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[Fire General] Beastmaster007:
Not supported

I'm on a Fire HD 8 running 6.3.1.4 and keep getting an error that the apk isn't supported on this version. Have I missed any updates to the app beyond what I found on Github?
[Fire General] Dingchow:
Try running Command as admin first
[Fire General] digixmax:
Does this solve the 5-7 sec delay in switching back to Nova launcher?
[Fire General] BaronKiko:
If you take out the second call it just flat out doesn't work for me, perhaps they have changed the way it works since you owned the device. Cheers for explaining.

It sure does work on reboot. I was using that very system before I decided to implement the launcher selection in Launcher Hijack. If you want to start using this over the adb commands you will need to repair your launcher as it requires the call from the fire launcher to boot your custom launcher. So in short I hope you backed up your launcher apk, oh and remember to clear the cache and data (probably, can't quite remember) of the fire launcher after sideloading your backup as it just wont work until you do.

If you didn't make a backup and really need it I can dig around and get my backup however it will have to wait till I wake up as it's already 7:15am xD
[Fire General] krsmit0:
this still isnt a 100% fix. i still end up in the recents menu.
[Fire General] BaronKiko:
You sure you updated properly, go to the app info and check it's version 2.1. It may still be broken but I couldn't get it to break during my testing.
[Fire General] krsmit0:
I'm not gonna reinstall it again, but it was a fresh download, correct file name.
[Fire General] DB126:
Well, guess you'll have to hope for other reports suggesting the problem persists. OP request was reasonable as updated apps sometimes don't install cleanly/completely. Apparently OP can't reproduce on his device(s).
[Fire General] krsmit0:
I happened three times in the hour installed. I didn't have previous version installed. Sounds like a clean install to me. So sure, he can wait for other reports.

I don't like the flash of the stock launcher, coupled with getting thrown to the recents menu, I choose not to keep it installed. This also means I dont have another launcher installed. So I won't install it all again unless I have a reason to believe something will be different .

Edit: reinstalled 2.1, verified 2.1 in settings. Installed nova. Took 5 minutes to reproduce. Landed in recents menu.

Edit again: just happened again after that post exiting XDA app.
[Fire General] DB126:
Sorry for your experience. There would appear to be subtle (or perhaps not so subtle) differences between your device and the OP's. Hopefully someone else will have a similar experience so field notes can be compared.
[Fire General] q4q9x:
I thought about trying this app to force the launcher to be "Kids Place". When I run the Launcher Hijack 2.1 app, it does offer that launcher in the display, and I tap it, but no change is evident.

Also, is that a viable idea? I mean, if that app is running, and I exit it, which launcher would then be used?
[Fire General] BaronKiko:
Selecting the launcher in the app just sets it as the default, for the app to work you need to enable it in accessibility and then your launcher should open when you click the home button. If it's a launcher it should be fine but some apps seemed to be problematic hence why I removed them from the list by default.
[Fire General] BaronKiko:
So I worked out how to reproduce it on my device but it's still pretty difficult to trigger. As I can tell it does so after you open a new app that takes significant resources as your launcher gets killed in the background. Now I can somewhat reproduce it I will likely add a slow mode to make it more consistent but it requires more that plans. If I manage to come up with some sort of solution I will post the update here.
[Fire General] kwanbis:
Works perfect on my Fire HD 8 6th Gen with Fire OS 5.3.3.0. Thanks!
[Fire General] Brsuperboy9:
Arrow Launcher doesn't work
[Fire General] aomalley:
This tool is great and makes the Fire feel like a "real" android device. When I press the home button there are often other screens displayed (app switcher or kindle home), but this isn't a big deal. I'm a little disappointed that widgets don't seem to work - I've tried with a few launchers but dropping a widget on a home screen doesn't do anything and sends me to the Kindle's setting menu.
[Fire General] DB126:
Widgets only work with some launchers (eg: Nova) and the only if 1) device is rooted; and 2) launcher made a 'system' app. Limitation imposed by FireOS.
[Fire General] Trina9:
Works just fine. Sometimes you are sent back to the Fire Launcher but all you need to do is start Arrow. View attachment 4103416
[Fire General] LordNathaniel:
Works great. Slightly glitchy, but you know, better than FireOS.
[Fire General] PervyPrincess:
Works on Fire OS 5.3.3.0, bugged one time might have been because of mem. Im testing the keep persisted in mem on nova. Known gliches with home button like others fire launcher shows for a sec. Or recent tab. But worth it for a classic and\or customizable ui. Thx so much
[Fire General] zerozed99:
First off, I really want to thank both the original dev as well as the guy who's working on v2 for putting this out there--it really enables me to use this tablet in a more productive way. Also just wanted to add that the Google Now launcher works great.
[Fire General] gustavioso:
Hello all,

I just downloaded the Apex launcher and then I installed this apk on my Amazon Fire HD 8 (running Fire OS 5.3.30, Build Date March 3, 2017) and it works 99.9% perfectly. The single flaw occurs upon boot completion because I end up on the Amazon "Recent" Screen (instead of the Apex Home Screen); however a single press of the "Home Screen Button" takes me directly to the "Apex Home Screen" and all is well after that so far. With that said, does anyone have any ideas how to correct this single issue?

FYI, I also tried the Beta version but that doesn't seem to work as well as this version.

In any event, this one is a keeper but it would be nice if I could get it to 100%.

Kudos to the developer!

Thanks,

gus
[Fire General] DB126:
Search thread for 'animation' for a mitigation that may reduce but likely won't eliminate behavior.
[Fire General] elbubi:
Thanks for trying to help.

I tried adb shell from "admin" CMD. No luck, same denial:

View attachment 4928979

¿Any hints?

Regards!
[Fire General] bartjunited:
Would this work on a firestick for nova launcher or anothe launcher?
[Fire General] mrmazak:
You used wrong command.

Because you followed the steps someone had written incorrectly.

---------- Post added at 07:57 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:52 AM ----------

Can you fix this post. It causes some people to make mistakes.

Your step 2 is wrong.

Should be

2. enter [B]pm disable --user 0 com.amazon.firelauncher[/B]

You had an extra "-user" in there
[Fire General] elbubi:
Thanks for your help!!!

I've tried the new command but output is still the same:

View attachment 4930479

Regards and thanks once again.
[Fire General] mrmazak:
Try changing from "pm disable" to "pm uninstall"

You must have other launcher app installed first.

The above command can be undone only by factory reset.
[Fire General] digixmax:
I noticed that if one exits the current app using the Back button then the 3rd-party launcher (e.g., Nova) would come right up without any delay.

Only the other two soft buttons entail switching via Fire launcher with the 5+ secs delay, and the Home button causing the worst delay.

Another new issue I observed is the Home button doesn't always return to the Main Home screen as it used to.
[Fire General] franco@bcfellowship.org:
mtk-su temporary root is now blocked

Just noticed that my Amazon Fire HD 8 updated to 5.3.7.0 (650601220) today and after the update I tried getting temporary root access using mtk-su and this did not work. Looks like Amazon have now blocked this rooting method. Has anyone else experienced this or does someone have a workaround? Seems like we're just playing a never ending game of cat and mouse with Amazon.
[Fire General] elbubi:
Thanks mrmazak.

I don't wanna uninstall de stock launcher, just disable it.

I still can't understand why some people were able to disable it while I'm facing that permission denial.

Cheers.
[Fire General] franco@bcfellowship.org:
Yes, that pm disable command has been blocked by Amazon, that's why I tried getting temporary root access with mtk-su, but Amazon have blocked that too. So right now, we're a little stuck.
[Fire General] digixmax:
Instead of uninstalling fire launcher, would renaming the filename of the fire launcher work?

Which directory is the fire launcher apk file located in?
[Fire General] Idoexist:
I did this tonight on my Fire HD 10 (2017) running FireOS 5.6.4 (but entering it from my PC using the adb). Also, I used Kingoroot to turn on root access to my Fire HD first before trying this with adb :

use adb on pc (You have to know what that is):

1 . enter adb shell

2. enter su

3. enter pm enable com.teslacoilsw.launcher

4. enter pm disable com.amazon.firelauncher

If people are having trouble getting into shell (like I was) you can try typing the following instead: .\adb shell

I have not rebooted yet, as I don't have an unlocked bootloader and don't feel like rebooting to test it yet, but rebooting would be the next step to see if it sticks around. Looks like my apps and widgets are responding, as well as the home button.

Make sure Nova Launcher is installed first!! I didn't have it set as the default app, as every path I tried was getting knocked down, but it's working at the moment .Also, please make sure you have access to a downloaded file explorer first as well, as right now I am not seeing my normal Amazon apps with Nova up. I am able to access them with an older version of ES File Explorer though (apparently the newest version of ES File Explorer is gutted and full of ads to buy a premium version).

EDIT: And this was done without Launcher Hijacker.
[Fire General] sfbay998:
For those who don't want/ Know how to deal with root or ADB , but waiting for a miracle fix, keep checking "FTVLaunchX" board, their work have some similarity but deal with different Fire device.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=81562571&postcount=49

Hope For non-root , non ADB solution to fix that 5-8 second delay !! :confused:
[Fire General] gumbyx84:
You can also use Amazon Fire Toolbox (https://xdaforums.com/hd8-hd10/development/official-amazon-fire-toolbox-v1-0-t3889604) to disable FireOS Launcher and enable Nova Launcher as the default.
[Fire General] jerry430:
I tried the toolbox and disabled the Fire launcher and Free Offers. However, this causes the current screen to freeze for 5-7 seconds when pressing the home button before opening the Nova Launcher, rather than opening the Fire Launcher for that period of time.
[Fire General] odubman:
Apologize in advance for the request, but is their latest step by step guidance on how to get Launcher Hijack (or cloned version) installed to FireStick 4K so another home screen launcher automatically loads? I see many discussions here on several options so unclear on what currently works or best options available and how to setup firestick to do so. Appreciate any feedback on how this is best way to get working at this time. Thanks.
[Fire General] digixmax:
I just discovered another quirk: any time during the 5+ sec intervening presence of the Fire launcher, if one touches any app icon on a Fire launcher home-screen then the 3rd-party launcher (Nova in my case) would pop right up.
[Fire General] blzuber:
This works great!

I have confirmed (Kindle Fire HD 10 and 8) that touching any app icon on the Fire launcher pops up the Nova launcher. This is a great work around. Thanks SO MUCH digixmax!
[Fire General] remainchaos:
I found that disabling "homepages" in system apps works without any hiccups at all. I use apex launcher. Home button has no delay.
[Fire General] DB126:
Yep - universal solution but that action (typically) requires root.
[Fire General] digixmax:
How does one disable "homepages" in system apps?
[Fire General] remainchaos:
You do need to be rooted. I use Root Toolcase app. Scroll down to "homepages" (com.amazon.firelauncher). Then disable it. I would not delete it though you might want to access it again.
[Fire General] sfbay998:
Can you post the direct link to the "Root Toolcase app" and steps by steps to us non-rooted user to follow, thanks.
[Fire General] remainchaos:
My bad i didn't read the no root part in title. Why not just root. I use dr. Fone to root works first time every time. Root. Then download apkpure.apexlauncher. Then apkpure.roottoolcase. Open root Toolcase. open app manager scroll to homepages app then disable.
[Fire General] franco@bcfellowship.org:
Not any more. You need root access now.
[Fire General] digixmax:
Lately, I occasionally get a black background in lieu of the normal wallpaper on my home-screen when Nova launcher takes over from the FireOS launcher. I have to then do a shutdown/restart to get back the normal wallpaper.

Anyone else has this issue?
[Fire General] Jabbitt:
Fire HD8 (7th gen) running 5.3.7.0

Can I root or are we now out of options in regards to LauncherHijack?
[Fire General] elbubi:
+1

I do have this issue occassionaly
[Fire General] Nebuu:
I just installed the Nova launcher with LauncherHijack (Cloned the App) and it works somehow.

But: Every time i press the home-button, the Fire-Launcher opens for like 5 sek. , then it switches to Nova-Launcher-Homescreen. Am I doing something wrong?

Thank your for your time :)

System:

Fire HD 8 (8 generation)

Fire OS 6.3.1.5
[Fire General] joeldf:
Known issue since late last year. Started a couple of OS updates back.
[Fire General] stevejohnson42:
Known "issue" for quite awhile. Just a suggestion - do a little reading / research first before posting. For this one - go back ; there are suggestions on how to live with it and avoid the delay by tapping any app. Looking forward to your contributions and discussion in the thread
[Fire General] RedPanda123:
Just got a new Fire HD8 8th Gen OS 6.3.0.0, installed the launch hijack clone that a user kindly shared on this thread. When I try to turn on Accessibility \detect home button, it's just a blank screen.

My older Fire HD8 7th Gen, the launcher hijack clone works fine. Did Amazon block the ability to turn on detect home button press?
[Fire General] Michajin:
Just a suggestion. Install a new launcher then disable fire launcher.
[Fire General] digixmax:
Just hit on any app on the Fire launcher home-screen, or the Back button, will take you back to the Nova launcher home-screen faster.
[Fire General] MegamanIn3D:
Dr.fone

Are you able to send me a link for a working Dr. fone app? My phone or the version of the app i have does not function properly. Please and thank you.
[Fire General] Michajin:
What are you looking to do? Plenty of ways to disable apps...
[Fire General] MegamanIn3D:
Disabling apps I have under control.. It is the root part that I have iinterest in. I have a very uncommon device you see. There are claims of achieved root, Only 1 thread here at XDA. However the March update on my device made that impossible. So I am looking for an alternative route. (pun). Therefore the link request.
[Fire General] DB126:
Dr. phon - lol
[Fire General] Michajin:
They have a website, likely will install malware. Like all root claiming app's they will likely use exploits that are old or have been blocked. But good luck with that, kingroot, kingoroot and others usually install malware with them. Do not buy anything from the app (seems like i seen this somewhere, where it offers root with their pay version, but it is just a root manager). What device is it?
[Fire General] rjdapirate:
Has anyone tried this with the Microsoft Launcher? Tried to get my kid's Kindles to follow the same rules as the laptop.
[Fire General] MleB02:
I too just purchased a Fire 8 and had this blank screen issue with Detect Home (Hijack), but then I let it update itself to Fire 6.3.1.5 and that control was activated. Now running Nova Launcher (via the also installed Google Play Store) without issue - aside from the 'known' 5 sec lag on Home Button.

Would have returned Fire if I couldn't get to a 'real' Launcher. Its actually a decent little device for what I need it to do now, but the Amazon product-heavy Fire Launcher would have driven me nuts.
[Fire General] keenan316:
If anyone can help me see where I'm going wrong I would really appreciate it..

I have a FireTV 4K 1st gen running FireOS 5.2.7.3

I have successfully managed to ADB to the FireTV over ethernet and installed both:

• Leanback Launcher

• Launcher Hijack 4

I ran both of these commands over ADB..

"adb shell settings put secure enabled_accessibility_services com.baronkiko.launcherhijack/com.baronkiko.launcherhijack.AccServ"

"adb shell settings put secure accessibility_enabled 1"

Both execute fine without any errors, however Launcher Hijack does not launch by itself on the FireTV.

When I launch it I still get an error "Accessibility Service Disabled"

I have tried to open and turn off Screen Magnifier, rebooted and tried again but still get the same error.

Am I missing something?
[Fire General] mic1986:
Hi.

Same here. Did you find any solution?

Cheers!
[Fire General] mojavaid36:
got this to work on Fire HD 8 8th Gen by using the following ADB commands and the repackaged apk

adb shell settings get secure enabled_accessibility_services

Copy the output from the above command and paste it into the command below

adb shell settings put secure enabled_accessibility_services (PASTE_HERE):com.baronkiko.launcherhijack/com.baronkiko.launcherhijack.AccServ

you will also have to run

adb shell pm grant com.baronkiko.launcherhijack android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW

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got this to work on Fire HD 8 8th Gen by using the following ADB commands and the repackaged apk

adb shell settings get secure enabled_accessibility_services

Copy the output from the above command and paste it into the command below

adb shell settings put secure enabled_accessibility_services (PASTE_HERE):com.baronkiko.launcherhijack/com.baronkiko.launcherhijack.AccServ

you will also have to run

adb shell pm grant com.baronkiko.launcherhijack android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW

---------- Post added at 01:35 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:57 AM ----------

actually much better solution here

https://xdaforums.com/hd8-hd10/development/official-amazon-fire-toolbox-v1-0-t3889604
[Fire General] franco@bcfellowship.org:
Still not working

This solution looked interesting, but I get this error after entering the last command:

Operation not allowed: java.lang.SecurityException: Can't change android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW. It is required by the application

And the net result is no change, still a big long, annoying pause on the Fire launcher home screen before switching to Nova Launcher.
[Fire General] Jabbitt:
The Amazon Toolkit has the solution of downgrading the Fire Launcher and doing some tinkering but unfortunately, this gets reset if you turn off your tablet.

Unless someone does some active research, I guess we're stuck with the five second pause for good now.
[Fire General] Jabbitt:
I decided to bite the bullet and have a go at rooting my Kindle Fire HD8 (Douglas). I got a few things wrong and ended up having to take the tablet apart to apply the trick of shorting out two pin connections.

However, I successfully got TWRP installed and I tried both Lineage-12.1 and SlimLP. Whilst both were quite fast and snappy at first, they regularly locked up and I had to wait for the system to become responsive again.

After a week of trying both of the custom roms, I decided to go back to stock and just live with the awful Fire Launcher. Unfortunately, the script for resetting my tablet to stock didn't work. With a bit of research I discovered that the stock image files straight from Amazon are flashable in TWRP!

So, I installed stock Amazon, Magisk (to give me full root) and Titanium Backup. Once it was all up and running, I used Titanium Backup to freeze the FireOS launcher (called Homepages). Homepages must take up a lot of system resources because now I'm on Nova Launcher, the tablet seems faster and more responsive. The only downside to all of this seems to be that the battery life has been reduced.
[Fire General] CuF:
Can anyone explain some of the settings to me and when it is appropriate to use them?

"Launcher open detection", "Broadcast receiver detection", "Overlay detection" have me stumped.
[Fire General] MleB02:
Fire OS 7 on Fire 8 (8th Generation) Tablet w/ Launcher Hijack

Amazon has recently dropped their OS 7 (Android 9 - Pie, w/ their 'tweaks') for their 'older' tablets and, tempting fate, I went for it yesterday.

Fear of losing access to Hijack file (as per posting #395 - FreakyyLike) a real concern - less so Google, because there are FireOS 7-friendly files available - but it's upgrade seemed to go off okay. This update had to be manually done (the device's 'System Updates' didn't find it automatically- so updates found on the Amazon Fire Tablet Help site - a list of OS and applicable devices) - downloaded, moved into the Fire's main storage, then run from 'System Update'.

Their Launcher really does make an effort to be the default (and it hides Launcher Hijack when it does), but I think I've (mostly) returned to functionality here. Using Nova Launcher here and - FWIW - Google's files as previously installed in April all seem to be working, too.

Early days yet as to improvements seen in their version of Pie, but so thankful for Launcher Hijack - and not having to do the whole 'connect to a computer to make tweaks' thing, here.
[Fire General] edwardxi:
fire 10 9th doesn't work

can't select the Nova Launcher within Hijack app, the option is grey, can't click "ok" to confirm...
[Fire General] tonino2424:
Hi Guys,

Great wedsite for android users. I am hoping someone could kindly give me a step by step instructions on how to setup nova launcher so I can use it has my home page so I can install apps that I want to see. This is what I have done so far.

Step 1. Installed nova launcher on my fire tablet 10.

Step 2. Tried installing hijacklauncher and amazon fire blocked it.

Step 3. I used clone app to to rename hijacklauncher to new hijacklauncher and cloned it.

Step 4. Installed new hijacklauncher

At this point is where i need help. If someone could do that i would greatly appreciate it.

TYVM

PS i am using amazon fire 10.

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Hi Guys,

Great wedsite for android users. I am hoping someone could kindly give me a step by step instructions on how to setup nova launcher so I can use it has my home page so I can install apps that I want to see. This is what I have done so far.

Step 1. Installed nova launcher on my fire tablet 10.

Step 2. Tried installing hijacklauncher and amazon fire blocked it.

Step 3. I used clone app to to rename hijacklauncher to new hijacklauncher and cloned it.

Step 4. Installed new hijacklauncher

At this point is where i need help. If someone could do that i would greatly appreciate it.

TYVM

PS i am using amazon fire 10.
[Fire General] sli4:
I unfortunately bought a banned firestick. This has helped me to make it somewhat useable but because I can't get through the initial set up the fireOS setup it just beeps/chirps in the background every 30 seconds or so while using the launcher. Is there anyway to bounce back to the set up so that pressing "home" will sync the remote and this will stop?

It will do this every time the fire stick restarts because it doesn't ever pass the update screen before starting.
[Fire General] brentonv:
I would please like to know also. Any ideas @SweenWolf ?
[Fire General] Bonzey2416:
Can you find a version of Launcher Hijack that runs on Kindle Fire HD 7 (2012) running Fire OS 7.5.1, which is based on Android 4.0.3 (API 15)? I want to replace the default launcher with Nova Launcher 3.3.