![]() ![]() Set up the expiration date as any future date.Īdd your real address and shipping information on the next screen. Setup a new 1 Click Payment Method and use Visa Card #4111111111111111 as your Visa Card. Sure enough it works fine and now you don’t have to monitor your credit cards to see if your kid made 100 purchases! I was researching on how to do this, when I found that PayPal gives you a list of “test credit card numbers” I figured why not test out one of these as a One Click Payment method and see if it allows you to download free apps and games. Setup a Dummy Credit Card as your 1 Click Payment Method If you only have 1 Kindle Fire or have Amazon Prime tied to your account only and want to keep it that way, then you can just set your default 1-click payment for the Kindle Fire to what is explained in Step 2. ![]() This way you can assign a default one click payment option without affecting your normal 1 click and Amazon prime accounts. If you use the Kindle Fire or you have more than one Kindle Fire, you will want to make sure your child has a separate Amazon account for their Kindle Fire. Here are the steps: Setup a separate Account for Kindle Fire So I found a good solution at least one that works that will allow you to setup your Kindle Fire for your kids without worrying about your card being charged to infinity. He does this with the iTunes app store now and constantly tries to download free games but doesn’t always notice the price tag next to some other games. The second is that you can’t put password protection on purchasing apps from the App store on a Kindle Fire, this would have potentially allowed my 5 year old who can only read a little from randomly installing apps and charging my card for them. You needed this credit card setup even to download and install free Android apps for the Kindle Fire. The Kindle Fire had a few limitations that made it less than ideal for little kids, 1 is that it required a credit card tied to “One Click Purchase” to the Amazon account the Kindle Fire was registered too. ![]() ![]() But in learning and experimenting with the Kindle Fire I came up with the best way to give it as Christmas presents to my two kids who are 8 and 4 years old. Oh, I guess I should show you how to exit out of the Kindle FreeTime app when you're ready to get back to the main carousel.I have been heavily vested in the Kindle Fire in recent weeks and am even gave away 2 Kindle Fire gadgets in a contest that is ended last week. If you want to let your children watch Prime Instant Videos you can turn on the Parental Controls to block the other areas of your Kindle Fire and then find and play the video you want to let them watch.Īnd that's all there is too it! Have fun checking out all areas of this really cool app for your kids- because they will! How to Exit Kindle FreeTime for Kids The only videos (movies/TV shows) you can add are ones you've purchased. You only need to download a video once to be able to play it over and over, but if it is removed from your Kindle Fire or your tablet is reset to factory defaults, then you'll have to redownload any content you want.Īlso, If you have Amazon Prime you won't be able to add Prime Instant Videos to the Kindle FreeTime app. Most digital versions of movies only let you download them twice (ie one time on two Kindle Fires or twice on one tablet). You don't have to download these movies as they can be streamed when connected to the internet over Wi-Fi (or 4G if your tablet has this feature), however, if you'll be traveling (without Wi-Fi) and want your children to be able to watch these movies on the Kindle Fire you'll need to download them. When adding content (as shown above) you can add any kid friendly movies that you've purchased. Let's briefly go over a few things you should know about the Videos section of the Kindle FreeTime app for kids. Some media, especially videos and some pumped up apps, can be huge, so watch your storage space when adding a ton of content (see your settings for the amount of memory used and the amount that's left).īooks are similar to apps in that they need to be downloaded to be read. This way you can control how much space on the tablet is being used. I highly recommend downloading all content you allow your child to have access to before handing over the Kindle Fire. ![]()
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