I plug it in via usb, and I see mtp... but it sees it as a camera for some reason.
Clue?
Meanwhile, they seem to have updated android to make things less accessable, meaning I can't find the kindle books I bought, as I could a few months ago.
mark
Date: Monday, September 13, 2021 23:07:42 -0400 From: mark m.roth@5-cent.us
I plug it in via usb, and I see mtp... but it sees it as a camera for some reason.
Clue?
Meanwhile, they seem to have updated android to make things less accessable, meaning I can't find the kindle books I bought, as I could a few months ago.
Check the USB connection type setting on your (android) device. When I set it to "file transfer" (on an android 12-beta device) I can see my Kindle books. While I could open the files with LibreOffice they are in a format that I didn't have a compatible viewer for on my laptop. [My android device file viewer(s) wouldn't get me into the Kindle data directory.]
On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 17:01:29 +0000 Richard wrote:
[My android device file viewer(s) wouldn't get me into the Kindle data directory.]
I wonder if the Termux app would allow you to do look at that.
You can download the latest Termux from the F-Droid repo.
On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 11:09:34AM -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 17:01:29 +0000 Richard wrote:
[My android device file viewer(s) wouldn't get me into the Kindle data directory.]
There's an app I use. Cx file explorer. It will go into the kindle directory, and from there, I can delete files. On the rare occasions I put a book in there--for example, at times, an author makes a free ebook available, I use jmtpfs. This is on a fairly minimal install with openbox, I suspect that Gnome's file manager might be able to do it. (I can with Fedora 34's live Gnome workstation).
On 9/14/2021 2:29 PM, Scott Robbins wrote:
On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 11:09:34AM -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 17:01:29 +0000 Richard wrote:
[My android device file viewer(s) wouldn't get me into the Kindle data directory.]
There's an app I use. Cx file explorer. It will go into the kindle directory, and from there, I can delete files. On the rare occasions I put a book in there--for example, at times, an author makes a free ebook available, I use jmtpfs. This is on a fairly minimal install with openbox, I suspect that Gnome's file manager might be able to do it. (I can with Fedora 34's live Gnome workstation).
For copying files to and from my PC (including Kindle books), I use an app called WIFI FTP Server. It starts up an FTP server on your phone that you can connect to with Filezilla (or whatever) from your PC. The server is only active while the app is running and you can set a password. FTP is not a particularly secure protocol, but since I only used it when I'm on my home WIFI, it's not much of a risk. It lets me move files around without worrying about cables, drivers, USB modes, etc.
On 9/14/21 1:09 PM, Frank Cox wrote:
On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 17:01:29 +0000 Richard wrote:
[My android device file viewer(s) wouldn't get me into the Kindle data directory.]
I wonder if the Termux app would allow you to do look at that.
You can download the latest Termux from the F-Droid repo.
Using termx. I go to storage/shared/Android... and "not allowed." I think they've made a change in Android's permissions.
mark
On Thu, 16 Sep 2021 11:01:49 -0400 mark wrote:
Using termx. I go to storage/shared/Android... and "not allowed." I think they've made a change in Android's permissions.
I can go to storage/shared/Android on my Samsung S8 phone.
Did you run the termux-setup-storage script as described here: https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Termux-setup-storage
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