02-26-2012, 11:04 PM | #1 |
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The KF accidentally gave me a brief but dazzling look at the Android Market today. Is there really no way to get this stuff besides put it on an Android phone and copy it to the KF? Why can't I just download it to a computer and copy it to my KF?--what kind of cruelty is this? I thought I would be happy to have what Amazon and the other alternate markets offered. Are they crazy? Everyone would want one of these if it had the Android Market. Insanity. I never should have looked.
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02-26-2012, 11:29 PM | #2 |
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You could look into rooting it if you're wanting to get Google's marketplace.
I know of a couple people who bought a Fire just to root and have a cheapy tablet. |
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02-26-2012, 11:34 PM | #3 |
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02-26-2012, 11:50 PM | #4 |
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TOTALLY worth it. .
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02-27-2012, 12:07 AM | #5 |
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But scary. I'm afraid I'll brick it.
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02-27-2012, 05:32 AM | #6 |
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It's not that difficult and I agree that it's well worth it. Go to the XDA forums and get the Kindle Fire Utility v0.93. It will root and install all of the google apps for you.
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02-27-2012, 09:47 AM | #7 | |
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I have Go Launcher EX and Rotating Wallpaper on mine along with tons of unauthorized apps and widgets. Would I need to uninstall all of that in order to root. The main thing I want is to use my own wallpaper and use Go Launcher EX without fear. Can I do that after rooting without the Rotating Wallpaper app? |
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02-27-2012, 11:11 AM | #8 |
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Rooting is just "opening" some gates to make it possible installing other stuff. It does not change anything with your installed apps.
No clue about your second question, I am using GO (and it works on my FIRE without any problems) as it is, did not change the wallpapers. |
02-27-2012, 04:45 PM | #9 |
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I'd steer clear.
Enough posts in xda about folks trying to avoid updates of the software or having to unroot then reroot. There are plenty of app stores loaded with APK files to keep folks busy. Need google apps? Then buy something else. Android tablets are getting cheaper by the day (just do your homework) and many have the full android market included. |
02-27-2012, 05:41 PM | #10 |
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Although it's nice to know that rooting, and in fact replacing the whole operating system with a standard Android build, is an option, so far I haven't run into anything I wanted from the Android Market that wasn't also available from one of a dozen other available markets or as a direct APK download, all of which works just fine on an un-rooted Fire.
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02-27-2012, 06:22 PM | #11 | |
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02-27-2012, 06:40 PM | #12 |
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Just about done with the KF
Just 8 hours ago I was happy as could be--well maybe thinking for rooting and now I'm considering sending it back.
Today alone: Could not download from the music store unless I bought songs "in the style of" rather the original music from the original artist. When I would search for the original artist it could not be found. When I finally got that all straightened out, the music would not download from the cloud to the device. I don't care what the current trend is, music streamed from the cloud is often jerky and reminds me of of a beat up vinyl record. Stuff on the cloud is useless when you aren't near any wifi.With help from Amazon (and many cautions that the music is "safer" in the cloud) I downloaded one song and then dashed for my iMac and iTunes where the music is always safe with Apple and if you lose it, they will happily assist you to retrieve it for free. It is also safe on my iPhone, iPod, and Time Capsule and iMac. Touch interpretation is way off today. A sigh will cause pages to be flipped, apps to start and close, while actual finger pounding does not accomplish anything at all. I turned it off and gave it a rest for about a half hour, charged it up and turned i t back on. I now have one book in the carrousel. None on the other bookshelves. About half my apps are gone. Logging in at various places has been a challenge with the keyboard bouncing up and down as if on springs. It disappears when I need to type and springs back when I don't. And that's just a few of the things that have gone wrong today. |
02-27-2012, 06:54 PM | #13 |
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I would guess that 8-9 out of 10 Apps on the Google Market can be found on an alternative Market or by simply doing a Google Search with apk at the end.
Android Community website syncs their App data directly from the Android Market. Most of the FREE Apps available on the Android Market can be downloaded from this site. http://androiddev.orkitra.com/download/apps/ http://androiddev.orkitra.com/?page_id=254 Last edited by obsessed2; 02-27-2012 at 07:06 PM. |
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