Amazon’s Kindle Fire is one of the hottest android tablets for 2012. For $200 you simply cannot buy a better tablet. Though with that incredible price also comes a catch…Amazon locks you in to the Amazon app store and prevents you from acquiring apps through the android market. While Amazon provides a decent selection of apps, there are a myriad of great apps that the Amazon app store simply doesn’t provide.
Many have written articles that demonstrate how to root your Kindle Fire in order to access the android market. Rooting your Kindle Fire does grant you more control over your tablet but for the everyday user it can be a tricky task. If you want to install an app on your Kindle Fire that Amazon does not offer there is an easier solution than rooting your Kindle Fire.
The android operating system uses .apk files in order to install a program. Similar to an .exe file, the .apk file is the android installation file package. You need to find the .apk file of the particular application you want to install. Freeware Lovers is a great website that offers a vast selection of free android application files. Visit the following link to see their selection.
You will first need to have your email linked into your Kindle Fire through the resident email program. (Use the Kindle Fire user manual to set up your email if you have not already.) Once you link your email address to you Kindle Fire you will want to download the .apk file for the application you want to install. (See the above link to Freeware Lovers) Download the file to your home computer.
Once you have downloaded the .apk file of your desired application to your computer, you will then email yourself the .apk file as an attachment.
On your Kindle Fire, open the email program and check your email. You should receive the email you had previously emailed to yourself with the attachment. Open the email and towards the bottom you should have an option to save the attachment. (Save the attachment to your Kindle Fire.)
Important: Navigate to your settings screen on the Kindle Fire which is found by touching the bar to the left of the clock at the top…Go to More, Settings, Device. Make sure “Allow install from unknown sources” is on.
In order to access the downloaded file, you will need to install a program that allows you to browse the file system present on your Kindle Fire. If you do not already have an application that allows you to browse the resident files visit the Amazon app store and search for a program called “Androxplorer”.
Once you have installed a file exploring program, such as “Androxplorer”, open the program and browse to the following folder.
-sdcard
– download
Once you are in the download folder look for the .apk file you had emailed yourself and then downloaded onto your Kindle Fire.
Touch the file to begin the installation. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the application on your Kindle Fire.
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