You connect your paper tablet to the reMarkable cloud by setting up a reMarkable account. By connecting to the cloud you can access your files in the mobile and desktop application, and import files to your reMarkable. All changes on any platform are instantly synchronized when you're connected to Wi-Fi. Create a reMarkable account. So at any point, your notes are available on your desktop or mobile device via the reMarkable app. The cloud service also works as a backup. Even if you lose your reMarkable paper tablet, all your notes and documents are safely stored in the cloud, and are easily accessible from the reMarkable app. ReMarkable File Sync API. Goal of this project is to figure out and document the API which is used by the reMarkable Paper Tablet for syncing documents between the device, the desktop and mobile clients and the cloud service. A sample client implementation in PHP is also part of the project. The reMarkable Companion for the reMarkable paper tablet is the perfect app to sync your content with other devices. It gives you easy access to all of your documents to view, organize and share. Make sure you connect your reMarkable paper tablet to an account at my.remarkable.com before you sign in.
This guide will show you how to connect from your Windows PC or laptop to your reMarkable tablet. Once connected you will be able to explore the file system and copy files to/from the reMarkable.
Please note, if you have documents you wish to read on your reMarkable, this method is not suitable. This method is primarily for those who wish to explore the equipment and customize the user experience.
This guide focuses on Windows users, it is assumed that anyone using a unix-based OS is already familiar enough with SSH and SCP.
Step 1.
Connect your reMarkable to your computer with the USB cable OR connect your reMarkable to the same network as your computer.
Plug your charging cable into your reMarkable and plug the other end into the USB port on your computer. Alternatively, connect your reMarkable and your computer to the same WiFi network. Connecting using the USB cable allows for a much faster connection. It will work over WiFi but will be significantly slower, particularly if you want to copy files.
Step 2.
Install WinSCP on your computer.
WinSCP is an application you can use to connect to linux systems (such as your reMarkable tablet), browse and copy files back and forth. To get WinSCP visit the link below and click on “Installation package.” This will begin the download. When the download completes, run the downloaded file to install the application.
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WinSCP: https://winscp.net/eng/download.php
Step 3.
Get your IP and root password.
Open up your reMarkable. Press the “rM” logo in the top-left corner (or top-right corner in left-handed mode) to open up the settings menu. In the left-hand pane click on “About.” This opens the “copyright notices and software licenses” section in the far-right pane. At the very bottom of the far-right pane you will find two important pieces of information: First, at the very bottom, it will list one or two IP addresses for your reMarkable. The first IP address is for use if your reMarkable is connected to your computer via USB. The second (if present) is the IP address of your reMarkable on your local network. Use this second IP address if you’re trying to connect over WiFi. Make a note of the relevant IP address.
The second piece of information you need is in the paragraph directly above the IP address information. Look for the line that reads:
To do so, this device acts as an USB ethernet device, and you can connect using the SSH protocol using the username ‘root’ and the password ‘<YOUR UNIQUE PASSWORD>’.
Make a note of the password.
Step 4.
Launch WinSCP and connect.
On your Windows computer, launch the WinSCP installed in step 2. In the initial “Login” window you will setup the connection to your reMarkable as follows:
File protocol: SFTP
Host name: <IP address you gathered in step 3>
Port number: 22
User name: root
Password: <Password you gathered in step 3>
Then press “Login.”
This should now connect you to your reMarkable. In the WinSCP right-hand pane you will see the files and folders on your reMarkable tablet. In the left-hand pane you will see the files and folders on your Windows computer. You can use this application to browse the reMarkable file system and upload/download files from/to your Windows PC.
In my next blog I will detail how to use this method to customize your reMarkable “Sleeping” screen.
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Next: https://www.remarkabletabletuser.com/post/2018/01/15/customize-your-remarkable-screens
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reMarkable paper tablet app is an Android Productivity app that is developed by reMarkable AS and published on Google play store on NA. It has already got around 10000 so far with an average rating of 2.0 out of 5 in play store.
reMarkable paper tablet app requires Android OS version of 3.4 and up. Also, it has a content rating of Everyone from which one can decide if it is suitable to install for family, kids or adult users.
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Since reMarkable paper tablet app is an Android app and cannot be installed on Windows PC or MAC directly, we will show how to install and play reMarkable paper tablet app on PC below:
- Firstly, download and install an Android emulator to your PC
- Download reMarkable paper tablet app APK to your PC
- Open reMarkable paper tablet app APK using the emulator or drag and drop the .APK file into the emulator to install the app. OR
- If you do not want to download the .APK file you can still run reMarkable paper tablet app PC by connecting or configuring your Google account with the emulator and downloading the app from play store directly.
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If you follow the above steps correctly, you should have the reMarkable paper tablet app app ready to run on your Windows PC or MAC.