Amazon Kindle Fire Tips and Tricks

Warning: This will remove ALL data on the device.

From the homescreen press Settings – More – Device. Then choose Reset to Factory Defaults.

Here are some good sites providing free Books to download to your Kindle Fire:

http://freekindlebooks.org
http://www.justfreebooks.info
http://www.manybooks.net
http://www.feedbooks.com/
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/

While typing emails or notes, you can simply tap the space key twice and the phone will insert a full stop / period.

To save an image in an email or in the browser, long press on the image and a menu will appear allowing you to save it.

Images should be stored in the /sdcard/Downloads/ folder.

By default your device sends all web pages through Amazon’s EC2 proxy servers. While Amazon claims this speeds up the browser, many users say it actually slows it down. Also it means all of your website browsing goes through their servers meaning they can technically see what you’re browsing. In the Silk browser T&Cs Amazon state that they may keep browsing data for 30 days.

To disable this, go to your browser and choose Settings – Advanced. Then uncheck Accelerate Page Loading. It may seem counter-intuitive, but many users say this claims speeds up your browsing and your privacy will not be compromised.

Another way to speed up your browser is to only load Flash when you need it. To change this setting, go to the standard Silk browser. The Settings – Advanced – Enable plugins. Then choose On demand.

And lastly, if you’re still not happy with the default Silk browser, then download another browser such as Dolphin.

If you have an old Kindle and you want to transfer your eBooks to your Kindle Fire, then the process is pretty straightforward.

First, plug your old Kindle into your PC via a USB cable. A new drive should appear on your computer. Go into the drive and find the eBook folders. Create a folder (call it anything) on your computer and drag the eBooks into this folder. You might have to go into each folder individually and drag the contents out. Once you have done them all, unplug your old Kindle.

Then get your new Kindle Fire and connect that to your computer via USB. A new drive should appear again. Open this and go to the Documents folder. Then drag the files you coped before into the Documents folder.

If you want to sort folders, collections or books in an order other than alphabetical then there are a couple of simple ways.

The first is to simply put a number like 01, 02, 03 etc in front of the book or collection. Another way is to put a # (number / hash) sign. To use the #, press. Then you can label your folders like this:

# Read First
## Read Next
Completed books
History Books
Reference Books

From the Homescreen press Menu – Settings – Sound.

Then under Feedback you can adjust certain features like Audible touch tones, Haptic feedback and so on.

If you have additional keyboards installed, you can switch between them by long pressing the 123 button while in keyboard mode

To soft reset your device press and hold the Power/Lock button for a up to 20 seconds it should restart. Then wait about 30 seconds and then press and hold the Power/Lock button again to restart.