After I installed Google play and updated Google service, now when I try to open the kindle app it just goes to the home screen (adw)
Is this a known issue?
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gcbxda said:
After I installed Google play and updated Google service, now when I try to open the kindle app it just goes to the home screen (adw)
Is this a known issue?
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I have Kindle working just fine on my OTA updated US unlocked Fire phone with Google Play Store reinstalled.
Thanks for confirming.
Mine is not rooted... or I forgot... don't use this phone much.
Anyone knows how can I reinstall it? There's no kindle app on Amazon store. Man Amazon really dropped the ball on whatever android experience they were going for... I might just try to install the one from play store
Ah wait, if yours rooted that means you're on a much older version of fire os. Mine was bought late so I have the last version
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Hi, gcbxda. My Fire Phone is not rooted. I moved to 4.6.1 a few days ago. Just a shot in the dark - try clearing cache, etc. Go to settings, applications and parental controls, manage applications, set the filter to all, select Bookstore.
ygaryo said:
Hi, gcbxda. My Fire Phone is not rooted. I moved to 4.6.1 a few days ago. Just a shot in the dark - try clearing cache, etc. Go to settings, applications and parental controls, manage applications, set the filter to all, select Bookstore.
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My Unlocked 4.6.1 phone has 2 Amazon kindle icons now. App info says Book store ver. 2.2.2000429100 which opens fine and works, and the 2nd is Amazon Kindle ver. 1.5_1357580710 which does nothing like you described. Weird part is the first one has no name under it.
Mine is the same as your first one. It says Books under the icon. I think this one came with the phone, but it may have been automatically updated in Google Play Store.
aha. yeah. i have two icons as well. in pretty sure i never installed from Google store. it must be how the annoying fire home screen works. somehow it needs those two apps and hide from the user... which other launchers do not do.
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apologies if this has been asked/answered before.
the wife has a kindle fire that i have put CM9 on. and for the most part she is fine with everything.
but she has amazon prime and i guess you can "check out" books for your kindle. but we are having a hard time figuring out how to make that work.
I was able to purchase FREE books and sync them with the kindle app.
but can't seem to get the lending thing down.
any help is appreciated.
thanks!
anybody? nobody reads books on their kindle? lol
Not sure what advice I can give you. I am using a CM10 ROM with a the generic Kindle app for android and I don't have a problem borrowing books. When I am browsing the Kindle book store the books that are available for borrowing (not very many actually) are marked with the "prime" tag just like they are when using a stock Kindle. You may need to be logged in to your prime account to see that but I am not sure since I'm always logged in.
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JimCo06 said:
Not sure what advice I can give you. I am using a CM10 ROM with a the generic Kindle app for android and I don't have a problem borrowing books. When I am browsing the Kindle book store the books that are available for borrowing (not very many actually) are marked with the "prime" tag just like they are when using a stock Kindle. You may need to be logged in to your prime account to see that but I am not sure since I'm always logged in.
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Thanks for the reply - that gives me something to go on..
we would have expected to see what you are seeing, but whenever we press the kindle store icon, it just takes you out to an external web page and its difficult to navigate.
I'll try a clean wipe and install of cm10 tonight and see if that helps
Thanks!
dvaderx said:
Thanks for the reply - that gives me something to go on..
we would have expected to see what you are seeing, but whenever we press the kindle store icon, it just takes you out to an external web page and its difficult to navigate.
I'll try a clean wipe and install of cm10 tonight and see if that helps
Thanks!
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Actually I am seeing the same thing you are getting (the web page). That is the way that the generic android Kindle app works. Unfortunately there is a huge difference between the Kindle app built into the stock Fire os and the android app (stock is much better). I have read several threads by people wanting to install the stock app on a custom ROM but I am not sure if anyone has been successful. You might want to try searching for that.
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If you find a way to install the stock reading app post the link please. I want to do it too.
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I am have problems with previously purchased games or apps from Amazon running on a rooted 1st generation Fire? As an example, Angry Birds (Ad Free) previously downloaded from the Amazon Kindle Store crashes on startup. So do the other four of the series. The kindle is rooted with KFU 9.9. I've managed to work around a few other issues, both in Launcher and Kindle, Got Prime Instant Video working fine. Any clues or previous experience? Thanks.
Update angry birds on Google play
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joshuabg said:
Update angry birds on Google play
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I have another issue with Google Play Store. It halts with a <Sorry> The application Google Play Store (process com.android.vending) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. - <Force close> dialog box. If I do an uninstall, Google Play Store reverts to Market, which works one time and updates to Google Play Store again. So far, I haven't been able to download any version of Angry Birds from Google Play.
Try installing Google play from this
https://mega.co.nz/#!W8gwELyB!G2g3akg9O2oRumzfPS3PGhVpGohCZlJGB8N0smMHGI4
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Hello,
I'm experiencing some issues after using first aide to root my kindle and install Google market.
If I click on shop I now receive an error and same is on offers, nothing gets launched.
Rebooting didn't fix the issue.
Any idea?
I also tried to put Google market as default but got just an error...
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What is the error?
assasukasse said:
Hello,
I'm experiencing some issues after using first aide to root my kindle and install Google market.
If I click on shop I now receive an error and same is on offers, nothing gets launched.
Rebooting didn't fix the issue.
Any idea?
I also tried to put Google market as default but got just an error...
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Is it Google Play or Market? If its Market, you will get a time out error on a slow network because it will be updating to Play Store. Same goes for an older version of Play Store too. My suggestion for you would be to download the latest Play Store (or a modded one that allows you to bypass their supported device check) and install it. There are a few threads for that around XDA. :good: Good luck
For some reason I could download it on my old nexus 7 but on the new one it says not supported. So did they stop supporting it? I've searched all over Google and all I get is links to the Google store. If anyone has the latest version and could upload it that would be awesome
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For some reason I could download it on my old nexus 7 but on the new one it says not supported. So did they stop supporting it? I've searched all over Google and all I get is links to the Google store. If anyone has the latest version and could upload it that would be awesome
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Hopefully it's just an oversight and they will fix it soon. If not though, it would definitely be nice to have
Is the tablet app diff from regular app.. ? That installs fine ...
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Install the Amazon AppStore, find the tablet app, uninstall the AppStore.
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Install the Amazon AppStore, find the tablet app, uninstall the AppStore.
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I thought the apps you download from the Amazon app store are deleted once you uninstall the app store?
Edit* Guess they changed it, that worked!! Thanks for the info
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rexant1 said:
I thought the apps you download from the Amazon app store are deleted once you uninstall the app store?
Edit* Guess they changed it, that worked!! Thanks for the info
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they were never deleted, but they wouldn't work without the amazon app store installed.
would still be nice to have this app if anyone can pull it off and post it. the phone one works fine, this one just worked a little better.
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they were never deleted, but they wouldn't work without the amazon app store installed.
would still be nice to have this app if anyone can pull it off and post it. the phone one works fine, this one just worked a little better.
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Well they do now,I downloaded the Amazon app store from their website and then downloaded the tablet app and then deleted the app store. The tablet app still works!
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https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_8cTKLKFuzXLW1NQXpkSzQwZWc/edit?usp=sharing
Tapatalk wouldn't let me attach a regular file, so...here's the updated file from the play store, directly ripped from my TF300.
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So my Fire TV managed to update itself after I blocked it during the initial setup. Hasn't bother me too much until now. I bought and side loaded SlingPlayer for android and it works ok. Requires a mouse to select certain functions but otherwise it works very well. My problem is that after running the app one time, on the second load it says it can't authenticate. I'm guessing there is nothing I can do since I cannot root but I thought I would ask here. Right now I just uninstall and side load again. Any ideas?
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You need a different apk. If you did legitimately buy it you should install google play services and install slingplayer through that.
I am unable to install play services because I can't root. I've used APK extractor on my Galaxy Tab twice since I bought the app to try and make sure I had an authenticated copy
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