/r/kindlefire
A community for Amazon Fire and Kindle 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
Device name, model code, Android equivalent and API version, Fire OS version
Official Libby by Overdrive app APK and install guide for Fire OS 5+
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*/r/kindlefire wikiFAQ(OUTDATED)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
I bought this on Mercari and was informed by Amazon that the reason I can’t register it is because it was reported stolen coincidentally (insert sarcasm) on the day the seller shipped it to me. I only bought it to read my Kindle books. Is there any use for this thing now?
Basically, I got one as a gift. It powered on first time I plugged it in and showed battery symbol. But it no longer turned on after that. How should I troubleshoot this?
Hi there
Has anyone seen this hack, and how do I get rid of the thing? Appreciate any help on this
How do you like your fire max 11? What do you use it for?
Recently up top I use to have a for you, home and library icon I could push on the very top. Somehow the library icon disappeared and is no longer present. Anybody know how to get that back?
I received a new tablet fire 10 (13th build) and everything's fine but Bluetooth. I try yo pop-up the setting menu, it freezes thee. I try to access devices via the menu shortcut, still freezes the menu. It's blank.
I usually able to resolve my own electronic problems but thus time I'm stuck.
Hi all. As the title says. My fire 7 is about 6 years old now and it's starting to run quite slow
Are the new fire 7's OK or should u get an 8hd?
Mainly use it for reading a bit of surfing and to play radio plays when I go to sleep.
Thanks in advance
Bought 3 used fire 8 tablets and when they boot up they are completely wiped like they are a demo model any help would be greatly appreciated here is a screenshot of the about page
I've had my fire max 11 since early January, I side-loaded the Google play store through fire toolbox almost immediately after setting the tablet.
Since then, I've installed apps like FB, X (Twitter), IG, reddit, discord etc.
The only apps that actively receive push notification updates are FB, Gmail and yahoo Mail. I've checked the settings on all my apps and they're all on, on bothe the tablet and the in-app settings.
Aside from this issue I've noticed FB doesn't have an option for me to use night mode but I'm sure that might just be because meta doesn't really care to properly update the app for Amazon products (I could be wrong)
Any way to fix the notification issues?
I love the look and feel of fire os, and would love to have the same feel on my standard android devices, so is there any way to do that?
When I go to certain sites, like Twitter, my Kindle doesn't display certain letters or characters (they are usually like a special font or something). It's usually either blank or a box. Is there any way to change it?
I can't watch YouTube most of the time for over a few seconds to a minute without the video completely freezing and not working, I have tested it on a few different networks with high enough speeds and the problem still occurs. I've factory reset twice now and it hasn't changed anything. I have tried YouTube revanced and the regular app and the problem is on both of them
hello, I've been browsing threads to no avail. I have a bricked Kindle Fire that was given to me. it's stuck on the kindle fire logo. I've tried soft and hard resetting it and unplugging the battery. I've also tried connecting it to my computer to use unbricking tools with a regular micro USB and with a fastboot cable. when plugged in with the fastboot cable, it's not recognized on my computer at all, but when plugged in with a regular USB, it'll connect for about 3 seconds and then disconnect. I am not the MOST tech savvy, but I could use some help with the problem if possible. Thanks!
I got a fire hd 10 2023 and when i try to click install google services with fire toolbox it doesnt do anything and crashes after a few seconds, how can i fix this?
Hi.my kids subscription expired, if I buy an echo kids edition will the subscription apply to the tablet too?
Subscription is like £60 so another free year would make sense for the little bit extra to get an echo.
Just purchased an Amazon Fire HDX (model number GUO45RW) at an estate sale for 9 bucks. I have zero experience with Amazon products beyond my paperwhite but I was really hoping to be able to read comics on an app like Hoopla. I’m a little confused on how to navigate and I’m wondering if the software is so out of date that I’m unable to download apps like Kindle Unlimited and Hoopla.
It currently says the software is running Fire OS 4.5.5.3 and that it is the most up to date. Any ways around this like jail breaking?
Just hoping to hear some thoughts and get any advice if anyone has it! Worst case, I paid 9 bucks for it and I can’t use it for what I intended. Thanks!
Can I get the my library tab back? Undo this "update "? This is very customer unfriendly.
The new "for you" section does have books but you can't see them all, just a few. The rest is just advertising for more amazon kindle products
I can't scroll thru my entire library, just about 20 books.
I can't find a pattern to when it pauses, sometimes after 2 minutes sometimes 15 seconds. It happens screen on and screen off.
I need to install a new OS on the fire hd 10 7th (Suez). I'm on 5.6.9 software. I need a recommendation without brick/shorting solutions.
Any help?
So I side loaded Google play store to get the youtube app on my fire tablet. The app is there in my profile, but when I select the YouTube app on my parent dashboard, I get the ✔️ but the app doesn't show up on my kids profile. I've gotten it to work on one tablet
I'm trying to get voiceview to work for my Gran as she's losing her sight, and I've managed to turn it on, but when I select something for it to read it doesn't read anything out.
The volume is up, the green box around the item on the screen is showing, but no voice is coming out.
Any ideas?
As title says, I have a older Fire HD 8 Plus 10th Gen, running Fire OS 7.3.2.9 and all of a sudden YouTube doesn't want to work on it anymore no matter what I do, I've had this issue before and had been able to solve it by updating either the YouTube app or updating Google Play Services but since I started having this issue again that has not worked at all, some videos may play fully but when I go and play another they either freeze and won't play at all or the beginning plays and it freezes after that
Have also tried reinstalling the YouTube app and clearing the cache but it doesn't work to solve it, I can't do a factory reset because I would lose some things I haven't been able to properly back up because I don't have the means yet, the fact that I've been having this issue now for 3 days and nothing I used to do works is really getting to me, I dunno what else to do to make it work this time, it was working fine until this Wednesday when it started acting up
So i got some moisture in the charging port, and i tried to dry it, and I think i did. So i snoozed the moisture deteced thingy, and i was using it for a bit until 1%. Then i charged it and left. But it wouldnt charge it has the little battery lights up but even after an hour it disnt charge even with multipule cables. Now im afriad i bricked it
I have an older one, like circa 2019, that does not support screen recording. I'd buy a new one if it had this feature as I need a tablet that can support screen recording for building some simple tutorials using mostly web based stuff even my old Kindle can easily handle.
Device: Kindle Fire HD 8
When I unplugged my Kindle this morning to use it it acted as though it was completely powered off. When I pressed the power button it turned on showing the Kindle logo and said optimizing. After it loaded it was stuck on my background screen flashing with no icons. The only way to get it to stop was to power it down. Restarted it multiple times with no luck.
I discovered how to get into Amazon system recovery by pressing the volume up button and power button when turning it back on. There I’ve tried:
Reboot system now
Wipe data/factory reset
Is my kindle dead or is there some fix I’m not finding? It was working fine yesterday.
Found some movies I like their on HD 720p , I'm on fire max 11 is that good enough quality for that tablet ?
Hi everyone! I've tried looking for this here and in other places and couldn't find any clear answers.My kid has a Kindle Fire Kids from 2019 (bought in the UK), and it's not working properly anymore, so we're looking to replace it. The problem is that we're living in Spain (with no plans to travel to the UK for the foreseeable) and Amazon UK doesn't deliver Kindle Fires to Spain. In Spain, there's no Amazon Kids, so we can't buy the same product here.
My question is, if we buy a regular Kindle Fire here in Spain, would we be able to set up a kid profile using our UK account and have access to all the Kids + stuff we're paying for?
I'm fairly sure I know the answer to this, but I'm hoping I'm mistaken or that there's a workaround.
Thank you!
Can I use the lenovo USI Pen 2 with the Fire Max 11?
I have a dead Kindle Fire 10. I’ve removed the memory card and inserted it into a card reader on my iMac. It is a 128GB card and I see what looks like two partitions, a 16.8MB one and a 127.87GB partition. Is there any way to mount that memory card so I can see the files on it?
Thanks.