Ste- wrote: » MarkY91 wrote: » Wait what?...GTA 3 + PS3 controller?....you have my attention! Can it be done with a ps4 controller? It's usb otg. ps4 pad should be easier than ps3. Not sure if the tablet needs to be rooted to gain usb otg tho. something to check out.
MarkY91 wrote: » Wait what?...GTA 3 + PS3 controller?....you have my attention! Can it be done with a ps4 controller?
Tigerandahalf wrote: » I have done that before. Lots of youtube videos on it. The problem is that once the Amazon Fire does a system update it seems to stop the google apps from working.
blobbie wrote: » Did you follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/installing-google-framework-playstore-t3216122 If so see post # 9 - maybe this will help.
blobbie wrote: » It might be trying to update the Play Store in the background. This can take a while and didn't give me any message that it was updating other than to say it had updated after the fact. Did you ever get into play store? If not, try reinstall. If so, power off, power back on and try access a google app e.g. mail, calendar and leave for a while, say 10mins to give Google Paly time to update (if this is what is happening in the background).
Tigerandahalf wrote: » I can't even get into the Play Store app. It just comes up as a white blank screen.
Tigerandahalf wrote: » I followed the guide re getting the google play store and its apps but keeping the Fire OS. I connected my google account and downloaded a few apps but I couldn't use the Chrome browser. I guess the Fire OS doesn't want one using another browser with ad revenue etc. Does anyone know how to stop google accounts on different phones/tablets from syncing your browsing history etc. I would be afraid that my gmail account would be vulnerable too given the amount of people around the house at xmas that could use the tablet.
Tigerandahalf wrote: » I followed the guide re getting the google play store and its apps but keeping the Fire OS.I connected my google account and downloaded a few apps but I couldn't use the Chrome browser. I guess the Fire OS doesn't want one using another browser with ad revenue etc. Does anyone know how to stop google accounts on different phones/tablets from syncing your browsing history etc. I would be afraid that my gmail account would be vulnerable too given the amount of people around the house at xmas that could use the tablet.
Akrasia wrote: » The app store doesn't need rooting so if you're happy with the Fire OS skin, then there's no risk at all in adding the play store
sugarman wrote: » Side loaded 3.1.2, rooted it, disabled OTA and stuck on CM12.1 this afternoon. Much better and very happy with it. No more ads, bloatware and a propper app store. I'd original tried just adding the play store and removing ads but still found fireOS very sluggish with any labour intensive apps. I have GTA 3 running on max settings using my PS3 controller no bother now.
bittihuduga wrote: » i just want to remove ads. is this a simple request to amazon chat team?
bittihuduga wrote: » got my fire from amazon. :-) i dont want to root it. i just want to remove ads. is this a simple request to amazon chat team?
digitaldr wrote: » I've put cm 12 on 2 of these so far. I've found that kingroot works best if you have a very good wifi connection as it needs to access servers to get the best root method for your particular device. I have very fast cable broadband but my 2.4Ghz WiFi is a bit weak (the only band supported by the fire). This is not usually a problem as everything else connected to it is supports 5GHz. I found that kingroot is much more likely to succeed when I'm very close to the router.
Nemeses2050 wrote: » Even I don't see any ads on my Fire, kinda strange as it said with special ads. But there's not many apps on Amazon store, so I'm tempted to atleast get the google app store
Tigerandahalf wrote: » I have an Amazon Fire and there are no ads on it. I was tempted to root but to be honest I don't think it is worth the hassle for the few apps that I regularly use.
Asus X540L wrote: » Some apps like Hearthstone murder the battery. It's the same on my phone. Just be careful about what you use.
Suckit wrote: » Battery life (on FireOS) is terrible for me. Was that the same with anybody else?
Akrasia wrote: » Amazon fire OS is a big billboard. If you're happy to be hard sold non stop that's fine, otherwise you should consider reclaiming the device for the things you want to use it for, not the things amazon wants you to do
Asus X540L wrote: » Why root it? It won't update automatically and you could brick it and you probably wreck your warranty (although at 30pound it hardly matters) The Amazon App store is better than Google Play in a lot of ways - some of the free games on Underground are absolutely amazing. I've enough of Google Play on my phone so I'm leaving my Fire as an Amazon tablet.
