Downloaded kindle books lost after hard reset

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Downloaded kindle books lost after hard reset

I have a bunch of books in my kindle library and had downloaded a subset of them to my iphone in the kindle app.

I was having issues with the iphone, and I ended up doing a backup/hard-reset/restore. Everything came back fine except my downloaded kindle books. Actually, when I first opened the kindle app, I saw the previously downloaded books listed in the "device" tab, but they soon disappeared.

Where does the kindle app store this info on my phone and why wasn't it saved/restored to/from the backup?

I can download those books again from the cloud, so nothing lost, but it is an annoyance - especieally if one likes to have lots of books handy.

Thanks.

-J

Posted on Jun 6, 2014 5:11 AM

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Jun 6, 2014 5:45 AM in response to jj21

If you restored your phone, you wiped everything on it. Not all apps store files in the backup. Apps that use their own cloud service, such as Kindle often don't. You'll need to download them again. If you tap on the "Cloud" button at the bottom of the Library page, you'll see all the books you've purchased from Amazon and can redownload them.

Best of luck.

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