Tech Biz: Amazon releases new $90 Fire HD 8

I got a fire tablet for my 1 year old to watch YouTube movies on. He kept touching the screen and freezing the videos. I tried to download an app to freeze the screen and it was impossible to find one. The Amazon app store barely has anything. Is there a way to use the Google play store with an Amazon tablet?

 
Fire HD 10 Tablet will be on sale for $79.99 for Amazon Prime Day(s) starting tomorrow. Great deal for a very good tablet.

 
What kind of wall mount did you get? I been thinking about doing something similar with my tablets.
Amazon product ASIN B099TX5SK4


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That case came with a flat power cord that fits into the back
Thanks. Was it easy to install?
Yeah. That wall mount case came with a flat power cord but no power brick. I'm literally at work right now making a second power supply to install the other tablet upstairs when I get home. For me I thought it was easiest to find the smallest power brick that I could and solder a wire to each of the poles.

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You can buy a soldering iron at Walmart for like ten dollars.


Then I cut off the extra part of the power brick to save space in the wall.

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Then wrapped the ends with electric tape.

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Then I placed my wall mount right above my light switch leaving no gap between the mount and light switch so that the wires will be covered up by the wall mount and the light switch cover. Got the wall mount mounted in place then on the wall mount there is a hole in the back I cut a hole in the wall just large enough to push my power brick into it.

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Then remove the wall mount plug the power cord the came with your case into the brick and push the brick into the hole you cut into the wall. Now your black and white wires should be hanging out wire your black wire in with one of the the two wires already on your light switch.
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I'm still at work so I had to use the pictures from Amazon to illustrate what I did but remember to make sure that the wall mount is removed because you want to use the wall mount to cover all of the wires when finished.

Once you have your black wire connected to your switch behind the switch is a bunch of white wires all tied together with a orange or red wire nut remove the wire nut and add your white wire from the power brick you soldered in with all the other white wires and screw the wire nut back on to the white wires.

Then just put your switch back in place put the cover back on and put your wall mount on.
 
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Damn, just looked and this wall mount won't fit my 2019 model Fire 10.
I originally ordered an 2019 model off of etsy for my older tablet but I'm impatient and found them on Amazon with next day delivery and copped those. The one I ordered from etsy still won't be here until Saturday.

The only real difference is the camera hole placement.

 
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