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To use with Kindle Fire
Kindle Fire runs a modified Android Gingerbread. One of the ways the Kindle Fire is different from most Android devices is it does not have the Google Android Marketplace; instead apps must be obtained through Amazon's own app store. As of this writing, the DropBox app is not available in the Amazon App Store, but I was able to get it installed on my Kindle Fire anyway with the following steps:
'Click the gear icon in the top-right corner of the Kindle Fire home screen to activate the Settings window
'Click More
'Scroll down to Device
'Scroll down to `Allow Installation of Applications from Unknown Sources' and move the slider from `Off' to `On
'You'll be prompted to confirm you mean to do this; you agreee
'Switch to the Kindle web browser and go to [...], and click Download App. This will download the Dropbox .apk file
'When the download is finished you'll see a notification in the top left corner. Click it and scroll down to the notification that the download of the Dropbox .apk file is complete. Click the file.
'You will be prompted to install the application. Click the button
'Once installation is completed, start the Dropbox application and log in.
'Done!
Hope this helps someone. God bless.
My comment is only good for near the date it was written. I can't predict the future or speak to what will work with updated and newer versions of the Kindle Fire or whatever comes along.
January 2012 · Unknown · verified purchase