Tags/Collections Disappeared from Reader

mypolar · 01-07-2010, 04:48 PM

Hi -

I updated some books to my reader this morning and all my collections were on both my SD card and the reader. Yet now they have disappeared from my Sony 505 Reader.

All the tags are blank in Calibre for the reader collections (The collections on my SD card are still there).

Any way to get these tag back besides manually adding them to the over 200 books that are saved on my reader? Ugh

Thanks!

Michelle

itimpi · 01-07-2010, 04:58 PM

I have found that the PRS-505 is prone to losing Collection data if for any reason it crashes (which is not that infrequent) while reading a book. It seems to lose the collection data from the device (memory or card) that was active at the time of the crash.

I would do it the other way around - get the Tags and Series correct in calibre and then delete/resend the books back to the PRS-505. The collections would then be recreated. At least it then become easy to recreate the collections if they are lost again.

mypolar · 01-07-2010, 05:12 PM

Hi itimpi,

Why didn't I think of this

Quote:

Originally Posted by itimpi

I would do it the other way around - get the Tags and Series correct in calibre and then delete/resend the books back to the PRS-505. The collections would then be recreated. At least it then become easy to recreate the collections if they are lost again.

This is much easier than manually adding all of these tags again. Thank you for the quick response

Michelle

pars_andy · 01-08-2010, 04:02 AM

I think this is a problem with the latest release. My news recipes are no longer in collections when downloaded to my 505. The collections are still there but they have no books in them. I'm sure this was also an issue with an older version of calibre.

spideog · 01-08-2010, 07:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pars_andy

I think this is a problem with the latest release. My news recipes are no longer in collections when downloaded to my 505. The collections are still there but they have no books in them. I'm sure this was also an issue with an older version of calibre.

Just spotted the same issue with the news on my reader. I'm now using 0.6.32.

evanmaastrigt · 01-08-2010, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spideog

Just spotted the same issue with the news on my reader. I'm now using 0.6.32.

I have the same issue. Opened ticket #4427 for it.

pars_andy · 01-16-2010, 08:14 AM

Any news on this being fixed? I'm still using 0.31 as this was the last release without this issue.

kovidgoyal · 01-16-2010, 10:57 AM

See the ticket, the solution is described there.

pars_andy · 01-16-2010, 01:22 PM

Thanks. Will give that a go.

cstbbs · 04-08-2011, 10:06 AM

HOW DOES ONE OPEN A TICKET-IE, WHERE DOES ONE PUT IN THE TICKET #?

PLEAAAAAASE AND THANK YOU!!!!!

cstbbs · 04-08-2011, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by evanmaastrigt

I have the same issue. Opened ticket #4427 for it.

Hello, Can you please tell me how to open ticket 4427-I have the same problem with tags/collections on my PRS 900.

Thank you
cstbbs

kovidgoyal · 04-08-2011, 01:19 PM

The SONY reader often loses collections, that is a bug in the reader firmware. I would suggest you set metadata management to automatic in calibre, then every time you connect your reader to calibre the collections will be automatically re-created. Be aware that doing so means that any collections you create outside of calibre will be lsot.

theducks · 04-08-2011, 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cstbbs

Hello, Can you please tell me how to open ticket 4427-I have the same problem with tags/collections on my PRS 900.

Thank you
cstbbs

You can't 'open' a existing ticket. Open in this context means 'Create a New Issue'

You can 'view' the ticket.
If you create/have an Launchpad account , you can comment (hopefully add more info that will help the devs track the beastie down ) on a ticket or open (create) a New ticket for a different bug.

cstbbs · 04-08-2011, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

The SONY reader often loses collections, that is a bug in the reader firmware. I would suggest you set metadata management to automatic in calibre, then every time you connect your reader to calibre the collections will be automatically re-created. Be aware that doing so means that any collections you create outside of calibre will be lsot.

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!! BUT WHEN THE AUTO PLAY CAME ON I DID SOMETHING TOTALLY HICK-I CLICKED ON SCAN OR WAS IT CLEAR BEFORE OPENING -I SAID YES AND BOOM-MY COLLECTIONS DISAPPEARED-THO MY MEMORY STICK RETIANED ITS OWN COLLECTION.

I HOPE YOU KNOW YOUR ARE THE ACE-THANKYOU FOR THE CALIBRE.

CSTTBS

cstbbs · 04-08-2011, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

You can't 'open' a existing ticket. Open in this context means 'Create a New Issue'

You can 'view' the ticket.
If you create/have an Launchpad account , you can comment (hopefully add more info that will help the devs track the beastie down ) on a ticket or open (create) a New ticket for a different bug.

THANK YOU. I CONSIDER MYSELF SMART -BUT I FEEL SUCH A DUNCE.
KOVIND POSTED A SOLUTION. HOPE IT WORKS.

CSTBBS

01-07-2010, 04:48 PM	#1
mypolar Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: New York Device: Sony 505 Yeah! Palm Tungesten E2	Tags/Collections Disappeared from Reader Hi - I updated some books to my reader this morning and all my collections were on both my SD card and the reader. Yet now they have disappeared from my Sony 505 Reader. All the tags are blank in Calibre for the reader collections (The collections on my SD card are still there). Any way to get these tag back besides manually adding them to the over 200 books that are saved on my reader? Ugh Thanks! Michelle

04-08-2011, 10:06 AM	#10
cstbbs Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: TORONTO Device: PRS900	HOW DOES ONE OPEN A TICKET-IE, WHERE DOES ONE PUT IN THE TICKET #? PLEAAAAAASE AND THANK YOU!!!!! Last edited by cstbbs; 04-08-2011 at 12:04 PM.

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01-07-2010, 04:58 PM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	I have found that the PRS-505 is prone to losing Collection data if for any reason it crashes (which is not that infrequent) while reading a book. It seems to lose the collection data from the device (memory or card) that was active at the time of the crash. I would do it the other way around - get the Tags and Series correct in calibre and then delete/resend the books back to the PRS-505. The collections would then be recreated. At least it then become easy to recreate the collections if they are lost again.

01-08-2010, 04:02 AM	#4
pars_andy Connoisseur Posts: 65 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Sony PRS505	I think this is a problem with the latest release. My news recipes are no longer in collections when downloaded to my 505. The collections are still there but they have no books in them. I'm sure this was also an issue with an older version of calibre.

01-16-2010, 08:14 AM	#7
pars_andy Connoisseur Posts: 65 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Sony PRS505	Any news on this being fixed? I'm still using 0.31 as this was the last release without this issue.

01-16-2010, 10:57 AM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,653 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	See the ticket, the solution is described there.

01-16-2010, 01:22 PM	#9
pars_andy Connoisseur Posts: 65 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Sony PRS505	Thanks. Will give that a go.

04-08-2011, 01:19 PM	#12
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,653 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The SONY reader often loses collections, that is a bug in the reader firmware. I would suggest you set metadata management to automatic in calibre, then every time you connect your reader to calibre the collections will be automatically re-created. Be aware that doing so means that any collections you create outside of calibre will be lsot.

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