To fix our issue, all we have to do is to simply restart the Kindle app, and perhaps clear it’s (stale) cache while we’re at it. Built-in obsolescence it’s what technology is all about these days.
It probably doesn’t help that the first generation Kindle Fire hasn’t seen a firmware upgrade since its release, and there’s unlikely ever going to be another one.Īfter all, this device runs on a modified version of Android Gingerbread, and that’s so old that nobody should ever mention its name again. Turns out that on Android-based Fire tablet devices, the Kindle reading app is just another app – and as such it’s prone to crashing on occasion. It wasn’t always like this and only started creeping in over the last year or so. It’s annoying, because syncing is one of the coolest features about Kindle devices. It’s the same for sending as well as receiving the furthest page read.
All devices sync the last page fine, but sometimes the Fire does not. On the same Kinlde account, I have my Kindle Fire and several other devices (Kindle Keyboard, Kindle DX, iOS App, etc). This fix may work with other (Android based) Kindle Fire devices too, but I’ve only tested it with a first generation Fire (serial starts with D01E, Firmware 6.4.3). Just in case this happens to your device.
Until some online research gave me the solution that I’d like to share with you. Sometimes it does, but sometimes it does not – and I never really knew what to do about it. Trouble is, the Kindle Fire doesn’t always sync my books with other Kindle devices. It’s still working, and I’m still using it as a “bedside” Kindle (my Kindle 3, or Kindle Keyboard, doesn’t have a backlight, so the Fire is my “reading in the dark” companion). It hadn’t been released anywhere else, and this device started the whole Kindle Tablet business for Amazon. Back in 2011 I bought a first generation Kindle Fire in the US.
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