Ok folks, so I rooted and got CM7 up and running on my KF.
I am coming from my evo that has cm on it, and know what works well. I was wondering if we could get some input here as to what apps people really love for their kindle.
What apps suit the Kindle more so than other devices etc?
Basically....if you have a kindle fire...what apps or games can you not live without?
Kindle app is a must have
Wunderlist task manager, Evernote(note taking app), ComicRack eComic reader, EZ PDF Reader, Sketchbook Mobile
Screen Dim is a must to reduce the screen brightness while reading.
File Expert is the perfect file explorer.
Wifi explorer pro is top notch for file transfers
DROPBOX hands down incredible
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Thanks for the screen dim suggestion!!!!!!!! Awesome
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If you want games then here is a couple.
Tanked(3D multiplayer tank game lots of fun)
Fruit ninjas puss in boots.
Tank hero.
keep em coming....love the suggestions...the dimmer is very handy
Best Volume Widget
Touchscreen Booster
Go Launcher
Root Explorer
XDA Premium (duh, lol)
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SPB Shell 3D...runs you a cool $15 but it's well worth it if you have multiple devices.
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MikeGolfW said:
Screen Dim is a must to reduce the screen brightness while reading.
File Expert is the perfect file explorer.
Wifi explorer pro is top notch for file transfers
DROPBOX hands down incredible
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I actually prefer Box to Dropbox nowadays. The major reason is that I got a free upgrade to 50gigs.
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I actually prefer Box to Dropbox nowadays. The major reason is that I got a free upgrade to 50gigs.
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Same here! My Xperia Play got me the 50 gigs
AdFree, AirDroid, Box, CPU Spy, Display Brightness, Root Explorer, Spare Parts+, Volume Control, Volume+ Free, and Zmooth.
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SPB Shell 3D...runs you a cool $15 but it's well worth it if you have multiple devices.
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How did you get this on your fire? I have it on my bionic but it doesn't show up in the market on my fire. Did you side load it?
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How did you get this on your fire? I have it on my bionic but it doesn't show up in the market on my fire. Did you side load it?
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Never mind. Did a titanium backup of spb on my phone, transferred it to the kindle and restored it. Changed interface to tablet and away I go!
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I tried SPB Shell a while ago and had a lot of FC issues. That and it just seemed way over-priced to me.
any way to make adw ex look better? i have it and like it but the ensity hack is no where near as good as go launcher. but i dont want to use go launcher because i cant customize it the way i want
Netflix and Remote VNC Pro. I use them every day.
Don't forget KeePass for managing your passwords and credentials.
Store the KeePass database in your Dropbox folder to sync it across multiple devices.
Castle Wars is also a very fun game!
Craigslist has an app which is very useful and saves your searches and constantly updates them...very cool to keep up with steals ya na what i mean
also, i dont recommend the facebook app...it's always been very trashy from my user experience both on the phone and kf
teamviewer is also a very very useful app to access your home based computer or work based computer and email files through the net which you forgot to put in your cloud maybe
All great apps on my phone, but even better with the Kindle Fire's excellent audio and video:
Netflix, YouTube, MX Video Player, Google Maps, Google Earth, YouVersion, IP Cam Viewer, RealVNC Viewer, Unified Remote, ADW Launcher.
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Optimization Tip #1 (Too Many Apps)
It's very easy to reach those numbers in no time
specially when you are a phone game addict like me
with the limitation of the i9020 not having an external SD card support i never had as much freedom as i did when using the i9000, on that phone i easily reached 500 Apps in no time, and well the slow down is obvious.
so the Trick & Tip for this session is about keeping a good balance between performance, and still have those 300+ Apps installed in the phone without blowing up on you.
Requirement: TitaniumBackup
you will probably think uninstalling the Apps that you don't need, true, but that's not always the best way, however for Apps that you absolutely do not use at least once a month, they should definitely be gone from the phone.
to keep the phone from slowing down to a claw, specially when your launcher tries to load up all those Apps & icons, simply use Titanium Backup to FREEZE the ones that you don't use very often, but are still nice to have in the phone for those "emergencies" when you really need it the most, but you wished you had them installed, and not deleted just to keep your phone from running smooth.
just keep a shortcut of TitaniumBackup some where on the desktop launcher to have quick access to the Apps to freeze & unfreeze the other Apps that you want to keep in the phone.
Also all the less used Apps you can group them inside a folder, and make a shortcut of that folder on the desktop launcher, so that when you Unfreeze them you know exactly where to look for them, instead of having to scroll through the entire Apps drawer.
Another great idea, only for those with unlimited mobile internet access, is to use the DropBox feature of TitaniumBackup, and then store all those Apps you want to keep on the cloud, and restore them when you need them
That's all for today
Don't download 50 fart apps.
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This is a nice gui-
350 apps?
Sorry, there is no good reason to have 350 apps on your cellphone.
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350 apps????
why???
I think it would be easy to accumulate that number. However, i tend to go through and thin out the ones I dont use occasionally. I dont think id ever get to 350! Think ive got about 50 or so on there at the moment.
damn I only have 110 lol
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Damn...that's a lot of apps
aprox 50 are actual apps the other 300 are mostly games, good games like GunBros, most of the good ones from Gameloft, EA, and many other big hit tittles in Android Market
I don't think I've ever had more than 10 downloaded... 350 is kind of overkill man. You can only play so many games...
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aprox 50 are actual apps the other 300 are mostly games, good games like GunBros, most of the good ones from Gameloft, EA, and many other big hit tittles in Android Market
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lol you're crazy
I have 8 games on my phone right now (including emulators... i use GBCoid for pokemon yellow and n64oid for... actually I never use it). That also includes Kongregate arcade.
how can you STAND playing on a touchscreen? like I play modern combat from game loft more than any game, and playing on a touch screen sucks! my fingers always block my view (and i don't even have big hands)
Damn man. Just download them again from the market if you need to have them again. How can you possibly use that many regularly.
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It's slowing to a CRAWL, not a claw.
derekwilkinson said:
lol you're crazy
I have 8 games on my phone right now (including emulators... i use GBCoid for pokemon yellow and n64oid for... actually I never use it). That also includes Kongregate arcade.
how can you STAND playing on a touchscreen? like I play modern combat from game loft more than any game, and playing on a touch screen sucks! my fingers always block my view (and i don't even have big hands)
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I have around 40 games and like 20 nes/snes games and I play those with my ps3 controller using sixaxis app
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Damn that's over kill 350 I bet u don't even use half them apps I got like 60 apps on my nexus s
Put a list of all 350 apps
steviee7 said:
I have around 40 games and like 20 nes/snes games and I play those with my ps3 controller using sixaxis app
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I have the sixaxis app as well, have you figured out how to map out the keys for games like gun bros? I'm only able to move in the game, but not shoot.
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asaetern said:
I have the sixaxis app as well, have you figured out how to map out the keys for games like gun bros? I'm only able to move in the game, but not shoot.
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Don't have that game
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350. That's funny.
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david279 said:
350. That's funny.
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I don't see anything funny at all,:|
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steviee7 said:
I don't see anything funny at all,:|
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It's right here...
david279 said:
350.
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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.
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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?
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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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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
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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?
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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
Some apps will display in a tablet interface such as Netflix and IMDB, but apps like Box won't. Why is this? How do I fix this?
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Cl8rs said:
Some apps will display in a tablet interface such as Netflix and IMDB, but apps like Box won't. Why is this? How do I fix this?
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You can try to modify your build.prop to get all apps to display with a tablet interface.
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what rom are you using cm7 roms the dpi or screen resolution is set like a blown up phone so some apps are the phone apps instead of the tablet style ui.. you can use lcd resolution is a good app to play with apps that dont look right
I'm using the CM9 Energy rom.
what are the most essential apps u use on ur kindle?
mine are
evernote
pandora
i.tv
Mantano reader
Browser
XDA premium
Browser
Pandora
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Tapatalk
Dolphin and Silk browser
Kindle app (duh)
Smart Office 2
Fruit Ninja (in case I get very bored)
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ICS Browser
Tapatalk
Andclip
Root Explorer
PocketCloud
All apps that get used every single day.
Root Explorer
Browser
and Flipboard.
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Yep, these are all opened everyday.
Pocket - I always look up articles but never read them.
Google play
Slacker
Wall Street Journal
xda
mx player
file expert
Kindle app
Titanium backup - Does that really need to be said?
Ebay
Mint
Mine are:
Tapatalk
Pulse News
Facebook
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Any.DO, Chrome Beta, Engadget Distro, Evernote, Flipboard, JotterPad HD, Pocket, Sketchbook Pro, and Spotify.
Chrome
Teamviewer
Tapatalk
Es File Explorer
Mono Player
Netflix
Documents to Go
Printershare
Dropbox
Samba File Share
ezPdf Reader w/ SVOX and the British chick voice
Gmail
Ameritrade so I can watch my finances hemorrhage money.
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Chrome, YouTube, Max GO, HBO GO.
ES File Explorer and Mobo video player. I use them to stream video from my FTP server.
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Pulse for news, Spotify (the new Beta is pretty good) for music. All of the current Kairosoft games available. Between those, I have more than enough to keep me occupied!
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Evernote, its great for my summer courses and syncs my notes to all of my devices
Google voice for texting
Pulse
Airdroid, if you haven't tried it, try it!
VGBA
These are the things that I use on my Kindle Fire
ROM:Modaco Rom
Launcher:Go Launcher EX
Browser:Firefox Beta
Market: 1MobileMarket
Games: gta iii, fruit ninja and Age of Zombies
Video Player:MX Player
Others:Facebook, Youtube and Twitter
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Evernote, its great for my summer courses and syncs my notes to all of my devices
Google voice for texting
Pulse
Airdroid, if you haven't tried it, try it!
VGBA
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How did you feet Google voice to work on a kindle fire when we still lack the ability to use a mic with it? Unless of course your on a cm7 rom and not cm9. I'm on a cm9 but I can't stand cm7 for some reason
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Airdroid, if you haven't tried it, try it!
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Append this to my list! This thing rocks! I think I'm going to have all my clients I have to support get this on their phones.
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Hi,
So xbmc on the ouya is pretty much the best experience i´ve gotten so far on a small setup! love it.
But when i install the netflix apk, its really hard / impossible to navigate with the D-pad, plus the quality of the stream seems to be aimed at mobile phones. Anyone gotten a better APK where you can browse with the d-pad and get a good quality stream?
And youtube, i managed to install the youtube APK, and the streams are looking great, but i cant login, plus it seems i just find the stock mobile version, ive heard that the google tv is alot better, but does it enable log in as well?
Sorry for the wall of text, but these are the 2 missing features i really want.
I have installed the tv versions of both apps and they are easier to navigate. No problem logging in but I do have the google store mod.
Netflix quality can be poor at times.
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robinscp said:
I have installed the tv versions of both apps and they are easier to navigate. No problem logging in but I do have the google store mod.
Netflix quality can be poor at times.
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Do you have a link of where to get the Netflix tv app?
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frigidazzi said:
Do you have a link of where to get the Netflix tv app?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219768
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219768
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Oh awesome thanks. I'll check it out after work. I thought that was the regular phone version for some reasons.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219768
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This was the same version I had already. It still doesn't work well with controller without touch pad and quality still sucks for a tv unfortunately
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Did you ever figure this out? My wife hates me for putting for taking out our ****ty streamer and replacing it with the Ouya. On Netflix, can't scroll through right or left when picking when you want to watch and can't scroll down to select episodes of TV shows when there is more than 5-6.
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This was the same version I had already. It still doesn't work well with controller without touch pad and quality still sucks for a tv unfortunately
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The easiest solution I have found it just have a bluetooth mouse. You can just drag the screen up and down, etc as if you were touching the screen. It works pretty well.
Or you can use the touchpad of the controller to scroll. Double tab and then drag up. It's a bit sluggish but it works.
The only problem I have is that the playback stops if the controller turns itself off.
using netflix apk 1.8.1
i got the 1.8.1 working with no playback issues, and with some use of ouya control, does not pause when the control turns off.
My only gripe is the subtitles are very small... can any dev can do a modified netflix 1.8.1 apk with bigger fonts?