, they're exactly the same. just choose one open it and you'll see folders like Album Video Music etc, these are your zune folders.
[TIP], if you open your device/storage and see nothing there, you have to delete one registry key and reconnect your phone.
the registry key is :
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USB\VID_045E&PID_04EC&MI_00\6&210a541a&0&0000\
Device Parameters\DeviceSelectiveSuspended]
delete that key , and you'll see those Zune folders.
2. now we can copy files to the Phone and make them show up in Office Hub or Acrobat Reader.
first, pick one of the Zune Folders, never create one 'cause you'll never see it from the Phone. just use the existing folders , i recommend "Video" folder.
copy a file to the Video folder, eg. officetest.docx,
open your touchXplorer, goto "My Documents"\"Zune"\"Content"
you'll see folders like 0100 0200 0300 0400 0600, these are the music / pictures / video folders of zune, and all files inside are named using numbers.
now open "0400"(in my case, might be different on other phones, you have to find it yourself) and you'll see a folder named "02", open this "02" folder, what do you see?? yes,a "20.z"(the number varies) file, this is exactly the officetest.docx you just copied to phone.
rename the "20.z" files back to "officetest.docx" using TouchXplorer , double click the file ,it will open in office .
you can cut it, and paste to \My Documents of your phone, open Office Hub, you just have the "officetest.docx" there
even you renamed the "20.z" file and moved it to \My Document. you can still see the "officetest.docx" in the "Video" folder on your computer, you should delete the "officetest.docx" to save some space, it's safe, actually, when you rename the "20.z" file to "officetest.docx", the phone did a copy job , not just rename.
EASY Enough ???
3. well, you can do the same with .PDF files if you installed the Adobe Reader.
once you renamed this "xx.z" (xx is a number) back to eg. "mypdffile.pdf" using TouchXplorer, you may try to double tap the pdf file and open it. but to PDF files , it's NOT working, the adobe reader will say "invalid path"
I know exactly what's going on, office files are opened by office apps like word etc. they're WP7 Stock programs from M$ and got very high privileges, they can access any folders. but to poor Adobe Reader, it can only access its isolated storage.
so what we need to do is: find adobe reader's isolated storage folder and move the "mypdffile.pdf" there, you can then double tap the file and open it. and when you open Adobe Reader , you'll see the "mypdffile.pdf" right under the "Documents" list.
the Adobe Reader's IsolatedStorage folder is at
Code:
\Applications\Data\BC4F319A-9A9A-DF11A490-00237DE2..\Data\IsolatedStore
just put the pdf files here
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PS:
1. I'm chinese and my english sucks, sorry if you can't understand
2. the office program on WP7 and Adobe Reader 9.0 for WP7 really sucks
Nice Tutorial
Will check it out later.
Agree with you on 1 thing, Adobe of Windows Phone 7 sucks.
Office on the other hand is great.
please can you explain exactly what registry you must delete to see the folders thanks.....
tommyDC2006 said:
please can you explain exactly what registry you must delete to see the folders thanks.....
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DeviceSelectiveSuspended.
I think it's easier to email yourself with your needed documents, and then downloading it with the phone from the email.
tommyDC2006 said:
please can you explain exactly what registry you must delete to see the folders thanks.....
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it's "DeviceSelectiveSuspended", sorry for the delay
andrusca said:
DeviceSelectiveSuspended.
I think it's easier to email yourself with your needed documents, and then downloading it with the phone from the email.
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to me , i have some huge documents , over 50MB each, i have to copy them this way 'cause no email service can attach such big file.
18MB
I sent myself an 18MB PDF file earlier today. Checked my email on my Windows Phone 7 Device. Clicked the file once (waited for it download). Then clicked the file again to open. Adobe Reader was blank for about 15 seconds then loaded it.
I used Windows Live Mail
Nice one, I will have a look to see if I can place mobi and prc files that are for e-book reading using amazon kindle in its own isolated storage area as well.
I am 99% confident that this will work just need to keep track of the new files and should only be needing a chang to .mobi or .prc for it show up in the kindle app (that is if you have tagged your books correctly)
whetstone said:
Nice one, I will have a look to see if I can place mobi and prc files that are for e-book reading using amazon kindle in its own isolated storage area as well.
I am 99% confident that this will work just need to keep track of the new files and should only be needing a chang to .mobi or .prc for it show up in the kindle app (that is if you have tagged your books correctly)
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yes , this would work, just find your kindle program's isolated storage folder.
i suggest look into your \application\install folder to locate the kindle program, there're a lot of GUID Named folders. open one by one until you find the kindle program, remember this GUID, and find the same GUID folder under \application\data you'll reach kindle's isolated storage
heeeelp
dear
i do the above
and i found 2 new devices
but no think inside it
i cant find the register key you say for delete if i cant see file
i use windows vista
can u help me
dr.amer said:
dear
i do the above
and i found 2 new devices
but no think inside it
i cant find the register key you say for delete if i cant see file
i use windows vista
can u help me
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Oh no what have you done?
What ROM are you using?
If it is XBmod/yukixda back to the future ROM, which came out 28 AUG why are you using instructions dated January?
I don't know what those registry hacks do.
If you know exactly what you did, tell us Exactly.
If not I think you will have to re-flash the ROM.
Good luck.
Still nothing is coming up in the folder. What do I do? and there is no folder in there starting with 6 they start with 7?
you can copy the files by using the sd reader,and then open it through the file manager...