Calibre 5.30.0 does not recognize Kindle Paperwhite 2021

[corywatch]

Hi all, I was lucky enough to get my Kindle Paperwhite 2021 today and I've found that it is not recognized by Calibre. It is recognized by Windows and Mac OS, and accessible via explorer/finder.

I've included the Debug device detection output below. Let me know if I can help any further.

calibre 5.30 [64bit] embedded-python: True is64bit: True
Windows-10-10.0.19041 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '10', '10.0.19041')
Python 3.8.5
Windows: ('10', '10.0.19041', '', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: None
USB devices on system:
(USBDevice(vendor_id=0x1038 product_id=0x1722 bcd=0x124 devid=usb\vid_1038&pid_1722&rev_0124&mi_02 devinst=4),
USBDevice(vendor_id=0x1949 product_id=0x324 bcd=0x409 devid=usb\vid_1949&pid_0324&rev_0409 devinst=5),
USBDevice(vendor_id=None product_id=None bcd=None devid=usb\root_hub30&vid1022&pid145f&rev0000 devinst=6),
USBDevice(vendor_id=None product_id=None bcd=None devid=usb\root_hub30&vid1b21&pid1343&rev0000 devinst=7),
USBDevice(vendor_id=0x5ac product_id=0x24f bcd=0x104 devid=usb\vid_05ac&pid_024f&rev_0104 devinst=8),
USBDevice(vendor_id=0x8087 product_id=0x25 bcd=0x2 devid=usb\vid_8087&pid_0025&rev_0002 devinst=9),
USBDevice(vendor_id=0x5ac product_id=0x24f bcd=0x104 devid=usb\vid_05ac&pid_024f&rev_0104&mi_00 devinst=10),
USBDevice(vendor_id=None product_id=None bcd=None devid=usb\root_hub30&vid1022&pid43d0&rev0001 devinst=11),
USBDevice(vendor_id=0x1038 product_id=0x1722 bcd=0x124 devid=usb\vid_1038&pid_1722&rev_0124&mi_00 devinst=12),
USBDevice(vendor_id=0x1038 product_id=0x1722 bcd=0x124 devid=usb\vid_1038&pid_1722&rev_0124 devinst=13),
USBDevice(vendor_id=0x5ac product_id=0x24f bcd=0x104 devid=usb\vid_05ac&pid_024f&rev_0104&mi_01 devinst=14),
USBDevice(vendor_id=None product_id=None bcd=None devid=usb\root_hub30&vid10de&pid1ada&rev00a1 devinst=15),
USBDevice(vendor_id=0x1038 product_id=0x1722 bcd=0x124 devid=usb\vid_1038&pid_1722&rev_0124&mi_01 devinst=16))

No disabled plugins
Looking for devices of type: MTP_DEVICE
List of WPD PNP ids:
['\\\\?\\swd#wpdbusenum#_??_usbstor#disk&ven_kindle &prod_internal_storage&rev_0409#g001px10134506nj&0 #{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}#{6ac27878-a6fa-4155-ba85-f98f491d4f33}']
No suitable MTP devices found

Looking for devices of type: SMART_DEVICE_APP
All IP addresses {'{224003A8-CE97-43BC-80F9-E1CA22940B3D}': [{'addr': '10.0.1.111', 'netmask': '255.255.255.0', 'broadcast': '10.0.1.255'}], '{6BB4F047-2706-11E5-9BBE-806E6F6E6963}': [{'addr': '127.0.0.1', 'netmask': '255.0.0.0', 'broadcast': '127.255.255.255'}]}
No device is connected

Looking for devices...

Devices possibly connected: None

[kovidgoyal]

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...55b79e73df7e20

https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1948883

[skovzky]

I'm very new to this, so would you please instruct me on how to install these patches?

thanks!

[Karellen]

Originally Posted by skovzky

I'm very new to this, so would you please instruct me on how to install these patches?

thanks!

Unless you know how to compile off github, its probably easiest to wait for a new release which I assume will be v5.31.

Might be another week, unless Kovid decides on a special release.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by skovzky

I'm very new to this, so would you please instruct me on how to install these patches?

The first line in Kovid's reply is his shorthand for "I have fixed the problem and the fix will be in the next release of calibre". If you want to use it, then as @Karellen, you can run calibre from source. To see how to do this, see the calibre web page and look at the page about development.

But, the second line is a link to the problem report for this. That has a link to a beta build of calibre that you can use. Go to https://download.calibre-ebook.com/betas/.

[Karellen]

ah, should have guessed there were beta builds, but didn't know where they were.

Thanks.

[jasius]

So is it all smooth sailing with the beta build of Calibre now? Or are there any rough spots on the new Kindle? I'm thinking about getting one, but I want to make sure everything works the way I'd expect it to.

[Drybonz]

I'm using the beta... it seems fine.

[loekf]

Thanks for the beta. Had a brief "scare" that there was something with either the Kindle or Calibre ;-)

Working fine

[Roadking]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...55b79e73df7e20

https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1948883

I downloaded and extracted the driver mentioned above. What do I have to do now ? I cannot find any setup, install... file ?

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Roadking

I downloaded and extracted the driver mentioned above. What do I have to do now ? I cannot find any setup, install... file ?

The first link posted by Kovid Goyal is the source code changes to add support for the 0x409 USB identifier showing in the debug output:

USBDevice(vendor_id=0x1949 product_id=0x324 bcd=0x409 devid=usb\vid_1949&pid_0324&rev_0409 devinst=5),

Digging into the source tree and looking at the code for driver.py, I suspect it would not work on 3.48 without reverting the Python3 changes.

For calibre 3.48, someone would need to modify the Kindle driver.py code for 3.48 and, going by what @davidfor did with the KoboTouch348 driver, add the bits and bobs to allow it to be added as a plugin installed driver.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Roadking

I downloaded and extracted the driver mentioned above. What do I have to do now ? I cannot find any setup, install... file ?

What OS are you running? If it's Windows 7, upgrade to Windows 10 or 11 and run the latest Calibre.

[theducks]

Make sure your device did not end up on the Ignored devices list:
It will be shown in Preferences (if it has any entries. Then open that and clear the entry that applies)

[Calistn]

Has anyone found a way to update 3.48 w7 calibre to work with the new kindles without needing to update your OS?

Any patcher or plug in for this? I know this is an older thread but figured stick to it instead of making another thread about it.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Calistn

Has anyone found a way to update 3.48 w7 calibre to work with the new kindles without needing to update your OS?

Any patcher or plug in for this? I know this is an older thread but figured stick to it instead of making another thread about it.

Sorry but the answer is you'll have to update your OS and if you can't, you'll have to replace your computer in order to run an OS that's able to run calibre 7.x.

What OS are you using? If it's an old version of Windows and your computer is 64-bit compatible, upgrade to Windows 10 64-bit.