Retro Fire on the Kindle Fire won't load for me!

Date: 01/05/2014

Retro Fire game (version 0.00)

Description:

I've now gotten this to reproduce on two different first generation Kindle Fire devices.  This game won't load - it just stays frozen at a load bar.

Please see the attached screenshots.

Steps to reproduce this problem:

1.  On a first generation, camera-less Kindle Fire, download and launch Retro Fire

Result:  Game freezes on a load bar screen

Expected:  Game should not freeze on a load bar screen

Note:  I've gotten this to reproduce on two different Kindle Fires now.

Temple Run 2 for the Kindle Fire - easy way to freeze the game!

Date: 02/05/13

Found a relatively easy way to freeze up Temple Run 2 on the Kindle Fire.

If you haven’t downloaded Temple Run 2 yet, you should.

That said, I can’t help but play around with a game as I try it out.  I somehow managed to get this crash during the normal course of errant button mashing.  After a few minutes, I managed to determine an easy way to freeze the game.

This bug is much easier to show than to describe, so please just stop reading and take a look at the attached screenshots.  Please note:  This bug was discovered with the Kindle Fire NOT connected to wi-fi.

Here’s the basics of the bug:  After the character dies, there is a time when a “Save Me!” prompt is on screen.  If the user avoids hitting the “Save Me!” prompt, and instead toggles the bottom right area of the screen where the pause option is usually located, the user will be able to drag the “NEW GAME” prompt into the next menu.

If the user selects “No” from this incorrectly misplaced “NEW GAME” menu and then begins a new game via the menu option, the game will freeze.

The user will be stuck looking at a shadowy outline of their character standing in the tunnel that is at the start of the game.

I’ve now hit this bug 10 for 10 times.

It takes a little practice and finger dexterity, but it is completely reproducible.  Words are stupid things, so please just take a look at the attached screenshots.

Steps to Reproduce:

1.        Begin a game of Temple Run 2 on the Kindle Fire (while not connected to Wi-Fi)

2.       Allow the red haired guy to die

3.       During the “Save Me!” prompt, tap the bottom right corner of the screen twice

4.       The “NEW GAME” prompt will be now on screen, on the “End of the road…” screen

5.       Select “NO” from the “NEW GAME” prompt

6.       Select “MENU”

7.       Select “PLAY”

Result:  Easy way to freeze Temple Run 2 on the Kindle Fire – user is easily able to drag the “NEW GAME” prompt post-game menu screen.  If user declines “NEW GAME” prompt then starts a new game, the game will freeze on the opening sequence.  User will be stuck staring at a shadowy outline of the main character in a tunnel!

Expected:  I am guessing that the user shouldn’t be able to drag the “NEW GAME” prompt into subsequent menus.  Game shouldn’t freeze from this problem.

 Note:  Like I said, this one's a doozy, so please just take a look at the attached screenshots.

Start Temple Run 2 on the Kindle Fire.  Allow your character to die.  Keep your eyes peeled on the area where the pause option is.....

After your character dies, there's the "Save Me!" prompt.  If you tap the area of the screen where there is usually a pause menu, you'll be able to activate a "NEW GAME" option.  Allow this "NEW GAME" option to remain on the screen as the "Save Me!" prompt counts down...

The "NEW GAME" prompt will be now on a screen like this.  Select "No" from the "NEW GAME" option...

After selecting "No" from the "NEW GAME" menu, select "MENU" from this screen....

Select "PLAY".....

The game is frozen.  Completely frozen.  No way to start the game.  I've gotten this bug ten times in a row.


Additional note: I don't think that i've gotten the update yet so this could already be fixed!  If you're interested, there's also a video of this bug that i've posted on YouTube.

WhosHere on the Kindle Fire crashes if you try to send a message to somebody.

Date: 07/16/2012

Android Version: 1.1

Description:

I’ve found a minor bug with the app WhosHere as it operates on the Kindle Fire.

Now, WhosHere is an app that’s built around video messaging and text messages, so it wasn’t exactly designed with the Kindle Fire in mind.

Still, it’s available to download on the Kindle Fire, and a user is given an option to create an account that can be migrated to other devices.

Anyways, i’ve found a crash that always occurs.  My guess is that this bug probably reproduces on other Android devices.  So, I’ll write down this minor bug, for history’s sake.

I actually downloaded and played with the iPhone version of WhosHere.  This is why I recognized the app, and decided to download it onto a Kindle Fire.

If you’re already bored of reading this, please just skip to the attached screenshots.

On the Kindle Fire, the WhosHere app will crash, if you send someone a message.  It's pretty simple.

Repro Steps:

1.     Download WhosHere on a Kindle Fire

2.     Launch WhosHere

3.     Select any person displayed under “Near”

4.     From any person’s display page, select the pencil and paper icon at the bottom of the app

5.     Type in an message and send it to a person

6.     Note that the app crashes into “The application WhosHere (process com.whoshere.whoshere) has stopped unexpectedly.  Please try again.”

Result:  On a Kindle Fire, the WhosHere app will crash if the user sends a message to any user

Expected:  The WhosHere app on a Kindle Fire won’t crash if the user attempts to send a message to another user

Repro Rate: 5/5

Download WhosHere on a Kindle Fire.  

As soon as you launch the app, you'll see a default group of people presented to you, under the heading "Near".  Select any person.

After selecting a person, you'll be sent to a page where you'll have the option to send people individual messages.  This option to send direct messages is represented by a pencil and paper icon that's visible at the bottom of the screen.  Select this option.

Send a person a message, from this keyboard pop-up on a Kindle Fire.

It will crash!

BabyNotes app crashes if the user presses “Audio Note”

App name: BabyNotes (version 3.7)

Description:

An app that’s available in the Amazon appstore crashes on the Kindle Fire when the user attempts to record audio.

The app is called BabyNotes, and it has a selectable option called “Audio Note”.  If the user presses this “Audio Note” option, the application crashes.

Repro Steps:

1.     On a Kindle Fire, download and launch BabyNotes

2.     Tap the bottom menu key on the screen to bring up the menu

3.     Select “Add Baby Note”

4.     Tap the menu key again and select “Audio Note”

Result:  Selecting the “Audio Note” option in the BabyNotes app on a Kindle Fire will crash the app

Expected:  Kindle Fire apps shouldn’t crash that easily

Note:  Please see attached screenshots

On a Kindle Fire, download an app called BabyNotes.  

After launching BabyNotes, select the menu option at the bottom of the screen, and then select "Add Baby Note" from the menu that pops up.

Press the menu key again, and then select the "Audio Note" option that you see in the upper right.

AudioBoo App on the Kindle Fire crashes after the user selects “Record”

01/04/12

Note:  Please see the attached screenshots.

Description:

On a Kindle Fire, an app called “AudioBoo” will crash if the user selects the “Record” option.

After the countdown for the “Record” option ends, the application crashes with an error message of: “This application AudioBoo (process fm.aduioboo.application) has stopped unexpectedly.  Please try again.”

Repro Steps:

1.     On a Kindle Fire, download and Audioboo

2.     After Audioboo has been installed on the Kindle Fire, launch it

3.     On a Kindle Fire, select the “Record” option

Result:  On a Kindle Fire, the Audioboo app will crash after the user selects “record”

Expected:  No app on the Kindle Fire should crash that easily


P.S.  As a side note, everyone is now rating this app poorly on Amazon's appstore, presumably because they are downloaded it for the Kindle Fire...

Download Audioboo on a Kindle Fire.  

Select the "Record" option at the top of the screen, and then click on "Start".

The application will countdown.  "3, 2, 1..."

And then it will crash.