Transforming Your Kindle Fire Into an Android Device Without Root Access

How to turn Kindle Fire into Android tablet without Rooting

Posted by Jonny Greenwood on 5/20/2021 9:34:24 AM.

Kindle Fire is based on Android OS but it doesn’t look like an Android tablet. That’s because Amazon has made many modifications on the original Android OS. In fact, these “modifications” are more than limitations. That’s why I want to turn my kindle fire into Android tablet. If you are looking for the easiest way to turn kindle fire into Android table, you should not miss out this article.

Once talking about this issue, some people may think about flashing in a third party ROM such as the famous CyanogenMod ROM. Well this is an absolutely ultimate method but it’s difficult to operate for many users. It’s more than a technical work and you may get your Kindle Fire bricked – a terrible situation in which you can’t do anything for the Kindle Fire. So I come up with another safe and easy way of turning Kindle Fire into Android tablet – installing an Android launcher! With this method, you can experience most Android features and can shift to original Amazon launcher freely. Now just follow the tutorial below and make your Kindle Fire an Android tablet.

1. Install GO Launcher EX

GO Launcher EX is an artistic and effective Android launcher. It provides many custom options to allow you to make your own tablet. Click here to download GO Launcher EX and then install it on your Kindle Fire (via ES File Explorer).

2. Run GO Launcher EX

After you install GO Launcher EX, Go to “Apps” and open the launcher. Skip all the welcome note and then tap the home icon at the bottom left corner of the screen and you will meet a notice like this:

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Pitch on “Use by default for this action” and choose “GO Launcher EX”. You’ll get into the GO Launcher EX setting interface. Just skip the greetings and then the Kindle Fire will turn back to the new home screen. You can see your Kindle Fire has turned into Android tablet!

3. How to use GO Launcher EX

1 Shift from original launcher and Go Launcher

Tap the app icon and you can see all the apps. Slide to browse more apps. The original apps like Amazon Kindle, Amazon Shop and Amazon Appstore are now separated out and each of them has an icon like the picture shows. It must point out that the Amazon Kindle, which we use to read e-books, can’t open in the GO Launcher EX. Once you tap the Amazon Kindle icon, it just has no response and the Kindle Fire get stuck unless you tap the home screen icon. This is a big pity but other Amazon apps can run smoothly. If you want to read e-books, just tap the “Kindle Launcher” to turn back into the original Amazon launcher. Or you can install a third party e-book reader. Perhaps this is the main defects of a third party launcher (I’ve tried other launchers and the Amazon Kindle remains not responding).

Every time you want to experience the GO Launcher EX again, just choose GO Launcher EX from the “Apps” or tap the home screen.

2 Manage apps

You can easily order the apps as you wish. Just hold any app, you’ll see all the app icons are swaying. Hold the app and drag it to anywhere you want on the screen. You can also drag it to the main home screen, not just in the app list only.

Tap the top right of the screen and call out the management menu. You can manage the apps in various methods.

3 Check process

Kindle Fire doesn’t support multitasking – you can’t see the running process, let alone close the process or shift from another process. But with GO Launcher EX, multitasking comes true. Tap the “Running” icon on the top left of the screen and you can see all the process running at present. The right side is the RAM condition. If you find your Kindle Fire very slow, just hold the app and tap the red icon to close the process then the memory will be released.

The contents above are the 6 tips for you to increase Kindle Fire battery life. I hope these would help you.

4 Change wallpaper

Although the GO Launcher provides wallpaper options, you can’t replace the wallpaper indeed. In fact, all third party launchers can’t do this job on Kindle Fire. This is because Amazon has made some limitations. If you want to change the wallpaper, you must root your Kindle Fire first. For more details, please refer to this article: How to change Kindle Fire wallpaper.

These are the basic tips of using GO Launcher EX on Kindle Fire. Although it has some bugs like you can’t open Amazon Kindle or change wallpaper, it provides most Android features that you can experience them in a simple way. If you want to turn Kindle Fire into Android tablet entirely, please view the tutorials at XDA froum .

This guide is writen for Kindle Fire users or lovers. A cool trick for you. We also gathered top 10 kindle fire cool tricks , see the full list?

Trick 1 How to Set Wallpaper on Kindle Fire

Trick 2 How to Root Kindle Fire

Trick 3 Turn Kindle Fire into Android Tablet

Trick 4 Cool Apps for Kindle Fire

Trick 5 Install Flash Player on Kindle Fire

Trick 6 Sites to Download Free Kindle Books

Trick 7 Share Kindle Fire Books with Friends

Trick 8 Print from Kindle Fire

Trick 9 Transfer files to Kindle

Trick 10 More Helpful Tips Freebies for Kindle Fire

Jonny Greenwood joined Epubor since 2011, loves everything about eBooks and eReaders. He seeks the methods to read eBooks more freely and wants to share all he has got with you.

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29 Comments

John Zocco

Re:How to turn Kindle Fire into Android tablet

08/3/2013 15:14:29

I cannot get it to work. It installs, but I don’t get the Complete Action box. I’ve tried it many times. Same thing happens, no Complete Action box. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Charlotte

Re:John Zocco

04/7/2015 02:36:42

I had the same problem with mine and it will not let me set the wallpaper and it just stays black.

amen anteneh love

Re:Charlotte

10/11/2022 01:17:55

pls help me

amen anteneh love

Re:Charlotte

10/11/2022 01:18:01

pls help me

amen anteneh love

Re:Charlotte

10/11/2022 01:18:06

pls help me

Eddie

Re:How to turn Kindle Fire into Android tablet

08/5/2013 02:26:03

Hi,John.
Do you mean you dont’t get the “COmplete action using “ notice? You can choose “open” when you just installed this launcher or you can go to “Apps” to open the GO Launcher EX. Skip the welcome note and the Kindle Fire will get a new hime screen - that means the GO Launcher works. At this time when you tap the home button, the “Complete action using” box should appear and you need to choose “GO Launcher EX” and “Use by default for this action”.

spencer

Re:How to turn Kindle Fire into Android tablet

08/19/2013 13:52:03

i installed go launcher from mobile market, but it wont let me open the file after i install it. What do i do?

Eddie

Re:spencer

08/20/2013 02:08:24

Perhaps you just installed an incompatible app. Please download the app we provided at step 1. We’ve tested and it really works.

waylander

Re:How to turn Kindle Fire into Android tablet

12/14/2013 08:16:35

I’ve tried this on Amazon Kindle Fire 2nd gen. and it didn’t work.
I’ve installed ES File Explorer, then copied the GO Launcher apk to the Kindle storage, then installed the latter through the ES, but it did not appear in the App list.
I can’t find it anywhere in the menu although the installation was successful.

meet patel

Re:How to turn Kindle Fire into Android tablet

05/16/2014 22:25:14

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Re:How to turn Kindle Fire into Android tablet

06/26/2014 09:05:59

Have you tried Go Launcher EX v5.02 on the kindle fire HD?

Lady Adellandra

Re:How to turn Kindle Fire into Android tablet

08/4/2014 10:51:12

Does this method work with Kindle Fire HD 7” (before new Oct 2013 release)?

I’ve wanted to turn my Kindle into a full Android. I’ve already rooted and have Google Play. The app updates are still showing for the Amazon and not Google. Other than that, It’s easy-peasy.

Lady Adellandra

Re:How to turn Kindle Fire into Android tablet

08/4/2014 10:53:17

Does this method work with Kindle Fire HD 7” (before new Oct 2013 release)?

I’ve wanted to turn my Kindle into a full Android. I’ve already rooted and have Google Play. The app updates are still showing for the Amazon and not Google. Other than that, It’s easy-peasy.

Heavyn Nunnally

Re:How to turn Kindle Fire into Android tablet

08/12/2014 17:55:34

THIS DOES NOT WORK

Rik

Re:How to turn Kindle Fire into Android tablet

05/22/2016 21:39:00

Does not work.

Lawrence

Re:How to turn Kindle Fire into Android tablet without Rooting

06/2/2019 23:41:13

Can’t believe it. I just downloaded, installed and run this program and it demands $8 pm to run!!! Never.

Epubor

Re:Lawrence

06/4/2019 10:05:09

Thank you for your feedback. We will check this method again to see whether some program in this article are free or not.

Lawrence

Re:Epubor

06/8/2019 22:59:40

I shall attempt to remove this program and look elsewhere for the answer. Disappointing how many such ‘this is how you do it’ articles are completely false and do no such thing :-(

Lawrence

Re:How to turn Kindle Fire into Android tablet without Rooting

06/9/2019 23:41:37

Please note: I have given this a 0.5 star rating because it does not work; the needed program is very expensive - not free! My ratings given above were not given by me!

Epubor

Re:Lawrence

06/10/2019 16:04:07

Thank you for your comments. We will look for some free software to achieve the same goal. This article will be updated soon.

johnny

Re:How to turn Kindle Fire into Android tablet without Rooting

07/10/2019 07:19:27

every time i had my kindle turned off for hour i get recamed theme

Gerald

Re:How to turn Kindle Fire into Android tablet without Rooting

03/31/2021 20:26:20

I installed go launcher are It was all in Chinese, can’t understand a thing.

Alpha

Re:How to turn Kindle Fire into Android tablet without Rooting

05/7/2021 08:23:09

I cant set it as home screen because I download the new ex launcher when I want the old one

cris

Re:How to turn Kindle Fire into Android tablet without Rooting

06/17/2021 11:34:51

So … No updates concerning the “not free” issue/problem (s)?!

Otherwise, fairly good instructions. Even with problems in the last step, I have Android and Amazon apps!

Thanx much for posting this.
(I hope it all gets fixed)

Victor

Re:How to turn Kindle Fire into Android tablet without Rooting

07/29/2021 19:46:08

Everything went great until I launched the app. It’s all in Chinese and I do not read that language.

Mike

Re:How to turn Kindle Fire into Android tablet without Rooting

08/28/2021 18:33:21

Same as above. Followed your link and it’s all in Chinese

Jolie

Re:How to turn Kindle Fire into Android tablet without Rooting

11/8/2021 09:24:28

Can you turn it back??

Shahrom

Re:How to turn Kindle Fire into Android tablet without Rooting

03/23/2022 18:54:57

I closed my Amazon account and can not log in to access any I/O functionality at all. If I unlock the Kindle Fire, it only gives me a pop up saying there’s a problem with my account and I can exit Amazon or get help. Well “get help” means setting Amazon back up, and Exit Amazon only sends me back to screen lock mode. There is no interface for any other kind of I/O. Other than activating my account, I don’t know how to get past this lockout, I’m hoping someone can figure out how to install an OS that I am automatically a super-user and have root command access. (SUDO) In other words, I want to overwrite the current OS and install Linux. Android, I’m told, is based on Linux, but you are NOT able to access root commands BY DEFAULT.

Nathan

Re:How to turn Kindle Fire into Android tablet without Rooting

11/5/2022 23:00:17

The app wont install it just says “app not installed

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