I'm looking for an iBooks alternative for my Kindle Fire (Jelly Bean ROM)
The best book reader that I found (until now) it's the Aldiko, but it does not fit my right my screen and does not have the page turn effect, the book format (like iBooks)
Is there any good reader for Kindle Fire with these features?
Thanks.
saulob said:
I'm looking for an iBooks alternative for my Kindle Fire (Jelly Bean ROM)
The best book reader that I found (until now) it's the Aldiko, but it does not fit my right my screen and does not have the page turn effect, the book format (like iBooks)
Is there any good reader for Kindle Fire with these features?
Thanks.
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I mean personally I like the Kindle app but I guess that hinges on the fact that I have a Prime account and use my amazon account for the purchasing of most of my books. To each his own, I guess. haha good luck
The problem with the Kindle App it's that I need a login and password to use, I don't like it. So I never used.
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The temptation to install an ICS rom on my Fire is too much! I'm going to do it this weekend. But before I do, I need to know, are all features of the Stock Kindle Fire available in the ICS Kindle app? Will I lose any functionality? My wife actually reads many books and magazines on it and will be mad if she can't anymore.
thanks!!
Hi,
When you upgrade to the ICS rom, it will become an android tablet. You won't be able to use amazon instant video. You will loose amazon books, magazines, music, docs, web, and all that.
However, you can download the amazon kindle app to download books (magazines I am not to sure about).
The Amazon app store does not want to install (at least on my KF). There are a lot of apps I need to re-install from the Play store, and delete the Amazon version.
I'd say, if it's not yours and she's happy with it, don't F**k with it.
But, if it IS yours and she's happy with it, still, don't F**k with it.
You will definitely loose amazon instant video (incl. amazon Prime) in case this is important to you. You'll retain the books via the amazon kindle app and also the music via Amazon's mp3 app including access to the cloud. Of course you can also use the Amazon Appstore for Android, but you might prefer to use Google's Play Store, since the apps are updated more frequently. If you need the video option, you could also try dual-boot which gives you both worlds. Videos themselves can of course be viewed without dual boot. The advantage of an ICS is OTG/mass storage, meaning that you can hook a hard disk to the kindle and view the films from there. With twa_privs ROM and the BSPlayer you will have flawless video decoding of highest quality. Check for respective threads to get the right hardware to do so. I am fine with all USB2 devices (USB stick, hard disk) formatted in fat32, but never got usb3 or ntfs to work.
I am purchasing a demo Kindle Fire HD and would like to root it and install a custom ROM, specifically one like i have on my original Kindle Fire, the MoDaCo custom ROM. The reason? I like having access to all my Amazon purchases along with my Play Store purchases? Main reason I need both is I purchased Order & Chaos Online from the Play Store and the Amazon store and only the one from the Amazon Store works on the original Kindle Fire, the one from the Play Store installs but crashes to desktop, no matter what ROM I installed. That is why I must have both so I can install the Kindle Fire version from the Amazon store.
Is there a MoDaCo for Kindle Fire HD 8.9 or something similar?
GameGuru41 said:
I am purchasing a demo Kindle Fire HD and would like to root it and install a custom ROM, specifically one like i have on my original Kindle Fire, the MoDaCo custom ROM. The reason? I like having access to all my Amazon purchases along with my Play Store purchases? Main reason I need both is I purchased Order & Chaos Online from the Play Store and the Amazon store and only the one from the Amazon Store works on the original Kindle Fire, the one from the Play Store installs but crashes to desktop, no matter what ROM I installed. That is why I must have both so I can install the Kindle Fire version from the Amazon store.
Is there a MoDaCo for Kindle Fire HD 8.9 or something similar?
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Short answer NO. Long answer, the primary development for the HD 8.9 appears to have fallen on the very capable shoulders of Hashcode. At the present time his work is in early Beta, No sound, No camera, other issues besides requiring you jump through a few hoops to install. I would recommend that you root your Kindle, and live with that for the short term.
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It is a demo unit so I will need a ROM, any suggestions?
GameGuru41 said:
It is a demo unit so I will need a ROM, any suggestions?
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You have two choices, stock OR CM 10.1 without sound, hdmi and 4g.
So stock is full featured?
GameGuru41 said:
So stock is full featured?
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LOLOLOL... OH God... oh man... If that was a joke, it was funny one.
Just updating this thread as Hascode's build is getting its way near perfection by the day.
Camera, audio, MIC and Bluetooth are working now.
It is not complete yet for sure but is definitively a daily driver and way better than Amazon stock.
Hi,
did anyone try or manage to install the Amazon Instant Video App for Tablets that Amazon promotes (in Germany) now? Why? I would like to watch videos on my Fire HDX with the shared prime account we use for our FireTV at home. While this is possible on any iPad or non-Amazon Android with the new app, the Kindle only allows to use prime instant video if the account of the device itself has been registered for prime. Using the deeply integrated app shop of the Fire HDX I even cannot find the video app.
dasDinghy said:
Hi,
did anyone try or manage to install the Amazon Instant Video App for Tablets that Amazon promotes (in Germany) now? Why? I would like to watch videos on my Fire HDX with the shared prime account we use for our FireTV at home. While this is possible on any iPad or non-Amazon Android with the new app, the Kindle only allows to use prime instant video if the account of the device itself has been registered for prime. Using the deeply integrated app shop of the Fire HDX I even cannot find the video app.
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Not sure this applies in Germany. I simply installed the Amazon App for Android v5.x from the Play Store. I can access/view Prime content from within. Similar to browser experience on a desktop. A bit annoying one has to launch a shopping app to view videos but it works and I'm not fussed enough to look for alternatives. As an aside, I was not fond of the Amazon app 'optimized' for tablets. Found the standard phone app worked better (personal preference).
Has anyone tried to use the app from this Popcorn Time site: popcorntime(dot)sh
I currently have a Nexus Player and it works great, but thinking about moving over to Fire TV. I don't have one right now to test it, so wanted to check here.
The Android TV app functions perfectly with the launcher and remote.
I just installed it and it works perfect.
Does this work with the Fire Stick? I got it work perfectly on my 4K FTV, but it crashes on the Stick whenever I try to play a movie.
Yep, works good here too - using on a fire stick.
DatacomGuy said:
Yep, works good here too - using on a fire stick.
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Hi,
What version and platform you installed? Also works whit series? The versions i tried, tv series didnt work.
Hi. Quick question. I'm thinking on buying a fire tv to use it with Popcorn Time (from the .to website). Have read kodi has troubles writing to sd card (or external storage in general) because it does not ask for permission to do so. So my question is, has someone had troubles when downloading movies on Popcorn time routing them to the sd card directly from the app?
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My understanding was that this app uses Torrents and so your IP will be exposed on whatever server from which the video is streamed.
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My understanding was that this app uses Torrents and so your IP will be exposed on whatever server from which the video is streamed.
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Youre correct. If you're going to use it your ip is exposed. Never used one personally on fire tv but people have got vpn working. I highly advise going that route with torrent software.
I had read on XDA that you could bypass logging into an Amazon account on a Fire TV Stick by using the remote app and pressing the gear icon on your phone, which would kick the stick directly into the settings menu; the Stick would essentially be just an Android set-top box at that point, which is my goal. But it seems like a recent firmware patched this, as trying to press the gear in the app just makes the TV screen flicker for a minute, then continue to prompt you to log in. Is there a way around this on newer firmwares that anyone has found? I'm just trying to use the Stick locally to do things like stream my Steam games over the same network, and if the Stick is anything like the Fire HD tablets, not associating an Amazon account with it would make it run a ton better. I also just like using things without having to rely on accounts whenever I can, and the Stick seems way more convenient than other Android boxes, so it would be great to be able to do that here. Thanks in advance for any insight!
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Thanks in advance for any insight!
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Skipping the login/setup wouldn't make the stick to an android tv. As you have a FireTV you get FireOS, without playstore/services and other common androidtv things.
If you have the second gen stick named 'tank' you can root the device and get the possibility to install playstore/services, other androidtv launchers, debloating stock apps...
Edit: since yesterday, there is also a lineage rom for tank, link