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You’ll need a Gmail and Amazon account for this process, so go ahead and make one if you don’t have one you’re willing to share it with the kids. I prefer to use a separate Amazon and Gmail account for the Kindles I’m going to use with students. HD8 new edition 16GB - be sure to scroll down to the purple-circled link (image above) to find the used one, and check all available colors and offer status. Strangely, the “Certified Refurbished” Kindles are not a good deal – you can often find a new but returned one for cheaper. I’ve never seen a good deal, and I won’t want to deal with a 3rd party seller on this. Sometimes there are also “used” Kindles listed.

I’m showing the 32GB HD 8 in the picture, but the 16 GBs are perfectly adequate unless you’re going to take and store a LOT of photos.īe sure you pick one shipped from Amazon Warehouse – those are the returns. Here’s where you find returned Kindles (or returned Legos, or anything else that might interest you):

If you want Special Offers gone later, you can pay Amazon $15 to remove it. Now at 8 out of 8 Kindles received without Special Offers turned on, be advised that about half of the Kindles I’ve bought have subsequently had Special Offers reappear after an OS update. However, in my experience (3 out of 3), returned Kindles don’t come with Special Offers turned on. The HD8 is only marginally more expensive, and that extra inch makes a big difference in usability.Ībout “Special Offers” – Kindles with advertising on the lock screen (and only on the lock screen – no popups) are $15 cheaper than Kindles without it. I’ve repeatedly managed $37 for HD8s on sale, and $54 is very possible even when they’re not on sale. When Fires go on sale (several times a year), the returned ones are even cheaper. If you ever get one that isn’t, Amazon has a great return policy that covers them. They’ll be factory reset and ready to use. I’ve struggled to find a scratch even on “acceptable” condition Kindles. These are devices that were returned to Amazon, and regardless of what it says about condition, they’re often pristine, aside from not having the original packaging. Shop for returned Kindle Fires with “Special Offers” sold by Amazon Warehouse. The WeDo app has the same functionality on Kindles as on iOS or a computer. The EV3 app is fine for outreach or for first year teams who are novice programmers, but you’ll eventually want a computer.

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I believe using the app running on a Kindle to program the EV3 to be FLL legal (so long as you turn the Bluetooth off before competing), but you won’t have access to MyBlocks, or data wires, which is an absolute deal-breaker for advanced programmers.

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You can use these directions to install the EV3 education app on your Kindle, identical to the iOS app, but much less functional than the PC or Mac program. These directions require no other device and you can still factory reset your kindle if something goes wrong.

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It was a pain, required special software on the PC, and it was irreversible. Early editions needed to be rooted and have a separate bootloader. Very old Kindles do not work with these directions.

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(On the other hand, a Kindle is basically an Android tablet, and so trouble-shooting will mostly be similar to any other Android tablet.) (Please let me know if you confirm.) While I have used these directions for multiple Kindles, I can’t guarantee that they’ll work for you, and it’s possible that you’d have trouble getting help from LEGO because you’re installing their app on a device they don’t officially support. I’ve used them with HD7 and HD8, and believe them to work for HD10 too. These directions were written for 2017 Kindle Fire HDs, which are 7th generation, and current generation (2018) Kindle Fire HDs.

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These directions will tell you how to install the LEGO apps (and anything else) you need to make your Kindle a great asset for FLL Jr teams, basic EV3 programming, and more. The only problem is that they only have the Amazon App store available, and the selection doesn’t include Lego robot apps, except for BOOST. Why would you want to do this? Because Kindle Fires are incredibly cheap, for a good quality tablet backed by a major manufacturer.