Google Books (wifi only) fix

[kanyewest]

Google Books website has the solution, although it took some digging to find it.

Go to Settings...Applications...Manage...All
Scroll down until you see "Google Partner Setup"
Open it
"Clear Data"
reboot

You should now be able to launch Google books and see the 3 preloaded books.

props to girkmonster

 

[equid0x]

+1 this should get stickied its def a working fix!

 

[SnakeManJayd]

Google Books website has the solution, although it took some digging to find it.

Go to Settings...Applications...Manage...All
Scroll down until you see "Google Partner Setup"
Open it
"Clear Data"
reboot

You should now be able to launch Google books and see the 3 preloaded books.

props to girkmonster

This did nothing for me.
But I am in South Africa. So that is probably why.

 

[lt iibad]

@Snakemanjayd I got mine yesterday and id like to chat with you about some troubleshooting. GTalk?

 

[SnakeManJayd]

@Snakemanjayd I got mine yesterday and id like to chat with you about some troubleshooting. GTalk?

Sure, we can chat later.

will pm me your gmail address later.

Cheers

 

[yooper]

Worked for me. Thanks for the info.

 

[MitchRapp]

U.S. only perhaps?

 

[Lothaen]

I just factory reset my xoom to take back (to get the screen fixed) - or i would have tried this in uk...


... re set up my device anyway - done the above - and no google books... doesn't seem to work on the UK vers...

 

[The_Tech_Ninja]

https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/365897

 

[yoshitweaky]

Lothaen, I cant even install google books in the uk, market says its not available on my carrier, but it's a wifi xoom... any ideas?

 

[poisike]

Google books is only available in US.
There are ways to install it anyway, but what's the point? You can't buy any books anyway if you are not in US.

 

[Lothaen]

I thought it was pre-installed....

also i thought(hoped) you'd be able to add your own epub/pdf's in.

I'll have to get alkido again then

 

[poisike]

also i thought(hoped) you'd be able to add your own epub/pdf's in.

I was also interested in this and searched a little. I didn't find a way to side load anything to google books app, so I didn't see a point in trying to get it working.
But there was a thread here where was a guide how to get books working, of course i'm not sure if it will work on the European Xoom. Try to search if interested.

 

[burden010]

I'm in exactly the same position Lothaen, Books is a non-starter for us in the UK.

I am wondering though if one of our American friends with root access could backup the Books apk with Titanium and let us have it? Don't know if it's possible but worth a shot... can anyone help please?

In the meantime I'm using Nook as Aldiko keeps FCing on me.

 

[poisike]

I'm in exactly the same position Lothaen, Books is a non-starter for us in the UK.

I am wondering though if one of our American friends with root access could backup the Books apk with Titanium and let us have it? Don't know if it's possible but worth a shot... can anyone help please?

In the meantime I'm using Nook as Aldiko keeps FCing on me.

I don't understand why do you all want it, if you can't use it anyway?

 

[burden010]

I don't understand why do you all want it, if you can't use it anyway?

We can use it. I have the mobile version on my phone and I can download all the free books. Also it looks pretty.

 

[poisike]

We can use it. I have the mobile version on my phone and I can download all the free books and there is a way to sideload books into it. Also it looks pretty.

This is interesting, I searched but didn't find anything about sideloading, other then forum posts saying its impossible.

Does the UK Xoom have books under Settings> Applications?
If it is there, then a how to get it working is posted somewhere here in the forums.

 

[burden010]

Sorry I edited my earlier post as I thought I'd seen a post on sideloading but can't find it anymore.

Books isn't on by default on the UK version

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