Ok so i have a few questions:
What cases are you people using?
is there a way to help with the lag on the fire gen 2?
In the apex launcher how do i get to my books?
Is there a better launcher?
does this seem complete? it is the framework-res.apk i just want to make sure cause i added in photos and such for the lock screen. wanted to make sure nothing was accidentally deleted
One more question to add: what is the best video app for putting your personal videos on the fire?
For Access to your books you have to remove(move) Kindle App from /system/app and install kindle app from play store.
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Ahrak said:
For Access to your books you have to remove(move) Kindle App from /system/app and install kindle app from play store.
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I'm not sure what happened exactly, but I have Kindle Books still available via original carousel launcher after rooting and installing Google Play services. I remember losing access to books and magazines when I rooted the first time (8.1.13) and installed Google Play services.
When I lost root with the forced 8.1.14 update, I rerooted, did a factory reset, deregistered, re-registered...and then I somehow had access to books and mags again, without having to install the Kindle app, all while retaining ability to use Google Play Services.
If someone wants to try to reproduce my results, those are the only steps I remember doing.
I can still access my books from the original carousel as well but its in the apex launcher i have issues
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As always I am running a non stock device running honeycomb. Your mileage may very, yada,yada yada...
So the apps from the Kindle Fire have been laid bare so we can all have a chance to play with them. Well from a viewsonic stand point my experience is thus. The Amazon video app works up to the point you attempt to rent a video, them it FC on you. the Kindle reader from the fire immediately FC as does the browser.The e-mail app seems to work but is nothing to write home about. The app store app seems to be functional, and will tell you you cannot download the fire version of apps, it will also find apps you did not download from them and try to update them. The live wallpapers all seem to FC. So what else works the amazon shop works, the Quick Office works. the 3D gallery works. I have not tried all of the apps so maybe the facebook app is better then the stock android one?
As to the kindle fire launcher this has been a no go as it seems to want to pull up the amazon browser immediately, and this causes a FC.
Oh here is the XDA Kindle fire dump thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1295928&page=3
There are quite a few Kindle apps that reside in the system folder which I do not use not does my device. Although they run on startup and stay running, I'm convinced most are not needed nor need to be running.
Does anyone have a list of apps which can be removed without causing damage?
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I've frozen the following (not removed) with no side effects. I'm sure there's more though:
Amazon
Amazon GameCircle
Amazon Kindle
Amazon MP3
Amazon Video
Exchange Services
Kindle Setup
Kindle Tutorial
KindleStoreWebApp
Braves1995 said:
I've frozen the following (not removed) with no side effects. I'm sure there's more though:
Amazon
Amazon GameCircle
Amazon Kindle
Amazon MP3
Amazon Video
Exchange Services
Kindle Setup
Kindle Tutorial
KindleStoreWebApp
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Awesome, thanks.
Did freezing them increase your boot-time at all? Or any increase in performance?
EDIT: Is it also possible to freeze the original kindle home launcher? Noticed that runs as well
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evildread said:
Awesome, thanks.
Did freezing them increase your boot-time at all? Or any increase in performance?
EDIT: Is it also possible to freeze the original kindle home launcher? Noticed that runs as well
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Yes you can freeze kindle home and silk too. Just be sure to have replacement apps installed
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My daughter just got a Kindle Fire HD, and it's great for her, except for that horrible carousel (books sent to my iPad show up on her Kindle) and the parental controls are lacking -- no way to block or password-protect cloud content in the reading app. Is there any way around these limitations without rooting? The main reason I don't want to root is so she doesn't lose access to Prime streaming video and purchased music.
Um you don't lose access to prime video unless you are on a first gen kindle fire if I remember right, and I have never heard of losing access to your music though. Though when I did use Amazon's os, I used Google and its cloud for music because amazon has a way lower limit for the mp3 cloud that's free compared to Google, I believe they measure theirs in hours instead of songs now, whereas Google gives me 20,000 songs storage space in the cloud for free. Not sure how things stand as of now though since I haven't been running Amazon's os in months.
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You need to have root access to get rid of the carousel. The only way to get rid of it is to install a second launcher to "/system/app," such as Nova or Apex. Also, deleting the carousel may not be a good idea. I think the Kindle's software kind of depends on it (someone please correct me if I'm wrong). The carousel is the only way to access the Kindle reading app (unless you're rooted, in which case the command "am start -a com.amazon.kindle.otter.action.SHOW_BOOKS" will launch the Kindle app).
Short answer is no, you can't get rid of the carousel without rooting.
I've rooted and put a new launcher on my Kindle Fire HD 7' and have gotten the Kindle App to work by placing it in the system/apps folder just fine. I can read my books and my library is in tact, however I can't seem to use my Prime Lending properly. There are books I've looked up on Amazon.com and it says it's available for the free Kindle lending program w/Prime, but am not sure how to utilize that with a rooted KFTT using the Apex Launcher, stock OS, and the Kindle App (from Google Play). Any suggestions?
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I've rooted and put a new launcher on my Kindle Fire HD 7' and have gotten the Kindle App to work by placing it in the system/apps folder just fine. I can read my books and my library is in tact, however I can't seem to use my Prime Lending properly. There are books I've looked up on Amazon.com and it says it's available for the free Kindle lending program w/Prime, but am not sure how to utilize that with a rooted KFTT using the Apex Launcher, stock OS, and the Kindle App (from Google Play). Any suggestions?
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Just rooting and adding Google Play will not effect things. When you put the custom launcher on your tablet, you hid the availability to use the Prime lending library. The reason is because you have to access this through your tablet to be able to borrow. You will have to remove the current launcher or switch to the stock launcher and enter the lending library from there.
I was very disappointed that I couldn't install the Google+ app from the Google Play Store on my Fire HD 8 tablet, because Google Play said that the app wasn't compatible with my device.
So, I installed Ankit Kumar's "APK Extractor Lite" app from the Google Play Store onto my Droid Turbo 2 phone, extracted Google+ to an APK, uploaded the APK to a Google Drive folder, then downloaded it onto my Fire HD 8 tablet. It installed without error, and I now have a "proper" version of Google+ on my tablet.
I also did this for WeatherBug Elite, the now abandoned and generally unavailable ad-free version of WeatherBug. It runs like a champ on my Fire HD 8, except that I do need to manually refresh the map when displaying a radar map--small consolation for having an app that I like.
Obviously I got lucky, and not all apps will extract or install correctly. And time will tell if I have any issues or if the apps update properly through Google Play. YMMV, of course!
Have you tried downloading the apps from a site like Apkmirror? It may save you a bunch of time.
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Apk mirror
http://www.apkmirror.com/
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Non-Amazon Android App. Issue...
I have been trying to download an app. that you need to get through the Google store, and tried doing some convoluted "apk" that I foynd online, but it didn't work (though it's possible that the files just didn't completely download because the device often shuts itself off :-\). If anyone might be able to tell me how to get the Blue Jeans (web conferencing) app. onto a Fire HD 8, that would be incredibly hrlpful.
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I have been trying to download an app. that you need to get through the Google store, and tried doing some convoluted "apk" that I foynd online, but it didn't work (though it's possible that the files just didn't completely download because the device often shuts itself off :-\). If anyone might be able to tell me how to get the Blue Jeans (web conferencing) app. onto a Fire HD 8, that would be incredibly hrlpful.
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Have you tried this? https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/development/install-google-apps-adb-pc-t3314420
or this http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...4D42D34BAB8CC8D847B04D42D34BAB8CC8D&FORM=VIRE
http://apps.goodereader.com/?s=blue+jeans