Carousel annoyance

jruschme · 12-13-2012, 01:14 PM

My wife and I have a pair of Fire HD7s which we really enjoy. One annoyance for us, though, is the fact that if either of us buys a book or mails a personal document, even if it is being sent to another device (i.e., KK), it shows up in the carousel of both Fires. As we have very diverse (and divergent) tastes, this is somewhat annoying.

Anybody know of a way to turn off this behavior?

Thanks...
JR

jswinden · 12-13-2012, 01:42 PM

It sounds like you have the Fires set to show everything in your Amazon Cloud. Set each category on each Fire to display only the items loaded on that device. To do so touch each category item (Games, Apps, Books, etc.) to display the items in that category, then touch the Device button at the top of the screen.

Skydog · 12-13-2012, 02:00 PM

A newly-purchased book or personal documents emailed will appear on the carousel regardless of the setting that displays content in each individual category (cloud/device).

As far as I know, the only way to avoid receiving book/document transactions made by others is to establish separate accounts for the devices.

Katie1 · 12-19-2012, 10:19 AM

It will Show BUT wont download! So just tap & Delete from Carosel. It will go to Cloud IF its not downloaded to your Fire.

ApK · 12-19-2012, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Katie1

It will Show BUT wont download! So just tap & Delete from Carosel. It will go to Cloud IF its not downloaded to your Fire.

But the question was how to get rid of the annoyance of it appearing on the carousel. Whether it downloads or not, you can still tap and delete it, but it is still an annoyance to have to do so.

I think the only actual solution would be to use different accounts, or get rid of the carousel entirely by using a different launcher. (Not a very elegant solution if you happen to otherwise like Amazon's UI.)

KlondikeGeoff · 12-21-2012, 03:57 PM

What is even more annoying is that there is no way to "delete all." When I first got my Fire1, it suddenly had every book I purchased for my Kindle1. I had to remove them from the stupid Carousel one by one by one....

I would be perfectly happy if I could get rid of the wretched Carousel completely, but no way, unfortunately.

DustyDisks · 12-21-2012, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by KlondikeGeoff

What is even more annoying is that there is no way to "delete all." When I first got my Fire1, it suddenly had every book I purchased for my Kindle1. I had to remove them from the stupid Carousel one by one by one....

I would be perfectly happy if I could get rid of the wretched Carousel completely, but no way, unfortunately.

Now that would be a great feature to have on all kindles. To give the user complete control of what they want displayed on the Carousel! To give them the choice of what is on it or not.

blunty · 02-05-2013, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by DustyDisks

Now that would be a great feature to have on all kindles. To give the user complete control of what they want displayed on the Carousel! To give them the choice of what is on it or not.

To have an Android device that act like others rather than the stupidly limited carousel and menu list. Icons, widgets etc. In fact only good thing about the fire is the choice on the Amazon store. The fire itself is, unusually for Amazon, a poor piece of hardware. Interface, battery, functionality (thinking zoom and audio here on books, skype). Cheap yes but...

12-13-2012, 01:14 PM	#1
jruschme Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Brick, NJ Device: Kindle WiFi	Carousel annoyance My wife and I have a pair of Fire HD7s which we really enjoy. One annoyance for us, though, is the fact that if either of us buys a book or mails a personal document, even if it is being sent to another device (i.e., KK), it shows up in the carousel of both Fires. As we have very diverse (and divergent) tastes, this is somewhat annoying. Anybody know of a way to turn off this behavior? Thanks... JR

12-13-2012, 01:42 PM	#2
jswinden Amateur Radio Posts: 3,936 Karma: 2506296 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: USA Device: Kindle Touch, iPad 3, iPhone 5	It sounds like you have the Fires set to show everything in your Amazon Cloud. Set each category on each Fire to display only the items loaded on that device. To do so touch each category item (Games, Apps, Books, etc.) to display the items in that category, then touch the Device button at the top of the screen. __________________ Jack Currently: Kindle Touch, iPhone 5, and iPad 3. Last edited by jswinden; 12-13-2012 at 01:46 PM.

12-19-2012, 10:19 AM	#4
Katie1 Non-Techy Posts: 734 Karma: 3261455 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Kindle Fire HD 7" & Kindle 3 wifi & Sansa Clip	It will Show BUT wont download! So just tap & Delete from Carosel. It will go to Cloud IF its not downloaded to your Fire. __________________ Save a Tree Buy an eReader!

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KlondikeGeoff Wombat Aficionado Posts: 455 Karma: 733 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Arizona Device: Fire, Kindle1, Sony PRS-500 Reader, Rocket 1100 eBook	What is even more annoying is that there is no way to "delete all." When I first got my Fire1, it suddenly had every book I purchased for my Kindle1. I had to remove them from the stupid Carousel one by one by one.... I would be perfectly happy if I could get rid of the wretched Carousel completely, but no way, unfortunately.


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