Hi,
I really like the bookshelf-like launcher on the Fire, did someone achieve to extract it? Thank you!
The kindle launcher is not all that great. The carousel is super sensitive and most app icons will look like crap on it because they are blown up 4-5 times their regular size and it always keeps a history which you cannot really change or rearrange. I am not sure if there are any other dependencies except for maybe all the amazon apps.
Here is a link to the apk...
http://db.tt/jagcf0im
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damnm 11mb that launcher is huge
Does the way they forked the Android software affect the way this launcher may work on other android devices?
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I tried to use this on my thunderbolt and it doesn't work at all. Words are all jumbled and nothing launches.
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Didn't work on my Xperia Play
Thanks for the link.
Doesn't work on Moto Photon at all (FC's immediately)
Works on NT, sorta... doesn't really do much... books and mags is empty. If you have the amazon video app installed that works.. the appstore is installed but doesn't link when clicking "store". Browser not found of course. but it does show your recent apps and netflix shows in the recent apps coverflow.. and the flow works.
Damn.. it looks nice on the NT compared to the normal NT launcher... but not likely gonna work any better than this.
DssTrainer said:
Thanks for the link.
Doesn't work on Moto Photon at all (FC's immediately)
Works on NT, sorta... doesn't really do much...
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could it be a processor requirement? i tried running it on a nook color and it fc'ed every single time. " process com.amazon.kindle.otter has stopped unexpectedly."
This would be a pretty decent launcher if we could mod it work with other devices.. and other apps besides the amazon based ones.
All Words are mixed up and no Apps are displayed...useless on Samsung Galaxy S II...
But, I've made a "Homescreentheme" that looks like the Kindle Fire.
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Link is broken - any chance you can reupload the file? I'd like to try this out in the Blackberry Playbook android player
THANKS
It is working on my Nexus s
But there are no apps so i isn`t usefull
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Can't find default Kindle Fire Launcher
I installed Go Explorer on my Kindle Fire (6.2.2) and checked it as the default. I tried unsetting the default for Go Explorer but the original Fire Launcher is nowhere to be found. Tried looking for in the system/apps folder, but no luck. Anyone have the apk file to re-install it?
Kindle Fire Launcher on Kindle Fire
I would guess this sounds redundant, but say you had MIUI installed, but you wanted to use the kindle launcher too. Does it work?
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I would guess this sounds redundant, but say you had MIUI installed, but you wanted to use the kindle launcher too. Does it work?
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I read somewhere that it was working on miui, but IDK the details. I've been trying to get the whole amazon bundle working on cm7, but I'm sadly lacking many needed skills.
I'm far more interested in getting all the benifits that come with a kindle than the actual launcher though. but it seems they go hand-in-hand.
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Dear developers,
has anyone managed to get the original Amazon Launcher working on CM7? I have managed to install it (in the same way one installs the Market), but it just force closes immediately. The reason I want to get it working is, that the original Kindle App (the one that comes with the KF) does not work when started from any other launcher. Thing is though, it's better than the one on the Android Market with regards to bookmarks etc.
Thanks in advance
[perhaps move this to the Developing Section? I couldn't post there, being a newbie, despite this being a question for the devs.]
Maybe getting the Kindle app to work on any launcher would be a better idea.
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I am using the cm7 rom on my kindle fire. The one that whistlestop posted. I am trying to use an app from the Android market. I can download it to my fire but when I open it I get the message that it is not supported on this device. I know I read that it is not supported on tablets, but I was curious if I can "disguise" my tablet to look like an Android phone that is supported by the app. Thanks.
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Which app are you trying to install? Have you tried getting the APK for it and manually installing it?
It is AppRedeem. On the info page the app says it does not currently support Android tablets but I wasnt sure if I could make my fire appear to be an Android phone so it will work. I have downloaded it from the market and I have also manually installed via adb with the apk but when I open the app it tells me it is not supported on my device.
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Well I did some editing on my prop and manage to get my device to appear as a Samsung phone in the market but still no luck with getting the app to see my fire as a phone.
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When I go to the Market it says it is compatible with the Kindle Fire both in stock and ICS. Just thought you might find that interesting.
app
Have you tried cm7 or miui? Both are phone roms tweaked a bit for phones and could possibly solve the problem. I think that the problem isn't making your kindle look like a phone because that would only allow you to download the app which you already did. Good luck
There is thread about getting apps to work on the ICS roms. I was gonna do some editing to see if I can get whatsapp to run on cm7. Same thing, tablets not supported.
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Disregard that editing nonsense. Another thread specifically about whatsapp said to backup the app on a running phone with titanium backup and then send the three backed up files to the fire and restore app+ data. Worked perfectly.
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Thanks guyute74. I dont have an android phone so I cant do it myself. If anyone with an android phone and titanium wanted to back it up and send me the files I would really appreciate it. Shoot me a pm and I can give you my email.
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Alright so I got my kindle fire yesterday and my immediate plan was to root it and flash the jandycane Rom everyone was talking about, so I read some threads about rooting this thing. But I then read flashing a any Rom would basicially defeat the purpose of a the kindle part and basically turn it in to an android tablet. And yes ive looked and searched, I'm not a noob so don't flame me. I just want to know what rom I could flash and keep the kindle properties and amazon properties.
Thank you, kole
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*Kindle fire in progress*
Samsung SGH-I727 skyrocket running CM10!
HTC EVO3D running TeamGenesisRom(**retired**)
HTC STATUS running CleanRom(**retired**)
Check out the MoDaCo ROM. It is the stock ROM, but has the Play Store preinstalled, so also gives you the functionality and choice of a normal tablet with as well as access to Amazon's services.
jji7skyline said:
Check out the MoDaCo ROM. It is the stock ROM, but has the Play Store preinstalled, so also gives you the functionality and choice of a normal tablet with as well as access to Amazon's services.
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Thanks, I have the kindle app on my phone so I saw my books are backed up and can connect to the kindle store as well. So could I install jandycane and use the kindle app to still use kindle gift cards to buy books? Sorry for the questions, ive only had this thing for less than 24 hrs
EDIT: I guess if it would work to keep my books stored then I could just use my Pc to add the kindle gift cards
*kindle fire in progress**
SGH-I727 Sanding Skyrocket running cm10
HTC EVO 3D running TeamGenesisRom(*retired*)
HTC Status running Clean Rom(*retired*)
Josepho1997 said:
Reading on the kindle app isn't as good as reading on the stock app. I prefer to have both Jellybean and GR9 Modaco.
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You mean you dual-boot? I've heard bad things about it, so I'm just using the kindle app, however I do have the Jandycane ROM and use other apps like the Kobo app, the Aldiko app, and the Google Books app so I have access to many sources of books.
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Bad things? The only downside I've had is you have to split storage for two ROMS. But I still have plenty of room left.
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I meant there's a certain amount of risk that the whole thing might be messed up during partitioning.
But both ROMs are installed on the system partition right? Rather than the sdcard partition?
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I meant there's a certain amount of risk that the whole thing might be messed up during partitioning.
But both ROMs are installed on the system partition right? Rather than the sdcard partition?
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That's true for everything you do to modify the Kindle. It's not too hard to do.
Within the last week I have been on vacation in Minnesota and my Dad has a Kindle Fire HD...after seeing how horrible the Amazon Homescreen is and all that can be done to help improve the device I decided to write an application that would help users perform general tasks on the Kindle Fire HD after rooting it that would make their experience better.
I have yet to test this on anything but the Kindle Fire HD. I know this will not work on the original Kindle Fire, but 2nd generation on up may be able to use this as well but I have not tested it as I don't have one of these devices.
I made two version, a free and a pro version. The free version will allow you to install a custom launcher and the Android market. Beyond that I'm asking for ~1.00 for the pro version (Well I get $1.00 anyways after Googles cut) to help development and buy me some StarBucks
Tip: long press on items to remove them from your device.
Here are the links to both in the Android market:
Pro - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stericson.KindleFree_License
Free - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stericson.KindleFree (I just published this one so it may not be up yet...)
I've also attached the free one as well.
Please let me know what you guys think and if you want to see more added to this.
works perfectly
thanks!
No problem, glad it helped
slenkar said:
works perfectly
thanks!
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Do you need to root
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Yes I tryed because I'm not rooted
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Thanks Stephen. Excellent work. Might I suggest a couple of things?
1. An undo option for launchers and the miscellaneous stuff.
2. Reminder that if installing an alternate launcher, kindle books will no longer work.
3. A warning against updating any of the Amazon apps in google play store.
Just some ideas.
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Something,not sure what, broke the built in kindle book store. Movies and music work but the book store hangs. Any ideas?
Factory reset fixed it.
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Stericson, I've already done all this and have no need for the app - but you hit it out of the park! You got a PayPal donate page?
Hey guys,
Sorry I was travelling yesterday back home.
So, I do have paypal Stericson.g1 AT Gmail (email)
@gunnyman
1. An undo option for launchers and the miscellaneous stuff.
-- Long press on an item to undo it
2. Reminder that if installing an alternate launcher, kindle books will no longer work.
-- I will add that, I wasn't aware that this happens, is this normal when replacing the launcher? Like does this happen if done manually?
3. A warning against updating any of the Amazon apps in google play store.
-- What should the warning say?
drugfreejonnyxxx said:
Stericson, I've already done all this and have no need for the app - but you hit it out of the park! You got a PayPal donate page?
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When you replace the launcher it breaks the kindle book app. You can install the play store version but you lose the built in book store. If you update the Kindle mobile app it breaks the Amazon store search. This is on the 8.9 BTW.
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The Amazon Apps are designated for otter. Which I assume is the device codename. The play store versions don't cooperate with the fire framework.
Do not update amazon books,music,shop or it will mess up compatibility! my idea for update warning
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aka if you accidentally update the apps you can go into system apps and reinstall them
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Thanks for the comments guys, I made some updates and uploaded the new version.
I bought the paid version even though I didn't need it (pretty much have Google and Nova fully installed already), but I'm looking forward to more options.
Just a suggestion, but maybe you could add more Google apps to it, like Google+? The Play Store pretends that Google+ isn't compatible so it won't allow you to download it, but it side loads just fine. There's a lot of apps like that, unfortunately, so maybe a build prop edit shortcuts could also be added, like one to mimic a more universally accepted tablet and one to quickly return to Kindle Fire HD for stubborn apps. These would obviously be for the paid version.
Also for the paid version, maybe you could add the voice search framework and apps too.
There's a ton of potential for this app, thanks for putting it together!
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Best two dollars. Thanks! Saved me loads of time! Can't wait for you to expand the selection our Fire HD's can do!
Stericson said:
Within the last week I have been on vacation in Minnesota and my Dad has a Kindle Fire HD...after seeing how horrible the Amazon Homescreen is and all that can be done to help improve the device I decided to write an application that would help users perform general tasks on the Kindle Fire HD after rooting it that would make their experience better.
I have yet to test this on anything but the Kindle Fire HD. I know this will not work on the original Kindle Fire, but 2nd generation on up may be able to use this as well but I have not tested it as I don't have one of these devices.
I made two version, a free and a pro version. The free version will allow you to install a custom launcher and the Android market. Beyond that I'm asking for ~1.00 for the pro version (Well I get $1.00 anyways after Googles cut) to help development and buy me some StarBucks
Tip: long press on items to remove them from your device.
Here are the links to both in the Android market:
Pro - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stericson.KindleFree_License
Free - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stericson.KindleFree (I just published this one so it may not be up yet...)
I've also attached the free one as well.
Please let me know what you guys think and if you want to see more added to this.
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Thank you very much
It works perfectly on my KFHD 7
This works great on kindle fire 2nd gen.
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mindmajick said:
This works great on kindle fire 2nd gen.
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Can anyone confirm this? My mum has a KF2 which I don't want to destroy but would love to have this.
"The free version will allow you to install Android market" ... but you have to download it from the market? How, if market isn't installed?
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"The free version will allow you to install Android market" ... but you have to download it from the market? How, if market isn't installed?
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Just google the googleplay.apk download it to the device and open it with a file manager,
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...orum=Fx1GLDPZMNR1X53&cdThread=Tx2CABCR4FFBV12
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...orum=Fx1GLDPZMNR1X53&cdThread=Tx3ITI5ZXYYY477
i want to know what they changed
Someone here at XDA has the update (I forgot who), why not ask them? :fingers-crossed:
I'm guessing it's probably just some bug fixes like 7.3.1, or something minor along those lines.
Protomartyr said:
Someone here at XDA has the update (I forgot who), why not ask them? :fingers-crossed:
I'm guessing it's probably just some bug fixes like 7.3.1, or something minor along those lines.
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i want usb keyboard and mouse compatibility. usb and bluetooth mouse
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No update over here istll on 6.3.1
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not able to get adb to work on it atm :/
persano said:
i want usb keyboard and mouse compatibility. usb and bluetooth mouse
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Bluetooth mouse is supported, I have two BT keyboards with touchpad that I've paired successfully. One is Logitech Mediaboard Pro PS3 and other Woxter K600. Its a laugh to see the little pointer in the Kindle screen....
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Bluetooth mouse is supported, I have two BT keyboards with touchpad that I've paired successfully. One is Logitech Mediaboard Pro PS3 and other Woxter K600. Its a laugh to see the little pointer in the Kindle screen....
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well, want usb keyboard
could someone add otg support to stock?
Mass storage is the real benefit of otg, all the other connections can be made efficiently by bluetooth or wifi. I think....
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Does someone know yet the changes of the new update?.
KIndle Fire HD Update is happening
Updated to 10.3.2? It seems there is even a NEWER update! :crying:
There is a new update for KF & KF HD!
KF2: 10.4.1
KF HD 7: 7.4.1
KF HD 8.9: 8.4.1
Here is the link http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...x36E18S96DJXEU
Here is what it says:
"We have a new, free software update available for Kindle Fire 2nd Generation, Kindle Fire HD 7", and Kindle Fire HD 8.9: In addition to bug fixes and performance improvements, the software update adds the following features to your Kindle Fire:
* Language Support for Canadian English and Canadian French - You can now change your device language to Canadian English and Canadian French.
* Show Battery Percentage in the Status Bar - You can now see the total percentage of battery life left when you enable this feature from the Device menu."
"This update automatically downloads and installs for Kindle Fire 7", Kindle Fire HD 7" and Kindle Fire HD 8.9" customers; however, you can also manually download the software and update your device using the USB cable."
. . . According to some of the posts at the site, it seems to add a digital battery meter, but not many other differences for the user (unless you're Canadian, then you get a more robust language package).
I have not been updated, but I am running Kinology now, and also my update file has been renamed!
But after root I have 1 black screen in Apex launcher. Anybody have problems like that? Methods to overcome? Please Help. Thank you very much
So I just got the damn update
Thanks amazon
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esema1o said:
So I just got the damn update
Thanks amazon
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I have installed 2nd-bootloader + TWRP 2.4.4.0 for the Kindle Fire HD 7
And CM10.1 installed (14/05) of Hashcode Dev .Very good .
I got the update just now and it looks pretty good. Now l am able to install ingress and field trip applications which was not possible earlier.
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Having the same black screen issue on my Kindle 8.9 as well using Nova launcher.
Well I think this update ia good make my kindle fire hd faster
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I just got the update for my kindle fire hd 7 and I actually like it
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I`m getting black screen on all launchers, seems amazon want to make it there device, only rooted it a few days ago and it then decided to unroot itself and mess up apex laucher.
Anyway rooting was easy used UnlockRoot.com free rooting application and it seems work, superuser is back and working fine :laugh:
Now I need to find out what service is Making the wallpaper black and, tried many apps to counter it but it just blacks everything out, dont fancy installing a new Rom as the amazon Rom works fine ( with another launcher ) Plus the fact I use the kindle as a kindle, so the ugly interface is handy to keep.
If anyone has solved it please post it, as I miss my Wallpaper!!!
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I`m getting black screen on all launchers,
Now I need to find out what service is Making the wallpaper black and, tried many apps to counter it but it just blacks everything out,
If anyone has solved it please post it, as I miss my Wallpaper!!!
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See the last few posts of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295750
persist.sys.usb.config=mass_storage
saw this one some tablet build.prop. if we add it to our build.prop, mass storage will work?
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