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Amazon app store now live... Offering Angry Birds RIO for free

The Amazon app store just went live and they're offering angry birds Rio for installing it. Is is me or is there anyone else that thinks it's kind of ****ty for Amazon to have an app store. I never planned on using it but I installed it to get Rio and then uninstalled. Turns out you need to keep their store on your phone and logged in in order for Rio to work. I'll pay the $.99 in the market
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servers are down now...
http://www.amazon.com/appstore must have gotten overloaded

Yes, I was also able to access it an hour ago from italy, i downloaded the App Store Downloader, but i was unable to download Angry Birds Rio from italy becayse of regional permissions. anyway, here is the screenshot.
And here is the email I received:
Code:
Subject: Amazon Appstore Download
Download the Amazon Appstore app immediately by clicking http://amzn.to/getamazonappstore from your Android device, or follow the click-by-click guide below.
Click-by-Click Guide
You need to do this only once for each device. The clicks below should take less than 30 seconds.
Click 1
Open your device Settings and click "Applications".
Click 2
If unchecked, click "Unknown sources". If "Unknown sources" is already checked, skip to Click 4.
Note: AT&T Wireless does not support the Amazon Appstore for Android. See Help for more details.
Click 3
Click "OK" on the "Attention" dialog. "Unknown sources" will now have a green check.
Click 4
Open your notifications and click the e-mail message from Amazon Appstore.
Click 5
Click the link, "http://amzn.to/getamazonappstore". The Amazon Appstore app will download to your device.
Click 6
Open your notifications and click "Amazon_Appstore.apk".
Click 7
Click "Install".
Click 8
Click "Open".
That's it!
Sign in with your Amazon.com account and start enjoying thousands of apps for Android.
You need to do this only once for each device.

I tried the email link and it worked! Lol
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Download's coming up Access Denied. Live in Chicago, too. Can someone post the APK?

I can't download the Amazon App Store Apk from the link. Can anyone upload the Amazon App Store Apk here ? Thanks

i get error while "purchasing" the app, mehhhh.
why amazon, why.

DOWNLOAD APP
It's giving me a whole 1-click mobile is turned off or something, even for the free apps. I turned it on, but gave up on trying to get it to work.

i get access denied when I try to visit that link. tried it on both default browser and dolphinhd. Also toggled dolphin between android agent and desktop neither worked...

Amazon Appstore
Finally I manage to download the appstore
The Amazon App Store Apk file below

Finally I manage to download the appstore
The Amazon App Store Apk file below
Sorry for posting a duplicate I thought the original was not posted on the forum

droidsg said:
Finally I manage to download the appstore
The Amazon App Store Apk file below
Sorry for posting a duplicate I thought the original was not posted on the forum
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Thanks for the post. Got it installed and was able to get Rio installed too. once in the app you have to set up "one click method" in your amazon account. Guess you can dhis online too on amazon.com as thats where it sends you. But after that is set up you can download apps.

You have to have an account with Amazon and link your phone with your account and turn on the one click purchasing.
I really just wanted Rio. I'll never use their store, they don't make android, they don't make apps, they just want to profit off them. If I'm going to give someone money it's going to be the people who are putting the time, effort, and money into the product I'm purchasing. I played through a couple screens of Rio, it was pretty cool. I then deleted the amazon market and rio wouldn't start again. I'm just going to pay the $.99 from the market and keep the money where it belongs.
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Can you post the Angry Bird Rio Apk here because I don't have a Credit card?

droidsg said:
Can you post the Angry Bird Rio Apk here because I don't have a Credit card?
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You need to have the Amazon app store app installed and you need to be logged into your Amazon account for Rio to work.
I was looking and just found out that Rio is exclusive to the Amazon app store.
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ausch30 said:
I'll never use their store, they don't make android, they don't make apps, they just want to profit off them.
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According to their store, they'll be offering a paid app for free every day, seems interesting if you can later update the app also.
droidsg said:
Can you post the Angry Bird Rio Apk here because I don't have a Credit card?
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I have a credit card set in my Amazon, and also the "1 Click" is active, still i can't download apps, is it because i live in europe? Anybody was able to download apps from 'Amazon Store'?

ausch30 said:
You need to have the Amazon app store app installed and you need to be logged into your Amazon account for Rio to work.
I was looking and just found out that Rio is exclusive to the Amazon app store.
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Could you still post it?
I have an amazon account, and also have the appstore, but for some reason the Rio game wont download. Just says purchase failed.

ZigmaDK said:
Could you still post it?
I have an amazon account, and also have the appstore, but for some reason the Rio game wont download. Just says purchase failed.
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Sorry, maybe someone else can. I deleted it before I started this thread
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ausch30 said:
The Amazon app store just went live and they're offering angry birds Rio for installing it. Is is me or is there anyone else that thinks it's kind of ****ty for Amazon to have an app store. I never planned on using it but I installed it to get Rio and then uninstalled. Turns out you need to keep their store on your phone and logged in in order for Rio to work. I'll pay the $.99 in the market
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then dont use it..........is it me or do people have to over complain. I wish real life was a simplified using on app store, want shoes head over to the only shoe store store evar.
Uninstall the game and live up to your principles and uninstall the game and wait for it to be in the android market

Fancy Widget Pro - Free Today - Amazon

The Fancy Widget Pro app is free today at the Amazon app store!
Fancy Widget Pro - Amazon App Store

whats the app to remove market restrictions? I'm in Aus and can't find the amazon app store

I believe at the moment you need sideloading, which I got by rooting with GingerBlur and then GreyBlur.
GingerBlur
GreyBlur

CaelanT said:
The Fancy Widget Pro app is free today at the Amazon app store!
Fancy Widget Pro - Amazon App Store
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Thanks for the info... Is this better than beautiful widgets in your opinion?

I haven't tried BW. I posted this because I know a lot of people like FW, and FW Pro being free today is nice. You've got nothing to lose by trying it..............it's free!

DarkRyoushii said:
whats the app to remove market restrictions? I'm in Aus and can't find the amazon app store
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I don't think there is one. I saw this thread awhile back, but not sure if it works or not.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1003598

ricethief said:
I don't think there is one. I saw this thread awhile back, but not sure if it works or not.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1003598
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Run superoneclick enable market apps. Or do it manually using root explorer

I was about to post this, never used FW personally but i will take free apps that I might use someday

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I'm GreyBlured!

So much easier just to get sideload wondermachine and sideload amazon app store and when you download the program, you will get the security error.
Then plug up your atrix to your PC, grab the file and transfer it to your PC. Then run sideload wonder and it will put it on your atrix.
Been doing this daily and takes about 30 seconds to complete the whole process...
David

bandityo said:
So much easier just to get sideload wondermachine and sideload amazon app store and when you download the program, you will get the security error.
Then plug up your atrix to your PC, grab the file and transfer it to your PC. Then run sideload wonder and it will put it on your atrix.
Been doing this daily and takes about 30 seconds to complete the whole process...
David
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Much easier to just install right from the Amazon app itself. Don't need a PC.
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not talking about the amazon app...but when youdownload from the amazon market, it wont install...thus the sideloadwonder machine makes that part easy.
David

The app isn't working for me. What am I doing wrong?
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bandityo said:
not talking about the amazon app...but when youdownload from the amazon market, it wont install...thus the sideloadwonder machine makes that part easy.
David
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Installs fine with root and sideloading.
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You can sideload without rooting also...as I stated above.
david

How do you get ICS only Apps on the Fire?

If I put ICS on my Kindle, how do I get 4.0 specific apps on there? Right now I use my android phone that runs 2.3 to access the play store, then I backup and install on the fire.
I dont think my ZTE99 phone can run ICS but if it can, will Google Play recognize this and allow me to download ICS apps?

what apps are u referring to?
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BorrowADolla said:
If I put ICS on my Kindle, how do I get 4.0 specific apps on there? Right now I use my android phone that runs 2.3 to access the play store, then I backup and install on the fire.
I dont think my ZTE99 phone can run ICS but if it can, will Google Play recognize this and allow me to download ICS apps?
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If you put ICS on your Kindle, you'd need to flash the Google Apps which will give you the Play Store. So you wouldn't have to deal with the backing up mess.
Google won't let you download apps designed for ICS on older OS versions. Nor will it let you install them.

smirkis said:
what apps are u referring to?
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All the apps in the play store that say "Not available for your device" My cell phone runs 2.3. A lot of these gingerbread apps wont work on ICS. Source: user reviews for just about every gingerbread app.
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Jessical said:
If you put ICS on your Kindle, you'd need to flash the Google Apps which will give you the Play Store. So you wouldn't have to deal with the backing up mess.
Google won't let you download apps designed for ICS on older OS versions. Nor will it let you install them.
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Yeah I know. I thought there was a work-around or some sort of app repository that no one discusses in the open.

Why use some shady repository when you can get it from the play store?

I use this sometimes. Not sure if it is considered shady or not. Only found out about it in order to get google maps onto my stock fire.
http://www.apktops.com/

ledd760 said:
Why use some shady repository when you can get it from the play store?
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Are you saying I can download any app from Play once I get ICS installed on my device?
Maybe ill give apktops another shot if thats my only option.
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BorrowADolla said:
Are you saying I can download any app from Play once I get ICS installed on my device?
Maybe ill give apktops another shot if thats my only option.
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If you install CM9, then you can just download anything from the Play store as your device will be treated just like a standard Android tablet.

Entropy512 said:
If you install CM9, then you can just download anything from the Play store as your device will be treated just like a standard Android tablet.
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Oh wow! Thanks!
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I know im a bit late for the party, but i use this site ( http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Latest_Version/Google_Apps) to install the playstore. It has a list of the different cyanogenmods and which gapps is best for it. Just download, then install with twrp. Reboot and download whatever you want from the playstore. Some apps say that you cant install them, do to you device and others because of your location. I dont know how to fix the local one. But with your device, check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cssyIE4maZY
Of course he is talking about getting games to run, but its the same with accessing apps on the market.
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BorrowADolla said:
All the apps in the play store that say "Not available for your device" My cell phone runs 2.3. A lot of these gingerbread apps wont work on ICS. Source: user reviews for just about every gingerbread app.
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That is because a lot of those apps use frameworks/APIs that are no longer in ICS.

KindleFree (Free your kindle)

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?
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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?
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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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Krsmqn said:
"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,

How to get some free apps from GPlay without root.

Have you ever wanted to get an awesome free app from Google Play on the HDX but you just don't have root? Well that is actually easier than you might think at first. I hope this will be useful, personally I use this trick a lot.
1.) Go to the google play store on the web and choose a free app (it only works with free apps)
2.) copy the URL and paste it in the search bar of the following website:
apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/
3.) click generate download link.
4.) choose which app you want to download the apk with.
5.) then click open file, and then hit install.
6.) Play the game!
I use this trick to download stuff that isn't on the Amazon market but is free, like the Buzz launcher and other games. I hope this helped someone, and thanks.
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I think most of the xda users will know how to do similar things, but maybe there is a new guy out there who doesn't. like me half a year ago!

Good to know... I've been able to use 3rd party stores for everything I've needed so far
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Or download to phone..upload to box or soapbox..download install on kindle.
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holeshot77 said:
Or download to phone..upload to box or soapbox..download install on kindle.
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Cool, thanks man.Never thought of that, but I never had an advanced phone- no need. For my uses a nokia brick is good enough.

Or just sideload 1mobile market. no root needed for it to work just for the apps it cna download that need root just like normal playstore it has all the free apps that google play does. I assume its similar to those apk downloaders out there but just does it on the device and in an interface that works well and even allows searching and the like.