Amazon Updates Kindle Fire Software: Fixes Some Nagging Issues - smithwiton1980

Amazon is pushing out a free over-the-air out software update for the Elicit Fire, that fixes a whole lot of problems with the pad. The update comes just over a week after Amazon vowed to handle users' complaints with the $200 low-cost iPad alternative. The Kindle software update version 6.2.1 is meant to "enhance fluidity and performance" and "improve touch navigation reactivity," two problems with the tablet that contributed to a flurry of negative one and two-star reviews happening Virago's website. More than 3 million Provok Fires were sold insofar, Amazon said.

Unusual big gripes with the Kindle Flack self-addressed by the update are the new option to choose which items display along the carousel, and the ability to add a password lock on Wi-Fi access. It's allay unclear whether the password lock fixes the want of security and paternal controls that can precede to children viewing inappropriate contentedness or racking up Brobdingnagian content bills. To update your Kindle Fervour, Amazon advises to ensure your battery is fully charged and that you are conterminous to a Wi-Fi mesh. You then tap the Quick Settings picture in the upper right corner and so "Sync." Next, a new notification will appear in the amphetamine left recess of the drop falling notification bar. Superior "update" and the 6.2.1 update will automatically download in the ground and wish be applied when the device is asleep. Amazon also has a set of instructions to install the software manually. The first Kindle Fire users to receive the update reportable it was slow to download, but said it is "an improvement". One particularly welcomed the changes to the carousel, saying, "my carousel can nowadays be cleansed up from every last the junk that was there, including the Facebook junk." Follow Daniel Ionescu and Now @ PCWorld on Twitter

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