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[Q] Has anyone gotten the Amazon Kindle app to work with a non-stock Launcher?

I have a rooted Kindle Fire HD with ADW Launcher EX running alongside the default Launcher.
When I am using ADW I cannot open the Kindle app; I was wondering if anyone else experiences this or what I can try to fix this.
I would use just ADW as my default launcher but it would make my Kindle Fire HD less of a Kindle without my books.

I noticed this as well when using Go Launcher. I also am unable to find Magazines which I use a lot, so I have to switch back to the normal launcher.
I second this question, anyone get the Kindle App working?
yak22 said:
I have a rooted Kindle Fire HD with ADW Launcher EX running alongside the default Launcher.
When I am using ADW I cannot open the Kindle app; I was wondering if anyone else experiences this or what I can try to fix this.
I would use just ADW as my default launcher but it would make my Kindle Fire HD less of a Kindle without my books.
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Nope, no luck either. This is one of the reasons why I'm keeping my KFHD unrooted but use ADW Launcher EX... I like the flexibility.

I downloaded the kindle app from the market and last night got all my books in there, BUT today when I tried to open it it said it was not installed. I don't know what happened or how to fix it yet. I am trying, will keep you posted! This is bugging me, I want to get to my books without launching in kindle. I am using go launcher hd.
Update: I can not get that app to work, I can not even un install it.
But, I went to the market and installed "kindle shortcut" there are 2 kindle widgets, make sure you pick the right one, it is the second one. I am using go launcher hd. Go to add widgets. Click it, click the kindle shortcut widget. It will load all your books, you will see the name of the book at the top, check the box that says use art work, it will use the book cover. This will add the book on your home screen page. You can then open the book, with go launcher it asked me which launcher IT wanted to use the first time only, after that it directly opens your book, and to the exact place you were reading. The only bummer is you have to do it for each book, add widget, click book name, pick next book, check use art work, etc. Hope this helps, at least I can get to my books without launching kindle now! I'm thinking maybe make a folder to put them in?

The name of the app in the market is Kindle widget, on my kindle it says kindle shortcut.

Ok, I could not stand taking up 3 dock pages with my books and you can not make a folder for widgets, only apps. I did find an app called widget folder, it is specifically for widgets. I downloaded it, added each book shortcut, still one at a time. Now all my books are under the one app, not scattered over 3 dock pages. In order to change the name press and hold, you can not re name within the app. So far no problems. Although you can not get to the cloud, it still puts all your books in one place so you do not have to use kindle launcher just to get to books. Hope it helps until the devs get it all sorted out.

ADW Launcher?
WillysJeepMan said:
Nope, no luck either. This is one of the reasons why I'm keeping my KFHD unrooted but use ADW Launcher EX... I like the flexibility.
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May I ask how you got your kindle running ADW Launcher EX without root? I'd really like to know for myself.

shadowmoseley said:
May I ask how you got your kindle running ADW Launcher EX without root? I'd really like to know for myself.
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Download and sideload install.
It's not on the amazon app store so you'll need to find another source..

Run launcher
I run ADW EX and just have a shortcut to Amazon Launcher (the KFHD desktop) in the dock. I hit that and am back to the "stock" OS. Hit the home button and I'm back in ADW. I am rooted however.

Does anyone know where to I should upload an ebook file from my PC in order to view it in the Amazon Kindle app?
Tried Documents and Books folders with no success.

michel_sab said:
Does anyone know where to I should upload an ebook file from my PC in order to view it in the Amazon Kindle app?
Tried Documents and Books folders with no success.
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Send it to your kindle email. It will show up on your Amazon account and be pushed to all your devices that have the kindle app. They will even format it for you if you put the correct command line in the subject, however I can't think of it off the top of my head.
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michel_sab said:
Does anyone know where to I should upload an ebook file from my PC in order to view it in the Amazon Kindle app?
Tried Documents and Books folders with no success.
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The Kindle app treats "books" differently from documents. I am pretty sure the Documents folder should load in the Kindle App as long as they are the right format.
Books are in: MOBI, AZW, and PRC
Documents can be: TXT or PDF
The best format is to convert ebooks to Mobi or AZW.
I do not know exactly where the Kindle app is looking, but I would actually recommend and application: Calibre (just Google "Calibre ebook"). It doesn't officially support Amazon Kindle Fire HD, but it does support Kindle Fires right now. There are other apps you can use, but I'm assuming you are loading non-Amazon ebooks.

michel_sab said:
Does anyone know where to I should upload an ebook file from my PC in order to view it in the Amazon Kindle app?
Tried Documents and Books folders with no success.
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Use Calibre to do the upload. It will convert the file and place it in the correct folder in the right format. The document folder is the default for kindle books. The latest version recognizes my Fire HD and uploads flawlessly.

Chelle01 said:
I downloaded the kindle app from the market and last night got all my books in there, BUT today when I tried to open it it said it was not installed. I don't know what happened or how to fix it yet. I am trying, will keep you posted! This is bugging me, I want to get to my books without launching in kindle. I am using go launcher hd.
Update: I can not get that app to work, I can not even un install it.
But, I went to the market and installed "kindle shortcut" there are 2 kindle widgets, make sure you pick the right one, it is the second one. I am using go launcher hd. Go to add widgets. Click it, click the kindle shortcut widget. It will load all your books, you will see the name of the book at the top, check the box that says use art work, it will use the book cover. This will add the book on your home screen page. You can then open the book, with go launcher it asked me which launcher IT wanted to use the first time only, after that it directly opens your book, and to the exact place you were reading. The only bummer is you have to do it for each book, add widget, click book name, pick next book, check use art work, etc. Hope this helps, at least I can get to my books without launching kindle now! I'm thinking maybe make a folder to put them in?
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I was able to get that first one you mentioned to work, and and in my opinion it's the one you want. I am For it to work you need to change the directory to "/mnt/sdcard/Books/Sidecars". The only problem is that you need to have a "coverssmall" directory within that to have cover art for your books that contains the files from "/mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/files/small" on in it. Normally for that I'd do something like "ln -s /mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/files/small /mnt/sdcard/Books/Sidecars/coverssmall" but the fat32 sdcard won't allow siblings so I just copied the directory over and renamed it. It's not a perfect solution since I'll have to do it every single time I get a new book to have cover art, but surely one of the gurus here can think of a better way to do it.

I installed busybox and sManager (script manager) and wrote a small script that copies the files from one directory to the other. Unfortunately the widget does not detect the new files by itself so i have to recreate it,hmm strange!
Sent from my rooted Kindle Fire HD

tdtooke said:
I was able to get that first one you mentioned to work, and and in my opinion it's the one you want. I am For it to work you need to change the directory to "/mnt/sdcard/Books/Sidecars". The only problem is that you need to have a "coverssmall" directory within that to have cover art for your books that contains the files from "/mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/files/small" on in it. Normally for that I'd do something like "ln -s /mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/files/small /mnt/sdcard/Books/Sidecars/coverssmall" but the fat32 sdcard won't allow siblings so I just copied the directory over and renamed it. It's not a perfect solution since I'll have to do it every single time I get a new book to have cover art, but surely one of the gurus here can think of a better way to do it.
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Got the kindle app to work by reading another thread. Renamed otter to a .bak instead of apk, (in system apps) then downloaded and installed kindle app apk, not on Google play. Download-moved to system app-changed permissions-then installed. Got my books back yaaaaa! Hope this helps.

This worked for me as well, but after rebooting the device the Kindle App disappeared. Did you already reboot yours and the kindle app is still alive?
Sent from my rooted Kindle Fire HD

ayaxxa said:
This worked for me as well, but after rebooting the device the Kindle App disappeared. Did you already reboot yours and the kindle app is still alive?
Sent from my rooted Kindle Fire HD
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Yes, reinstall again. Don't know why it did that?

Chelle01 said:
Yes, reinstall again. Don't know why it did that?
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Update: after bragging it was working it decided to crash. BUT, I moved it from system app to SD card/data/app changed permissions to rw r r, restarted and works. Restarted many times so far works fine. Try it! And let me know if it works!

Can't read anymore Amazon books on KFHD. Help, please!
My KFHD is rooted, with perfectly working ADW launcher and Google Play with various Google apps (but no way to install Maps, for some reason: Google play says it's incompatible with my device, while I keep reading here that it is done by several people ).
I had the problem described above, being unable to get to my Kindle books from ADW. The described Kindle widgets (or shortcuts) refuse to install on my tablet. I tried to install the Kindle reader apk I am using on my Galaxy II phone, and it apparently installed, accepted my Amazon login, even displayed sone - not all - of my books, but when I try to open a book, it just exits back to the ADW home screen. I also tried disinstalling it via Titanium Backup and reinstalling, but still it wont open any book.
And switching to the uriginal Amazon environment, I saw that the original reader disappeared with all my books!
So, I got an Amazon tablet unable to read Amazon books! Somebody knows how to get back the original reader? Or has any other useful suggestion? Thanks everybody!

[Q] Kindle fire hd toolbar gone

my kindle fire HD after trying this ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43274610#post43274610 ) mod that surpolst to fix the black wallpaper issue has instead made my toolbar where it will show up for a few seconds then just go away, and it dosent even say my name anymore, it just says my kindle on the name. at one point my kindle was rooted, but in efforts to fix this problem i have un-rooted ( used unroot app on computer and restored factory defaults) im wondering what else i could do to possibly fix it, or since all the root is gone should i just get a hold of amazon?
any help would be appreciated, thanks!

I used to experience that too. Just do a factory reset and re-root...

Gmail notifications can cause this. Disable Gmail notifications, might fix it.
Sent by KFTT, in spite of everything.

factory restore on a kindle dosent un install root, and I've already tryed the gmail as I have seen that in another post, no diffrence at all

Restore kindle using kindle fire first aide and choose 7.2.3 option, it should restore kindle to bone stock, like when you first used it
you sneaky rat, abducted from Amazon's ex, CM10.1 kindle, by Tapatalk 4

Toolbars Gone? ...Download KindleFree From Google Store
You know it takes some time to root this thing. Before you start over...first download the app KindleFree (Free) by Stephen (Stericson) it's kinda hard to find. I downloaded from Google store, installed and set it up and rebooted. Afterwards, I got my toolbars back, but still can't get those live wallpapers to work!
pbatemon said:
my kindle fire HD after trying this ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43274610#post43274610 ) mod that surpolst to fix the black wallpaper issue has instead made my toolbar where it will show up for a few seconds then just go away, and it dosent even say my name anymore, it just says my kindle on the name. at one point my kindle was rooted, but in efforts to fix this problem i have un-rooted ( used unroot app on computer and restored factory defaults) im wondering what else i could do to possibly fix it, or since all the root is gone should i just get a hold of amazon?
any help would be appreciated, thanks!
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tech6 said:
You know it takes some time to root this thing. Before you start over...first download the app KindleFree (Free) by Stephen (Stericson) it's kinda hard to find. I downloaded from Google store, installed and set it up and rebooted. Afterwards, I got my toolbars back, but still can't get those live wallpapers to work![/QUOT
first time I attempted this app it was no help nothing changed, uninstalled then did it once more, the second time it worked! thanks so much guys! yay I have my kindle back
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Device not in Play Store

So using all of the great information on this forum I have been able to successfully install the Play Store and when I log in and go to the store I can see all of my apps from other Android devices. When I go to my Google Dashboard, I see my Fire as well as my other Android devices. Unfortunately when I look at "Devices in Play Store" in the dashboard, the Fire does not show up. The problem with this is that the store wants me to pay again for apps that I have already purchased from other devices.
When I search online to find a solution, all of the suggestions are to go to the device settings and choose to add an account. This option does not seem to be available in the Fire settings. Am I missing something or has anyone else figured out how to fix this?
Thanks again for all the great information everyone has provided.
Bob

bgardner46 said:
So using all of the great information on this forum I have been able to successfully install the Play Store and when I log in and go to the store I can see all of my apps from other Android devices. When I go to my Google Dashboard, I see my Fire as well as my other Android devices. Unfortunately when I look at "Devices in Play Store" in the dashboard, the Fire does not show up. The problem with this is that the store wants me to pay again for apps that I have already purchased from other devices.
When I search online to find a solution, all of the suggestions are to go to the device settings and choose to add an account. This option does not seem to be available in the Fire settings. Am I missing something or has anyone else figured out how to fix this?
Thanks again for all the great information everyone has provided.
Bob
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I saw the same thing, but after updating framework and rebooting my purchased items were showing correctly.
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kenmaples said:
I saw the same thing, but after updating framework and rebooting my purchased items were showing correctly.
Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk
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Thank you. That appears to have worked for me also. I still don't see the Fire in the dashboard but, if I go to the Play Store on the Fire, I can then install apps I have previously purchased. That's good enough for me.
Bob

bgardner46 said:
Thank you. That appears to have worked for me also. I still don't see the Fire in the dashboard but, if I go to the Play Store on the Fire, I can then install apps I have previously purchased. That's good enough for me.
Bob
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Yep, I have this also.

How to enable Google Voice Typing?

I have a Kindle Fire 5th gen, running Fire OS 5.1.1 rooted. I've installed the Google Keyboard, which is vastly superior to the stock one. But the keyboard does not display the microphone button for voice typing, and the option to enable it does not appear in Google Keyboard's settings.
I looked on a CM12 device to see if there was an APK I could sideload, but didn't see anything that was obvious from its name. Is this something I can add to Fire OS, or is it functionality that's core to the OS that can't be added via APK?
Thanks in advance for any help.

I had this issue as well, and it turned out that the solution was:
1. Go to Settings -> Keyboard & Language
2. Click "Show/hide keyboards"
3. Set "Google Voice Typing" to on
That fixed it on mine, so I hope that works!

I got it working by first installing the google keyboard, and then installing "google" it's just called google, made by google on the play store. I also had to install the google now launcher. after installing all of the above, the option to turn on google voice typing appeared in the keyboard menu, and the microphone icon appeared in the google keyboard (also in AnySoftKeyboard, which is my preferred keyboard) it may have required me to download an additional app at this point, I'm not 100% sure if i also had to google install text to speech, or if that was one of the things I tried on the way to getting it to work. I did have to restart in order to get it to work properly, but now it works just fine.
You'll probably want to go into google settings > search & now > voice and turn on "offline speech recognition", and download the correct language pack, or it can get a little flakey at times.

I just downloaded suggestions & somehow I think it's working. I don't know which one of those things was the essential one but the most important thing to me was to get back the microphone which your good directions helped me to do. Many thanks from a lady in NYC

Worked for Google but not yet on the Gboard

I don't use voice typing but as far as I know, it works. I hit the microphone sometimes by accident. Also make sure you have a language pack downloaded and enabled. I am pretty sure you have to do i t all through Google. Once the Amazon Keyboard is uninstalled you can't use any of the apps it used for voice typing. Sorry if this is of no help. I never used it so never bothered to see if it worked.

Just tried it. Works fine for me.

Wow guys I think installing that just Google named app done it!
I searched for this so often never found it.
thanks all of you

I don't see Google or GBoard in the Amazon Apps store. I'm using a 2017 Fire HD 10". I'd love to get voice typing onto this thing. Any other suggestions?

DarrylGittins said:
I don't see Google or GBoard in the Amazon Apps store. I'm using a 2017 Fire HD 10". I'd love to get voice typing onto this thing. Any other suggestions?
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Need to install a Google Play Services and Store. Once complete you can grab both apps from the Play Store.

Thanks to this thread, I now have my Voice to text working great on my new Kindle Fire HD 10, 7th Generation (10.1").
Here's what I did:
Installed the .apk files to get the Google Play Store (did that the first thing I got the Kindle)
Downloaded the GBoard, or Google Keyboard
Downloaded the Google app (just plain google which finally put an option in my Keyboard & Language area to select the "Google Voice Typing"
So now I have a microphone in my "Google Search Bar", and, the microphone appeared on my Google Keyboard.
Thank you all, and these were the only steps it took to work, for me anyway with the Kindle HD 10, 7th Gen.

denise1952 said:
Thanks to this thread, I now have my Voice to text working great on my new Kindle Fire HD 10, 7th Generation (10.1").
Here's what I did:
Installed the .apk files to get the Google Play Store (did that the first thing I got the Kindle)
Downloaded the GBoard, or Google Keyboard
Downloaded the Google app (just plain google which finally put an option in my Keyboard & Language area to select the "Google Voice Typing"
So now I have a microphone in my "Google Search Bar", and, the microphone appeared on my Google Keyboard.
Thank you all, and these were the only steps it took to work, for me anyway with the Kindle HD 10, 7th Gen.
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See my thread here and how to enable more features for gboard and also text to speech amongst many other features https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd...oot-firetabletsettings-apk-rewritten-t3787636
Also see my thread here on how you can activate Google assistant on your HD 10 https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/general/guide-enable-google-assistant-ok-google-t3740145
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I Didn't Like Google Play on Kindle But Voice Was Essential
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See my thread here and how to enable more features for gboard and also text to speech amongst many other features https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd...oot-firetabletsettings-apk-rewritten-t3787636
Also see my thread here on how you can activate Google assistant on your HD 10 https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/general/guide-enable-google-assistant-ok-google-t3740145
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I put Google Play Store on a Fire 8 (6th Gen) but it seemed to slow the device down. Yes, a clear cache reboot helped for awhile. So now I have a Fire 10 (2017 edition) and guess what? The fire keyboard has no microphone! Yep, unbelievable. So I used APKMirror to get GBoard but still no mic. This Forum saved the day. There was no option to just change the setting to use Voice typing as others discovered but as suggested, I again used APKMirror to get just the Google app, not the whole store and changed the keyboard settings on the Fire. Perfecto! Installing the Google Store did not seem to be necessary.
I look forward to looking at your other entries DragonFire1024. Thanks!

Webweweave said:
I put Google Play Store on a Fire 8 (6th Gen) but it seemed to slow the device down. Yes, a clear cache reboot helped for awhile. So now I have a Fire 10 (2017 edition) and guess what? The fire keyboard has no microphone! Yep, unbelievable. So I used APKMirror to get GBoard but still no mic. This Forum saved the day. There was no option to just change the setting to use Voice typing as others discovered but as suggested, I again used APKMirror to get just the Google app, not the whole store and changed the keyboard settings on the Fire. Perfecto! Installing the Google Store did not seem to be necessary.
I look forward to looking at your other entries DragonFire1024. Thanks!
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When I found out you could install just the Google app, I was hoping Alexa and Google Assistant would talk to each other lol. Maybe one day I'll try to do that.
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That would be sure to start an argument
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When I found out you could install just the Google app, I was hoping Alexa and Google Assistant would talk to each other lol. Maybe one day I'll try to do that.
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That would be sure to start an argument between them! As neither are really very smart. You know how it is when two dumb people argue, right? Not a pretty sight.

I noticed several months ago on my Kindle Fire 8 that, while the search bar allowed it, the latest update to Gboard wasn't permitting voice typing, even when the mic icon was showing. I just got a Fire 10 and was hoping not to have the same problem, but, noooo. As I have done with all of my Kindle Fire tablets, I d/l the APK files which facilitate Google, and installed all of that, including Gboard. I've got all my settings to enable it, the mic icon is there, and the voice meter even moves as though sound is being recorded and, still, no voice typing.

Pythonette said:
I noticed several months ago on my Kindle Fire 8 that, while the search bar allowed it, the latest update to Gboard wasn't permitting voice typing, even when the mic icon was showing. I just got a Fire 10 and was hoping not to have the same problem, but, noooo. As I have done with all of my Kindle Fire tablets, I d/l the APK files which facilitate Google, and installed all of that, including Gboard. I've got all my settings to enable it, the mic icon is there, and the voice meter even moves as though sound is being recorded and, still, no voice typing.
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Verify applicable disable any firewalls or ad-blocking tools; proven solution for similar problems on other devices (if disabling does fix the problem then you can narrow the focus to GBoard and Google Play Services)

Amazon Fire 10HD- 7th Gen- 5.6: Google Apps not Appearing

Hi All,
I managed to use the method shown here- https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/themes-apps/play-store-amazon-5-4-0-root-t3669740 to download google play.
This worked well, and I managed to download and use apps from the play store. Eventually I decided to organise all my apps into folders, taking it from 2 screens of apps into 1. I then turned off the tablet overnight. After I rebooted this morning, everything worked normally, apart from the fact new apps downloaded from the store wouldn't have an icon appear. The apps still work perfectly, they just don't have icons on the screen which is mildy frustrating.
Any help on this would be great!
Tom

TomMapp said:
Hi All,
I managed to use the method shown here- https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/themes-apps/play-store-amazon-5-4-0-root-t3669740 to download google play.
This worked well, and I managed to download and use apps from the play store. Eventually I decided to organise all my apps into folders, taking it from 2 screens of apps into 1. I then turned off the tablet overnight. After I rebooted this morning, everything worked normally, apart from the fact new apps downloaded from the store wouldn't have an icon appear. The apps still work perfectly, they just don't have icons on the screen which is mildy frustrating.
Any help on this would be great!
Tom
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Launcher? If stock fire launcher try to force stop via manage apps from settings. May need to clear data too

Blaiser47 said:
Launcher? If stock fire launcher try to force stop via manage apps from settings. May need to clear data too
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Hi, I assume I am just using the original launcher (not 100% sure however). I am trying to find the application under manage apps like you said, however I cannot find a name of an app called launcher, or with launcher in the name. Is there a specific name for the app?
Sorry to be a pain!
Tom

TomMapp said:
The apps still work perfectly, they just don't have icons on the screen which is mildy frustrating. Any help on this would be great!
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This is an increasingly frequent complaint with recent builds of FireOS 5.6, especially in the HD 10. Root cause is not apparent and there does not appear to be a durable workaround at the moment. My guess is a 'glitch' snuck into the stock launcher that will be addressed in a future update. Conspiracy minded members will claim Amazon is up to no good. Will see where it goes.
For now not much you can do other than wait for a fix or attempt to use a different launcher with accompanying pros/cons.

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Hi, I assume I am just using the original launcher (not 100% sure however). I am trying to find the application under manage apps like you said, however I cannot find a name of an app called launcher, or with launcher in the name. Is there a specific name for the app?
Sorry to be a pain!
Tom
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It's called Home Pages

Blaiser47 said:
It's called Home Pages
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Cheers, it has worked!
Thanks
Tom

I just got my son a Fire 8 for xmas and it has the latest 5.6.0 software and I got all the google stuff installed and was working great. He downloaded a few games and apps with no issues then he downloaded 2 other apps (games) and they didnt get added to the home screen (stock fire launcher) and the only way to get to them is through the Play Store pretty much and then select Open from there. Is there any way to get them added to the home screen? They will show up in the recent apps but after you use a few other apps its gone. Its frustrating to say the least.
EDIT: I tried the force stop and clear data thing and it didnt work. Still missing app icons on the home screen. If I install Nova Launcher or something though they all show up in the app drawer. Im on the fence with this Amazon Fire at the moment.

Hippie459MN said:
I just got my son a Fire 8 for xmas and it has the latest 5.6.0 software and I got all the google stuff installed and was working great. He downloaded a few games and apps with no issues then he downloaded 2 other apps (games) and they didnt get added to the home screen (stock fire launcher) and the only way to get to them is through the Play Store pretty much and then select Open from there. Is there any way to get them added to the home screen? They will show up in the recent apps but after you use a few other apps its gone. Its frustrating to say the least.
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The answer (apparently) lies I the dozen or so posts immediately preceding yours. Take a read to see if that information proves helpful.

Hippie459MN said:
I just got my son a Fire 8 for xmas and it has the latest 5.6.0 software and I got all the google stuff installed and was working great. He downloaded a few games and apps with no issues then he downloaded 2 other apps (games) and they didnt get added to the home screen (stock fire launcher) and the only way to get to them is through the Play Store pretty much and then select Open from there. Is there any way to get them added to the home screen? They will show up in the recent apps but after you use a few other apps its gone. Its frustrating to say the least.
EDIT: I tried the force stop and clear data thing and it didnt work. Still missing app icons on the home screen. If I install Nova Launcher or something though they all show up in the app drawer. Im on the fence with this Amazon Fire at the moment.
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Did you reboot after force stopping and clearing data?

Blaiser47 said:
Did you reboot after force stopping and clearing data?
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I did not but I did delete the 2 apps and then later did a reboot and then just reinstalled them to see if it would have issues again and this time they both showed up on the home screen. I hope my kid doesnt run into issues and cant find his apps if he installs them. Either way, they are there now and hopefully no more issues. Fingers crossed.

7 gen HD Question for Launcher and Search Bar
TomMapp said:
Cheers, it has worked!
Thanks
Tom
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Hi, I just got my first fire hd 7th 'gen. I tired the hack and I do have google working on the it now, but like others here my apps on the home screen are not showing up ( the ones I installed the day of the hack are fine).. it is the apps I have installed the say after that are not showing up on the home screen, I had files ready to go but... HO hum!
what I call Add/Remove: they do show up, but unlike a phone or windows. I have no clue how to fix this. since it seems you can't drag and drop from a master folder within the system.
I have seen where you got your home screen working again, but I don't know enough about the Fire 7th Gen yet.. can you or someone be so kind to point me to the correct place where I will find the launcher?
better yet, tell me what the launcher is.
Also on the search, is there a way I can get a google toolbar installed? I dislike using bing. I have to say I do so love my Google tools. and I miss my google search bar I had on my cell phone..

ChristinaLK said:
Hi, I just got my first fire hd 7th 'gen. I tired the hack and I do have google working on the it now, but like others here my apps on the home screen are not showing up ( the ones I installed the day of the hack are fine).. it is the apps I have installed the say after that are not showing up on the home screen, I had files ready to go but... HO hum!
what I call Add/Remove: they do show up, but unlike a phone or windows. I have no clue how to fix this. since it seems you can't drag and drop from a master folder within the system.
I have seen where you got your home screen working again, but I don't know enough about the Fire 7th Gen yet.. can you or someone be so kind to point me to the correct place where I will find the launcher?
better yet, tell me what the launcher is.
Also on the search, is there a way I can get a google toolbar installed? I dislike using bing. I have to say I do so love my Google tools. and I miss my google search bar I had on my cell phone..
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/help/google-play-shortcut-longer-t3727439/post75014720