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[7" Kindle Fire HD General] thehodapp:
prokennexusa, I think you may have attached the Chrome link instead of the gmail link. Thanks!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
See Attached Gmail Update

thehodapp,

Oops, here it is attached to this thread. You may also download it using this link: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/54456659/Gmail.apk

If this one does not solve your problem, I will take the one off our Kindle that we know works.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
Lbatt,

Hmmm, That is odd. Let's try the following:

1. On your Kindle Navigate to: Pull down the upper Status Bar, select More+, then select Applications, next

Installed Application, then scroll down to Account and Sync Settings Force Stop, click <- once

2. Scroll down to Calendar 2.78MB - Clear Data, click <- once, <- two more times until you are at the main

screen

1. Using either ES File Explorer or Root Explorer on the Kindle, navigate to /system/app, remove GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter.apk

2. Replace the attached AccountAndSyncSettings.apk with the one in /system/app - change

the permissions to User: Read Write Group: Read Others: Read

3. Reboot the Kindle, wait 3 minutes for everything to start

4. Go into Account Sync Settings add account and enable Sync on the Calendar - make sure

the Calendar syncs all the information - wait 10-20 minutes

5. How does the Calendar look, did it sync?

6. Reboot. Then wait 10 minutes for everything to start. Look at Calendar, is it OK now?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] thehodapp:
It's still not working. What should I try at this point?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
New Gmail App Attached - Download and Replace

thehodapp,

OK, This one attached is the one off our office Kindle HD. It works. If you are still having trouble after

moving this version to /system/app then you have another issue and we will have to dig deeper. Please

respond either way. Thanks thehodapp.

After you move this to /system/app be sure to change the permissions to User: Read Write Group: Read

and Others: Read, then attempt to install Gmail.apk by clicking on Gmail.apk once, then Reboot.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Lbatt:
Well, it synced after following #5, but once again after rebooting the kindle and opening Google Calendar I got the screen titled "Make it Google" with the options of adding an existing account, new account, or not now. All my other Google apps are successfully synced though, just as before.

Does it matter that I downloaded and installed Google Calendar from Google Play, I wonder?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] griff2113:
cant add new contacts

please help installed apps fine but now when i try to add contacts any app i try crashes
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
Google Calendar - Reboot Resets Settings

Lbatt,

Odd, I am not sure. First go to Installed Applications and remove the Google Calendar, if not Clear Data.

Next, I have attached the one from our Office Kindle, it works fine. Please download the attached

CalendarProvider.apk move it to /system/app then change the permissions: User Read Write Group Read and Others Read,

then Reboot. You will need to set it up once.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
Kindle Add Contacts Inop

griff2113,

This is a known Bug, that we just learned about today. We are working on the fix now and should have

an answer in 24 hours.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Lbatt:
I removed Google Calendar, downloaded and moved CalendarProvider.apk to /system/app (when i moved it I was asked if I wanted to replace the existing one) and changed the permissions. When I rebooted the Kindle, I did not see Google Calendar listed under Apps anymore just the kindle Calendar app...where do I go from here?

Thanks!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] thehodapp:
Tried it but no luck. This version is also crashing.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
Lbatt,

OK, here is the Google and Kindle Calendar that works on our Office Kindle: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/54456659/WFT_Downloaded_Files_14-1-2013_22-2-8.zip

Unzip, move them to /system/app, change the permissions. In the future, change the name of a conflicting apk,

so if you have two calendar.apk in /system/app change the one in system/app to calendar.old then copy the

files.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
Gmail Crashes - Framework may be Damaged

thehodapp,

Wow, you have me perplexed. Since I know Gmail works, we have to look at the Framework. We need to replace all the

Framework:

Play Step 1 Download GoogleServicesFramework.apk, AccountAndSyncSettings.apk and GoogleLoginService.apk to your Desktop

Play Step 2 Using Windows Explorer move GoogleServicesFramework.apk, AccountAndSyncSettings.apk and GoogleLoginService.apk from your desktop to /Kindle Drive/Download.

Play Step 3 Using ES File Explorer app, open ES File Explorer on your Kindle. Go to the Setting Menu on ES File Explorer. Choose Root Settings, Select all the options here. A Superuser window will Popup, be sure to click "Allow".

Play Step 4 Now on the Kindle Fire HD use ES File Explorer to move GoogleServicesFramework.apk, AccountAndSyncSettings.apk and GoogleLoginService.apk from /sdcard/Download to /system/app.

Play Step 5 Next change the permissions on GoogleServicesFramework.apk, AccountAndSyncSettings.apk and GoogleLoginService.apk by long pressing each apk until you see an option window. Select Permissions and change all 3 apk permissions to Owner: Read-Write, Group: Read and Others: Read.

Play Step 6 Install all 3 apk's: GoogleServicesFramework.apk, AccountAndSyncSettings.apk and GoogleLoginService.apk by clicking on each on and choose Install. Ignore any install errors.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Lbatt:
Ok, I moved the two unzipped apks (Calendar.apk and CalendarProvider.apk) to system/app, renaming the old files as you indicated. When i rebooted, however, I still do not see Google Calendar under my Apps, only the Kindle Calendar. Am i missing the apk for Google Calendar? Or should I just install Google Calendar from Play again? Thanks.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] m1lz:
i know this forum is for the Kindle HD, but can this upgrade be done on the Kindle?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Cmonsta:
Cannot Copy all Files

This forum rocks. Thanks for all your help! For some reason I'm not able to copy all lib files to system/lib. The only to files that won't copy are: libgcomm_jni.so and libvideochat_jni.so. Am I doing something wrong?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] teddexter:
Chrome and Gmail voice navigation

Chris et al.,

Thank you very much for all your great Kindle Fire HD guides! I have just finished the installation of the ICS Google apps. I think I've done it correctly, except for installing term.apk by mistake. Should I uninstall it?

I also took your advice and purchased the pro version of AIVC (Alice). However, for some reason, I am unable to use voice navigation in Chrome or in Gmail. Did I do something wrong?

Regards,

Alfie (teddexter)
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Lbatt:
I went ahead and tried downloading Google Calendar from Play again, but it still won't stay synced...
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] ktweb:
Location Services

Hi

I am unable to get location services to work with Alice or any of the map features. I have enable location based services and location and google search on. I feel like the google services are trying to find my location with GPS is there a way to switch them into using my network.

Thanks

UPDATE

Location services now works, not sure why it wasn't triggering before. The map application still don't seem to work very well with the Kindle. If I ask Alice for directions it takes me to google navigation which looks for GPS. If I try to add my address to the map it say there is a server problem. I don't think the map applications will be helpful on the kindle, which is fine because I use my phone for directions anyway.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] eejayyeahuuh:
Incredible!

Every thing works perfectly. Thanks for you guys hard work. Now my kindle isn't as boring anymore! :victory:
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] thehodapp:
It worked! Thank you so much!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] DVDYETI:
whch one shouldn't i install

talk or term apk

, im right in the middle of doing it now.?

thanks
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Varlokkur:
I'm having the same Calendar problems as Lbatt. I followed the instructions for installing all of the ICS apps included above, but afterwards I didn't see Google Calendar -- just the default Kindle calendar app. So I tried installing Google Calendar from the Play Store. However, it doesn't want to remember my sync settings --- I have to go through settings and tell it to sync (and then display) each calendar from each account that I want to see. After rebooting, it resets the settings to not sync/display any of my calendars.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] tdo722:
2-step google authentication

Remove 2-step
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Varlokkur:
Not using it.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
Google Apps Missing Calendar After Reboot - New Link Provided

Lbatt,

First, let me apologize for the delay, we were down for the last 10 days. Now to your problem. Google Calendar is part of this upgrade but if you somehow missed it, yes you can safely install one from Google Play Store. Or download a new copy of our Apps and pull it out, move it to /system/apps and change the permissions: User Read Write Group: Read Others: Read

Link to Google Apps: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/54456659/google_apps.zip

Thank you for posting your update and comments, other than Google Calendar did everything else work fine?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
How To Install Google Apps - Original Kindle?

m1lz,

The Google Apps here are based on Ice Cream Sandwich, so I do not see a reason it would not work. You have the Original Kindle Fire correct? That was based on Ginger Bread 2.3 in the beginning, then Amazon updated it to Ice Cream Sandwich, so yes, absolutely - it will work!

As long as you updated it to x.2.1 or higher.:good:
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
Progress Installing Google Apps - Error Copying Libs

Cmonsta,

I am sorry for the delay, we were down for the last week. Anyway, to your problem: libgcomm_jni.so is a network initializer and libvideochat_jni.so is to stabilize Video in Google Talk, so having said this, will you be transmitting Video using Google Talk?

What is the error when you attemp to move libgcomm_jni.so and libvideochat_jni.so? Maybe we can get you passed the error.:confused:
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
Voice Navigation in Google Chrome and Gmail

teddexter,

Sorry for the delay, we were down for the last week. Hmmm, odd issue. The Voice service is based on a number of Lib's you moved into /system/lib - maybe you missed a few? You could always attempt to copy all over again? Does AVIC Alice work as designed? Did the problem rear it's head after you upgraded to AVIC Alice Pro or have you always had this problem?

The solution would be to reinstall the Speech Engine, here is a Thread for just the Speech Part of the package: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2066185

If you reinstall the Speech engine though our How To, you will be back in business.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] teddexter:
Hi Chris,

I tried the reinstall as you said and I checked that I had all 10 voice service libs in /system/lib, but I still do not have voice navigation for Chrome or Gmail. Shouldn't there be a microphone icon somewhere in each program interface? AVIC Alice seems to work fine.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] agchopz:
hi, is there a way to reverse this entire process? after going through your list of instructions my kindle is now extremely slugglish almost non usable and almost non responsive. Any input is appreciated thanks.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] tdo722:
Just remove the apk(s) from /system/app. Also remove the lib files from /system/lib then do a factory reset. Don't worry if you are rooted, you will not lose root after reset.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] tdo722:
Go into your Gmail setting and make sure Sync is ON not off. After that, go into accounts and sync and make sure this has a checkmark. See my attached picture. GL.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] tdo722:
Thank you for all that you do for us. My KFHD rocks now after I followed your instructions but I skipped Go Launcher tutorial and used Apex instead.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
[HOW TO] Install Google Apps with Speech Recognition - AVIC Alice and Term

teddexter,

I am sorry for the delay, we were down for over 1 week. Reinstall the Speech Engine, here is a link that will guide you through reinstalling the Speech Engine: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2066185

Term.apk is a simple Terminal Program that we packed with the Apps, it is worth keeping since it can get you out of odd binds. Sometimes we will say "Open a Terminal and ......", this will allow you to perform Terminal commands on Android. Go ahead and keep it.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
[HOW TO] Install Google Apps with Speech Recognition - Sync Services Down

Lbatt,

You will be happy to know this is an easy fix. I am going to show you Pics of Gmail Sync, you will find the same options in Google Calendar. First, please launch Google Calendar, then click on the top Right Hand Menu Selector, it looks like three bold "." periods in Vertical Placement, then select "Settings". Once the Setting menu appears, please make sure your accounts are added to Google Calendar and they are checked to the left of "youremail@gmail.com". If this option is missing, do not worry, find "Calendar Sync is On" click on the "Calendar Sync is On", please check "Use by Default" and click on "Account & Sync Settings", you will see another pop-up appear that is the Account & Sync Interface. Find your email name and toggle Sync on or Off by clicking on the green or red Circle next to your email name. You will see, below your name, Sync is On or Sync is Off. This menu will allow you to select what items are Synced, you need to make sure a check-box is next to Sync Calendar.

The following are pictures of the Account & Sync Interface in Gmail, the Interface is similar is Google Calendar:
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
[HOW TO] Install Google Apps with Speech Recognition - Location Based Services

ktweb,

I know you were able to figure out the issue but just in case another person has a similar problem, we will post a solution. When Google Maps or Google Search can not find your location, this may be due to disabled Location Based Services. To Enable, you would pull down the upper Status Bar where you see the time, select More+, next fin Location Based Services and choose Location Based Services. You will see two options here, be sure BOTH are checked, then Open a Browser, go to Google a Pop-up will appear asking you if it is OK to have Google track your Location, click on Allow. Then withing seconds, below the search box you will see your location change from Unknown to the name of your City.

One side note. Since the Location Based Services uses the Network, it is not always 100% accurate and if you are using a Proxy Server, the location will be the location of the Proxy Server since the Kindle does NOT use GPS even though the TI Board used in the Kindle has embedded GPS, Amazon just did not active this feature. This usually is not an issue with Kindle Users since the Kindle is rarely used for directions, although we have had customers used the Turn by Turn directions with Success.

As ktweb noted, Google Maps can be a bit Buggy on the Kindle.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
[HOW TO] Install Google Apps with Speech Recognition - Feedback

running_onCode,

Thank you running_onCode for taking the time to post your gratitude towards our work. We love to hear feedback, it let's us know that we are doing our job. We hope you have a wonderful 2013.:good:
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
[HOW TO] Install Google Apps with Speech Recognition - Feedback

thehodapp,

Excellent, I am glad to hear your Google Apps are working on your Kindle. This is quite a package, it keeps people quite busy after everything is installed. Thank you for updating us with your Google Apps progress.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
[HOW TO] Install Google Apps with Speech Recognition - Term or Talk

DVDYETI,

First let me apologize for the delay, we were down for the last week, almost 10 days now. You can install both but in this Tutorial, we discuss Google Talk and Voice which is the Talk.apk package. The other package, Term.apk is a simple but very useful Android Terminal program that allows you to execute commands at the command prompt level. We sometimes guide people asking them to open an Android Terminal.

Having said this, we would recommend that you install both Term.apk and Talk.apk.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
[HOW TO] Install Google Apps with Speech Recognition - Calendar Sync Issues

Varlokkur,

You will be happy to know this is an easy fix. I am going to show you Pics of Gmail Sync, you will find the same options in Google Calendar. First, please launch Google Calendar, then click on the top Right Hand Menu Selector, it looks like three bold "." periods in Vertical Placement, then select "Settings". Once the Setting menu appears, please make sure your accounts are added to Google Calendar and they are checked to the left of "youremail@gmail.com". If this option is missing, do not worry, find "Calendar Sync is On" click on the "Calendar Sync is On", please check "Use by Default" and click on "Account & Sync Settings", you will see another pop-up appear that is the Account & Sync Interface. Find your email name and toggle Sync on or Off by clicking on the green or red Circle next to your email name. You will see, below your name, Sync is On or Sync is Off. This menu will allow you to select what items are Synced, you need to make sure a check-box is next to Sync Calendar.

We posted Pics above this response.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] DVDYETI:
Thankyou , i should have updated my post to say that i successfully installed Google apps with speech already now.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
[HOW TO] Install Google Apps with Speech Recognition - 2-Step

tdo722,

This can cause trouble with Google Calendar, although most people just do not have Account & Sync Services active, so above this response is how to setup Account & Sync Services.

Thank you for helping out tdo722.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
[HOW TO] Install Google Apps with Speech Recognition - Google Syn Setup

Varlokkur,

I suspected the problem was Account Sync Services, so here it is again:

You will be happy to know this is an easy fix. I am going to show you Pics of Gmail Sync, you will find the same options in Google Calendar. First, please launch Google Calendar, then click on the top Right Hand Menu Selector, it looks like three bold "." periods in Vertical Placement, then select "Settings". Once the Setting menu appears, please make sure your accounts are added to Google Calendar and they are checked to the left of "youremail@gmail.com". If this option is missing, do not worry, find "Calendar Sync is On" click on the "Calendar Sync is On", please check "Use by Default" and click on "Account & Sync Settings", you will see another pop-up appear that is the Account & Sync Interface. Find your email name and toggle Sync on or Off by clicking on the green or red Circle next to your email name. You will see, below your name, Sync is On or Sync is Off. This menu will allow you to select what items are Synced, you need to make sure a check-box is next to Sync Calendar.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
[HOW TO] Install Google Apps with Speech Recognition - Voice Services

teddexter, Hmmmm, OK, I have an idea. Let's clear the data in the Voice Service. Please pull down the upper Frame next to the Clock, select More+, then click on Applications, next Installed Applications, in this Submenu will be everything we installed, find everything having to do with Speech or Voice, clear all the data, then Reboot your Kindle. Once it is back up the Mic should appear. You did set the permissions on the Libs, correct?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
How To In

agchopz,

Like an uninstall script? No, this is why we have the step-by-step tutorial, although we will be automating this process in our Software Kindle Fire First Aide.

This only adds a few active services, so the Google Apps will not cause sluggish performance, what we have seen is Permission problems on the Libs in /system/lib and Permission issues in /system/apps/ - everything in /system/apps should be User: Read Write Group: Read and Others: Read. So go though each installed apk in /system/app find these and check the permissions:

/system/app Permissions: User: Read Write Group: Read and Others: Read

1. ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter.apk

2. FaceLock.apk

3. GalleryGoogle.apk

4. GenieWidget.apk

5. Gmail.apk

6. GoogleBackupTransport.apk

7. GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter.apk

8. GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk

9. GoogleCurrents.apk

10. GoogleFeedback.apk

11. GoogleMaps.apk

12. GooglePartnerSetup.apk

13. GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk

14. GoogleStreetView.apk

15. GoogleTTS.apk

16. MarketUpdater.apk

17. MediaUploader.apk

18. NetworkLocation.apk

19. OneTimeInitializer.apk

20. SetupWizard.apk

21. UniversalSearch.apk

22. VoiceSearch.apk

23. YoutubeHD.apk

24. Talk.apk

Then move on to /system/lib Permissions: User: Read Write Group: Read and Others: Read

1. libfacelock_jni.so

2. libfilterpack_facedetect.so

3. libflint_engine_jni_api.so

4. libfrsdk.so

5. libgcomm_jni.so

6. libpicowrapper.so

7. libspeexwrapper.so

8. libvideochat_jni.so

9. libvideochat_stabilize.so

10. libvoicesearch.so

DO NOT Move to /system/app, just perform the install:

25. Chrome.apk

26. Drive_1.1.4.12.apk

27. Earth_6.2.apk

28. Term.apk (Do Not Install)

Then reboot the Kindle, wait 2 minutes for everything to start. How is it now?

If you still have sliggish performace, then we need to find which app is causing you trouble, go to Google Play Store, search for: Task Manager, find the one made by Developer: Houmiak Click Install, it is free. Then Open Task Manager, what you will be looking for is located at the very Right Hand side of Task Manager it will show the percent of CPU used by each process. You are looking for the App that has an extremely high % like 80% or higher. Once you identify the trouble maker, click on it and Kill or End the Task, next pull down the upper Status Bar, select More+. Next find Applications, click on Applications, next Installed Applications. Find the application that had the high CPU draw and click on it, next Clear Data. Reboot. How is it now? If it is still slow, go back to Installed Applications and Uninstall or Remove the troublesome application.

If you can not Uninstall, reply back with the name of the Pesky App and we will give you removal instructions.

Link to Houmiak Task Manager: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.houmiak.taskmanager
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
[HOW TO] Install Google Apps with Speech Recognition - High CPU

tdo722,

My concern is that it may have nothing to do with the installed applications, the Kindle is quite a Powerful Tablet, so having said this, he has a hanging process. The Task Manager from Houmiak is a nice App, it will quickly identify the troublesome App or Apps, take a peek, here is the link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.houmiak.taskmanager

Thank you for helping while we were down, we do appreciate it tdo722,:good:
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
[HOW TO] Install Google Apps with Speech Recognition - Sync Services

tdo722,

That is it! You nailed the problem, we gave them step-by-step hopefully it helps to resolve the problem. Thank you for helping while we were down tdo722.:good:
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
How To Install Go Launcher and Apex Launcher - Feedback Post

tdo722,

Thank you very much for taking the time to post your feedback, this means a lot to our team. It is nice to hear one of our tutorials sparked you to install another luncher, that is the idea, to spark enough interest to try something new and out of the box, great job tdo722!