
Especially if you cannot find your network in the list of networks, move closer to the router and from the Wi-Fi menu, accessible by swiping from the top of the screen down and tapping Wireless → Wi-Fi, select "Scan.
Position your device closer to the router. If your Fire HD doesn’t restart, press the power button again to turn it on. Once the device begins to restart, let go of the power button. Restart your Fire HD by pressing and holding the power button on the bottom for 40 seconds. Then tap "On" to reset your devices connection to your wireless network. A pop-up window prompts you to choose a launcher, which you can set as default by selecting Use by Default for This Action. a Windows Start screen emulator, open any application on your Kindle. Reset your Wi-Fi connection by swiping from the top down on your Kindle screen, tapping Wireless → Wi-Fi → Off. Since the Kindle Fire uses the Android operating system, its not compatible with Windows Metro-style applications. Swipe from the top of your screen to the bottom, tap the "Wireless" option, and tap "Off" if the Airplane Mode option is set to "On." Before you do, though, try these common fixes for connectivity issues: If other devices in your home can connect to your wireless network but your Kindle cannot, you might have to contact your Internet service provider. You can also choose a default action so that you’ll never have to see the default launcher again if you don’t want to.Troubleshoot Wi-Fi issues, if necessary. Once it’s installed you can tap the home button on your Kindle Fire and choose between the Amazon launcher and the GO Launcher. You don’t even need to venture outside the Amazon Appstore.Īll you need to do is download a free app called GO Launcher EX. If you’d rather have a different launcher that looks more like the Android interface seen on most phones and tablets, you can do that. That Amazon book case that greets you every time you turn on the tablet? It’s just an app called a Launcher.
Here’s how to keep the Fire from changing your wallpaper. If you’ve installed a third party launcher and want your wallpaper to always be displayed instead of being changed to one of Amazon’s default wallpapers. OK, now you have all the information you need to install third party apps that aren’t available in the App Store - but here’s something you may not have realized. With the Play Store installed and a third-party home screen enabled, the Fire HD 8 starts to feel a lot more like a typical Android tablet albeit one with all the features you’d normally get. The Kindle Fire automatically changes the wallpaper each time the device wakes from sleep mode or is turned on. I just did this and now my Fire looks almost the same as my Droid Bionic. In it they tell you how to change the Amazon launcher and use a more “standard” Android one – Go Laucher EX, for example. The best article on modifiyintg your Kindle Fire that I’ve seen is the one just published in Liliputing.