I'm having the same problem. I use Calibre as well. I just think we need to find out what file type this version of Kindle accepts. I would also like to store my books on the SD card, rather than internally, to save space.(if possible)
I have a Droid Razr but I need some assistance. The phone has the Kindle App which I have no problem with so long as the book was directly from Amazon. The problem I have is that I get most of my books from other book sites and would love to be able to read read them on my phone. When I email the book to myself to download it to the phone, the attached book has the message "Unsupported file type" and I am not able to download the book at all.
Does anyone have any information about this and how I can get MOBI books loaded onto the phone? I have convertrd the format to PDF in Calibre and can download those and then I put them into the Kindle folder. I can then open them using the Kindle App. But in the Kindle app you don't have any of the options you would have if the book were bought from Amazon.
Does anyone else have this problem or know of a way around this? Thanks much for any advice
What you want to do is copy the .mobi file to the kindle folder on your SD card using your computer - not emailing it to your device. Connect your phone to your pc using a USB and mount the SD card. Copy & paste and you should be good to go from what I've read.
I'm having the same problem. I use Calibre as well. I just think we need to find out what file type this version of Kindle accepts. I would also like to store my books on the SD card, rather than internally, to save space.(if possible)
I just think it's odd that if I get an email with a book attached, the
attachment shows Unsupported file type. And then you can't do a thing with it.
You don't even get an option of any kind. I think at this point I am going
to forget even trying to use Kindle on the phone. I don't want to have to
go to all the hassle of connecting it to the PC. The only time I would want
to use it on the phone would be if I was traveling and received a book, it
would be great to just be able to download it to the phone.
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Re: Unsupported file type
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