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| Registered: May 10, 2007 | | Posts: 20 |
| | Posted: | | | | A basic question, I know, but I've paid for the desktop version, the old Mobile version, the iPad version and the Android version. I guess that I have to pay again for the Kindle version although it's also the Android version, as it's only available from the Amazon App store? |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Just Log In to GooglePlay with the account data you used on your other Android Device and there will be no need to re-purchase the app. | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: May 10, 2007 | | Posts: 20 |
| | Posted: | | | | From the browser? Sorry, but I haven't got it with me and I have only had it a day. Without sideloading it, I don't have access to Google Play on a Kindle because the apps come from the Amazon app store. That doesn't recognise that I've already bought it via Google Play. Can the APK file just be downloaded via the browser? In that case, it won't know that I've bought it. |
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| Registered: April 6, 2007 |  Posts: 461 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting MarkO: Quote:
From the browser? Sorry, but I haven't got it with me and I have only had it a day. Without sideloading it, I don't have access to Google Play on a Kindle because the apps come from the Amazon app store. That doesn't recognise that I've already bought it via Google Play. Can the APK file just be downloaded via the browser? In that case, it won't know that I've bought it. From a browser: https://play.google.com/apps Log in. That should be everything you have purchased from Google Play  |
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| Registered: May 10, 2007 | | Posts: 20 |
| | Posted: | | | | It does, yes. It just says "Installed". It even lists a number of devices so I can imagine that I could download it to one of those, but my Kindle won't show there. What am I missing? I presume others have put it on a Kindle after having it on another Android device? "Apps from unknown sources" is turned on, on my Kindle. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 2,692 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Fingerlakes Dave: Quote:
Quoting MarkO:
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From the browser? Sorry, but I haven't got it with me and I have only had it a day. Without sideloading it, I don't have access to Google Play on a Kindle because the apps come from the Amazon app store. That doesn't recognise that I've already bought it via Google Play. Can the APK file just be downloaded via the browser? In that case, it won't know that I've bought it.
From a browser: https://play.google.com/apps
Log in. That should be everything you have purchased from Google Play the original poster keeps saying this is for the KINDLE FIRE. Apps for this can only be downloaded from Amazon. | | | | Paul |
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| Registered: April 6, 2007 | | Posts: 461 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting pauls42: Quote:
Quoting Fingerlakes Dave:
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Quoting MarkO:
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From the browser? Sorry, but I haven't got it with me and I have only had it a day. Without sideloading it, I don't have access to Google Play on a Kindle because the apps come from the Amazon app store. That doesn't recognise that I've already bought it via Google Play. Can the APK file just be downloaded via the browser? In that case, it won't know that I've bought it.
From a browser: https://play.google.com/apps
Log in. That should be everything you have purchased from Google Play
the original poster keeps saying this is for the KINDLE FIRE.
Apps for this can only be downloaded from Amazon. MarkO, it looks like you will have to hack you Kindle to get the play store on it. It is a "basic" version of Android. Amazon runs a "forked" version on the Kindles. Check this out. It's up to you to root or not. On C\Net: How to get the Google Play store on the Kindle Fire HD http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/ipad-and-tablets/how-to-get-the-google-play-store-on-the-kindle-fire-hd-50010454/ "Good luck in your mission Mr. Phelps..."  |
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| Registered: April 6, 2007 | | Posts: 461 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting pauls42: Quote:
Quoting Fingerlakes Dave:
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Quoting MarkO:
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From the browser? Sorry, but I haven't got it with me and I have only had it a day. Without sideloading it, I don't have access to Google Play on a Kindle because the apps come from the Amazon app store. That doesn't recognise that I've already bought it via Google Play. Can the APK file just be downloaded via the browser? In that case, it won't know that I've bought it.
From a browser: https://play.google.com/apps
Log in. That should be everything you have purchased from Google Play
the original poster keeps saying this is for the KINDLE FIRE.
Apps for this can only be downloaded from Amazon. MarkO, Here's a second article I found on side loading apps without rooting the device. GOOGLE APPS ON KINDLE FIRE HD WITHOUT ROOTING http://androidcowboy.com/2013/01/google-apps-on-kindle-fire-hd-without-rooting/ There's more than one way to skin a cat!  |
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| Registered: May 10, 2007 | | Posts: 20 |
| | Posted: | | | | I probably won't hack it yet (I know I've only had it 2 days), but it isn't that important, as I've got DVDP on my phone etc. I hadn't looked for the APK file to sideload it, as I guessed that I'd still need to register it somehow.
I might just try paying for it via the Amazon Store. I'm surprised it was there if I'm honest, and there aren't many reviews there. It's only £4-something, so I'm sure I'll get over it, if I decide to get it again.
The whole sideloading issue is weird. I can see that it could be used to potentially get an APK for an app without paying for it, but more commonly to put something on a Kindle that isn't necessarily available from the Amazon store.
This seems to be an instance where I have kind of paid for it (as on other Android devices I could have it on any number of devices connected to a Google account), it is on the Amazon store, but in this case I'd have to pay purely because of the app-delivery system. |
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| Registered: April 6, 2007 | | Posts: 461 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting MarkO: Quote:
I probably won't hack it yet (I know I've only had it 2 days), but it isn't that important, as I've got DVDP on my phone etc. I hadn't looked for the APK file to sideload it, as I guessed that I'd still need to register it somehow.
I might just try paying for it via the Amazon Store. I'm surprised it was there if I'm honest, and there aren't many reviews there. It's only £4-something, so I'm sure I'll get over it, if I decide to get it again.
The whole sideloading issue is weird. I can see that it could be used to potentially get an APK for an app without paying for it, but more commonly to put something on a Kindle that isn't necessarily available from the Amazon store.
This seems to be an instance where I have kind of paid for it (as on other Android devices I could have it on any number of devices connected to a Google account), it is on the Amazon store, but in this case I'd have to pay purely because of the app-delivery system. My understanding of the Google device universe (and someone correct me if I am wrong), is you can put an app on each device you own. That is why I posted the second like about Google apps without rooting. The decision is yours |
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