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[Q] Does kindle support these?

I know the kindle only gives you what? 1gb of your "own" space in it but i was wondering can you load PDF on it? CBZ/CBR? or do you pretty much have to load whatever you buy from amazon on it?

It gives you 5GB of local storage, reads PDFs fine, and can be sideloaded with most Android apps if they don't rely on phone, gps, camera, etc.

yelvington said:
It gives you 5GB of local storage, reads PDFs fine, and can be sideloaded with most Android apps if they don't rely on phone, gps, camera, etc.
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How is the netflix app on it? is it smooth?
And when you load do you load it via computer and if so does it come with the cable?

I cant help with netflix question but I can tell you it doesnt come with a USB cable just a mains charger.
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Cbr and Cbz files are read easily on comicrack, I read a lot of comics on my fire and its my preferred software.
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Storage also is not an issue, upload your files to box or dropbox and download when needed.
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Belgorm said:
Cbr and Cbz files are read easily on comicrack, I read a lot of comics on my fire and its my preferred software.
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Is this right out of the box? no rooting or anything? is it an amazon app i dl? one of the biggest reasons i want one is because of comics/books and the panel by panel viewing on kindle is why i want it so bad, does this comicrack do the same?
Belgorm said:
Storage also is not an issue, upload your files to box or dropbox and download when needed.
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Not a big tech savvy person i have no idea what a box or dropbox means.

Go check out http://comicrack.cyolito.com/
There is a android version which works fine on the Kindle, you can download and move the free version to a folder your Kindle and install.

I was reading up on the dropbox and stuff is there a way of putting pdfs etc. on the fire without an android phone? i don't have an android phone.

You can copy them across to the documents folder with a USB cable or setup dropbox on your PC and put them in the shared folder and then download them on the Kindle through Wi-Fi.

Netflix works fine.
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Nice
Belgorm said:
Cbr and Cbz files are read easily on comicrack, I read a lot of comics on my fire and its my preferred software.
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Thank you! I've been lazily looking for a CBR/CBZ reader for my Fire. This one works great. This device just gets better and better

smr00 said:
How is the netflix app on it? is it smooth?
And when you load do you load it via computer and if so does it come with the cable?
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I've been using the Netflix app for a few days and I'm very impressed with it.
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I also second the Comicrack. I tried a few that I had tried initially with my galaxy s. Obviously screen was too small to really enjoy. When I tried those same ones on the Fire, it was ok. JJ comix spams you to purchase it after every tap practically, even in the settings and preferences before you start reading anything.
Android comic viewer was ok, but I like to hold it landscape and set to fit width. This one kept randomly changing that even though I had it set to fit width.
I saw comicrack had a droid version, which i used on PC before, and its been great.
I havent tried the part/panel feature yet. Just setting to fit width is great. I set top left/right to next page, bottom left/right to previous so regardless which hand I hold, same function. Only time I zoom is if its a 2 page spread and depending you don't need to zoom since the res is so nice.
For reference, and not exaggerating, 95% of my Fire has been messing with comics. I loaded one book up to see if it worked, and 1 video. No music.
Got me a nice 26gb marvel pack.

You can email pdf's to your device at (yourusername)@kindle.com

Did anyone manage to use Chrome on Kindle Fire?

Here the apk http://www.mediafire.com/?iu3mpcbdzrwbdez
It doesn't work on my Fire with ICS, just shows blank pages.

Chrome needs to take advantage of the hardware acceleration features, which is not enable in ICS for Kindle yet.

thank you very much

I'm sad. I would love Chrome on my many non ICS Android devices.
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How did you get the app to show up? I copied the apk to system/apps, but it doesn't show up on my KF 2nd gen. Play Store and Youtube work fine. Firefox crashes, so currently I have no browser...

Flash the AOSP jb ROM n u get chrome to work. It's working on mine flawlessly.
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Google Play working with new update?

Ok so I was checking out Google Play because Zite was just released and found that on the website it said that the app was compatible with my Amazon Kindle Fire! Mind you I'm at work on my iPhone, so I thought that's weird. I pressed install and it said that the app would be sent to my Amazon Kindle Fire shortly! Of course I can't verify that it worked. My KF is at home. Can anyone verify that the google store works with their KF. I have the google framework but no root and the latest just released version 6.3 installed so that may be why. How cool if we could buy apps on Google Play!

the google store is working with the kf - i think since december last year
correct me someone if i'm wrong

It's been working all along but it is currently experiencing some major issues.

The Play store seems to work better for me then the old store. But in the last 24 hours it seems like its having some issues.

So how do you install an app from the play website that you've purchased without being rooted?

http://www.androidcentral.com/getting-google-play-store-errors-youre-not-alone probably just related to these problems
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I have google play installed , I'm not rooted, but I'm able to download free books and songs with no problems. The moment I try to install an app or update an app it forcecloses. I should be able to use google play to its fullest if I can download books and music.........wth..
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Looking to get order and chaos for kindle running CM9

Need a build prop that is compatible to run order and chaos for the fire running CM9. Any help would be appreciated
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Any time I had issue with getting an app to work. I'd buy it off my GSII or Amaze. Then back up the APK and push it to my Mytouch 4G Slide. You bought it, so there's nothing wroung with pushing it to another device. As long as its yours.
::HTC Doubleshot:: Virt. Inq v2.

I had to uninstall Hellfire CM7 and ReloadedROM CM9 because neither one allows me to install any of the "Kindle Fire Edition" games that i bought off amazon store.
In addition, most of the games don't show up in google play store either. My phone can't download them as it says not compatible either so I have no way to officially download the games that I bought.
I think we have to use MODACO ROM for now. It is the only usable ROM if you want to watch movies, use Play music and play the games for Kindle Fire without frustration. No CM7 or CM9 that I have tried can do any of this as well as MODACO.
If anyone can come up with a way for the games to work please let us know it would make those great ROMS worth using. I know the HWA will be solved soon with the new kernel, so maybe that would fix most trouble?

Idk I love the ics cm9 Roms just need to games to follow Me there.... that's what's holding me back
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Amazon instant video

Has anyone gotten this to work?
I've googled around and nothing seems to show up.
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alias_j said:
Has anyone gotten this to work?
I've googled around and nothing seems to show up.
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yup I am looking for one as well but no luck

I also can't seem to find anything on getting flash working.
Is it the same procedure as on the nexus 7?
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Newest flash for android plus boat browser equals third season of Star Trek Voyager
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Is this the standard, "Use Flash + web browser" way?
The actual Amazon Video app would be sweet. I've been digging through old threads going back to the original Fire trying to get this going on my N7 this weekend. Video quality aside, it would be nice to get everything going so you can download videos to device. For, hypothetically, loading "A Charlie Brown Christmas" or somesuch for the flight home next week.
Anyhow, so far I understand this may be a pipe dream. But if anyone has any more recent tips on Amazon Video + Nexus, please hit me up. So far the farthest I can get is registering my N7 as a device (shows up in Amazon even), seeing my account and videos, but then FC upon clicking on any vids.
One more try, then... *starts digging through newest KFHD dump*

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Newest flash for android plus boat browser equals third season of Star Trek Voyager
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Which version of flash are you using, and what user agent in boat browser are u using?
When I try to play amazon instant video with user agent set to desktop, nothing happens.
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currently working with flash+ firefox

New Amazon Instant Video App
Today Amazon Instant Video arrived to the Google Play Store. Unfortunately, it is only compatible with Google TV. Considering it can run on those, which are essentially android, why not try to find a way to get it to run on our phones and tablets. Considering the screen-shots they have on the Play link, it could be used on our devices. There has to be a way, maybe by editing the build.prop, to get Google Play to think that your phone or tablet is actually a Google TV. I tried a few things but could not manage to get it to work, but I'm sure someone with more experience could figure this one out.
Update: I recently saw that there is a Google Play version for Google TV on the Play Store so maybe that could help if we could get that running on a device.

drewvigne said:
Today Amazon Instant Video arrived to the Google Play Store. Unfortunately, it is only compatible with Google TV. Considering it can run on those, which are essentially android, why not try to find a way to get it to run on our phones and tablets. Considering the screen-shots they have on the Play link, it could be used on our devices. There has to be a way, maybe by editing the build.prop, to get Google Play to think that your phone or tablet is actually a Google TV. I tried a few things but could not manage to get it to work, but I'm sure someone with more experience could figure this one out.
Update: I recently saw that there is a Google Play version for Google TV on the Play Store so maybe that could help if we could get that running on a device.
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We have a thread going over on the Kindle HD forum, and I've been trying to get this download by using a build.prop change. From what I can find online its only compatible with new LG TVs, the 47G2 and 55G2. And from a youtube review of one of these TVs the device name was "LG Google TV" so I tried a build.prop with manufacturer "lge" (since thats what they use on other devices IIRC) and device name "LG Google TV". Yet it still showed as incompatible.
If we could just get a copy of this apk, maybe it will work. Still don't know why Amazon can't release a native Android app. The apk from the OG Kindle Fire works on GB but FCs on ICS and JB. The apk from the 2nd gen Kindle Fire HD FCs on everything.

FWIW here is teh list of compatible devices.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/video/ontv/devices

kzoodroid said:
FWIW here is teh list of compatible devices.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/video/ontv/devices
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"compatible" how? browser + flash, or the video app?
I'm trying this method with MarketHelper, along with RootCloak module when needed ... in order to use an amazon app, not a browser.

petesimon said:
"compatible" how? browser + flash, or the video app?
I'm trying this method with MarketHelper, along with RootCloak module when needed ... in order to use an amazon app, not a browser.
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Has STILL no one been able to get this apk?? That just seems so incredible.