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billyjoebuggerbob
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February 5, 2012
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enabling flash player for kindle fire

  • February 5, 2012
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Flash player  is installed on all kindle fire tablets. To enable, go to any web page. At bottom of kindle fire, in panel where house Icon is located, tap the half-box with 3 lines in it: this opens settings which are different from those listed when you tap settings at the top of the kindle. Scroll down to  "Flash Player". By default, it is off. Tap it. Choose "Always on" rather than "on demand". You will now see the words "always on" under the Flash Player setting. That's all there is to it.

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    Anonymous
    January 6, 2013

    don,t have flash player under half box.what do I need to do ? I have a new kindle fire and I am NOT computer savy.

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    LauraFearn
    New Participant
    December 31, 2012

    It is not installed on UK versions of the Kindle fire.

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    xtina0518
    New Participant
    December 25, 2012

    I just received my kindle fire and I can't find that option. I have nothing that say flash player. Please Help!!!!!

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    Anonymous
    January 6, 2013

    Did you find the flash player on your kindle?

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    emarusina
    New Participant
    December 3, 2012

    I have a brand new kindle, and can't play any games that supported by FLASH from the web browser. FOX videos as described in one of the posts also do not work. I tried to follow Billijoe directions, but there is no Flash option at all under the haf box with three lines. Please help!

    chris.campbell
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    chris.campbellCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    December 6, 2012

    Please see our certified device list for details.  If you're dealing with the older version of the Kindle Fire, Flash Player should be supported.  It is not officially supported with the latest version of the Fire HD.

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    Xanadude_1
    New Participant
    December 8, 2012

    I also just purchased the Kindle Fire (not the HD version), and am having the same problem. clicking on the "certified device list" on the previous post tells me nothing on how to fix the problem.

    I will also be contacting Amazon about this issue, so hopefully I can watch videos when I'm not at home.

    Just found this info, and copied it from Amazon's website:

    Adobe Flash content is not supported on Kindle Fire HD. When viewing multimedia-intensive websites on your Kindle Fire, you can switch to the mobile version of the website for better performance.

    To switch to mobile view:

    1. From the Silk browser, tap the Menu icon at the bottom or right side of the screen.
    2. Tap Settings.
    3. Under General, tap Requested website view and then select Mobile.

    Hope this helps!

    Now to try it out... if it doesn't work properly, I guess I'll be back.

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    Mikie_D
    New Participant
    November 20, 2012

    Kindle-Fire won't play Fox video.  Adobe Flash is enabled.  What next?

    chris.campbell
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    chris.campbellCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    November 21, 2012

    Is any video playing from other sites?  If so, you might want to contact Fox to see if other users have encountered this problem.

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      adrialarcon
      New Participant
      October 7, 2012

      in my case, my kindle doesn't have the flash option,in thecsettings that you mentioned what can i do?

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      thotbubl9
      New Participant
      May 30, 2012

      Enabled flash but still getting a message that I need to update to the newest version of Flash.  Specifically the site I'm trying is Fox.com.

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      Anonymous
      May 29, 2012

      I just enabled the Flash Player on my Kindle Fire as per your post and it works great.  Only now I get a message: Script not responding. The browser must be restarted.  How do I get rid of that box?

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      Mrs__JVD
      New Participant
      April 9, 2012

      I just got my Kindle Fire and this thing had been driving me buggy for days. I'd get to sites that kept sending me to download the "fp" which I would do but they'd fail on install. Now I know why and how to fix my original problem. Thanks so much for posting.

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      drhall6
      New Participant
      December 30, 2012

      what did you do? I am having the same problem and can' t find the answer.

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