I'll probably supplement that with some regular AVDs that are as close as possible to the various other Kindle Fire devices. It's always better to have a real device than an emulator anyway. It works but it is by no means a comprehensive test.įor my part, I have just purchased a Kindle Fire HD 2013 solely for testing, used, with a tiny crack in the corner of the display but otherwise working fine, for a very low price.
The test routine will push some buttons and make some random pokes at grids and the like, and some random keyboard entries, and then a few minutes to hours later you'll get a link to the results (including actions performed and their relative times of occurrence, and the resulting screen shots, plus a logcat) on your developer account.
They don't actually say "we had an emulator, but it didn't work out," but as we've been left to draw our own conclusions, that might be a pretty good summation.įor its new Fire phone, Amazon has made available a testing service which uses an actual time-shared Fire phone to which your APK gets uploaded.
"To complete this group of tests, install the app on a Kindle Fire tablet and launch."
The Amazon developer site's "Pre-Submission Assessment" page says to use an actual Kindle Fire device for testing: You can still find the page describing it here on the Wayback Machine, but now it is gone from the Amazon developer pages:Īn Amazon developer rep finally states that "We have dropped supporting Emulator. If you're using one one of those bargain-bin special cables, you can expect to get bargain-bin performance.Support for the Kindle Fire emulator seems to have been discontinued as of sometime in early 2014. If you're connecting your Kindle to a USB hub, try plugging it directly into a USB port on your computer instead. Was it working before and now it isn't? Try restarting both your computer and and your Kindle.
Not all of them are compatible with every tablet so sometimes it's a mix-and-match issue to get an external mouse to work.īut generally, you should just be able to connect your Kindle to your computer and it will go through the process of automounting it. There apparently isn't one for the 8.9 yet.Īs for OTG, not all Kindles include OTG support but if you've confirmed in its documentation that it does you might want to try using a different OTG adapter/cable. Is there any way to connect my kindle to my computer and get data off there like remote access/emulator? Tried connecting otg-mouse and it wouldn't show up, tested it on other tablet and works.ĭo you have the Kindle Fire HDX 7 or 8.9 model? The iFixit site has a step-by-step guide on replacing the display for the 7 model: I also have a security pin number for the kindle fire before I'm in the silk browser homepage. Is there anyway to get data of my tablet. I tested USB on my tablet, no cursor was showing so I switched it with my other tablet and the cursor showed up.
I didn't mess with it until I looked online about connecting a Bluetooth mouse and otg cable for the mouse. The only thing that was responsive was on the upper right corner where I could move it. Bend it back too far where my touchscreen won't move or slide. I "fixed' it by bending the screen back into place and it would be normal again. Before (Which I should gotten fixed, was that the screen was loose, so anytime I had the tablet, the screen would turn into that static like TV and it would be all jumbled. Hello, I have a kindle fire hdx that I broke the screen and now need to get all my information from it into my computer.