Skip to main content
MrProsser
Participant
February 22, 2016
Question

Authorization and synchronization errors using Android App

  • February 22, 2016
  • 2 replies
  • 344 views

I have a few library books I downloaded recently. Before opening them I authorized my Windows 10 ADE desktop application. I then downloaded ADE for Android, and authorized that application. Based on the description in the Google Play store, where it says:

"Seamless fulfillment of books across devices: With this new feature, when a consumer fulfills a book on one device, the book will be automatically downloaded to all the other devices that belong to this consumer (activated using the same user ID)."

I expected my books to simply appear. A few posts on here have indicated this only works from Android->Desktop, and not the other way around, so I copied the acsm files and tried to open them. However, I get an error:

"Error getting license. License server communication problem: E_ACT_NOT_READY"

When I looked this up, I found a few discussions dealing with the desktop application, indicating that I should deauthorize the application and reauthorize it, including changes that can be made to the registry. https://helpx.adobe.com/digital-editions/kb/error-e_act_not_ready.html

However, I have not found anything specific about dealing with the Android application. I attempted to deauthorize it, but I get an error: "Unable to Erase Authorization. Please try after some time."

After a few hours of trying it, it still does not work, and I have not found any solutions. Does anyone have experience with this? I have no idea what to do at this point.

2 replies

S0U1SB4N3
Participant
September 18, 2025

same issue 2 out of 6 books i just bought did this. this is frustrating. 

Participant
April 8, 2016

Same problem, been happening for days.  Did you resolve this issue?  Ridiculous app!

Participant
September 22, 2025

Has anyone figured out how to get ADE to download library books yet?  I've been using ADE for many, many years to download my library books, and error message is: "... book is not a supported file or book has been damaged".  book downloaded as .acsm.  I tried changing the file to epub, but still no luck.  What is going on???

-TerryT