I prefer the Kindle app from the Play Store to the one installed by default on the Fire tablet, because a lot of my ebooks weren't bought from Amazon, and Amazon insists on classifying these as docs rather than books, which means I need to use the Docs app to read them. Whereas the Play Store Kindle app handles Docs and Books in the same app together.
I have a Fire HD 6 tablet, rooted and with Gapps. I'm thinking maybe I could use Titanium Backup to uninstall the stock Kindle app, and then install the one from the Play Store - will that work, or is the stock Kindle app too heavily integrated with FireOS to safely remove? I've disabled the stock launcher, so the integration with that shouldn't be an issue.
my father has a Fire 7 HD that I rooted for him changed the launcher to nova, installed playstore and froze any system updates. I think it's on a late version of gingerbread or thereabouts.
installing the regular kindle app doesn't work, it asks questions about being an authorised device etc. so is there a version of it old or modded that will work OK ?
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Hello, so on my Galaxy S2 I have a few quick questions about whether there is an alternate method to solve my problems.
The first concerns the Amazon App Store on which I purchased a few apps. After uninstalling the App Store only one of the apps continued to run, the others required that I maintain the application. Is there anyway around this? I don't want to keep the Amazon App Store but I do want to use the apps without it?
The second has to do with all the junk ATT apps that came pre-loaded onto the phone. I understand that if rooted I could remove all of them, but is there any method to doing so without rooting?
Lastly, I have some kindle purchased books via the Amazon Kindle store. I prefer using Google Books as my E-reader and was wondering is there anyway to convert the purchased books into the Google Books format? Will the quality be like reading an ordinary E-book?
Android901 said:
Hello, so on my Galaxy S2 I have a few quick questions about whether there is an alternate method to solve my problems.
The first concerns the Amazon App Store on which I purchased a few apps. After uninstalling the App Store only one of the apps continued to run, the others required that I maintain the application. Is there anyway around this? I don't want to keep the Amazon App Store but I do want to use the apps without it?
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This is a function of Amazon and there's no way around it.
The second has to do with all the junk ATT apps that came pre-loaded onto the phone. I understand that if rooted I could remove all of them, but is there any method to doing so without rooting?
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Not completely. Some bloatware can be removed without root, but not all.
Lastly, I have some kindle purchased books via the Amazon Kindle store. I prefer using Google Books as my E-reader and was wondering is there anyway to convert the purchased books into the Google Books format? Will the quality be like reading an ordinary E-book?
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Amazon's Kindle format is proprietary and they would quickly shut down any conversion method that allows their books to be read outside of a Kindle or Kindle app.
I have the google play store on my kindle fire hd but external app links try to open the amazon app store instead of the google play store. A while ago links opened the google play store but i had problems with my kindle so i restored it and started over. Now the amazon app store is default. I tried uninstalling the amazon app store but that did not help. Is there any way to make the google play store the default app store?
There's an apk in the /system/app folder you have to rename to fix it, I believe its called something like market proxy.apk, pretty sure it has the word proxy in it. Just rename it to .old or something at the end of the name.
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Hi.
I'm being tempted to buy the new Kindle Fire HDX because of the build quality, amazing speakers and amazing specs. What puts me off is the lack of Google Play store but my main concern is not being able to download and sign-in to Google services and apps such as Youtube, maps, Email, etc.
What alternative ways (or third-party stores) that i can download so i can use and sign-in to most (if not all) of Google services apps that i normally need and have?
Please advice.
Thanks.
Take a look at the forums. At this point you can flash your HDX so that it's basically Android 4.2.2. Thing like Google Apps will all work. I check Gmail and use Google Drive daily on my HDX.
HDX is the best 7 inch tablet on the market right now. Its only real flaw being Fire OS can be remedied by anyone even remotely competent.
1mobile app store works, and you can download most if not all of the google apps through that. All that's really missing is the play store.
My wife has the old Kindle Fire HD and i have downloaded the 1Mobile market plus Good e-reader and Aptoide successfully. I found most (but not all of them) Google apps there but i noticed that you can't sign-in to them especially Youtube. Gmail is no big deal as i can check my mails on my phone or Mac. And there is no Google+ which is a shame. Unless i'm blind or its there now but last night i can't find it.
I dont' want to root my Kindle Fire HDX as im not familiar in the first place and i am very satisfied with just sideloading apps and going through third-party app stores. If there is another way to download the Google apps & services then ill buy the Fire HDX today.
So, apart from the ones i mentioned above is there another way(s) to look for .apk files of my favourite Google apps like Google+, Youtube, Maps, Translate, Drive, etc.? Please??
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My wife has the old Kindle Fire HD and i have downloaded the 1Mobile market plus Good e-reader and Aptoide successfully. I found most (but not all of them) Google apps there but i noticed that you can't sign-in to them especially Youtube. Gmail is no big deal as i can check my mails on my phone or Mac. And there is no Google+ which is a shame. Unless i'm blind or its there now but last night i can't find it.
I dont' want to root my Kindle Fire HDX as im not familiar in the first place and i am very satisfied with just sideloading apps and going through third-party app stores. If there is another way to download the Google apps & services then ill buy the Fire HDX today.
So, apart from the ones i mentioned above is there another way(s) to look for .apk files of my favourite Google apps like Google+, Youtube, Maps, Translate, Drive, etc.? Please??
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Try this http://androidcowboy.com/android-apk-files-download/
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I am not desperate but it would be awesome if one can install the Google Play store on a Kindle Fire without rooting.
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Try this http://androidcowboy.com/android-apk-files-download/
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Any other app stores i can download?
Try blackmart alpha
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After I updated my kindle fire HD 7 to the newer 5.3.2 version, the google play services stop working correctly: the YouTube doesn't launch (white screen on the startup).
I've tried to reinstall the app from the Play Store without success for that problem. After that I tried to install different google play services versions and I tried to install again the 4 APK needed to get the google play store working on kindle fire and I it get worse because I was stuck with a older play store version... after many tries I decided to restore the OS...
How I fixed that:
I did a factory restore on kindle fire, applied all the updates.
I didn't login with my amazon account
Installed the google play store using the instructions from this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/how-to-install-google-play-store-fire-t3486603
YouTube working
After the google play services automatically update, I had to restart to device to YouTube start working again.
As long I can use the google play store and the google apps I will stick with the stock ROM. Also I noticed an overall increased performance with this fresh install
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After I updated my kindle fire HD 7 to the newer 5.3.2 version, the google play services stop working correctly: the YouTube doesn't launch (white screen on the startup).
I've tried to reinstall the app from the Play Store without success for that problem. After that I tried to install different google play services versions and I tried to install again the 4 APK needed to get the google play store working on kindle fire and I it get worse because I was stuck with a older play store version... after many tries I decided to restore the OS...
How I fixed that:
I did a factory restore on kindle fire, applied all the updates.
I didn't login with my amazon account
Installed the google play store using the instructions from this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/how-to-install-google-play-store-fire-t3486603
YouTube working
After the google play services automatically update, I had to restart to device to YouTube start working again.
As long I can use the google play store and the google apps I will stick with the stock ROM. Also I noticed an overall increased performance with this fresh install
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Did you install 5.3.2 with root ? Or just by itself (unrooted) ?
No root. I never rooted my kindle, no need of that yet
I'm using a Kindle fire HDX 3rd generation. I'm looking for an app store alternative that will work on my device. I would like to install the real google play store from it. I also want to install nova launcher from it.
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I'm using a Kindle fire HDX 3rd generation. I'm looking for an app store alternative that will work on my device. I would like to install the real google play store from it. I also want to install nova launcher from it.
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If you simply want to sideload a few 'popular apps' APKMirror is a well respected source for curated apks. If you prefer the full Play Store experience on a relatively modern ROM (stock is very dated) you will need to unlock the bootloader and replace FireOS with Lineage. The latter involves a fair bit of reading/tinkering...weekend project for most.