Earlier today while playing around with stock, I discovered a way to change the wallpaper without having to edit settings. Pretty much all you will need is a rooted Kindle, KFU and an app called Kindle Fire - Wallpaper Change.
So first make sure you have rooted the kindle, sideloaded the app, and have KFU set up.
Once those are up and running, follow these steps:
1: Set the wallpaper you want with the wallpaper changer.
2: Plug in the Kindle to your PC and run KFU.
3: go to the extras menu. (In KFU)
4: Hit the lock wallpaper option (In said extras menu).
And you should be good to go, you can uninstall the wallpaper change app if you want.
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Thanks for the guide, works perfectly
Josepho1997 said:
But the wall changer app works without using KFU. It even works without root.
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Yeah but when you unlock you can still see flashes of the stock wallpaper before the new one kicks in, for me it gets annoying so I found this step.
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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?
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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Hi guys
How can we change the keyboard on our fire?
Installed some, but cant choose it in settings :/
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stiffmast3r said:
Hi guys
How can we change the keyboard on our fire?
Installed some, but cant choose it in settings :/
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Read one of the many threads.
Basically once you install, you need to use root explorer, copy the keyboard apk from data\apps to system\apps
then reboot, then long tap a typable area to bring up the keyboard changing screen, then change keyboard.
Majority of them wont work right or FC on you.
Hi folks, any of you run into this problem? The Kindle app ran fine on 4.2, but after the 4.2.1 update, every time I try to open it, it FC. Tried rebooting the device with no avail.
I'm running stock 4.2.1 and the kindle app runs fine...
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jetfin said:
I'm running stock 4.2.1 and the kindle app runs fine...
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I ended up going into App Info and deleting the data for Kindle. It worked after that.
morfinx said:
I ended up going into App Info and deleting the data for Kindle. It worked after that.
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Moral of the story: one has to do what has to be done and can be done before crying wolf.
Deleting/restoring all data with the Kindle app is a painful process if you have a lot of books loaded - I have 200. You have to individually elect and reload every book you want on your device. It is irritating that there is not an option to download all archived items or at least a multi-select capability. Oh, yeah, please add collections ...
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Deleting/restoring all data with the Kindle app is a painful process if you have a lot of books loaded - I have 200. You have to individually elect and reload every book you want on your device. It is irritating that there is not an option to download all archived items or at least a multi-select capability. Oh, yeah, please add collections ...
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EXACTLY! We should petition Amazon for this feature. It's ridiculous that I have to press, hold, and hit download for every. single. book. I would welcome a select all or multi-select feature.
After update to 4.2.1 the Kindle app hangs at the splash screen.
Neither clearing data nor reinstall helps.
What else can I do?
This is a hack for anyone who is running stock Amazon OS. For some reason, if you add the Kindle Reading app icon to a third party launcher (Such as Nova, Apex, etc.), it won't launch the app. Instead, to access your books, you must use the stock Carousel launcher to get to your reading library. This command, however, will force the Kindle to display your books.
This has been tested on a KFHD 7" running Stock OS 7.4.3. It should work on the 2nd gen Kindle Fire and the KFHD 8.9" and even Kinology as well.
Some notes:
Root required
You need to have a way to launch command shortcuts from your launcher home screen (for a Laucher Icon)
The stock launcher MUST be installed. The command uses a line from Launcher.apk's Android-Manifest file.
You can also create a command shortcut on the home screen using ROM Toolbox. Enter this command...
Code:
am start -a com.amazon.kindle.otter.action.SHOW_BOOKS
or
Code:
am start -a com.amazon.kindle.otter.action.internal.SHOW_BOOKS
...and allow it to run commands as root.
The script and a couple screenshots are attached below. Also attached is the Kindle Reading app icon, pulled straight from the app; for anyone who wants to change the image of their homescreen icon.
EDIT: Running the command "am start -a com.amazon.kindle.otter.action.internal.SHOW_BOOKS" will show the books already on your SD card, rather than all the books stored in the Amazon cloud.
and if i put this script in int.d?
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persano said:
and if i put this script in int.d?
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Honestly? I have no clue
It's not necessarily a performance tweak. It just kind of fires a command when the user triggers it.
Ph0enix_216 said:
Honestly? I have no clue
It's not necessarily a performance tweak. It just kind of fires a command when the user triggers it.
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i know, but i dont want to activate it every time, if i put it in init.d it is going to activate at every boot
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persano said:
i know, but i dont want to activate it every time, if i put it in init.d it is going to activate at every boot
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I'm don't know. Lemme try something...
Okay. I downloaded ROM Toolbox (after a couple times of rebooting my internet router -_-) and set the script to run at boot. After a few seconds of rebooting, it opened the KindleForOtter.apk. So running this script at boot will immediately launch the Kindle reading app.
I know just enough to be a danger to myself ...
Ph0enix_216 said:
Okay. I downloaded ROM Toolbox (after a couple times of rebooting my internet router -_-) and set the script to run at boot. After a few seconds of rebooting, it opened the KindleForOtter.apk. So running this script at boot will immediately launch the Kindle reading app.
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I want to start by saying thanks. This has been driving me nuts and every fix I have seen involves files that are no longer online, as well as moving, deleting, moving again, uninstalling, reinstalling ... this seems to be a pretty simple fix ... but the presentation is a little higher level than I am at. Y'all have kinda glossed over some areas I am unsure of.
I have ROM Toolbox downloaded and have looked all this over ... but I've no idea exactly what to do to put this hack into action. Where do I go in ROM Toolbox to enter the command? I'm guessing once I save this, I can create a shortcut to it and then change the icon. Would y'all be able to give me some more direction, please?
jlamborn3 said:
I want to start by saying thanks. This has been driving me nuts and every fix I have seen involves files that are no longer online, as well as moving, deleting, moving again, uninstalling, reinstalling ... this seems to be a pretty simple fix ... but the presentation is a little higher level than I am at. Y'all have kinda glossed over some areas I am unsure of.
I have ROM Toolbox downloaded and have looked all this over ... but I've no idea exactly what to do to put this hack into action. Where do I go in ROM Toolbox to enter the command? I'm guessing once I save this, I can create a shortcut to it and then change the icon. Would y'all be able to give me some more direction, please?
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Sure. Assuming you have a different launcher installed, go to your widgets and select "Command Shortcut". Place it wherever, and in the "Command:" field, enter the command. Name it whatever you want, and once it's on your home screen, you can change the icon by holding it and selecting "Edit" and then tapping the icon.
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I'd love to try that, but ...
Ph0enix_216 said:
Sure. Assuming you have a different launcher installed, go to your widgets and select "Command Shortcut". Place it wherever, and in the "Command:" field, enter the command. Name it whatever you want, and once it's on your home screen, you can change the icon by holding it and selecting "Edit" and then tapping the icon.
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Thanks. Sometime after I posted my query above my reader on the Kindle stock screen stopped working ... and in trying to figure out what I'd done, which at the point had been nothing, I somehow lost my root and ended up with a reset. Now I'm trying to clear everything out, since the reset leaves a lot of residue behind. Once I fix my mess I'll be back to try this out.
Edit: Fixed my mess. Second of two command lines from the hack worked. Now I'm just trying to get the icon the way I want it. Thank you all for your help.
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:
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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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