# What is the Amazon Fire HD doing?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-amazon-fire-hd-doing/825014>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 24, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-amazon-fire-hd-doing/825014 "2018-11-24T17:40:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-amazon-fire-hd-doing/825014/1 "2018-11-24T17:40:12Z")

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Mrs. L.A.'s Amazon Fire HD periodically plays four escalating notes; like ‘Do-re-me-fa!’ Why does it do this?

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-amazon-fire-hd-doing/825014/2 "2018-11-24T19:26:57Z")

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Perhaps she has just received a FB message

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-amazon-fire-hd-doing/825014/3 "2018-11-24T19:56:39Z")

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> [@Mr\_Quatro](#):
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> Perhaps she has just received a FB message

She doesn’t have FB set up on it, and she never goes to FB.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-amazon-fire-hd-doing/825014/4 "2018-11-24T20:04:24Z")

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Upper left hand corner. Click “Notifications.” She has a worthless message from Amazon about other stuff she can buy.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-amazon-fire-hd-doing/825014/5 "2018-11-24T20:10:46Z")

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A little clarification: You have to keep your finger on the spot until the drop-down list appears, then slide your finger on it to display the whole list. Then press the spot that says “Clear all” to get rid of the list. It takes a little getting used to, just like any touchscreen device.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-amazon-fire-hd-doing/825014/6 "2018-11-24T20:35:34Z")

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Mystery solved. She has new messages in Yahoo.