Thank you so much , i had a 8 inch fire tablet . I thought the settings for annoying ads and annoying book covers were locked . Today i got my new 10 . i found your video and now my tablet is now mine not filled with amazon's promotions . i am so grateful . Amazon took all my names and phone numbers off g mail . you fixed every thing
Thank you! Ive been pulling my hair out truying to get all these things changed on my kiddos tablet because I didnt want the kids profile. Extremely helpful
I bought the Amazon Fire Tablet to watch Netflix and Amazon Prime (I do not own a TV anymore), and I was deeply disappointed that the Amazon Fire Tablet was a walking board of ads, suggestions, and memberships using algorithms to box me in this or that (I go to the library quite a bit, so look information by myself). Anyway, I am not technologically savvy despite that I am surrounded by technology (phone, computer, camera, hybrid car, etc), so I am working little by little to understand more and be more assertive. The lesson of today was outstanding! Thanks again. Marta Wyngaard
Nailed it - I'd also recomend going over to the Library Tab, scrolling to the bottom, and customizing that so you don't see a bunch of junk. You can also then go to the download option on that screen to further just show stuff you currently have.
Good video! I use several Kindles running Show Mode and applying these settings has made the Kindles run much smoother. Show Mode is now more stable as it would frequently just run Black screen within a day or two. Thanks again, Cheers!
Black screen might be best, lol. I had to set my Echo Show 8 to night mode, which only shows a dim clock. Why? There are now tons of ads that cannot be disabled. You can get rid of some in the settings, but now they force ads for Alexa Skills(apps), and even if I ask for the weather report, on the second page, 80% of the page is ads.
Better late (1 year) than never. This really cleaned up my HD 8. Thank you. BTW, I slowed the playback on your video to .75.... my hearing isn't that good. It helped tremendously.
Great video, thank you. How do I lock the junk app folder to keep my kids out of it please? Guessing this is easier than trying to delete the apps? (Hate that my kids can see my search history in shopping app, ruins birthdays/Christmas surprises!) thank you
Excellent video, well presented and extremely helpful. Today I received my new Amz Fire HD 10 (no ads) and followed your instructions with ease. One thing did notice: On the section Security & Privacy > Device Administrators > I have Parental Controls ON. I turn it off but it just keeps turning back on. Is this ok? I def do not need nor want parental controls, especially as device administrator! Many thanks.
It should not be "automatically" turning on by itself. It also requires a pass code to enable it and a pass code to disable it. Unless you are entering a pass code you cannot enable it nor can you disable it.
Wow very helpful, it's been many years since I had a fire, I just wanted an inexpensive tablet for games, but ipads and samsungs are SO expensive. Got a good deal on this Fire HD10 but it is so different from my favorite ipad, learning a whole new interface. Thanks SO much!
You are Awesome with helping on all this information. Can you advise how to change the setting of notifications appearing on lock screen when opening the tablet?
Not sure if that would work. You can cast it to different devices using an app. I have a video on that but a media player with an HDMI connection might be the best way.
I tried to install MiraPlug and other apps like Castify, but unfortunately not allowing me install any apps on my kindle fire tablet. Can you please paste the link here with the apps to connect using chromecast to my TV? Thanks in advance@@SimplySmart123
Thank you for sharing this very helpful video. I have a Fire HD 10 and I've installed an SD card with preloaded songs. However, I can't seem to open it on my device. I could access the storage section showing the Internal Storage and SD Card Storage. But when I tap the SD Card part, it won't show the content. I've tried everything but to no avail. Do you know a way to access my SD card with pre-downloaded songs without having to purchase songs from Amazon Music? I'm hoping you guide me through step by step. Please help. Thanks.
trying to install a file explorer on your device and a media player. The file explorer should allow you to find the drive and content, and the media player should allow you to play it.
thanks! an excellent, clear, and very helpful video. I'm curious if you have any privacy or other concerns about enabling location for the purpose of finding a lost tablet? I'm absentminded enough to see the benefit in being able to find a lost tablet, yet a bit distrustful of what else Amazon might do with my location info if I keep that option turned on. either way - thanks again for all these tips!
Thanks for the video. I just got a Fire 7 and it updated before I got all the way through setup. There is no "Find my tablet" any more on that screen. I wonder what they did with that option.
Thanks so much for your help and expertise as I am very much a rookie of Tech! Could you help me as I have 7 audio songs in a separate file on my new Amazon Fire 10 inch tablet. By touching one of the songs the tablet will play the song. How do I get all 7 songs to play one after another and then repeat playing all 7 songs? Bless you for your ministry to us rookies!
Is there a way of any all that let's you change the app icons into something diffrent? Because on my phone it let's me change all icons differently so I wanna know if I came so this here too
Good tips. I have a question/ problem. I have the fire 7 tablet and the Buddy Phones (amozon) wireless headset can connect under the adult profile but disconnects and won't re-pair, after switch to kids profile.
Hello. Thank you so much for making those videos. They're really useful for a beginner like me. Anyway, I have a question about the app: Does Kindle Fire 10 (and 10 plus) use ibis Paint good? And Can I delete apps that I don't use?
Not sure about that app. But you could install it probably using the Google Play Store and test it out. You can delete any applications that you do not want but you cannot delete anything that comes on the tablet. not sure about that app. But you could install it probably using the Google play store and test it out. You can delete any applications that you do not want but you cannot delete anything that comes on the tablet.
Hey good night, your videos are amazing! I have a fire hd10, 9th gen. When ever am watching any vidoes on landscape mode, my screen immediately turn black but i could still hear the audio. Can you help? Thanks in advance
Great help with the settings Jason, it all seems like a mystery sometimes. Thanks. I was trying to find a way to play RUclips TV on my Fire 10 and instead of installing the Google Play app I found I could log in to my RUclips TV account on the Silk Browser and the live TV will play automatically. Just like on my iPhone.
Thank u so much! I am trying to figure out, how to keep chrome google pages open for days. I take classes on web, I will stop and come back the next day to start where I left off. This tablet closes everything, and I only have one page open. Then I have to find the class, then find where I left off. Help
Sorry I have 1 more question if you don't mind , some one told me can transfer the tablet to run Android but as a result do you lose the very things that you purchased the Kindle device for in the first place when I have the tablet running with a subscription and have the capability of watching iptv can I also get access to a map, or is it even possible to incorporate Android auto
What generation is this? I recently got the 13th generation of the Fire HD 10, and my show mode seems really limited. The background won't change and it's only showing me the time, not the weather, which I've seen on most videos. Was just wondering if you noticed either of those issues
Do you know if there is a way to do a timer on this device? I like to fall asleep to movies/shows but I don’t know how to make it turn off automatically after a certain length of time.
I noticed you didn't say anything about the ads that show up all the time. In fact, the whole time you were demonstrating, there was an ad for a new roof, and I wanted to see you turn it off... LOL... Was this version that you purchased the "lock screen support ads"? What is your opinion on these ad options? Is the worth it? I have heard you still get ads in games and such anyway...
you can pay to get them removed or you can check out RUclips to see if there any videos on how to remove them. I had many videos on that, but I had to remove them to my channel will not get shut down.
Thank you so much for your video. I am owning my first amazon fire. I was wondering if I can change to lock screen wallpaper. Through your video I was able to change my regular wallpaper. Thank you again.
Since they are essentially side loaded they will not act the same although any app downloaded from the Amazon App Store should work fine. So any apps you can get from the Amazon App Store you should get from there.
Why is the little microphone icon showing at the top of your screen, on the side with the battery? This has recently shown on my sons tablet and I’m wondering how to take it back off. Thanks for any help I can receive in advance.
Great video 👍. Is there anyway to watch movies which are on the SD Card but Exfat format? I would like to be able to watch movies that I have on my laptop on my Fire 11 Max? Some movies are 16gb but as I understand Amazon Fire Tablet only works with FAT32 which are small files. Anyway help really would be appreciated please? Many thanks Andrew
Are u having trouble w/ Tiny Cam Pro? I have it on my Tivo android Tv and it keeps saying 'update pending' my Yi cameras on it r fine but Wyze dont work. Thx
Hi Justin do you know if there is a way to turn off all notifications in one go rather than individually which seems to be the only way to my knowledge but hopefully I’m wrong. Thanks for your help 😊
I think each application has its own notification settings. What I do is group them all together in a single circle. That way they are not Overwhelming.
HI , just bought an HP Stream 7 , not delivered yet , has windows 8.1 on it now . How do I install Windows 10 on it when I get it ??? I think I understood there is not enough room to install Windows 10 while Windows 8 is on it . Any info on it would be appreciated
This was great!! Thank you. I have a new tablet and it looked nothing like my 2010 tablet I just recently threw out. Very sad day LOL. I hated how the new one looked. Happy now.
Very helpful video! I am totally new to Fire tablets. I purchased a Fire HD 8+ & have an adult & child profile set up. There is an app installed on the adult profile that I am trying to share on the child profile. I have been researching & going through all the steps to share, but to no avail. Regardless of what I do, I can't get the child profile to see the app. Any suggestions? Also, I do not have Amazon Kids + subscription. Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you for this informational video. On Kindle Fire HD 10, when you choose the "Shop Amazon" app, is the Amazon Assistant available? I've googled how to add Amazon Assistant to use on a Kindle Fire, but I've had no luck. Additionally, do you know if choosing Amazon Smile is an option in Shop Amazon. Thanks so much for your help. I've googled these questions for hours and cannot find consistent answers.
Alexa is the Amazon assistant for the Fire HD 10 Plus Tablet. Kindle Reader doesn't have it? Activate the Alexa Voice option in the Settings, if you have the Fire HD 10 Plus version. I don't know about the Kindle Reader version.
Great video! I found it extremely helpful so thank you for that. I'm having some issues with my fire 10 tablet that maybe you could give me your thoughts on when can please. First my tablet logs 100 to 999 logging files everyday. I mean thumbnails of every game, ads, html and audio code files in multiples of 20-30 duplicates all the time and my my tablet performance is bad , bad bad bad. Crashes, freezing, app launching failures, and the overall speed of a snail with MS. Can this be fixed or is it a common problem with the fire 10's? Appreciate any feedback you can give me when you can. Thanks
@SimplySmart123 Thanks for the video. Very helpful. Do you happen to know where the "Location Services" is for the Fire HD 10 (7th Gen)? When I bring up the map app, I want it to show my current location. I've been trying to research this for the past two hours. No luck so far. Thanks in advance for any help - please don't spend moire than ten minutes on this.
Since they don't have a cellular signal I don't know if they would be able to triangulate their position like a cell phone for example but you can use wifi. Go to your tablet’s home screen. Swipe down the quick action panel from the top of the screen. Tap on the cog shaped Settings menu option. Tap on Location-based Services. Tap on the toggle so that it says On.
Hello I just watched your video very helpful. Thanks!! I have a question, I just got an Amazon Fire 10 however it closes extremely fast, can you tell me how and where to change that ? It closes within a second. I do not have enough time to change anything. It is driving mecrazy. Thanks for your help in advance.
You are very welcome! Do you have low port power mode on? It may lock quicker on low power mode to obviously save power. There should be a setting to extend the lock time. I don’t have my tablet in front of me right now put it in the setting somewhere.
@@SimplySmart123 Thanks again!! I tried what you suggested, I have changed everything I can think of. I even called Amazon, they sent me another Kindle. I thought the first one was defective, but no the new one is doing the same thing. I cannot find what else to change. I have an old kindle but the battery was dying to fast on me. Was looking up for this one since the other one was so good. I'm re-thinking if I should return it. Can you think of anything else that might help? Your help in this matter is appreciated.
6:00 How should I get back to the regular format of photos? Because it was remove by itself for some reason and now Gallery and Amazon photos are in its place, because I had some albums made on it and no I don't like or use Amazon Photos version.
@@Jess19980 you can download different apps if you don’t like how Amazon photos looks or works. The change in format could just be because of an update.
Am looking for a good word pad type to use on the fire 10(11th), any suggestions?? Using for notes or bills paid..... Also, want to access internet with ethernet cable, and so far the ethernet to usb c adapter doesnt work (ligght shows up). Thanks for info.
Hello when I pressed the serial number I saw developer options at the bottom of the screen but when I go back I don't get the change in the former menu which allows you to use it... It doesn't appear in the list. There was something else that was different in your presentation too but I forget very quickly and don't remember what that was. I have the fire tablet 8 that I just got yesterday because my other one, a seven, was filled up with update data and was just not working very well anymore. The sound had become very weak too. Anyway thanks for the settings I was able to change and the wallpaper setting which allowed me to put a personal photo. Helpful so thanks Paul
@@theman5565 you should see the developer options in your settings somewhere, but the location might vary because the software might have changed since the video.
keeps asking if I want to go to amazon app store, when I review a game I got on the playstore. can I go to apps and to amazon app store and remove it? I would like to eliminate everything Amazon. Thanx for ALL your help
If an app is available in the Amazon App Store, yiu will want to use that app rather than the app found in the Google play store. I wouldn’t recommend removing everything Amazon because it creates some issues. You can do it using the fire toolbox 🧰
@@SimplySmart123 I dont know the correct term its the icons that are on the screen...RUclips...Google.. kindle... whatever is the shortcut icons on the screen. Since I was able to go to an adroid type of screen and installed play store ( thanks to you thank you very much!!) its not so bad
I hope you can help me this is what I want to find out I am going to purchase I candle tablet with a subscription which will give me access to iptv I also have two fire sticks in my house and was able to sync them is there any reason I will not be able to sync my to Kindle tablets I am going to use them in the car and I was wondering a subscription and the other one does not can I still sync them together to give the kids the illusion that they're watching they're own show,lol
Hey I’ve got an issue and maybe you can help, since I can’t seem to find anything about it online. On certain Wi-Fi connections my kindle will try to connect, then turn the Wi-Fi and the Bluetooth off, then turn it back on, try to connect again, and repeat. I can’t figure out what’s going on with it, but it’s driving me nuts because the Wi-Fi I need to use it on the most is the only one it consistently does it on. I also don’t have access to the routers or anything, as I got the tablet for school, and it only does it at school. Do you have any idea what might be causing this issue?
@@SimplySmart123 Yeah, but that's the weird thing. Its not just that its not connecting, its that it throws it into some weird cycle where it constantly turns the wifi and bluetooth off and on on the kindle over and over. I can't for the life of me figure out why its doing that.
@@SimplySmart123 Yes, it should, but it does not. The cable does charge the tablet from the charger, but the Fire does not show up on my windows 10 pc. There is no place to see a usb function on the fire. I have files on an sd card. I can see them on the fire, but not any other type files like pdf, libre office, etc.
Responding to a reply. The fire tablet I purchased has a newer update than what is currently shown and I can't load Google ap store. I hope you will have the newer update in your program.
@@SimplySmart123 no i meant like having it so i can set it into any time. for example if it's the 10th of may and i want to go to march. is it possible to remove the timezone limit?
Its people like you that make amazon a better place .😆 Thanks
Haha. Glad I could help!
@@SimplySmart123lol
Thank you so much , i had a 8 inch fire tablet . I thought the settings for annoying ads and annoying book covers were locked . Today i got my new 10 . i found your video and now my tablet is now mine not filled with amazon's promotions . i am so grateful . Amazon took all my names and phone numbers off g mail . you fixed every thing
Great! Glad I could help!
Thank you! Ive been pulling my hair out truying to get all these things changed on my kiddos tablet because I didnt want the kids profile. Extremely helpful
You are very welcome! I am glad I could help you out.
This is SO helpful. I am on my 4th Kindle and never knew any of this. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Very informative content. Removes the lags I'm experiencing with my amazon tab 8hd
@@jeromesalazar8359 glad I could help!
Brilliant video. Received my fire tablet yesterday, that was very helpful. Thank you.
awesome! I am glad I could help you out. Also thank you for your support.
I just won a Fire HD Tablet , so i thank you for the pointers. Thank you, your time to show this has not gone unnoticed ❤
Fantastic!
I bought the Amazon Fire Tablet to watch Netflix and Amazon Prime (I do not own a TV anymore), and I was deeply disappointed that the Amazon Fire Tablet was a walking board of ads, suggestions, and memberships using algorithms to box me in this or that (I go to the library quite a bit, so look information by myself).
Anyway, I am not technologically savvy despite that I am surrounded by technology (phone, computer, camera, hybrid car, etc), so I am working little by little to understand more and be more assertive.
The lesson of today was outstanding!
Thanks again.
Marta Wyngaard
Awesome 👍 Glad I could help 🆘
Nailed it - I'd also recomend going over to the Library Tab, scrolling to the bottom, and customizing that so you don't see a bunch of junk. You can also then go to the download option on that screen to further just show stuff you currently have.
Great tips! Thank you for sharing!
So glad I came across this video I've learned alot. Thank you for sharing
Glad it was helpful!
Just got my first Fire and all I could think was that I bought an advertising platform! Thanks for helping me fix that!
You are very welcome! Enjoy your fire tablet.
Good video! I use several Kindles running Show Mode and applying these settings has made the Kindles run much smoother. Show Mode is now more stable as it would frequently just run Black screen within a day or two. Thanks again, Cheers!
Awesome. Enjoy your improved performance!
Black screen might be best, lol. I had to set my Echo Show 8 to night mode, which only shows a dim clock. Why? There are now tons of ads that cannot be disabled. You can get rid of some in the settings, but now they force ads for Alexa Skills(apps), and even if I ask for the weather report, on the second page, 80% of the page is ads.
Fabulous, I shall be following your instructions to set up my fire tablet. 😊
Glad I could help!
Thanks for the tips!
I do not want my Amazon Photos to upload on my fire tablet. Do you know how to turn that feature off, or remove the app?
I think that is a core app so it can't be uninstalled but you don't need to use it.
Great simple instructions !
I
Love my Old Fire again !🎉
Right on!
Thank you. This is one of the more useful videos that I have seen.
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent information! Thank you
You are welcome!
Best Fire tablet video ever, thank you for the information.
You are welcome!
Thank you for this!
Glad it was helpful!
Better late (1 year) than never. This really cleaned up my HD 8. Thank you. BTW, I slowed the playback on your video to .75.... my hearing isn't that good. It helped tremendously.
Glad it helped!
Great video, thank you. How do I lock the junk app folder to keep my kids out of it please? Guessing this is easier than trying to delete the apps? (Hate that my kids can see my search history in shopping app, ruins birthdays/Christmas surprises!) thank you
Name the folder Homework or Vegetable Recipes. Even add in some homework or veggie apps so they show first in the folder. That should work. haha
I do not think it is possible to lock a folder. You may be able to search for an app that could do such a thing possibly.
Excellent video, well presented and extremely helpful. Today I received my new Amz Fire HD 10 (no ads) and followed your instructions with ease. One thing did notice: On the section Security & Privacy > Device Administrators > I have Parental Controls ON. I turn it off but it just keeps turning back on. Is this ok? I def do not need nor want parental controls, especially as device administrator! Many thanks.
I am glad that you are finding the video helpful. That is strange that the parental controls are coming back on.
It should not be "automatically" turning on by itself. It also requires a pass code to enable it and a pass code to disable it. Unless you are entering a pass code you cannot enable it nor can you disable it.
Thanks
You are welcome!
The awesome tips. How do I get rid of the ads when the screen lock
I had some videos on it but I had to remove them because my channel was at risk. Search for other videos and the Fire Toolbox.
Just bought Fire 10 +. Would love to have the "Double Tap to Wake" function. How can I enable that? Thanks
Check out gravity screen.
Wow very helpful, it's been many years since I had a fire, I just wanted an inexpensive tablet for games, but ipads and samsungs are SO expensive. Got a good deal on this Fire HD10 but it is so different from my favorite ipad, learning a whole new interface. Thanks SO much!
you are very welcome! Enjoy your fire tablet.
Fr it’s been like 4 years
You are Awesome with helping on all this information. Can you advise how to change the setting of notifications appearing on lock screen when opening the tablet?
There are settings for your lock screen contents and notifications in your settings menu.
Hello, I am using Amazon Fire HD 10 tablet. Do you suggest, how to connect my kindle fire to either my TV or Projector using HDMI cable ?
Not sure if that would work. You can cast it to different devices using an app. I have a video on that but a media player with an HDMI connection might be the best way.
I tried to install MiraPlug and other apps like Castify, but unfortunately not allowing me install any apps on my kindle fire tablet. Can you please paste the link here with the apps to connect using chromecast to my TV? Thanks in advance@@SimplySmart123
Thank you for sharing this very helpful video. I have a Fire HD 10 and I've installed an SD card with preloaded songs. However, I can't seem to open it on my device. I could access the storage section showing the Internal Storage and SD Card Storage. But when I tap the SD Card part, it won't show the content. I've tried everything but to no avail. Do you know a way to access my SD card with pre-downloaded songs without having to purchase songs from Amazon Music? I'm hoping you guide me through step by step. Please help. Thanks.
trying to install a file explorer on your device and a media player. The file explorer should allow you to find the drive and content, and the media player should allow you to play it.
thanks! an excellent, clear, and very helpful video. I'm curious if you have any privacy or other concerns about enabling location for the purpose of finding a lost tablet? I'm absentminded enough to see the benefit in being able to find a lost tablet, yet a bit distrustful of what else Amazon might do with my location info if I keep that option turned on. either way - thanks again for all these tips!
I don't have anything to hide so I am not concerned with privacy much.
Great job
Love the video very helpful! I am looking on how to remove the volume pop up when you play on high volume. Can you help
glad I could help! I’m not sure about the volume question.
Thanks for the video. I just got a Fire 7 and it updated before I got all the way through setup. There is no "Find my tablet" any more on that screen. I wonder what they did with that option.
That's interesting. It might come back on the next update.
Thanks so much for your help and expertise as I am very much a rookie of Tech! Could you help me as I have 7 audio songs in a separate file on my new Amazon Fire 10 inch tablet. By touching one of the songs the tablet will play the song. How do I get all 7 songs to play one after another and then repeat playing all 7 songs? Bless you for your ministry to us rookies!
Not sure exactly but maybe a 3rd party app?
Is there a way of any all that let's you change the app icons into something diffrent? Because on my phone it let's me change all icons differently so I wanna know if I came so this here too
I don’t think so but you could search for an app in the Amazon App Store.
This is great advice, but how do I turn on weather alert notifications?
That is done in the Alexa App.
I just purchased Fire HD 10 Plus (Gen 11). Can I use your latest video to install Google play Store? I don't see Gen 11. Thank You
You should just be able to use the latest set of links.
Good tips. I have a question/ problem. I have the fire 7 tablet and the Buddy Phones (amozon) wireless headset can connect under the adult profile but disconnects and won't re-pair, after switch to kids profile.
Kids profiles are restricted. Just stick with and adult account. The real deal.
Very useful tips, I tried all of them and now Kindle Fire tablet is looking good, thanks !
Glad it helped!
Hello. Thank you so much for making those videos. They're really useful for a beginner like me.
Anyway, I have a question about the app: Does Kindle Fire 10 (and 10 plus) use ibis Paint good? And Can I delete apps that I don't use?
Not sure about that app. But you could install it probably using the Google Play Store and test it out. You can delete any applications that you do not want but you cannot delete anything that comes on the tablet. not sure about that app. But you could install it probably using the Google play store and test it out. You can delete any applications that you do not want but you cannot delete anything that comes on the tablet.
Thanks man. I was searching for this and I got the best video. You're just insane
Awesome! Glad I could help you!
Just got a new Fire HD 10 tablet your video helped me so much thank you!
Awesome 👏 Glad I could help!
WOW - You made my day - Thanks for the concise information - your calm and clear presentation was so enlightening. I appreciate your time and talents!
Thank you! Glad I could help you. Keeping things simple is my goal.
Hey good night, your videos are amazing! I have a fire hd10, 9th gen. When ever am watching any vidoes on landscape mode, my screen immediately turn black but i could still hear the audio. Can you help? Thanks in advance
That is very strange. Maybe try to power it down and then back up and see if there is any change.
Great help with the settings Jason, it all seems like a mystery sometimes. Thanks. I was trying to find a way to play RUclips TV on my Fire 10 and instead of installing the Google Play app I found I could log in to my RUclips TV account on the Silk Browser and the live TV will play automatically. Just like on my iPhone.
you are welcome! I think you will find if you download the Google play store and RUclips app it will work better.
Thank u so much! I am trying to figure out, how to keep chrome google pages open for days.
I take classes on web, I will stop and come back the next day to start where I left off.
This tablet closes everything, and I only have one page open.
Then I have to find the class, then find where I left off. Help
It sounds like it's clearing your cache or something. Maybe check the settings in google chrome.
Sorry I have 1 more question if you don't mind , some one told me can transfer the tablet to run Android but as a result do you lose the very things that you purchased the Kindle device for in the first place when I have the tablet running with a subscription and have the capability of watching iptv can I also get access to a map, or is it even possible to incorporate Android auto
It’s better to just buy a device that runs Android.
Yeah 👍 I think you're right nice one 👍
What generation is this? I recently got the 13th generation of the Fire HD 10, and my show mode seems really limited. The background won't change and it's only showing me the time, not the weather, which I've seen on most videos. Was just wondering if you noticed either of those issues
The device shown in the video is an 11th generation
Hi does this apply to
Amazon 5th generation tablet too.
Yeah. But some of the menus may vary.
Do you know if there is a way to do a timer on this device? I like to fall asleep to movies/shows but I don’t know how to make it turn off automatically after a certain length of time.
Maybe a 3rd party app but not built in while streaming.
@simplysmart123 Do you have a video showing how to disable or remove Silk search option from the lock screen?
I think I do but not sure what video it’s it in. There is a setting to turn off search bar.
@@SimplySmart123 thanks, i finally found it.
What happen to your videos on how to remove adds from 🔥 tablet?
I like how you cleaned up the home screen,thank you
You are welcome! Simple yet effective.
How can you arrange the icons on the home screen to be at the bottom of the screen? Thank you
They will reflow to be at the top by default. You would need to install a custom Luncher to get that ability.
@@SimplySmart123 can you send me a link or website for one that you would recommend. Thank you
do this first the get the playstore vid? also when to get wifi downladed? before or after?
You can do this before or after the Google play store. It does not matter the order.
@@SimplySmart123 Thank you, I may have to do this again, I downloaded the playstore but am not getting all apps I want to get
Dealt with the biggest annoyance I had with my Fire 8 (ad banner). Much nicer now. Thank you.
Great!
I noticed you didn't say anything about the ads that show up all the time. In fact, the whole time you were demonstrating, there was an ad for a new roof, and I wanted to see you turn it off... LOL... Was this version that you purchased the "lock screen support ads"?
What is your opinion on these ad options? Is the worth it? I have heard you still get ads in games and such anyway...
you can pay to get them removed or you can check out RUclips to see if there any videos on how to remove them. I had many videos on that, but I had to remove them to my channel will not get shut down.
Thank you so much for your video. I am owning my first amazon fire. I was wondering if I can change to lock screen wallpaper. Through your video I was able to change my regular wallpaper. Thank you again.
You are welcome! You can change your wallpaper. I have a video on that also!
Hi is their any way or app that will allow Google play store apps notifications to work and notify on a fire tablet.
Since they are essentially side loaded they will not act the same although any app downloaded from the Amazon App Store should work fine. So any apps you can get from the Amazon App Store you should get from there.
Are you able to put it in show mode and just have it continuously show your pictures without shutting off?
Yes once in show mode it will act like an echo show.
Why is the little microphone icon showing at the top of your screen, on the side with the battery? This has recently shown on my sons tablet and I’m wondering how to take it back off. Thanks for any help I can receive in advance.
I think it just means that the microphone is being used by an app in my case it was because I was recording a video.
Great video 👍. Is there anyway to watch movies which are on the SD Card but Exfat format? I would like to be able to watch movies that I have on my laptop on my Fire 11 Max? Some movies are 16gb but as I understand Amazon Fire Tablet only works with FAT32 which are small files. Anyway help really would be appreciated please? Many thanks Andrew
I think it will only format in one way unfortunately.
Are u having trouble w/ Tiny Cam Pro? I have it on my Tivo android Tv and it keeps saying 'update pending' my Yi cameras on it r fine but Wyze dont work. Thx
I am not using it any longer. I have an NVR system now.
Looks like the update after 2 dayz fixed the issue --Thx for ur past video@@SimplySmart123
Hi Justin do you know if there is a way to turn off all notifications in one go rather than individually which seems to be the only way to my knowledge but hopefully I’m wrong. Thanks for your help 😊
I think each application has its own notification settings. What I do is group them all together in a single circle. That way they are not Overwhelming.
@@SimplySmart123 that’s as great idea. Thank you for your help 👍😊
you are very welcome!
Excellent. Very clearly explained. I have not yet used my kindle after the changes as it is charging so I will comment further later.
Thank you! Glad I could help!
HI , just bought an HP Stream 7 , not delivered yet , has windows 8.1 on it now . How do I install Windows 10 on it when I get it ??? I think I understood there is not enough room to install Windows 10 while Windows 8 is on it . Any info on it would be appreciated
Not sure about that one. Better try to find a video on this specific topic before creating a problem.
Wow...that helped me get rid of alot of annoying things...Thanks!
Awesome 👏 Glad I could help!
This was great!! Thank you. I have a new tablet and it looked nothing like my 2010 tablet I just recently threw out. Very sad day LOL. I hated how the new one looked. Happy now.
Glad I could help!
I wonder if you can hide the navigation bar. Is it possible?
I don’t think you can fully remove it without a custom launcher.
Very helpful video! I am totally new to Fire tablets. I purchased a Fire HD 8+ & have an adult & child profile set up. There is an app installed on the adult profile that I am trying to share on the child profile. I have been researching & going through all the steps to share, but to no avail. Regardless of what I do, I can't get the child profile to see the app. Any suggestions? Also, I do not have Amazon Kids + subscription. Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated!
Child profiles are locked down hard. I would just make an adult account for the child with restrictions.
Thank you for this informational video. On Kindle Fire HD 10, when you choose the "Shop Amazon" app, is the Amazon Assistant available? I've googled how to add Amazon Assistant to use on a Kindle Fire, but I've had no luck. Additionally, do you know if choosing Amazon Smile is an option in Shop Amazon. Thanks so much for your help. I've googled these questions for hours and cannot find consistent answers.
Are you talking about Alexa (Amazon assistant)?
Alexa is the Amazon assistant for the Fire HD 10 Plus Tablet. Kindle Reader doesn't have it? Activate the Alexa Voice option in the Settings, if you have the Fire HD 10 Plus version. I don't know about the Kindle Reader version.
Great video! I found it extremely helpful so thank you for that. I'm having some issues with my fire 10 tablet that maybe you could give me your thoughts on when can please. First my tablet logs 100 to 999 logging files everyday. I mean thumbnails of every game, ads, html and audio code files in multiples of 20-30 duplicates all the time and my my tablet performance is bad , bad bad bad. Crashes, freezing, app launching failures, and the overall speed of a snail with MS. Can this be fixed or is it a common problem with the fire 10's? Appreciate any feedback you can give me when you can. Thanks
That is a lot of logs to be creating. Try a factory reset and see if that helps
What would happen if I deactivated their "Universal Search Bar" that sits in top? I suppose the Amazon Appstore uses that by default to connect?
The Amazon App Store has its own search I believe.
@@SimplySmart123 So you don't need their Universal Search engine that uses Bing to access the Amazon appstore? Can you check it?
The Amazon App Store is a standalone application.
Thank you!!! Great, great video!...saved me from returning my Amazon Fire 7.
You are very welcome!
@SimplySmart123 Thanks for the video. Very helpful. Do you happen to know where the "Location Services" is for the Fire HD 10 (7th Gen)? When I bring up the map app, I want it to show my current location. I've been trying to research this for the past two hours. No luck so far. Thanks in advance for any help - please don't spend moire than ten minutes on this.
Since they don't have a cellular signal I don't know if they would be able to triangulate their position like a cell phone for example but you can use wifi.
Go to your tablet’s home screen.
Swipe down the quick action panel from the top of the screen.
Tap on the cog shaped Settings menu option.
Tap on Location-based Services.
Tap on the toggle so that it says On.
Hello I just watched your video very helpful. Thanks!! I have a question, I just got an Amazon Fire 10 however it closes extremely fast, can you tell me how and where to change that ? It closes within a second. I do not have enough time to change anything. It is driving mecrazy. Thanks for your help in advance.
You are very welcome! Do you have low port power mode on? It may lock quicker on low power mode to obviously save power. There should be a setting to extend the lock time. I don’t have my tablet in front of me right now put it in the setting somewhere.
@@SimplySmart123 Thanks again!! I tried what you suggested, I have changed everything I can think of. I even called Amazon, they sent me another Kindle. I thought the first one was defective, but no the new one is doing the same thing. I cannot find what else to change. I have an old kindle but the battery was dying to fast on me. Was looking up for this one since the other one was so good. I'm re-thinking if I should return it. Can you think of anything else that might help? Your help in this matter is appreciated.
That is very strange. It shouldn’t be like that at the factory. If Amazon can’t help you I am sure that I cannot either…
6:00 How should I get back to the regular format of photos? Because it was remove by itself for some reason and now Gallery and Amazon photos are in its place, because I had some albums made on it and no I don't like or use Amazon Photos version.
@@Jess19980 you can download different apps if you don’t like how Amazon photos looks or works. The change in format could just be because of an update.
@@SimplySmart123 Name some. How am i supposed to find something like those.
I have a Fire 8, 2022 version. The taskbar is locked to the narrow side of the tablet, how do I get this to rotate with the screen?
sounds like a glitch. Power down the tablet and power it back up to see if it’s resolved.
Am looking for a good word pad type to use on the fire 10(11th), any suggestions??
Using for notes or bills paid..... Also, want to access internet with ethernet cable, and so far the ethernet to usb c adapter doesnt work (ligght shows up). Thanks for info.
I would suggest a laptop 💻. A tablet is not going to work well for those tasks.
a good wordpad type app?
I think you can get Microsoft Word on your tablet.
@@SimplySmart123 Is it simple and free? Do you have a wordpad on yours?
No I only use the tablet for entertainment and smart home stuff.
Thanks. Any way to remove the For You tab or at least delete the MSN Trending?
I think when you do the home screen cleanup, it will disappear unless you have an app running that shows that type of thing
Thank you so much!! I was wondering how to get rid of the recommendations and continue thing. This video is really helpful!
Awesome! I am glad that you found the video helpful.
Does the Fire have a constant slide show mode?
For the screen saver?
Hello when I pressed the serial number I saw developer options at the bottom of the screen but when I go back I don't get the change in the former menu which allows you to use it... It doesn't appear in the list.
There was something else that was different in your presentation too but I forget very quickly and don't remember what that was. I have the fire tablet 8 that I just got yesterday because my other one, a seven, was filled up with update data and was just not working very well anymore. The sound had become very weak too.
Anyway thanks for the settings I was able to change and the wallpaper setting which allowed me to put a personal photo.
Helpful so thanks
Paul
@@theman5565 you should see the developer options in your settings somewhere, but the location might vary because the software might have changed since the video.
keeps asking if I want to go to amazon app store, when I review a game I got on the playstore. can I go to apps and to amazon app store and remove it? I would like to eliminate everything Amazon. Thanx for ALL your help
If an app is available in the Amazon App Store, yiu will want to use that app rather than the app found in the Google play store. I wouldn’t recommend removing everything Amazon because it creates some issues. You can do it using the fire toolbox 🧰
Is there a way to make the big buttons ( icons smaller? Thank you
Not sure what you mean?
@@SimplySmart123 I dont know the correct term its the icons that are on the screen...RUclips...Google.. kindle... whatever is the shortcut icons on the screen. Since I was able to go to an adroid type of screen and installed play store ( thanks to you thank you very much!!) its not so bad
Perfect.
I hope you can help me this is what I want to find out I am going to purchase I candle tablet with a subscription which will give me access to iptv I also have two fire sticks in my house and was able to sync them is there any reason I will not be able to sync my to Kindle tablets I am going to use them in the car and I was wondering a subscription and the other one does not can I still sync them together to give the kids the illusion that they're watching they're own show,lol
It should
Can you show me how to link my youtube from fire10hd to my firetv stick? Thanks
You mean to share your screen of your tablet on your TV.
@@SimplySmart123 I mean to select video on youtube on fire hd10 tablet to play on fireTV stick
You should just be able to cast it from RUclips.
@@SimplySmart123 I couldnt see the link to device icon on my youtube screen on my fire hd10
You downloaded your RUclips from the Google Play store?
Is there anyway to upgrade the media player? When I stream live sporting events the video will freeze but the audio continues for the whole game
You could download a third party app perhaps. It depends on how you are watching the content and the speed of your internet mostly.
THANK YOU FOR THIS! (AND YES I'M YELLING THIS AT YOU BECAUSE I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS VIDEO!!)
Glad I could help! Yelling is good when it’s positive.
Hi, are you using a screen protector? is it necessary?
I don’t use a screen protector, but it depends on how much abuse your tablet will get.
@@SimplySmart123 Thank You :)
Great tip. Thank you for sharing.
Great I got all the junk out
Great!
Thank you so much you're amazing!!!
You are welcome!
Wow thanks so much for this! And that recommendations block on the main screen was my main headache! Thanks for showing me how to get rid of it!
You are very welcome!
just watched the video and same here i hated looking at those random recommendations and recent apps 😅 lol it's much better now. 😌
Awesome!
IKR
Yeah it was quite annoying
This was super helpful. Thanks for sharing.
You are welcome! Glad I could help!
Wow, what a lesson, glad I found it, thanks !
you are very welcome!
Hey I’ve got an issue and maybe you can help, since I can’t seem to find anything about it online.
On certain Wi-Fi connections my kindle will try to connect, then turn the Wi-Fi and the Bluetooth off, then turn it back on, try to connect again, and repeat.
I can’t figure out what’s going on with it, but it’s driving me nuts because the Wi-Fi I need to use it on the most is the only one it consistently does it on.
I also don’t have access to the routers or anything, as I got the tablet for school, and it only does it at school.
Do you have any idea what might be causing this issue?
Sounds like an internet issue at school. I would check with someone at school as it seems the connection is not stable for your device.
@@SimplySmart123 Yeah, but that's the weird thing. Its not just that its not connecting, its that it throws it into some weird cycle where it constantly turns the wifi and bluetooth off and on on the kindle over and over.
I can't for the life of me figure out why its doing that.
I just got a new fire tablet and it won't recognize a Bluetooth speaker. My iPad still works with the speaker. Is there a way to connect to it?
Be sure that no other devices are connected like your iPad and put your speaker and tablet into discovery mode to make the connection.
Great video. Thanks for providing the information that I was looking for.
Great! Glad I could help!
Good intro, but how do I load and manage files from my pc? I want documents for a trip and can't find a way to do it with usb.
When you plug in your tablet, it should show as a device on your computer and then you should be able to get into the files
@@SimplySmart123 Yes, it should, but it does not. The cable does charge the tablet from the charger, but the Fire does not show up on my windows 10 pc. There is no place to see a usb function on the fire. I have files on an sd card. I can see them on the fire, but not any other type files like pdf, libre office, etc.
Great!
Responding to a reply. The fire tablet I purchased has a newer update than what is currently shown and I can't load Google ap store. I hope you will have the newer update in your program.
Ok. I will check it out.
Is there a way to remove the search box at the top of the screen. They added people and pictures, that box is getting distracting.
Yes. It’s in the setting under Home Screen or something similar. Different versions of the tablet OS vary.
just wondering how do i remove the timezone limit so i can set my time and date to anything?
that is a good question. I’m pretty sure these tablets are only meant to be used in particular areas of the world and may not have all time zones.
@@SimplySmart123 no i meant like having it so i can set it into any time. for example if it's the 10th of may and i want to go to march. is it possible to remove the timezone limit?
I don't think so.