yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Fire Original Android Development] csolanol:
Yup, known issue in all ROMs for this device. Download thse apps from apkmirror and install them manually.
[Fire Original Android Development] mt12345:
how to change navigation buttons (without xposed)?

I miss standard triangle-circle-square.
[Fire Original Android Development] csolanol:
Uninstall the navbar overlay using layers manager app
[Fire Original Android Development] Noelvh:
I have had a number of errors, with google play. Fisrt was with the google play service, and I had to do a apk dl for this one. But I went back in did a reinstall of the rom. With flash fire I installed just the rom, and a clean wipe of the fire 7. Then I went in and installed the flash fire apk and did a reinstall of the rom and the gapps.

My next error is some times apps will not install has an error, do not remember the number. I simply unmount the external Micro SD card, clear google play app in the system and try the install again. The above methods have not stopped me yet.

I do want to know how to make my fire look like another device in the play store so I do not get app is not for this device. Fro this I have to get the apk off of my old phone with esfile explorer app backup.
[Fire Original Android Development] csolanol:
Install market helper and set your device as a phone: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2146216
[Fire Original Android Development] mxl180:
am I correct to assume xposed is still not working on this rom?
[Fire Original Android Development] csolanol:
It should work.
[Fire Original Android Development] atayal:
so is it safe to update to the latest version from 2.3 with flash fire?
[Fire Original Android Development] pfoneguy1:
So the wife turns the notification sound all the way down and the device turns it off and now the volume slider is non functional, notification sound can not be turned back on and it shows notification off icon in the notification bar? Is this a bug?

How best to fix?

Also, I am pretty sure when I first installed the ROM that the soft keys were always present and now they disappear? Now you have to swipe up from the bottom or down from the top to get them to show up, is this a bug or this is how it is supposed to function? Is there a setting to keep the? I can find no setting that can change this action?
[Fire Original Android Development] anselmo884:
Its not a big deal but it seems that Quickboot from developer options isn't working, after I toggle it on and try to power off it nothing happens.
[Fire Original Android Development] mochazina:
gapps not working

hi everyone! i'm a newb to both rooting and xda. i got the tablet for the kiddo, but the price (and the horrible fire os) made me brave enough to root it and flash a new os. so it's rooted, running slimrom lp, nova launcher, etc. i used the root junky super tool and flash fire. my problem is that EVERY form of gapps gives me the rh-01 error in the google play store. i've reinstalled, reflashed, sideloaded the apks, deleted the google account info, etc, multiple times but still nothing. i've already let the kid start using the tablet, but i'd really like to be able to get gapps working. any help? :confused: thanks in advance!
[Fire Original Android Development] DB126:
Assume you have verified date/time are correct on your device (yes - this is important). Set manually if needed. If you do make changes here you MAY have to delete/readd your account info with a reboot in between.
[Fire Original Android Development] mochazina:
yes, reset date/time and rebooted between adding account info, etc.
[Fire Original Android Development] DB126:
Thoughts:

- create and try a different Google account

- flash another rom to see if behavior persists

- consider a warranty exchange if within 90 day window

- contact Google to see if they will 'reset' your account

- sideload FireOS and then redo everything (ugh)

None of these are great options; none assure success. Some only make sense in combination with others. Tough situation.
[Fire Original Android Development] t3chwizard:
I am also experiencing getting error 963 and several other errors when trying to install apps from the play store. I saw earlier someone else was reporting error 963, so idk what to do to try and fix it because I have wiped the play store cache already and cleared data. I will try a clean flash next I guess with the Slim Zero GAPPS.
[Fire Original Android Development] mochazina:
- it's actually a new account: kiddo's that i'd just created. it worked for a while when i was on gapps+fire os.

- i actually tried flashing CM, but it won't flash over Slimrom. i'd have to start over with fire os.

- i doubt i'm still in range.

- i'll look into this: i didn't know it was an option.

- yes, ugh. but i'm considering it...

thanks a bunch for your help. as i said i'm a newb, so i wanted to make sure there was nothing i was overlooking in trying to fix this. :highfive:
[Fire Original Android Development] t3chwizard:
After doing a clean flash the issue is still present. I am going to try resurrection remix and see if the issue is present there. I also tried going to resurrection remix and that ROM is a complete mess for this device IMO so that didn't help.
[Fire Original Android Development] Noelvh:
Did you try to unmount the external SD card if you have one inserted? This works for me when I get this error.
[Fire Original Android Development] t3chwizard:
The SD card doesn't show as being mounted, and anyway why should that be necessary?, there has to be a way to fix it within the ROM itself if that is the issue.
[Fire Original Android Development] Gllmour:
Where can you change those new navigation bar buttons to "normal" ones?
[Fire Original Android Development] t3chwizard:
In the layers app, first make a backup of your layers. Then next go to uninstall and remove all the slim layers or whatever ones you want to remove and then soft reboot or hard reboot and that should do the trick.
[Fire Original Android Development] mxl180:
Rom works great, is there a way to unroot? I have a work related app that checks for root.
[Fire Original Android Development] firemcd:
Amazing ROM! Praise and a question.....

PRAISE; After NUMEROUS fails and bricks trying to install CM 12.1 to my Fire 7 2015 5.1.1, I was able to install SlimLP via FlashFire and it is just fabulous! And I cannot say enough about how much I LOVED the operation of "FlashFire". I could never get TWRP to boot up on my Fire no matter what, after using TWRP often with other tablets of mine.

This little reformed Amazon/Brick just screams along at an impressive speed now. I clicked thanks button in first 3 threads, but thanks again! :)

QUESTION; I have CM Mod installed on several other tablets and know it well. But I am somewhat in the dark what the full capabilities of this mod, SlimLP does and how it operates. Is there a tutorial video walkthrough or text walkthrough? I am especially curious as to the purpose and operation of the "Layers" system on this mod. I don't want to go making changes to it without being informed about it. :confused:
[Fire Original Android Development] Hyakurin:
Silly mistake

I did such a silly mistake. Can someone post the lock screen with 3x3 pattern here? The dumb me put down invisible everything and now I cannot see the dots and the arrows and cant unlock my device.

Edit: I just Wipe the data/cache from recovery mode. Don't do dumb mistake like me people. >.<
[Fire Original Android Development] mt12345:
I did the same 'mistake' on my phone a while ago.

Alternative solution without wiping everything, via adb?
[Fire Original Android Development] laofan:
TWRP could not run on 5.1.1 Amazon fire due to a locked down bootloader.

Flashfire is your only way to flash roms. You could use flashfire to install CM if you find it more familiar. Both Slim and CM have great developers supporting them.

Layer is like a theme app. It changes the style of the color/shape/presentation of status bar, nav bar, settings, icons, and various apps. It makes the rom like prettier and more customizable to your taste.
[Fire Original Android Development] csolanol:
If you apply a layers theme from layers manager app be sure that it supports mdpi devices and lp 5.1. Not too much themers release themes for this screen.
[Fire Original Android Development] jerseykat1:
i am using the amazon fire to run 1 maybe 2 apps and i just want the best performance possible (oscilloscope app). Will i see an increase in performance/speed if i root and rom the fire? It the fire always feels like there is something running in the background.
[Fire Original Android Development] DB126:
Most likely. FireOS has a lot going on in the background. You can root and kill those process one by one but you would probably do better with a custom rom which is devoid of such clutter. Given your interests I recommend Nexus which is as close to AOSP (naked Android) as you are going to get on this device. Nothing wrong with SlimLP (put away the torches boys) but for your requirements an AOSP clone is probably a better choice.
[Fire Original Android Development] jerseykat1:
Thank you. Much appreciated.
[Fire Original Android Development] gc.siete7:
Amazon's Kindle app not working

First of all, that's for this guys. It is awesome that my fire tablet doesn't suck anymore.

Second, is anyone having a problem with the Kindle App. When I log into my account, the app quits. I open it again, but this time I don't have to log in. I get, however, a screen that says "No recent items". If I click on "Open store" the browser installed (Chrome in my case) opens up and shows some items from Amazon's website. My library doesn't synchronize, and I have downloaded the app 3 times.

Anything wrong that I may be doing?

Thanks.
[Fire Original Android Development] Dr.TheMaster:
If I need to update from v2.3 to 0.15.. Can I use FlashFire directly? And 0.15 supports Xposed right? Thanks :)

Kindly press thanks if I helped :)
[Fire Original Android Development] t3chwizard:
Using Xposed is always at the risk of the user, I do not think it is possible to make a ROM 100% compatible with Xposed, but there are reports of Xposed working with 0.15.
[Fire Original Android Development] atsiz77:
Hello,

can you help me please i want install SlimRom but in the FlashFire Screen is the Tablet Rebooting.

Here is the Log from Flashfire.
[Fire Original Android Development] atayal:
can I use flashfire and update to 0.15 from Slim 2.3?

(i am a noob and don't know how to use twrp, flash fire is easy for me)
[Fire Original Android Development] sys3175:
Hi,

I've been running .14 for some time and just moved on to. .15. Overall, this ROM is running very smoothly. Thank you for this!

While upgrading using Flashfire .27, I first tried dirty flashing, but that lead to an unstable system with the play services and others keeping on crashing. So I had to clean flash.

A minor glitch: if you're casting to Chromecast and use the volume keys, the volume slider won't get updated, but the volume changes anyway.

If you're using the Gmail App: the Exchange services will crash periodically. Go to Settings -Apps - All, locate both Exchange services and disable them.

Also, the compose window in the Gmail App will be black text on dark grey. Go to Settings -Layers, select Uninstall from the menu and select the Google mail notification to uninstall.

Caveat: do not add another user, the tablet doesn't really have enough power to support this.

Chrome also is a bit heavy on the hardware, Firefox seems to run more smoothly.

Some Apps are listed as incompatible with the tablet in the Play Store. Search for the market helper app, sideload it and after closing and restarting the Play Store, you should be able to install them.

HTH,

Hartmut

---------- Post added at 01:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:49 PM ----------

It seems like you didn't wipe before flashing, you have to choose the wipe action in Flashfire in addition to the flash action, and you have to move the wipe action upwards before starting the process so that it is carried out before the flash action. In the top post you'll see what to select for wiping.

Hartmut
[Fire Original Android Development] DB126:
- Yes but you'll need to perform a 'clean' install which involves a full wipe before flashing the new rom. Wipe must be moved to the top as the last step before flashing.

- TWRP is probably not an option anyhow.

- Don't quote OP when you post. Unnecessary clutter that make it difficult to see your comments.
[Fire Original Android Development] atsiz77:
I have now installed SlimLP, but i can not install GooglePlay Store. Can you help me ?
[Fire Original Android Development] atayal:
https://imgur.com/a/lgunL

Can you make sure i have it all right? That message scares me a bit. Thanks

---------- Post added at 05:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:09 PM ----------

[IMG="Screenshots of FlashFire"]https://imgur.com/a/lgunL[/IMG]

Do i have everything right? I want to make sure because that message scares me a bit, Thanks

https://imgur.com/a/lgunL
[Fire Original Android Development] DB126:
Looks good. Ignore the block level OTA warning.
[Fire Original Android Development] atayal:
So i went through with it, but i do not see any google apps. idk what went wrong, any way to fix this?
[Fire Original Android Development] DB126:
This is an annoying bug with recent Open GAaps builds. Try the following (FlashFire):

- select only GAaps package with 'mount /system read-write' enabled

- wipe cache & dalvik ONLY (move to top of list)
[Fire Original Android Development] atayal:
can you send me the .27 apk or will .24 work?

Edit: using .24, only auto mount shows up for gapps, check that?

Edit 2: I used .24 and auto mounted and followed your instructions, and it worked! Thanks!!
[Fire Original Android Development] DB126:
Definitely want 0.27 (here)
[Fire Original Android Development] sys3175:
You have to flash the Gapps, too. See #916 in this thread and the link to the Gapps is in the 1st post.
[Fire Original Android Development] nd4spdviper:
I clean flashed 0.15 to replace 0.14 and dislike a lot the default layer installed, there shouldn't be any. Overall works great.

Does anyone know why Google Now Launcher can't be selected over SlimLauncher?
[Fire Original Android Development] csolanol:
As simpe as delete /system/vendor/overlay/* to get rid of it.
[Fire Original Android Development] nd4spdviper:
I found out I could disable it through the layers app.

However, anything on the SlimLauncher stuck as default? I wouldn't care that much if it supported landscape as Google Now does...
[Fire Original Android Development] csolanol:
Try to install a third launcher like Nova and lets see if you are prompted to choose one when you press the home button.
[Fire Original Android Development] nd4spdviper:
Nope, Google Now Launcher won't show even after installing 3 more launchers. Doesn't make any sense. However, I installed a third party rotation app that can rotate the homescreen to landscape, now SlimLauncher shows the way I wanted.

I don't really care about Google Now nor Google at all, but I know for a fact their launcher rotates on my Moto X and that's the only reason I wanted to have it here. Regarding launchers, I'm a recent switcher to Android after 6 years on iOS and so far the one I found really useful and it's my favorite is Microsoft's Arrow Launcher. Too bad it doesn't work well in landscape...
[Fire Original Android Development] robnitro:
Hi, where do you get that great flat app switcher? I can,t stand the default one on my other tablet!

Also, anyone get ad-hoc IBSS working on the amazon fire ford?

thanks!
[Fire Original Android Development] Franzferdinan51:
Is there a slimlauncher apk that I can use on my devices
[Fire Original Android Development] anselmo884:
Look at earlier posts, you have to sideload an older version of the Google Now Launcher from apkmirror then you can set it as your default launcher and then update it from the play store.
[Fire Original Android Development] Noelvh:
I have Nova Launcher and it rotates screens
[Fire Original Android Development] DB126:
Nova is great. A lean, stable, feature rich 'go-to' launcher (along with Apex) satisfying the needs of most users IMHO. Others are fine too but stick with one of the above if you favor an AOSP like experience.
[Fire Original Android Development] Franzferdinan51:
I use Nova on every device after reading several it won out seconding ZenUI and smart launcher pro 3
[Fire Original Android Development] csolanol:
Op updated with a fix in global menu and March security patch.
[Fire Original Android Development] nickles95:
Gapps not flashing

Hey, I'm trying to update to the latest version of the rom announced as far as I am aware at this point immediately above me. My tablet came with the 5.1.1 bootloader, so I have to use flashfire. I'm doing a complete wipe of the tablet including the internal storage and cache, then flashing the most recent version of the rom, then flashing the most recent version of Gapps linked to in the op. Afterwards the tablet successfully reboots, but I am not presented with the standard Android setup screen and no Gapps appear to have made it onto the tablet. I am unsure how to proceed at this point. Any help would be appreciated, thank you.
[Fire Original Android Development] csolanol:
Try reflashing gapps.
[Fire Original Android Development] nickles95:
Sorry, turns out I'm a moron. I kept not turning autmount on. It's working now. Thank you anyway, though.
[Fire Original Android Development] modslave:
Nova Launcher is fine but i'd like to know which version of Google Now launcher to side load?
[Fire Original Android Development] nickles95:
The oldest one they have.
[Fire Original Android Development] oliman99:
BT Low Energy implemented?

I've tried the SlimLP Rom - as well as CM 12.1 - with Anki Overdrive. Both work fine until the track should be scanned (so installing the app and in the app selecting a car is working). But when the track should be scanned the cars do not start moving. According to Anki Support this is the case when the device does not support BT 4.0 Low Energy. According to the device specs BT 4.0 LE should be supported by the device itself.

If the Rom is missing this feature (do you think this could the case?), is there a possibility that a future version will support it?

If there's any chance I'd like to avoid switching back to Amazons original firmware.
[Fire Original Android Development] mt12345:
does this rom have scheduled trim (do I have to install trimmer)?
[Fire Original Android Development] t3chwizard:
I disabled journalling on the FS using some tweak that was a flashable zip found at the XDA thread in the following link;

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2280496

I then used this app from the Play Store at the next following link to trim the file system;

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fifthelement.trimmer

IIRC all Android ROMs have scheduled trim built in, it just doesn't run as often as some people want it to or such forth.
[Fire Original Android Development] PersianSphinx:
Hey guys, I'll get straight to the problem, if you don't mind.

I get a force close on settings after having used layers. Everything works great even after I use layers, except the settings app crashes as soon as I click it.

Here is log.

I tried searching but couldn't find anything relevant.
[Fire Original Android Development] Franz2ae:
Flash did not work?

Hello,

I followed the video tutorial step by step, checked all the wipes except internal, used the flashfire app the to flash the Rom and mini-gapps with automount on. It went to the screen with the running text and then the screen where it is flashing the rom and seemed to be going fine. Once the tablet restarted it brought me to the Amazon optimizing load bar and pretty much just loaded up the original Amazon operating system as a fresh Amazon tablet. Does anyone have an idea why my rom did not flash correctly? It is still rooted and I tried the process again to the same result.

Thanks in advance for any help.
[Fire Original Android Development] mt12345:
it works only on nexus 7 2012
[Fire Original Android Development] DB126:
Be sure to use the latest version of FlashFire (0.30 or better). Release notes suggest some recent changes to address this behavior.
[Fire Original Android Development] t3chwizard:
Wrong. I've used it on the Amazon Fire and it works perfectly. Ignore what it is meant for.
[Fire Original Android Development] mt12345:
unless you alter the paths its not gonna work on devices other than nexus.

look at the script:

/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/APP
[Fire Original Android Development] t3chwizard:
I see what you are saying, but yet it sped up my device after running it, so it must have done something.
[Fire Original Android Development] mt12345:
placebo, mate.

similar thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1252028

I dont have Fire anymore, gave it to friend, but I used script from link above to turn off journaling on Nexus7 and (after changing the paths) on Kindle HDX.

You can easily verify if journaling is disabled on your device (system partition) by typing in terminal:

# /data/tune2fs -l /dev/block/stl12 | grep features

well, you need to change stl12 to your system partition, in case of HDX it was mmcblk0p22

start with:

cat /proc/partitions

cat /proc/mounts

mount | grep ext4
[Fire Original Android Development] t3chwizard:
Hmm idk
[Fire Original Android Development] DB126:
You'll likely get a bigger bang trimming and twiddling read-ahead. That said, most tweaks of this nature are more placebo than demonstrable/repeatable improvements - except in a few edge cases.
[Fire Original Android Development] Chewieez:
I'm trying to install this via FlashFire .30 and I appear to be stuck in the installation process. In Flashfire I chose Wipe, then install OTA of Slim 5.1 with automount on, but did not check "Mount System Read/Write". Then install Mini GApps with automount on and left "Mount System Read/Write" checked by default. I made sure to move the wipe function up on top of the two installs.

I started the process and Flashfire went black for while, then came up and said "Wiping..." Then "Installing [/mnt/media_rw/sdcard1/SlimLP Files/Slim-ford-5.1.1.layers....]" but it's appears to be frozen with this on the screen. It's not changed for 15 minutes or more. How long does this usually take? I was expecting it to be faster since the rom size is so small.

I'm hesitant to try and button combinations as I worry that since it wiped, that I may be bricked and stuck without an OS properly installed. I can wait it out a while longer but I wanted to check in here and see if anyone had an advice.

Thanks!

EDIT:

At this point I believe I'm hosed. I cannot boot into Recovery and I am/was on 5.1.1 firmware so I don't think there is a fix. I am within my Amazon warranty so it looks like I'll be returning this one and getting a new one. Unless someone knows another option.

The only thing I can think of may have caused FlashFire to not work is that the folder I had my Rom file in included a space. You can see my full path up earlier in this post. I did wonder if that space would mess something up, and in hindsight I should have gone with that feeling and changed it. Other than that, I think I followed the flashing steps correctly.

Thanks!
[Fire Original Android Development] DB126:
Sorry this happened to you. First report I have seen where stock recovery was inaccessible after a FlashFire failure that did not involve CM. But your situation was a little different as it involved a mid-flash freeze.

Thoughts:

- Not sure the space in path name makes a difference; FlashFire should be smart enough to handle that. That said, best to simplify the path name next time around.

- Not a huge body of experience with FlashFire 0.30. Be sure to check the forums for latest info before making another attempt - especially given Amazon's one-time policy on curiosity exchanges (still generous).

- As exchanges typically involve a refurb you might score a 5.0.1 bootloader. Be sure to check before allowing the new device to connect or update.
[Fire Original Android Development] vikingjerr:
I also lost my notification sound slider. Anyone have an answer?:confused::confused: