I have a second gen kindle fire (rooted) and looked and looked all over and have not seen any way to use custom launchers on my kindle fire. It downloads and installs but does not show up in the carousel or application list. i go into lucky patcher and it cannot open the launcher. Please give reason and or fix
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Try rebooting. It could also be intentional behavior on Amazon's side (they won't let you change the default launcher, and they might prevent you from even opening another one).
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i am no a pro at this but i think someone said its because it has a locked bootloader.
i am no a pro at this but i think someone said its because it has a locked bootloader.
The issue isn't caused by a locked bootloader; however, unlocking or replacing the bootloader will allow you to use a custom ROM and sidestep the stock OS's restrictions.
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I guess I can trial and error my way until it works! do you think I should just get cyanogem mod on it if I can't get a launcher?The issue isn't caused by a locked bootloader; however, unlocking or replacing the bootloader will allow you to use a custom ROM and sidestep the stock OS's restrictions.
Yep - it'd be more up to date than Amazon's stock OS, too.
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the thing is, I don't have the adb drivers to use kindle fire utilityYep - it'd be more up to date than Amazon's stock OS, too.
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What OS are you using on your PC? If you're running Linux (Ubuntu, etc.), no drivers are needed.
windows
I am using windows seven. but it wants me to have android sdk in the majority of the tutorials I've read
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The tutorials recommend you install the Android SDK, but unless you're planning on doing Android app development, most of the SDK will be useless. Instead of using the SDK (which is quite bulky), I'd recommend that you run the 15 second ADB installer, which can be downloaded here. Run the program as administrator, and when you're asked the questions, answer Yes/Y for the "install ADB and fastboot" and "install ADB system wide" questions, and No/N to the "Install device drivers" question. The reason we're not installing the drivers bundled with the installer is because the drivers are for Google devices, which will clearly not work with the Kindle.
Because of this, we're going to install the Kindle drivers separately. Go ahead and download the zip file in this thread, which contains installers for the Kindle drivers. Unzip the folder, run one of the executables as administrator, and install the drivers as prompted. You may get errors about installing unsigned drivers - continue anyway. Once the drivers successfully install, reboot your machine. Once you're rebooted, plug in your kindle (make sure it's booted into either recovery or a ROM). (NOTE: If you're booted into a ROM, you may get a prompt asking if you want to allow USB debugging. If you get this message, check the "Always allow from this computer" checkbox, and then OK.) Open a command prompt window and type adb devices. Below "list of devices attached", you should get a random string back (this is your device's ID) and either "unauthorized", "offline", or "device" next to it. If you don't see any text below "List of devices attached", then check to make sure ADB is enabled on your kindle (which it probably is if you rooted it
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AWESOME
Have see it tried it yet but I will I gave ed up with sdk I have crap internet so it takes forever to download. I needed this thanks alot
Have see it tried it yet but I will I gave ed up with sdk I have crap internet so it takes forever to download. I needed this thanks alot
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