#Amazon fire hd 7 tablet filr storage movie
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I know I could - if I wanted - transfer a file from my desktop (an MP4 file) and drop it in Movies or Video and then proceed to watch it on my device.ĭoes anyone know if a person were to 'root' their Kindle Fire HD and possibly use that ES File Explorer App, would they be able to find/ view that hidden folder to find where HD movies are downloaded to from Amazon?

#Amazon fire hd 7 tablet filr storage movie

When browsing the Fire's folders within the Windows environment, there are two folders in particular, one called 'Movies', the other 'Videos': neither of these contain that movie I downloaded. However, after connecting my device to my desktop computer via USB, I cannot find that movie file.

My device used to have about 12GB's of free space, and now after downloading the HD movie file, it now has about 4GB free space. I had downloaded an HD movie from Amazon to my Kindle Fire HD, and when I say download, I mean the file is physically downloaded to my device, it's not 'in the cloud'. As far as I understand, wouldn't this allow you to 'see' hidden folders/ files? You're probably also aware how you can 'root' your Kindle (though Amazon doesn't approve of this!!!), and also use an App known as ES File Explorer.

#Amazon fire hd 7 tablet filr storage android

In a nutshell, always make sure any devices you hook up to your Win PC are unlocked before you try to access them from the PC itself and you’ll be fine.You know how you can connect your Kindle device to your desktop computer via a USB cable? You can do that to 'slow' charge it, or, to side-load files onto it.Īnd just to let you know, my desktop's OS is Windows 8.1Īnyway.when the Fire HD is connected to a desktop via a USB, you know how you can open 'My Computer' and then see your Kindle device there, and then open it up and browse the folders from there? We'll.since the Kindle Fire is a tablet based on the Android OS, you can't see all folders/ files, like they're hidden. To add photos, simply drag and drop them from your PC onto the “Pictures” folder. That’s a lot of space reserved for system files and data!Īt this point I can double-click on the internal storage and see what’s on the device itself: There’s the problem! Unlock the device - while it’s still plugged in - and suddenly you can view the contents of the “Kindle” device in Windows: Note that the 16GB Fire HD actually only has 12.6GB free. Meanwhile, on the device itself, I see an advert for an Intel Ultrabook and a lock icon on the right: Go through “Computer” and file explorer and again, the Kindle shows up as expected:īut if you try to look inside, it’s completely empty. “Open device to view files” seems reasonable, but the screen’s blank, as if the device is empty. I plug in the Kindle Fire to my PC and it pops up a standard external drive addition window: To access the files, indeed to have the device truly show up on your Win7 system in all its remote drive glory, plug it in, then unlock it. Of course, the question becomes “how do you set up your Kindle so it’s locked and requires a password”, and for that, I have an article with step-by-step details you should check out: enable a security password on your Kindle Fire HD. If you’re not seeing a message on the Kindle about you possibly needing special software to access the files on the device then I’m guessing that your device is still locked and so, as you’d actually want if you think about it, there’s no way to actually see the contents of the Kindle Fire itself.