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[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] su6ur6an:
xposed framework (sdk22-arm) - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3034811

xinternalsd module (or search downloads in framework app) - http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.pyler.xinternalsd

Framework is both recovery flashable zip (like supersu) and an apk. Module is addon apk. Read through those links and i think you should be fine.

I enable the module for specific apps only, so i go into data and obb folders and only move specific apps folders. Though it should download additional files to extsd automatically after setting up module as well, so it might be easier to just force stop and clear data then set up module to redirect the app, then let the app set itself up on external sd. Might leave files behind this way, but you can compare folders on internal/external and delete duplicates on internal. Xposed is good stuff. Good luck man.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lg3FTW:
Looking for a way to use widgets with the stock OS. While I'd flash a custom Rom just really don't need it or like to run into issues. I run 10+ Xposed modules on my g3 before any custom Rom. Anyhow widgets how can i? I live off them from. Thanks in advance if anyone can help. Read a 2013 thread about adding widgets to the Kindles back than figured we can do it on this one too
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DoLooper:
Rooted OS 5.0.1 and custom launcher: Move launcher's apk file to /system/priv-app, change perms to rw- r-- r-- (chmod 644), reboot. Might not work with some launchers.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lg3FTW:
DoLooper, I would love to but I truly do not know how to perform such task. Mostly the perms part
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DoLooper:
With ES file explorer: Long-press the file to select it. Tap More > Properties. At Permissions, tap Change and check the boxes like this: Owner = Read and Write (only), Group and Other=Read (only). Tap OK, then cancel. Tap checkmark top-left and refresh to see the changes.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
some widgets work with Google now launcher, just normal user app, no permissions changing needed.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sulinjr:
So I spent the last few hours researching and testing, trial and error. I updated to the latest CM12 build and flashed Xposed then installed xinternalsd module. Its still not redirecting the apps that I'm trying to get moved onto the external SD.

So I moved the files myself but they only want to access from the data and obb folders on the internal SD. Maybe I put the wrong file path to external SD? In xinternalsd, the file path I put is: "storage/sdcard1" is this correct? That's the only thing I could think of that I may be doing wrong...
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lg3FTW:
I really really don't care for that launcher have had way too many issues with it in the past but thank you for sure. :)
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imonandroid:
CM 12.1

I just installed CM 12.1, open Gapps and SU but when I start up the tablet I get through selecting wifi, get to "no sim found" click skip and each time it states "unfortunately, Google play services has stopped"

I've gone back in and wiped dalvik + cache, tried re-installing cm,gapps and su, and each time I get that error. I downloaded the ARM 5.1 Pico version (arm 5.1 pico 4 December 2015).

Any ideas? does anyone have a copy of gapps from a previous day?

Quick update (before I even got to post) I skipped connecting to wifi and at least got to the home screen on the device, but when I try to access the play store I get that same error. I think this might be because I put play services on the original OS that came with the tablet before flashing cm...
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennBr:
I got the Fire today and didn't realize it was only going to allow me to use Amazon's bloatware, so I went and Google'd how to root it and install the Google Play Store services. I found the relevant threads here on XDA

http://xdaforums.com/amazon-fire/general/installing-google-framework-playstore-t3216122

http://xdaforums.com/amazon-fire/development/wip-achieving-root-thread-t3238152

Unfortunately neither worked for me.

First of all, when trying to achieve root, I can connect the tablet to adb under Ubuntu 12.04 just fine, but when I try to run the script it just hangs in fastboot mode and does nothing.

Okay, so at least try to get Google Apps I figured... There wasn't a .sh script but I just copied and pasted all the adb lines into a terminal myself and then went to sign in to Google Services. After some trouble with that I realized I forgot to install the GoogleFrameWorkServices. Finally got signed into Google, but now when I click the Play Store icon it just kind of flashes the screen as if the app was just crashing instantly.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sulinjr:
UPDATE: After a couple of reboots and moving files around I was able to finally get this working correctly! I now finally have my apps running off of the external SD card! Thank you all so much!
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennBr:
Well I finally got Google Apps working but still cannot get root with fastboot method, but maybe the batch file is setting up more I'm not aware of? Just womdering if it would be worth trying the automated method on Windows if I am already able to connect with adb under Linux

I did notice that at one point the fire tablet brought up a prompt about needing an app to transfer files between the PC and tablet and wanted me to go to their appstore. I don't remember where along the processes that was.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zgranowitz:
Installing Google Play store on all profiles

I started a new profile and it does not have the play store. I tried to rerun the on click installer so that both accounts would have it and it did not install because it says it already exists.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
I Don't think anyone has found a fix for that yet.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aForcefulThrust:
Sorry if this was asked.. I made a TWRP backup of my stock 5.0.0, if i update to 5.0.1 for google play functionality, will i ever be able to restore to the 5.0.0 if i wanted, or would it be locked in 5.0.1?
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NX3:
Fire 7 5th gen, google play store and Amazon adverts blocked all working well. All apps work fine except Instrgrams can't load images, I've got this on two Fire 7 yet Facebook app works fine. Any ideas ? Thanks

Fixed after a reboot.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supashaka:
when it's turned off, how do I know when it finishes charging? There is no indicator. Is the only way to check to keep turning it on?

I haven't rooted it, just installed the play store.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
note: 5.1.1 update, at this time,

cannot root

cannot boot custom recovery

cannot downgrade

once a the update.zip is captured, maybe a new twrp can be built
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itzimeow:
I used the commands to block OTA updates. I read that somwe still got the new 5.1.1 update even after blocking OTA.

Is there a way to check what firmware my device is on? Whenever I select system update, it says something about being blocked by parental control. And are there any precautionary steps I can do to ensure it won't update?

Sent from my SGH-M919
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
the problem with adb hide, is it's hard to verify if they are hidden

you could unblock some of the amazon apps, think its the system update app

I like titanium backup pro, you can see what is frozen and what is not, or install a custom rom
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sulinjr:
Hey guys is there some compatibility issues with the Google Play Store? I was able to install Google Play Games on the last build of CM12 but now I'm running into this error. So far this has only happened with Google Play Games and Google Calendars. Any suggestions?
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennBr:
Well I finally figured it out...

On Ubuntu 12.04 there is a file you have to edit with a list of vendor codes and id's for it to work properly. This blog post explains it..

Edit: Okay never mind I can't post the link because of your forums spam rules...

Google it I guess :-/

I remember having to do something like this for my sero now too.

Rooted and got rid of all the bloatware. The weird thing is that even though I used the guides to disable Ota updates, when I reboot the device I sometimes still get a (installing software updates) screen. Oh and some applications that have permanent information on the pull down menu make a icon showing a umber of new notifications to be always present... Hard to explain, but not a huge deal.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loocool2:
Similar Gapps Problem

I also have a similar problem, but worse, where I can't open a lot of apps without them crashing like Pandora or iHeartRadio, and Google Framework keeps crashing on me, even after flashing, reflashing, and removing and reflashing the 10-23, 11-20, 11-24, 12-06, 12-03, and 12-05 versions of GApps (got them off the GApps GitHub "releases" page). I think it's a compatibility issue with CM 12.1 12-04, maybe not. Help! Tablet's almost not usable by now.:crying::(

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I just installed Google Play Games from APK Installer when I got that error and that worked fine, did you try that?
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
tried open_gapps-arm-5.1-pico-20151120.zip
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sulinjr:
Yes I did it manually as well, its working fine. I just thought it was odd. Haha
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loocool2:
Doesn't work. Still freezes up Google Framework and crashes. So I think I've really messed up my tablet and need a hard wipe. Oh! The Fire also reboots incessantly, and uses at least half the RAM on boot up. Is this normal?
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
in twrp

wipe/advanced wipe select

system, data, Android secure, dalvik, cache

swipe to wipe

reinstall cm12 and open gapps versions from root junky link
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okers12:
Apps unable to see sd card

None of my apps seem able to read from my external sd card. The tablet does however detect the card.

Is this an issue that could be fixed through a custom ROM?
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Netzvamp:
I've seen an similar issue after installing a custom rom on my Samsung Note 3 today. Google Apps crashed and everything wasn't usable.

I tried everything i've seen here: ht*ps://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Google_Apps

but ended up with wiping everything, reinstalled the rom and used the gapps from here: ht*ps://github.com/cgapps/vendor_google/blob/builds/README.md

Now it works.

(Can't post urls, so replace ht*p with http :P )

EDIT:

Ok, i've seen that the latest build (20151204) off the Open Gapps has problems on every device. So wait for another build (hopefully only a day) or use another build like the one i've posted...
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CLowe9582:
Root Problems

So I attempted to root my new fire tablet as per this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/amazon-fire/development/wip-achieving-root-thread-t3238152

It failed as it appears I'm on 5.1.1. and I'm now stuck with a black screen that says:

USB Transferring...

USB Transmission OK Time: 139ms Vel: 32016KB/s

How do I reboot the device?

Thanks
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
Settings>Developer options>Disable HW overlays
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
You can force power off, by holding power button for 10-15 secs, then power back on
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
SDFix: KitKat Writable MicroSD App
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CLowe9582:
Thanks, I tried that but obviously I didn't hold the power button down for long enough. :)

I guess there's no possibility to root or get rid of all the Amazon cr@p now I'm on 5.1.1.?
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
Not currently, Always in motion is the future.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlv:
With the pricing of this device, many will sell. With many sold, there will be a large market for customization. Where such markets exist (even more) developers are likely to show up.

There's a lot of smart people out there. My guess is that in time, someone will find a way to open things up again, even for those who have updated to Fire OS 5.1.1. Then Amazon will find out, put its minions back to work to lock things down again, and the cycle of life will continue. :eek:
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sulinjr:
I'm curious what exactly does this fix? I tried it but it didn't work for my issue with Modern Combat 5. This app/game does not allow me to move the APK file over to the external SD. I can't even force move it with Link2SD with root access. Its the only app I've run into this issue with, any suggestions?
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
It makes sd card read/write
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sulinjr:
Oh okay! Could you suggest a powerful app to force move Modern Combat 5? Is there anything that would be able to do it? I've tried Link2SD and App2SD with no success.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] julianpaul:
You could try SystemCleanup. It's an old(ish) app, but it moves anything to SD. Not sure if it will work with an ext partition on the sd, but at the least it will move it to android.secure on sd card.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcholpuch:
Unbrick after adb sideload

Does any one have a solution to unbrick a 5.1.1 fire after (failed) sideload?

I have not been able to get to the recovery prompt.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
What exactly did you do?

steps, files used?
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcholpuch:
What not to do

I was reading the development thread on restoring stock FW and thought this would be an easy method to downgrade my 5.1.1 5th gen fire back to 5.0.1.

http://xdaforums.com/amazon-fire/or...how-to-restore-frimware-device-t3238740/page3

Did not see any issues or warnings posted in that thread.

Here is what I tried:

* Started w/ 5.1.1 FW

* fastboot to amazon recovery prompt (hold vol down + power) and selected adb sideload option

* Connected USB, loaded drivers, and used "adb sideload fw.bin" with the 5.0.1 bin downloaded from amazon.

* After adb sideload and reboot I have a blank screen. Cannot get back into recovery prompt.

Of course I found a couple warning posts after I tried this.

Interested in suggestion to recover this fire or if I should try to return it.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
You may have to disconnect battery, before you can get to stock recovery
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DerBusisVoll:
Miracast

Good morning,

wanted to use a combination of Fire Tablet and Fire TV stick to conduct presentations using powerpoint.

In order to do so, I enable screen mirroring on the Fire TV Stick, but I cannot find any means to start wifi direct/miracast on the Fire Tab. A Galaxy S4 running KitKat can do the job, but I wanted to use the tablet as for its bigger screen.

My device runs FireOS 5.0.1, and is rooted.

What do you suggest?

Oh, I forgot to mention, that I desire a solution w/o need for a wifi router. so any approach going through creating a video and streaming it through dlna & alike is not what I wanted. Allcast / Mirror is actually working, but requires a network.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slicksps:
Why does downgrade brick Fire?

I missed the automatic update so am now stuck with 5.1.1 until some genius miracle worker finds a way through.

But I don't understand why the downgrade instructions with all the wipes doesn't downgrade the firmware. Is there any way through or is it simply a "don't bother"
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcholpuch:
There must be a bootloader change along with the 5.1.1 FW that is both blocking the fastboot custom roms and also the FW downgrade.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gomavs123:
Quite a noobtastic question here:

I have a fire 7 inch 2015 on the way for my wife.

She is not very tech savvy, and would like to use it to just read articles, maybe visit youtube and surf the internet.

What I hope to achieve is to get rid of the amazon os, and to put an OS that is faster in response, and also doesn't have the special offers advertisements.

I don't want to install anything that gives off errors and/or is in development, since she won't be able to fix the problems, etc.

QUESTION: would rooting and installing cyanogenmod (or nova launcher?) be the best bet for her? What WOULD be the best OS?

I had a nook Hd+ a few years ago, but haven't used an android tablet for a long time.

Thanks guys!!
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
Well, it depends on which system version is preinstalled.

If its 5.1.1, you are very limited.

If it is 5.0.1 you will want to block updates before connecting to wifi

if 5.0.1: I would start with Booting Twrp, root and install Gapps in Twrp, then

freeze update apps and other amazon apps you do not need.

There are very few issues with CM12.1 and SlimLP, but depends on how it will be used.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlv:
My new Fire tab will remain under the tree until the 25th, so I'm just doing a bit of early research.

Assuming that the device was not shipped with FireOs 5.1.1 (which would make all of this moot) will TWRP 'see' an external micro SD inserted in the tablet?
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gomavs123:
Thanks for the reply.

I actually received it today (wow that was fast), and had 5.01!

but unfortunately it connected to wifi- I was able to stop the completion of the download for now, but I am going to go through the recovery steps - would following the steps as outlined in your reply automatically disable OTA updates and the special offers icons?

thanks.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
There are few different ways to stop updates

Adb Shell Pm Hide as much bloat and amazon as you can by k3ll0gs (no root)

tomsgt's Amazon-Fire-5th-Gen-Install-Play-Store.zip (no root)

Use a File manager with root options, and delete, rename, or move update apps (requires root)

but I prefer rooting and using Titanium backup see

Safe to remove 5.0.1 Bloatware
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themacro:
Does anyone know if it's possible to change the home screen search bar to use Google instead of Bing? I've already changed Silk to use Google.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pond-life:
Yes. And USB stick OTG. I've backed up and installed from both.

---------- Post added at 08:19 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:59 AM ----------

Judging by this, Amazon didn't make it support miracast.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201370390
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DerBusisVoll:
Miracast

Well, that is, what I want to find out. Do I need to add some apks to enable Miracast? Who can guide me?
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steve57925:
Can anyone tell me If it's possible to install xinternalsd without a pc please? I've downloaded the files I need

Many thanks
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3239343

[How-To] Install Xposed Firmware without Custom Recovery
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigMosley:
I'm looking for an app that lets you split your screen into 2 apps like Samsungs Multi-Window feature. There's a few on the play store but they don't work properly. Does anyone use something like this?
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xyberviper:
Really messed up teh Fire

I was attempting to flash just the stock OS back to my fire - but now im stuck with nothing but a black screen -

When I plug it in it gives me the following alerts:

-Something Connected

-Something Disconnected

-----5 second pause-----

-Something Connected

Something Disconnected

------20 second pause-----

Repeat

In that time i am able to quickly change the driver when it shows up to the correct adb comp driver but it doesnt do much of anything, I have tried every 'Un-brick' method none of which ever recognize the unit

Pressing and holding the buttons does absolutely nothing - I have tried every combo (just power, power and vol down, power and vol up, all 3) and for various lengths. With the screen black and no text I havent a clue what its doing - if its resetting or not.

I do know it has plenty of power (however fwiw - plugging it in to a power source has no effect on the screen)

I dont know how else to describe it but I really cannot figure out how to fix what Im guessing was a failed flash
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steve57925:
Thanks for the help :) now.... how do I make my sd card the default storage please as I can't seem to find how to do it, apps to sd doesn't work still so maybe I've done something wrong

Many thanks
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
it's bootlooping, drivers wouldn't help, it needs to be in fastboot mode or stock recovery,

disconnect from pc

force power off, Hold volume down button, power on or

hold volume up button, and power on
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
what did you do?

files used?

windows version?
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcholpuch:
FYI, I have not been able to recover from this. Even tried disconnecting the battery for several minutes. I have not been able to get to stock recovery since my (failed) FW downgrade over ADB.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] regulusirius:
Can I use a generic micro USB keyboard on the Fire? I found a cheap one online, but they say it is a generic keyboard for tablets, they don't specify a compatibility list
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
it should work, there is a OTG compatibility thread, link in the index
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsmyth:
I have been trying to set up two fire tablets and had success with the first one via and. However, Im getting a weird prompt on adb when trying to access the second tablet. Does anyone know what the shell@ford is? I'm trying to do adb shell pm hide but getting an error.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DoLooper:
That's the codename of the Fire, which you see in the adb shell. (You typed "adb shell". Type "exit" to get out.) You're getting the error because adb doesn't recognize the device ("adb devices" doesn't list it.) Did you enable adb debugging?

If adb debugging is enabled and you still get error, update the driver in Device Manager.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shan_plz:
Completely new here but this site seems to actually have an understanding of the issue I'm having with this Fire. I've read and read and am still lost. I have not rooted or changed the tablets in anyway and I know that is the focus of this site but perhaps you can still help?

On the Fire, out of the box it updated to 5.1.1, There is no way to downgrade to 5.0.1??? Even when it's all stock? I just realized this upgrade is what killed some functions on my husbands fire and is now doing the same to mine.

Function issues: Upon waking the tablet from sleep, Pandora app does not play and youtube does not play on silk. A hard restart will allow these functions to work again but once the tablet goes to sleep they will not work upon waking. Any ideas on how to fix this?

I spent hours with Fire support regarding these issues and they will be sending him a new replacement Fire once back in stock. They could not figure out the issue but they never asked about the os. Perhaps they don't know the upgrade causes this issue? How do I make sure his new fire doesn't install 5.1.1, will I even have a choice?

My children have kids Fire's from the release in September. They are operating under 5.0.1 and have no issues with Pandora freezing or youtube not working upon waking. How can I keep them from updating to 5.1.1?

And for my fire, do I contact support again for a new fire hoping I can stop the update? Or do I try and explained their update killed those functions and hope that gives them a way to fix it?

Thanks for reading, I've tried to be as clear and succinct as possible.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sulinjr:
Dude [MENTION=6058831]DoLooper[/MENTION] is on it! Haha Seriously good advice! I bet that's exactly what's going on! I can't tell how many times I forgot to enable adb debugging!