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[Q] Problem with books and docs in the kindle fire

After installing the droidwall and blocking no 1000 application of the kindle
and unblocking it updated and "re-kindled" the kindle fire with wispesync (that is now working, and that didnt work after the root for 6.2 update) and I lost all books from the device ! I can only see the now through the kindle fire utility and I cannot download them back...even if do download them!
what happend? Heeeeeeeeeelp!

sotevag said:
After installing the droidwall and blocking no 1000 application of the kindle
and unblocking it updated and "re-kindled" the kindle fire with wispesync (that is now working, and that didnt work after the root for 6.2 update) and I lost all books from the device ! I can only see the now through the kindle fire utility and I cannot download them back...even if do download them!
what happend? Heeeeeeeeeelp!
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I cannot see now the books that I put in the "book" and "documents" folders, why?
somehow the kindle fire with wispesync blocks everything! Before, it didnt work and everthing was allright! I could receive the books I was sending through the internet and the books that I stored! Now its weird! what could I do?

sotevag said:
I cannot see now the books that I put in the "book" and "documents" folders, why?
somehow the kindle fire with wispesync blocks everything! Before, it didnt work and everthing was allright! I could receive the books I was sending through the internet and the books that I stored! Now its weird! what could I do?
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Bumping thread.
It is also happening to me, let me know if you managed to solve it, and if yes, how

I may be wrong but I think this is one of Amazon's underhanded little tricks. I noticed this recently myself and it seems that when you download your books from the cloud to your device, they are either hidden or encrypted to prevent people from sharing or transferring between devices. Who knows what the reason is.
You can still go to Amazon.com and download your books in .azw format to your computer and use Calibre with a drm removal plugin to convert the .azw to .mobi before placing them in your "kindle" folder. [Edit:] fixed stupidity
[Edit:] In the process of writing this, I was able to locate where Kindle stores books. On your sdcard, under Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/files you will find all of your books and documents renamed and with a different file extension ".prc". I'll look into it more to see what can be done with the .prc format and maybe see if it's as simple as renaming it.
[2nd Edit:] The .prc files can be placed in your /sdcard/kindle folder and they should remain untouched when switching between Amazon Kindle accounts.
[3rd Edit:] "Google Books" is the same way.
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soupmagnet said:
I may be wrong but I think this is one of Amazon's underhanded little tricks. I noticed this recently myself and it seems that when you download your books from the cloud to your device, they are either hidden or encrypted to prevent people from sharing or transferring between devices. Who knows what the reason is.
You can still go to Amazon.com and download your books in .amz format to your computer and transfer them via USB to your device's "kindle" folder.
[Edit:] In the process of writing this, I was able to locate where Kindle stores books. On your sdcard, under Amazon/data/com.amazon.kindle/files you will find all of your books and documents renamed and with a different file extension ".prc". I'll look into it more to see what can be done with the .prc format and maybe see if it's as simple as renaming it like with .amz to .mobi
[2nd Edit:] The .prc files can be placed in your /sdcard/kindle folder and they should remain untouched when switching between Amazon Kindle accounts.
[3rd Edit:] "Google Books" is the same way.
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Thanks !
Let me know if you find a "fix" for that.
My problem is a little different as i said up there, my "Books" are Fine, but, even tho my "Documents" are showing up at the "Documents" tab, i can't download nor open any of them.
Once i hit any document it only flashed (so that i know i touched it), but, nothing else happens. Same with trying to "download" it.
By the way, i dont have this folder located in my "sdcard" folder : Amazon/data/com.amazon.kindle/files
Anyone else have it ?
Thanks

Sorry...typo
/sdcard/Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/files
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marcelloLins said:
Thanks !
Let me know if you find a "fix" for that.
My problem is a little different as i said up there, my "Books" are Fine, but, even tho my "Documents" are showing up at the "Documents" tab, i can't download nor open any of them.
Once i hit any document it only flashed (so that i know i touched it), but, nothing else happens. Same with trying to "download" it.
By the way, i dont have this folder located in my "sdcard" folder : Amazon/data/com.amazon.kindle/files
Anyone else have it ?
Thanks
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Hi,
I suggest that my problem has actually got the same root as yours.
I've got 2 different Amazon accounts. I've purchased a lot of books with my
Kindle One a year ago and I've recently bought a new Kindle Fire.
In order to access the Books on my old account, I have to register and deregister the device and download the books from cloud to the device every time.
I am just curious if there is a way to keep my Books and Documents after deregistering form my old Amazon account.
My Kindle fire is rooted and I've just found out that Kindle stores all books in my ''books'' folder after downloading them from cloud but If after that you deregister the device it simply deletes all of them. Now after making a backup of all files and putting them back in books folder Kindle doesn't recognize or show them after all. As mentioned above thre are a lot of *.prc files, but to deal with them?
Are they encrypted some how?
Any Ideas?
Thank you in Advance
cheers
Mjay

I'm not sure what the .prc files are exactly but when I put them in my "kindle" folder, the Kindle app recognizes them as my downloaded books.
While you are signed into one account, copy the contents of the folder containing the .prc files and put them in a safe place on your sdcard. Then switch accounts and either put them back in the same place, or in whichever folder your Kindle accesses books from. Just keep a backup in case you switch accounts and they get deleted again.
You may want to figure out which filename belongs to which book and rename it.
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Rooted kindle not detecting books

Hey guys,
I successfully rooted my Kindle Fire 6.3 and it was running fine. After few days I got a notification of available update for Kindle app and I updated it.
Now, I am not able to see any books in the books section of KF. I think KF is still rooted as I am able to install new apps from google play and they are running fine.
I can open the e-book files present in the books section, if I browse through a file browser and use other e-book software like Aldiko. But I am not able to see any of them in the books section.
Please Help!!
Thanks a lot!

The Kindle app that is available in Google Play is not the same as the Kindle reader that is incorporated in the Fire. If you update using the version on Play you lose functionality, as you discovered.
To fix it you need to go back into Play, to the Kindle app and uninstall it. After you tap uninstall it will give you the option to just uninstall the update, select that and you should regain full functionality. You should never update any of the Amazon apps that came built into the Fire through Play (mp3 player, video player). I also found out that updating Pulse through Play can mess things up.
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tanwar said:
Hey guys,
I successfully rooted my Kindle Fire 6.3 and it was running fine. After few days I got a notification of available update for Kindle app and I updated it.
Now, I am not able to see any books in the books section of KF. I think KF is still rooted as I am able to install new apps from google play and they are running fine.
I can open the e-book files present in the books section, if I browse through a file browser and use other e-book software like Aldiko. But I am not able to see any of them in the books section.
Please Help!!
Thanks a lot!
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Aldiko only supports epub format books. The kindle app uses prc and mobi.

I had the exact same problem. Solved it by moving the files (using File Explorer) from
/mnt/sdcard/documents/ to
/mnt/sdcard/kindle/
All the books showed up though I think it forgot what page I was on.
If that doesn't do it, copy and paste the files to both directories.

Third party books go in your "kindle" folder. Books downloaded from Amazon are installed to your "Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/files" folder. They can be renamed and put back in the "kindle" folder so you won't lose them every time you install a new rom or de-register the app.

THANK YOU CreeDO
CreeDo said:
I had the exact same problem. Solved it by moving the files (using File Explorer) from
/mnt/sdcard/documents/ to
/mnt/sdcard/kindle/
All the books showed up though I think it forgot what page I was on.
If that doesn't do it, copy and paste the files to both directories.
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Just went through the process of rooting my KF and after being joyous over finally having access to Google Play, I realized that I couldn't see my eBooks anymore. Your tip worked great.
My question: When I purchase books from a 3rd party provider that have the option to send books to my kindle, do I use the original KF send to email or the send to email address assigned to the Kindle App?

This was exactly my experience. I inadvertently checked the 'Auto update' box and my books went missing. De-installing the update from Play put the book reader back the way it was. Thanks!
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Backup

Hello, its possible backup xbmc pc plugins and all to pass to me amazon fire tv xbmc??
If its possible please share me the steps to do..
Thanks

ryu05 said:
Hello, its possible backup xbmc pc plugins and all to pass to me amazon fire tv xbmc??
If its possible please share me the steps to do..
Thanks
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Sure you can...
on your XBMC/KODI pc goto System - settings - add ons -get add ons - Kodi add-on repo - programsAdd-ons and get Backup.
Once you've done that, Open BackUp and configure the path where you want to save your backup. Usually a folder in ur pc where you can be able to access it from Amazon Firetv within your network.
while you are on the BackUp Add-on configuration section.. make sure you go to FileSelection and tick all the options except for the Custom ones and hit ok,
Then Open Backup Add-on and make a backup of your current XBMC/KODI.
You have to install the same BackUp Add-on into you Amazon Firetv configure the path where you saved the file of your backup on your pc and hit saved. Then go back to it and open it up and hit restore from backup.. will show usually some numbers which are the date and time of the latest backup. And there you have it. All the add ons and all from your XBMC/Kodi into your AFTV.
I hope it was clear enough to understand.
Good luck!

Thanks so much..
I have other question, if i cant root me fire tv because i have the last version installed, how i can install app, like google chrome, youtube and some games????
Thanks

ryu05 said:
Thanks so much..
I have other question, if i cant root me fire tv because i have the last version installed, how i can install app, like google chrome, youtube and some games????
Thanks
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You need to sideload apps (apk files) using adb or utilize an app like adbfire.

Ok, the only way to install google play store its with amazon rooted?
Thanks

ryu05 said:
Ok, the only way to install google play store its with amazon rooted?
Thanks
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Correct.

dont exist one like aptoide to install and downloads the app directly?

ryu05 said:
dont exist one like aptoide to install and downloads the app directly?
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you can install aptiode apk without root

[Q] making amazon fire phone apps work on android

I am curious if we can run amazon fire phone applications on an android phone i was able to extract the framework and apps but i wasnt able to run the applications !! for people looking into firephone os image
google and find the link for the amazon fire phone os on the amazon help.
extracted using 7zip and wasnt able to install the framework any hints appreciated

This would be interesting. I'd want to run Cyanogen but the video app where you can store prime video content is appealing to me. Not sure if any other app would be worth while though.

[Q] Amazon Kindle App Disappears after reboot - 5th Gen Kindle running CM12.1

Hi All,
We have two Kindle Fire 5th Gen's both running Cyanogen 12.1 . The difference is one of them was rooted a bit later, and came from FireOS 5.1.1 using the rootjunky scripts and FlashFire method. The device that came from FireOS 5.1.1 will not "keep" the Amazon Kindle Fire App surviving reboots.
I have seen a few threads on xda-developers around similar topics but I haven't found the answer to this yet (yes I did search, apologies if I missed it).
Things I've tried:
1. Using ADB to manually uninstall the kindle app and install a new apk.
2. Removing the com.amazon.kindle folders from the /Android/data/app path using ES File Explorer
3. Looking at the system apps using ES File Explorer to see if it was in there as a system app
4. Moving the app to the SD card, deleting cache, wiping data, installing multiple versions
My best guess is that somehow the Google Play version of the app is still incompatible with a "remnant" of the Amazon version, or there is something that is still running which survived the FlashFire zip process which is screwing it up. It works perfectly while it is running but disappears as soon as you reboot the device.
Any ideas, tips or tricks much appreciated. Thanks for your time!

giant_squid0 said:
Hi All,
We have two Kindle Fire 5th Gen's both running Cyanogen 12.1 . The difference is one of them was rooted a bit later, and came from FireOS 5.1.1 using the rootjunky scripts and FlashFire method. The device that came from FireOS 5.1.1 will not "keep" the Amazon Kindle Fire App surviving reboots.
I have seen a few threads on xda-developers around similar topics but I haven't found the answer to this yet (yes I did search, apologies if I missed it).
Things I've tried:
1. Using ADB to manually uninstall the kindle app and install a new apk.
2. Removing the com.amazon.kindle folders from the /Android/data/app path using ES File Explorer
3. Looking at the system apps using ES File Explorer to see if it was in there as a system app
4. Moving the app to the SD card, deleting cache, wiping data, installing multiple versions
My best guess is that somehow the Google Play version of the app is still incompatible with a "remnant" of the Amazon version, or there is something that is still running which survived the FlashFire zip process which is screwing it up. It works perfectly while it is running but disappears as soon as you reboot the device.
Any ideas, tips or tricks much appreciated. Thanks for your time!
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try posting in the correct forum
Fire Index: Which Amazon (Kindle) Fire Do I have?
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