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![]() ![]() I set up my new Fire Max 11 using the "restore" option from my Fire 10. Some of the apps from the Fire 10 are not supported by the Fire 11 and are no longer in the Amazon Appstore, and I ended up with little gray squares on on the home screen, representing these missing apps. Sideloading apk files changed those little gray squares to proper app icons. Except one. I can't get rid of a gray square placeholder for Newsstand, which no longer exists. I can't uninstall it from the Fire 11, because it isn't installed. There's no option to delete the icon. I found a site with old versions of Newsstand and tried installing a couple of them to see if they'd replace the gray square (so I'd then have the ability to delete the app), but they didn't. Amazon tech support couldn't figure out a way to do it, finally landing on a factory reset and re-download of my Fire 10 apps. But before I do that, I am hoping someone here might have a less drastic solution. Thanks! |
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If you have some folder like Utilities or Amazon (to de-clutter Home) you could at least stick it in there.
If you install an alternate launcher (I have no recommendations) you might be able to use that to delete it. Factory reset (without subsequent restore) doesn't seem like such a bad option, at least it would not be for me. I never really found many Amazon Appstore apps worth installing. I decided to put Google Play on my Fire Max 11 to get the few apps that I didn't want to side load and keep having to update by hand, as I'd done in the past. I had not bothered to do this with any of my ten or so Fire tablets previously. It was not that hard, but you just need to get the right set of APKs. But having done it I would not want to factory reset and have to do it again. Hopefully, I will never have to. Last edited by tomsem; 10-20-2023 at 03:31 PM. |
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I don't know what it takes these days to get them to fix things. As a former software quality engineer, I always make a point to report the things I find. There was a pretty obvious bug with immersion reading with the iOS app that caused overwriting of reading position when switching from one book to another. I must have reported it about 6 times by one means or another. 6 months later, it is finally fixed. The last time I reported was on Amazon Device forum. Someone posted that 'oh, Amazon doesn't pay attention to bug reports here', but maybe they do. This is the first Fire which I've paid to remove the 'special offers'. Having fingerprint unlock is worthless if you still have to swipe the ad away. And it removes the ads from Home Screen as well. |
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I kept the special offers on my first Fire tablet, but paid to get rid of them on my last one and on the new one. I am frugal, but the ads were annoying. I did not use the fingerprint or even a password on the Fire 11. I find the fingerprint sensor on my phone very erratic and didn't want to bother with using it on a tablet that usually stays home. |
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