KINDLE FIRE 7 Questions

YJ02

Well Known GateFan
we got a great price on a f7 for our grand daughter to use

she gets around on it for what she wants pretty well

she is 3, uses youtube, can power it up, etc

my question-that i cant get a answered (yet?) from the 'amazon community' is this:

to download and save a YT video to the things memory the "make available offline" function- for when there is no wifi

i found directions for an app for the older kindle but since 2012, that app is now the primary yt app for the f7

no download to f7 function seems to be there

anyone know if there is a way to do this?

thanks
 

Lord Ba'al

Well Known GateFan
I don't know about Kindle and couldn't tell you about an app, but when I wish to download a youtube video on my PC I use the website ClipConverter.
 

YJ02

Well Known GateFan
apparently on the older kindles you could do this easily. idk, maybe you still can but it is difficult as maybe amazon is trying to push ppl to use their streaming service instead?
 

Overmind One

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apparently on the older kindles you could do this easily. idk, maybe you still can but it is difficult as maybe amazon is trying to push ppl to use their streaming service instead?

I need more information. So, are you using the YT app or accessing it from a browser on the Kindle?
 

Overmind One

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Where did you get the browser? Was it the one included with the Kindle? Try going right to Google and downloading the mobile version if you can. Also, do you have the Play store installed on your Kindle?
 

Joelist

What ship is this?
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This is FireOS so the only way to get Google stuff on it is sideloading an APK.

What version of FireOS are we talking about?
 

Overmind One

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This is FireOS so the only way to get Google stuff on it is sideloading an APK.

What version of FireOS are we talking about?

You already know where I am going with this. :) Hopefully he will be able to root it and put Play on there. The APK method will only allow free apps.
 

Joelist

What ship is this?
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FireOS is usually locked down at the bootloader to prevent rooting.
 

Twalet Brash

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You already know where I am going with this. :) Hopefully he will be able to root it and put Play on there. The APK method will only allow free apps.

You can sideload just about any APK as long as you get your hands on one. For example, the Google Play store APK, if you know what you're doing:

https://apkpure.com/google-play-store/com.android.vending

Or, follow these steps:

https://www.howtogeek.com/232726/how-to-install-the-google-play-store-on-your-amazon-fire-tablet/
 

Overmind One

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YJ02

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Where did you get the browser? Was it the one included with the Kindle? Try going right to Google and downloading the mobile version if you can. Also, do you have the Play store installed on your Kindle?

i go on the browser and do that

the app it came with is a mobile version but not the only one in the app store

but i will go online and get another one

are you speaking of google play?

a big consideration as well is the ease of access-we are talking about a 3 yr old using this

to be able to download vids is just an extra for things like in car use.
 

YJ02

Well Known GateFan
Where did you get the browser? Was it the one included with the Kindle? Try going right to Google and downloading the mobile version if you can. Also, do you have the Play store installed on your Kindle?
This is FireOS so the only way to get Google stuff on it is sideloading an APK.

What version of FireOS are we talking about?


disregard

went to a kindle forum and found my answers without having my intelligence insulted

but thanks anyhow
 

Quetesh

Well Known GateFan
Don't take this the wrong way but this is like reading Haiku.
Pretty rude comment to someone you don't know. I happen to know Yongjin is insanely intelligent IRL. He is also, quite nice and has tact.

Perhaps, this is something you might need to google yourself.

OM, this is why people left the first time. Nobody will continue to come to a place to be insulted for no reason at all. There is freedom of speech and then their is cyber bullying.
 

Overmind One

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Pretty rude comment to someone you don't know. I happen to know Yongjin is insanely intelligent IRL. He is also, quite nice and has tact.

Perhaps, this is something you might need to google yourself.

OM, this is why people left the first time. Nobody will continue to come to a place to be insulted for no reason at all. There is freedom of speech and then their is cyber bullying.

I have to agree with you. I am going to go through and delete those obviously trolling comments. Thanks!
 

Overmind One

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Pretty rude comment to someone you don't know. I happen to know Yongjin is insanely intelligent IRL. He is also, quite nice and has tact.

Perhaps, this is something you might need to google yourself.

OM, this is why people left the first time. Nobody will continue to come to a place to be insulted for no reason at all. There is freedom of speech and then their is cyber bullying.

I have been reading his posts, and about half of them seem to be trying to insult the people here. I have started deleting the overtly trolling comments already. :)
 

Twalet Brash

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I have been reading his posts, and about half of them seem to be trying to insult the people here. I have started deleting the overtly trolling comments already. :)

Insult "people"? Who have I insulted? Did you not see your friend following me around calling me names?
 
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