MX Player constantly closes. It works great on my galaxy nexus but doesn't work on my kindle.

I had to convert movies to mp4 and play them in the native player.

Originally Posted by qw3rty3

MX Player constantly closes. It works great on my galaxy nexus but doesn't work on my kindle.

I had to convert movies to mp4 and play them in the native player.

I use VLC Player Beta, sideloaded, with great success!

Re: How limited is the HD 8.9?

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It's a great device,

KFHD 8.9 (root & playstore) - XT912 - HTC Nexus ONE - GT3113 - MID7048

Thinking about an android tablet lately, my brother got a galaxy tab 2 which i like but the display resolution is a bit too low for me. Now the Kindle Fire 8.9 seems quite nice, is it with a bit of android and rooting knowledge possible to make almost anything work like on any other tablet?

Originally Posted by fBx

Thinking about an android tablet lately, my brother got a galaxy tab 2 which i like but the display resolution is a bit too low for me. Now the Kindle Fire 8.9 seems quite nice, is it with a bit of android and rooting knowledge possible to make almost anything work like on any other tablet?

I'd say yes...here's what I did:

1 - Rooted my tablet
2 - Installed Gapps(googleservicesframework, accountsandsyncsettings, googleloginservices, play store, gmail, etc)
3 - Installed Market Helper
4 - Installed Titanium Backup(paid version)
5 - Installed launcher I wanted
6 - Uninstalled default launcher plus TONS of other bloatware

It took a little bit of time to do, but it was definitely worth it at the end of the day.

Out of the box(and other ppl may have different experiences) but I was only pulling about 6500 on Antutu, now it's up to 9300 Antutu Benchmark, and 2700 on Quadrant. That's without tweaks installed, just rooted and bloatware removed...and remember this is on ICS 4.0.4...when I was running CM10.1 4.2.2 I was pulling about 10,500 for my Antutu. The N7 being a quad core averages aaround 12,000...I think that's pretty good. Once CM10.1 gets Audio, I COMPLETELY plan on using it as a daily driver. It's just...better. 8.9" screen is the perfect size for me...I love it.

Originally Posted by lp894

Out of the box(and other ppl may have different experiences) but I was only pulling about 6500 on Antutu, now it's up to 9300 Antutu Benchmark, and 2700 on Quadrant. That's without tweaks installed, just rooted and bloatware removed...and remember this is on ICS 4.0.4...when I was running CM10.1 4.2.2 I was pulling about 10,500 for my Antutu. The N7 being a quad core averages aaround 12,000...I think that's pretty good. Once CM10.1 gets Audio, I COMPLETELY plan on using it as a daily driver. It's just...better. 8.9" screen is the perfect size for me...I love it.

Antutu on stock is between 9500 and 9700. Your 6500 must be a typo.

Originally Posted by twa_priv

Antutu on stock is between 9500 and 9700. Your 6500 must be a typo.

no sir...6500 out the box. couldn't figure out why either

Originally Posted by lp894

no sir...6500 out the box. couldn't figure out why either

You got 6500 on stock because the antutu version you get from the amazon store is ancient compared to the current one you get from the play store. You need to use the same version to compare scores.

let me rephrase...stock+root+ apps. first app I downloaded was antutu from the play market. I kid you not, I was pulling 6500...like i said, I'm not sure why. I was only getting around 1600 for processor vs 3200-3500 I get now. Almost as if one of the cores wasn't enabled

Why is there no section for Kindle HD 8.9? I want a pure android tablet that is bigger than 7" but less than 10". Does the Kindle HD 8.9 have any roms yet like CM 10 that is FULLY stable? I love the size and form factor as well as the screen of the Kindle HD 8.9" but if it doesn't have android and I can't multitask use google talk and just do general productivity stuff then I will have to go with a 10" or a small nexus 7. I had the nexus 7" and found it a little bit too small. I also had a 10" and found it a little bit too big. I think 8 or 9 would be perfect so it's either this or the ipad mini. Not too big of a fan of IOS so if this can get android, I would be happy.

Can anyone tell me what the status is on custom android roms and whether the Kindle in the past has gotten great development or if good rom dev is sparce? I would appreciate it. Thanks