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[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] GofreeSing:
Awesome, it worked with converting it to a normal app then uninstall and reinstall from PlayStore! But it cannot be used as it always crashed back to homescreen.

Thank you though as it's a step forwards to removing and replacing system app in Fire OS.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] ddd12ddd:
Hello, i uninstalled the amazon appstore because when i tried to download the offline dictionary for colordictionary it displayed the message ''this app is trying to open a link with an external market''. But now after the uninstall of appstore when i try to download the offline dictionary the app just closes.

Does anyone have any solution for this?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Did you get the app from the Amazon store? If so uninstall it and reinstall it from Google store or an online apk. It may have relied on a portion of the app store. Also try booting into recovery and clear the cache partition then reboot. It may also be the app was dependent on the Amazon store. In which case see if you can export the dictionary to an alternative app.

EDIT: if none of that works, you can try downgrading to a lower version. I had an issue with an app force closing. I had to go down a version. If you do that to with a lot of apps, disable auto update on Google Store.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] ddd12ddd:
No, i did get the app from the playstore. I just tried uninstalling and installing again the app with no luck. This happens also with every other app that wants to download any plugin.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Interesting. I don't have any plugins of any kind installed. No one else has reported this either. Did you uninstall any system apps? When I say system I mean operational material aside from normal applications. The only other thing would be that app relying on a specific service that was available that no longer is. Even if it was the app store. Could be an update made that app unavailable for our devices. Unless anyone else reports an similar issue, that's all the guess I have.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] ddd12ddd:
DragonFire thank you for your help. If i don't have any system apps uninstalled, do you know any way to bypass the message "this app is trying to open a link with an external market" which sends me to amazon appstore ? (This happens with apps from playstore which want to download pluggins from playstore)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] got20z:
Does anybody know if I can install just the Amazon shopping app back on my Fire 8 HD via the adb shell prompt? I must have removed it along with all of the other things and I would like to have it back because I use it quite often. I try to install it from Google Play and it downloads, goes through the installation process, then stops. After this it just says "install" again when it would normally say "open". I go look and it has in fact NOT installed. It just does this in a loop and never will reinstall.

Does anybody know the code I could use to install it back at the command prompt, or can this even be done?

Thanks.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
You will have to do a factory reset to enable anything you 'uninstalled'. I have a theory to avoid that, but haven't yet tested it.

EDIT: try going into a shell, navigate to the directory of the APK, example: system/priv-app/com.amazon.windowshop (I think that's the shopping app).

$ pm install --user 0 com.amazon.windowshop

Try being in the actual directory of the APK and do pm install. If you get an error, remove the --user 0. If that doesn't work, you need to reset.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] ddd12ddd:
thank you. I will try and i ll let you know the results!

And one last things. What app should i uninstall in order to deactivate the advertishments (in lock screen)?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Special offers.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
I learned a trick. But this only works if you still have Prime Photos enabled. If you set your wallpaper using settings > display > wallpaper, it will change both the desktop wallpaper and your lock screen wallpaper. If you want to uninstall Prime Photos, set your wallpapers before doing so, because it will be the only lock screen wallpaper you'll see. If you already uninstalled Prime Photos, there is no way to change your lock screen wallpaper. Any of the Apps I tried have not been successful. Uninstalling Prime Photos also stops the lock screen wallpaper from rotating.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
If you install Google Contacts 1.1 you can import your contacts via vCard. If you install Google Contacts Sync 5.1.1-1965118 Contacts will link you and sync contacts to each device with a Google account. Uninstall Amazon Contacts and Amazon Contacts Sync when you complete those steps.

This allowed you to further be able to personalize your Fire...but I didn't know it would happen. When you have Contacts setup, open it and create your profile. Add some info and a picture. Tap the back arrow at the top left when done, it will save automatically. Your profile appears at the top of your contacts. Now click the power button so your lock screen comes on. Look at the top right of your Fire. Thank you very much.

Now if you still have Activity Launcher, open it, tap the top left and select all activities, scroll to settings and tap it. Then scroll to Users and tap it. You should also have your profile listed as owner, the picture you added to Contacts which showed up on the lock screen, and likely a number next to that. Tap your profile and edit your 'nickname'. It should save. Swipe out of everything when you save it and click to your lock screen. Look at the top right again. Tap the profile. Thank you again. ;)

BONUS: Swipe down your status/notification bar. Look at top right :D

EDIT: I have no clue if any of this will hold upon a reboot.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
It holds!! :victory::victory::highfive::highfive: Take a look!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] leokon:
OTA

Hi everyone!

I don't want to update my tablet because I want to root it in future (if it will be possible). Please tell me if you know, will my Kindle download an updates if I uninstall apps - com.amazon.device.software.ota and com.amazon.settings.systemupdates ? Thanks.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] GofreeSing:
Without root, but with you there seems a lot of customizations already ;)

Thank you.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
No one knows for sure at the moment. The system updates is just the section in settings. If you uninstall that, you won't be able to view that section.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Listing some of the above items I just uninstalled as per this link. Please read it carefully. Items with a triangle at the end are needed if the app above it is left installed.

NOTE: Not every application we have on the tablets is listed as at the time the above link was created, it was based on whatever version of the Fire Phone was available at the time. Please use this list as like any list, tricks or hacks, at your own risk!

Use App Inspector to get package names.

- Fire Input Devices (Contains keyboard layouts, this can be deleted if a custom keyboard is installed)

- DCP Contracts Framework

- DCP Platform Contracts

- Log Manager (Can send logs, collect metrics, e. g. CMS & DCP logs)

- Marketplace Service Receiver (Appstore can forward information to client)

- Precog (Data analysis platform that helps companies productize their data assets)

- SharingServiceAndroidClientProxy (Amazon related sharing service, again DCP related. If you removed the "Amazon DCP" apps, this can go as well)

- Shipmode (Discharges the battery if it's higher than 70%, useful before shipping the device (lithium battery safety) and for long term storage)

Reboot to recovery, clear cache, reboot.

adb reboot recovery
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Looking in the build.prop there are some properties that might be useful in determining if OTA has been stopped, at least in the HD 8. You need a file explorer to get there. I prefer to use Total Commander

You can find the build.prop in: File System Root/system/build.prop

Longpress the file and tap edit with Total Commander.

The last security patch for devices running 5.4.0:

ro.build.version.security_patch=2016-10-05 (October 5, 2016)

The last firmware update as of the May 31, 2017 release:

ro.build.date=Thursday June 1, 2017

OTA no longer 'persists' and can't verify the build per se:

persist.sys.ota.verified=unverified

persist.sys.last_verified_build=none

FireOS 5.4.0 might actually still be 5.3.4.0:

ro.build.version.fireos=5.3.4.0 (this exact line appears twice)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] ShmilyGone:
Hi. I uninstalled some apps in the list above. But now, when i want to pick a file to upload from browser (like firefox). It crashes. I think we miss a files chooser app. How can we fix it? Thanks and sr cuz of my bad english.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
In the last 12 to 24 hours or so, Amazon has updated FireOS to version 5.4.0.1. At least one user is reporting errors when attempting to 'uninstall' system/Amazon apps. I am currently on FireOS 5.4.0.0 so I can't verify this claim. If anyone is having problems using this method or the automatic one to 'uninstall' apps, please comment. Post error logs/messages if possible.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] ShmilyGone:
Up, help me fix it. :crying:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] bit-boxer:
Can confirm that problem too. Error:

"Failure [DELETE_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR]"

And don't try to flash 5.4.0.0 stock rom over 5.4.0.1 That will definitely brick the device.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
What did you try to uninstall?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
I don't understand what you're saying/asking
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Please note: If manually uninstalling you MUST include in the command the -k --user 0. Otherwise it will not work.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] bit-boxer:
the amazon apps from the list on the 4th page. sometimes the shell showed "Success", but the app was still installed. And on next tries the shell reported every time: "Failure [DELETE_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR]"

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I know. I could uninstall every app from the referenced list before update to 5.4.0.1
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
I don't know. I never used a list. I did all my 'uninstalls' manually and verified it using App Inspector. Try a reboot and using App Inspector, see if the app was uninstalled.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] bit-boxer:
No change. All apps are there. It's looks like the last update removed the rights to uninstall the user apps. Try to uninstall any amazon app on your tablet without "--user 0", than you'll see the same error message.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
You cannot remove that line. You MUST use --user 0. The process will NOT work if you do not include it.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] bit-boxer:
and again - I know! With update 5.4.0.1 it doesn't matter if you use "--user 0" or not - you'll get the same error.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Don't know what to tell you then. You have to use everything in the command as posted in the OP. If you don't, the process will not work. So far you and one other have said it doesn't work so 1) it was either patched or 2) you did something wrong.

The only other thing I can suggest is a reset and to start over. If it doesn't work, then it won't work anymore.

EDIT: This is why we said to uninstall the DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk right away.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
This might still work.

Download and install Notepad++ for Windows. Then open it and copy and paste the below script:

#!/system/bin/sh
while :
do
kill $!
sleep 1 & "/system/priv-app/com.package.name/com.package.name.apk" & sleep 20; kill $!
kill $!
done &
exit
#press enter now#!/system/bin/sh
while :
do
kill $!
sleep 1 & "/system/priv-app/com.package.name/com.package.name.apk" & sleep 20; kill $!
kill $!
done &
exit
#press enter now

Now where it says /system/priv-app/com.package.name, replace it with the name of the package.

Next to it, after the /, put the package apk. Example:

/system/priv-app/com.amazon.avod/com.amazon.avod.apk

Do the same for the second area.

Now open 2 ADB windows. In the first one type: adb shell pm hide com.amazon.avod (that's just an example. Replace it with the package name of your choice) BUT DO NOT HIT ENTER!

In the second window, copy and paste the script.

You may get some errors, but it should eventually say 'Success'. Leave that window open, it will continue to repeat the process over and over.

Back to the first window, you can copy the pm hide command then press enter. Paste the command again and hit enter. Repeat that process until you see something like "com.amazon.avod hidden status is true"

Now look to see if Amazon Video (or your chosen app) appears anywhere on the desktop or inside App Inspector.

If it doesn't, you just disabled the app. You can unhide it by typing: pm unhide com.amazon.avod

Hidden apps will not run or consume memory and or CPU.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] ShmilyGone:
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Sorry about my bad english. I mean when i uninstalled the apps in this list https://xdaforums.com/sho...4&postcount=33. Then I can't use files choose function when i want to browse a file by firefox, chrome ...

And I can't delete files on external storage too. I guess we are lacking a file chooser app. Like this http://devcodemarket.com/uploads/ima...9906c60f93.png

But I don't know what is the app i should reinstall. Thanks.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
You can't reinstall. You will have to do a reset and try again. Before you do, tell me what FireOS you are on? settings > device options > system updates.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] ShmilyGone:
It crashes when i click to "system updates". But before i uninstalled the app it was 5.4.0.0.

P/s: After i reset it, what app i should keep to avoid that problem? Thanks.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
It could be any number of things. I would do it manually. Please be aware you have to install replacement apps before you uninstall the Amazon ones. Example: You want to download FireFox before you uninstall Silk Browser. If you don't, some apps will not function or not at all if you uninstall the Amazon apps first.

Do not uninstall things like Download manager or Documents apps. If you do, you can't download anything. That's probably what happened.

Best to turn off your Wifi BEFORE you reset. DO NOT REGISTER WITH AMAZON. Do not turn your wifi on when Amazon asks during registration. IF, and its still an if, the latest FireOS 5.4.0.1 has been patched to stop this, you don't want to update. The first app you should uninstall is DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk. So far on my HD 8, that's stopped any OTA updates for me.

EDIT: Don't uninstall the systm updates app. That just stops you from being able to VIEW that section. It has nothing to do with OTA.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] ShmilyGone:
^, Thank you so much. I will try it.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] jpm122:
If you get to 5.4.0.1, you're toast. Doing a factory reset does no good.

I have nine brand new Fire 8 HD tablets that I just sat down to clean out, and wasn't even thinking when they started downloading the update before I wiped out the junk. :(
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] melvinaury:
One question can give the instructions on how to re-enable Amazon Store and kindle reader.

I run the script to uninstall all the bloatware from Amazon, and the Amazon for Tablets and Kindle Fire don;t install from the market error code 504.

I don't want to do factory reset.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
The only thing that will bring back the apps is a factory reset.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] melvinaury:
Ok, thanks. One more favor can you detail what is the apps that can't be disable to had the amazon web store and kindle app.

On that way I can go to the batch fike that I had and delete those lines.

Also what is the lines for not loose the update menu, and then I onle uninstall the update app and maintain the menu.

Thanks in advance
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Use Application Inspector from play store. That will list all apps and their package names. If you want to still SEE the system updates tab, don't uninstall SystemUpdates.apk (I think that's the name).
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] melvinaury:
Thanks, I will use the app and yes the option are now available. But the update process are not available
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Wickii:
Hey guys,

any idea about disabling the Lockscreen?

Or how to setup a specific picture as background and disable the slideshow?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
You will have to keep Prime Photos to change the lockscreen wallpapers. The lockscreen is tucked away in the framework so we can't replace the files unfortunately. There are tutorials on XDA related to that, but I've never tried them. So I don't know if they work.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] MWin123:
It seems like removing the safe-to-remove system apps broke Adobe Acrobat. It crashes after the initial guide. Other PDF apps work, but not all of them.

What's weird is that if I open a PDF in the official OwnCloud app it says "No applications found for this file type" even though I have multiple PDF apps installed and half of them work.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Did you remove any metrics or webview apps? Doing so causes some apps to fail license verification or something along those lines. It doesn't happen with many apps, but the few I had it happen to happen to be my most used ones: Weather Underground and Pandora Music. Good to know Adobe fits that bracket.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] MWin123:
I did remove everything except the com.android.* package apps, camera and the ones that would break the home button.

I even thought that webview sounds important, but I didn't like the com.amazon part. I installed webview from the Play Store but that doesn't do it.

Do you know what metric apps were important?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Even if you install android web view and uninstall Amazon's, it still doesn't work unfortunately. You'll have to keep Amazon's web view installed. Installing android webview adds to whatever Amazon's left out.

In regards to metrics, just look for the word metrics in the package names or app titles. I'll add a link in a bit of what I left INSTALLED. It's in the HD 8 section of a thread with the same name. If you're concerned about it consuming internet usage, just install a basic firewall and block them. As long as they aren't uninstalled, a firewall won't hurt the apps functions.

EDIT: To fix webview, unfortunately the only way to do so is via reset.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Here is what I left installed. You can tweak it based on your needs though. Just be prepared to do a reset or two if it goes wrong. Make sure NOT to connect to Wifi when you reset as to avoid any OTA updates. Upon a reset I would uninstall DeviceSoftwareOTA and the one called 'forced OTA'.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] behradbv:
In the first post, in line 2 there is la link for newbies. I went to that link in order to learn more, there it was said that "even if you “uninstall” a system application using this method, you can still receive official OTA updates from your carrier or OEM".

So how can I disable OTA updates? It is the most important part for me
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Uninstall the APKs named DeviceSoftwareOTA and the other named ForcedOTA
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] MWin123:
I was actually able to fix webview without a reset.

I checked logcat and it reported that com.android.webview was missing. I couldn't find a download link for a webview apk with that package name, so I just copied the AOSP webview apk from my Oneplus X with LineageOS 14.1 to my tablet and installed it. It actually worked, even though it's from Android 7.1. I used https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snc.test.webview2 to check my webview installation and while it showed nothing before, now it finds the AOSP webview. Adobe Acrobat Reader didn't work first, but after deleting the app data (maybe cleaning cache is enough) it also worked.

I haven't had any problems yet.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] TechNash:
When I do it it says Operation Successful. After I restart my kindle and then it the application is still there. I'm trying to uninstall special offers. I'm running fireOS 5.4.0.0
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] krsmit0:
what is the command you are using to remove it?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] TechNash:
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.amazon.kindle.kso

When I do it it doesn't remove notifications, app, nor launcher ads.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] krsmit0:
what version is fireos? and are you rebooting after running the command?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] TechNash:
5.4.0 and yes I am rebooting
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] madsquabbles:
Damn, son...:laugh::good::laugh:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] TechNash:
Freakin auto correct.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] veekay:
Upgraded to 5.4.0.0 and the launcher still is pretty inconsistent. It took 6 tries this last time to get back to Nova. Not a complaint as I'm happy enough to have it, but just alerting you.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Neo3D:
My tablet updated to the latest version, is there any way to downgrade it?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
As far as we know, no one has tried. If someone has, I've missed it.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] RonnieTheBear:
Hey Dragonfire, at one point in this thread, you suggest that you may be able to re-enable amazon apps via a shell install rather than a factory reset. Do you know if anyone ever tried out your theory? I used the script in the OP to uninstall all the usual apps, but I'd like to use the Kindle app. I was able to reinstall it from the Google Play store, and it works and loads the app, but it won't sync my library to find any of my books (I suspect there was some other default apk I "uninstalled" that it needs for communication with AMZ servers?)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] krsmit0:
Factory reset has been the only way to return anything. I myself have reset about 5 times before finding out what features i wanted to keep running.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
So far as I know, you need root to reinstall or enable them again. I dont use any Kindle apps or Amazon apps so I'm not sure.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] TechNash:
Especially my firewall saved me from an OTA Update. I see internet request from it all over now!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
My firewall failed to stop OTA, but it was my fault. My HD 8 is on 5.4.0.0. luckily I was able to disable the OTA files before 5.4.0.1 came out.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] TechNash:
It blocked a new one. I sadly received 5.4.1.0. A while ago
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] RonnieTheBear:
I bought 3 HD8's from Amazon and they all came at 5.4.0.0. They also wanted to immediately update to 5.4.0.1 before letting me into the OS, but I've found if you power off while it was downloading the update, when you boot back up it dumps you into the OS at 5.4.0.0 and says it will update to 5.4.0.1. later when you're not using it. (So then you immediately disable the OTA APKs, of course :P)

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Thanks Dragonfire and krsmit0, I did a factory reset, modified the .bat to leave in Kindle and Audible, and it works like a charm.

Does anyone know the "com.amazon...." APK name for the Amazon app? (as in, the app that lets you browse & buy things from amazon.com?) Might go back and do it again and leave that one in, too.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
If I recall correctly, it's com.amazon.windowshop (or windowshopping)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] krsmit0:
i prefer the app in the play store. works fine after removing the windowshop app