Kindle Fire - Scrabble - Kindle Fire General

I have a kindle fire I recently purchased and I have tried a few different cm7 and cm9 roms, but the scrabble app doesn't seem to work in any of them, or rather, it works but won't go full screen and simply loads in a tiny window.
Any idea how to resolve this? I have tried disabling and enabling the disable fullscreen option, but it doesnt seem to fix it.
Thanks

It works on stock if you buy it through the Amazon Appstore
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portezbie said:
I have a kindle fire I recently purchased and I have tried a few different cm7 and cm9 roms, but the scrabble app doesn't seem to work in any of them, or rather, it works but won't go full screen and simply loads in a tiny window.
Any idea how to resolve this? I have tried disabling and enabling the disable fullscreen option, but it doesnt seem to fix it.
Thanks
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Its the screen dpi settings if you get an app like lcd resolution you can make it work

shravbits said:
It works on stock if you buy it through the Amazon Appstore
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There isn't any way to get this on a nonstock rom is there?
Also, can you explain a little more about the lcd resolution?
Thanks to the both of you!
EDIT: I tried switching to the hellfire rom and scrabble seems to work perfectly well on it.

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Spotify on the Fire

Hey guys,
I just got my Fire and I love it (besides the fact that I feel like I have to sideload EVERYTHING). I installed the official Spotify app, and it ran alright aside from some screen formatting problems (the navigation buttons for the Fire get in the way). The main issue is that the Fire doesn't realize it's a music app for some reason and puts the wifi connection to sleep when the screen goes off so my music shuts off... Very frustrating. Anyone have any ideas for a fix for this. I thought about installing Spare Parts Plus, but I can't find it anywhere to sideload it and it's not in the stupid Kindle App store...
Anyone? I may return my Fire if I can't get this to work...It's THAT important to me that I can stream without the wifi turning off...
you might want to look into apps that keep wifi on since the settings page for wifi is gone in the Fire. I'm sure one of those must exist somewhere. If not it seems like a very trivial app to write. Some sort of wifi lock toggle.
https://market.android.com/details?...51bGwsMSwxLDEsIm9yZy5rbWFuLldpZmlNYW5hZ2VyIl0.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.hogdex.WifiRuler&feature=also_installed
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mdsoftware.wifipowermanager&feature=also_installed
Try any of those apps, I'm pretty sure WiFi manager will be able to do whatever you need and more.
The screen formatting problems make it impossible for me to pause playing music without exiting the app - am I missing a way to do that?
paulm13 said:
The screen formatting problems make it impossible for me to pause playing music without exiting the app - am I missing a way to do that?
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I have the same trouble. I haven't figured out a way around it.
see if changing the lcd density helps. btw has anyone tried using Spare Parts on this thing?
orangeagent said:
I have the same trouble. I haven't figured out a way around it.
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It's silly, and really, really less-than-ideal, but using the spotify widget works for this. Toss in a volume control widget on the same screen, works great.
(This, of course, assumes you... have a normal launcher installed >.>)
mewshi said:
It's silly, and really, really less-than-ideal, but using the spotify widget works for this. Toss in a volume control widget on the same screen, works great.
(This, of course, assumes you... have a normal launcher installed >.>)
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Nice tip! Thanks. With ADW installed, being able to use a widget really is a life saver! The app is really crippled with the Kindle bar over the top. I hope they come up with a fix soon, but seeing as they don't officially support it, and Amazon probably won't allow it in the store, I won't hold my breath.
I can't get the buttons to show up correctly on the Spotify app itself. I can't tell if it's something to do with the tablet, or something to do with the fact that it's on a modified version of Android. I guess once the custom ROMs are out we'll know for sure.
Giving the numbers and spotify strategy, my guess is a fire friendly version is not far off..sound like we have a workaround for now.
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gigaorg said:
Giving the numbers and spotify strategy, my guess is a fire friendly version is not far off..sound like we have a workaround for now.
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Man I hope so.
gigaorg said:
Giving the numbers and spotify strategy, my guess is a fire friendly version is not far off..sound like we have a workaround for now.
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Even if it *is* a silly workaround
I also told Amazon they should try to get it working properly, since, hey, I pay for Spotify, I'd like to use it on here.
Also, the music app that comes on it tends to be a bit... stuttery.
i have been having the same issues. Does anyone know if Spotify works on any tablets?

Alternate Home Screen Launchers good to go?

I do not own a Kindle Fire yet I understand that Kindle Fire technically runs 2.3. Since sideloading is good to go, has anybody tried running an alternate home screen launcher? I know it won't look at good as a tablet running honeycomb, but at least it will have more tablet look. My wife is on the fence about getting either an Acer A100 or this Kindle Fire. Oh and she is not computer literate and thinks that root is the part of the tree that resides under the ground. Thanks everybody!
I was able to load Go launcher on mine - it looks nice.
My wife is also technically challenged - that said, it's technically her device, she preferred the native launcher - I do too.
Why? For her the ease of 'click to launch' all in one place rather than scrolling through screens.
Fwiw, my kids were able to turn on the device and navigate - the out-of-the-box carousel launcher is quite intuitive.
I found it (native launcher) launched the apps faster, actually - although ymmv - hence my preference for the native launcher.
Interesting, thank you for your time and input regarding this matter. I probably will download the app that will help my wife switch between go launcher and the native launcher app for the kindle. I'm running go Launcher on my SGS II so she should have zero issues customizing it to her likings.
Thanks again for your assistance!
You bet! Glad to help.
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Adw.ex works great.
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ICS (Icecream Sandwich) 4.0 Launcher is really awesome and works well.
https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.SyndicateApps.ICSv2&hl=en
I use adw ex works great gives it more of a tablet feel which I want lol
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I tried Go Launcher, but didn't like it that much. Having used ADW on my Droid for a long time I decided to try it out, and I have to say I much prefer it.
I even have Beautiful Widgets running on it too.
However, a couple of problems I've seen.
1. I can't create folders?
2. There is no GeoLocate (even for WiFi), so I can't get the weather working. Anyone get this working or have any tips?
Passing on a little tip for those that haven't rooted and don't have the Android Market running. Beautiful Widgets requires the Market for themes/skins etc. What I've found is that if I download to my phone, and then copy the contents of /data/beautifulwidgets/scskins, skins and wskins to my Kindle, I am able to select the widgets.
ADW EX works great.
Launcher pro keeps FC.
The only two I have tried.
I just bought the Fire today and it is seriously a tiny tablet without a camera. Pretty cool.
I'm using adw.ex without issue. Only complaint is that you have to.switch back to the kindle interface to browse your books and magazines and custom desktop backgrounds revert to kindle backgrounds after screen unlock.
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VTLauncher also nothing but FC unfortunately.
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Am I the only one who seems to love the Amazon backgrounds, and even more so that they change? I for one will try and keep them if we ever get a custom ROM.
With ADW Launcher, and an almost opaque Beautiful Widget Super Clock widget, mine looks fantastic!
sl0ttedpig said:
2. There is no GeoLocate (even for WiFi), so I can't get the weather working. Anyone get this working or have any tips?
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In the Beautiful Weather setting, there is a section for location settings. In this section, you can toggle geolocation and manually search for a location. I got it working fine on my Fire with Launcher Pro.
Schubatis1 said:
In the Beautiful Weather setting, there is a section for location settings. In this section, you can toggle geolocation and manually search for a location. I got it working fine on my Fire with Launcher Pro.
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Yep, I got that a short while after posting. I should have posted as much, but as you did, you get the thanks!
Now if only someone could figure out the geolocate stuff...
Zeam Launcher doesn't work for me.
Force Closes.
Tried several different versions.
Anyone get it working?
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Wish I could remember which app I was playing with but I don't. The important part that I want to share was that it showed that the Fire internal settings showed that there is a GPS and it's on. Since there really isn't one perhaps that's why apps are having troubles. They query the OS and it's says there is an active GPS yet the data returned from the get GPS location call is worthless so the app gets confused. Whichever app it was that showed the setting also had the ability to turn GPS off. Can't help but wonder if that'd make a difference.
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leyvatron said:
ADW EX works great.
Launcher pro keeps FC.
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I'm getting force closes with ADW EX. I can't seem to remove it either. Could someone post the trick to remove this application?
EDIT: I got ADW removed, maybe I was using an old version or something.
EDIT 2: I got a later version of ADW to work. The only issue so far is getting the "Kindle" application to execute.
Thanks
YMark, same here - I have ADW running fine, yet the book reader app is not working. Maybe fix permissions and reboot?
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If LP is crashing for you, convert it to a system app in titanium backup and reboot. Don't select LP as your default launcher until you are sure it won't crash it you'll end up in a loop and have to adb to remove LP. Ask me how i know
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[Solved] Rooting breaks Amazon video?

I rooted my Kindle successfully using the great video tutorials here, but since then the Amazon video feature does not work. It says my device is not configured to allow the streaming video when I try to play and the play buttons are greyed out.
Is this a known issue? Is there a fix for it? Thanks!
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gbatt said:
I rooted my Kindle successfully using the great video tutorials here, but since then the Amazon video feature does not work. It says my device is not configured to allow the streaming video when I try to play and the play buttons are greyed out.
Is this a known issue? Is there a fix for it? Thanks!
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What Rom are you using?
If stock or stock related, you can use OTA Rootkeeper to make Amazon Video think it is not rooted.
One of many threads: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1438411
krelvinaz said:
What Rom are you using?
If stock or stock related, you can use OTA Rootkeeper to make Amazon Video think it is not rooted.
One of many threads: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1438411
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Yes, that will do it
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krelvinaz said:
What Rom are you using?
If stock or stock related, you can use OTA Rootkeeper to make Amazon Video think it is not rooted.
One of many threads: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1438411
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It is Kindle stock rooted, no custom ROM.
Thanks for the suggestion. I downloaded and installed Rootkeeper and Amazon video still isn't working. I even tried to temp unroot with no luck.
You have to use the Unroot button.
Then, go to Setup -> Applications
Select Amazon Video
Choose Force close
Now try it. Amazon video basically runs all the time, so until you force close it, it will think you are still rooted.
krelvinaz said:
You have to use the Unroot button.
Then, go to Setup -> Applications
Select Amazon Video
Choose Force close
Now try it. Amazon video basically runs all the time, so until you force close it, it will think you are still rooted.
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Yep, that should do it....I am not adding much value am I...
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krelvinaz said:
You have to use the Unroot button.
Then, go to Setup -> Applications
Select Amazon Video
Choose Force close
Now try it. Amazon video basically runs all the time, so until you force close it, it will think you are still rooted.
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Yep, that did it. Thanks!
Trying to figure out how to update post to "answered "
That did the trick - thx, now I can use it until prime service expires.
krelvinaz said:
You have to use the Unroot button.
Then, go to Setup -> Applications
Select Amazon Video
Choose Force close
Now try it. Amazon video basically runs all the time, so until you force close it, it will think you are still rooted.
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So do I do this each time I wanna watch any amazon videos or is it a one time fix with long term watching enabled?
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[Launcher] GEL Launcher

Guys i tried Google Experience Launcher on Kindle Fire HDX 7 (Cpasjuste's rom installed - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2607185 - )
Works smooth, widgets and wallpaper works.
I just wanted to share
Here is the link
Thanks to the Bexton
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2529594
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I was hoping it'd remove FireOS's stupid buttons and give the stock android buttons, back, home and app switcher.
squee9 said:
Guys i tried Google Experience Launcher on Kindle Fire HDX 7 (Cpasjuste's rom installed - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2607185 - )
Works smooth, widgets and wallpaper works.
I just wanted to share
Here is the link
Thanks to the Bexton
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2529594
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Yes I also tried this, I did it from a diffent link but the launcher actually runs off the Google search app so it should be the same experience and its great, only thing I don't like is the fact that when I hold down apps to move them on the home screen when in landscape the tablet flips orientation and it is annoying. Everything works in portrait though.
spaghettiknight said:
Yes I also tried this, I did it from a diffent link but the launcher actually runs off the Google search app so it should be the same experience and its great, only thing I don't like is the fact that when I hold down apps to move them on the home screen when in landscape the tablet flips orientation and it is annoying. Everything works in portrait though.
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I have a solution for that ,
When you open app in landscape mode , touch the navigation buttons button then pull down the notification bar and lock the auto rotation, it should be stop rotating.
gqukyo said:
I was hoping it'd remove FireOS's stupid buttons and give the stock android buttons, back, home and app switcher.
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I cant say anything about stock android buttons but try Switchr app for app swithcing.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mohammad.adib.switchr
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squee9 said:
I cant say anything about stock android buttons but try Switchr app for app swithcing.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mohammad.adib.switchr
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Thanks, I've already paid for that app and while nice, I still prefer the stock app switcher button. The aosp rom would've been best, I'd even take CM if we ever get either of those working well.
New to all of this custom rom and rooting stuff so please excuse me if some of my questions aren't good.
Do I need to root and use a rom slot to run this or can I just use it as a launcher and still get widgets/wallpapers to work?
GoldenEagle06 said:
New to all of this custom rom and rooting stuff so please excuse me if some of my questions aren't good.
Do I need to root and use a rom slot to run this or can I just use it as a launcher and still get widgets/wallpapers to work?
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Yes you have to have root permissions ,rom slot -custom rom installed- , otherwise dont use any other mods you have possibility of bricking your device.
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Nope, those buttons are part of the OS, not the launcher.
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spaghettiknight said:
Yonly thing I don't like is the fact that when I hold down apps to move them on the home screen when in landscape the tablet flips orientation and it is annoying. Everything works in portrait though.
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This is because HDX has a "reverse orientation" compared to most tablets. So what happened is the app rotate to what was "normal" landscape, then autorotate 180 to proper landscape.
There's a patched launcher that implements the reverse orientation that's a part of the HDX Gapps V2 (forgot which topic) but I have a feeling that this may need to be an Xposed module that "patch" the launcher itself.
hey just got the fire hdx and rooted it got super su installed and installed safestrap but im getting a blank screen when trying to attempt to load another patrition and backup the stock one. can anyone point me in the right direction googles failing me.
rbkelley89 said:
hey just got the fire hdx and rooted it got super su installed and installed safestrap but im getting a blank screen when trying to attempt to load another patrition and backup the stock one. can anyone point me in the right direction googles failing me.
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Make a new thread for the sake of being on-topic as well as better visibility.

GO LAUNCHER HD, on kindle fire hd, how do I change background of home screen?

I have been trying to solve this mystery for the longest time, I could really use some help, I'm getting tired of looking at a pitch black background. Please help me.:thumbup:
Float like a butterfly, Sting like an iguana
You have to either run my wallpaper fix(which can be a little glitchy as to if it will work sometimes), downgrade the os to before they disabled it(assuming you aren't on the 2nd gen HD with a 11.x.x os), or flash a custom ROM (also assuming not the new model).
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What exactly do you mean by "my wallpaper fix" is it an app, is it a code of some sort? Can you clarify that please?
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It is in my signature... Though you will not see my signature unless you use a web browser, I'm assuming you used tapatalk or the likes to view the forum. The fix you run on your PC with USB debugging enabled on the kindle that is rooted.
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