yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Topics] JohnnyKirm:
Hmm! Been a MS Insider for 6 years. Hate to tell you this but build 19041 is the May Update, not an Alpha preview build; that might be Build 19631. The official ISO's of 19041.208 May Update were released over a week ago to MSDN subscribers and next week will be the public release if not sooner.

Perhaps do some research prior to calling something Alpha and telling someone to use stable software. Thanks for your opinion.

On another note, how does everyone feel about the new Bluestacks layout of v4.205.10.1001 and or v4.205.0.1006 using a Library and Game Center tab. My issue with this setup is that Bluestacks always opens up to the Game Center by default, something that I never use. I have all apps on Google Play.

I have written to Bluestacks support on this, asking them to put atleast a toggle in Settings to have Bluestacks open up to the Library rather than this Game center. This has been passed on to the developers, however, unless they get more complaints about this new setup, we will be stuck with it.

Please guys, if you do not like this feature of having Game Center being put in your face like this, let Bluestacks know. Much appreciated. Hope you are all keeping safe out there.

Regards,

Johnny
[General Topics] JohnnyKirm:
Update: Started fresh with Bluestacks v4.205.10.1001 and then using BSTweaker v6.5.0, there were absolutely no issues with rooting. SuperSU-v2.82-SR5 is now up and running.

Thanks Anatoly79 for the update.

Regards,

Johnny
[General Topics] Anatoly79:
Download fix from the site https://bstweaker.tk/ BlueStacks 4.205.10.1001 (64bit) / (32bit) + fix (Library + ad icon)

Unpack the zip archive and replace c:\ProgramData\BlueStacks\Client\bluestacks.exe.

Also I removed the ad icon
[General Topics] JohnnyKirm:
Hello Anatoly79,

Thanks for the fix, worked great. One frustration gone, now left with the gigantic icons. They are like 10 times the size of my windows icons. Is there somewhere a user can edit to downsize them, or is it directly in the executable. This has to be the ugliest UI out of Bluestacks yet.

To think, I have a subscription to Bluestacks, and put up with them. Unless many users complain, they will not budge. Have about a year left, all free from the points I cashed in when they ended that.

Regards,

Johnny
[General Topics] lieuliau:
[MENTION=5749406]Anatoly79[/MENTION]: Is there any way to disable all game guide control? Now everytime I open new game, it always show these Tutorial about game guide control.
[General Topics] JohnnyKirm:
[MENTION=1683663]lieuliau[/MENTION], Would love to find something for this too. I have sent countless complaints to Bluestacks on this. Once is enough, we know its there, asked them to stop treating us like kids. But with them, unless enough people complain, they will not change. Used to be only 1 click to dismiss, now it's like 4.

If only everyone would flood their support and complain.
[General Topics] Anatoly79:
Bstweaker 5 doesn't support BlueStacks 4.205.

Use bstweaker 6.
[General Topics] sesshumaruv2:
Thanks bro its works now
[General Topics] dongxi@:
Hi bro ,

How to expand bluestack 4.2 diskspace to 256GB , BSTv5 not support anymore ?
[General Topics] deltacharlie:
Hi Is there any way to set Phone number in BlueStacks?
[General Topics] lieuliau:
v5 can increase disk space in BS v205
[General Topics] ahmedmahmoud50:
when i change device model i get fales why ?
[General Topics] datajosh:
Thank you! That was an INCREDIBLY annoying change. Hate the giant icons too but I can deal with that easier.
[General Topics] gatarax:
Hello ,me too can't bear these disgusting big icons horrible since this last update !!!! ?

-And the Game center tab appeared ! ?

Anatoly79 please make an option in bstweaker to hide game center and recover the size of the original icons ???
[General Topics] JohnnyKirm:
Noticed you removed the fix, thought you may have incorporated that in BST652. I did try the Single Tab Mode to no avail. Kept a backup so all is still good.
[General Topics] Anatoly79:
Patch Promo removes the ad icon and makes the tab Library the default tab. The fix for bluestacks.exe is no longer needed.

I have no idea what to do with big icons. I think they will fix it. It looks very ugly.
[General Topics] JohnnyKirm:
Will give that a try tomorrow, late for me.

As per big icons, we need as many users as possible to mention to BS support regarding that. If no one complains, they may not change it. Who knows though.
[General Topics] DAOWAce:
One can only hope..

I sent feedback about this version of Bluestacks back in the 4.190.10.5002 release. Not a single thing was changed upon its final release in 4.205. The changelog articles on the bluestacks websites haven't had any comments allowed to go through since this release., probably because everyone hates it.

But the UI is only part of the major problem Bluestacks has right now: A memory leak (or something like it).

Bluestacks constantly purges active memory into the pagefile with no limit on it. Instances get so big to the point they fill up the pagefile and cause severe performance degradation in Windows itself.

Reported this bug back in 4.190. Like the UI, still remains unchanged in 4.20x.

Edit: Heck I just tested the 64bit version to see if that was better.. upon starting the instance it purged EVERY SINGLE RUNNING PROCESS of active memory, making Windows act like there was no free system RAM left. This is ATROCIOUS.

I don't want to use the adware infested Nox (or any other western emulator) and MuMu doesn't have any multi-instancing features, so there's no real alternative other than just dealing with it. Really sucks.
[General Topics] JohnnyKirm:
Just to confirm Anatoly79, applying the Promo patch worked perfectly and with all my Instances. Much appreciated.

Regards,

Johnny
[General Topics] Quiexo:
I'm having the same problem too with BS 4.200.0.4012 64bit. Played FGO NA for ~20 minutes, opened a new Firefox window then everything started to become unresponsive. Even after I closed BS completely (using BSTweaker Force Kill) the computer was still unresponsive and throwing up "Hardware error" in Reliability Monitor. Restarting the computer fixed the unresponsive issue in the end.

You mentioned that this memory leak issue occurred from V4.190. Incidentally, I checked BS changelog and V4.190 mentions "6. Users with high-end machines will now notice less CPU usage. Winter has arrived, for your CPU.". I wonder if this CPU optimisation is what's causing the memory leak issue.
[General Topics] titi66200:
[MENTION=5749406]Anatoly79[/MENTION]

Please patch for BlueStacks 4.210.0.4009_and64.

Patched with the BlueStacks Tweaker version 6 6.5.2.0 by changing the PC register but the promo patch also removes the playtore icon.

Thanks
[General Topics] LiNEAGEOSANDROiDEVOLUTiON:
Ok. I was Ms insider since longhorn. Forgive me. I see windows 10 2004 uses hyperv for wsl2. This hypervisor breaks BlueStacks virtual box hypervisor's compatibility I guess.

Disabled any virtual platform subsystem windows features may help.
[General Topics] JohnnyKirm:
Not positive on that as I do not use Hyper-V. I run VMware Pro on my system, no issues with Bluestacks. The issue I did have was only with one version of Bluestacks and an older BSTweaker, been good since both were updated, other than the ugly huge icons in Bluestacks.

Thanks and Regards,

Johnny
[General Topics] joshndroid:
Using the hyper-v bluestacks beta (as i run hyper-v for other things) and the tweak app does not find bluestacks (registry). It opens, but no version information or anything is listed.
[General Topics] Anatoly79:
Fixed.

Unpatch Promo with BSTweaker 6.5.2.

(Or open c:\ProgramData\BlueStacks_bgp64\Client\ and restore backup (Rename BlueStacks.exe.xxxxxx.bak to BlueStacks.exe)

Then Patch again with BSTweaker 6.5.3

BStweaker uses VirtualBox COM API but BlueStacks beta Hyper-V has an other engine.

I work with many other emulators. I can't turn on Hyper-V because It will break my main work.
[General Topics] titi66200:
[MENTION=5749406]Anatoly79[/MENTION]

Doesn't work.

Icon of the playstore Ok but disappearance of installed applications.
[General Topics] capetan:
Hello

Is it possible to change the device to other than the predefined ones, other than on the BSTweaker list?
[General Topics] Anatoly79:
Please check again
[General Topics] titi66200:
Tried it 4 times and always the same.

I also tried to:

-Unpatch promo.

-Launched bluestack.

-uninstall applications.

-closed bluestack.

-patch promo.

-Launched bluestack.

-install applications.

But when I leave bluestack and I relaunch it the applications are no longer there.
[General Topics] Anatoly79:
Restore backup file (BlueStacks.exe.xxxxxx.bak). Use the oldest one if you have 2 or more .bak

Bstweaker 6.5.5?
[General Topics] titi66200:
Works with 6.5.5

This afternoon you asked me to try the 6.5.3.
[General Topics] joshndroid:
Fair enough. I am in the same boat but the opposite in that i use hyper-v mainly. All good.
[General Topics] Darthagnon:
When using BlueStacks 4.200.0.5201 (last version with the good UI) and BSTweaker v6.5.5, the "Change Wallpaper" option no longer appears in the hamburger menu when patched. Previously, this worked (I think in version 6.5.0, which is what I currently have installed, but I cannot be sure, as I may have patched BlueStacks with an earlier version of BSTweaker6 or used BSTweaker5).

Feature request: Could we have a "Force Kill" option in BSTweaker6, to kill BlueStacks and all related services? The Stop button in the UI leaves behind BstkSVC.exe (orphan process, left if BlueStacks is closed before BSTweaker) and HD-Agent.exe (BlueStacks tray).
[General Topics] Anatoly79:
Click the right mouse button https://bstweaker.tk/images/bstweaker/BSTweaker_630_Main.png
[General Topics] Darthagnon:
Thank you so much, Anatoly79!

I also checked about the change wallpaper option, and it's nothing to do with BsTweaker - BlueStacks doesn't show the change wallpaper option unless you're logged in to Google Play (don't suppose this is fixable with BsTweaker? ;) ). I'll do some research and see if I can find a way to replace wallpapers without logging in.

EDIT:

Change wallpapers manually here, where [anime-name] is the name of the currently applied skin/theme in BlueStacks:

C:\ProgramData\BlueStacks\Client\anime-blue\fancybg.jpg [1920x980]

ditto\anime-lineage\fancybg.jpg [1920x980]

ditto\anime-pink\fancybg.jpg [1920x980]
[General Topics] kentpachi:
Nova Launcher (+MEmu support) 6.2.3.apk

it does not work on android 4, it crashed :(
[General Topics] Anatoly79:
Nova Launcher v6 requires Android 5 and newer
[General Topics] harshil33:
hii [MENTION=5749406]Anatoly79[/MENTION]

is there any pre rooted versioin available ?

I am using windows 10 Version with 10th gen i3 processor and having 4 GB ram.

I installed latest version 4.210 but it did not started hence I uninstalled it.

Please suggest me working version for me. I want to use this to change device id, imei, guid and MAC ID to create new accounts.
[General Topics] erikferreira:
any chance to support bluestacks hyper-v?

http://cdn3.bluestacks.com/download...3_native_7576530aaaa81c33a40d3dad71eb79c4.exe
[General Topics] Anatoly79:
No.
[General Topics] Nikofreefire:
hey bro

please update the tool for we can root this lastest bluestacks sir thank you alot
[General Topics] Android4Me!!:
LDPlayer (BlueStacks alternative!)

I just recently found a different (better?) emulator I didn't know existed! It's called LDPlayer and it comes ALREADY ROOTED!! AWESOME! It also allows for multi-instances too. Give it a try! :good:
[General Topics] JohnnyKirm:
Hello Anatoly79,

Not that this is a major concern, but worth mention. Normally when I do an upgrade of Bluestacks, I always UnPatch root and then Lock. I also UnPatch Promo. Proceed with upgrade, then go through the process of Unlocking and Patching both.

I am using current BSTweaker 6.5.6 with v4.215.0.1019. What is unusual, there was no need to Patch Promo as Bluestacks opens up to Library permanently. Even doing an uninstall of Bluestacks and re-install, no need for Promo Patch. This was repeatable on 3 computers I use Bluestacks on.

I know it has not been implemented by Bluestacks yet, did a new install in new vm and that still opened up to Game center. But for my 3 systems, it is like they are now permanently patched to open up to Library. Like I mentioned, not really a concern, but thought I would let you know.

Regards,

Johnny
[General Topics] DAOWAce:
Nox, Bluestacks, LDPlayer, MEmu, MuMu. I know about them all.

I avoided Nox, LD and ME due to concerns with adware or crypto miners.

Bluestacks was the most reputable of the main ones.

Then I found MuMu, which had no ads and was made by a massive company: NetEase. They aren't going to do the same ad crap that the others are, because they don't need the money.

MuMu runs extremely well and has great app support, but no customized features like Bluestacks does for certain games (7DS was one I played with the landscape mod). But, MuMu can't do multi-instancing, hence my need for Bluestacks.

Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to be the case.

I tested Bluestacks versions from 4.160 to 4.215. They all suffered the memory purge/leak thing.

I also installed a fresh Windows 10 v1909 in case it was an issue with my old v1703. No change; still suffered the issue: https://i.imgur.com/BwxFYGB.png

Either I didn't notice it until now, or some hardware/driver changes did something.

Support says they "can't replicate it on our LAB computer". Yeah, okay, sure. I bet they don't even know what they're looking for or somehow think it's normal.

This is making me want to install the other emulators I mentioned to see if they suffer this major technical issue.. but god I really don't want to.
[General Topics] Darthagnon:
Does anyone know what hosts addresses we need to block to disable Bluestacks update detection?
[General Topics] phillthedrill:
Might as well use Memu player since it looks like the Tweaker is no longer being updated.
[General Topics] evildog1:
The 64-bit version 4.210.0.4009 is not supported

This version () is not supported

and can't root

But this guy on youtube is using same BS version and tweaker version and is supported. How???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKhdpOnGl3o
[General Topics] Anatoly79:
BSTweaker searches emulator in all known branches.

1. It seems you have an empty registry branch HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BlueStacks.

2. Open the tab Settings in BSTweaker. What emulator is selected? BlueStacks 64-bit is correct.

Use BSTweaker 6
[General Topics] evildog1:
It's selected Bluestacks by default. I choosed BlueStacks 64-bit and it works

But i already rooted it with BSTweaker 5 :laugh:
[General Topics] Devocalypse:
How to make it work with Hyper-V

Latest BSTweaker beta (6.5.6) works partially with Hyper-V Bluestacks (4.200.0.4205).

NOTE: this applies to helpers section only. Root is not supported!

All you need to do is export the reg key under

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BlueStacks_bgp64_hyperv

to a .reg file.

In that reg file search and replace:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BlueStacks_bgp64_hyperv

with

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BlueStacks

Save it and double click to import it. Now you should have both:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BlueStacks
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BlueStacks_bgp64_hyperv

It's best to export and import yourself as the keys contain machine-related data and locations which might be subject to change.

After that just run BStweaker and use it as usual.
[General Topics] IBastawisi:
Root >> Unlock results in an error:

2020-07-09 22:13:04.0317 FATAL Critical error! C:\Program Files\BlueStacks_bgp64_hyperv\BstkTypeLib.dll not found
[General Topics] Anatoly79:
BSTweaker 6 does not support BlueStacks Hyper-V. https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=82793921&postcount=1340
[General Topics] Devocalypse:
Helpers for premium and promo work though.

I haven't bothered testing root as I have no use for it.
[General Topics] jakebrand24:
Help me pls!!!!

Hello, I see clearly the File Manager can stored data/data/<package>/<databases> without Root.

How to achieve this via adb??

I tried adb shell run-as and ADB backup but it doesn't work.

Please help me, thanks...
[General Topics] casperspook:
Well done!!
[General Topics] nirmal kumaran:
can you create tweaks for msi app player to change imei number in it . It is also similar to bluestacks . so please consider my problem and reply to me ' your responce
[General Topics] Anatoly79:
Settings - Emulator - MSI AppPlayer
[General Topics] asteria23:
Hello! Please tell me how can I start the server 127.0.0.1:8888 without starting the BS tweaker? Or how can I start a BS tweaker with an already running server? For example, what command-line arguments should I use to do this?
[General Topics] Arceist Justin:
The premium features patch DOES NOT work!! No matter how many times I try to patch it, I STILL DO NOT have the premium features such as a custom wallpaper!!

I have unpatched it and re-patched it dozens of times and no custom wallpaper! This feature has worked in the past but no longer.

Does anybody know what the problem could be?
[General Topics] Anatoly79:
What is the version of BSTweaker and BlueStacks?
[General Topics] Arceist Justin:
I figured out what the problem was. After doing the patch, I just needed to run Bluestacks as administrator once in order for the premium features to apply.
[General Topics] asteria23:
Did you decide to skip my question?
[General Topics] reverser69:
anyone can help me with intallation of exposed on BS 4.215.0.5101.x64 ?
[General Topics] claytmp:
Hello, can anyone please help as to how activate premium for the latest version of bluestacks?
[General Topics] jhoncarter:
Thanks for creating thread on xda
[General Topics] hellicious:
hi anatoly, i have a question of how to install xposed on my bluestack 3

ive rooted my bluestack 3 but idk how to install xposed, can you show me how? im new in this, thanks in advance
[General Topics] OD5KB:
Hi Anatoly, hope all ok with you, can I have "OnlyMyApp" exe for 3.7.48.2401 and 3.50.52.1661 ? Thank you in advance and best regards
[General Topics] Anatoly79:
Oem - Sign in with Google.

Done

BS works unstable with xposed.
[General Topics] OD5KB:
Thank you very much, have a nice day.:good:
[General Topics] sallyrkno2001:
please send me another site to download like mediafire .

:)
[General Topics] ceelu:
Hi.. First, thanks for this tool. I was able to figure out how to install it and root my BS3 installation.

I'm not sure how to use it to accomplish what I need, however, and I'm wondering if someone can help. I have a game that until recently worked fine on BS3, but after a recent update, when I try to run it, a message pops up that suggests the game has detected it is running in an emulator and has shut down.

I use the emulator simply because the game often runs in the background doing simulations and it uses so much CPU power that it destroys my phone's battery. I'd really love to be able to run it on BS3 again instead.

Does anyone know how I can accomplish this? I've tried random IMEI/AndroidID, changing the phone type, nothing works.

Thanks. :)
[General Topics] Anatoly79:
No. BlueStacks works incorrect with xposed.

BSTweaker can`t hide BlueStacks from the Emulator Detector
[General Topics] shoopi:
Ad icon

Is there a way to remove that kind of ad ?
[General Topics] Rom:
@Anatoly79

Hello,

Me too isearch any way to completly disable this shortcut, there is a way ?

Thanks for your soft:good:
[General Topics] shoopi:
Mine is 3.50.52.1661
[General Topics] gloeyisk:
This is i need for now, thanks for sharing!

Will try as soon as possible.
[General Topics] Anatoly79:
I don` t know what is BlueStacks 3.3. I know BS 3.7, 3.50, 3.1(for China)

I need to know full info about version of BS. (3.x.xx.xxx). I`ll send modified file to you for test.

I sent modified bluestacks.exe for 3.50.52.1661 in PM.

Replace original bluestacks.exe (the default path is c:\ProgramData\BlueStacks\Client\ ) with the modified file.

Delete old json files with icons (c:\ProgramData\BlueStacks\Engine\UserData\Gadget\): apps_Android.json and systemApps.json. You can delete all ads-promoted .png files also.

Run BlueStacks.

Bluestacks must be marked as on the screenshot. (the star "Premium" on the top-right angle of the window)

Check ads icon. I am waiting for result.

I can not check this method because I don` t have ads icon.
[General Topics] Anatoly79:
I updated BSTweaker. Please check the new version.

How to get BlueStacks 3 Premium
[General Topics] OD5KB:
Thank you very much.
[General Topics] shoopi:
The "ad icon" issue is fully resolved thanks to this new build (BlueStacks Tweaker 3.24.0) ^_^ !

Thx a lot, Anatoly79 !
[General Topics] Rom:
Hi, my actual version (i am come from europe) is 3.7.46.1633.

With your new version, idk if that, but i don't have anymore the icon ads..

Without having makes anything via your software.
[General Topics] hi_mam:
How to change shared folders or add new share folder in bluestacks 3.50.52.1661?
[General Topics] nykun:
[MENTION=5749406]Anatoly79[/MENTION]

My bs3 exe version is 3.50.56.2506.

Can you update your exe version for removing "app center" and "help center"

Thanks.
[General Topics] Philip Leung:
Hi,

Not sure what went wrong but I am no longer able to unlock new instances. It just stopped working.

2020-07-23 01:45:04.2832 ERROR System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80BB0001): Could not find a registered machine named 'Android_2'

at BstkTypeLib.VirtualBoxClass.FindMachine(String aNameOrId)

at VmBlueStacks4.Internal.BstkVBoxBase.InternalOpenMachine(String vmName, LockType lockType)

at VmBlueStacks4.BlueStacks4VMRootVBox.Lock()

2020-07-23 01:45:04.2832 FATAL Could not find a registered machine named 'Android_2'

2020-07-23 01:45:04.2832 DEBUG Root.Lock:False

2020-07-23 01:45:04.2832 INFO Root.Lock:Android_2:False

2020-07-23 01:45:06.9165 ERROR System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80BB0001): Could not find a registered machine named 'Android_3'

at BstkTypeLib.VirtualBoxClass.FindMachine(String aNameOrId)

at VmBlueStacks4.Internal.BstkVBoxBase.InternalOpenMachine(String vmName, LockType lockType)

at VmBlueStacks4.BlueStacks4VMRootVBox.Lock()

2020-07-23 01:45:06.9165 FATAL Could not find a registered machine named 'Android_3'

2020-07-23 01:45:06.9165 DEBUG Root.Lock:False

2020-07-23 01:45:06.9165 INFO Root.Lock:Android_3:False

I do not see the Root.vdi file in the cloned instances.

Are you able to help me fix it? Thanks
[General Topics] Anatoly79:
I don't know what is it. Delete BlueStacks 2, BlueStacks 3 and reboot pc.
[General Topics] akbaryahya:
Is there a manual way to root bluestacks hyper-v? because this tool still doesn't work and most articles point here so I'm confused. I also don't want to turn off hyper-v because I use a docker
[General Topics] gatarax:
I also have this problem for a few days! :(

I have bluestacks version with the ugly giant icons. And i was really premium with this version!

But for a few days all of a sudden, i have the tab " Play and win " and " Blog " that have appeared ! whereas before they were not there :(

I re-open bstweaker latest version and it tells me that i am still premium

the big ugly icons unbearable and now these tabs that I don't want appearing, bluestacks is getting more and more rotten...

and I forgot another bug too :

my wallpaper was suddenly changed by itself by a wallpaper with flying saucers ! ?

programmers impose more and more unwanted things on us...
[General Topics] Android4Me!!:
I noticed my BlueStacks also changing randomly and my icons suddenly got smaller! Yea!! I then noticed a new option at the top left that said "Personalize" so I clicked on it. It then showed 4 new options. You can now change Icon Size, Wallpaper & more! Also, the icons now have a strange look to them so that if you don't click them dead center, you're given the option to "Play" or "Uninstall". Weird!!
[General Topics] shoopi:
New version 4.220.0.1109