It you want access to all of the apps on the Android platform (including all of Google’s great apps) on your Kindle, you’ll want to get the Android Market on there.  Once rooted, it is a pretty straightforward process as outlined in the steps below.  Is the Kindle going to replace the Nook as the go-to cheap hacking Android Tablet?

Prerequisites

• Root your Kindle Fire
• Download the following apks (You are on your own finding them, I’d rather not link them here)
• GoogleServicesFramework.apk
• Vending.apk (Latest Version 3.3.11)
• Root Explorer App (or similar that lets you change ro/rw permissions)
• Side Loading Apps activated on Kindle Fire
• On the Kindle Fire Settings screen, go to “Device” and turn On “Allow Installation of Application From Unknown Sources”

Instructions

1. Transfer the .apk files to your Kindle Fire via PC / Mac (remember where you put them)
2. Open Root Explorer App, and navigate to the transferred .apk files
3. Select the GoogleServiceFramework.apk and install
4. When complete, click “Done” and return to the file location for Vending.apk
5. Long-press Vending.apk and select the “Move” option on pop-up menu
6. Navigate to /system/app folder
7. Change mount option from RO to RW (read-only to read-write)
8. Paste Vending.apk into the /system/app folder
9. Long-press Vending.apk and select “Permissions” from pop-up menu
10. Change permissions to match all other apps in this folder (rw-r-r-)
11. Reboot your Kindle Fire
12. Once reboot is complete, select Market App and log-in as usual.
13. Enjoy!

Via Phandroid.

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One Response to “How to get Android Market onto your Kindle Fire”

1. Mathew Ballard says:

   November 17, 2011 at 11:37 am

   As a note. You can also use Dropbox to access the needed apk files. You do have to sideload Dropbox as well, but you can do that through the kindle fire browser after a quick Google search.

   If you throw the files in your dropbox account you can access them without having to connect to a PC or Mac.

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