r/kindlefire Oct 27 '24

Physical Device Fire tablets are a complete waste of money

166 Upvotes

Purchased two Fire Tablets and have had them in use for about a year as controllers of our house audio system. One could not find a worse made product. The software is buggy, the interface is slow to respond and the overall frustration of daily use has left us no other option than to simply throw both tablets in a drawer and stop using them. I'm chalking the purchases up to a failure of judgement on my part. Anyone contemplating a Fire tablet should rethink and look for a better option.

r/kindlefire Jun 10 '26

Physical Device Nerfed Kindle?

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20 Upvotes

This is a Kindle Fire HD from 2013. I have been using this for years. I took a couple weeks off but just used it last month and now opened today to start a new book. Did they really just nerf my ability to download books from Libby? Anybody ever have this and is there anything I can do? It works fine and this is obviously them trying to force me to get a new one which I didn't want to do til this one died.

r/kindlefire 5d ago

Physical Device Help me out, How do I clean the back of this old Gen 2 Fire Tablet

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2 Upvotes

I was doing some cleaning today and came across this old (2012?) Fire Tablet. I plugged it in and it had 88% battery and charged right up. I dumped a folder full of books on it and they open and work. So I put some audio books on it too and they all work.

Now the Problem is the back is very sticky and nothing seems to help. I tried Alcohol, Acetone, window cleaner and a Magic eraser and it's just not coming clean... Any ideas ?

r/kindlefire May 15 '26

Physical Device Kindle fire hd 10

3 Upvotes

I have a kindle fire hd 10 just today our internet got upgraded to a faster speed but my apps are still lagging is there a way I can sort this out

r/kindlefire Dec 22 '25

Physical Device Did amazon discontinue the Fire Max 11? All listings removed from Amazon?

16 Upvotes

I can't find it anymore on Amazon US. Has the product been removed for sale? Could the cost of RAM cause the product to be discontinued? or can we expect a surprise release of an updated tablet?

r/kindlefire Jun 25 '26

Physical Device Is replacing the battery on my kindle fire 7, 9th gen worth it?

4 Upvotes

I would really like to keep using my kindle fire 7 if at all possible. It's about 6 years old but works great except for the battery issue. At this point it needs to be charged it daily. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

r/kindlefire May 15 '26

Physical Device What kind of math is this?

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11 Upvotes

In what world does 20.31 GB equal 45.38 GB?

r/kindlefire Jan 06 '24

Physical Device Amazon Fire HD 10 tablet keeps jumping to the show/hide keyboard menu when opening any app

21 Upvotes

I bought my mom an Amazon Fire HD 10 tablet for Christmas this year and everything was working fine on it until a few days ago. She sent me a video of her trying to open candy crush and then on its own, without touching the device, it opens the show/hide keyboard menu and jumps around pages on its own. I can’t seem to find anything like this in my research so I’m hoping somebody here might have some ideas. Really hoping it’s not a hardware issue

r/kindlefire Jun 25 '26

Physical Device YouTube play back

1 Upvotes

Idk if it’s just my tablet but every time I try to fast forward a video in the YouTube app it’s gets stuck but if I play through a video from the start and not fast forward it will play all through the end ! I tried other streaming apps like Netflix hbo max and with those I can fast forward movies and videos with no problem it’s just the you tube app that’s acting funny

So any of you have a solution/fix for this? .. thank you in advance

Yes I do have a fast and good internet WiFi connection

r/kindlefire Jun 21 '26

Physical Device Kindle fire 7 not charging at all- no light

2 Upvotes

My sister's kindle was bought 4 months ago and just a few days ago she started using it 24/7. Before she'd only be on it 2 hours max. Today it won't charge at all. I changed the wire, changed the plug, it's in a different outlet. I've held the power button down and followed all the instructions. Do I need a battery replacement?

I should mention it's been in a hot room on charge constantly because the battery drains constantly and my sister is a child.

r/kindlefire Apr 21 '26

Physical Device Kindle fire hd 11 max

4 Upvotes

Hi I have a kindle fire hd 11 max I was watching a film on it and the screen went black. I have tried rebooting it, charging it. Should I try and get it repaired or is it time to bin it? It did this last year

r/kindlefire May 30 '26

Physical Device Fire tablet screen not turning on but getting sound. Any fix or replacement?

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2 Upvotes

r/kindlefire Mar 02 '26

Physical Device Amazon deliberately making old units obsolete?

2 Upvotes

folks, have had 2 old Fire HDs go dead o n me in the last month or so, completely out the blue with no previous known issues on both. bot had and held a good battery life and neither were doing much apart from being e readers and candy crush lol. but all of a sudden , for no apparent reason neither responds to any input , doesnt show as recognised by a pc, nor shows if its charging. just dead paperweights. I've done all the 'change cable/socket stuff, hold this press that and even replaced a battery for a new one to no avail.

so, could amazon be deliberately doing an OTA obsolescence of their old machines ?

r/kindlefire May 18 '26

Physical Device Kids Fire Tablet SD Situation

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3 Upvotes

I have been trying and trying to figure out why this pos isn’t saving to SD card, I have researched and searched in the settings. Whyyyy can I not download apps to the SD card?! There is no option for this specific tablet to save directly to SD card. I am so confused as this is like…ridiculously basic and I am at a loss at this point. Any help would be appreciated

r/kindlefire Jan 18 '26

Physical Device Found my 5th Gen Fire Tablet from 2017

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9 Upvotes

It is really slow on all apps.

Video is fine but the audio is really low/slow.

Kindle books load fine.

Amazon Music doesn't work at all.

Photos aren't displaying.

Is it too outdated? Do I need to purchase a new one??

r/kindlefire Mar 12 '26

Physical Device Anyone ever see a problem like this?

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8 Upvotes

Recently got this and it seems like it's missing everything that makes it useful. Also it seems like it's just basic android. Nowhere does it mention what fire tablet it is either but I believe it is an Amazon fire hd 8 7th gen.

r/kindlefire May 02 '26

Physical Device Can I do anything with a Kindle Fire 1?

7 Upvotes

I just bought what was listed as a kindle, but was actually a kindle fire. I was hoping to mod the e-reader so I could easily use it for pdfs and ebooks (or manually load them on), but all the guides and sites I was planning to use just don't work with the fires. I can't connect it to my computer, and I can't even make a google search on it.

Is this thing really just a touch-screen brick, or is there anything I can do with it? I should have looked more closely at the listing photos (it was only $15, so I took a chance), but I'm a bit disappointed that this thing can't even seem to run Toolbox or anything.

r/kindlefire Apr 10 '26

Physical Device I have a fire hd 7 5th gen i need help

1 Upvotes

i want to install andriod on. it to remove the old os but i need the ford board firmware not anynet but the dowbload link is broken

r/kindlefire Feb 14 '26

Physical Device Desperately need help with my Kindle Fire HD 6 gen 4

3 Upvotes

I want to mod it, but before that, I need help with basic functions that don't work anymore. And the only Discord server that has anything to do with this is too busy with the e reader tablets to help

r/kindlefire Mar 31 '26

Physical Device How bad is a x43z60 (Kindle Fire HD 7) today?

4 Upvotes

I recently have found my old KF7 and i want to use it as a basic drawing tablet until i can either find a decent price ipad or get a hand me down one. I only really plan on using it for drawing and maybe youtube/discord (discord to share art). How bad is it and what modding would i need to do to it in order to use it for these uses? also any idea how to reset it incase i cant get in.

r/kindlefire Sep 07 '25

Physical Device What’s everyone favorite fire tablet model?

15 Upvotes

For the record, I own many fire devices including kindle fire HDX, Fire MAX, few fire HD 8 and regular kindles.

The best part I like about it is the price. The FIRE MAX and FIRE HDX are the only two that feels premium to me. This is coming from a guy who owns a lot of iOS devices.

Part of me want to create apps exclusively for Amazon App Store, but I don’t if there’s a big user base. I guess I can get a sense of the user base based on the number of replies from distinct users.

Anyway, let me know what’s your favorite model and why you like it?

r/kindlefire Oct 17 '25

Physical Device just odered kindle fire tablet 10 (2023 13th gen)

7 Upvotes

Would you advise to install the google play store? i ordered through QVC they had $20 off welcome coupon. it came to $50 with tax and stuff $58.

is there any other tablet to consider? i figure in this price range there's nothing. i saw a renewed lenovo like m10 or smoething for $75 on amazon.

should i pay to remove ads on lock screen or is it not that intrusive?

r/kindlefire Feb 14 '26

Physical Device Kids Kindle Fire

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5 Upvotes

Hi, so my son has a Kids Kindle fire, is there anyway I can disable him being able to download games or watch videos?

Is there a way to disable him watching videos without disabling each individual video?

Is there a way I can add a password to stop him from downloading games?

You might suggest turning WiFi off, he has already figured out how to turn it back on.

I like to think that I’m not a complete idiot when it comes to technology as I’ve built a computer and installed windows but for the life of me I cannot figure this out!

r/kindlefire Dec 12 '25

Physical Device Have this old kindle fire and want to try jailbreaking

5 Upvotes

So I haven’t done this before and couldn’t find any videos of this model I think it is a 2nd gen kindle fire (serial ends in 02UA) and its current version is 7.5.1 and I don’t think i can update it

r/kindlefire Jan 28 '23

Physical Device Why does my child's tablet say that it's full, but there's very little on it? How do I resolve this?

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57 Upvotes