Amazon Fire HD 10 Argos €109

bassy wrote: »

Hardly be any cheaper tomorrow with black friday,no ??

I doubt it. The Argos price is cheaper than Amazon's Black Friday deal by about €7!

Battery life is much better than the last version. I contacted Amazon support and asked them to remove the ads which they did

Peig Sayers wrote: »

I doubt it. The Argos price is cheaper than Amazon's Black Friday deal by about €7!

Battery life is much better than the last version. I contacted Amazon support and asked them to remove the ads which they did

How did you word that?

Peig Sayers wrote: »

Just asked them to remove the ads as they were not relevant to me. They did it in an instant, same as last time!

Contact Amazon customer support?,will the still remove them if bought from Argos ?.do you need a Amazon account?.

Peig Sayers wrote: »

On your tablet go to:

Settings
Help
Contact Us
Phone & Email
Device Settings

Type your request

Thank you,will do so tomorrow when I get it.

Is it free to get ads removed?.

Picked up one of there great tablet for the price. Sent Amazon an email and unsubscribed me from ad's took around an hour for a response.

Also found this handy app to install Google Play store etc. https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/development/official-amazon-fire-toolbox-v1-0-t3889604

Thanks OP and Peig for the heads up.

I'm in two minds as to whether or not one of these would be handy. We'll be away on holidays soon and it might be handy for our toddler to watch a bit of YouTube here and there. I was going to take the FireStick but this would be easier to whip out.

Go for the 7 or the 8? Really all it would be used for is YouTube.

just bought it there and installed google play store in less than 5 mins, just from a youtube video.
now need a case for this, anyone recommend one which doesnt cost an arm or leg?

https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8...-v1-0-t3889604 I used that link and completely removed everything lol apps adverts the lot,now I have nothing on the app at all only google and google playstore.
and idea how I can get it back to have the basic functions like camer a app short cut etc.i cannot even set a background pic etc oh lord.went to mad I think by removing stuff.

google playstore works well have set up skygo etc and help on getting back the basic app functions for it.

john4321 wrote: »

Click on the > on the bottom right to move to the next page of the app. There is an option to restore everything Amazon.

If you then select remove everything Amazon select the manual option and just tick what you want to remove.

bottom right on home screen?

just reset the whole thing to factory,will start again.

how does one set a background picture that I have screen shotted from google images?,i go to open the picture and it says can,t open file?.

Guys,

I've a reservation for a black 32gb version for Argos Mahon Point that needs to be collected before 7pm this evening.

Reservation price was €110.
They're back up to €180 now.

Anyone want it?

Morby wrote: »

Got one of these the other day and I'm following a YouTube tutorial to download the Google Play services links.

When I click the links, nothing downloads or installs.

I think I've managed to set it to install from unknown sources - went into settings, security and privacy, apps from unknown sources and have allowed Silk browser to install unknown apps.

But I still can't get the links in the YouTube video to download and install.

For reference I'm using this video;

https://youtu.be/Yl7wmFiCvCk

Not sure where I'm going wrong?

Anyone else on here who managed to install the Google play store encounter this?

Is there something I'm missing somewhere along the way?

Any advice would be most appreciated, thanks!

hi its a simple process,there was a link some op posted in this thread that I followed and everything is fine.so have a look through this thread for the op,s link and you will be fine.

Morby wrote: »

Got it sorted, thank you very much for taking the time to reply, appreciate it

your truly welcome m8,great bargain it was im very happy with it as was my 17 yrs old nephew who spent the weekend with me here and took it to bed lol

bassy wrote: »

https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8...-v1-0-t3889604 I used that link and completely removed everything lol apps adverts the lot,now I have nothing on the app at all only google and google playstore.
and idea how I can get it back to have the basic functions like camer a app short cut etc.i cannot even set a background pic etc oh lord.went to mad I think by removing stuff.

google playstore works well have set up skygo etc and help on getting back the basic app functions for it.

That link doesn't work for me.

Anyone else point me in the right direction?

EDIT: This one? https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/development/official-amazon-fire-toolbox-v1-0-t3889604

anyone experiencing lag on the tablet? i am experiencing way too much its running the latest version of fire os

Soarer wrote: »

Followed the above link and removed most of the Amazon stuff. The toolbox is a seriously clever piece of kit.

Anyways, Netflix from the Playstore won't install. Anybody have any ideas?

You need to install the version from the Amazon app store.

Soarer wrote: »

Ah ok.

So run toolbox, manually reinstall the App Store (as opposed to automatically install all Amazon software), and we're good to go?
Or would I have to reinstall the Amazon launcher too?

I'll find out either way once I get home like.

No need for the Amazon launcher just the appstore app. You can download it from the device via https://www.amazon.co.uk/androidapp

glasso wrote: »

the fire hd 8 and 10 are actually passable if you totally wipe the Amazon OS off it and replace it with lineage android (basically a version of normal android)

however, it's a messy job requiring linux/ ubuntu and I don't think that the latest fire hd 10 is even rootable yet.

did finally do it on a fire hd 8 and it's a massive improvement.

I think you're overstating the issue for a lot of light users. I'm a huge linux fanboy but my tablet is for watching shows on the way to college and reading the occasional book. Maybe some light web browsing too. I'm not a fan of amazon's os but it is usable and the toolkit listed before in the thread allows for a lot more non root customisation including replacing the loader. Recently my Fire HD mysteriously started using amazons default loader and over the xmas I didn't really have the time or need to replace it again. Was it a worse ux than nova launcher, of course. Could I get by if I could never replace it, sure.
If a tablet was my main piece of technology, I might have opted for something more open but as long as my home PC and laptop run the OS I want, my little media device with a screen won't bother me too much. Not to say I wouldn't love a cheap linux tablet that worked well, maybe someday.

JimsAlterEgo wrote: »

Missed this, assume we can expect this price in future sales?

Bump,the Fire 8 is reduced in Argos to €54.99
Not much different from the Amazon price with the current exchange rate.