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Are you an owner of Amazon Kindle Fire and want to get root access on the tablet , then this guide should help you. Rooting Kindle Fire is a fairly easy process for most of the part, you will however need a few files to make it possible. Requirements: Download SuperOneClick Download Kindle Drivers Steps to root Amazon Kindle Fire Unzip Kindle driver file. Rename the unzipped folder to .android (Keep that dot in the folder name) Copy .android folder to C:\Users\” yourusername ”\ (Yourusername is the user name on your PC) Connect Kindle Fire to your computer with a microUSB cable. You will get the “can't find the driver” error from Windows, which will give you the option to search from Windows Update. Cancel it and click  Disconnect on Kindle Fire (don’t remove the cable). Then open Control Panel and go to Device Manager, here you will find "Other Devices" section, Double Click Kindle and then click on Update Driver. You will be prompted, Choose

Want to root Samsung Galaxy smartphone; here is a quick guide for you. You need a few files that have been mentioned below to complete this process.  - Samsung Kies (Official Samsung site: http://www.samsungapps.com/about/onPc.as)  - SuperOneClick 2.1.1 (here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682) Install Samsung Kies, it will install the proper drivers needed for your phone  Turn on your phone  Enable USB Debugging at Setting>Applications>Development  Now, check the Android version on your phone. You can do this by going to Settings>About IF you have Android 2.2.1 Connect your phone into PC via cable Launch Super One Click 2.1.1 Click "Root" Wait until the program will root your phone Reboot  OR If you have Android 2.3.3/2.3.4/2.3.5 Download upd_1.zip Copy upd_1.zip to your sdcard Turn off your phone Press POWER+HOME BUTTON Apple Update from sdcard, select the file upd_1.zip After the update completed - reboot Vo

As you would have already heard that Google has released its Flipboard competitor "Google Currents" in the United States recently. Similar to other Google applications, it is not available in the Amazon App Store, so you will need a workaround to install this application your Amazon Kindle Fire. First you need root access on your Kindle Fire - You can find more on how to root the tablet here . Now, you need to grab root explorer or any other file explorer from Amazon App Store that can give you access to system folder and make it writable. Then you will need to download Kindle Fire APK from here . Now, follow this guide to install Google Currents on your Kindle Fire. Bonus: You can follow this tutorial to install Android Market on your Kindle Fire.