I was totally into this when it became available because sometimes when I'm in the woods or beyond cell coverage, I want to just jump into my NIV edition and read. I downloaded the edition to my Samsung Moment and was happy until I finally decided to ditch the horrific 1st generation Android device. I moved into an HTC Evo but couldn't get my NIV download because it was no longer available. I emailed YouVersion and they said it was due to the publisher's limitations I couldn't simply re-download the version. I did some Googling though and found some people in the same situation with their phones/devices. I decided to snoop around on my old Samsung Moment and I found the hidden .youversion directory. Inside there I found the niv.1.sqlite3 file and I copied it to the same directory on my new Evo phone. I fired up the YouVersion Bible app and voila! My NIV edition was available.
NOTE: YouVersion emailed me (when I asked if this was possible) and said they do not support this . . . so if you try this and it doesn't work, don't go whining to them. I saw some posts where people were trying to take iPad versions and put on Android devices and that was a definite no-go. I'm just putting the version onto my current phone and ditching my old phone so I don't see any legalities in that . . . but I am not a lawyer nor do I play one on TV. Your mileage may vary! If the NIV publishers come hunting you (or I) down, then I suppose we'll have to deal with that one then. :-)
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