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[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] 9volts:
Thanks, appreciate it!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Korvidion:
Hey all, quick question since I couldn't find the answer by searching the thread.

Follwed the FIRE HD 7, 8, 10 (2018 - 2022) Guide guide on first page and everything has worked with one kink. When I first executed the remove lock screen ads, I remember getting a prompt for removing/disabling a "wallpaper replacer" thing. It didn't click at the time so I left it in place, but it does now because when I try to set a home/lockscreen wallpaper via wallpaper engine, it will revert back to what it was before after unlocking the device. The same behavior as before using the toolbox. Though I can set a home wallpaper via non-wallpaper engine and it sticks.

I can't seem to find that option anywhere in the toolbox. Rerunning lockscreen ad removals doesn't give the prompt again.

I have Nova setup and everything else from the guide went well.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Greetings!

Please check your PMs. :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Yeah, it's been a challenge to keep the links alive.

On the other hand, the APKs the Toolbox would download were quite outdated so I took the opportunity to update them. As a result, the download links have been updated. @9volts, try the Google Services tool again and let me know if the problem still occurs (if you havent already resolved the problem that is).
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Greetings!

I believe the message is referring to the Custom Lockscreen Wallpaper flo that is imported into Automate when the Custom Lockscreen Wallpaper subtool is ran. I'm not quite sure why it would be referenced in the Remove Lockscreen Ads subtool though. Just for clarification... are you having issues with wallpaper engine after running the remove lockscreen ads subtool? Would you be so kind to help me understand better what the issue is, so we can come up with the best solution to the problem? Thank you so much!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] UltimusMB:
Previously had installed the framework on my Fire 11 Max. Everything was good, but then apps started crashing this weekend. (including amazon apps)

Factory reset, and a fresh deploy of Google stuff and I get the following error.

Play Services obviously doesn't work.

Again freshly wiped.... but it may have received some OTA updates since it worked two weeks ago.

Any tips would be appreciated!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Wareysoy:
Any idea on how to remove Kids+ from a profile? I want to clear a user profile and only allow certain Apps. Tried to remove the App Amazon Kids but it is not possible and can't find an app called Kids+.

Basically, I want to create a profile that is "clear" and only has the apps that I allow and not all those Amazon Kids+ Apps.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] djphelan:
I used this on 2 Fire HD8 2018 and worked fine. However, now adds are back and an OTA has been installed. Tried to run the tool again but now I cannot get my PC to recognize the tablets. I've tried all suggestions related to drivers but nothing. They don't even show up under Portable Devices in Device Manager. Help!

Solved. I did not realize some cables only charge so once I hooked up a cable that allow for data transfer issues resolved. UGH.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jsmith1140974:
How the heck do I remove wallchanger? I can never get it to work and right now I have an ugly "wallpaper is not set correctly" background.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] djphelan:
I had the same issue, but I was able to choose another wallpaper via Fire Settings/Display/Wallpaper/Nova Wallpaper. It's at least a better option.

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[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Is there an particular feature you guys would like added to the Toolbox?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] olivertan2:
can you help solve run-as: Package 'com.amazon.unifiedsharefacebook' is not debuggable

i am getting that error on fire 7, 8 and 10
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
I would recommend going into your tablet's settings and then look for apps. Tap on that, and in the list of installed apps look for Amazon Facebook Share. Once you find it proceed to uninstall it and then reboot the tablet. That should be it, plug your device into your PC and try the Toolbox again.

Another way of going about this, try opening up the Toolbox with your tablet plugged in and then execute a Standard Shell (Adb Shells) and then run the command below to uninstall the app.

pm uninstall com.amazon.unifiedsharefacebook

reboot

Let me know if you have further issues. Thanks and best of luck!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] olivertan2:
i tried under settings and its not allowing me to unsintall. just force stop

, i tried the "pm uninstall com.amazon.unifiedsharefacebook" but it says

Failure [DELETE_INTERNAL_ERROR]
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ymcan:
Feature Requests

The ability to add custom APKs. I often use the rootActivityLauncher APK, but I always have to browse to it, as it does not appear in the collective directory (which for some reason is recreated every time you sideload an APK).

Just a minor cosmetic issue: when you do an action that requires the Fire to restart, the Toolbox tends to see the Fire before the restart has really started, if there would be 10 second delay in there the Toolbox would not see the Fire until the restart is nearly completed. Not sure if that is feasible, but I thought I mention it.

Thank you so much for this excellent tool, it has saved me much hassle over the last year or so. (I have had to set up > 20 Fires for the charity I work for.)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hey, I appreciate the kind words! Its also pretty cool to hear that you setup tablets for a charity. That's pretty neat! Anyways, I do appreciate the recommendations and I plan on following them.

1. I will work on the sideload feature and improve the way it searches for Apks. I will also make sure the "All Apps" directory isn't deleted and remains.

2. I've managed to solve the issue. Instead of waiting for "adb devices" to detect the device (some reason adb devices detects the device before it is fully booted) I've made it so it waits for the Boot Completed Brodcast before it continues.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ylsf:
Just a heads up, I tried installing the Toolbox on a new computer and used the links included on the first page. I tried the first Toolbox 5.3 link (download one) and it said for me to redownload the link and install again. I tried with Mirror 1 and same thing happened, said there was an update. I just downloaded mirror 3 and installed a 3rd time and this time it worked.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] cyaclone:
Root

To safely protect your system it is best to have a rooted device. With this the entire system can be backup.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] duh1:
Right now your tool is set up to modify non-rooted devices, and scripts are very restricted in what they can do. However, many of the devices in the compatible list can be rooted, and as such much more can be done in the scripts You can permanently disable ads and OTA updates by deleting or renaming the system services with .bak extension. The same can be done for Amazon related services and apps, by simply moving them to the user app directory so they can be deleted by the user individually. You could give the user the option as to which set of scripts they use, rooted or non-rooted.

Also, the script to disable all Amazon related apps and services can be fleshed out a bit more, perhaps by allowing users to select these individually using a file list with a descriptor of what the app or service does. Calling the script again, could allow users to restore what has been previously disabled. For rooted users, an additional option to permanently delete could be added to help them save space, or change to user app as mentioned above.

Hope this gave you some things to think about and looking forward to all future updates to the tool. Thanks for all the efforts to make it so useful...
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] webwhizkid:
Thanks for the great work.

When I press Home Button --- the parental error popsup hides immediately and nothing happens.

I feel Home Button is useful. How do you all go back to Homescreen to go to all apps ?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drizzt09:
Which model/year?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] webwhizkid:
Fire HD 10 tablet

7th generation - 2017 release
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drizzt09:
I believe for that model you should leave fire launcher enabled and install hijacker to set your default launcher. You will see a flicker of fire launcher occasionally but it's really fast
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] KevMetal:
yes _this^ :good:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Tylorw1:
I have been having some issues with getting the toolbox to open. On a fresh install of the toolbox, it prompts to select a theme, but then does not open nor will it open later. Am I doing something wrong? I've tried uninstalling it, and manually removing any files and reinstalling but this still happens.

Also, I did the disable OTA on my tablets and it still updated and required me to factory reset it.

If you could guide me to the proper way to get this to work I would appreciate it.

Edit: I was able to get 5.2 to launch.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] mdowns989:
Fresh Fire 7 2019... How long does the 'Remove Ads' process take?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Ok, I will see what I can do about rooting some of the tablets. I'm going to try and tackle integrating a method for rooting the Fire HD10 (2017) as a start. Please, if anyone has a HD10 (2017) and are willing to test it for errors please let me know! But know it might take awhile.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Korvidion:
Salutations!

So the ultmiate issue is that after running most everything in the tool box, trying to apply a wallpaper through wallpaper engine does not persist after locking and unlocking the device for both the lock screen and home wallpapers. Setting a wallpaper by long tapping the background will persist for the home wall paper, but the lock screen will revert to an Amozon logo wallpaper (seemingly not an ad but rather a default wallpaper of sorts).

I'm not entirely sure where I saw the promp unfortunately, and going through the tour doesn't bring it up again.

Tablet Details:

- Fire 10 (9th gen)

- Version 7.3.2.7

- Full Nova laucher is setup with custom navbar option
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] zw909:
Hi All,

I'm totally new to fire toolbox. Unfortunately updated my device before I knew it existed. But I have fire toolbox active now.

Question: is there a tap-to-wake feature? Or any feature like it so you don't have to press the lock button

I did the setup guide and followed through with all the recommendations. What else do you all recommend I do to optimize the device?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
If i recall, root is unfortunately required to enable double tap to wake. Which sucks because root is pretty hard to obtain on most Fire tablet models. :(

If you don't mind me asking... which Fire Tablet do you have? Just need to know if you have an old gen or a new gen tablet.

By the way, I see that you're a new member! Welcome to one of the best forums on the entire internet! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] zw909:
Thanks!

I have the 2021 Fire 10" Tablet

I just bought it today. I think its the only 10" regular version if I'm not mistaken.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Ah, nice!

What I'd highly recommend doing:

Modify System Settings - disable location Services in the Networking tab, also change the DNS Resolver to Adguard (will block ads in apps), disable Automatic WiFi (stops system apps from enabling wifi to download OTAs). Change the Animation Scale to 0.5x (will make the tablet seem smoother) in the System UI tab, enable the Night Mode (Dark Theme) so apps can use dark mode when following system settings.

If you really want to ensure OTAs stay blocked, take a look at @blaacksheep's wonderful guide on setting up RethinkDNS.

Try not to install any excess apps. The Fire Tablets don't have a lot of RAM so it may become slower over time due to more apps running in the background.

Usually the list is longer then that... but everything else is covered by the Setup Tour. :D

If you have any further questions or concerns please let us know! Happy Toolboxing!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] zw909:
Awesome..Thank you very much. I just did all these things. :)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Ah, I see. My apologies, and thank you so much for the further clarification!

Ah, the Wallpaper Engine... that was one of my favorite apps back when I used Windows. Anyway, had no idea they released an Android version so that's pretty cool to hear!

Anyway, I'm going to make the assumption that the Special Offers app is throwing up that wallpaper because it hasn't downloaded any offers yet (due to the Remove Lockscreen Ads tool clearing the app's data). Tried to find a workaround, and stumbled upon this one:

Open the settings app, tap Apps & notifications, then tap App info to open the installed apps list. In this list, turn on the "Show system" toggle, scroll down till you see Special Offers, and tap on it. Force stop the app, then tap Data usage, turn off the "Background data" toggle. go back and this time tap Battery. In the Battery usage screen tap background restriction and restrict the app. Finally, at the bottom under the "Advanced" category, tap "Modify system settings, and toggle off the "Allow modifying system settings" option. Go back, and force stop the app again. Lastly, run the Remove Lockscreen Ads subtool again.

Once the subtool completes, restart Wallpaper Engine and apply your wallpapers again. Can't say for how long this will last before the Special Offers wallpaper shows up again through.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hey, no problem! Happy to help!

Hope you're having a great Sunday so far! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] 9volts:
Negative, they are dead again.

Redownloaded it again, saw the message about you updated the links so I went to services and tried to execute it and it is the same message

Tried again, this time everything downloaded correctly

No idea what is up with googledrive(?) and those links

Here are the SHA256 hashes

Filename,FilePath,HashValue,FileSize,KnownHashFlag
AccountMgr7-X32.apk,V:\Fire Toolbox V31.0\bin\Google Services\Android 9 (x64)\,3324EE2F67D23848AE3D9086F20ADA10F2CB0DBB6D202067B918CC4FB4D167BE,6.25 MiB
PlayServices9-X64.apk,V:\Fire Toolbox V31.0\bin\Google Services\Android 9 (x64)\,A1C9105E9D52AEE96B934D4A6E28FFBCCE7770FC806213A16AEF040DA68E459E,162.16 MiB
Playstore.apk,V:\Fire Toolbox V31.0\bin\Google Services\Android 9 (x64)\,03ACDF87DA98C09239737F56C568E0E8E82262B071081C14633593600664B8FA,56.71 MiB
ServicesFramework9-X32.apk,V:\Fire Toolbox V31.0\bin\Google Services\Android 9 (x64)\,CBB389CF0AFD809D4676B8D0AC8C196068CE9B4A0B3B7E2497DBFD6BF97D6E8C,4.6 MiB
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] zw909:
Any reason my Home Screen won’t let me add a weather widget?

I’m using Nova launcher.

I’m trying with multiple widgets and it will either take me to the Amazon fire UI or just stay on the widget page.

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My other question is- my home button doesn’t change colors when exposed to a white background like the other 2 buttons. Why might this be, and is there a way to get it to adapt like the other two?

I’m wondering if it has anything to do with the automation or if it’s something else.

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And my other issue is that it’s saying for Instagram - “this app won’t work for your device” in the google play store.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
That is an unfortunate result of creating a replacement home button in order to use a custom launcher. The replacement home button doesn't track with background colors and is white, so it disappears on white backgrounds but still works if pressed.

The easiest way to almost completely eliminate this is to switch to Night Mode. Then almost all of the apps won't have a white background. This can be done in Toolbox by going into Modify System Settings > System UI tab > Night Mode (Dark Theme): and enabling it. (y)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
@Datastream33 said:

Just wanted to let you all know that the downloading function for the Play Services tool will be down for a little while. I'm currently updating the download links. It shouldn't take too long, so please be patient with me. I'll send out another notification when the links update is complete. Thank you for your time, and please have a wonderful rest of your day!

Thanks for taking care of the Google Links. I never know what to tell anyone about the current state of the links and usually just reply with some things to try and a tag to you hoping you'll see it.

Thank you for maintaining the project so well and keeping it moving forward! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Greetings!

Hmm, the custom launcher tool should have taken care of that. Ok, let's try granting the widget binding ourselves manually. In an ADB Shell, try this command:

appwidget grantbind --package com.teslacoilsw.launcher

After running the command above, try adding a widget. Please let us know how it goes and best of luck!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Yeah, @blaacksheep is 100% correct. The funny thing is, in Android 6 or 7 (cant remember which one), the background of custom navbar icons would adapt to the background of apps. The navbar was also solid black and wasnt transparent on some versions making the custom icons visible 100% of the time.

I believe (could be 100% wrong here) Google started removing these functionalities slowly over time. I don't even think the latest version of Android supports custom navbar icons at all anymore. Such a shame.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] zw909:
I was able to fix it by updated the nova launcher. Woo hoo.

If I want to use a custom launcher in the future can I just download it through the play store or does it need to be done through fire toolbox? And If so- how to I setup up automate for it?

Or- if it has to be done through the toolbox- what file do I need and how do I get that file? (Since In most cases it only lets you install directly through the store.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Aye, that's awesome to hear! Good stuff!

The easiest way would be to download the launcher's APK from APKMirror, and use the Custom Launcher tool to install it. That way the tool will take care of updating the Automate flow to use your new launcher. In the Custom Launcher tool all you got to do is select the "Custom Launcher" (confusing; not the best name I know) option from the drop-down, and then the Toolbox will have you navigate to the APK file you downloaded. It should read through the APK and get the required info to set it up with Automate. Execute the tool, let it do it's thing, and then stop and start the Launcher Invoker flow in Automate and you should be good to go!

Great question my friend! :D

By the way, THANK YOU so much for the dono! Means a lot!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
It's my pleasure, always happy to help!

I'd also like to thank YOU for being so quick to respond and let folks know why the links are down. It's such a big help, words cannot express! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ZombieParade:
After installing Google Play Store and removing lock screen ads I see that a new Device Administrator is added and enabled called "Screen lock service - Allows apps to determine the quality of the device's screen lock." Is this intended and safe? I can't find any reliable information on this service - some claim it is malware. I have a fire 10 2021 tablet and used Fire Toolbox v31.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] zw909:
Thanks!

Any idea why instagram won’t download from the play store? Is there an APK workaround?

I get the error that my device is incompatible.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
I'm going to guess the latest version of Instagram requires a 64-bit architecture. Try sideloading this APK via the Sideload Apps tool.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
As far as I'm aware, It's a service that included with Play Services. I believe this is true because you cannot uninstall Play Services until you disable both the "Find My Device" and "Screen lock service" admins. It's description also mentions play services and says it can perform the operation(s) of "set password rules".

What it means by "setting password rules" I'm not entirely sure. But, I think it's safe...

EDIT: It could be this service, as documented by Google.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Phew! Don't scare me like that!

Anyway, glad to see it's working as intended now!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Korvidion:
Thanks for taking the time to help me out! I may have overestimated what the tool was meant to do. I thought by removing lockscreen ads it would "free" the ability to set your wallpaper as opposed to just preventing the ad server from getting ads to display. And that is actually true it seems, just having issues with Wallpaper Engine.

So after following your steps, where I've ended up is:

- Setting a wallpaper for home and lockscreen via the Fire's settings will now both stick after unlocking.

- Setting them from the Engine app will still revert them back to the last set wallpapers via Fire settings.

I can live with this result as I can still transfer wallpapers through Engine (or just by cable), I just can't use Engine's fancy scene system or live wallpapers.

Might be an interesting thing to inspect though. Maybe has to do with Engine competing with Special Offers app in the background for control over the wallpaper.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] SASSBS:
Same it's really annoying constant crashes on Amazon apps I can't do anything on my Kindle because of the crashes.

Has anyone found aa solution I don't want to have to format it every few weeks!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] m2xtreme:
I'm getting the same error on Debian 11 (bullseye):

$ ./FTB_Beta_V2.0_Installer
[16224] Error loading Python lib '/tmp/_MEI5LRNue/libpython3.10.so.1.0': dlopen: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.35' not found (required by /tmp/_MEI5LRNue/libpython3.10.so.1.0)

I suspect I'll have to use a newer version of Debian or Ubuntu since I'd rather not mess with the default/older glibc version on my system:

$ ldd --version | head -1
ldd (Debian GLIBC 2.33-7) 2.33
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] pmc3944:
Looking for some help, seems like ever since I have installed the toolbox on my fire tablet, I get the moisture detected error for apx 1 minute, every time I plug in to charge or plug into a pc to move files around. It goes away and then charges as normal, but its really annoying. I have restored to factory amazon settings and i dont get the message, but when i load the toolbox again, it came back. Any ideas?