From 49cb868bb3b0b0659986e1c3ad442c0c89ccc4af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Haley <>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:25:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Use a str type instead of unicode when searching for the
 opening '[' in the network packet. Using unicode seems to work, but it really
 is a byte.

---
 src/calibre/devices/smart_device_app/driver.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/smart_device_app/driver.py b/src/calibre/devices/smart_device_app/driver.py
index daab9bcb48..bae5d82ba3 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/smart_device_app/driver.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/smart_device_app/driver.py
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class SMART_DEVICE_APP(DeviceConfig, DevicePlugin):
     def _read_string_from_net(self):
         data = bytes(0)
         while True:
-            dex = data.find('[')
+            dex = data.find(b'[')
             if dex >= 0:
                 break
             # recv seems to return a pointer into some internal buffer.