How to Set Home Launcher on Kindle Fire HD5

Are you tired of the default Amazon Kindle launcher on your Kindle Fire HD5? Perhaps this is the main defect of a third-party launcher (I've tried other launchers and the Amazon Kindle remains non-responsive). Every time you want to experience the GO Launcher EX again, just choose GO Launcher EX from the 'Apps' or tap the home screen.

Or, you can install a third-party e-book reader. If you want to read e-books, just tap the 'Kindle Launcher' to turn back into the original Amazon launcher. This is a big pity, but other Amazon apps can run smoothly. Once you tap the Amazon Kindle icon, it just has no response and your Kindle Fire gets stuck unless you tap the home screen icon.

It's worth noting that the Amazon Kindle, which we use to read e-books, cannot open in the GO Launcher EX. The original apps like Amazon Kindle, Amazon Shop, and Amazon Appstore are now separated out and each of them has an icon like the picture shows. Tap the app icon and you can see all the apps.

You can see your Kindle Fire has turned into an Android tablet! Shift from the original launcher to GO Launcher EX just by skipping the greetings and then tapping the home icon at the bottom left corner of the screen. You will meet a notice like this: 'Click here to download GO Launcher EX and then install it on your Kindle Fire (via ES File Explorer)'.

After you install GO Launcher EX, go to 'Apps' and open the launcher. It provides many custom options to allow you to make your own tablet. GO Launcher EX is an artistic and effective Android launcher. Now, just follow the tutorial below and make your Kindle Fire an Android tablet.

With this method, you can experience most Android features and can shift to the original Amazon launcher freely. This is a more than technical work and you may get your Kindle Fire bricked – a terrible situation in which you cannot do anything for your Kindle Fire. Well, this is an absolutely ultimate method but it's difficult to operate for many users.

Once talking about this issue, some people may think about flashing in a third-party ROM such as the famous CyanogenMod ROM. If you are looking for the easiest way to turn Kindle Fire into Android tablet, you should not miss out this article. That's why I want to turn my Kindle Fire into an Android tablet.

In fact, these 'modifications' are more than limitations. That's because Amazon has made many modifications on the original Android OS. Kindle Fire is based on Android OS but it doesn't look like an Android tablet.

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