/r/kindlefire

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A community for Amazon Fire and Kindle Fire tablets.

Please remember to include which Fire you have when asking questions!

A subreddit for Amazon Fire tablets


Kindle Fire 1st-3rd Gen (2011-2013)
Amazon Fire 4th-Current Gen (2014-Now)


Please follow proper reddiquette and abide by the subreddit rules.

Be generous with upvotes! They are free, after all.

Also, avoid submitting images that are just text (this includes rage comics and meme pics) or off-topic content and nsfw posts as they'll just be deleted by mods or caught by reddits spam filter.

If you're trying to sell/trade your Fire, please refrain from posting in this subreddit. Thank you.

Useful links and information:

Model release year vs generation, Individual device specifications, Design line differences

  • Official Amazon Fire Tablet developer information

  • Device name, model code, Android equivalent and API version, Fire OS version

  • Amazon device and Fire forums at XDA

  • Official Libby by Overdrive app APK and install guide for Fire OS 5+

  • Fire Toolbox Download from XDA

  • Fire Toolbox is used to modify FireOS but is not a full ROM and does not root a Fire device. All Toobox mods disappear after a factory reset. IMPORTANT: For FireOS 7.3.2.2 or above, Fire Toolbox is not currently able to change some things as it could in older firmware versions. Amazon has patched FireOS with a recent update that breaks changing or disabling certain features. Toolbox devs are working on this.

    Sideloading most APKs, including the Google Play Store itself, does not require rooting.

    */r/kindlefire wikiFAQ(OUTDATED)


    A note on spam. Amazon Affiliate blog postings will most-likely get caught in the spam filter and will be deleted. Individual bloggers are welcome but only if they are taking an active part in this subreddit. We're not another advertising vector, we are a community. If you are a developer, posting ads for your app is fine only if the app is compatible with and relevant to the Amazon Fire. Thank you.


    Disclaimer: Rooting your Fire may void your warranty. Amazon has been pretty cool about replacing bricked Fires, but, proceed at your own risk.

    Related communities:
    /r/Amazon
    /r/kindle
    /r/Android
    /r/AndroidTablets

    /r/kindlefire

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    Shonem Jump App

    Hi all, I am looking for a tablet and one thing I want it for is reading manga. I'm planning on subscribing to the shonen jump app. I know this isn't available on the kindle fire but I also know it's possible to get. So a few questions, is it as simple as downloading Google play store on the fire then it works as normal? I know there are a few hoops to jump through to download Google play. The other question is if it runs okay or if I'd be better just getting a standard android tablet?

    Thanks.

    1 Comment
    2024/11/02
    23:00 UTC

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    Silk browser

    Help me please!! this app “silk browser” comes up as untrusted/unknown. App and says it can make me at risk of getting my personal info. Why can’t I remove the app? I’m in the parent profile.

    2 Comments
    2024/11/02
    01:39 UTC

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    Amazon Photos Kids Fire Tablet Help

    My son has a kid's fire 7 (12th gen). It's running Fire OS 8.3.3.0. How do I upload his pictures to Amazon Photos? There's no longer an option to backup and now Amazon Photos isn't an app on the tablet, just a webpage. It was replaced with a gallery. I just want to be able to save pictures he takes. Does anyone know how to do this??

    0 Comments
    2024/10/31
    19:41 UTC

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    Kindle fire hdx 7 (3rd generation) bootloader

    Does someone know how to unlock kindle hdx 7 (3rd generation) bootloader? Because i want to put TWRP but gives an error to unlock the bootloader. I tried with platform tools i unlocked It. but same error for me not working. How i can unlock the bootloader?

    1 Comment
    2024/10/31
    11:44 UTC

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    Kindle Fire 11 max requiring pin to get into kids mode after reboot or sitting for extended period

    Upgraded Kindle HD 10 to Max 11. Settings were set up the same way as far as I could tell. However now it asks me for parent password to get into kids mode every time the battery dies, it reboots, or otherwise sits for a while.

    The original functionality is that I pretty much never needed the parent pin unless I wanted to make a setting change or needed to use the adult account.

    How do I get rid of this?

    The issue is described on the Amazon forums with no correct answer but doesn't seem all that common. https://www.amazonforum.com/s/question/0D56Q0000CgiTVXSQ2/starting-the-max-11-in-kids-mode-without-needing-a-parents-pin

    0 Comments
    2024/10/31
    00:24 UTC

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    TWRP Amazon tablet

    Does someone have a TWRP or custom TWRP for Amazon kindle fire HDX (3rd Generation,Thor).

    0 Comments
    2024/10/30
    20:33 UTC

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    Amazon kindle fire hdx 7 (3rd generation) Please help. (please don't ignore)

    I have tablet (title) and i want to transform It in a android tablet or Something same. Does someone know how to make IT normal? Does anyone have a custom ROM? I tried Fire Toolbox, not works. Does someone have a idea pls help mem

    5 Comments
    2024/10/30
    17:18 UTC

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    Fire Max 11 Wake Word

    I had it on “Amazon” since day 1 a year ago and now it insists on answering to “Alexa”. Trying to update it in Settings but the option to change the wake word is no longer there. Am I dreaming?

    1 Comment
    2024/10/30
    16:17 UTC

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    Someone pls help me.

    I have an Amazon tablet fire hdx 3rd generation and i want to put an android OS. Someone pls help me.

    6 Comments
    2024/10/30
    07:22 UTC

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    Add YT Kids to Kids profile

    Hello everyone,

    i am stuck with my kids tablet. It's a Fire HD 8 with the most recent FireOS update. WIth the Fire Toolbox i have already added the Play Store and i also tried sideloading the YT Kids app on the kids profile but it's not showing up. How can i add this already installed app to the kids profile?

    0 Comments
    2024/10/30
    06:52 UTC

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    HD8 Deals

    I think I just missed out on good deals on the newer HD8. Anyone have any idea when I can expect another sale on the tablet?

    6 Comments
    2024/10/29
    23:24 UTC

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    Amazon fire hdx 3rd generation

    Does someone can help me? Does someone know to make an Amazon Fire HDX 3rd Generation into android tablet I tried many times but it doesn't work for me. Does anyone know? can someone help me? pls.

    1 Comment
    2024/10/29
    20:49 UTC

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    Snapchat on Kindle Fire HD 10?

    I just got my device today and I really want Snapchat but Snapchat for web page isn't working, it goes to the Snapchat for web welcome page and doesn't allow me to see my messages or account at all. I tried to use Google play to download it onto the device but it says "no eligible devices."

    Has anyone been able to get Snapchat to work? Please help 🙂

    0 Comments
    2024/10/29
    19:43 UTC

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    Fire HD 8 - Is there a case that opens the opposite way to have power button on top?

    I'm reading with my Fire HD 8. The paperwhite was too small (I am getting older and my eyes aren't what they were...3-4 sentences on each page is a pain, so I got the Fire HD 8). The case, however, opens with the tablet on the right and the cover on the left (as usual), but the power button is on the bottom right and I hit it a lot while reading. I can flip the tablet upside down no problem but it's uncomfortable with the case cover. I end up just keeping it folded all the way back. I have to read this book for a class (I'm 45, but went back to college). Or is there a case that has a cover for the power button to keep it from being depressed?

    4 Comments
    2024/10/29
    18:10 UTC

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    Sideloading Google Play for Fire HDX

    I have a kindle fire HDX running FireOS 4.5.5.3. I’d like to make this brick somewhat useful by downloading a few simple apps that my son would like. I’ve managed to side load google play but every time I try and open it the screen just goes dark and then it goes back to the Home Screen.

    I’m assuming I grabbed the wrong APKs. Wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of the correct APKs for this situation?

    9 Comments
    2024/10/29
    03:04 UTC

    106

    Fire tablets are a complete waste of money

    Purchased two Fire Tablets and have had them in use for about a year as controllers of our house audio system. One could not find a worse made product. The software is buggy, the interface is slow to respond and the overall frustration of daily use has left us no other option than to simply throw both tablets in a drawer and stop using them. I'm chalking the purchases up to a failure of judgement on my part. Anyone contemplating a Fire tablet should rethink and look for a better option.

    127 Comments
    2024/10/27
    21:11 UTC

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    Fire HD 10 Kids pro - Roblox?

    So we have just got our daughter a kindle fire HD 10 pro kids for Christmas. We haven’t taken it out of the box yet to check ourselves but she has just mentioned in passing (she doesn’t know about the tablet) that “Amazon tablets don’t let you get Roblox”

    Can someone let me know can you get Roblox on the kindle fire HD 10 kids pro?

    5 Comments
    2024/10/27
    10:40 UTC

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    How does the water detection in the charging port work?

    The reason I ask is because mine went off when I plugged in a usb c dock that has a light right at where the usb port meets the device. Is the water detection optical? my dock was dry as a bone, and so were my hands and tablet.

    4 Comments
    2024/10/26
    22:29 UTC

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    Amazon Fire HD 8/8 plus

    Hi,

    Please can anyone help

    Looking for a cheap tablet to run Roblox.

    Will the Amazon fire hd 8 plus or normal hd 8 run Roblox?

    It doesn't need to be amazing quality, just playable

    Thanks in advance

    3 Comments
    2024/10/26
    21:13 UTC

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    Fire Tablet

    So the old tablet that I had was given to me like all the way back in 2013 and it was lost or stolen recently. So luckily everything was like backed up and I just got a new one. I would like to know how I can restore the data (photos, notes, etc..) that was backed up from the old tablet to the new one? And you know how like when you register to a tablet they give these tablets like random emails. Does that mean that I have to sign into the email from the old tablet email or my Amazon account? I’m not familiar with Amazon like that, but I know I backed up everything.

    0 Comments
    2024/10/25
    21:30 UTC

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    trouble charging

    Fire HD 10 from Amazon. Repeatedly havibg error when charging with cord. was about to give up when i purchased wireless charging stand. it still gave this error but it did charge it. tried cord and multiple other cords and having same issue. bought in June 2023 so not sure if covered.

    6 Comments
    2024/10/25
    21:23 UTC

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    Fire Toolbox - Android Apps on home screen question.

    Hello,

    I've recently reinstalled Fire Toolbox on my Kindle Fire 7 - after a factory refresh - and after sorting it all out to how I want it, I'm finding it difficult working out how to put Android app links on the main screen. App like Play Store and Play Books, seem to stay on the screen as "recently used", but if I use Moon Reader Pro, that doesn't. The only way I seem to be able to access said app, is to go to the Play Store and open the app via that.

    Is there any way I can place apps onto the Amazon Fire main screen?

    Thank you

    5 Comments
    2024/10/25
    16:11 UTC

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    Cannot remove app for the life of me

    To my abject horror, this Spanish for Beginner's app recently taught my 7 year old to tell a woman she's sexy as a compliment. I reported the app and I want to block it, but for whatever reason I can't see it in the listed content under parental controls. I can see it as a recently used app, but if i go to manage content -> search amazon kids + subscription -> search, it won't come up. I've tried a number of variations on the name, as well as the manufactuer of the name but it doesn't appear.

    https://preview.redd.it/h902bei3auwd1.jpg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fe9f1c80ad83141268a606e0874be7b019d4b9b9

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    0 Comments
    2024/10/25
    05:35 UTC

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    Kindle cover keeps malfunctioning

    I just bought a new case for my kindle fire 7 it has an automatic shut off feature with a magnet. Unfortunately when I open the case and fold it on the other side it also turns the kindle off. Is there any way to fix this because right now I can't hold my kindle and read with the case on.

    0 Comments
    2024/10/25
    00:00 UTC

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    Installed app location

    Some apps I install (not system apps) the files and location of the app seem to disappear. Is there and installer that shows where the files are being installed? Is there a way to find them? I am installing a game that has a mod and I can’t add the mod if I don’t know where the game is. Thank you.

    0 Comments
    2024/10/24
    22:48 UTC

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    Does anyone know how to play mp4 videos on child’s profile for kids fire tablet 8?

    I really want my daughter to be able to watch shows that I’ve ripped from her dvds but am having a hard time figuring out how.

    6 Comments
    2024/10/24
    22:11 UTC

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    Apps just disappear due to licensing issues?

    My daughter has a Fire tablet that she has had for a little over a year. She was telling me for a while that sometimes apps that she used to play would just disappear and she could not re-add them. At first it seemed like it was just a couple of apps here or there but then she made me a list of all the ones that have disappeared:

    -Smolsies
    -Kpopsies
    -Kitty Town
    -Toca Boca
    -Pango
    -Dr. Panda
    -Animal Hair Salon
    -Kiki and Fifi
    -Panda Lu
    -Fruitsies
    -Fluvsies
    -Power Girls
    -Sweet Baby Girl
    -Pony Sisters
    -Pony Sisters Hair Salon
    -Farm Animals Hospital Doctor 3
    -Jungle Floof
    -Tuto Toons

    When I saw how long the list was I decided to chat with Amazon customer support. The support rep said that sometimes the licensing deals run out and there is nothing they can do. Is that correct? Have other people experienced this? Why is that not a bigger deal that one day an app can just vanish and there's nothing you can do about it?

    6 Comments
    2024/10/24
    21:29 UTC

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    Tablet not turning on.

    hello!

    I recently found an old fire tablet that I had, I plugged it in over night and it won't charge. when I hold the power button it plays a sound but that's it. could anyone maybe help with this?

    1 Comment
    2024/10/24
    20:03 UTC

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    Does Fire HD 10 11th Gen Cover Case fit Fire HD 10 13th Gen?

    I know the 2023 Fire HD 10 is a couple mm larger then the 2021 Fire HD but has anyone used their 2021 cover case on the newer 2023 model?

    thx

    3 Comments
    2024/10/24
    14:50 UTC

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    Cannot transfer files to pc

    Hello. Trying to help my boyfriend’s parents save the pictures from their toddlers kindle (Fire HD 8 10th generation). Have it connected to my pc but when I open the files, there’s nothing inside of them. I have changed the setting from charging to transferring and still nothing, and I have also tried multiple different cables. Is there any way to transfer files from the kindle to my pc without a USB cable? Thanks. I hope I did the flair right, I’m tech illiterate

    5 Comments
    2024/10/24
    02:03 UTC

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