Yes, I am still around, but been busy last few weeks with work kicking into high gear. I plan on getting something out in the next week or so. Well, I will try. Lot has happened this month… Apple released iTextbooks, or whatever they are calling it, CES happened (though nothing really jumped out at [...]
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Root the Kindle Fire How-To Updated
Got the how-to updated for post 6.2. Head on over there and check it out.
Quick Update
Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays to all! Just a quick update. Installed Liberty 3 ROM on my Droid X, and loving it! Except for a random reboot that I need to figure out… Amazon pushed out an update to the Kindle Fire which breaks the root method I have posted. The good thing is I [...]
ADW EX Launcher on the Kindle Fire
So I was using the GO Launcher, but when ADW EX went on sale for the 10 billion app downloads, I had to get it! $0.10 was a steal! See the screens below: The widgets I have are 2x Weather Channel widgets, 4x from APPY Geek, and the Beautiful Widgets super clock widget. There is [...]
Android Market Recognizing the Kindle Fire
So I noticed something interesting the other day when I was browsing the Android Market from the web. The market is recognizing the Kindle Fire and displaying it proudly:I wonder how Amazon feels about this? Though, since it is so easy to root the Kindle Fire (see the Root the Kindle Fire page), I don’t think [...]
Kindle Fire Updated
Amazon pushed out an update to the Kindle Fire a few days ago. Bad news, it breaks root. Good news gaining root is still easy and it doesn’t modify any of the Google Apps files added to the system\app\ directory.
Rooting the Kindle Fire
So, I was able to get a majority of the Google Apps going by simply finding the APKs from the web or off my DroidX, transferring the APK to the Kindle Fire and installing it. This doesn’t work for getting the Market or the Google Calendar and Contact sync working. To get these working you will have [...]
Much Progress Made on the Kindle Fire
More stuff later… sleep!
Kindle Fire
So, I got my Kindle Fire on the 15th and have been having fun with it ever since! Used it so far to stream some videos using Amazon Prime, play Angry Birds (it is cheating on a larger screen, I swear!) and generally poking around to see what I can do with it. After playing around [...]