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Did anyone manage to use Chrome on Kindle Fire?

Here the apk http://www.mediafire.com/?iu3mpcbdzrwbdez
It doesn't work on my Fire with ICS, just shows blank pages.

Chrome needs to take advantage of the hardware acceleration features, which is not enable in ICS for Kindle yet.

thank you very much

I'm sad. I would love Chrome on my many non ICS Android devices.
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How did you get the app to show up? I copied the apk to system/apps, but it doesn't show up on my KF 2nd gen. Play Store and Youtube work fine. Firefox crashes, so currently I have no browser...

Flash the AOSP jb ROM n u get chrome to work. It's working on mine flawlessly.
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Test flash player on your Kindle..."to scale" model of the universe

I used this to test Flash Player on my Kindle Fire and thought some of you would find this interesting...kinda makes you realize how significantly infinite the universe is and how we are such a significantly miniscule part of it!
http://htwins.net/scale2/?bordercolor=white
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Good for test, my Kindle barely handled it. The same as my brain

thanks
do any of the ics roms support chrome beta+flash? i have flash working with the stock browser, but it doesnt seem to work in chrome

Chrome does not support flash, it is rocking html5.
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[Q] Amazon Instant Video

Anyway to get that working? I tried searching, but the search box on the HD app is god awful. Anyone have a modified apk or anything, one that'll make it work on here? I'd really like to get it working
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Only if you get a kindle fire. In a nutshell, it is heavily tied into their OS, which is not stock android and will not work outside of that environment. The only way you'll ever see it on the Nexus 7 is if Amazon releases it a s standalone apk..
For now, you have to just use the website.
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najaboy said:
Only if you get a kindle fire. In a nutshell, it is heavily tied into their OS, which is not stock android and will not work outside of that environment. The only way you'll ever see it on the Nexus 7 is if Amazon releases it a s standalone apk..
For now, you have to just use the website.
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I've been watching various threads on this one for weeks. I'm hopeful that Amazon will release an app for the rest of us soon given that 1) they just released an app for Google TV, and 2) they make most of their money from media, not Kindle hardware....so I'm hoping the speculation that they are limiting it to the Kindle for competitive reasons, is false.
The only way I've been able to watch Amazon VOD is by loading flash and using Firefox. It works, but it is FAR from ideal.

developer_john said:
I've been watching various threads on this one for weeks. I'm hopeful that Amazon will release an app for the rest of us soon given that 1) they just released an app for Google TV, and 2) they make most of their money from media, not Kindle hardware....so I'm hoping the speculation that they are limiting it to the Kindle for competitive reasons, is false.
The only way I've been able to watch Amazon VOD is by loading flash and using Firefox. It works, but it is FAR from ideal.
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To clarify, the Google TV app only works on two LG television sets. It does not work on any other Google TV devices.

najaboy said:
To clarify, the Google TV app only works on two LG television sets. It does not work on any other Google TV devices.
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Understood....I guess my point was more that they are still releasing android apps, even though there is speculation out there that they want to limit android access to the Kindle. A while back there was the same speculation about iDevices, but now we have both an iPad and iPhone/Pod app. I'm hopeful we'll have one soon....

I hope someone figures this out soon.
I am on the 30 day free trial of Amazon Prime, and my clock is ticking.
I won't stay with Prime unless it can replace Netflix for streamed movies.

rmm200 said:
I hope someone figures this out soon.
I am on the 30 day free trial of Amazon Prime, and my clock is ticking.
I won't stay with Prime unless it can replace Netflix for streamed movies.
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Amazon's selection of free stuff to stream isn't as extensive as Netflix, I've found. At least not in what I like to watch. They do, however, have a lot of things that Netflix doesn't have. We split a Prime membership with my brother but I don't intend on getting rid of our Netflix or even Hulu+ memberships just yet.
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I just use the Web site works well, an app would be cool but it is not on the top of my list
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Amazon Prime Streaming Video

Hi, I have the Amazon Prime Streaming Video service, and I was wondering if there is a app, or a way to watch it on my S4,and my Nexus 7 2013? Thanks
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The only way I have figured out is to load flash player for android from the adobe archives and then use a browser such as Dolphin to access the prime streaming movie page.
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Red is right.
Amazon has not released their app for the Android market.
Many have tried to extract it from the Kindle Fire & HD to use on
other tablets or phones, but it has not worked. Kind of bad since
Amazon has released the Amazon Instant Video App for IOS.
So, the only way to watch is to set your (flash capable) browser to desktop, load flash
and then log on to Amazon and watch the video through the browser
it works, but not as well as the Amazon Instant Video app. . .

Unfortunately flash is dead in Android 4.4, so this is a short-term solution for everybody, unless you stick with your current device and never upgrade it.
I understand why they might have wanted to keep instant video a kindle exclusive. But once they released it on iOS, it should be on android too.

Is there a app to watch amazon prime on android

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Does anyone have the apk download for Amazon prime. Thanks In advance!!!
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I'm assuming you meant Amazon Prime Video? As of now there is no Android app for it aside from GTV app (which only works on select TVs). There's one for Kindle tablets and Fire Phone, but no other Android devices have access to it. In fact, you can rip APK off the Kindle Fire or Fire Phone and sideload it on any Android phone, but they won't work and force close on any device other than Kindle. As of now, your only option to watch Amazon Prime Video on Android is to use browser that supports Flash, such as Dolphin Browser.
Amazon recently did mention that they may come up with an app for other Android devices soon, but that hasn't happened yet, and I doubt it will any time soon, so I'd say browser is your best bet.

Okay, apparently it seems the app recently got released. Here's the link to it.
http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=9987963011

You find the amazon prime instant video within the official amazon app

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You find the amazon prime instant video within the official amazon app
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Yes its in the Amazon app just follow the link above.

I want to stream amazon prime to my t.v. does anyone know if I can stream prime with a roku box? Thanks.

Well it's not compatible with i9300 - maybe restricted to Fire phone

mole62 said:
Well it's not compatible with i9300 - maybe restricted to Fire phone
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I'm using it on my Gs5.

Good to hear! Hopefully won't have to use VMWare to watch Prime much longer
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mole62 said:
Good to hear! Hopefully won't have to use VMWare to watch Prime much longer
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Yeah I'm glad that it's working on the Gs5.I hope your device gets prime soon bud.

xda23 said:
I want to stream amazon prime to my t.v. does anyone know if I can stream prime with a roku box? Thanks.
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Amazon Instant Video should already be available on Roku. What model of Roku do you have? Depending on the model, your other option is to use screen mirroring, so long as you have supporting media streaming device.
mole62 said:
Well it's not compatible with i9300 - maybe restricted to Fire phone
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It could be because its international variant. They're very picky about that kind of things. You could try an app called Market Helper. It's an app that helps your device disguise as some other device so you can download "incompatible" apps from Play Store. It requires root access, but if you're interested, try the link below.
http://goo.gl/GYz7z0
If that doesn't work, well, I guess you could simply download the APK, and side load it. I did that on my Nexus 7, and it does work perfectly(it shows as incompatible on Play Store). Once you have the Amazon app, you can download Instant Video app from Amazon appstore right from Amazon app. They don't seem to check for compatibility on Instant Video app, so you should have no problem with that. It's kinda interesting as even though they say the tablets are "not supported" the app seems to adapt to tablet screen, changing UI element to fit the bigger screen. Anyways, below is the link to the APK I ripped off my phone. Enjoy
http://goo.gl/8fTK1b

Thanks! Trying the Market Helper (and ROM Toolbox) first...

Also if you have botbrew, can't you technically install Flash w/ Firefox and watch? Never tried it since it seems overkill, but would it work in theory?