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Did a search, so sorry if I missed it. But, a couple of questions.
1) If you have root, is it possible to download and save PDF and Word files that come in on POP3 (or even gmail) email?
2) Otherwise, does anyone know the phone folder where these files are temporarily store while on the phone, and can they be accessed that way?
I spend a lot of time overseas, and going back and forth to the web to retrieve is a pain and expensive. Thanks

Forget it, I solved the issue.

Informing use how you solved the issue might help others

I'd be really interested in how you managed this, I've searched here, and Googled everywhere (almost). But I still haven't found what I'm looking for...

Mikey1022 said:
Informing use how you solved the issue might help others
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lol...gotta love these types of posts right?

I'm able to save attachments like this using k-9 mail., for those interested

Sorry to go AWOL -- had to leave the country for a bit. My apologies.
Yeah, I also "solved" it by using K9. But, I find the program very buggie.
On a larger, related question, how does the Android platform make its file associations? In other words, when I receive an email attachment (with the stock app), it will allow me to download and save that attachment to my SD card only if there is an onboard, associated program. I can download .jpg, because Android has an application built in that will read a jpg. So, if I want to download a .doc file, I can't unless there is an appropriate app onboard. (Although k9 seems to have found a way). Where, in the Android platform, is this association made? And, is it possible (with a rooted phone) to somehow manipulate those associations to allow downloading of ANY (or a chosen few) files?
For instance, I find that if I change the file extension on a Word doc (for example) from "doc" to "jpg", my onboard email will allow me to download and save to SD card. So, it obviously CAN do it, what's stopping it?
Again, sorry for "skipping out" in the midst of a thread.

Download Crutch Lite in the market allows you to download any file by making Android believe it can open any filetype.

Theres a app called download crutch on the market that allows downloading of files that may not have associated applications. Not exactly sure what file types it supports but its worth a shot.
EDIT: Fushichou got it before me but heres a link to Cyrket http://www.cyrket.com/search?q=download+crutch

Thanks, but my experience is that Crutch will not work on email attachments. It seems to be an internet based device. I used it for a while. Partially, this is a kind of tech question -- how are the files associated?

program to add e-books in sence reader

may be somebody knows an app. to add easily e-books in sence reader. ideas welcome

Out of curiosity, what formats does this reader support? Not that it matters too much, I really can't see it being a patch on Allreader+ which is the best mobile ebook reader I have used bar perhaps Stanza.

Pagnell said:
Out of curiosity, what formats does this reader support? Not that it matters too much, I really can't see it being a patch on Allreader+ which is the best mobile ebook reader I have used bar perhaps Stanza.
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ePub, the HTC reader supports the ePub format (don't know if it supports other formats as well). As of now only Freda supports this format. In addition, the HTC eReader support DRM protected ePub books (I have to test this out yet, but the device can be activated using the adobe server)

ebup and plain text both work, haven't tried anything else yet. Just have to access them via file manager, so I asecond the original question.

mick1475 said:
ebup and plain text both work, haven't tried anything else yet. Just have to access them via file manager, so I asecond the original question.
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I second that also, but I think we just have to wait till someone is going to write a program for this. At this moment, there's a little work-around described here. This works very well, but is a bit cumbersome.
BTW, there is some interfacing possible with Adobe Digital Editions. When there is a active sync connection, one can activate the HD2 with this PC program and there is a possibility to copy books to the HD2. However the books copied to the device don't show up in the ereader tab.
On the 2.05 test rom there was a directory "Program Files/HTC Reader" in which there was a subdirectory "manifest". This name is also used by Adobe Digital Edition for its library.
(Not that this is of any use right now, but maybe someone can figure out how the HTC reader interfaces with Adobe Dig. Ed or for that matter, any other pc reader/manager)

btw http://www.epubbooks.com/books has many many free epub books.

irakliontevza said:
may be somebody knows an app. to add easily e-books in sence reader. ideas welcome
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looking for this kind of app too

How to make e book visible in sense
i've downloaded an e book to storage card but reader in sense doesn't pick it up.....where shall i copy d e book to make it visible in sense ???
thanks
tboy2000 said:
btw http://www.epubbooks.com/books has many many free epub books.
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mughal90 said:
i've downloaded an e book to storage card but reader in sense doesn't pick it up.....where shall i copy d e book to make it visible in sense ???
thanks
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it wont do this automagically. There's a database which holds all the books, unfortunately there's no tool available on WM to add new books.
I'll publish one soon.
EDIT: wont publish mine, as one has already been published.

ebook indexer
Try with this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=631663

So it doesn't read PDFs? Might have been worth using if it did so I'll stick to Allreader, any EPUB books I have can be easily converted to HTML.

calibre does a great job of converting to Epub

OT: Is there a way how make eReader read different character page correctly? I cannot read all Czech characters correctly, only some of them.

Hi all.
If you're looking for an application to import other e-books in the new Sense e-reader tab, please look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=632517

Sorry for a stupid question but what is this new sense reader. I dont see it in my phone.I have the latest 1.66 ROM.

Thank you for this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=631663
It really helped!

Now more then ever this tool helps really. Thank You for this

NEW: Manila E-Book Library Manager

Hi all.
I wrote an application that replaces the Library Manager that comes with the new Manila e-book reader tab (which is not of much use, if you don't have an account for Borders).
After installation, the application will start when you click the "Library" menu of the new reader tab.
You can use the application to access the books in your library, but also to import books you already have on your PDA into the new Manila tab.
It will import e-books in the .epub format, but also in lots of other formats.
The Manila tab will only show the ones in .epub format, but from this new library you can access the e-books in the other formats as well (at least, if the appropriate reader application is installed on your PDA).
This application assumes that each of your e-books is located in its own folder.
If an image file is located in a folder that contains an e-book, the application will automatically assume that the image represents the bookcover.
If an .opf file is located in the folder (which is a standard format for saving metadata with e-books), the application will automatically get the title, the name of the author and the name of the publisher of the e-book from that .opf file.
See the screenshots to get an idea of the look and feel of the application.
To install the application on your PDA, download the .cab file, copy it to your PDA and run it there.
Release history:
In version 0.3 the robustness was enhanced significantly.
In version 0.2 a number of small user-interface enhancements were made.

Thank you. Very useful program.

Thx...
How to add national fonts to Manila HTCReader ??

Thank you very much...

Your application works better,but i need to move to another tab then return to e-reader tab if i want to see the added books.

great little software.
thanks

Thanks,nice one
it works fine

I have an error message, when hit library button, sayng:"an unexpected error ocured...".
I am running Artemis 3.5 ROM. Any ideas?

djurkash said:
I have an error message, when hit library button, sayng:"an unexpected error ocured...".
I am running Artemis 3.5 ROM. Any ideas?
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Djurkash, does your ROM include the Manila e-book reader tab?
My application only works if the reader tab is available (and working).

djurkash said:
I have an error message, when hit library button, sayng:"an unexpected error ocured...".
I am running Artemis 3.5 ROM. Any ideas?
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SR....install it next.

Hi.
I just posted version 0.2; the flow through the user interface is more Manila-like now.

@OABsoftware, sure it does... like I said, it happens when hitting library button
tried to reinstall, but it's the same...is it possible that problem is caused cause I changed my book.db file through ebookindexer?

I'm really liking this app...I have a request however, is it possible to have this app work with the other native built-in e-book functions as well?
What is happening is even if you click on the 'Menu' > Shop or Account Settings, it is redirecting to your app. I would prefer if the app was launched only when you clicked on the 'Library' link. That way people who have Adobe & Borders accounts can still get books via those means also.
Thanks

youmeus said:
What is happening is even if you click on the 'Menu' > Shop or Account Settings, it is redirecting to your app. I would prefer if the app was launched only when you clicked on the 'Library' link. That way people who have Adobe & Borders accounts can still get books via those means also.
Thanks
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I agree with this idea...

djurkash said:
@OABsoftware, sure it does... like I said, it happens when hitting library button
tried to reinstall, but it's the same...is it possible that problem is caused cause I changed my book.db file through ebookindexer?
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does look to be that.. I had the same error and changed back to be the original and it works fine. import is great, even with all the books in one folder..
It also beats the 20 limit.. just added all the books from my sd card
need to go back to calibre and redo them to fit the new system

@fards,
I confirm this, have restored original book.db, and now is working flawlessly...

Possible to search ebooks into \My documents and \StorageCard\My documents or not ?

MuadDib59 said:
Possible to search ebooks into \My documents and \StorageCard\My documents or not ?
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it does, press import

Is there a chance to add support for international characters?
Or do you know which font should be used?

miland said:
Is there a chance to add support for international characters?
Or do you know which font should be used?
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+1, totally want that too. HTC Reader is of almost no use without proper support of national characters.

[Q] Website Copier/Downloader/Ripper for Android?

Hi,
Does anyone know of an app that can create a mirror of a website, or download the whole website (with filters for filename or filetype). In particular I need to rip off images from the site.
On a PC this can be done with Httrack Web Copier or offline browsers.
Thanks!!

thedesolatesoul said:
Hi,
Does anyone know of an app that can create a mirror of a website, or download the whole website (with filters for filename or filetype). In particular I need to rip off images from the site.
On a PC this can be done with Httrack Web Copier or offline browsers.
Thanks!!
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wget is the easiest way, and I think it's included with busybox

Theres also an app called "SD Card Offline HTML Browser".

Thanks guys.
SD Card Offline HTML browser can only view sites stored on the SD that were ripped from wget etc. But that will be handy too.
I'm looking more into wget (I do have it just need to learn how to use it). I guess this is only for root though.

My app WebLiveWallpaper can do this for images as a byproduct. Select 'Dump all images' in 'System Settings'.
You can do a lot of stuff there in the 'Advanced Settings' with regular expressions.
I am also working on extracting and enhancing this functionality (also dump complete websites) into a separate app but this will take some more time ...

_miha_ said:
My app WebLiveWallpaper can do this for images as a byproduct. Select 'Dump all images' in 'System Settings'.
You can do a lot of stuff there in the 'Advanced Settings' with regular expressions.
I am also working on extracting and enhancing this functionality (also dump complete websites) into a separate app but this will take some more time ...
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man, your app is really cool...it looks like something different but it has a ton of options...if u can develop this further into a complete image/content extraction tool. this would be awesome
ive been playing around with it but havent been able to do what i have wanted yet...will try some more!

Firstly, I am having some problems with wget: it does not resolve hostnames
Even when I give it an IP address, it still picks up another hostname from somewhere that it cant resolve...I think its a known problem, but I dont know how to update my busybox or wget
Secondly, WebLiveWallpaper is a deceptively good program, but I have 2 problems with it. Firstly it is VERY slow (even with WiFi) in downloading and dumping the images. Secondly I had problems in grabbing images from multiple levels above. It works fine if all the images are on the same page. But nevertheless it does the trick.

WebLiveWallpaper app: if you did not already use you should try advanced settings static gallery set to a high number. That will speed up loading after the first picture very, very much. The app needs to explain everything better but I have not enough time ...
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Website Downloader on Android
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.library.webdownloader&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5saWJyYXJ5LndlYmRvd25sb2FkZXIiXQ..
I have found this one. It is downloading the page with all texts and images. :angel::angel::angel:

[Resolved] [Q] ebook manager, Solution found

Dear all,
I am trying to set up a TF101 tablet (with android ICS) to use as ebook reader for my mother and since she is computer illiterate I am trying to make it as simple as possible. Since we do not live in the same country I am trying to make it as simple as possible for her so I am trying to find a way to sync books from afar. So far so good, since there are many apps to do that but here starts my problem. Eventually I realized that I have a lot of books and eventually I will send her more so I need somehow to categorize them so she will access them easier than scrolling to a huge list of books. I found out that Mantano reader supports categories but as far as I can tell only manually. the same goes with most ebook readers that I know. I suppose a work around would be tagging but due to the different formats and many files I would prefer to avoid that (not to mention that tags usually do not show up nicely (like in shelves) on the ebook reader)
Is there a way, an app or something that will allow me to sync books directly to categories on the tablet? or create multiple shelves? For example to have a folder "cooking" and a folder "literature" on the tablet and on dropbox (for example) and sync to the tablet and show up immediately on their respective categories on the ebook reader? or any other application?
Thanks in advance for your help!
EDIT:
I found out that I can create different profiles for the same app with Titanium backup, which could be helpful in my case to use the same book reader and have in one instance some books and in another instance other books, I saw also that there is a widget to change from profile to profile but my question is, can I create a shortcut (not necessarily a widget) that by pressing it will change the profile A and start the app and another shortcut that will change the profile B and start the app? if yes how??
Thanks for all the help!

Since I edited I wanted to bring it to top so people will see it again... I hope someone has an answer... Thank you!

I think I understand what you want to do in general - set everything up on your end, then your mother simply opens the app and finds a neatly organized bookshelf arranged by catagory. And you want to be able to add books as you go.
To be honest, if your mother is really "computer iliterate" I don't think you can do this.
Look maybe at a way to remotley sync two tablets (I have no idea if this is possible). This way you globally manage the whole tablet and your mother does not need to worry about drop box or anything. All she needs to do is open the reader.
Also, on a side note, if you have not already purchased the tablet consider buying her a 7" tablet, I find them MUCH more comfortable for reading.
In fact now that I think about it, look into a Kindle. I've never used one, but I understand they are designed for simplicity of use and I understand that their ereader app is very good at syncing across devices (but maybe only for books purchased through Amazon)

Re: [Q] ebook manager and or Titanium backup
If she just wants it for reading, an e-ink reader is so much better. Battery will last much longer, much easier on the eyes, and you could still manage it on-line.
As it is, I would suggest using something like Google Drive or Drop Box or whatever - organise the books into folders. Easy to find and select to be opened by the reading app.
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Thanks for your replies but you both are missing the point.
I know that you can create folders in the file system and go through it until you find what you want, but it has nothing to do with what I am trying to do...
I am trying to sync categories directly to the ebook reader. Kindle app has a very good sync option but does not support categories (as far as I know). And the tablet exists already.
As I asked in another thread, could I use tasker to create a shortcut to change titanium data profile and launch ebook reader at the same time? that way I could create 2 profiles for the same reader and have different books.
Thanks again.

You can create the categories by folder is what I'm suggesting - inside the cloud storage (which would sync, which is what you want to do, yes), and being that they would be stored in the cloud they would sync automatically - she would just need to open it on her end and select a book from the folder and open it - no need for different app profiles or anything. You could just have an account for the cloud storage separately called "books for mom" and put in whatever she wants and update whenever.
That's a simple solution that would do everything you want.

Thanks for your reply again. It will not do exactly what I need as it will require to go through the file manager, locate the folder, locate the book. Even if I set the file manager to start on the specific folder the look and feeling will not be of an ebook reader as the files will have a generic icon and not the book cover icon (if you know any file manager that can read book covers form pdf and epub, and mobi if possible, then I will try it immediately).
I am trying to make things as easy as possible as I am not going to be around to help and from the phone helping is a mess. a file manager will not index the books after that by author, title, recently open etc but if you know any that can handle book covers, I am willing to try.
Thanks

I found a solution, still not exactly what I had in mind but it will do. I had decided that the only way was to use tags in order to short the books the way I wanted but while I was playing with Mantano reader I found out that besides tags they also can show up the folders the books are in! So I can sync with dropbox and then set only these two folders in Mantano reader to import books from. and I say it is not exactly what I had in mind because it shows the full path and I cannot set it as the direct view when the reader starts... Still, it is good enough!