How to Change your Skin in Minecraft Pocket Edition on iOS

How to Change your Minecraft Skin on iOS
Ever wonder how people change their skins in Minecraft Pocket edition? In a post earlier I talked about how you could change your skin on iOS. However, I did not go in depth explaining how to do it. I am positive some of you already know how to do this. For the some who do not know this, I am certain this post will be a time saver. Now here is how:

Step 1: Get iExplorer for your computer.
This software allows you to view the contents of your iOS and to change certain things about this. We need this to change the skin of your character. Download this software here.

Step 2: Plug your iPod into your computer.
This one is self explanatory. Plug your iPod into your computer with the usb cable you have. Easy.

Step 3: Download a skin and rename it "char.png".
Again, self explanatory. Download any skin from your favorite websites (or google them) and rename the file to char.png - you cannot name it anything else. If you do name it anything else, it will not work.

Example of a Link skin.

Step 4: Go to iExplorer.
Open it up. Once you have it open, go to the folder called com.mojang. From there, go to the folder named minecraftpe.app - this is the folder you want. This should be fairly easy to navigate to.

Step 5: Delete the char.png file in that folder.
Replace it with your downloaded file (which should be named char.png).

Step 6: Success!
Unplug and close everything. Open up minecraft pocket edition and you should have your skin successfully changed.

Hopefully that helped to clear some confusion for this neat trick. You can do this trick multiple times with different skins. Stay tuned for more minecraft pocket edition guides and tips.

How to get Minecraft Pocket Edition on Amazon Kindle Fire the Easy Way!

The Quick Way to get Minecraft Pocket Edition on Amazon Kindle Fire!

Wait you're telling me you can get Minecraft on the Amazon Kindle Fire? Why yes, fellow reader, that is what I'm saying. Currently, Minecraft isn't on the Amazon app store. However, You can get Minecraft Pocket Edition on your Kindle Fire quite easily in fact. And I'm going to be telling you how in very simple steps!

Exhibit A: Kindle Fire.

Step 1: You have to have Google drive or an Android account

You need this to get the game itself from Google Play. If you don't have an Android account, make one!

Go here to make a Google Account if you don't have one.

Google Account

Step 2: Go to Google Play to get the game! 
You can either purchase the game: Buy The game

Or you can get the free trial (the demo) for Minecraft: Trial Version

Step 3: Plug you Kindle Fire in your computer
Make sure the device is plugged in and connected because if it is not, then you can't transfer the file and play minecraft!

Step 4: Put the .apk file into your downloads folder in your Kindle Fire.
This step is important. Make sure it's in your downloads folder on your Kindle Fire.

Step 5: If you haven't already, install a Kindle Fire explorer (like Androexplorer).
Google a Kindle Fire explorer if you don't know what it is. This allows you to explore your Kindle's files. Self explanatory.

Exhibit B: Minecraft on the Kindle Fire!

Step 6: Use your explorer and Install Minecraft!
Open the "dir" folder and then find the downloads folder. Click on the .apk file you got (Minecraft Pocket Edition) and install it. Success!

There you have it, 6 steps to get Minecraft Pocket Edition on your Kindle Fire. Let me tell you, it runs very well and it's really fun to play. Stay tuned for more posts about Minecraft Pocket Edition!

5 Things You Did Not Know About Minecraft: Pocket Edition

Many people do not realize how in depth Minecraft Pocket Edition is. I personally like it better than the regular version of Minecraft, because I can play it on the go. I've been playing it for a while now, so I'm going to share 5 things that most people don't know about the pocket edition of Minecraft.

If you already know all of these tips and secrets, then you're a true Minecraft fan ;) Read on, fellow Minecrafters. Without further ado, 5 Things You Did Not Know About Minecraft: Pocket Edition.

1. You can't burn a Minecraft Zombie if it's in water. This one is easy, but not too many people really know this. My friend didn't even know this until I told him.

2. You CAN'T place torches on fences. Which is such a shame. I tested it myself and nope, it does not work.

You too can be a Minecraft expert. Just read along.

3. Not too many people know this one, but I think this is the best one. You can actually have skins in the pocket edition of minecraft. Yes, you read that right. Skins. It only works on the IOS version for your Ipod. All you have to do is replace the char.png file in the app file. It's that easy. Learn how to do this in easy steps here.

4. You CANNOT see fire in the pocket edition for minecraft. Unless, you place a flammable block next to fire. Bet you didn't know that! (If you did, kudos to you).

5. This is one my friend told me. When you die from being on fire, you will re-spawn on fire. I'm not sure if Notch fixed this yet, but the last time I checked it stilled happened. I think this is hilarious.

Be sure to read the rest of my tips on Minecraft: Pocket Edition. I played this game A LOT so I know pretty much everything about it. Stay tuned.