Here is a solution many people are desperately in need of for the Kindle Fire. This is a side loaded .APK that DOES NOT require Rooting! The ever changing lock screen/wallpaper is obviously annoying to the vest majority of us. I have found two apps that can take care of this. They appear to be very similar but one is in (a) Google Play[Market] and the (b) other is freely available on the web with no login necessary and explains to the novice how to install in simple terms and pictures.
a) Wallpaper Change Kindle Fire by DPAPPS - (Google Play / Android Market)
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b) My Kindle Wallpaper - to find it, Google --> "kindlecooltricks wordpress" and it was the 3rd in the list as of this posting. You should be able to easily find it.
Now to get everyone started, here are 20 desktop picture. What can you make and share ?
Here are a few more....
Enjoy and let me know what you think of the pictures and programs; as well as how it is working for you?
Thanks for the app suggestion. Happen to have pics zipped?
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Here all the wallpapers ZIPed up.
Here is the link to (a) & (b), not sure if it will post....
(a) https://play.google.com/store/apps/...?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS53YWxsLmNoYW5nZXIiXQ..
(b) http://kindlecooltricks.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/change-kindle-fire-wallpaper-without-rooting/
Thanks. I'm using My Kindle Wallpaper (the second one linked) and it's getting the job done.
thank you for this! i was getting so tired of the wallpapers that come on the kindle. Now everyday I just choose which one I want, and they are the perfect size!
None of them used my selected picture on 6.3,
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Used the method you suggested and it worked. I kinda have a question, for a split second when I wake my KF, the default wallpapers that are built into the device show up before the ones I've saved for the DPAPP application. Is there a way that I can completely shut off the default ones?
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thanks been looking into this for so long will have to put on my mother inlaws kindle tonight
sweet switching!
Great app! Someone earlier had tried to change my wallpaper to some crazy pic using settings, except this app automatically switched it back to my selection--I never even noticed the change; this is nice, people can't prank my paper! Unless they used this app/kinda obscure anywho
VERY appreciative, thanks for the post
dpapps didnt work for me at first as the pictures were all too big even at 1024x600 resolution.
i solved the issue by removing go launcher ex and then it worked
i then reinstalled go launcher and it still works great
apparently go launcher ex changed the default wallpaper settings on both sides of my kindle, the carousel and go launcher. hopefully this helps anyone experiencing the same issue
My Kindle Wallpaper is working great! My eyes thank you!
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Amazon's update 6.3.1 for non rooted KFs fixes the problem many have had with selecting a specific wallpaper....
awesome ! Thanks so much.. Fantastic apps for changing wallpapers...:good::good::good::good::good:
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Hi all,
I don't know if anybody has tried this home launcher. I just installed it and it's really nice. The launcher was made by SE Japan. It seems that it's only available in Japan for some reason through the market.
Check the link below for more details and screenshots. I find it a lot more stable and less resource intensive than any other home launcher that I have tried and it's a lot faster and smoother.
It's by no means perfect, there's a definite lack of options and some widgets get chopped off (beautiful weather for example and the widgets that are supposed to be 4x1, but for some reason take 4x2, you know, the ones that you can't stick anything below them, well, now you can, but they get chopped a little), the lockscreen is sweet, you get 5 desktops and a live wallpaper. It would be nice to be able to change the color palette of the live wallpaper since the colors are a little effeminate imo,but that's ok. Oh yeah, and you will loose the ability to change your wallpaper when using the launcher.
There's one really sweet feature. You can unistall apps straight from the drawer. No need to go in the market or the application settings for non-market apps. Yay!
Like I mentionned, it's not perfect, but it will help me wait for the 2.1 update. Check it out for yourselves.
http://gadgets.apnafundaz.com/2010/...wallpaper-effect-cool-lockscreen-by-se-japan/
Hopefully, the new 2.1 update will look and feel like that.
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How many threads are we going to have for this I believe the count is at 5 now!
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5 it is.
Sorry for the re-post...
Tapatalk search function did not give any results for "ambianttime". Mods, please delete this thread since it has been posted already.
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I don't know about you guys, but being a landscape only user it really bothers me that I have to switch to portrait when changing my live wallepaper. So I fixed up the orientation settings in the LiveWallpapersPicker.apk to support sensor rotation this morning.
It's setup for a CWM flashable zip.
Again this is only for a deodexed rom such as Overcome 2.0. You may be able to use it on an odexed Rom if you delete the LiveWallpapersPicker.odex file, but I haven't tested that.
Before you ask any questions re-read over this post
I'm asking another question, as i prefer to use my tab on landscape mode too
for normal wallpaper, what resolution would be best for it?
coz if i use the available wallpaper, when turned to landscape, the bottom part got cut off
it doesnt
and if you know, where can i download wallpaper that fits landscape mode? i mean an app like flikie wallpaper HD or a site maybe
thanks before
Yeah I have found the same thing. Interestly though it seems to be more pronounced on ADW EX whereas GO launcher seems to display them correctly or close enough that it looks good. Its a great app with some awesome papers but I suspect its got more to do with perhaps the home screen in use when its set. Needs more experimentation but I'm flat out like a lizard drinking ATM.. :-D
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To fit best I think its easiest to turn off the scrolling, that's what I always do. For static walls I think your able to figure out the total width, but live wallpapers depend how they're programed.
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What is your absolute favorite application/game? The one you just cannot live without. I am excepting to see a lot of mainstream apps being called out, so to go along with that question, what is your favorite non mainstream app/game?
My fave mainstream app would have to be Facebook (lots of friends from england)
My fave non mainstream app would have to be SwingGame
I am hoping that we will all be able to find some apps that we have never heard of before through this thread.
Netflix and before that came I would say YouTube app impressed me.
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Reddita. I don't think I've ever wasted more time in my life than the period of AR (after reddita).
gReader. Looks, feels and works great
Pulse. Never have I wasted so much time during work cause of this app. Best RSS reader!
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Pulse. Never have I wasted so much time during work cause of this app. Best RSS reader!
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I agree. Pulse is really quite amazing. The UI is beautiful
Pulse. Great app.
I would have to agree with Pulse as well. Was recently introduced to this app and absolutely love it.
+ on pulse. Save sooo much time with it.
Multipicture live wallpaper.
1- because I was going out of my mind when honeycomb cropped my pics
2- runs great with adw ex
Feedly :
Love it the away it allows me the add the feeds, read the same feeds on my phone and on the tablet , and also on my desktop (Firefox addon).
Beautiful interface on both android and desktop. Another nice feature is the suggestions of other feeds that I would like. Stopped using pulse once I found Feedly
The browser is my fav. Its the one app I couldn't live without.
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I'm greedy, I have two ~ Evernote & Dropbox
Both serve me exceptionally well on all my devices; allowing data to be shared simple and easy.
Evernote: Totally useful - not a timewaster - your information available transparently on every device you own, simply awesome.
It used to be Pulse, until I found News360.
Honestly though, the browser gets 99% of the usage on my tablet. I use the default browser cause I;m a chrome user on PC and having synced bookmarks is a necessity. Opera Mobile would be great if I could add more than 9 speed dial buttons
If I may ask my own question about "Your absolute favorite app"
What is your favorite sports app?
I'm trying to find a good one for tablet. All the amazing sports apps, Score Mobile, Fox etc suck for the tablet... they wont even go into landscape mode!
For those who use Pulse, try out Taptu, its very similar but somehow cleaner and faster in my opinion. (news 360 is awesome though.)
But my favorite app is... either Dropbox or Youtube
I love Pulse.
Can't help but think that if you could hide the window which slides out from the left when you click a story by sliding it back, instead of hitting the back button it would be so much better.
Going to d/l Taptu & check it out as well. Cheers for the suggestion
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Pulse. Never have I wasted so much time during work cause of this app. Best RSS reader!
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Have you tried d9 reader? XDA creation, very good.
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For all of the folks that like Pulse - Check out News Republic - it's a really nice (and free) news app (I like it better than Pulse)!
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Besides the browser and Facebook (Friendcaster for tablets) the app I keep coming back and spending lots of time in is Age of Zombies. The Survival mode is addicting. It's the only game I've found on the Android Market that I keep coming back to play. Everything else I get bored of after 5-10 minutes.
Still can't replace console gaming though.
Have to agree with Pulse. Its just so clean and epic...and epic.
Hey guys just letting everyone know that the GO Dev Team has just released the beta for GO Launcher HD v1.0 -- a TABLET SPECIFIC version of their famous GO Launcher EX.
Check it out:
http://golauncher.goforandroid.com/2012/03/go-launcher-hd-v1-0-beta/
Fantastic. Exactly what I wanted the tablet version to be.
Issues:
6th folder created does not stay. The folder deletes and the icons are dumped to the all apps page.
Spelling mistake for the word "systme" When adding a widget. Should be "system".
Screen transition from portrait to landscape takes noticeably long time.
To much space between top of screen where google search is and first row of widgets only in portrait mode. Landscape is good.
Need ability to add more rows than 5. Even the custom option doesn't allow it.
I love it on my Epic and I am really liking this so far. Have not tried Apex but I have tried Nova on my phone and still found myself going back to Go.
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Good stuff. Will be awesome in the future.
Launcher
I have no issue with the default launcher....
Awesome, I tried it yesterday and found no bugs...using 10 folders without any problem
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Installed many different launchers to find that the default still the winner. About this one in my opinion need lots of work. (lag, wallpaper resizing issue, widget will not added unless you restart the launcher). Am not new to go launcher its installed and working perfectly on my Samsung galaxy Tab since a while with no issue....
Again its just my opinion with Go launcher HD.
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The new Go Launcher HD just killed it. Wow. The setup is great. Customizations are great. Finally.
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Installed many different launchers to find that the default still the winner. About this one in my opinion need lots of work. (lag, wallpaper resizing issue, widget will not added unless you restart the launcher). Am not new to go launcher its installed and working perfectly on my Samsung galaxy Tab since a while with no issue....
Again its just my opinion with Go launcher HD.
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Hence...... the `beta` tag. Still pushes beyond the other ICS specific launchers, IMO.
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I'll have to try this out, but I've never liked Go Launcher over ADW or Launcher Pro for my phone, its always been slower and takes up more resources compared to those 2, but we'll see how it runs on the tablet
Edit - runs really nice on the tablet, thinking its going to be a keeper
It's very polished and good features so far. Once/if it has internal icon theming controls similar to ADW I will probably use it exclusively.
I noticed that sometimes when moving or resizing widgets the launcher gets stuck in edit mode.
Aside from that and a few other bugs, this will be my new default launcher once it is out of beta stage. The amount of features and the ease of adding icons, widgets, and folders is really great. I'm glad the decided to make a tablet version of their launcher.
brilliant launcher, haven't had a problem with it at all, landscape to portrait does take a while, haven't tried folders yet... the dock bar is something I've been looking forward to, looks good too.
For a first Beta this is running very smoothly. I assume in the near future they will add many more features and themes similar to Go Launcher EX. The Go Dev Team always have put out timely updates. One of my favorite features that I have only seen in Go Launcher is app drawer folders.
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A damn good start. I love the old Go Launcher but this new one is kind of nice. They need to fine tune the wallpaper application, also the window transitions are adequate but nowhere near what Nova launcher has done. I will say this, this is one of the nicest Betas I have used.
Just wanted to post that people should check back with the OP link. Version 1 Beta 2 is available.
ibrumfield said:
I have no issue with the default launcher....
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What's your point?
People use custom launchers for the added features and customizability.
BULL3TPR00F said:
Hey guys just letting everyone know that the GO Dev Team has just released the beta for GO Launcher HD v1.0 -- a TABLET SPECIFIC version of their famous GO Launcher EX.
Check it out:
http://golauncher.goforandroid.com/2012/03/go-launcher-hd-v1-0-beta/
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Thanks for this heads up. I happen to love Go Launcher on my phone so I'll give it a whirl. However all the auxiliary launchers are losing to stock ICS which is smooth as silk on my tablet. We shall see; it's playtime!
aburgthing said:
Thanks for this heads up. I happen to love Go Launcher on my phone so I'll give it a whirl. However all the auxiliary launchers are losing to stock ICS which is smooth as silk on my tablet. We shall see; it's playtime!
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They may be but go launcher is perfect with the folders like iPhone. Its also very quick to load.
Skang-a-Lang ROM: The Fascinate Continuum
Yeah nothing beats ICS-Stock-Launcher in Terms of Speed and smoothness. I currently just use the normal Go Launcher Ex with a minimalistic Theme and I like it ( I use very fancy screen transitions so you cant really notice the lag )
Does this Beta already support themes? Guess I will just give it a try, my TF101 is charging atm >_>
Greetings
Hello, might be a strange question, as Kindle Fire is electronic ebook reader itself
But as we all know, we play it, we root it, we have this beauty called ICS CM9 and Kernel 3 with master Hashcode.
But now I have strange problem. I DO NO KNOW a good ebook reader app on the market. I'm missing the reading experience which I got from original Kindle Fire rom/software.
I tried Mantano reader - UI is just horrible. The text is stoo small to read(UI), it works slow and so on..
I tried google books - same crap, cannot use dictionary, what about highliting??.
I tried Kindle App - which I think is the best for reading books, and I found out that it is not scaled properly.
Any solution for scaling problem?
Or maybe some suggestions of nice ebook apps or advices how and what you guys use/do ?
Thank you very much
Check out Cool Reader and Moon Reader.
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Hello, might be a strange question, as Kindle Fire is electronic ebook reader itself
But as we all know, we play it, we root it, we have this beauty called ICS CM9 and Kernel 3 with master Hashcode.
But now I have strange problem. I DO NO KNOW a good ebook reader app on the market. I'm missing the reading experience which I got from original Kindle Fire rom/software.
I tried Mantano reader - UI is just horrible. The text is stoo small to read(UI), it works slow and so on..
I tried google books - same crap, cannot use dictionary, what about highliting??.
I tried Kindle App - which I think is the best for reading books, and I found out that it is not scaled properly.
Any solution for scaling problem?
Or maybe some suggestions of nice ebook apps or advices how and what you guys use/do ?
Thank you very much
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Try fbreader. People say it's good.
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Thank you guys for suggestions, I will try it!
But do all of you have scaling problems with Kindle App ? Because it fells like it is not a full screen.
Also I tried Aldiko ( I heard it is the best ). For me it i the worst. The most laggy app I've ever experienced. Unusable on Kindle unfortunately
Don't think I'm picky or smth. I just hate an idea that there are no simple apps as ebook reader..or at least it's hard to find.
cluendo said:
Thank you guys for suggestions, I will try it!
But do all of you have scaling problems with Kindle App ? Because it fells like it is not a full screen.
Also I tried Aldiko ( I heard it is the best ). For me it i the worst. The most laggy app I've ever experienced. Unusable on Kindle unfortunately
Don't think I'm picky or smth. I just hate an idea that there are no simple apps as ebook reader..or at least it's hard to find.
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I completely agree with you. I almost went back to the stock ROM. I now just use Mantano reader because it's the smoothest.
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I now just use Mantano reader because it's the smoothest.
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Thanks for the tip, handles pdfs very well.
Aldiko is great, but for some strange reason it identifices a 7" tablet as our KF as a phone instead of a tablet. If they could get that fixed they would be kings of tablets again as well as they are of phones.
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Thanks for the tip, handles pdfs very well.
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My only gripe is that the UI text is a bit small.
I use Aldiko and have never had any issues with it like those that are being described here. Its very smooth on my device. Mine is overclocked, though.
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I use Aldiko and have never had any issues with it like those that are being described here. Its very smooth on my device. Mine is overclocked, though.
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OP is on CM9 with the 3.0 kernel so that means he is (99% sure) overclocked too.
Ironically, I like the B&N Nook reader the best - IMHO the best legibility of fonts, spacing and scaling controls, and better/more intuitive/easier to use highlighting and commenting tools.
Have you tried Kobo Reader? It's my favorite!
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gandoe , I never actually see the NOOK app! I did a research and found that it is somehow restricted in my country - I can't download it via market.
Can someone upload this app please! link here http://www.appbrain.com/app/nook-for-android-by-b-n/bn.ereader
Here is what I found:
*Kobo app is working pretty flawless and smooth ! Best app so far I've used ( I dunno about the NOOK one though..) big thanx to milanche
*Kindle App is smooth as well, but it just doesn't completely full screen on my Kindle Fire.
*Aldiko for me is annoyingly laggy app, especially when zooming, scrolling pages etc..
*Mantano Reader is nice a well BUT UI text is way too small and it just doesn't feel nice as an app ( just my opinion)
So can someone upload NOOK for android apk ?
THANK YOU!
P.S. Yes I tried to use Market Enabler to fake my country, but it do not allow me to install.....
You have the app brain link there. Why can't you download it?
Edit :
Here is a link for download.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294967&page=2
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I don't know, even using AppBrain app I cannot download. It doesn't allow me.
But I found it here http://www.mediafire.com/?wr4w53d735rb0w4
Its an older version but I managed to update it via market once installed
It is pretty the best app now, even comparing with Kobo.
Aldiko is pretty good
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I use Aldiko and I love it. I have my background as tan and letters as brown and its quite easy on the eyes. Night setting is just the reverse brown/tan.
People talking about font being too small on some readers, isn't that customizable? I've only tried aldiko and kindle, an I was very unsatisfied with the kindle app. Alot of my book covers in the row were very small while some big and I couldn't find a fix so that killed it for me.
I do wish tho that the bookshelf in aldiko was resizeable. I like big book thumbnails.
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I use Aldiko and I love it. I have my background as tan and letters as brown and its quite easy on the eyes. Night setting is just the reverse brown/tan.
People talking about font being too small on some readers, isn't that customizable? I've only tried aldiko and kindle, an I was very unsatisfied with the kindle app. Alot of my book covers in the row were very small while some big and I couldn't find a fix so that killed it for me.
I do wish tho that the bookshelf in aldiko was resizeable. I like big book thumbnails.
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I agree, but I use Aldiko only for free books, because I have 2 kindle devices so I need to use the stock kindle app to sync everything. But Aldiko does have small book covers and very basic page turn animation, but it still is pretty good
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I don't know why but Aldiko when you turn pages of the ebook it delays for 1 sec or so. I particularly don't like that, and the book shelf has small thumbnails as mentioned. I'm playing with Kobo and NOOK apps now. I think NOOK is the best right now. Big thumbnails of books, quickly loads the books, nice animations on turning pages, and it's smooth when you turn pages. Easy highlight, notes selection tools. And you can adjust everything from font size to margins to font itself. So it's pretty cool app now for reading I think.
Kobo would be great as well, as I like the design of the app more. But it loads books slowly somehow. Even between chapter it takes some time to load book up. Selecting text and highliting is annoying though...
So I stick with NOOK now and probably Kindle app sometimes.
Aldiko would be great if they would fix small thumbnails of bookshelf, and if they would remove that scrolling the page delays...
Cool Reader is by far the best non stock kindle reading app. Because I was on stock for months before I switched to ICS, my entire library was MOBI format. SO I didn't have to convert them to another format. Cool Reader also has a ton of features, a lot more than the stock reader app or any of the other ones.