If even that isn’t enough, you might consider some Cloud storage options.
Kingston’s Wi-Drive is a great solution, as it has a proprietary Android app that allows for easy management of the storage through your tablet. If your Fire doesn’t have an expansion slot, you can use a wireless storage device. It’s a simple matter of getting a card and installing it on your tablet. Luckily, they newer tablets have an SD card expansion that accepts SD cards of up to 128 GB. If you’re running out of space on your Fire tablet, you’re not alone - it’s not known for having the largest internal storage. It was designed to be used specifically to expand the memory of devices such as the Kindle Fire which don’t have expansion slots. They’ve developed an Android app that allows users to manage the data on the drive easily through any Android device, such as your Kindle Fire.
In conclusion the cause of the problem was a version mismatch between the Google Play Services and Google Play Store apps in the primary (newer, automatically updated versions) and secondary (tries to install older versions) Fire HD profile.Kingston Technologies offers a great option with its Wi-Drive. I am now able to use Google Play apps in both the primary and secondary profile.
If you’ve used Parental Controls before, then this will be the password you set up previously. Google Play Services: 11.9.51 (234-177350961) Here are the steps to set up a profile for your child to use on Fire for Kids on earlier generation Fire tablets: Turn on or wake your Fire tablet, and go to the home screen.This means you can mark as many pages as you like across a variety of books without worrying that all your previous bookmarks will suddenly vanish.
Check and compare the version information (at the top).īy doing that I've noticed that the version of both apps has changed to the following: Whats also great about your Kindles bookmark feature is that you can add bookmarks to more than one book, not just to the book youre currently reading.Scroll until Google Play Services and Google Play Store are visible in the list.Select the Apps and Games button below the Device group.Some time after installation I checked the version information for both apps by doing the following: The original versions (as listed in the questions) manually installed from APKs were: The two apps Google Play Services and Google Play Store seem to get automatically updated, no matter whether automatic updates are enabled inside of the Google Play Store app.
Tl dr: Avoid version mismatch (due to automatic updates) between Google Play Services and Google Play Store apps in Fire HD profiles. I've figured out the cause of the problem and post the solution here, so it may be helpful to others. I am also afraid to uninstall the "Google Play Services" below the first profile, since I do not know if a new installation would work. This is driving me insane.ĭoes anyone else encountered that problem and know how-to fix it / workaround it? I will not factory reset my device again, installing all apps and entering all the credentials takes hours. The reason why I factory resetted was that I incorrectly added two Google accounts to the first Fire HD profile. The crazy thing is: It already worked with two profiles before I factory resetted the device. I've already tried rebooting the device and uninstalling the Google Apps and installing them in a different order. Nothing more no error text, no error code.
And then apps within the Google Play Store app.īut now, when I try to do the same procesure and install the Google Play Services APK above below the secondary profile, I get the following error when trying to install:.I had no problems installing the required Google APKs and apps from the Play Store in the primary profile, i.e.: I would like to use two adult profiles, both should have access to the Google Play Store. I have an Amazon Fire HD 10 (7th Generation) with the latest version of Fire OS (5.6.0.0) installed.