I'm on a rooted Kindle HD 7in. Is there a way to get Apps from the google play store to show up in the Kindle Freetime app?
Viper Daimao said:
I'm on a rooted Kindle HD 7in. Is there a way to get Apps from the google play store to show up in the Kindle Freetime app?
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Would love to know how to do this as well. I have many app bought from google play that I want to let me kids use in FreeTime.
I'd like to do the same with sideloaded books as well.
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I decided not to use Free Time and instead see what Google Play had to offer. I now have Kids Place with Screen Time: Parental Controls installed. With those two apps, I can give access to any apps I want my son to use all within the custom launcher. With the second, I can control how long he can use certain apps and set time limits for school days and weekends and even bed time settings. What's nice about screen time is that they offer a "remote control" where I can see what and how long He's been in an app right from my phone. I can also pause his time remotely if he's grounded or supposed to be doing something else. It's a pretty sweet and customizable setup.
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This setup is way better than what Free Time has to offer.
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Im going to be giving a nook color to my son for his birthday and I was just wondering if anyone had any tips on which rom and programs to use.
Thanks for the help!
How old is he? My daughter is 8 and she runs circles around me. I am using the mirage cm7. Although miui is very simple and straight forward and it runs great on the nook.I hope I helped a little.
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Kids mode if they're really little.
He is 6 and can figure things out quickly. Loves angry birds on my phone.
Make sure the play store and amazon app store are pin protected my daughter spent $247 on in app purchases in about 15 minutes playing draw something
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JT75 said:
Make sure the play store and amazon app store are pin protected my daughter spent $247 on in app purchases in about 15 minutes playing draw something
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Good Idea! That sounds like something my son would do.
What about themes? I was thinking about using launcher pro to put a bunch of apps on a single home screen with a cool background.
So, those of you in the NYC area who use Optimum/Cablevision as their ISP may have received an email to download the Optimum App for Kindle Fire which allows you to stream live TV onto your Kindle if you're connected to your home WiFi. They've had apps like this on iOS for a while and they FINALLY released an app for the Kindle Fire.
I managed to download the apk off my sister's Kindle Fire, and it installs fine on the Xoom (ICS stock, rooted). Of course, it asks for root access which you MUST deny, otherwise it won't let you stream. But then as soon as you authenticate into the app, you get a notice that says "Device not supported."
I imagine there must be a way to spoof the app into thinking it's on a kindle fire. Any ideas? I'm happy to share the apk: http://goo.gl/SfLKz
Thanks!
--Q
I hope so. I have a nexus 7 and it will be awesome to have this app.
I wouldn't mind trying but wouldn't even know what the correct settings would be nor where to implement them. If you have any suggestions or insights, I'm happy to give it a shot...
Can we temporaly change the Device Name in build.prop.?
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Schmoldt said:
Can we temporaly change the Device Name in build.prop.?
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this sounds like a way to do it. theres those market helper apps which change build prop for you if you dont wanna fiddle with it yourself. let us know how it goes
So my plan is to immediately put the CM10.1 on this tablet.
I mainly watch movies, read books, browse the web, and play a few games. But not too many games.
Will this tablet give me great performance in general? Or is it going to be limited? What kind of snappiness do you guys have with yours?
For what you will be using for the tablet performance should be perfect with room to spare. The Nook HD+ is a pretty solid tablet, only problems I've encountered are some minor touch sensitivity issues and a little bit of lag here and there but with some tweaking and customization it works pretty well.
Had mine since Wednesday. Great for watching TV/movies (avi/mp4).
Good for reading the web.
Great for comics.
Not got around to reading via the Kindle app.
Plays music fine.
Really enjoying it, but just like previous poster some touch sensitivity issues.
Well, I guess I will just need to try it for a bit and see if I am happy with it.
Hey I noticed that with it stock there are "incompatible" apps from the play store. Fandango for instance. If I put CM on it, am I still limited or is the buildprop edited so we can actually download these apps
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Hey I noticed that with it stock there are "incompatible" apps from the play store. Fandango for instance. If I put CM on it, am I still limited or is the buildprop edited so we can actually download these apps
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No, most that say incompatible will still be incompatible on CM10.1. Your option is to download on another device, transfer the apk to the HD+, enable unknown sources on CM10.1 and install them. They usually run.
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No, most that say incompatible will still be incompatible on CM10.1. Your option is to download on another device, transfer the apk to the HD+, enable unknown sources on CM10.1 and install them. They usually run.
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Thanks. Didn't kno if there was something like how google wallet is installed on the sgs3. We change the buildprop to be a nexus and it works
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i brought mine just for the screen, its pretty damn good for watching films, anime @ 1080p is fantastic most games run well jist dont expect gameloft 3d games to be any good fps wise =)
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Hey I noticed that with it stock there are "incompatible" apps from the play store. Fandango for instance. If I put CM on it, am I still limited or is the buildprop edited so we can actually download these apps
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Actually, I just did CM to mine. My benchmark before was around 9000, with CM it went to over 10000.
And I found that several 'incompatible' apps became compatible. MLB At Bat works (only for radio, TV can't find my location). Also, a widgets app, iheart radio, and a couple others suddenly became compatible as well. But as they say, your mileage may vary. Of all the apps I have, the only one that is still incompatible is the Nook app... go figure! :laugh:
I can careless about the nook app. I honestly don't read much. I really bought this just because I got it so cheap
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For reading of pdf books I suggest OrionReader, simple and smooth as hell.
For video MxPlayer could handle 720p animes on hd+
Really satisfied with the hd+, definitely a bargain to me
I am so glad you mentioned OrionReader. I use my Nook for reading music scores while playing piano and couldn't find an app that moved fast enough while turning the pages. Now I'm all set!
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You're welcome Another good thing about it is you can customize behaviours for different tap zones, very convenient
Hi peeps
quick question.... if I remove silk entirely (cause I hate it and don't really want 2 launchers installed) will more apps in the Google store be more compatible? or is that just the way the kindle is made?
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Hi peeps
quick question.... if I remove silk entirely (cause I hate it and don't really want 2 launchers installed) will more apps in the Google store be more compatible? or is that just the way the kindle is made?
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3 Things:
Wrong thread
Silk isn't a launcher
Yes, there are plenty of launchers and browsers available
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Hmmm.... obviously silk isn't what I meant then.... I wand to remove the original kindle software to stock vanilla android.... there are a few apps which at the moment if I search the google play store and they're either not there or don't work and then have to use the amazon Appstore to get a working version... would removing all the amazon launcher stuff make those apps work/available? Or would it not make any difference?
To clarify: Silk is the web browser.
And back to the issue at hand, if you want vanilla android, CyanogenMod is the closest you will ever get.
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I don't think it has anything to do with the Amazon apps. I think I read somewhere that it has something to do with the build.prop (which isn't something to go messing with).
If you want to see those incompatible apps in the Play Store, use this app here: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...ps-without-changing-the-build-prop-root-only/
>>Sent from my homebuilt TARDIS running Android 4.3... Or maybe it's a rooted Kindle Fire HD running ChameleonOS<<
Cheers bud.... that sounds a bit more what I'm after!
use kinology. or update google playnto the latest version, or use cracked google play
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Cracked ply store??? Hmmmm.....
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Cracked ply store??? Hmmmm.....
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i used the cracked one
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Probably too little, too late, but then again, maybe not, but Amazon has finally released an android version of the Amazon Instant Video app:
http://www.droid-life.com/2014/09/09/amazon-prime-finally-comes-to-android-after-all-these-years/
However, no Chromecast support. Boo!
It does work. I've installed it on both my RAZR HD and my Nexus 7. However, you must also have the Amazon store app installed as well.
On the Nexus 7, you MUST install the non-tablet version of the Amazon store app. Until I installed the non-tablet version, it would keep telling me I had to install it and then would redirect me to the Amazon store web page.
Anyway to get it to work offline? Looks like you can only stream. I tried to purchase a video and download it. No dice.
Amazon and Netflix are streaming services.
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Amazon and Netflix are streaming services.
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That's kind of short sighted.
On the kindles, you can download videos for offline play. A buddy of mine does this frequently for long flights.
I meant that Amazon prime is streaming. Maybe it is different on an amazon device..I don't know. I think you may be able to download if you rent or buy but I'm not sure.
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However, no Chromecast support. Boo!
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Doesn't surprise me Amazon didn't include Chromecast, even though it is the #1 selling devices in Electronics on Amazon.
Maybe they think this will increase their streaming player's popularity... They'd be wrong. But maybe that's what they're thinking =).
There doesn't appear to be a way to download currently on Androids. Hopefully, this will be in a future update, but I'm not sure. I'm just glad I can access my Instant videos from my Android device now without having to use the Dolphin browser. So much better.
Maybe now I can remove Flash from my device as that was the only reason I had it installed.