Kindle Fire Fan Testimonials

Kindle Fire Testimonials From Site Fans

This Site's Homepage Viewed on My Kindle Fire!

This is the place where you can rave about this Kindle Fire website and read the ravings from others (LOL)! I'd love to hear from you so please share with us any (or all) of the following:

What you like about this site
Those resources, articles, and tips that helped you
What Kindle Fire things you'd like to see here (or more of something)
How you found out about this site
Where in the world you are visiting from
Anything else you want to share, even what you didn't like (good feedback is always welcome!)

Just post your thoughts in a comment and after I review it (to keep out trolls, spam, and errors) it will show up down below! Be sure to rate this site with how many flames (aka stars) you think it deserves.

If you'd like to share with us your Kindle Fire Story be sure to submit that on our story page, or read the stories of other Kindle Fire fans!

Of course, you can always contact me if you have anything specific you'd like to share with me.

I truly appreciate all the kind words each of you have shared with me. Thanks for sharing the love!
-Rachel

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thank you
by: Kritter

just upgraded to a new 10 inch 64 gig. thanks to you i have google games and my grandkids smiling at me from the screen wallpaper. you are in my bookmarks

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THANK YOU
by: Central Texas Jim

I got your alert on the Fire reduced price today. I just purchased one and chose the no ad price. Thank you!

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Hooray - No Ads!!!
by: Tom

Your instructions are GREAT!!!! I paid the $15 just to get rid of those ads. I got an excellent price on the Fire 10 HD so the $15 was a bargain to get rid of them. THANKS!!!!

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Thank god. No more "recomendations"
by: Anonymous

You saved me from hating my kindle fire. Hooray!

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Finally different wallpaper, and no more ads!
by: Kim S.

Thank you so much for your articles on how to remove ads on the opening screen (Well worth the $15 I needed to pay Amazon to take them off), and also your article on how to change the home screen wallpaper. I thought I'd had it set to automatically change the background photo every now & then but after a year of looking at the SAME Amazon photo, I decided to look it up. Sadly, Amazon only has about 10 pics to choose from so I will work on using one of my own. But so helpful. Thank you so much for your instructions on how to do both those things. I will definitely be browsing the rest of your page for other helpful tips.

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love Love My Fire
by: dave and dot

Dear Rachel, I can't believe I am saying this but,"I would pay for my subscription. This is how much I like you and your web page". Many of the pay sites include advertisements or if they are free you must upgrade to view the premium pages. I like your honesty!!!!!.
with love dot4dash

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Saved my Fire from early demise
by: Pandaman

Thank you so much for your page on installing the Google App Store. This saved my fire from being thrown in the bin after frustration was getting the better of me. None of the very specific things I had recently bought it for were able to be downloaded to it. Most infuriatingly even some apps on Amazon's own app store (such as Crunchyroll).

I was dubious about trying this at first as a few other dodgy looking sites also had the same mirrors listed as yourself, but I chose to trust your information (and links) after reading a variety of other pages on your site and feeling you had both integrity and knowledge.

Incidentally, speaking as a former programmer and web designer myself, may I congratulate you on a very nice layout style. Exactly my preferred kind of colour scheme and clear spacing between sections. Also further congratulations on providing very clear instructions and associated images. Especially when explaining things which are not obvious if never having used a tablet before, such as how to select the date order of your files.

Lovely Site!

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Thank you so much, Pandaman, for your comment and kind words! I'm thrilled to know how helpful my website and tutorial were for you, especially to help you love your Fire vs tossing it. :)

I adore my color scheme too, thanks so much! Ever since creating this site and the red, orange, yellow colors, I've been drawn to these colors in other things in my life. LOL.

Enjoy your Kindle Fire!
-Rachel

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removing Kindle Fire Ads
by: Anonymous

I bought a Kindle Fire and didn't know that it came with special offers. I bought it to use as a book and was highly disturbed by the ads! I am not very good at figuring out how to use technology and your directions were crystal clear. Best instructions I have ever had! Thank you!

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Finally! Clear instructions for the fabulous Fire HD
by: Anonymous

I am very glad to have come across your site. Your instructions are clear and you've added much appreciated personal views and observations. Bravo!

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Google Music FINALLY thnx to Rachel & Olga!!
by: KatC

I'm not a techie but do consider myself knowledgeable enough to be able to use apk files & have done so w/no trouble in the past but could not for the life of me figure out how to get my paid subscription to Google Music on my Fire which annoyed me greatly as its sound is FANTASTIC much better than even my Asus laptop. With this brand-new guide, SUCCESS!! Grooving out right now, thanks SO MUCH to both of you!! Keep up the good work.

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removing Amazon recommendation ads
by: Ginger

You directions were easy to follow, now my Fire has only some of my games showing and no ads! Also shows my books. Thanks. This is my 4th Kindle! You have been very helpful for several years. Very glad I found your website. Is there a way to show all my games?

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Thank YOU!
by: James Bradford

Been a subscriber for some time now. Just used your excellent tutorial on using Google Play apps recently. Not without a few stumbles - my bungles not yours - I managed to install a couple other browsers. Thanks for ALL your great tips and help. I have 6 Fires now, a moderate level of sophistication and I find your regular insights very helpful! If you have a Fire you MUST get Love My Fire. It makes your Fires much more fun!

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Thank you, James, for your kind words! I'm thrilled you've been able to use my articles on this site to help improve your joy and usefulness with your Kindle Fires. Wow, six tablets is a lot, welcome to the Kindle Fire Love Club! ;-)

-Rachel

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Awesome Easy To Understand Help & Awesome Updates & Tips
by: Rosemarie

Hi Rachel !! Just wanted to thank you, yet again, for getting me, easily, out of Kindle jam !! Mine had frozen & I saw your tip to try my phone charger to get it up & running again. Worked like a charm !! Now I'm returning the new charger I got just 3 months ago as I believe that was my problem. Thanks for an AWESOME website !! Your tips are easy to follow & 9 times out 10 very quickly & easily are just what I need to get me out of a jam!! Once again, thank you & your team so very much, for this fabulous easy problem solving site !!

Most sincerely,

Rosemarie
Springfield, PA

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Ditto
by: Anonymous

I just want to Ditto all of the "Thank You" comments from everyone else. I got a Kindle but was disappointed by the lack of Google features and the constant steering to Amazon features. I took care of both of those issues. Thank You!

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Best Keyboard tips website out there
by: Brian

This is simply amazing.
I've been bumbling around for years and now my eyes have been opened. Brilliant. Thanks

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Thank You!
by: Anonymous

I was baffled by my Kindle fire (only 3 months old) refusing to switch on. Followed this advice and now not a problem. I know exactly what to do when it locks up! Thank you!

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thank you
by: Anonymous Hazel

Just received second hand Kindle fire as a gift,
thanks to u I can turn it on!
A comprehensive great piece of work thank you.
You may very well have assisted in hours of pleasure

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saved my day
by: Anonymous

Turned on accessibility/touch tutorial and was interesting until the timeout, renew screen come on and then every touch area was clearly described without the actual touch functioning. Went through the usual reboots and was fearing a factory reset would be necessary. Thanks to your effort and web site, I was able to turn this feature off....thank you very much. Must be fairly common as your fix described in detail how to fix it. Again, thank you

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will you marry me!
by: frustrated Mom

I have searched the internet for hours. I even called amazon, who gave me completely wrong information. finally I stumbled across your site and within 5 minutes I have the correct information.

You are a god and I will sign your praises as I shop for screen savers & kindle cases.

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Just what I needed :)
by: Tony Paddled

Thanks for the tutorial, massive help!
Cheers.

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Thanks!
by: Deb

You've helped me so much and was afraid I couldn't find you. I've had used Fires and they haven't done well for me. Last chance but bought a new 8 and gotta figure it out and I know you'll have the info I need. Thanks so much!! Can I get to my old level on Candy Crush Soda with my new Fire or I have to start over? I don't want to play on Facebook. Thanks and I've got to start with you on my new Fire.

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Hi Deb,

If the game app uses Amazon's game tracking system then you might be able to login and start where you left off. However, I don't know if Candy Crush Soda uses that or not. You'll just have to try it and see.

Good luck and thanks for your comment!
-Rachel

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Awesome Easy To Understand Help & Awesome Updates & Tips
by: Rosie6583

I've come to this site several times because I'm so not a techie & Rachel posts easy to understand, step by step problem solving instructions !! I'm so happy with the help I've received I've shared this site on my FB page for family & friends who own Kindles !! :) Thanks, Rachel !! Keep up the awesome tips & tricks !! You're a true genius with a Kindle !! :)

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Thanks so much, Rosie, for your kind words and sharing my site with others! I'm thrilled that I've been able to help you. :)
-Rachel

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THANK YOU!
by: Susan

I freaked when my fire wouldn't turn on. Your site made it so easy to fix. Great job!

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Kindle fire various models
by: John Gaunt-Wilkinson

Your site is much appreciated and well done.

I wish someone would produce a table showing the comparative features of each version of kindle fire.

Also I think Amazon could make it more clear what version they are supplying and provide more official instructions on the device,on the internet and in print(an introductory booklet?). I say this because more and more older people want to use this kind of device and we do not find IT easy.....I am 77.

Best wishes, John

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Hi John,

Your wish is my command! I put together a comparison chart of all the Kindle Fire tablets!!

https://www.lovemyfire.com/kindle-fire-tablet-comparison-chart.html

I hope it is what you were asking for.

Thanks for the great idea! :)
-Rachel

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pushing and HOLDING the buttons
by: Grassy

I spent ages trying to get Spanish and French to display on my Kindle (Fire, 7", 5th Gen). I loaded the keyboards and language settings. Nothing.

Then, I read on your site here that you have to push and hold to get other choices! OMG. Now I have access to ¿ and ¡ and ñ and ç and ¢ --- because for some reason people in the USA don't ever type my 2¢ (my $0.02---ha ha ha).

Oh, and fractions, too! :-) Yes, yes, yes, I sure love my Kindle Fire!

T'anx!

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Hi Grassy,

I'm thrilled my keyboard tip helped you out! It makes my day reading comments like this. Thanks for sharing this with me! :)

-Rachel

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Solved the problem!
by: franQU

First time ever I couldn't get my kindle to turn on. Had just charged it over night, so I couldn't figure out what was wrong. Looked it up on my I pad, and did the resetting, held button for 20 sec. Voila, it worked. Thank you!

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You saved my kindle!!
by: Heather

I can NOT..... CAN NOT, live without my Kindle now. And you saved it. I can't thank you enough. My 17 month old watches baby first on it when we go out, my 'honey -do' list is on there, all my books and grocery lists!! Your site rocks! I was almost in tears. Thanks so much! It just wouldn't turn on, and thanks to you, it did and I sang the Hallelujah Chorus!

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Thank You!
by: Cathy

This is an awesome site Rachel. I have a 1st Gen Kindle and my free book reading app would no longer let me download the books to it. I could not sync either so it was time to upgrade. I bought a used 2nd gen and it works great. I wanted to compare Models and features so the pics and info really helped my research. I love my Kindle Fire HD.

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thank you
by: jenny

My kindle fire would not turn on I was lost with out it, thought it must be the battery so went to the shop they wanted £40-50. Cant afford it at the moment so went on google and found your page and I want to say a big thank you as now it's back on having tried for 5 days so once again THANK YOU (done a reboot).

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Flow Free was my undoing
by: Bob Abernethy

Back in 2014, my wife purchased a Kindle Fire 8.9 HD (254 ppi). I believe she purchased it to replace or complement her Kindle Touch, I'm not sure which. When the new tablet arrived, she unboxed it, charged it and began to try to use it. This new Fire HD is quite a different animal than the Touch.

Being the wordsmith that she is, she had used the Touch to play word games and read books. Evidently, a particular word game she played on her Touch is not available for the Fire; since we both have spent a lot of effort trying to find it. Due to this, she put her new Fire aside.

Of course I saw she wasn't using her new tablet, so I decided I would give it a go. I began by playing Mahjong on it. Playing the free version became so addictive that I asked her to purchase the "pay-to-play" version. And so it goes, I played Mahjong Dix HD until it was beginning to become boring. Even though I am not a gamer, I needed a different challenge. I don't remember the specifics now, but about this time Flow Free was presented to me.

That's the backstory, now on to an explanation of the title. I showed Flow Free to my wife, she played it and liked it so well that we were trying to share her new Fire HD. Basically this left me without anything to play Flow Free and Mahjong on. Oh, whoa is me, what's a fellow going to do 😥.

I began looking at the various 2015 Fire models, reading many critiques, I found that one of the recurring complaints was the poor screen clarity, i.e., low ppi. This led me to purchase a refurbished 3rd generation Fire 8.9 HDX that has screen clarity that astonished me; at 339 ppi, it is quite a bit better than my wife's HD. Lastly, a refurbished tablet has the same warranty as a new one and cost quite a bit less.

Finally, just let me say, I love my Fire; even more since I found this website.

Bob

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What a great experience, Bob, thanks for sharing your story with us!

Yep, games can be quite addictive and are one of my favorite things about my Kindle Fire. I also have the 2013 Kindle Fire HDX 8.9" and it's my favorite of all the models. :)

Enjoy!
-Rachel

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quick & easy
by: Gina

Thank you so much for being here for me. It was a simple problem and you gave me simple instructions to fix it. They worked on the first try. I'm so glad I found you.

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I love you LOL (Seriously)
by: Anon

I have been an apple user the better part of my life, but I received a kindle as a gift for Christmas when I just couldn't get comfy reading on an iPad. It felt so new when I took it from the box. I was frustrated and hadn't even turned it on yet! I immediately got online and tried to find something to explain this device to me. Not just basic functions, but the tips and tricks a user needs to feel comfortable with a device. Thank you for loving you Kindle enough to share. I definitely love mine now, too!

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THANK YOU!!
by: Anonymous

I love my Kindle Fire, but was quite irritated when I was unable to hear audio with a training video. I am SO HAPPY I found this site. The instructions were so easy to follow and it worked!! THANK YOU!

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Kindle Fire Freezes
by: Linda

I was very upset when I thought that my Kindle Fire had died as it was totally unresponsive. Thank you so much for your simple tip of pressing the on button for 20 seconds. It suddenly came back to life although I had to recharge it. Thanks, Thanks, Thanks you have saved me.

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This tutorial hits the mark
by: Patrick

A friend of mine told me he was able to install Google Play apps on his Kindle. I had been frustrated with my attempts and had all but given up.

Then, I found Love My Fire. I subscribed to the newsletter and received the tutorial on how to do it through my Kindle Fire, and it worked flawlessly! The tutorials on this site are wonderful, and I can't recommend them enough. Thank you so much, Rachel!

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Great tutorial
by: Anonymous

This was very easy to follow for a first time user of a new Kindle. Great!

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brilliant!
by: julie

Thank you Rachel for this excellent helpful website.
I thought my fire had died but with your help it has been brought back to life.

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Your suggestion was spot on!
by: Tom Broderick

We had the same issue of the Kindle Fire HD not being able to boot up. It remained dark but we could "hear" it. We googled the problem, your site popped up and we followed your advice to hold the power button down for at least 20 seconds. Presto bingo it booted up properly.

Many thanks/-TB

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Nice work!
by: Brother Gail

After 30 years of using and providing customer support for Windows computing, I was stumped when my wife brought home the first Kindle Fire HD.
Rachel, I was ready to brush it off as some joke - until I found your LoveMyFire website and discovered what joy was hidden inside that wizard of a tablet.
Thank you so much for this service. I come back time and again when I get "stuck" and your site always has the most useful solutions for getting the most out of our Fire. Amazon owes you a lot!

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Solutions Worked!
by: Gayla

I found this wonderful site a few months ago when I believed my Kindle had died. I was literally a hot mess,dreading a call to Amazon support while frantically searching for a solution. Thankfully Goggle came through!!

I was beyond grateful and highly skeptical that the fix was so simple and fast!! Twenty seconds later I was back in business and still blown away that it was so easy!

Last night I was hoping to start a new book and page 3 was blank...so we're others. I checked other books in my library and random pages were missing. I hopped online and read horror stories about having to re-download all affected books. I have up and went to sleep thinking it might be better to suck it up and upgrade.

Today I remembered how you saved the day awhile back and tried the same fix (holding the power button down for 20 seconds). Saved again!! Thank you so much for creating a space for support and information for all of us who love our Kindles!!

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Fire 10
by: AZ Megan

I am so pleased with the Amazon customer support. I had a faulty, new Fire 10 that had internal issues and Amazon made it right by sending me a replacement within two days. It was a breeze to set up with no problems!! YAY!! Amazon is awesome and the new Kindle Fire 10 is wonderful!! I love the larger screen size and all the things my Kindle Fire HDX has but the Fire 10 has a forward camera which is icing on top! Thanks Amazon for this great Tablet!

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Screenshots
by: BereBird

Swearword brilliant. I did a search for this facility on the kindle on board instructions and it could not be found.

THANK YOU SOO MUCH

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Thanks!
by: Paul - Idaho

Thanks for figuring out and then sharing the different tips and tricks on your site. Five minutes after subscribing I was installing a couple of play apps on my Fire 2nd gen. and they run just fine. (Nikon Manual Viewer 2 and KindleOne Connect.) They're running better on my Fire than they did on my phone. Thanks again.

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my son loves you
by: Stacy

We thought his kindle fire was a goner - but your tips and tricks have saved it (and my sanity!)

Thank you!

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Great Tips
by: JS2012

I've been using a Kindle Fire for a couple of years now, but this is the first time I found a comprehensive, yet easy-to-follow guide to the keyboard functions. Thanks!

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Awesome site!
by: Malcolm Glass

Thank you so much for all the hard work I'm sure it took to provide all of this invaluable information. I had been looking for a case for my Kindle. Well, I bought it used and thought I had an HDX 7. Had to return the case I bought. Your site quickly revealed my error: I have a 2012 HD 7! The photos and very detailed descriptions made it very easy to tell which Kindle I have. So the right case for it will soon be on the way.

With that problem solved, I began to look around your site to see what else would be interesting and helpful. And there is certainly a wealth of useful information! I've been learning to use the Kindle (and yes, I do love this tablet, too) by intuitive navigation and some notes on the 'net. But right here I have access to a lot of guidance in using this little jewel. I am very thankful that I found your site and grateful to you for putting all this together. I can't wait to come back to learn a lot more about using my Kindle.

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This Website Rocks!
by: Anonymous

Rachel, you have my deepest appreciation! I just unpacked my KF a few hours ago. Imagine my disappointment in finding out my one real game obsession couldn't be acquired from Amazon Apps -- and then also being blocked from accessing Google Play via the browser! Of course I immediately did a Google search for a work-around ... found your incredibly helpful website with just the info I needed. Eureka! I followed your very simple, clear instructions. (The only hiccup: It took me a minute to realize I needed Full/Desktop View to have Google Play actually display.) In about 5 minutes I was playing my game on my KF! Of course, it's almost too big on my KF and I wish I could minimize it slightly but yay! I have never solved a tech/side-loading problem so fast. Thanks again for your incredibly informative site. I am now in love with lovemyfire.com! 8-)

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THANK GOD!
by: Angela

I am too old to admit I am addicted to few games I have on my Kindle therefore when 2 of them stopped working all of a sudden (not sure what I did)..I was ticked because that was entertainment during downtimes at my store or at night before bed. Only one app would work and the other two kept saying they couldn't connect even though there was nothing wrong with my WIFI. Anyhooooo after using way too much of my Iphones hotspot (that was the only thing they recognized with no errors)I sat down and started googling and no other blog or forum had the right answers..just the basic answers like reboot...etc. which of course I had already done. But I found your blog tonight and after reading your FAQ.....problem solved. I turned on the location option and woooohoo I was back in business. So thank you...thank you ...thank you!

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Thanks, Angela, for sharing your experience! I'm so happy to hear that my FAQ had the solution to your problem and that you're able to get back to enjoying your games (that you're not addicted to). ;)

Thanks again!
-Rachel

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thanks!
by: Anonymous

I can't thank you enough for helping me install flash player. Without your help I would still be sulking in the misery of being flash player less, if that makes any sense.

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power conservation
by: Anonymous

I found that waiting until my kindle is charged to 100% to play on it helps the battery life and overall efficiency of my fire.

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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
by: Nikki

I wanted to thank you profusely for your assistance with the kindle mirroring to the TV. I contacted Amazon customer service 6 times and they directed me to purchase the wrong product each time. From your website I was finally able to figure out what I actually needed. I can't thank you enough.

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Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
by: Joana

I'm really a dinosaur when it comes to these 'e'
things and don't even have a smart phone yet! I
had wanted to download Google Play on my new Fire 6 so I could get the Allegiant Airline app. (Every time they print my boarding pass at the airport they charge me $5!)
So, I followed your very easy instructions, (the pictures are great), on how to download Google Play and got the app! Now, I can check in and have my boarding pass on my Kindle just the way everybody else does it with their smartphones!

You are a genius! And thanks for sharing all your
knowledge.
Sincerely, Joana

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Not a scam site!
by: Sara

So many sites like this are complete bullcrap scam sites.

This site actually helped me install the game i wanted onto my kindle. Thank you so much! (Of all my games diamond digger saga was the only one not available on the kindle even though the new fires could easily run it.)

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You're the BEST!
by: likelighttoyou

I would be lost without my Kindle Fire! And when it went dark, I feared that I would have to replace it. I found your website, applied your suggestion and VOILA! it's working again. Thank you so very much for clear, easy to follow directions.

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Ear buds
by: Lynk

I love watching movies from AMAZON PRIME or NETFLIX and using ear buds makes it easy to do. I hate the ones that came with my iPOD and discovered the soft, flexible ones fit better, block out external sounds better and feel more comfortable. I have purchased them on EBAY, at Walmart and on AMAZON for just a few dollars and the sound is fine. Flat, hard ones do not fit well in my ear and fall out.

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Problems solved
by: The Piper

Many thanks I found the site and the solutions to my problems with the 'fire' both easy to follow and to understand, and most importantly The solution worked.

Many thanks I hope I do not have to access the site again but if I do I know I can do so with confidence

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Thank you
by: Abi Gezunt

Several years ago i purchased the Kindle HD tablet in part because i wanted a tablet with a linux-like OS to sideload apps, in part because of all the good reviews, and in part because of your informative site. Since then, I've subscribed to your newsletter and learned a great deal more.

Today i found my Kindle unresponsive. Tried a few things and still nothing. Googled the issue and your site came up, and sure enough, the answer was within. It finally responded. It was sluggish so i also reset everything back to the defaults and all is now good.

So, bottom line, thank you for your site and all the efforts you put into it!

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working like a charm
by: Anonymous

Thank you for the help getting my kindle fire hdx unfrozen and updated and back up and working. Great helpful instructions!!

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You Saved my Fire!
by: Anonymous

I am so thankful I found this. I just got the new Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 and was SO EXCITED to get it!! Until I found out that all of my google history of apps would not work on this tablet. I was able to find some similar apps to google, but the main purpose of getting the kindle was to do my online class work on the go in a more portable way than my large notebook laptop. However, amazon did not have my university's app in their store. I was considering returning my fire for something more compatible. I found this site, signed up for the mailers and was able to follow the directions and get the application on the first try! It was very well written and the picture examples were updated and accurate.

Thank you. This made my Kindle awesome.

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Thank you very much for your kind words! It just makes my day reading stories like this and knowing my website and Kindle Fire resources are really helping others.

Thanks for sharing! :)
-Rachel

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thanks
by: phill

Love your site. Helped me sort the wood from the trees regarding portable speakers. I will be taking your advice and buy the Philips.

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Tips/Tricks are the greatest help!
by: Pat W

I'm new ... just finished reviewing Keyboard Hints .. just great help .. simple instructions ... and wish I had known about 'Love My Fire' two years ago when I first purchased my Kindle. THANKS SO MUCH!! PAT

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Thank u
by: T

Your web site is brill, I have learnt a lot by having a read of your site. It's a shame that the kindle don't come with instructions considering the amount they cost.

Thank god for people like you taking the time to help others.

Just wanted to say thanks.

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Dead Kindle
by: VGypsy

Couldn't get my Kindle (first generation Fire, and thanks for helping me figure that out) to recharge. PANIC! Couldn't play Words with Friends. It blinked on - off - green light - orange light - no light. The 20 second redo didn't work. The suggestion to use my cell phone charger did work. Thanks for this great, fun and informative site!

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Quick and Easy way to side load Google play store apps
by: Anonymous

I love the concept to load Google play store apps. Every Kindle Fire user needs to see this.

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accessibility voice commands
by: Marilyn

I happened upon your sight while doing a Google search. I was so frustrated because I couldn't get the voice commands shut off. I had tried everything! Luckily I found your site. There the answer was so easy to find. You are now my favorite "bookmark". Thank you so much for making this site available for me!

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thanks
by: Anonymous

very very good did what you said very quickly many thanks b

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Talk about confusion ???
by: Anonymous

I would like to thank you!!! I have been trying to find out exactly what gen my Kindle Fire HD is for awhile now and the more I searched the more confused I bcame until now. I find this site a blessing. You have actually broken down each tutorial where even I can understand it. For this I truely Thank you.

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Wife's fire would not come on
by: Anonymous

My wife's kindle would not turn on googled the problem chose this site and in 25 seconds had her reading and happy again
thank you for your site!!!!

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Glad I found you!
by: Anonymous

I just bought a Kindle Fire 4 last week and I love it. However, I had a lot to learn. I used to use a Nook, but I really didn't like it. Everything seemed like a hassle and the books cost much more at B&N than the choices at Amazon. I googled with questions about Dropbox and chose your site. Lucky for me! Right now I am going to try to figure out how to get Google Play Store on the Kindle, but I wanted to be sure that I posted my testimonial before going any further because I've already learned so much. You are brilliant with these tablets and your explanations are easy to understand which is where it is at. If a person doesn't have good, clear communication skills then there's no point. Just wanted to say thank you for all this great information - and for free - double thanks. You are very generous with your skills and your willingness to help. Seriously, I don't know what I would have done without your help.

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GPS
by: Anonymous

just thought you might get a kick out of my story

i went on a trip recently, and tried to use my kindle 8.9 hdx fire as a gps..

well it did not work so when i got back i contacted
the help line and told them of my problem and she passed me on to a teck and that teck in turn passed meon to another and this went on for a week, on day eight i called the corp office looking for an answer
and got transfered to 4 different people and none of them could answer my question as to why my gps on my kindle would not turn on.
they are sending me a new unit..

so now i checked with google search on the subject and what i read is the kindle does not have a gps device in it to connect to,

now do you think that after going through 8-10 teck that they would know that /???????

god help amazon on their teck support, they are going to need it

thanks
gary

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Thanks for sharing your story, Gary! Yes, that's quite funny and sad at the same time. The Amazon tech support should have been able to tell on their end that you didn't have a Kindle Fire with 4G (which is required for apps that use GPS).

But I'm glad my site helped you! :)

-Rachel

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Love your Site.
by: Agustin Faure

I admire your passion for what you do on your site. The material published on your site, gives me confidence that you always try to do new things and try new tricks, taking care to preserve the kindle as "Amazon original" as possible.
Congrats!

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best kindle website ever
by: john

I love my kindle fire and their was a lot of stuff I did not know how to do like take a screen shot on my kindle or that I could change the name on my kindle in till I went on this website (-:

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THANKS!!!
by: bridgett

Not a techie at all, and when my kindle fire screen went black after 4 months of use, thought I had a dud. Found your site and was back up and working within minutes,had dreaded the thought of wading through the amazon site. Thanks so much!

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Just stumbled on your board!
by: Bill K

Just stumbled on your board, not my own feet for a change.

This will be my Kindle life saver!

I'm surrounded with Kindles. My wife bought herself a HD & THEN proceed to buy one for each of our two sons and one of her sister. This Christmas we got two Fire 7" for kids for our twin granddaughters and I surprised her with a Fire TV.

The best is having an IT savy person to turn to and translate info from places like XDA developers. Many Thanks,

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Thanks Lots
by: Addi

Hi thanks love the site so awesome thanks lots and happy New year's!

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Deleting a book
by: Marah Asher

Fiddled unsuccessfully for a long time trying to delete a book I read then learned how to do it in a second here. Thanks. Will come back to learn more.

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Thanks so much
by: Claire

This was so helpful. I couldn't get my kindle to open after the battery ran down. You showed me how.
Thanks, thanks, thanks.

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Brilliant
by: David Cowling

Hi
Just to say a big thankyou for Love My Fire. My wife purchased the fire for me for xmas and your web site has taught me lots.
I have a problem. I cannot receive something like this without exploring what I can do above what the product basically offers and through you I can.

Thankyou

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Getting Smarter
by: PaveLowIIIE

Rachel -

Have had my Kindle Fire for a couple of years now. I still love it when a "Love My Kindle Fire" email hits the in box. I have learned something from every single issue. Sometimes it is a simple thing that just drives me nuts because I could not figure it out or an whole new way of doing things that I never even thought of. You have no idea how much I have appreciated receiving your information.
Just wanted to say "Thank You Very Very Much" for all the time and effort you have put into this project over the years.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours from a very happy and long time user of your service.

Sam

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Wow, Sam, thank you so much for your wonderful words! I feel very loved and appreciated for the work and effort I have put into this website.

It's such a joy knowing that the resources I create are helping other Kindle Fire owners. I really appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts and feelings with me!

Thanks again, Sam!
-Rachel

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Excellent site
by: JP

So glad to find your site, the instructions on loading Google apps on the Kindle Fire were outstanding, thanks!

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Fire wouldn't turn on
by: Judy

Bless you and your fantastically easy instructions for getting my Fire to work again. The 20 second fix is amazing! So glad I found you.

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Easy enough for anyone to use!
by: Pam S.

Thanks, Rachel. I felt stupid because I didn't know which Kindle I have. You made it easy for me to figure out!

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Genius Among Us
by: jackie

Oh and did I mention that you are a GENIUS sent to us from Kindle Heaven? You are a GENIUS sent to us from Kindle Heaven!!!!! (bowing to you right here)

jackie
your devotee
bowing again to show proper respect and gratitude.

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Outstanding!
by: jackie

Rachel....Rachel....you ROCK!!! I'd just like to thank you for all your research and all your time put forth to help people like myself that has very little understanding of all the wonder that is my Kindle Fire! YOU are a wonder Rachel!! I'm able to visit your site for answers and it's become my Kindle Fire encyclopedia of info! I can't say enough how grateful I am for alllllllll the work you've put into this site and you UPDATE IT TOOOO!!! You. ROCK!!! Thank you so much Rachel! I subscribe to your newsletter but I just had to come back and say again...THANX!

jackie
a fan forever!!!!
it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say 'devotee'! :)

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LOL! Thanks, Jackie, for your very supportive and enthusiastic comments! I feel so loved! :) It's a real joy seeing how many people my website is directly helping. It makes the time and "work" I put into this all worth while. :-)

Thanks again!
-Rachel

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You rock
by: Anonymous

That was incredibly helpful. Thank you so much for taking the time to make that flow chart of "which kindle is yours" for dummies. Love it!

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Would not turn on
by: flackus

Boy I was so happy to see my kindle turn on.
It would not turn on. So on my phone lookup what to do. It said to hold button in for 20 stands oh ya it came back.
Thank you
God bless

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You saved the day!
by: C.White

Tonight when I went to use my Kindle, I only found the dark screen and thought it was broken for sure! I panicked! Your tip to "unfreeze" with the 20-second trick absolutely made my night. . .because IT WORKED! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

I am an avid reader and your solution truly saved the day for me! For a moment I had the sinking feeling you have when you lose your wallet, especially because I am not a savvy technical type. Can't believe how simple and quickly your tip provided my desperately needed solution! Again, thank you for making solutions so easy and readily available for folks like me! I am joyfully able to continue reading this marvelous mystery I am half way through!

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You are the Best
by: Kathie374

Rachel, Love your site and have shared it with all my friends. Thank you very much for the tips, info and fantastic how-to step by step directions. You rock and I am so grateful that I discovered you. Keep up the great work!

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Which version of Kindle do you have
by: Anonymous

Loved your pictorial on how to tell which version of Kindle you have. Also discovered, that if you click the name of your device and then the house icon, you get a line at the top of other options. Click "More" then, "Help and Feedback", and "User's Guide". This will tell you whether or not you have a Kindle Fire or Kindle Fire HD, although not which year.

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Awesome!
by: Laura

Your tutorial was very easy to follow. I am not the most computer minded person but was able to follow with no problem and thank you for all your "warnings" I do not want to harm my kindle fire. I love it!

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thanks for all the help
by: Brian

Your most helpful site has given me a whole new lease on my Kindle life. The Tips & Tricks are so simply explained that even this 75 yr.old can make them work!I look at your site every day.Thank you so much.

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Kindle fixed closed captions on TV
by: Joyce - san diego

After months trying to solve problem of closed captions not working on amazon streaming on my new Vizio Tv - I found a tiny little blurp on the help pages that my tv is one of the few that won't work with amazon captions. Works with Netflix but not amazon, so my free streaming was useless. Then your website - love it - I bought the micro hdmi for my kindle fire hd 2012 generation, plugged it in and works beautifully captions and all. What a struggle these things can be, even the bluray I bought had a bad wifi signal so I could only use the tv amazon button.
Thanks so much for all your help and to everyone commenting - I learned a lot.
Question though - my kindle is horrible on hotel wifi - constant buffering while my daughter beside me watching a movie on amazon streaming with her Ipad 2 - no problems; even watched it on her iphone while my kindle couldn't go 10 seconds.
Any suggestions?

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New user
by: Osprey

Just found your site ... thinking of buy a Kindle Fire HD 7 and was looking up the diff between With and Without Special Offers which lead me to your site ... Your site looks amazing and looking forward to using it in the future!

:D

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My HDX 8.9 FIXED! Thank You!
by: Jake

Took it off the charger and it DIED in 5 minutes, wouldn't re-start. After browsing you site, found the answer, the charging cord had shorted out. Toasted the charger and drained the battery. after using another charger and cord it's now working again thanks to your site (and patrons). The 2nd charger I used took quite a while to finish. Now I can just get a new charger instead of a new HDX. Did I say Thank you?
THANK YOU

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Thank you!!!
by: Michael

I want to thank you so much how to install the NFL Preseason App. I was so frustrated with my Kindle I was seriously considering selling on EBay. Thanks to your easy tutorial how to install Google Play Apps, my NFL preseason is saved...now I love my HDX more than ever!

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not electronic savy
by: D. Griesbaum

Thank you! I'm not very electronic savvy. So this is very helpful. I don't have cell service. So thank you again.

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I am sooooooo happy!
by: Rusty Green

I just loaded a Big 10 Network App called BTN2GO that is only available on Google Play and it worked! Now my wife and I can watch the Michigan games. We look forward to hooking the Kindle up to our big screen and watching it there. YOU ROCK! I have wanted this App for a year. Thank you! I look forward to your emails.

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love hate
by: monty

I love this site I hate my kindle (3rd one) it never does what I want it to and when I figure out how to get it to or this amazing website/Rachel shows me the light. Those chumps over at amazon find a way to block it. And thumbs down to Google just because Amazon.com hates us when you block us poor kindlers your hurting us not amazon
MA'AM SORRY FOR RANTING ON YOUR TOTALLY AWESOME SITE THANK YOU FOR HELPING THE LITTLE GUYS YOUR THE BEST

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Thank you SOOO Much
by: Pam

Thank you so much for taking the time to put this page together. I have had my Kindle Fire for about 3 year and I was getting frustrated. I had given up on trying to get Adobe Flash Player to load on it because I play games that needed it and I couldn't find any place or help for this problem. You have solved it! Again, thank you so very much!

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Wow! Thank you!
by: Susan W

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

I LOVE my Kindle Fire too!!! (although it does not replace my Paperwhite)

I am so happy to find this tips and tricks sharing site!

I appreciate that you have taken the time and effort to share all of this information!

Sincerely,
Susan W

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library books
by: Anonymous

This so great. Thank you for your service of tips n tricks I have found your info so very helpful.

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Super!
by: Bob Buckley

Found your site by web search looking to download flash player for Fire 7HD, and your recipe worked fine. Only difference was that I had to choose between Dolphin, Silk and ES3 downloaders. I forget which worked so take care not to dump Silk accidentally!
Also the GSam battery monitor suggestion was excellent. Discovered that running apps is my chief problem.
Thanks much! I'm a fan of yours.

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Google Play
by: Anonymous

I hesitantly signed up for your email to receive instructions on how to install apps from Google Play onto my Kindle Fire. I had already been 'led down the garden path' by several other sites involving downloading this and that only to be followed by incomprehensible instructions. But your instructions worked easily the first time!! Thank you!!

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google apps at last!
by: Francine

I just wanted to thank you so much for your last tip on how to download apps from Google play store. I had my Kindle last February as a gift but I couldn't install an app giving me access to La Presse+ (a French-Canadian newspaper) which was available only from Google play store but now with your help, I can read La Presse+ easily. I knew you'd come up with somethings great. Thanks again!
Francine.

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google apps
by: steve

great tutorial have wanted bt sport on my fire for
ages now I have it.

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Kudos for Your Helpful Site
by: Anonymous

Your instructions on how we can get the Google Apps to load up on our Kindle Fire was explicit.Even I was able to get the procedure to work. Thanks for your expertise.

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Google Play Apps
by: Booklover

Your tip about getting apps from Google Play has been very useful. Been trying to find a solution to this problem for ages! Many thanks.

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Great tips esp...
by: gkrns

Thanks for the great kindle fire tips!

i especially love this newest one on how to install
apps from the google play store on your kindle directly and will use it a lot.

And I will be recommending your site to my family and friends as well.

keep up the great tips!

gk

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Thank you!
by: Anonymous

for giving me the info of how to download google apps from google play...! I can now listen to my audio books with ambling book player! :) <3
Happy i subscribed to this news letter!
Keep up the good work!

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Kept me from going insane
by: Lori

Thank you so much for having this site and helping me fix my Kindle Fire. I've had it for two years and never had it not come on when it was supposed to but after just a few minutes on your site, I got it reset and am now back to reading. I was having a major panic attack when it wouldn't come on! AHHHHH!!! I plan on visiting this site very often, again, thank you so much!

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I love this website!
by: Ally

Lovemyfire is an extremely helpful website!!
The tutorials are easy to read even for me! My only wish is that I can rate this website more than five!!!

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You saved my kindle!!
by: Patty (South Carolina)

thank you, thank you, thank you! this site is awesome!! After searching on the amazon official site for a while I couldn't find a fix for my problem. After just a few mins on your site I found the solution right away!! Thank you so much for your help!

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Great advice/tips/tricks!
by: Teresa Freeman

Thank you SO much for all the hard work you do to help us with our Kindle's! I've learned so much more from your site than even on Amazon!
Thanks again and I look forward to learning much more. I really am interested in the Amazon Fire TV!!! Seriously I think it would be perfect for me!

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your saved my hair
by: Anonymous

Thank you for helping me be sane and stop pulling my hair out by walking me through the Kindle ad removal
:)

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Simply the BEST
by: Barbara

Thanks to you, my Kindle Fire is full of apps and running in one day. You explain everything in very clear language. It is easy to follow. Your tips greatly improved my experience. Does Amazon know you are their best sales person?

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Kindle Fre
by: Patricia

Thank you so much for the advice on how to reset the kindle fire. It worked first time.

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AMAYZING!!!!
by: Autumn

Oh my gosh Rachel, you're a genius! All of your tips and tricks are so useful, and you practically saved the day by helping me fix my YouTube problem. This website is so helpful, I hope you continue to help many others! Happy Easter also! Thank you so much!

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Great
by: Jan

Thanks so much for all the info regarding mirroring and Kindle Fire HDX.

I have searched the net for help in setting this up and being a complete novice hadn't found any help that I could understand.

Well done yours is a fab site, thank you.

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great blog
by: rob ashcroft

I love my Kindle Fire, and your blog, which I have just discovered, is really useful. Packed with useful tips and advice. I wish I'd discovered it earlier.

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Love My Fire Magazine
by: Liz

I think it would be great to have a Kindle Fire Magazine and I wouldn't mind paying for it, within reason. Mostly everything is geared towards the iPad. I happen to prefer my Kindle. Even though I just recently became a subscriber to Love My Kindle Newsletter (like yesterday), I love it. There is so much information in it and it's written in plain, simple terms. Everything is explained and double explained. One of the best newsletters I get.

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Wow, thanks Liz for the vote of confidence! That makes me feel great. :) I really do work hard to make things as simple as possible. I sometimes get a little wordy but I think it's better to have a little too much information than not enough.

I'm still considering the magazine idea, so we'll see if it works out.

Thanks again!
-Rachel

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You saved my Kindle Fire HDX 8.9
by: Dee

Rachel, You saved me from putting my kindle in the trash and buying another brand. This is my first tablet and I am no computer geek. I stumbled across your web looking for a way to sideload a app called Tennis Channel Everywhere from any app store that carried it (Amazon does not carry it) and come to find out it is on mobile 1 and your explanations were so simple with lots of pictures. I was also wanting Flash Player and you showed how to do that. You can not imaged how helpful you have been to me. Now I really like my kindle. I want to say "Thank you" for taking the time and effort to do this web site. It has been a life saver for me.

I don't understand why, when I first started using the Tennis Channel Everywhere app, it worked great. Now, it tells me "Try Again, Authentication Failed" when I hit the live button. I use dish. I have a online ID and Password but every time I try to use it, I get this message. I delete the app and reload (from Mobile 1) and I can get on at that time but if I try again later in the day or so, I can't. I don't understand. Can you help me?

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Thanks Dee for your kind words, I'm so glad my site has helped you to enjoy your Kindle Fire! :)

As for the problem you're having, I'm not sure why it is doing that. One idea is that when it's not working: close the app, see if it is still running and if so force close. Then wait a few seconds and try to open it again to see if that works. I have a tutorial on how to force close apps that are still running here:
https://www.lovemyfire.com/kindle-fire-battery.html

Scroll down to the battery saving tip on how to check for running apps.

If the app isn't still running or that doesn't work, the only other idea I have is to contact the developer/company of the app to see if they can help you with this issue.

Good luck and thanks for visiting my site!
-Rachel

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i would have returned it
by: Anonymous

Without this page I would have returned the fire. I am able to keep my nook books and even add to them. Just love it, the instructions are very easy to understand. Keep up the good work.

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awesome, fire info.
by: Ron

Excellent.Thank you for finally putting out tutorials in a easy non geek type way. Although this
is my 3rd kindle,(2nd fire). I'm still not very
Computer literate. The es file explorer is totally
The best file app.
An app you probably know about but was not included
is power amp. This is a music player, and my HDX has at least 3 so I really was reluctant about adding another, but this is a volume booster (that actually
works!). Plus it plays just about any type file,
of course it's not available on Amazon. You can get it on Google play or it's own site. There is also
this store called yandex you should review.
Keep up the awesome job. Ron.

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dead as a dodo
by: eleanor

Purchased 2 months ago went to turn on today but wouldn't respond to at anything. Panic! My husband found your fantastic site. I left it on charge for 15 mins then held button for 20 secs then switched on again. Yureka!!! thanks for the advice. Hopefully wont need it again, but if I do I know who to turn to for advice. thanks

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Excellent site
by: DJG

This site is so awsome, i have used it for all of my "real" fact finding and fixing Kindle Fire issues. The information here is easy to find, easy to understand, very efficient, and totally accurate. I love when there is such a needed fix for complicated issues:
Great Work!

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Latest Love My Kindle Fire
by: K7SAM

Your tutorial on removing items from the Kindle was very good, especially on how to remove items from the cloud.
I could not agree more with your recommendation of ES File Explorer, one of the best apps I have found, some time ago and use a lot, thanks to you.
Keep up the good work and good luck with the new job.

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Thought it was dead!
by: Deena

I thought for sure it was something serious this time. Surely, it must need a new battery...It had been charging all night, it was still only at 10%, and there was no green light. Well, I found your site and you recommended the first thing to do for anything was a regular old reset. Really??? Okay. So, I did it. When it came back on it said it was fully charged! Silly thing. I was ready to take it to the Geeks to have a look at it and I really didn't have the time or money to do that today. Thank you so much!!!

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Mayday needs to hire you!
by: Anonymous

Last night I spent five miserable hours with Amazon and Netgear support trying to hook up P2TV. First Amazon blamed Netgear, who blamed me for not having a 3rd computer to update the firmware, because clearly my two computers were defective, then Amazon gave a final pronouncement that my tv was the problem. They agreed to refunding my Kindle and all related purchases their techs told me I needed, including the P2TV. Imagine my surprise when I came home from work and found my husband had set it up with help from your website. Thank you so much!

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LOL! Wow, that's amazing that neither support staff could figure it out when you went to them for help! I'm so glad your husband found my website and was able to use my instructions to get it to work. :) That makes me feel like a million bucks!

Thanks for sharing this with me!
-Rachel

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Kindle Goddess
by: Tracey Anderson

Dear Rachel,

I subscribed to your page a short while ago. In my humble opinion you are the Kindle Goddess. I had struggled with flash player and found your tutorial and boom it is playing fabulously, yahoo weather how did I manage with out it and the go to apps the best thing ever for organising apps and getting a tidy screen. By the way I live in Cyprus and I am not fluent in Greek just yet so being able to watch things in English via flash is a godsend.

Thank you so much for all the hard work you do it really is appreciated.

Tracey

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LOL, Kindle Goddess, huh? Thanks, Tracey, I really appreciate your compliments! I love my site but I love knowing it is helping people even more! :)

Thanks!
-Rachel

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oh yea
by: monty

I freeken love this page. Finally got my kindle under control. Thank you so so much. You're awesome!!!!!!!!!

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Stylus
by: John

Love your site. Use it all the time.

However, I have a comment about the Evertouch Stylus I bought based on your recommendation on or about November 7, 2013. In fact I bought 2 of them. Now a bit over six week of use I find the first one non usable. So on to the second one. I hope I have more than one + months from this one. Will keep you posted.

John from Florida

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Deserve at least 6 stars!
by: Christine

I found this site on Google after my Kindle decided to stop working.

I was all set to re-set it when I read the advice about chargers. I tried my phone charger and ta-da, it worked. I am so pleased.

Thank you so very much.

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A marvelous little gem of a site
by: jaz

Hi rachel.

a happy uk subscriber here.

Loving the site.

Used lots of your tips and now my Fire is how it SHOULD have been out of the box.

Flash, dolphin, and now i got TV, Youtube, Music, Gmail & music plus my documents with office suite pro...AND all my books kindle and epub...happy days.

Your GoToApp has been my favourite.
No more messy carousel, simply put GoTo on carousel, open it, then look under heading, open apps and away..no more messy carousel and all nicely organised..win/win.

Thanks for taking the time to show and explain..makes the Fire the Tablet it should have been for the word go.

Many thanks

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Thanks Jaz!

I really try to make this site the best that I can so I really appreciate kind comments like yours and all the others on here, thanks!

-Rachel

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Easy to follow directions
by: Lisa P

I stumbled upon your website and all that I can say is "THANKS"! Your directions are simple to follow. I appreciate the screen shots. I just purchased a tablet and decided on the Kindle Fire HD. I used your site tonight to install Dolphin browser, Flash, and remove advertisements. Keep up the good work. You are now starred as one of my favorites!

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BEST site for Kindles!
by: Jo Pfeffer

Hi, Rachel!

I'm still referring to your website often, as I've now purchased a Kindle Fire 7" HD. I gave my "old" Kindle Fire to a good friend of mine, as a gift, and she loves it! I've also referred her to your website, so that she can get educated on all the capabilities of the Kindle.

Many thanks for your wonderful website!!! :-)

Jo

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Good Brownie points
by: Andrew Johnson

Thankyou very much for your help, my wife came upstairs this morning all doom and gloom, her Kindle fire hd stopped working and all her Uni stuff is on it. I found you and all is well in the world.
Andrew

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Love it !!
by: Anonymous

I took your word on the roo cover ,it works
like you said,It's just so cheap feeling!!
That said I'm using it around the house.
Sam Broadway Sr.

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love it
by: Faith Cox

I just subscribed to this site about an hour ago and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! It has helped me out a lot and I haven't gotten my new Kindle yet. Lol. But the only thing is I don't know my "way around" the site. So yep! (:

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Beginner.
by: Anonymous

Both of my grandmas told me this is a really good website to use. Because I am getting a Kindle Fire HD7" and I have no idea how to use it. So could you help me get started please? Thanks!

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Sideload Bob
by: Brendan from Derry,Ireland

Just, recently subscribed to your site and boy am I Glad!
Thanks to you I've sorted out Sideloading and am now about to get my teeth into your latest mail about downloading Google Play Apps - Keep up The Great Work! Much Appreciated!!!

Brendan

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question
by: Teresa

I love your site and have found so much information. I am having a problem with the side loading app for the flash drive. I have kindle fire hd and keep getting" parsing issues". What an I doing wrong? Have tried it over and over.

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Hi Teresa, thank you for your compliment and question. I have an FAQ addressing that parsing error here:
https://www.lovemyfire.com/kindle-fire-faq.html#parsing-error

Thanks!
-Rachel

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Kindle Fire Tutorial and Page
by: Marva Drozell

Thank you so much for your tutorial. Your site helps me so much. Appreciate you sharing your time and knowledge.

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Great website!
by: Anonymous

Found this great website when I received my Kindle two years ago. It is the best! So informative and helpful! Keep up the good work!

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Stuck Kindle
by: Doreen

Thank You so much for the very helpful information! My kindle fire would not charge and I was very frustrated trying to figure out what was wrong. I was all set to call customer service when I found your site. Followed your direction and held the power button down for 20 seconds. Problem solved!!Working just fine. Thanks.

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Saved So Much Time
by: Lois

I've had kindles for a couple of years and just discovered your site today! And solved two problems instantly with your FAQ's alone, not counting some other goodies. You are on my bookmarks bar from now on! Great work.

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Love this site!!!
by: Texas Molly

I have learned so many neat tricks here, what accessories to get, and great new games to play!! This is a great help and fun for me on my Kindle Fire HD. I would love to see more of using Evernote as it is so versatile, but I don't know all its ins and outs.
Thanks again!!

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Awsome
by: Anonymous

Love My Kindle Fire is such an awesome site to review and discuss.
Cheers!

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Great site
by: Paul

Hey Rachel. So pleased I stumbled across your site. Thanks for all the tips

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love your site
by: Lois

The day I discovered your site was a new beginning to nothing but joy & delight for me & kindle! Keep up the good work; you are doing an excellent job. AMAZING! Many thanks **********

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Excellent source of information
by: wayne UK

Thanks so much for the step by step guide to install Adobe flash player on the kindle.

Your instructions were so easy to follow and made the whole process very smooth.

We needed the flash player for the kids to access the educational website mathletics, so were up and running now thanks to you!!

Thanks!!

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thank you!
by: Susan

I have loved my Kindle from Day 1 -- upgraded a few times and now the owner of a Kindle fire HD 8.9 - still have my very first Kindle- still the best for reading outside. Just found out about your site and I can't stop reading. So much information. Useful - relevant - up to the minute information. Thank you so much. This is definitely my new go to site for Kindle information.

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Love this site
by: Bostonjanie

Love this site! Your tutorial on installing flash drive and the dolphin browser was great!!! You made it so easy. Thank you so much.

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Wonderful Website - So Helpful!
by: Faith

Rachel your site is simply awesome. I would pay for a site like this. There's so much information on here and the step by step instructions/tutorials are just fantastic. I just got my Kindle Fire recently and this site has helped me with all my needs so far and I will come to this site for anything I need. Thank you Rachel!

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Thank You
by: Julie, Oklahoma

I just found out about this very helpful site. It is wonderful. I've found so many helpful tips and apps. It's made a world of difference. Thank you.

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YouTube is back!!
by: Anonymous

Just want to thank you a million times for your detailed instructions on how to download Flash Player to my Kindle Fire. You've just increased my Fire enjoyment by 200%. I hope you get paid for your excellent technical writing!

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Great website for Kindle Fire users
by: Lynda K.

I have read your blogs since I got my KF. Passed your website to a new KF user and he was so thrilled to have access to all your knowledge. Thank you for providing us with your expertise.

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Relief, at last!!!
by: Jo Pfeffer

Rachel, I can't thank you enough for your wonderful instructions on how to sideload apps! Following your instructions tonight, I was able to get everything loaded up and running, and now have a Kindle Fire that that acts like an Android tablet -- HURRAY!!!

I've also got a folder with lovely pictures I've collected over the years, and now I'm set up to rotate pictures now.

Question: Is there a way to get the Kindle Fire so that it opens up with ADW Launcher, instead of that d@mned carousel? I would really prefer that, but if there's no option but to tap on Launcher as soon as I power up, I guess I'll have to deal with it.

Again, MANY THANKS for your website! It's been such a huge relief to get some of the things modified on my Kindle, and I owe it all to your help!!! *grin*

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You're very welcome, Jo, so glad I could help! As for opening the launcher you can tap and hold on it to save it to your favorites, that way you can have easy access to it. Other than that tip, there's not a way to automatically have it open up.

Thanks!
-Rachel

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I love this site
by: Norman

I stumbled across this site and soon found out I'd hit the jackpot as I know nothing about my fire.
So after an hour of just looking around I added it to my fav's and will live here for a while.

I have a ton of audio books and films I want to add to my fire and hope to soon be adding stuff to my fire. I have more e-books than I can read in my life time but it's fun. Thank you for all the hard work you have put in to help us all.

Have fun, life's too short.

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Removing ads
by: Jo

THANK YOU for your website!!! I've subscribed already!

Needed to know how to get the d@mned ads off my new Kindle, and your website gave me step-by-step directions on how to get it done.

I'm having a lot more trouble moving around in this Kindle, than I ever had in my BlackBerry Playbook. So I figure signing up for information from you will help me to resolve my problems.

Many thanks!!! :-)

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kindle youtube work around
by: Anonymous

You're the best! I changed the browser while trying to download a moshi monsters game for my son on the kindle fire (wouldn't work need flash) Then when he went into the youtube site to view a video we could no longer access the videos. I searched the web and finally found your site. The work around is awesome adding the "m" solved it. Thanks for making my son a happy viewer again!! I have now bookmarked your site for future mishap solutions and new questions.

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You saved a Kindle Fire From a landfill!
by: Anonymous

My wife did some browser upgrades on her fire which caused it to lose it's flash video player functions. She was going to chuck it in the trash and get a new Android Tablet. Using your tips here on the website we were able to tune it back to the older version of Dolphin Browser and restore the flash capabilities!

The landfill was spared a Kindle Fire :-)

Great site!!! Keep up the good work!!!

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LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT!
by: Teresa M

I gotta tell ya, THIS is the place to come for all Kindle Fire owners. I just received my 4th Kindle device, being a KF HD 8.9 and I LOVE IT. It goes everywhere I go. I have the 1st Gen, 2nd Gen, and a Paperwhite (which are for sale if wanted, work GREAT).

Your website has been a life saver for me, which reduced my stress level. It is so hard to get practical, simple help in the KF forum. It's good, don't get me wrong, but LOVEMYKINDLEFIRE is the absolute best!!!!

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Thanks, Teresa, for your kind words! It's so rewarding reading comments like yours and knowing my site has been so helpful to other Kindle Fire owners. I also like having some organization vs the disorder of Amazon's forums, which can be hard to navigate and find what you're looking for. :)

Thanks!
-Rachel

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Thank you!
by: Sue

You (and your readers) have greatly improved my home life. Gave Hubby a new KindleFire HD8.5 for Father's Day. His frustration level has been growing since. I've been looking for solutions to his being unable to view photos in Twitter. I came across your page and Voila! Success! Finally, a simple settings change and all is well. Seems that is should be easier to find answers to obvious questions more easily. Thanks for your dedication to the non-techies among us.

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You're very welcome, Sue! It definitely should be easier to get answers, but thankfully this website community of Kindle Fire owners continues to grow as we help each other learn and enjoy using our tablets! Thanks for your comment, I'm glad my site has helped you find a solution to your problem.
-Rachel

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Love it!
by: Julie

I love my Kindle Fire! It's the best! Before I got it, I just wasn't sure. I looked at every page about it and almost all of them just said "Yeah it's alright" or just explained a little. But this site explains so much! Once I finished reading this page, I knew for sure that I was going to buy a Kindle Fire. Thanks so much!♥

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Wow, thanks Julie! I'm so glad you found my site and that it helped you with your decision to buy a Kindle Fire.

Now you love one too! This is so much fun. :)
-Rachel Bruner

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Reset my Kindle Fire HD
by: Sonya

Just wanted to say thank you so much for your valuable information!! When I get your emails if I find it particularly helpful, I save it to a folder on my computer for future use. Boy did it come in handy today. Last night my Kindle Fire HD seemed to "die". It would not do anything. I charged it overnight, still nothing. I knew in one of your columns you had talked about doing a reset on the Kindle fire. I went to the folder, there was the article, followed your directions and it worked PERFECTLY!! My Kindle is working fine. Thank you so much. Love your articles!!

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Hi Sonya, I'm so glad you saved my newsletter and that my tip on resetting your Kindle Fire worked for you when it locked up! Thanks for your kind comment!
-Rachel

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There is a god, thank you!!!
by: Anonymous

I have been looking for days to find out how to side load on my Kindle Fire HD 7". So many different options with unclear directions. After I found your site I was so relieved. Thank you so much and keep up the good work! I will definitely be spreading the word.

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Great
by: julie

I was giving up on the fire at first, but with your tips, it's doing everything I want. Would like your tips on downloading films. Thanks.

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New Kindle Fire User
by: Sue C ... London, UK

Firstly, I would like to say how informative & fun I am finding your site.

I was unsure why my husband gave me the kindle fire, as I thought my original kindle met all my needs ... but now I realise there is scope for more enjoyment.

This is my first day, and already I am showing my ignorance. I have brought mine into work, not thinking about Wi-Fi. Unfortunately I can only access items on my kindle device. There are no Wi-Fi hook-ups near me. This means I can only browse through my Stephen King book, or look at recipes from the Hairy Bikers!

Reading through your web pages have given me the boost to try out all my new Kindle Fire can offer. Thank you.

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Thank You!
by: SheilaD

My Kindle Fire HD stopped working last night while I was reading a book and after trying both last night and several hours this morning to solve the problem, I almost gave up. So, I "googled" my issue and your website was the first one I opened. I followed your instructions to reset and it worked like a charm! I have book marked your website and want to thank you again for your help.

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Great site
by: Gail Benoit

Rachel, I love your Kindle Fire site. The hints you give are very helpful. Plus you've replied quickly and personally to a question I submitted. Thank you for making the site.

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Wide Open
by: Anonymous

Your site has opened a whole new door to additional functionality of my Fire! I love having absolute control over my device (unlike my iPad). Keep adding new content and I will keep coming back! What an awesome resource!

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Love My Kindle Fire HD
by: Margaret Scotland

Just acquired my kindle fire hd and I love it! I'm having a knee replacement soon so my kindle will be a great companion and I can read without a light on
which is a real bonus!

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Amazon's new streaming app for flash
by: chip

I tried to watch NCIS on cbs.com with this app from Amazon but it kept locking up after the ads. Had to watch on dolphin browser with flash player, they need to tweek it a little. Glad you showed me how to side load these apps.

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My kind of help
by: Dad of a Kindle owner

Rachel,
Thanks for the step by step, easy to follow instructions.
The Kindle is for my young son. Now he can put his own wallpaper on his Kindle Fire HD, thanks to you, I am his hero.
What more can a dad ask for.

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Great information! Can the Fire HD 7 record?
by: Sandy

Hi Rachel,

I am brand new and you have already helped me in ordering just what I need. You say things in such a clear and sensible manner.

I wonder if the Kindle Fire HD 7 can be used to record things?

Also wonder how one would choose a head set?

Thanks so much for having this site.

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Hi Sandy, thanks for your thoughtful comment. Your questions are good but I'm not yet sure of the answers but it would be good to check into these possible options.

Please send me a message on my contact page so I can email you back.

Thanks!
-Rachel

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Kindle Fire 8.9 HD Refund
by: Anonymous

When I received your e-mail I read the 2nd article and I was on the phone with Amazon in 3 minutes and I received a $70.00 credit on my account. Thank you for the information…

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For the real newbies trying to understand wireless
by: sandi

I have to admit that I haven't got the Kindle Fire, yet. But so far I have the older kindle which is no "fire". (If you know what I mean.)

But here's what is keeping me in a tail spin. I really don't understand how the wireless feature works. I have a desktop but it doesn't have a wireless connection because I have sensitive data on it.

I also have a cell phone android. Not sure if this would be helpful in working with a kindle fire.

Soon I expect to get a lap top.

Based on the above, can you tell me how the wireless works? My husband has a Barnes & Noble reader but he has to use it outside the home to get a wireless connection.

Wireless it confusing to me as a new comer to tech. I read your page about wireless but I'm still confused on how it works.

Can you do a page or post more in detail how your wireless setup looks and recommendations.

Thanks so much.
I love your site.

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Hi Sandi, thanks for your question. Wi-fi is an Internet signal that is being broadcast from a router. You can easily buy and setup a router that will broadcast your Internet that you are using at home. It wouldn't be connected to your computer, so you wouldn't have to worry about security issues for your PC.

To do this, you would need to contact your Internet Service Provider (ISP, the people you pay for Internet at home) to find out which type of router works with their services, and how to set it up once you purchase one. You can buy routers online, such as at Amazon, or from your local electronics store.

To access the internet on your Kindle Fire from other locations you would need to have a wi-fi hotspot to connect to. Many people now have them in their homes, so some of your relatives probably already have them (just ask, they should know if they do/don't) and if so you would just need to know their password to put it into your Kindle Fire (just once as it will remember it for future visits) and then you're ready to go.

There are also free wi-fi hotspots at many places such as hotels, cafes, airports, bookstores, etc. However, be careful if you use a free, open wi-fi connection. DO NOT visit websites or pages that require you to put in your personal password info, such as your bank website, etc. Free wi-fi spots are not safe for that kind of thing as someone can try to hijack your connection to get personal info like that.

ALSO, there's a Kindle Fire HD 8.9" 4G tablet (the one that is $399) which comes with a data plan that only costs $50 a year which allows you to ALWAYS have internet access, like your smart phone.

Here's a direct link to the Kindle Fire HD 8.9" 4G on Amazon.

I hope this helps. If not, please email from my "Contact me" page.
Thanks!
-Rachel

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LOOOOVE IT
by: Krista

I needed flash when I ran across your site. I never knew the things you could do with my little fire. I can't stay off your site. Thanks for making it easy to understand as I've only had mine 2 weeks. You're definitely in my favs. Thanks.

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Excellent Site
by: Ray

Excellent site that takes the "work" out of customizing the Kindle Fire HD. Rachel provides easy to follow instructions and screenshots for us who need a bit more help with tech stuff. Every tip I implemented worked flawlessly, the first time.

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Flash Player
by: Anonymous

OMG...I am so very happy that I found your site. I have been very disappointed with my Kindle Fire HD ever since I got it because I couldn't play games with flash player. Your easy to follow directions (screen shots are a MAJOR plus) allowed me to install flash player and now I have my games!! I tried another tutorial but it never worked (I guess the instructions weren't as easy as yours, lol). Now I know where to go for all tips/tricks for my device!! YOU have made my Kindle Fire the device that I wanted it to be...many, many thanks.

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I love my new Kindle Fire and your Web Site!
by: Cheri

I am a Grandmother that is physically challenged, so my activities are limited.

My hubby (the sweetest guy on the planet), decided to get me a Kindle Fire HD 8.9. He knows I love to read, watch movies, listen to music, etc.

Last night, I was bored and I Googled "so, what all can I do on my Kindle Fire HD. Your website was one of the ones that came up. I stayed up really late reading everything and trying to soak up everything on your page. As soon as we woke up this morning, I showed my hubby your web site. He's much better at figuring and configuring than I am, so we did it together. I got so excited to see that my Kindle can do much more than I thought it could!

Thank you so very much for taking the time to help people like me realize the full potential of their Kindle Fire. What a shame it would have been if I had never known it's full potential.

I now love my Kindle Fire HD and I also love your website. I've also signed up for the newsletters and liked your facebook page. I'm a fan of the Kindle, but I'm also a fan of yours! Keep up the good work!

Sincerely, Cheri

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Wow, thanks Cheri for sharing this with me! I'm so glad you found my website too and that it's been so helpful for you- which is the whole purpose of my site. :)

I love hearing how my articles, tips, and tricks have helped others, it makes it all worth while!

Thanks for signing up for my Kindle Fire Alerts and for following my Facebook page. I hope future articles and resources will continue to be helpful.

Thanks!
-Rachel

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A new world!
by: Anonymous

Thanks to your site, I have added so many new uses to my Kindle Fire HD. I found your directions easy to follow and your recommendations for accessories invaluable! I would like to know your pick of keyboards soon.

Thanks!

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Very helpful site.
by: David

This website is very good. Some of the Kindle Fire's 'features' are so annoying it's ridiculous. Which moron at Amazon thought that 'Trending Now', for example, would be something any sane person would want to see? I have been frustrated beyond belief trying to remove some of the digital sewage that finds its way (unsolicited) on to the Kindle. And now I can! And just for the record I NEVER, EVER, respond to advertising. It is electronic faeces. But the people whose god is money and who are money-worshippers don't realise this.

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Looks Awesome!
by: cheesygiraffe

I just found this site thanks to other friends. I like all the recommendations I've seen so far. Great work!

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New to site
by: SandDanz

New to this site, but just looking here and there I can see I'm going to visit this site frequently. Lots of helpful tips and cool apps to check out. Thanks for putting this site together!

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Best site I've found
by: Cindy

I was so happy to get the fire then disappointed when I couldn't watch flash videos. Your tutorials are easy to follow. Now I love my fire, too. Thanks so much!

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Fire HF 8.9
by: Jim Bannister

I enjoy your website because the hints and tips are written in a manner which is easy to understand and appreciate.

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Bad Classmate
by: Lana

First just wanted to say thank you again for feedback about Google docs. And my son never puts his Kindle HD down lol. He loves it!!!

O.k I have another question. My son was in study hall helping a friend with his work. Another classmate who wishes he had a Kindle decided to go into my sons backpack and play with his. Well I have a security code set for my son but it did him no justice. The other boy began trying to punch in the code many times and finally after no luck a reset key popped up. So he pressed it. We lost everything (thank god for cloud though).

My question is... is there a way to stop this from happening again? It alarms me that the security code is actually not going to stop someone from getting into his Kindle. It might reset everything but "they can always start over".

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Hi Lana, thanks for your kind comments! Unfortunately, there's not a way to keep the above from happening. Amazon has to have a way to let you reset your password/pin if you forget it, and this is the method they use.

The only other idea I have is that if your Kindle Fire is lost or stolen you should contact Amazon right away and have them unregister the tablet from your account. This will keep out any unwanted purchases, downloads, etc.

I've also created a new article about setting up a Kindle Fire Password that you might like to read, as you can create a password to protect from unwanted purchases.

I hope this helps! If you need more help please email me on my contact me page. Thanks!
-Rachel

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Loving My Kindle Fire
by: Esmeralda

I love my kindle hd---I got this from my son for Christmas. This means so much for me since it was a gift from my only son.

I am still learning on all the apps and different things you can do with your kindle. I am new to this site and look forward to new and excited things they have to offer.

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Fantastic
by: Paul

Just a personal thanks for all you have done, I now can watch UK TV and sports streaming here in Spain thanks to your easy to follow instructions on how to get flash player on the latest Kindle Fire HD.

Looking through all your fantastic downloads I do not think 32gb will get them all LOL.

Thanks once again and keep up the good work.
Aye
Paul

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Thanks, Paul, I love hearing from others around the world, it's so cool! I agree, 32GB wouldn't be enough, fortunately the cloud helps alleviate a lot of that problem. :)

Enjoy your Kindle Fire!
-Rachel

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Thanks
by: Anonymous

Got the kindle fire for xmas, heard two guys talking about your website on a bus on my way to work last week.

Thought I'd try it out, superb, absolutely superb. Thanks.

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I love all these comments by everyone, but I have to say that this one really tickled me. Imagining you overhearing two guys on a bus talking about my website and then deciding to check it out since you have a Kindle Fire too really made me smile. Seeing my site spread by "word of mouth" is so exciting.

Thanks!
-Rachel

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Rachel - you're a star!
by: Anonymous

My Mum and Dad got a Kindle Fire. It was their first ever computer and I'd never used a tablet before. I don't know what we'd have done without your site, but we've used loads of your tips and just downloaded Flash with no hassle at all. They really love their Fire now. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us!!!! : )

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Thank you for your kind words! It's so great knowing that my site has helped you and others. :)
-Rachel

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Love your site and suggestions!
by: Linda H.

Stumbled upon your site while looking for cases for my new kindle fire HD. So glad I found it! I had purchased a cover I wasn't too happy with and following your advice. I went back to Amazon and looked under electronics where tons of cases & covers appeared that I hadn't seen before. After reading many reviews and watching a few video reviews (thanks for the tip on installing the dolphin browser and flash!!), I settled on the Origami RooCase. I also ordered the screen protector... items are arriving today - can't wait to check 'em out!

Thank you for all the wonderful tips and detailed reviews on accessories. I am very grateful I found your site. Learning new things about my KF HD everyday! Many thanks!

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My experience so far
by: James Walker

I got my fire as a Christmas gift and couldn't wait to see what it and I could do and I must say I'm impressed.

I mainly use my fire for technical ebooks and how-tos, I play a few games and also watch movies and listen to music so I guess you could call my fire my get comfortable pc replacement!

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Great site and very helpful
by: Eunice

I just got my Fire HD 8.9 two days ago. I already had a Motorola Xoom tablet but we needed another tablet so we could both have one to use whenever we wanted. I didn't want to spend as much money so decided on the Fire. I am excited to learn about making it act and look more like the other tablet and will try later.

My local newspaper has a reading app but so far it won't even install on the Fire so I am hoping side loading will do the trick.

Please continue this site--it is great!

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Best There Is!!
by: Jam,es

Since getting my Fire HD for Christmas I am a regular to this site to see what else my device can do! It is by far the best device on the market for reading from and with some tweaks, it becomes a fantastic tablet! If only Amazon hadn't locked it down so much, it would be more popular I'm sure!!

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VERY GOOD
by: Anonymous

First class website with lots of good info.

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Newbie
by: Monique

Thanks so much for helping a Kindle newbie discover some great tips and tricks as well as some awesome apps. This will come in handy as I continue to work with a student group who received Kindle Fire tablets as part of a grant titled, "Learning on Fire!"

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Wow, Monique, how exciting! What a fun grant (I love the title!) to help students as they work and learn new skills by giving them Kindle Fires to use. I'm grateful my site has come in handy. Good luck with all you do!

-Rachel

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SO HELPFUL!!
by: Brin

This site by far the most helpful for any, and I mean any (old or new), Kindle users! I have gained so much knowledge from your pages and I want to thank you for your hard work and dedication. This is truly one of my all time new FAVORITE sites!!!

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Thank you
by: Anonymous

Thank you for the wonderful help in learning how to use my Kindle Fire. I know there is so much more to learn so will continue to read your emails, follow on FB, etc.

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Thank you - just ordered my Fire HD+
by: Jean

I've been stalking the Kindle Fire HD 8.9" for a while now and signed up for your emails in anticipation. I just got the email today with the info about Amazon's FIRELOVE promotion and ordered mine just a few minutes ago! So excited and happy to have gotten a good deal!

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Wonderful, that's so exciting, Jean! I'm so glad my email alert helped to notify you about this great deal and that you were able to get your Kindle Fire- you're going to love it!!

-Rachel

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FINALLY, a Kindle fan site!
by: Brian Smith

Thank you for the great job you are doing on this website. I have searched all over for a Kindle fan site and am so glad to have found this one. Keep up the great work!

I do have one idea. I would love a section where Kindle users could share their favorite apps or games. I don't think there are many sites for this yet and it looks like there could be a lot of content here based on all the Kindle users. Just an idea.

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Hi Brian, thank you for your kind words and for your great idea! I did try a place for people to share their favorite detective/mystery game, but it didn't quite catch on as I was the only one who posted. You can see it here:
https://www.lovemyfire.com/best-kindle-fire-detective-game.html#VisitorPages

Maybe I need to simplify things and make a more generic page for favorite games/apps, kind of like this testimonial comment page. That would make it easier to post a simple comment with your favorite app/game. That might really work. Thanks again for this idea, I'll have to try it out! :)

-Rachel

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Such a useful site
by: Michael

Thanks so much for your site. It is useful (makes a difference) and easy to follow. Thanks so much, and keep up the good work.

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Newbie
by: Anonymous

I am pretty new to this site but am already excited to learn more. My kids have been wanting to know how to change the wallpaper on their Kindle Fire's and I just saw that posting. I look forward to learning a lot about our Kindle's. Thank You!

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So Helpful
by: Scott Mobley

Your site has been so helpful in figuring out how to get the most out of my Kindle Fire HD. I just learned how to place my own pics as wallpaper, and how to make it look more like an Android device...Thanks Rachel!

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Love My Kindle Fire!
by: Jesse T.

I got my Kindle Fire HD for Christmas and found this site when I was doing a search on finding the hidden features I had heard these things have. Once I started navigating the site and seeing the wealth of information held here, I book marked the page. I've loved the different tips and tricks you provide! I've been able to do so much more than I ever thought I could! Thank you for all the work you've done to provide us with this information!

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How I found you
by: Anonymous

I found you on the 3rd page of 'Kindle Fire 8.9'
search. I never go to the 3rd page of a search.
So, I believe I was meant to find your wonderful web site.

I have not found a better site for 'plain English'
information and research. It has been a GREAT
resource for me to understand APPS and to make a
good decision on which cover to buy for the 8.9
Kindle Fire.

I look for new information from you before I go any where else. I am disappointed if you haven't written anything, like, since yesterday. Ha Ha

Your website is one of the most positive and easy to understand as well as inviting.

Thanks so much for all that you do to help us out.
I greatly appreciate this web site. I wish I had your computer skills. :-)

I am still working on getting on RSS Feed from you, I haven't worked it out yet.

Sincerely,
Barbara

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Thanks, Barbara, for sharing these excellent comments, they make me feel so great! It's amazing how people have been able to find my site and how it has helped them enjoy their Kindle Fire even more.

I love working on this site, but hearing all these great comments makes the effort all the more worthwhile.

As for figuring out how to use RSS, did you watch the video at the bottom of my article? It's what helped me first understand it:
https://www.lovemyfire.com/rss-feeds-on-kindle-fire.html

If you contact me and let me know what area you're stuck at, I'd be happy to do my best to help you get going with this.

Thanks again!
-Rachel

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Kindle upgrade
by: Scott

I have to let you know that I do NOT regret my decision to upgrade from a Kindle Keyboard to the 7" Kindle Fire HD.

I first got my Kindle Keyboard when my Sony PDA began having fits. I researched and finally decided on the Kindle because I was mainly interested in reading books. I eventually missed being able to read magazines like I did on my Sony. Unfortunately, black and white photos just don't cut it.

When I finally admitted to myself (after two years) that I couldn't stand it anymore, I purchased my Fire HD. I love being able to take my Fire and read, watch videos, surf the Internet. I can even log onto my bulletin board system via my Fire.

My only regret is that I can't organize my books like I could on the Kindle Keyboard. But everything else more than makes up for it.

I do have to thank you for leading me to some great accessories. My cover (Origami Dual-View), screen protector (Skinomi TechSkin) and finally the BoxWave EverTouch Capacitive Stylus. All are exactly as you described and work great!

Keep up the great work!

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Love the Updates!!
by: Anonymous

I'm always finding out new things about my Kindle Fire when I get my alerts in my inbox!!

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Hidden Video Camera
by: Jimmy

I love the tips and tricks you share with us, unlocking hidden treasures within my Kindle Fire HD turns looking for an app into using the one already there, like the video camera that is hidden, your article Kindle Fire Tip: How to Take Pictures and Videos sure made this easy.

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A Have to Have Site
by: Sherry

Without my accidentally finding this site, I would still be trying to figure out too many things on this tablet.

The best cover/case article was timely - I bought the Roocase and it's impressive even to those who don't own a tablet! The pink/magenta cover is lovely and pleasant to look at - necessary to keep one's cool when tablet isn't performing well. All the angles are beyond handy, they are genius.

The article on apps nice to have - timely as well. I like to know what is going on behind the scenes on my computers and the top 3 apps suggested are indeed very helpful to me. My only question is how I change the channel I'm on to one with less traffic for better & faster performance?

Clear directions, easy reading, easy to understand explanations & good, clear web layout makes a huge difference when one knows nothing about tablets and just how they operate.

Apps is an abbreviation for Applications, who knew? Side loading - never heard of that before, much less having any idea on why an app needs to be side loaded.

Keep the info coming, as long as I can read, I can do anything with the proper directions. Oh, and thank you for your gift of helping others and sharing with the rest of us lacking that particular gift.

Sherry from Vancouver, WA

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Thanks, Sherry, for your kind comments! As for your question about changing your wi-fi channel, you would do that with your wi-fi router.

Each router is a bit different, so I'd suggest going to your router's manufacturer to find out how to connect (usually through your Internet browser) to your router to make changes.

You would change the channel settings there. I learned by Googling info on changing my specific brand of router. Since I'm not an expert in this area I'm not sure how else to help, but hopefully this will send you in the right direction.

Thanks again!
-Rachel

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Side Loading
by: Anonymous

Last night I followed your instructions to side load Adobe Flash Player. They were clear and easy to follow and 1, 2, 3 Bam DONE!

I had been trying to download from Google Play but they wanted me to open an account. 1MobileMarket, however, was easy to get along with and I finally got Viggle!! Yippee!

Thanks so much for your hard work and, most of all, your willingness to share what you know.

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Apps
by: Rex D

You are outstanding!!! With you're little tip on flash player, this old man solved the only complaint I had about my fire hd. Thank you so much!!!

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A niche with a definitive purpose
by: Greg

LMKF blog has been 'turning me on' to different ideas that help me understand my first generation Kindle. The blog has shared with me ideas that the blog creator has tried and that saves me the time & wasted money finding out that the great idea I had, won't work, or in fact it will.

I hope LMKF doesn't feel the need to get "Sophisticated", well at least no more than it is already. The down to earth approach was very inviting, and allowed me to approach the blog not knowing but not feeling intimidated by the information.

I consider LMKF a 'go-to' resource.

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Love the passion!
by: Paul H, Atlanta

I really look forward to getting your emails, Rachel! Keep up the good work. Your web site heled me get up and running so much faster than the standard documentation. Your choice of Apps was very helpful. The side load tutorial, excellent!

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Wow! Thanks!!
by: Kathy

I'm new to Kindle and just got the new Fire HD. There's a steep learning curve when new to a device such as this and I have learned so much from this site. The tutorials are clear and easy to follow (thank you so much!) and the suggestions for apps are great.

I look forward to learning more and more from this site!

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Brilliant
by: susan

Found this helpful and very easy to follow, would definitely recommend to other people and give you five stars. :)

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Thank you, Susan. Yeah, five stars for me! :) I love knowing that my "work" is helping others.
-Rachel

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Many thanks
by: Anonymous

Great to know there are true heroes like you out there - sharing knowledge freely. Thanks for your generosity! Norm - fellow Fire fan.

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Wow, thanks, Norm! I don't consider myself a hero (do I get to be a superhero?) but I'm grateful to know my website has helped you!
-Rachel

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Love this site!!
by: Rebecca

I am sooooo happy I found your website!! Thank you so much for all the information and tips!! You have helped me a ton!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!! :)

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Enthusiastic personified. In print.
by: Gary Drake.

Your Website is a joy to read. You are obviously a fan of the Kindle Fire, but you're honest about the features, apps and games.

I share your appreciation for the Fire HD and she bought one instead of the iPad, although the deal offered her by Apple would've meant her paying only £50 extra as she has been a long time iPhone user!
Good, no?

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Didn't love my kindle fire
by: Patricia

I received the kindle hd as a gift this Christmas. After trying to navigate the tablet I became frustrated with the lack of flexibility and lack of flash. The entire process felt cumbersome and not at all intuitive. I happened on Rachel's "Love my Kindle" site, downloaded the dolphin browser with Rachel's help and I have more hope in the possibility of making this a more fun device. Thank you, Rachel, for your help.

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Grateful!
by: Now Soothed

I can't thank you enough for your kind and very helpful site and blog. It has allowed me to keep what is left of my pretty decent hair (for my age) after getting so frustrated with my new Kindle Fire HD. Given as a Christmas gift with love, Amazon's marketing strategy about got the best of me. Thanks to you, I was able to get the camera working just fine in one try. YES!!!!!
PS My wife is posting my first video clip (taken with the Fire HD) to YouTube. I think we'll title it "Kindle Fire Frustration." It's short and funny despite my agitation.

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Thanks for sharing your experience with us. Yes, new technology can become quite frustrating when you can't figure out how to do something. Usually it just takes some time to become familiar with it, which I'm sure you will.

I'm glad my site has helped you keep your hair! LOL Have fun with your Kindle Fire!

-Rachel

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Excellent site
by: Priapus

Got my new Kindle Fire HD, very excited but not too sure what to do with it. I found this site and Rachel has helped me considerably in getting to know my new "toy." I look forward to updates & further info. Well done Rachel, keep up the good work !
Best wishes.

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Thanks, Priapus! I love hearing that people have found my site useful, especially since that's its purpose!

Enjoy playing with your new toy!

-Rachel

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AMAZING!
by: Anonymous

I am currently awaiting my Kindle Fire HD and stumbled across your site while looking for a way to sideload apps so that I can get the most out of my Kindle. I must say that you are one of the most AMAZING people on the Internet! I am totally in LOVE with your site! The "how to sideload" and "how to subscribe to RSS feeds" have helped me so much in getting to know all of the possibilities my Kindle offers! I can never Thank You enough! You have truly made my Kindle experience so much better than I ever thought it could be, so Thank You, from the bottom of my heart! Merry Christmas!

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Wow, thank you for your kind and enthusiastic words! I love working on my website but it's so rewarding to hear from others who have found my site helpful. It makes it all worth it!

I'm sure you will LOVE your Kindle Fire HD and will have a lot of fun with it. Enjoy and Merry Christmas to you too!

-Rachel

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Good website
by: Anonymous

Thank you for the information.

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Love it
by: Anonymous

I have a kindle fire and I love it.

Tim

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Things made easy
by: karina

I love how Rachel makes all the hidden little kindle unknowns seem so easy to do. Enjoy getting the news letters too. Thank you Rachel.

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You're very welcome, Karina, it's always great to hear when others have found the articles and resources on my site useful! Glad you like my Kindle Fire News Alerts too!

-Rachel

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Questions
by: Lana Miles

First, I love that you have made this site!!! So many questions have already been answered. I bought a Kindle Fire HD for my son for Xmas. Is there a security tracking feature at all that can be downloaded in case of theft? He is 12 and will be taking this to school. He also uses google docs for school projects. Will he be able to access this with his Kindle Fire? Thank you so much for all of your information. I will be visiting this site most often. It is the most informative site I have found :)

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Hi Lana, thanks for your comment and questions!

Regarding tracking, as far as I understand none of the Kindle Fires have GPS, but the HD tablets do have a location service feature. You can see this by going to settings, slide up and select "Locaiton-based Services". Tap "Learn more" to read Amazon's page about it and to see if you want to enable this feature or not.

There are also a few apps that have locating services. I write about one on my Kindle Fire Security Apps page.

It looks like the app is currently compatible with the original Kindle Fire and the HD 8.9" but not the HD 7". I'm not sure which one you got for your son but you might like to check it out. There are a few others in the app store too.

As for Google Docs it looks like Google has renamed it to Google Drive, which you can access from the web browser (called Silk) on your Kindle Fire by going to drive.google.com so I don't think there will be a problem to use it like normal, you'll just be accessing it from a tablet and not a computer.

I'm sure your son will be super excited when he opens his Christmas present and finds a Kindle Fire inside! I know I did! (See My Kindle Fire Story for all the details.)

Thanks again for your questions!

-Rachel

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Wallpaper doesn't work for my Kindle
by: Mark

Great step by step guides on stuff for the kindle fire.

However, tried doing the fix for putting my own wallpapers on the lock screen of my kindle fire HD, but it doesn't work.

I have opted out of the special offers, but that's all I get is the standard screen savers from the kindle itself. Any ideas?

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Hi Mark, thank you for your comment!

Unfortunately, Amazon has tightened its control of the operating system on the new Kindle Fire HD tablets. I have yet to discover how to replace the pre-loaded wallpapers with our own background images. (As soon as I do I'll post a new tutorial!)

The current tutorial on my site on How to Change Your Kindle Fire Wallpaper was written for the original Kindle Fire but doesn't work for the new Kindle Fire HD. There's a note explaining this on the page but it's easy to miss.

I have some other great Kindle Fire HD tricks and tips that you might want to check out if you haven't already.

Here are links to a few of them:

I'm sorry I couldn't be more helpful. Thanks again for your comment!
-Rachel

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Love My Fire (But Should I Upgrade)?
by: Anonymous

I love my Kindle, and I really didn't think I would. Basically, my boyfriend was stumped about what to get me for Christmas last year. He knew how much I love to read and was a bit annoyed at the enormous stacks of books that were piling up in every corner of the house. So he bought me a Kindle Fire.

I was dubious but figured since I had it I would try it. And I love it. I don't have any other tablet or even a smart phone, so I find myself using the wi-fi connectivity a lot. I take it to Starbucks or any other hotspot I can find and use it to check email, FB, etc. It can be a little frustrating, since it has neither the speed nor the power I'm used to at home, but I work around that.

I am frustrated by the small amount of memory. I filled my amazon cloud with music and then downloaded much of it to my Kindle without realizing how much memory it would eat up. Now I find I can seldom add a book to the device because the memory is full. I need to delete stuff to make room.

And so I am really tempted by the increased memory of the new Fire. It seems extravagant to upgrade so soon--I've had mine less than a year--but I want that extra memory!

Thanks for a great site!

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Thanks, Anonymous, for sharing! Yes, the original Kindle Fire doesn't have enough memory with all the content we love to download with ebooks, music, apps, videos, docs, and games.

Of course, Amazon's Cloud does make it easier to keep things in the cloud and only download what you really want/need, especially for music files when you have a ton of them. It's almost easiest to listen directly from the cloud, but if you don't have Wi-Fi access at home, that would be a problem.

One suggestion would be to get a Wi-Fi router for your home Internet access. Your local electronics store has them, or you can order one off Amazon. There are a lot of online guides to help with figuring out how to set it up.

Another option would be to go ahead and upgrade, even though you've only had your Kindle Fire a year, it might be worth it, what with all the music and content you'd like to have on your tablet. What's great is that the new Kindle Fire HD devices have additional options to purchase more memory.

The 7" comes in 16GB and 32GB while the 8.9" comes in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB (4G only).

You might even want to consider the Kindle Fire 8.9" 4G so you could have constant Internet access for only $50/year (super cheap!) instead of getting a Wi-Fi router.

You can learn more about these options/features here: Kindle Fire HD

Thanks!
-Rachel

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Some great tips!
by: Matt

Not fond of the ads everywhere, but I get that we all have to make a profit. ;) I've used many of your tips in setting up my Kindle Fire (received it about a week ago). I'm pretty tech savvy, so figured much out on my own.

Your current "camera" post almost makes it too hard. Just download the PicShop app (free on Amazon). Choose the "choose an image" icon and then pic "camera." Voila! Camera opens for you to snap a picture. AND you can edit/play with it in the same app. Two birds. One easy small stone!

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Thanks, Matt, for your comments and input! Personally, I didn't make accessing the camera hard, that's Amazon's fault for not giving users a built in app to easily access their Kindle Fire's camera.

I do agree, however, that the app I use for accessing the camera does take a few more steps than using other apps, but that's because my way lets you record videos and then access the original files. The PicShop app you mentioned doesn't let you take videos with your camera, at least I've been unable to do so. Maybe the paid version does (I don't think so), but the free "lite" version doesn't.

When testing out other picture apps, I found they all saved the files in different locations, making it harder to find where the pictures were saved if you want direct access to them.

If you're going to learn how to access your camera it's best to know the way that also lets you access the video camera. Just my method though.

Thanks again!
-Rachel

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Good stuff!
by: Gregory

Yup, this is good advice, good tips and tricks, and I love it that there's information clearly and specifically for the Kindle Fire HD. Thanks, keep up the good work!

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Learned New Things
by: Anonymous

I'm glad I stumbled upon this website because I was wondering how to change the wallpaper and here I found your website and I learned so many new things in such a small amount of time.:) Thank you so much!

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I love my kindle fire too
by: Gwen k

I'm soooo glad I found your web page and others who love the Kindle Fire like me. I love, love your tips and picks for accessories. Keep it up and THANKS!!

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Fantastic
by: Vincent Z

Love the new Kindle Fire HD and the content from lovemyfire.com has helped me immensely!

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Lovely site!
by: Tanvi B

Hi! I love your website. I got my kindle fire on 3rd of October and discovered your website shortly. I LOVE your feature on apps especially the volume booster. I also loved the Out of Milk app.

Thanks for making me feel more comfortable with my Fire!

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Love your Blog!!
by: Shelly

As a first time Kindle owner your blog has been a HUGE help!! Keep up the great work!!!

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Thank you, everyone!
by: Rachel

Just wanted to thank all of you who have already left such supportive comments on this page! It feels great knowing that I've helped someone else out.

The Kindle Fire is so much fun and I'm excited to get my hands on the new 8.9" too!

Thanks again!
-Rachel
LoveMyFire.com

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Can't wait
by: Donna

I pre ordered the Fire HD 8.9, It says my delivery date will be Nov.26, my husband says he can't belive my will power. I can't either. I looked at the Asus 300t and almost did it, but I have a laptop and my husband has a pc, the Asus with the keyboard is another laptop. The Kindle will be great fun. When I get it I will post again. Love the site, I will be using your hints. Thanks for giving us your time.

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Just Learning
by: joe

Really love how helpful all this info is to an old man trying to get with todays technology.

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Helpful Articles
by: Tina, Garfield, KS

I just got my Kindle fire, and your article about the differences between cases and covers was helpful. I had subscribed to your newsletter prior to ownership to be more informed about what I wanted, and I love it. I appreciate your words of wisdom in finding more things to do with my kindle.

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A Genuine Person
by: Nilo, Bakersfield, CA

I found Love My Fire from Rachel's posts on the Kindle Fire Forum web site.

She seemed to me to be a genuine person, not at all like the snarky divas on other web sites. This site is one of my more 'likeable' web sites. She is not condescending or pedantic.

Her past involvement in I.T. work shows here. Her quick replies to my silly questions, shows me she is really interested in helping newbies like me. You would be wise to use her advice on Kindle Fire issues.

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A Place For Help
by: Karen, Carlsbad, NM

I'm so glad to have a site that has simple instructions to follow and a place I can get help. I know there is so much I can do with the kindle... I just haven't figured it all out. Thanks again.

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Better Than Any Kindle Fire Books
by: Kathy, Spokane, WA

I just love this site. I have learned more from your site than in any kfbooks. Please keep this up. Thanks.

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Wonderful Tutorials!
by: Beth, Mt. Airy, NC

I am so pleased I found this site! You have wonderful tutorials, and I really found your lists of the best apps useful! Thanks for making this site!

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I Agree With Your Reviews
by: Mark B., Austin, TX

I enjoyed your reviews. I agreed with all your comments on the games I'm familiar with and will check in often to see what's added. Good work and nice looking page.

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Love Your List of Best Apps
by: Itashka, Sanford, NC

Love your website about the Kindle, have already added some stuff that you suggested!

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