Glenn, You cannot download anything larger then 20mb via 3g/4g. You have to use wireless. I don't remember if you were trying it via Wireless or not.
Sean On 12/07/2012, at 12:05 PM, Glenn wrote: > Hi Esther, > You are correct, it was on my iPhone 4. > I have a 16GB iPhone, and there is about 10GB available. > I almost never have more than 2 or 3 apps running, as several times a week I > close everything from the app switcher. > I had downloaded it directly to the iPhone, via my home wireless connection. > It is like it froze, it was in 2 parts, and it seemed that both parts read > "downloading" after the titles. > But for some strange reason, it started working, and now I have finished the > book. > So I cannot explain why it did that. > Thanks All for offering some assistance. > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Esther" <mori...@mac.com> > To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 4:37 PM > Subject: Re: audible app problems > > > Hi Glenn, > > As Sean says, it would help to know whether you tried to download your > Audible book to your computer or to the Audible app on an iPhone, iPod > Touch, or iPad. And if you have downloaded a book to either your computer > or to an iOS device, what system or device you are using. My guess, based > on your earlier posts, is that you are using the Audible app on an iPhone 4. > > First, can you check whether your device is close to full? I usually use > apps to report on my system status (there are also several free ones, like > System Status Lite by Techet, but you can find this information on disk > usage in the Settings > General > About screen.) As with all devices and > computers, downloading uses available cache storage, and you may get better > performance when you're not short on available disk space, or have cleared > off active apps in your AppSwitcher, or have cleared off multiple tabs in > Safari or even gone to Settings > Safari and used "Clear History". (Most of > this is not necessary, but are steps that you can take to minimize existing > use of resources before you download.) > > Occasionally a file just doesn't download correctly. This can be due to > heavy server traffic at the time you tried to download, or the status of the > connection at that time with your ISP, etc. I've rarely had this happen > with Audible downloads now, and it's unlikely unless you try to get a newly > purchased file just after they've run a big sale. However, if this was a > problem download, you can delete the file and try again. (You can start > playing an app even when the download is incomplete, so the fact that you > were able to start listening doesn't indicate that the complete download was > OK.) > > To delete an audiobook from the Audible app: > 1. Go to the book's playing screen. If you have selected "My Library" (the > first of 5 buttons at the bottom of the screen), there is probably a "Last > Played" button at the the top right corner of your screen. Double tap that. > 2. On the screen with player controls at the bottom, there is an "Info" > button at the top right corner. Double tap that "Info" button. > 3. The Info screen for the book has three buttons at the bottom: > "Bookmarks", "Details", and "Chapters". Double tap the middle "Details" > button that is just above the "Home" button. > 4. Do a three finger scroll up to move to the bottom of the page, and find > the "Remove from device" button (just above the "Details" button, which > itself is just above the "Home" button at the bottom of the screen). Double > tap this to delete the book from your device. > 5. You should be taken back to your library screen and the entry for the > downloaded book. Flick right to the "Download" button and try the download > again. > > HTH. I've rarely had problems with my Audible downloads not completing. > This was an issue when they first released the app, and some of the > downloads of even short files would take 50 minutes to complete, but now my > downloads complete within a few minutes. Cheers, > > Esther > >> Glenn wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> I got an account at audible.com, and I downloaded my first book, and I >>> got >>> into chapter 3, and it says downloading, and when I click on play, it >>> tells >>> me to connect to a network, and I am connected to my home network, but it >>> still tells me that it is downloading, and it has been since this >>> morning, >>> the book is only 20 MB in size. >>> I put in a bookmark, so I can find where I left off, but I cannot seem to >>> get the rest of the book. >>> Has anyone else with an audible account ever had such a strange problem? >>> Glenn > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus > and worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. 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