How to get Android Market onto your Kindle Fire

Seth Weintraub | Nov 17 2011 - 1:06 am PT

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

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