When you first turn on your tablet (or come out of stand - by / sleep mode) the start screen shows one of the Kindle
Fire background pictures that Amazon has preloaded onto this device.
After some counting and troubleshooting I discovered there are 21 Kindle
Fire background pictures which are displayed in a specific order.
Not exact matches
One of the first things people often ask after having played with their Kindle
Fire for a few days is, «How do I change the
background wallpaper to use my own
pictures?»
After my Kindle
Fire HDX arrived, I removed the special offer ads so I could see the
background pictures.
Not only will you find articles for all the technical specs (such as storage and price) but you'll learn everything the Kindle
Fire can do, and even see
pictures of all the cool
background images!
These
pictures are different than the first Kindle
Fire background images or the HD wallpaper images.
See
pictures of all the new Kindle
Fire HD
Backgrounds!
This rotating wallpaper app works on the original Kindle
Fire (first generation tablet) so you can use your own
pictures in place of the default
background photos.
It may seem like a lot of steps, but it's not hard and will allow you to use your own
pictures as your Kindle
Fire background, so it's worth doing if this kind of customization is important to you.
Here's a visual list of each of the 21
background pictures on your Kindle
Fire.
The home screen is different and is no longer host to the Kindle
Fire's traditional carousel, but now sports a more Android - like look and feel complete with a
picture wallpaper as the
background «behind» the apps.
Once you've done that you will be able to see your own
pictures (like mine to the right) instead of the regular Kindle
Fire backgrounds!