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[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I'm sorry. I didn't realize that the icon was not removed with that process. I locked out OTA updates before I ever connected to WIFI so I never had that Device Dashboard to be annoyed at. (Running 7.3.1.2)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Scratchling:
Fab tool.

The ads were still overriding my wpaper so just had to set two flags.

onyx:/ $ settings put global LOCKSCREEN_AD_ENABLED 0
onyx:/ $ settings put global ksoHash 0

EDIT: Crap, that wasnt permanent.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] AntwonJenkins:
The only idea I have to hide the icon is to find where it is stored and remove or rename it somehow with ADB. I can't look at system files to find it as I have no root access.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jcp2:
Yes, It's limited without root access. It's just weird that the icon is showing up after the app is disabled. Maybe @Datastream33 can chime in?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] AntwonJenkins:
@Datastream33, I was thinking about my suggestion last night and that would probably end up crashing or at least throw some kind of error from the file missing. However if we just replaced the icon with a transparent one, that may just work. It's not an ideal solution, but at least it would be aesthetically pleasing.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
I believe the icon (like the 5 second delay), is built straight into the System UI app. This is likely why the icon remains after disabling/hiding the Device Dashboard app but is ineffective when tapped. I'm not claiming that this 100% is correct, it's just my speculation. ;)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] AntwonJenkins:
Can anyone get me the System UI app or can I just extract it with the toolbox?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hmm, I wonder if we could downgrade the System UI app to a previous version before the delay and Device Dashboard were added. Im not too sure if a downgrade is possible, as it is a system app (may need root)... :unsure:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] AntwonJenkins:
Now this is an interesting idea!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] pepi4:
Small piece of black electrical tape works for me ;)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] maxq1:
Thank you so much for this tool, @Datastream33 (y)(y)(y)(y)(y) Waiting on my next pay check to send you some love ;)

Question on restoring Fire Launcher. If you do so, will you be able to toggle between that and other launchers?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hey, no problem at all my friend and THANK YOU in advance for your donation my good friend!!

Unfortuently, Amazon doesn't want you to use secondary launchers so swapping between launchers while Fire Launcher is enabled sadly isn't possible through normal means. However, on newer gens (8+) if you disable Fire Launcher and don't set a default you will be able to switch between launchers freely! Hope this helps! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] vivrosh:
No matter what I do what driver I'm still my father is this not recognize by fire too or pc I don't know what to do I try so many different drivers in anyone help
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] NutterDog:
I'm stuck on the custom launcher downgrading Fire Launcher. It's just hanging and not getting the job done. Nova loaded and works, and I set up the Launcher Hijack when this step step was failing. This was how I original set my kindle up when I first got this kindle a couple years ago, though. I hate the newer 5 second delay and I wanted to use the Toolbox to get rid of the bloatware. I chose to reset the kindle to factory and start from scratch. I was really hoping to get the Fire Launcher downgrade to work and go back to the immediate home to nova launcher functionality! I'm messing with a Kindle 10 7th gen. Looks like maybe this is new to Toolbox 11? Is there an issue with it?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] NutterDog:
Agreed - I didn't come across this until after I spent a bunch of time figuring out which package was causing the problem. Restoring Newstand fixed it. I couldn't load Kindle Reader from Google Play like someone with a new kindle reported they could, so I had to find a fix for this.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] sr1sws:
Hmmm... I just went to the Google Playstore, searched for Kindle and it came up with an 'enable' button. Pushing this restored use of the Kindle app. No Newstand required.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] vivrosh:
I just give up try one laptop two desktop all with Windows 10 and four different cable and try different driver still Fire hd 7th generation not detecting
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] lewmur:
Did you enable Developer mode and USB debugging on the tablet?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] NutterDog:
I'm not sure what makes it work on some and others - maybe different gens? I was able to find the app in Google Play and tap install, and it went through the process of downloading and installing, but when it was done the app would not show up and the Install button in Google Play would reappear instead of the usual Open. I tried installing numerous time and could not get it to work. For this reason, I had to go back to trying to make the built-in kindle functionality working again, in which having Newstand active is required to avoid the Parental Controls block.

A simple way to inform people would be to add a note about this when hovering over it in the manual hide/restore page for the next update.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] NutterDog:
I had the same struggle - several computers, several cords, several kindles. I knew that all the cords I used supported data transfer (some only support charing). I finally got one that worked, and it did have a much snugger fit into the kindle than the other cords I tried. All of my cords were generic extras. The take away is that they are built different! I was finally able to get my computer to detect our fire 8 and 10, both 7th gen, after much frustration.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] specterflare:
Hey @Datastream33! Thanks again for this incredible tool. I was wondering if you were willing to accept a suggestion about the newly added FAQ section. In it, you state that it is not possible to replace the new (and annoying, imho) Device Manager button without rooting your device. However, you have underestimated your own tool's ability! All you have to do is use Toolbox to disable the navigation bar and then install one of the many navigation bar apps from the Play Store (I used Navigation Bar). No root required and took me like 5 minutes. Do you think this would be a good addition to the FAQ section, or am I overstepping my bounds? Either way, thanks again, and I look forward to further release.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hey friend,

Glad to hear you find the Toolbox useful and incredible! Really does mean a ton! :D

As for your suggestion, I think that's a good idea and can defintly be added to the FAQ as a resolve to the whole Device Dashboard button issue! ;)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] lenny64:
I deactivated anything from amazon, could this block system updates?

The update check fails. If someone knows the urls that are used from the fireOS, then I can check whether they can be reached correctly from my network.

thx
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] lewmur:
Not only can it, but most people wan t it to block them. Amazon updates can restore all the things you took the trouble to disable.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] AntwonJenkins:
Thank you for suggesting this! However the nav bar replacement app you suggested didn't seem to want to work in landscape mode on my Fire 8. I found another similar app called Custom Navigation Bar that is working well, although it did require an ADB command to allow app permissions.

Now if we can figure out how to get the Device Dashboard icon off the lock screen, we'll be all set!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] lenny64:
ok, automatic update is problematic. But if I want to use the latest security patches I need to install updates from time to time. Even if i need to use this nice fire toolbox again.

But a complete reset before the update and restore ... would be too much work.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
If you'd like to install OTA Updates you can execute the Modify System Settings tool and toggle on OTA Updates, perform the needed updates, then toggle off OTAs once again. Just know an OTA might restore system apps you've disable/hidden.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
You don't need to completely reset and restore before/after a system update. You'll just need to re-apply patches for whatever apps get restored with the system update. The updates can be disabled/re-enabled in Toolbox under Modify System Settings > OTA Updates.

Just be aware that any future update from Amazon has the potential to COMPLETELY break the Toolbox and revert your tablet into an Amazon consumption device or add new unwanted apps. An example being the Device Dashboard button that's been added to the problems for Datastream33 to contend with. I locked out updates right out of the box and don't have that issue.

edit: Datastream33 beat me.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] lenny64:
I don't need to rush an update, if there are currently problems.

It would be just for security patches, but after a while I'll have to update.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jaflame:
I'm trying to install the original google calculator but the play store says device incompatible. I tried downloading the apk ones but there are parse errors when opening the downloaded file. The other calculator i tried is the xioami one but that one crashes and doesn't work. The rest of the calculator apps are crap to me. Any solutions?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jaflame:
I didn't like it. The Google and xioami calculator has the result show at real-time on the bottom without having to press the equal button=. That's one of the things I love over the other apps.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
You know you can re-enable the stock FireOS calculator in the Manage Amazon Apps section of the Toolbox. Even if you don't like that particular calculator, the Xioami and Google calculators will both install with the stock Calc enabled on my FireHD10 (2019).

edit: I was speaking of the apps from the Google Play store, just to clarify.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] mirek54:
I have installed xiaomi calculator on my FireHD8 (2028) too
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] vonichi:
Dusted and reformated to stock my fire hd10 and and this tool makes the usually tedious steps into making it usable very very easy. Thank you very much.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ronald_halbal:
good day everyone.

I just tried to debloat and install play services on my son's fire tablet (7th 2019)

it said successful after performing the modification, but now its stuck at "Fire is starting" screen.....can anyone assist? please?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
This usually happens when Fire Launcher is disabled, and no alternative launchers are installed. At this point, would you like a custom launcher such as Nova Launcher, Evie Launcher, Lawnchair Launcher, or Microsoft Launcher? or would you like to keep Fire Launcher?

Whatever you decide to do is entirely up to you. Installing a new launcher can be done from the Custom Launcher tool. Where as restoring Fire Launcher can also be done from the Custom Launcher tool as well.

Here's how to restore Fire Launcher:

Launch the Toolbox (V11.0 is required).

Execute the Custom Launcher tool from the first page of the Toolbox.

Click the Tool Options icon to open the additional options context menu (the little : icon at the upper-right)

Wait a few seconds for the Toolbox to check the status of fire Launcher and if detected as disabled will allow you to Restore Fire Launcher by enabling the button to be clicked.

Click the button, and the Toolbox will begin to Restore Fire Launcher.

That should do the trick. If you need further help please do let me know! Best of luck! :) 🤞
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hey, happy to hear you find the Toolbox useful and are satisfied with what it has to offer! :D

Hope you are having a great Sunday so far!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] pfeels:
I'm sure this has been talked about and is on the forum somewhere so if someone could send me a link I'd appreciate it. I did the Fire Toolbox v11 last night and set up my Amazon HD 10 tablet. Everything was perfect. Woke up this morning and the tablet is back to all the icons I removed the night before plus the new ones I added, Google play, Nova etc. Plus the top of the screen says the usual amazon catagories.

Is there a way to keep it so just NOVA works? IS this caused by auto updates or something similar?

Thanks again!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jcp2:
It sounds like it updated itself. Re-run the Toolbox and redo the settings as you like, and make sure to select 'disable automatic updates'.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] pfeels:
I'll give it a try, Thank you!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Yep! @jcp2 is entirely correct! You will need to toggle off OTAs and Automatic Updates.

Disabling OTAs can be done like this:

1. Open the Toolbox.

2. Execute the Modify System Settings tool.

3. Click the toggle button next to Automatic Updates, and OTA Updates.

That should do it! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] decosse:
Is there something like this available for the Amazon Show Devices?

(or is it possible to include these also within this Toolbox ?)

I'd really like to get rid of the timeout back to the home screen and leave an Actiontiles screen on it as an interface

(I have this on a FIre Tablet, but would like to use similarly on a small Show as a Remote Terminal, mostly for my Alarm System Status)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Devix666:
Debian Linux user here.

So I tried setting this up on a windows 10 VM and the toolbox doesn't detect the Fire 7 Tablet. I have the extension for virtualbox added, USB is enabled, and despite the drivers being installed. I get a code 10 error via device manager which is why the toolbox won't detect it as it won't start or prompt USB debugging as soon as I plug it in. It says its enabled when plugged but no fingerprint prompt or anything that it would usually do when its plugged into the computer.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Do you have Developer Options and USB Debugging enabled on the tablet?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Youngtusk:
Hi everyone,

I have a Fire HD 8 2018 (8th Gen I think?). Every time I try to sign into Google Play Services i get stuck in a loop.

After adding my email and password, it briefly says checking info, then goes back to the Play sign in screen. I know something is happening because I get a notification from Gmail that I was signed in to the device, but it seems to instantly sign me out or something else.

I have tried uninstalling all Google services, restarting, reinstalling, waiting 10-15 minutes, and then signing in again, but still stuck in this loop

For what it's worth, the same exact thing has happened to me when manually downloading and installing the Google service APKs. I was hoping this toolbox would work around this issue, but it seems to be happening here too.

Any suggestions? Seems like Amazon is somehow instantly signing me out of Google Play services.

Thanks,

EDIT: This is embarrassing. It took a simple Factory Reset to fix this issue. Once I reset, this tool worked in no time.

For anyone having Google sign in Loop issues, I hope you see this and try a factory reset.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] tosh9i:
Where is the " Modify System Settings " located? I'm trying to disable the updates.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] AntwonJenkins:
@tosh9i I'm pretty sure it's on the second page. Look for a little arrow like this > to see the other pages.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] maxq1:
was anyone able to update from 10.2 to 11.0 of the tool? just keep getting an error that it failed so i just clean installed 11.0.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Devix666:
Yeah, Dev options are unlocked and so is USB Debugging. It just doesn't seem to prompt me when it's plugged into the VM. On the Linux Distro, it'd work fine, but when being passed through to the Windows 10 VM I get the "cannot start" error when I view the device in the device manager.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] trav06:
I've been having an issue lately where apps on my tablet Fire HD 10 (2019) won't update via the Play Store. I have a huge queue of pending updates and none of them ever make progress. I've tried clearing Play Store data and cache, as well as uninstalling and reinstalling the Play Store framework. Any ideas?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drizzt09:
My guess is you need temp root to disable. I'm guessing the "disable all" has that built in to it's sequence (not possitive) or maybe they are not able to disable (and maybe that's why they are not part of the sequence). You don't need root to re-enable (at least I didn't for Amazon store)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] pippinzen81:
With the Fire Toolbox are removed all the bloat apps except Music and Game Circle. I would to disable these but I don’t know how...

Inviato dal mio iPhone utilizzando Tapatalk Pro
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drizzt09:
[MENTION=8560782]Datastream33[/MENTION] would know for sure if temp root was used/needed for disable all.

Would also know if there was a reason these 2 were skipped (may be missed, may be on purpose for a minor reason, may be on purpose for a major reason).
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] pippinzen81:
Sorry, seems also that when I try to block ota, the program don’t recognize adb command and when finished the Fire doesn’t reboot automatically..

Can I control if ota are blocked? How?

Inviato dal mio iPhone utilizzando Tapatalk Pro
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drizzt09:
Sorry I personally cant help with this one as thats not a feature I tried to run. someone else may be able to
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] les85:
hello. I have HD8 2018. After Removing everything from Amazon (with keyboard and launcher), get parental controls issue. Restoring apps doesn't help, since only few apps are restored according to logo. could anyone give APK file for Amazon keyboard/launcher so I could fix my problem without factory reset?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Amazon Fire Toolbox V3.2 is RELEASED!

Taking a glance at the thread today I've noticed some of you are still encountering bugs and issues. In this update I've tried to address all bugs posted by you guys and even added in a new feature for Fire HD 8 (2017) tablets! Check out the changelog below to see what this update brings!

I would also appreciate if you guys would use the updater inside the V3.1 Toolbox to see if it updates without any issues. :D

Once again guys, here's to another update! :victory: I hope you guys enjoy!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drizzt09:
could try the restore all on the new 3.2 version.

Could try this for keyboard (i didnt disable KB so its not in my disabled list but found this on another forum from 2017):

pm enable com.amazon.redstone

and launcher (this one im guessing because its a disabled app on mine and sounds right):

pm enable com.amazon.firelauncher

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No issues with internal update. It downloads and extracts and runs. Problem is I don't know where it went. So if I close, I don't know where to relaunch from. It used to go to %temp% but only 3.1 is there.

I personally don't like it in temp so instead of running the exe I extract it to my own desired path. If i run 3.1 from my path or existing one in temp it downloads the new zip into the notifications folder. Runs it, extracts it, launches it. But as mentioned no idea where it was extracted to. And the zip is removed.

I ran 3.1 again and did update when it was done downloading zip I copied to my desired path and extracted manually.

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I checked and it recognizes my 2 kids HD8 2018 and shell works. Didn't try anything else as 3.1 worked perfect for me and those 2 are working as needed.

I did try 3.2 on my kids old 7"(2017) and it recognizes it which last I tried it didn't so great start (don't think I tried 3.1). I had previously used someone else's tool to install Google and remove Amazon. It was pretty good but wanted to test your development.

I did a restore of Amazon hoping it would undo what the previous tool did. I got some fails but got a lot of trues. The list was massive. And with your shell when data goes off the top of the screen you can't scroll up to retrieve so I cant see full list.

When done and rebooted it didn't seem to restore launcher. I then tried a remove all Amazon (except keyboard).

Now the device is sluggish and getting the parental controls error. Unable to reset to factory from settings. When I get home from work tonight I will try a reset from your tool and start from scratch. I'll let you know those results.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] pmckay:
Check Parental Controls settings and retry

I am using an Amazon Fire HD8 (2016) and Toolbox (3.2), with GBoard keyboard and Nova Launcher.

I previously used Toolbox 3.0 and 3.1, so I restored everything amazon and then removed everything amazon (did not remove fire keyboard) . Lockscreen ads are blocked too..

Whenever I hit the home softkey, I get the message "The requested action is not permitted. Check Parental Controls settings and retry.".

I thought 3.2 "fixed" this. Is this normal and expected?

Is there a way to get rid of this minor inconvenience? (Datastream33 - I love your app!)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ryulian:
HD8 2018

Finally, Completely Works!

This is beautiful. Thanks very much!

https://imgur.com/a/kpzSb63
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Hydrocilator:
Head scratching....

I have downloaded version 3.2 to clean a HD 10 2017 Fire OS 5.3.6.4 I just received from amazon.

I have enabled ADB in developer options but am getting an error message - No device was found.

Using the supplied cable.

I know this is basic stuff, is there a how-to-guide posted
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drizzt09:
Need to scroll down about 7 options in dev options and turn on USB debugging.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Hydrocilator:
Thanks, I have enabled ADB USB debugging and still no change...