Over the years using EBD with ES File Explorer on a tablet I have been
able to read a book from the sdcard either directly with EBD or via
ESFE. Now, using CxFE the books have somehow been marked so that I
can't access them directly with EBD but am required to go through CxFE.
This is a nuisance because I can order the books under EBD by most
recently active, whereas CxFE orders the books by creation date.
[ Aside: One day ESFE completely disappeared from my phone, along with
the shortcuts I had made for transferring files between the phone and my computer. Can the NSA reach in to unpassworded phones and tweak? I
know that ESFE has evil tendencies, but it worked really well. ]
If I go back and use ESFE EBD still demands that I go through CxFE.
This is absolutely maddening. The author of EBD seems to be no longer answering questions (he used to be really good about it) and the CxFE
author says 'not my problem' -- he can't install EBD (or just doesn't
want to) and can't reproduce the problem.
Reinstalled CxFE and possibly EBD. No joy. Any chance there might be a secret index somewhere or some mark placed in each file?
Any ideas?
Over the years using EBD with ES File Explorer on a tablet I have been
able to read a book from the sdcard either directly with EBD or via
ESFE. Now, using CxFE the books have somehow been marked so that I
can't access them directly with EBD but am required to go through CxFE.
This is a nuisance because I can order the books under EBD by most
recently active, whereas CxFE orders the books by creation date.
On 10/8/2023 8:40 AM, The Real Bev wrote:
Over the years using EBD with ES File Explorer on a tablet I have been
able to read a book from the sdcard either directly with EBD or via
ESFE. Now, using CxFE the books have somehow been marked so that I
can't access them directly with EBD but am required to go through CxFE.
This is a nuisance because I can order the books under EBD by most
recently active, whereas CxFE orders the books by creation date.
If I understand your issue correctly, the problem you are having is that
the default for reading your Ebooks has changed to the wrong app.
The settings for app defaults for different file type are stored in your phone's launcher data and aren't reset when the app is uninstalled/reinstalled. To resolve the issue, you need to clear the
default settings for the wrong app. The way to do this varies depending
on the phone.
On my Samsung Galaxy, I go to Settings > Apps > select the "wrong" app >
Set as default > Clear defaults. Note that this clears the defaults for
all file types handled by this "wrong" app, so if you had other file
types handled by this app, you will also need to re-associate those.
The next time you attempt to open your Ebook file, your launcher should
give you a choice of which app to use. Select the correct app. You can click on Always to always use that app from that point.
Hope this fixes your issue.
On 10/8/23 10:13 AM, David Oseas wrote:
On 10/8/2023 8:40 AM, The Real Bev wrote:
Over the years using EBD with ES File Explorer on a tablet I have been >>>> able to read a book from the sdcard either directly with EBD or via
ESFE. Now, using CxFE the books have somehow been marked so that I
can't access them directly with EBD but am required to go through CxFE. >>>> This is a nuisance because I can order the books under EBD by most
recently active, whereas CxFE orders the books by creation date.
If I understand your issue correctly, the problem you are having is that
the default for reading your Ebooks has changed to the wrong app.
The settings for app defaults for different file type are stored in your
phone's launcher data and aren't reset when the app is
uninstalled/reinstalled. To resolve the issue, you need to clear the
default settings for the wrong app. The way to do this varies depending
on the phone.
On my Samsung Galaxy, I go to Settings > Apps > select the "wrong" app >
Set as default > Clear defaults. Note that this clears the defaults for
all file types handled by this "wrong" app, so if you had other file
types handled by this app, you will also need to re-associate those.
The next time you attempt to open your Ebook file, your launcher should
give you a choice of which app to use. Select the correct app. You can
click on Always to always use that app from that point.
Hope this fixes your issue.
Thanks, but no joy. I think I had done that before. This time I
revoked its STORAGE permissions -- it now has NO permissions that I
could see. Even so, trying to read a book directly with EBookDroid
resulted, as usual, in this error message:
"Can not open book. This book was deleted or Cx File Explorer
application revoked read permission. Please reopen this book through Cx
File Explorer application. Do not worry settings, notes and bookmarks
for this file are preserved."
There was NO comma after 'worry' in the text. Not my typo :-)
This appears even though the app had been deleted. MOREOVER when you
follow the instructions you have to see an ad before you get to the
actual book. Hubby's review is the only one so far, with no response
from the author.
Solution: Termination with extreme prejudice. Factory reset and DO NOT INSTALL CxFE. Use ES File Explorer just like always. "Clickfraud" is
NOT my problem.
Selecting and installing apps from non-playstore sources used to be
SOOOO easy, but Android 12 has made this a painful chore. My Pixel2
(Android 11) just sucked in everything from my Motorola phone (looked
like a miracle; still does) and I haven't wanted to install any non-playstore stuff yet. Not looking forward to it.
A curious thing: I had been using ES File Explorer for years on several different phones and tablets. Several months ago it completely
disappeared from my Pixel2 along with the shortcuts it had created.
That's why I put Cx on my phone. Now I'm worried because I'd rather
open a vein in a warm bath than do a factory reset on my phone.
The playstore's review system sucks badly. When I went to
the site with my computer I selected 1-star reviews. Hundreds, perhaps,
not sorted by date and not searchable. Gave up trying to find hubby's.
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