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Originally Posted by Blossom
See what they don't tell you is...
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Ummm... while there are perhaps technically two storage locations the Fire tablet makes the "SD Card" location virtually inaccessible and relies almost entirely on what it labels "Internal storage".
To get to the bottom of this the OP could install CCleaner from the Amazon Appstore.
First, check "System Info" from the slide out menu on the left and make sure that the Internal Storage category is getting all of the usage and that the SD Card category says that basically nothing is being used at all. (The bar should be empty and the Used and Free should both say "0 B"). This would be normal.
Second, pull out the menu again and touch "App Manager". Under both "Installed Applications" and "System Applications" the SD Card bar should say some small amount of megabytes (like 20 or 30 MB out of O B) and the bar should be completely filled. This would be normal.
In order to force quit applications you can do either of the following: when in an application (like Silk or Email) or a subcategory of the main Fire interface (like Apps or Games) and the navigation bar is present along the bottom of the screen or the right side (the arrow, home, and search buttons) you can slide your finger out from the bottom or side of the screen (wherever the navigation bar is) and a tray will slide out. You can swipe apps out of the tray and this will force them to quit.
Secondly, you can force an application to quit by going to Settings>Applications>Manage All Applications. Usually you can drill down further and select Running Applications from the drop down menu at the top. Touch an application and then touch the "Force Stop" button at the top of the listing.
You can get to settings from a pinned settings app on the Homescreen/favorites, by pulling down from the top of the screen to show the shade with quick settings and notifications on it (settings is on the far right) or by finding the "Settings" app in the Apps section of the Fire tablet.
I'm wondering: are you getting some general warning that is telling you your memory is low, or are you attempting to install an app and THEN being told you are low on memory. Depending on the size of the application, sometimes when the downloaded packages are being unpacked and decompressed they will end up earmarking more space for the installation process than they actually need for the app to be downloaded or installed.