This build of Android 4.2 is designed for the first Kindle Fire — the one that came out in late 2011. It has a 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display and a TI OMAP 4430 dual core processor.

New service N2Aos gives you the tools to easily root your Kindle Fire, and can even do it remotely if you're not a tech-savvy user. Plus: a free recovery utility.

Shipments of 7-inch Kindle Fire tablet PCs from Quanta Computer to Amazon have reached 3-4 million units, according to industry watchers. However, Quanta declined to comment.

An early build of Google Android 4.0 is now available for the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet. If you didn’t get the picture from our recent video, it’s still very much a work in progress.While ...

Amazon's Kindle Fire line of tablets runs a heavily customized version of Android 4.2. But if you want to get more out of it, namely installing the Google Play Store, you'll need to root the device.

4. Clean Up the Browser.While in the Kindle Fire’s Silk browser, tap the menu icon at the bottom of the display, and tap Settings. Within the browser settings you can do all sorts of browser ...

Step 1: Turn on your Kindle Fire and tap the top bar, near the battery and Wi-Fi icons; press More… from the drop-down menu, then Device, and tap Allow Installation of Applications to On. Step 2 ...

Now, once daily, when your Kindle Fire is asleep and connected to Wi-Fi, it’ll back up your account data to Amazon’s remote servers. You can also start the backup manually by tapping Back Up Now .

For this article I'm using the latest 7-inch Kindle Fire HDX, which runs Amazon's customized version of Android 4.2. This should work the same on the 8.9-inch version too.

Kindle Fire (From $109.99 at Best Buy) How to manually update your Kindle Fire. 1. Ensure your Fire is connected to Wi-Fi and open the Settings app. 2. Scroll down and tap the "Device Options" tab. 3.

How to factory reset your Kindle Fire (3rd generation or later) 1. Go to your Settings and then "Device Options." 2. Then select "Reset to Factory Defaults," and finally "Reset." ...

Grabbing a screenshot from your Kindle Fire is easy on new models. We show you how, along with the long, grueling process to get screenshots from older models.