Android Market Makes It to the Kindle Fire [Courtesy of XDA]

As you know from yesterday the developers over at XDA wasted no time in bringing more functionality to the newly released Kindle Fire. While Amazon did say that the Fire would be able to side load apps, a question of how it was to be done, lingered. Owners of the e-reader/tablet are now able to side load applications and thanks to the SuperOneClick app, now being able to root the device. Well XDA hasn't stopped at just that. Today they bring users the ability to install the Android Market, bringing this and other Google applications with it. Just a heads up, those of you who have a Fire and want this added functionality will need to have the device rooted and be comfortable with the use of file explorers. If you are an owner of the Kindle Fire and want full access to both the Android Market and Google Apps follow the link below to get started courtesy of Jolleyboy over at XDA.  

Without further ado: The Instructions.

1. Download https://www.multiupload.com/DGMBZZNOXM onto your computer. This includes all of the Google Apps, as well as a few other free apps from the android market that you might like to have on your device. (GO launcher is required to access Android Market at this time because the launcher included with your fire doesn't show it with your other apps)

2. Connect your Kindle Fire to your computer via a micro-usb cord.

3. Create a unzip the contents of the downloaded link onto your Kindle Fire (You will need WinRAR, sorry I was too lazy to zip it. If you don't have WinRAR yet, get it. It's amazing. )

4. From the Amazon App store, download “ES File Explorer”

5. Open ES File Explorer and navigate to where you unzipped those .apk files.

6. Select “GoogleServicesFramework.apk” and install it.

7. Restart your Kindle Fire

8. Re-Open ES File Explorer and install each of the apps.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS for ANDROID MARKET

Before you install the Android Market you need to copy the app into /system/app and set the correct permissions after it is in /system/app.

You will need to chmod your android market apk to set your permissions. Your permissions should be rw-r–r–, the same as the other system apps. https://androidforums.com/behold-2-al…rmissions.html has a good post explaining what these mean and how to set them up using chmod. Rather than going into detail here I will refer you to this link.

Props to Bandage for identifying this

If this whole process is too complicated for you, instead you should sideload Titanium Backup which can convert the market apk to a system app. This method should work as well.

Props to Bongostl for figuring this one out.

9. Restart your Kindle Fire

10. Open Books or Gmail and log into your google account

11. If you have any errors past this point Restart your Kindle Fire and everything should work out fine.

If at first you have difficulty getting the Android Market not to force close (after restarting) go to settings -> applications -> third party and find Market on the list. On the market's setting screen clear data and try again.

I hope this helps you in your quest to get Google Apps on your Kindle Fire. If you need any more help post a comment and I will help you as quickly as I can.

UPDATE: If you still have problems with your android market use this file instead https://forum.xda-developers.com/atta…2&d=1321476329

Update: https://munday.ws/kindlefire/MarketOpener.apk is an app made by Munday that puts a market Icon in the kindle ui and opens market after you have it installed. This saves you from using another launcher and is very helpful. Props Munday!