yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] onesikpuppy:
So I’ve managed to break settings on my HD 10. Anybody know which apk I need to unfreeze to fix it? To be more clear whenever I try to open up settings it just crashes back to the home screen.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DallasRedHead:
Desktops Icons not going away

I went through the entire thread and got everything to work. I went to 'PM HIDE' the APKs and I was getting 'new hidden state: true'. However, after I reboot the Fire HD, clear the cache all those icons are all still there! What could I be I doing wrong?

I have a Non-Rooted device so PM disable and PM uninstall do not work.

I am running 5.6.2. Any ideas???

Thanks!!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] cybersaga:
I finally got around to trying this out. It works great! I've happily hidden the Fire Launcher now.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] xene97:
Disregard... I used "disable" instead of "hide"

I successfully disabled the system apps (HD8 7th Generation running 5.6.2.0) but had to do a factory reset.

When I try to disable the apps again I get the following error:

Error: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: attempt to change component state from pid=16781, uid=32077, package uid=32053

Is there any way to fix this issue?

Any help is greatly appreciated.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] avramd02:
So I tried loading it directly with ADB and it keeps failing because apparently its already installed. But if I try the run as it says that unifiedfacebook is not debuggable, also when I put in id it still starts with uid=2000. I'm running 5.6.2.0 and a brand new fire.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] fean0r:
Same here, Model 2017 Fire HD 10, v5.6.2.0. Was trying to use this app after reset with no amaz account.

After 5.6.2.0 there some little updates. Maybe they prevent using this workaround
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] xene97:
I had the same problem originally. I followed the instructions on this post (https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77191736&postcount=67) and it finally worked.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] cybersaga:
Make sure you're using the "-r -d" in the install command.

If it still doesn't work, copy and paste the commands you're using into your post.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] ch3vr0n5:
Would anyone mind dropping me a titanium backup of the Kindle book app from the hd 10? Accidentally deleted mine... And the backup... :eek:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] fean0r:
Still doesn't work. I testet alot. Copy to root or to download. used options -r -d . Installation say "success". After reboot :

shell@suez:/ $ run-as com.amazon.unifiedsharefacebook
run-as: Package 'com.amazon.unifiedsharefacebook' is not debuggable

without reboot

shell@suez:/ $ run-as com.amazon.unifiedsharefacebook
shell@suez:/data/data/com.amazon.unifiedsharefacebook $ id
uid=32077(amz_u0a77) gid=32077(amz_u0a77) groups=1003(graphics),1004(input),1007(log),1011(adb),1015(sdcard_rw),1028(sdcard_r),3001(net_bt_admin),3002(net_bt),3003(inet),3006(net_bw_stats) context=u:r:amazon_app:s0
pm disable com.amazon.kindle.kso
Error: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: attempt to change component state from pid=23197, uid=32077, package uid=32097

Device: fire hd 10 2017, v5.6.2.0, reset to default values and no account connected
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] avramd02:
Did this and got a success on the adb, but after reboot the uid remains the same and the package is still not debuggable.

This what I'm doing

pm install -r -d /sdcard/Download/com.amazon.unifiedsharefacebook.apk <

pkg: /sdcard/Download/com.amazon.unifiedsharefacebook.apk

Success

shell@douglas:/ $ id

uid=2000(shell) gid=2000(shell) groups=1003(graphics),1004(input),1007(log),1011(adb),1015(sdcard_rw),1028(sdcard_r),3001(net_bt_admin),3002(net_bt),3003(inet),3006(net_bw_stats) context=u:r:shell:s0

Reboot--

shell@douglas:/ $ run-as com.amazon.unifiedsharefacebook

run-as: Package 'com.amazon.unifiedsharefacebook' is not debuggable

1|shell@douglas:/ $ id

uid=2000(shell) gid=2000(shell) groups=1003(graphics),1004(input),1007(log),1011(adb),1015(sdcard_rw),1028(sdcard_r),3001(net_bt_admin),3002(net_bt),3003(inet),3006(net_bw_stats) context=u:r:shell:s0

shell@douglas:/ $
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] cybersaga:
Don't reboot. I found I have to reinstall that app after a reboot if I want to use the run-as again.

And you need to use "pm hide" . "pm disable" won't work.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] avramd02:
Does that mean anytime I restart it I have to redo the changes. Or only if I restart it and want to make changes I have to reinstall it?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] cybersaga:
Only if you restart it and then want to make changes again.

The apps will stay hidden across reboots.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] avramd02:
That worked, great thanks.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] nomisunrider:
Anyone find a way to do this on 5.6.0.0?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DallasRedHead:
Hi, I got everything working on my 5.6.2 non-rooted system (google services et al). However, when I 'pm hide' and application I get ".....state=true" but it does not hide any of the icons off my screen. Do you know what's going on with that? Thanks.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] cybersaga:
Which packages did you hide? And which icons did not disappear that you were expecting to?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DallasRedHead:
Thanks for getting back to me. This is what I've 'hidden' so far (I used pm hide, not pm disable):

pm disable com.amazon.kindle.kso

pm disable com.amazon.geo.client.maps

pm disable com.amazon.cloud9.kids

pm disable com.amazon.kcp.tutorial

pm disable com.amazon.kor.demo

pm disable com.android.deskclock

pm disable com.amazon.parentalcontrols

pm disable com.amazon.socialplatform

pm disable com.amazon.advertisingidsettings

pm disable com.amazon.weather

This is not all of them but gives you an idea. I got the list from Supersonic who started this thread, then looked at some others and only tried to hide the ones I knew about or that were safe (been tested)'. I don't need to be totally Amazon free, I just don't want to see all that junk on my desktop, and their apps running in the background.

I still see an ad every now and then (kindle.kso), the map, clock, weather (as an example) are all still showing on my desktop.

Not to muck this up but.... when I was doing the 'pm hide' certain apks wanted the 'com' in front of the name to get a state=true and other times I had to leave the 'com' off the front off the name. I don't remember which ones but as an example I might use 'com.android.desktop' then 'amazon.weather' to get the state=true. I just didn't get that at all.

Originally I forgot and pasted these in 'as-is' and of course the 'pm disable' crapped out on me since I have a non-rooted system.

Any ideas why these aren't being hidden? Other than that, everything is working perfectly. Thanks!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] teixeirap:
I'm in the same boat, I didn't find a way. However the longer you wait the harder it will be to upgrade to a "safe" firmware; meaning 5.6.2 stills allows you to use pm hide, but the next version will perhaps not.... and when that version becomes available you may not be able to manually upgrade to 5.6.2.

That said I was hoping that 5.6.0 would get root for example via BlueBorne which it seems to be vulnerable to but who knows if v 5.6.2 is also vulnerable.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] nomisunrider:
Well, nevermind my question about 5.6.0.0.

I left my wifi disabled, but it somehow got turned back on. Found my hd 8 updated to 5.6.2.0...
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] NFSP G35:
Well, at least you can use the pm hide method to keep it from updating any farther.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] zedzded:
Thanks! Installing the given package with pm -r -d worked on my fire hd 8 (5.6.20).
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] loganhub01:
ID changes back after reboot

I also have a fire HD8 (7th Gen, running Fire OS 5.6.2.0) and when I follow the directions to install using adb shell, and run pm install -r -d /sdcard/com.amazon.unifiedsharefacebook.apk it changes the ID like its supposed to, but reverts back to uid=2000 after a reboot. If I try to skip the reboot after installing the apk, I get an error when I try to disable anything. See below code:

PS C:\Users\USER\Desktop\platform-tools> adb shell pm install -r -r /sdcard/com.amazon.unifiedsharefacebook.apk

pkg: /sdcard/com.amazon.unifiedsharefacebook.apk

Success

PS C:\Users\USER\Desktop\platform-tools>

then onto command prompt..

C:\Users\USER>adb shell

shell@douglas:/ $ run-as com.amazon.unifiedsharefacebook

run-as com.amazon.unifiedsharefacebook

shell@douglas:/data/data/com.amazon.unifiedsharefacebook $ id

id

uid=32077(amz_u0a77) gid=32077(amz_u0a77) groups=1003(graphics),1004(input),1007(log),1011(adb),1015(sdcard_rw),1028(sdcard_r),3001(net_bt_admin),3002(net_bt),3003(inet),3006(net_bw_stats) context=u:r:amazon_app:s0

shell@douglas:/data/data/com.amazon.unifiedsharefacebook $ pm disable com.amazon.geo.client.maps

m disable com.amazon.geo.client.maps <

Error: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: attempt to change component state from pid=28020, uid=32077, package uid=32086

1|shell@douglas:/data/data/com.amazon.unifiedsharefacebook $

I am confused by the Error: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: attempt to change component state from pid=28020, uid=32077, package uid=32086. Any suggestions appreciated.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] cybersaga:
Everything you describe is normal. Disable doesn't work, only hiding. Use "pm hide" not "pm disable".
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] cybersaga:
I found that even with the 8 the run-as doesn't work after reboot.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Its pm hide. Not pm disable.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DallasRedHead:
Hi, I am running 5.6.2 on a Fire HD 8. I did what you wrote and there are no changes - i.e. the icons are still there. I have attached a screenshot of my cmd screen. What am I doing wrong? HELP!!! Thanks!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] sangnguyen9398:
pleaseeee Help me! My problem is install apk file " app not installed".Please, i have tried 10 hour :(

my facebook
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] cybersaga:
Can you show us the exact command you used to install?

Remember that the "-r -d" are required.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] thinhta85:
after disable some system apps

my tablet can not install app from google play

how to fix

sorry for my bad english
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] ch3vr0n5:
Anyone know where this odd orange line comes from? (See attached) I use Titanium Backup to disable unwanted apps but upon reboot that orange line shows up. If I re-enable the apps and restart the UI it goes away... until I reboot and have to do the process over again. One of the Amazon apps must be causing it. Anyone seen this while they've been hiding/disabling things? 2017 HD 10
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] cybersaga:
Yeah, it's com.amazon.alexa.modeswitch. Same thing happened to me. You have to leave that package unhidden.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] acidtaz:
Just wanted to say thanks for all of this, it worked great so far on my Fire HD 8 7th Gen and held after reboot.

Currently running the Automate lock screen Advertising removal script and then performed the hiding of these apps. Now it feels like a completely different tablet.

I also had to follow the directions to install it from t0x1cSH below after that everything else went great.

simply copy the apk on the device via usb cable in the root directory

open adb shell on your pc

run pm install -r -d /sdcard/com.amazon.unifiedsharefacebook.apk

then run run-as com.amazon.unifiedsharefacebook

and then check your id
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Chris Nguyen:
Amazon updated the " Amazon facebook share " apk to a new version ( 500002310) so I can't install the debugged one ( 500001800)

Any help , guys ? :(
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Not likely. If they updated it, they probably patched the mistake they made with it.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] cybersaga:
Did you include the "-r -d" when attempting to install it?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Chris Nguyen:
I did , but it kept saying " Failure ! . . .Apk cannot be installed "

When I tried to install the apk on the tablet manually , the same thing happened.

I think , just like [MENTION=8165603]DragonFire1024[/MENTION] said , Amazon found out and patched it.

What a pity ! I wish I'd known this thread sooner.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] richaardvark:
I know you're not supposed to flash a downgraded OS recovery image, but I've done it on my HD 8 twice and somehow had no issues/didn't brick it. But I've seen several posts from others here who bricked their devices this way. Don't know if it's worth trying or not... :-/

I still have the .bin recovery file for the previous FireOS release. It looks like Amazon has already updated the recovery file posted on their support site.

HD 8 FireOS 5.6.2.0 BIN Recovery File

(Original file downloaded from Amazon support site on 8/6/2018 @ 10:27 PM)

How to Flash Recovery File from Recovery Mode

1. Make sure you have the Kindle USB drivers and ADB installed on your computer.

2. Boot your tablet into recovery mode: (Volume Down + Power at the same time)

3. Select the "adb sideload" from the recovery menu that loads on your tablet.

4. Launch an ADB command-prompt on your computer, connect your tablet to your computer via USB and type:

"adb sideload <exact name of bin firmware recovery file.bin>"

5. Confirm that you wish to flash the recovery file to your tablet on the tablet and wait for OS to be installed/reboot. All done.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Chris Nguyen:
Thanks for the info , [MENTION=8815393]richaardvark[/MENTION]

Root progress has found some good news recently so I decided to stay still . Besides , I don't have the ball to downgrade my device's OS cause it's too risky :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] richaardvark:
Don't blame you at all!

And yeah, I've been following closely (well, I don't always entirely understand what exactly is going on, haha, but I get the gist of it, I think...). Exciting stuff - fingers crossed!!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] THERAJ12:
what is the difference between what amazon posted vs your file?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] THERAJ12:
also if my fire 8 reboots on it own while hiding some apps and is now in a bootloop is my only option to factory reset? I tried holding down power button for 30 secs no luck. Can I unhide the apps from recovery/bootloader?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] richaardvark:
This file I posted is the recovery firmware for FireOS 5.2.6.0 from the round of updates just prior to the current release (file names provided/for comparison below). No changes were made to the file. To be honest, because I disabled "over the air" updates by following the process described in this current thread, I couldn't really tell you what the difference is, other than it sounds like Amazon blocked the exploit described in this post.

File I posted:

update-kindle-50.6.1.2_user_612495820.bin

File currently available from Amazon:

update-kindle-50.6.1.2_user_612496320.bin

---------- Post added at 11:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:29 PM ----------

If you hid the files by following the technique described in this thread, then yes, I believe you can unhide the files from the recovery menu using ADB "pm unhide ...". Can't hurt to clear your cache from the recovery menu as well but I don't think that would affect the boot loop.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] THERAJ12:
I think the adb pm unhide will only work if I can get into OS...still stuck in Bootloop...I wish we had TWRP for backups...
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] shadowcliffs:
There is a thin orange bar at the bottom of the screen after I disabled some Amazon crap, but I didn't figure out which one. Any idea?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] cybersaga:
Yeah, it happened to me. I don't remember the package off hand, but I mentioned it a couple times in this thread. Look back a page or two.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] shadowcliffs:
Found it, it's com.amazon.alexa.modeswitch!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DKXC:
Awesome! My 5th generation Fire 7 is faster now actually... I disabled (pm hide) the special offers thing, is there a way to completely remove it? Because it stays the same and it's a bit annoying. UPDATE: after a reboot, I finally have a clear lockscreen! Everything stayed the same, all apps I disabled were still disabled.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] k1ll3ry0:
I ended up one of the lucky ones that could message Amazon and have the offers disabled at no cost. However, I despised the Fire Launcher and prefer the cleaning no-root Pixel Launcher. Ran the Amazon PM Hide on the recommended list of apps and now it's running like a true android tablet on the non-root Pixel Launcher. Love it. A little annoying to see Fire Launcher flicker in every time I hit the home button but it's a small price to pay to have a cleaner experience without the INTERLACED infrastructure of Amazon annoying me.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] zvonky:
I managed to hide unnecessary applications. Hid on the list. But I forgot to change the device language before. Now when you try to enter the menu "Keyboard & Language" - "Language" i see a message: "The requested action is not permitted. Check Parental Controls settings and retry". I assume that this is due to the disabling of some parameter from the list. Tell me, is it possible to change the language now?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] TexD:
Thanks to OP and everyone involved.

With Adb I was able to "pm hide" successfully all the apps listed on page 3; recently i tried again to hide a few more apps and it worked , except "com.amazon.parentalcontrols", I'm quite sure the first time I tried (like 2 months ago) it worked fine, but now i get "new hidden state: false"

Screenshot

Amazon Fire Hd 8 (7th gen 2017) Fire OS 5.6.2.0

Could you please help me?

Thank you
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] sweettaniyaa:
Great work!!! loving this :)

Also wanted a lil help. My calendar and contact app can't seem to log in to my google account. It's giving the parental control error and cannot figure out which application I need to unhide. All the contact and calendar apps are unhidden and I have also not hidden the fire launcher. What else could it be? Help will be highly appreciated. Cheers.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] richaardvark:
Hi there! I don't know that I have a perfect resolution for you, but I may have information that might explain why you're experiencing these limitations with Calendar and Contacts. :( See this thread here - the Google Contacts app/Account features are basically butchered by Amazon. :( This is likely why you are having issues.

However, I used the same process in this thread to hide system apps on my HD8 Gen 7 and I have no issues with Google Calendar or Contacts. I can't guarantee this will be the solution for you, but I think if you setup the Google account settings in a certain way/order, you can get the native Google Calendar and Contacts apps working properly. I'll jot down below what I think will make it work for you (fingers crossed!):

First of All - Here is a copy/paste of all bloat apps that I hid. None of these impact the Calendar or Contacts app.

Next, I was going to say you should probably make sure you have not only the official Google Contacts app installed from the Play Store, but also find the Google Contacts Sync app linked in this thread and make sure you have it installed as well. Upon reviewing this liked thread once again however - you may just want to follow all the steps in that thread - it might be just what you're looking for. :)

The final thing I was going to suggest, is basically what is suggested in the linked post in the previous step (2). Download the app "Activity Launcher" and go into the "Google," "Google Account Settings," and "Contacts" apps (using Activity Launcher) and see if you see options talking about Account Setup. I believe that's what I accessed and it went ahead and directly added in my Google account and synced up my contacts. I also have the apps Google Hangouts, Google Voice, and Google Hangouts Dialer installed on my HD8 as well, and perhaps these apps automatically connect and sync your Google account contacts to your device.

Sorry my answer is kind of messy, but I think there's enough info there to help you get this figured out. It may just be easiest to follow DragonFire's steps as linked in step no. 2 above directly. :p
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Citler:
Works for me with FireHD10 on 5.6.2.0

Thanks:good:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] IanthePez:
On the new hd8 with OS 6.2.1.3 I get the error "Neither user 10074 nor current process has android.permission.MANAGE_USERS" when I run "pm hide com.amazon.kindle.kso"

I'm going to assume this is related to the new OS, but thought I would see if anyone has any ideas to workaround this.

Edit: Appears to be related to the the OS now requesting permission at run-time. Any way to force this request other than using a different app entirely?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] MaiHai:
I got it too.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] @pops:
Doesn't work on fire os 5.6.2.0

When i made the video on how to do this i was on fire os 5.6.1.0 and it worked but i got a new fire hd 8 (7th gen) with fire os 5.6.2.0 and now this doesn't work.

Persons are experiencing the same issue on fire os 5.6.2.0.P

Does it work for anyone? Let mw know what you did.

Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] iamholyhacker:
The prime music doesn't work

I'm really new here. I followed the method mentioned by [MENTION=9294334]cybersaga[/MENTION] and now my Fire HD 8 is running insanely fast. A big thanks to him. But the only issue i'm facing is with Prime Music app. It's only playing the offline music. If I try to stream anything it says "There was a problem playing this song. contact Amazon customer service. Exception #181." In the 'Home' of this app, it's saying "Sorry we're experiencing some difficulties. Please try again later."

I think I may have disabled any service which helps Prime music to stream songs. Can anyone please help me with the name of the services/services which I need to unhide to get my Prime music working again?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] wunderdrug:
Try this:

pm unhide com.amazon.recess

pm unhide com.amazon.csapp

pm unhide com.amazon.device.sale.service

pm unhide com.amazon.pm

pm unhide com.amazon.kindle.otter.oobe​

The above may be a superset of what is actually needed just to get Prime Music to work, but this fixed the issues I was having with some of the standard Amazon apps not working.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] iamholyhacker:
[MENTION=5891892]wunderdrug[/MENTION] Thanks for your help dude, but unhiding these services didn't help me. Then I thought of clearing app data & restarted the app after doing that. Now the app is working fine & I disabled these services again to test. No issues till now.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] renaudml:
Quick note for all those who hid/disabled lots of packages and ran into a Google Play Store problem.

If you hide the following package, you will get the Play Store Error Code: 190 infinitely when trying to download a new app or update existing ones:

com.android.providers.downloads

Simply unhiding the package resolves the issue.

I thought it was the one managing the Downloads app icon, but it turns out it's com.android.providers.downloads.ui that does this trick.

I had to unhide everything and re-hide all the packages in my list one by one while trying to update an app after each one to find the damn culprit.

Here's hoping my post will save some head-scratching for anyone who would have my issue in the future.

Cheers!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] mpces:
Download link for the APK in the first post is not working. Anywhere else I can get it from? Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] cybersaga:
It's working for me. Try again?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] mpces:
You're right . Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] wmhartl:
This thread is unclear, can someone please confirm this works on the 8th generation Fire HD 8? I see references for up to gen 7, but no one has explicitly confirmed it working for gen 8. Thanks in advance!