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Amazon app store now live... Offering Angry Birds RIO for free

The Amazon app store just went live and they're offering angry birds Rio for installing it. Is is me or is there anyone else that thinks it's kind of ****ty for Amazon to have an app store. I never planned on using it but I installed it to get Rio and then uninstalled. Turns out you need to keep their store on your phone and logged in in order for Rio to work. I'll pay the $.99 in the market
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servers are down now...
http://www.amazon.com/appstore must have gotten overloaded

Yes, I was also able to access it an hour ago from italy, i downloaded the App Store Downloader, but i was unable to download Angry Birds Rio from italy becayse of regional permissions. anyway, here is the screenshot.
And here is the email I received:
Code:
Subject: Amazon Appstore Download
Download the Amazon Appstore app immediately by clicking http://amzn.to/getamazonappstore from your Android device, or follow the click-by-click guide below.
Click-by-Click Guide
You need to do this only once for each device. The clicks below should take less than 30 seconds.
Click 1
Open your device Settings and click "Applications".
Click 2
If unchecked, click "Unknown sources". If "Unknown sources" is already checked, skip to Click 4.
Note: AT&T Wireless does not support the Amazon Appstore for Android. See Help for more details.
Click 3
Click "OK" on the "Attention" dialog. "Unknown sources" will now have a green check.
Click 4
Open your notifications and click the e-mail message from Amazon Appstore.
Click 5
Click the link, "http://amzn.to/getamazonappstore". The Amazon Appstore app will download to your device.
Click 6
Open your notifications and click "Amazon_Appstore.apk".
Click 7
Click "Install".
Click 8
Click "Open".
That's it!
Sign in with your Amazon.com account and start enjoying thousands of apps for Android.
You need to do this only once for each device.

I tried the email link and it worked! Lol
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Download's coming up Access Denied. Live in Chicago, too. Can someone post the APK?

I can't download the Amazon App Store Apk from the link. Can anyone upload the Amazon App Store Apk here ? Thanks

i get error while "purchasing" the app, mehhhh.
why amazon, why.

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It's giving me a whole 1-click mobile is turned off or something, even for the free apps. I turned it on, but gave up on trying to get it to work.

i get access denied when I try to visit that link. tried it on both default browser and dolphinhd. Also toggled dolphin between android agent and desktop neither worked...

Amazon Appstore
Finally I manage to download the appstore
The Amazon App Store Apk file below

Finally I manage to download the appstore
The Amazon App Store Apk file below
Sorry for posting a duplicate I thought the original was not posted on the forum

droidsg said:
Finally I manage to download the appstore
The Amazon App Store Apk file below
Sorry for posting a duplicate I thought the original was not posted on the forum
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Thanks for the post. Got it installed and was able to get Rio installed too. once in the app you have to set up "one click method" in your amazon account. Guess you can dhis online too on amazon.com as thats where it sends you. But after that is set up you can download apps.

You have to have an account with Amazon and link your phone with your account and turn on the one click purchasing.
I really just wanted Rio. I'll never use their store, they don't make android, they don't make apps, they just want to profit off them. If I'm going to give someone money it's going to be the people who are putting the time, effort, and money into the product I'm purchasing. I played through a couple screens of Rio, it was pretty cool. I then deleted the amazon market and rio wouldn't start again. I'm just going to pay the $.99 from the market and keep the money where it belongs.
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Can you post the Angry Bird Rio Apk here because I don't have a Credit card?

droidsg said:
Can you post the Angry Bird Rio Apk here because I don't have a Credit card?
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You need to have the Amazon app store app installed and you need to be logged into your Amazon account for Rio to work.
I was looking and just found out that Rio is exclusive to the Amazon app store.
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ausch30 said:
I'll never use their store, they don't make android, they don't make apps, they just want to profit off them.
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According to their store, they'll be offering a paid app for free every day, seems interesting if you can later update the app also.
droidsg said:
Can you post the Angry Bird Rio Apk here because I don't have a Credit card?
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I have a credit card set in my Amazon, and also the "1 Click" is active, still i can't download apps, is it because i live in europe? Anybody was able to download apps from 'Amazon Store'?

ausch30 said:
You need to have the Amazon app store app installed and you need to be logged into your Amazon account for Rio to work.
I was looking and just found out that Rio is exclusive to the Amazon app store.
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Could you still post it?
I have an amazon account, and also have the appstore, but for some reason the Rio game wont download. Just says purchase failed.

ZigmaDK said:
Could you still post it?
I have an amazon account, and also have the appstore, but for some reason the Rio game wont download. Just says purchase failed.
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Sorry, maybe someone else can. I deleted it before I started this thread
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ausch30 said:
The Amazon app store just went live and they're offering angry birds Rio for installing it. Is is me or is there anyone else that thinks it's kind of ****ty for Amazon to have an app store. I never planned on using it but I installed it to get Rio and then uninstalled. Turns out you need to keep their store on your phone and logged in in order for Rio to work. I'll pay the $.99 in the market
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then dont use it..........is it me or do people have to over complain. I wish real life was a simplified using on app store, want shoes head over to the only shoe store store evar.
Uninstall the game and live up to your principles and uninstall the game and wait for it to be in the android market

Fancy Widget Pro - Free Today - Amazon

The Fancy Widget Pro app is free today at the Amazon app store!
Fancy Widget Pro - Amazon App Store

whats the app to remove market restrictions? I'm in Aus and can't find the amazon app store

I believe at the moment you need sideloading, which I got by rooting with GingerBlur and then GreyBlur.
GingerBlur
GreyBlur

CaelanT said:
The Fancy Widget Pro app is free today at the Amazon app store!
Fancy Widget Pro - Amazon App Store
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Thanks for the info... Is this better than beautiful widgets in your opinion?

I haven't tried BW. I posted this because I know a lot of people like FW, and FW Pro being free today is nice. You've got nothing to lose by trying it..............it's free!

DarkRyoushii said:
whats the app to remove market restrictions? I'm in Aus and can't find the amazon app store
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I don't think there is one. I saw this thread awhile back, but not sure if it works or not.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1003598

ricethief said:
I don't think there is one. I saw this thread awhile back, but not sure if it works or not.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1003598
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Run superoneclick enable market apps. Or do it manually using root explorer

I was about to post this, never used FW personally but i will take free apps that I might use someday

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I'm GreyBlured!

So much easier just to get sideload wondermachine and sideload amazon app store and when you download the program, you will get the security error.
Then plug up your atrix to your PC, grab the file and transfer it to your PC. Then run sideload wonder and it will put it on your atrix.
Been doing this daily and takes about 30 seconds to complete the whole process...
David

bandityo said:
So much easier just to get sideload wondermachine and sideload amazon app store and when you download the program, you will get the security error.
Then plug up your atrix to your PC, grab the file and transfer it to your PC. Then run sideload wonder and it will put it on your atrix.
Been doing this daily and takes about 30 seconds to complete the whole process...
David
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Much easier to just install right from the Amazon app itself. Don't need a PC.
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not talking about the amazon app...but when youdownload from the amazon market, it wont install...thus the sideloadwonder machine makes that part easy.
David

The app isn't working for me. What am I doing wrong?
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bandityo said:
not talking about the amazon app...but when youdownload from the amazon market, it wont install...thus the sideloadwonder machine makes that part easy.
David
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Installs fine with root and sideloading.
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You can sideload without rooting also...as I stated above.
david

GetJar is giving out 100 free apps

GetJar is giving out 100 paid apps for free. Here is the site to get an idea of what they are offering and the getjar.apk.
Side note: GetJar runs as a service in the background, so what I do is find the app I want, download it and either uninstall or "freeze" it to stop the service from running and eating my data/battery [see my guide for more detail on this].
Have fun and happy downloading (and unlike the Market sale, there are actually some utility/productivity apps included).
GetJar is offering over 100 paid Android apps for free! To compete against Google’s 10 Billion App Downloads promotion and Amazon’s “One Paid App for free everyday“, GetJar has come out with its own offering which is better than both the Google’s official Android market and Amazon’s app market.
Usually when offers like this come about the apps are quite crap, this is not the case with GetJar’s deal. Some notable apps which are being offered for free are Paper Camera, TweetCaster Pro, They Need To Be Fed, Splashtop Remote Desktop and more.
All you have to do to access the free apps is download GetJar for your mobile by hitting this url into your mobile phone browser - m.getjar.com/gold
You can check out all the apps available here - GetJar have very nicely laid out all the apps on a side-scrolling type page.
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Source: http://theultralinx.com/2011/12/100-paid-android-apps-free-getjar-gold.html

Thanks for this I just got some nice apps for free!! But where did you get all 100? I don't think it shows a 100 on that website or in the app
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Just what I read in the source site. First line says Getjar gives 100 away. Glad you got some good ones.

hmmm Word Up!
Getjar giving away stuff...how novel!
What they do not tell you is that their crappy app runs constantly in the background! Unlike amazon or android market Getjar is a real battery drain!
With our poor vibrants battery life being what it is, I personally would rather keep it "alive" longer for other things than scanning getjars web site for news/files.
If they were to change this detail, then it would be worth revisiting untill then not for me.
Hope this helps!

RoxAbout said:
Getjar giving away stuff...how novel!
What they do not tell you is that their crappy app runs constantly in the background! Unlike amazon or android market Getjar is a real battery drain!
With our poor vibrants battery life being what it is, I personally would rather keep it "alive" longer for other things than scanning getjars web site for news/files.
If they were to change this detail, then it would be worth revisiting untill then not for me.
Hope this helps!
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Nice thing is you can remove it after you get the apps you want and you don't need it to run them.

yeah the app itself runs your battery like water... i dont understand why but i uninstalled it after i saw in 5 minutes my battery decreased 10%

Hence my sidenote in the OP about it running as a background service. I've seen that same drain before on other times I have used it. That is why I usually get what I need and then kick the app to the curb.

Just curious are we able to update these apps through the regular Android market
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xriderx66 said:
Just curious are we able to update these apps through the regular Android market
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Usually not. They do get linked to the Market though; so you'll get an update alert. But when you try to update you'll get a message saying you can't because "you didn't pay for the app." A little annoying; but it's true.
Once in a while it does work though. I think I was able to update Paper Camera a while ago.
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Getjar has been been giving free apps for a while now. The sad thing is NO updates.
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iwillkillyou said:
Getjar has been been giving free apps for a while now. The sad thing is NO updates.
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That's the downside when you get apps from Getjar. But their free apps are really good, even better than Amazon appstore.
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Originally Posted by iwillkillyou
Getjar has been been giving free apps for a while now. The sad thing is NO updates.
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That's the downside when you get apps from Getjar. But their free apps are really good, even better than Amazon appstore.
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Exactly my point... u miss out on new features on updates. Its a good way of previewing apps before u buy though.
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I got a few apps the other day and none of them are showing up in my Market. I'm not new to GetJar, I know they aren't going to update, but I've been having problems with my phone and would like to know if this is happening to anyone else.

Been using it for about 6 months now and there have been some real good apps.
try redownloading the apps once an update is shown in Market.
Sometimes it takes them a while but they do update the versions in GetJar.
cheers

AdAway

dont know why suddenly it just got off the playstore.
disappeared.
googled up abit and i found this
https://code.google.com/p/ad-away/
I received an email from Google Play that AdAway was removed due to "Violation of section 4.4 of the Developer Distribution Agreement." Thus, it will never be available on Google Play again. Please switch to F-Droid, the open alternative to Google Play!
Allow app installs from 'unknown sources'
Download https://f-droid.org/FDroid.apk to your device
Install this apk
Open F-Droid and search for AdAway
AdAway
AdAway is an open source ad blocker for Android using the hosts file. It needs Android >= 2.1 and ROOT access.
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what's F-droid ? like playstore ? is it safe ?

Google Removes All Ad-Blocker Apps From Google Play Store
not sure.. there was a good one Adfree.. even thats gone..
something i found here
http://www.heavy.com/regions/2013/03/google-removes-ad-blocker-apps-from-google-play-store/

Google banned all apps that are blocking adverts from Play. Fck google!

Just found out the same by trying to install an ad blocker on my friend's phone.
I would say F-Droid is pretty safe, at least the AdAway author recommends it!
"Don't be evil?"

Rom Toolbox pro still does adblocking, though I'm not sure if it's as good as or better than Adaway or ABP were. Rom Toolbox Pro is absolutely worth the money for any root user anyway.

Google has also sent an email to jrummy, so even that will be taken down soon.

I got a copy a adaway, if anyone wants it lemme know.
Wtf is Google doing ?
Are they tracking users as well ?

ROM Toolbox includes an ad blocker.

Since Adaway is opensource I've compiled it and posted the latest version here.
its newer than what was in the play store.

Google!!
No one likes adverts and pop ups, Wtf!?
Please don't end up like Apple
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feartheanonymity said:
Google!!
No one likes adverts and pop ups, Wtf!?
Please don't end up like Apple
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Really? Nothing is stopping you from side loading apk's outside of the Play Store, and the adblock apps did break Google's TOS.
But you're right, no one likes ads, but how do you think devs earns money? By giving away their hard work for free? Nope.
If you don't like ads, then buy an ad-free version of the app or side load an adblocker and move on.
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Of course I'm all for supporting devs, and if am app is worth paying for I will pay for it.
Most of the ads are just crap and not related to other apps, just things like "increase your penis size by 10"
But rules are rules so i have to accept your comment and agree with you. Side loading apps is okay now n then, but can attract bogus apps so users should be cautious.
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feartheanonymity said:
Of course I'm all for supporting devs, and if am app is worth paying for I will pay for it.
Most of the ads are just crap and not related to other apps, just things like "increase your penis size by 10"
But rules are rules so i have to accept your comment and agree with you. Side loading apps is okay now n then, but can attract bogus apps so users should be cautious.
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Yup, that's just the way it is.

F Droid is a store ONLY for open source apps! So it is to be trusted

just got f-droid.
thank u all for your replies. hope this discussion stays healthy and perhaps in the future there can be some kind of win-win situation.

feartheanonymity said:
Most of the ads are just crap and not related to other apps, just things like "increase your penis size by 10"
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Who would want a 20" penis?

tdodd said:
Who would want a 20" penis?
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Hahaha that's made my day :thumbup:
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If you have a rooted phone,
Search a adblock host file here on xda or in a rom you have somewhere and put it manualy with rootexplorer in
/System/etc
Replace the empty existed one
I have a lot of ad block host file on my sdcard and all my rooted phone have it and no ads come on my phone.
All apps on the store just replace/mirror your default host file with a updated one.
But I think it's better to do this manualy,because this host file is very sensistive for network and if you have a bad line in,then a virus or malware could pass.
Or
if it to strong,then you cannot surf on certain site or watch video.
To edit it,
just go on google dash and ads notifier panel,
and copy all network adress,then put them in your edited host file for block it

AW: AdAway
yani2000 said:
I would say F-Droid is pretty safe, at least the AdAway author recommends it!
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Think so too. Installed Fdroid.apk and AdAway, Avast said nothing after scanning the files.
I don't speak English, I speak bad English.

Thanks for sharing this

How to get some free apps from GPlay without root.

Have you ever wanted to get an awesome free app from Google Play on the HDX but you just don't have root? Well that is actually easier than you might think at first. I hope this will be useful, personally I use this trick a lot.
1.) Go to the google play store on the web and choose a free app (it only works with free apps)
2.) copy the URL and paste it in the search bar of the following website:
apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/
3.) click generate download link.
4.) choose which app you want to download the apk with.
5.) then click open file, and then hit install.
6.) Play the game!
I use this trick to download stuff that isn't on the Amazon market but is free, like the Buzz launcher and other games. I hope this helped someone, and thanks.
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I think most of the xda users will know how to do similar things, but maybe there is a new guy out there who doesn't. like me half a year ago!

Good to know... I've been able to use 3rd party stores for everything I've needed so far
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Or download to phone..upload to box or soapbox..download install on kindle.
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holeshot77 said:
Or download to phone..upload to box or soapbox..download install on kindle.
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Cool, thanks man.Never thought of that, but I never had an advanced phone- no need. For my uses a nokia brick is good enough.

Or just sideload 1mobile market. no root needed for it to work just for the apps it cna download that need root just like normal playstore it has all the free apps that google play does. I assume its similar to those apk downloaders out there but just does it on the device and in an interface that works well and even allows searching and the like.