Kindle Fire For Kid

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  1. Hello. First thank you for the very good info. I love this tablet HD 8 2018. I have a problem, after I get done installing and start updating I will be logged off Google account.And I get recycled back to Google account setup its like a loop. Even though I set it up after I downloaded Google play following all the steps. I have tried after setup …when I get logged out… to uninstall Google x4. The ones I downloaded and reinstall but that don’t work. I have to do full reset. I seen to only keep Google going for about 2 days at most. I hate the 🔥os. I am a goog!e man, just on Kool-Aid budget. Those rca voyager tabs bite. This was the best I could do. Any help would be greatly from a broken down solider. Hoorah.

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  2. I do not get the google settings icon next to the play store icon as in the picture.
    It’s just a constant loop of logging in and then being kicked out back to the home screen.
    When I try logging in from the google play store icon I enter my google email and it recognizes me before I enter my password.

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  3. In having same issue as the previous poster, I believe.I’ve downloaded the files as directed and installed as directed. But, first I get a notification that says, “cannot run Google services unless Google serving services is updated.” Then when I run the Google play app it had me sign in, the circle goes around while it thinks then sends me back to the sign in each time I sign in it repeats the same processes in a loop. I’ve also had it just close everything. I’ve tried rebooting the tablet, I have uninstalled & reinstalled the apks & I’ve used the latest version of Google services and later versions both. Has anyone found a solution for this? I will mention I had Google Play up & running once (with the same Google services update error messages) however it wouldn’t download anything with 9gb free internally and 29gb free eternally.it acts like there is no space left. I I eventually uninstalled it all & tried a reinstall in goes off getting Google services updated ,then ran into this loop issue. I have not been successful in getting the Google play app to do anything but allow me to sign into Google services and agree to terms before it asks me shirt sign in again. I’d appreciate any help. Thanks!

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  4. It’s a fire 8 hd 8th Gen. And no, the settings icon never was there. Just play store.

    Thanks for responding. I’m just going to accept that I can’t do it. I’ve tried it all. My husband works in computers and we’re both very literate in them and we can’t seem to get it to work. I’m probably overlooking a very small detail, but I’ve spent enough time on it for now. Didn’t really need it for the tablet, just a convenience.

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  5. Got the same problem as described by Marci. I was a bit lucky. I got Google play store to work once. So I installed YouTube and Google play books. Even with the error message about Google play services, YouTube still works. But I can’t login to YouTube. Now Google play store is not working anymore. Keep asking me to sign in. Wonder what causes the problem. FYI, I am having Fire OS 6.3.0.1. Build date is Dec 4, 2018.

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  6. I had similar problems but realised when I went into apps there was a Google app that I couldn’t delete for some reason.I did factory reboot and it was gone. Then I tried again and all is good! Thanks for the guide simon, appreciated.

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  7. I got minemine to work too. The apks were installing on extendable memory I had to move them to internal after they were installed. I knew it had to be something simple I was overlooking. Thanks!

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  10. My fire HD 2017 will not update the firmware beyond 5.3.6.4 (I assume that this was the version when I installed the hack). My understanding is that the current firmware is 5.6.x.x. I am guessing that this change is preventing the firmware from upgrading. Yes, I do want the update for a few reasons. Second, the change seems to have disabled the aGPS. My understanding is that this is a known issue (although I can live with this).

    Anyway, I’d like to at least try uninstalling the play store stuff to see if I can fix these problems (at least temporarily). Is there a way to reverse these changes? Do I just uninstall the apps? If so, is there an order to doing so (reverse from install)?

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    • Fire OS 5.3.6.4 actually is 5.6.3.0 (some mistakes in Amazon side). If the build date is November 2018, it is actually 5.6.3.0. I think all 6th and 7th gen tablets are currently updated to this version 6.3.6.4(or 5.6.3.0).

      For GPS, fire tablets do not use Android GPS stacks. Instead, they use Amazon location service. But Amazon location services use part of the Android GPS stacks. When any Google apps or any apps from Play store set up location services, the location services on fire tablet may be messed up. There are NO solutions to this.

      To remove Play store, you just need to uninstall the apps, then reboot the tablet. The sequence of uninstalling does not matter.

      When installing, make sure they are not installed on the SD card (if you are using one in the tablet). They must be in internal storage.

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  11. This was a pain on Fire 8 (8th generation). I finally removed the memory module and restored to factory install. Then I re-authorized the unit and installed Play Store. Google settings does not show but Play Store works and I have installed some of my apps.

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  12. Update: I have now installed the SD card. I have selectively moved data and programs to it. Avoiding anything Google. Everything seems to be working. Thanks for the help.

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  14. Thank you very much for publishing this information. I have an HD 8, Gen 8. The information about using the 7.1.2 versions of Manager and Framework was critical, as was the notation about Nougat. I had initially picked the wrong versions. However it wasn’t so easy for me to understand what was really the most current file since I didn’t know Nougat from Pie, from Oreo, from Lollipop. I eventually learned earned that I had to use the most current versions compatible with Nougat or 7 or any number below it…not the most current versions identified as 8+ or 9+, etc.

    In the end, after all this study and figuring things out what files I needed to use, it still didn’t work. (Yes, I uninstalled between my various attempts and added the files in order but I still got into this hideous never ending loop of entering my google email address and password.) However, I had read on another site that someone had to return their Fire to factory settings and not let it synchronize with back up but to make sure the SD card was removed, install these files first see that it worked and THEN shut down, add in the SD card, reboot and go add in all the other Amazon apps.

    If my tablet were not brand new I would have been reluctant to start from scratch again but because I only had one evening invested in getting my new tablet the way I like and and because there are a few google apps I simply don’t want to live without (Harmony, Last Pass, etc.) I finally caved and went back to factory settings. Only after doing that did the Play Store work (but I do not have that google gear icon and so far haven’t needed it.).

    Couidn’t have done it without understanding what current files I needed and this site was better at pointing me in the right direction than all the others I reviewed.

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  15. I have a brand new Fire HD 8 running 6.3.0.1 . I followed all the steps but when i log into the play store and accept the legal crap it then kicks me out and i have to log in again so its a big loop. I’m also getting told “Google Play services won’t run unless you update Google play services” . I took out my sd card to see if that might be the issue but still no luck.

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  16. Make sure your download files (apk) are on your internal memory and not your SD card. I ran into the same thing.

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  17. I took out the sd card. i used –

    If you are using an 8th gen HD 8, you need to download the following 4 APK files:

    Google Account Manager (version 7.1.2)
    Google Services Framework (version 7.1.2)
    Google Play services (the latest version for arm64-v8a + armeabi-v7a)
    Google Play Store (the latest version for arm64-v8a + armeabi-v7a)

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  18. Nope still not working and i’ve rebooted the tablet multiple times. I’m not a total moron i used to install B.E.S. Servers.

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  19. I struggled, too. And I always encountered that hideous Google Play log in loop. When I first got my Fire HD8, Gen 8, there was the option to download all the stuff backed up with Amazon from my prior tablet onto the new one. And, of course, I took it. I also had Google Play on my prior version. There may be something in the old backup stuff that behaves badly when trying a new install of Google Play. The only way I got it to work (and I tried absolutely everything more than once because it was a last resort) was to return the tablet to factory settings, remove the SD chip and install the files as indicated. I had read of others trying this approach. Then things worked flawlessly. It was worth it for me to get Google Play loaded on the tablet though.

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  23. When I try to download the APPs recommended for my 8th generation Fire, the message appears: no permission to write, abort. What shall I do?!

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  24. I literally cannot figure this out. I’ll be honest, it’s my first android tablet, and I’m not 100% sure how to do things. I can sideload to fire devices, and have done with this tablet, but I’ll be darned if I know how to get off the log-in loop. I did download the 4 correct parts for HD 8 2018. I installed the apps in order, then rebooted, I have moved google to internal storage and cleared its cache. Same login loop. To remove the 4 parts, to start over, I am unsure how to go about it? It’s my daughter’s tablet, I’m unprepared to wipe it out.

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  26. The APKMirror site says that there are newer versions of the files. Should I use the latest and greatest or just stick with the versions listed in this article? Thank you for your hard work and for sharing it with us! 🙂

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  27. I am not sure what I’m doing wrong I download the apk file for a hd fire 7 but every time it gets to the installing part I get a parseing error every time and I have even went I to my settings like you showed above and I still get it any help would be appreciated. Thanks

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  28. I tried everything suggested probably 5 or 6 times (except resetting the device to factory and stating again)…I give up. I’ll just have to sideload.

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  29. I have downloaded the play store fine onto my daughters kids fire but the apps downloaded through play store won’t transfer to her child profile??

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  30. Just curious… Did anyone get the setting gear icon to show up and if they did How? I myself did not only the PlayStore icon shows. Playstore works fine for me just curious on the settings icon it says should be there.

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  31. I did not get the gear…using an 8th gen, HD 8, current APKs and a clean device to load them on…but otherwise, as in your case, works very well without it.

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  32. I have the Fire HD 8, 3rd Gen. I have tried this over and over to no avail. I get a message saying “There was a problem parsing package.” This message is on every file when I click on Open. Any idea what it means and how to fix it?

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  34. I have installed Google Play and generally works well. However I installed the BT Smart controls app and when I open/load it I get the error “Rooted device detected, this app can’t be used on a rooted device”. I don’t get this error code on other apps that I download fom Google Play and install, do you know how I can get around the issue? The app works fine on my mobile phone Galaxy A5 and would like to use the app to monitor a number a cameras at home. Thanks.

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