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Install Dropbox on Your Kindle Fire

By on December 31, 2011 in How-To

Dropbox isn’t available in the Amazon App store. You’ll need to make a couple of adjustments to your Kindle Fire to to install it. You don’t need to root your device to install it.

First tap gear icon at the top of your Fire then select More.

Kindle Fire Menu

Next, select Device from the Settings menu.
Device Settings

Set Allow Installation of Applications to On.

Allow Installation of Applications

Now, launch the web browser and type: https://www.dropbox.com/android into the address bar. Then tap Download App.

Dropbox for Android

Give a few seconds to download then tap the notifications next to your Kindle Fire’s name. Then tap the Dropbox.apk.

Dropboxapk

You’ll see a description of the Dropbox app.

Dropbox overview

At the bottom the the description screen tap Install.

Install

After Dropbox installs, tap Open at the bottom of the screen.

Application Installed

Tap through the Dropbox tour screens, the log into your Dropbox account.

Dropbox Login

Now you have access to all of the files stored in your Dropbox.

Dropbox Shares

You can upload, share and manage files in your Dropbox account just like you can from any other device or computer you have Dropbox installed.

Dropbox File Management

The Dropbox icon will show up when you go to the Apps section on your Kindle Fire. If you want quick and easy access to it, pin it to Favorites.

Drropbox Kindle Fire icon

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23 Responses to Install Dropbox on Your Kindle Fire

  1. Ricky January 1, 2012 at 11:36 pm #

    Just a heads up, if you’ve set your Fire’s browser to ‘optimize for mobile view’ clicking the download link for the dropbox apk will try to take you to the Amazon app store where the Dropbox app is not available. Switching to desktop view will let you download the apk file directly. I bet this would also affect download links for other apps as well.

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    • AF January 6, 2012 at 6:42 am #

      Thanks Ricky, you solved it for me.

      By the way, fun fact, you can sync Dropbox with QuickOffice app.. the gymnastics required (email yourself!) etc is a lil silly though.

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    • KaJoot May 8, 2012 at 11:43 am #

      Big Thanks. Saved my day!

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      • Steve Krause May 8, 2012 at 2:47 pm #

        We love saving days so thank you for the feedback and welcome to gPost!

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  2. Brandon March 5, 2012 at 7:57 am #

    Thank you Mr. Burgess for publishing this how-to. You just saved me from returning my kindle fire and getting my money back :)

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  3. Rich March 10, 2012 at 11:09 am #

    Thanks for the easy, how to?

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  4. AlanG March 15, 2012 at 1:27 pm #

    Worked for me, thank you!

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    • Brian Burgess March 16, 2012 at 2:12 am #

      You bet AlanG! Glad it worked out for you!

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      • Nancy May 5, 2012 at 11:43 am #

        This worked great on 5/5/12 – thank you, but to access the files from dropbox, I still have to have the wifi connection on, otherwise I get “network error – please try again later.” Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of having an app instead of accessing via web? Did I do something wrong?

        Also, after I install dropbox, can I turn the “Allow installation of applications” back to off position, or will that preclude making updates to dropbox?

        Thank you

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  5. Mitch April 20, 2012 at 6:14 am #

    Looks like as of the latest update you can’t download the apk with the fire. I tried silk and Dolphin. With all the settings correct, but Amazon blocks it anyway. However, transferring the file from the desktop worked fine.

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  6. Stacey May 2, 2012 at 12:44 pm #

    I successfully downloaded dropbox, but when I enter the Ebooks folder and click on the book, I get the error message: Please download app that can open this file. The file is a .mobi file. Please help

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  7. cyberita July 6, 2012 at 3:36 pm #

    YOU ARE MY HERO!!!!
    I just discovered DropBox last week and have put many of my ukulele chord sheets in a folder on it. I then decided that it would be cool to have all my chord sheets on my Kindle Fire. I bought MobileSheets, but I haven’t been able to figure out how to import the pdf files… until I installed the DropBox app on my Kindle.

    Thanks to you, the install went EXACTLY as you described. From my Kindle, I accessed my DropBox folder and selected a sheet. The app asked me if I wanted to complete action using Adobe Reader, Amazon Kindle, or Import into MobileSheets. When I chose MobileSheets, it did what I wan’t able to do–install the individual chord sheets into MobileSheets. I can now carry around my Kindle Fire with all my songbooks. No more lugging for me. Many, many thanks to you.
    cyberita

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  8. Paola July 10, 2012 at 2:10 pm #

    YOU ARE THE BEST!!! Thank you so much for the easy way of explaining it…

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  9. idic11 July 10, 2012 at 7:15 pm #

    Thanks so much for the great instructions!

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  10. Brian Burgess September 21, 2012 at 9:07 pm #

    I just installed Dropbox on the Kindle Fire HD too. The process is essentially the same. Go to Device Settings and turn on the option that says “Allow Installation of Applications.

    Then go to the same Dropbox link: https://www.dropbox.com/android and download it.
    After it downloads, swipe from the top of the screen down to display Notifications and tap the Dropbox.apk and it will install successfully.

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  11. larry October 16, 2012 at 8:06 am #

    Brian,
    Thanks1 Excellent advice. Worked like a charm!

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  12. MitchellAllen November 30, 2012 at 5:15 am #

    Thanks, Brian! I can’t believe the details on the Dropbox site STOP after “Download”. Since this was my first non-Amazon app, I had NO idea how to proceed. (Now, I know what the little number beside my name is! I don’t usually click or tap on random things. LOL) I’ve added this post to my Evernote so that I can share it with other users.

    Cheers,

    Mitch

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  13. Pepe December 1, 2012 at 11:55 am #

    it doesnt work anymore

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  14. Paul February 17, 2013 at 7:36 am #

    Thanks Brian, great easy to follow instruction.

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  15. Steve Lew March 24, 2013 at 6:59 am #

    Thanks for the dropbox installation guide. Works great so far. I will try it at a Starbucks. You are the greatest!!

    Reply

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