DRM Removal Not Working

[Marquinhus0]

Question / bug report

DRM isn't working when i tried to remove the DRM from the book my friend bought on amazon

Which version of Calibre are you running?

7.16

Which version of the DeDRM plugin are you running?

v10.0.9

If applicable, which version of the Kindle software are you running?

didnt use the kindle software

Log output

ApplicationPaletteChange event ignored
Using calibre Qt style: True
ApplicationPaletteChange event received
calibre Log de Debug
calibre 7.16 embedded-python: True
Windows-10-10.0.19045-SP0 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '10', '10.0.19045')
Python 3.11.5
Windows: ('10', '10.0.19045', 'SP0', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: pt_BR
EXE path: C:\Program Files\Calibre2\calibre-debug.exe
Successfully initialized third party plugins: Gather KFX-ZIP (from KFX Input) (2, 16, 0) && DeDRM (10, 0, 9) && Package KFX (from KFX Input) (2, 16, 0) && KFX metadata reader (from KFX Input) (2, 16, 0) && From KFX (2, 16, 0) && KFX Input (2, 16, 0) && Obok DeDRM (10, 0, 9)
calibre 7.16 embedded-python: True
Windows-10-10.0.19045-SP0 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '10', '10.0.19045')
Python 3.11.5
Windows: ('10', '10.0.19045', 'SP0', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: pt_BR
EXE path: C:\Program Files\Calibre2\calibre-debug.exe
Successfully initialized third party plugins: Gather KFX-ZIP (from KFX Input) (2, 16, 0) && DeDRM (10, 0, 9) && Package KFX (from KFX Input) (2, 16, 0) && KFX metadata reader (from KFX Input) (2, 16, 0) && From KFX (2, 16, 0) && KFX Input (2, 16, 0) && Obok DeDRM (10, 0, 9)
QPA platform: windows
devicePixelRatio: 1.0
logicalDpi: 96.0 x 96.0
physicalDpi: 92.53889943074003 x 92.67567567567568
[0.00] Starting up...
[0.02] Showing splash screen...
[0.22] splash screen shown
[0.22] Initializing db...
[0.25] db initialized
[0.25] Constructing main UI...
DEBUG: 0.0 obok::utilities.py - loading translations
DEBUG: 0.0 obok::dialogs.py - loading translations
DEBUG: 0.0 obok::config.py - loading translations
DEBUG: 0.0 obok::action_err.py - loading translations
[1.28] GUI main window shown
[1.41] main UI initialized...
[1.41] Hiding splash screen
Gather KFX-ZIP (from KFX Input) 2.16.0: Importing C:/Users/victo/Downloads/Earthed.azw
Gather KFX-ZIP (from KFX Input): File is not KFX format
DeDRM v10.0.9: Trying to decrypt Earthed.azw
[17.25] splash screen hidden
[17.25] Started up in 17.25 seconds with 21 books
MobiDeDrm v1.1.
Copyright © 2008-2022 The Dark Reverser, Apprentice Harper et al.
Decrypting Mobipocket 6 ebook: Earthed: A Sci-Fi Sentient Object Romance
Found 2 keys to try after 0.7 seconds
Crypto Type is: 2
DeDRM v10.0.9: Failed to decrypt with error: No key found in 2 PIDs tried.
DeDRM v10.0.9: Looking for new default Kindle Key after 0.7 seconds
searching for kinfoFiles in C:\Users\victo\AppData\Local
Found K4PC 1.9+ kinf2011 file: C:\Users\victo\AppData\Local\Amazon\Kindle\storage.kinf2011
Couldn't decrypt file.
DeDRM v10.0.9: Ultimately failed to decrypt after 0.7 seconds. Read the FAQs at noDRM's repository: https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools/blob/master/FAQs.md
Running file type plugin DeDRM failed with traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre_plugins.dedrm.init", line 931, in KindleMobiDecrypt
File "C:\Users\victo\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plugins\DeDRM.zip\k4mobidedrm.py", line 203, in GetDecryptedBook
File "C:\Users\victo\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plugins\DeDRM.zip\mobidedrm.py", line 401, in processBook
mobidedrm.DrmException: No key found in 2 PIDs tried.

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\customize\ui.py", line 199, in _run_filetype_plugins
File "calibre_plugins.dedrm.init", line 1030, in run
File "calibre_plugins.dedrm.init", line 981, in KindleMobiDecrypt
calibre_plugins.dedrm.DeDRMError: DeDRM v10.0.9: Ultimately failed to decrypt after 0.7 seconds. Read the FAQs at noDRM's repository: https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools/blob/master/FAQs.md

[ElleKayEm]

How was the book downloaded?

[Marquinhus0]

How was the book downloaded?

my friend downloaded through kindle on her phone and then sent it to me through WhatsApp

[ElleKayEm]

That won't work. This post covers the ways you can get a copy that can be decrypted: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=361503