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[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] markw96:
Able to use Alex "drop in" after disabling amazon laucher

Hi,

Is it possible to use Alex and in particular the "Drop in" feature after the amazon launcher has been disabled.

The issue I have at the moment is i have kindle and Alex twice installed on my tablet and everytime i try to run alex it just crashes and freezes. Im guessing the issue is that the apps that are installed twice are conflicting?

I think what i did wrong in my haste was after disabling amazon launcher and using Nova launcher I downloaded "Alexa" and " Kindle from the playstore.

I did not disable any amazon features before changing over to the Nova launcher.

So is it possible to run alexa "drop in" whilst using Nova launcher?

If so how can i get the tablet back to a state where I am able to do this? (i cannot remove alexa or kindle just install updates) Would it be a case of re-setting the tablet back to factory settings (via the tablet) and would this be safe to do and not cause any issues?

Thank you in advance!

UPDATE:

so I've reset the tablet back to factory settings and disabled the amazon launcher, locks reen ads and the ota updates. Everything seems to be working as it should, I am now able to use alexa and the drop in feature.

One issue I am unable to install the Disney app, firebox states that it is already installed yet I cannot find it. I have tried reinstalling via the hybrid apps and the sideload function. Both times it tells me it is already installed. Any ideas how to sort this issue out?

UPDATE:

So finally managed to get it installed by logging onto amazon via a pc and purchasing (free) and sending the app to my device. Worked first time!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] doctorman:
got 2 Fire HD8 2020 version, setup one yesterday and was able to disable the ads easily using toolbox 9

tried the second one this morning and the ad remover does not load on to the Fire 8HD.

cleared the temp folder on windows 10, restarted the laptop and the fire and still the same issue..

any guide would be appreciated

Update:

Manually pushed the Amazon Lockscreen Ads Remover V4.5.Flo file

imported it in to automation

can not grant it this permission "modify private settings"

fireos 7.3.15

any idea?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] DrDeeJay:
Does this tool also work for the Kids Edition of the tablets? i assume that yes? Thanks! Just checking before i buy it :) i love the tool on the "regular" tablet.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] tcoffin014:
I just ran this tool to remove lockscreen ads and it seems to have messed up the tablet somehow (2019 Fire HD 10). The ads were uninstalled and everything seems to be working there, but now nothing will load on the tablet that requires internet. Wifi is connected and signal is strong. No Youtube videos load, search results are super slow, etc. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Update: I factory reset the tablet and it seems to be working fine now. Also, the ads are still gone without running the ad remover again. Interesting.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Bob12Duzn:
The toolbox worked pretty good on my Fire HD 8 (8th gen). I like the Microsoft Launcher, but can't get the Bing daily wallpaper to work, as it keeps disabling itself. Not sure why.

I bought you a little coffee today...

Thanks for the toolbox!!!

Bob G.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I've noticed this too. I have never had to install the adscreen blocker on my 2019 Fire HD 10's. The ads seem to be removed just by switching the launcher/disabling the built-in launcher. (I use the Nova Launcher.)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] tcoffin014:
Hmm I didn't even switch launchers. All I did was the ad disabler.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] techville:
Undo

I should be recieving my Fire HD 10 tomorrow and the first thing I will do is run Fire Toolbox. Technically, Amazon say this will invalidate your warranty. Is it easy to undo changes and return it back to stock - in case the tablet needs to be return under warranty ?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hey, how's it going? Hope you are having a great day so far!

It's actually quite simple, EVERY SINGLE change made to your tablet by the Toolbox can be reverted simply through a factory reset! So, if you need to send the tablet in for repairs or trade it in for a new one, all you gotta do is factory reset the tablet and your good to go! Hope this makes sense! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Oh. I misunderstood you, but that's interesting as well. I wonder where the ads are being disabled.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] eurekaminus:
I bought an 8+ for PrimeDay and stumbled a ways before running into and using the Toolbox. I removed stock Amazon stuff and everything seems to be working fine besides my Home button and Square (view active programs) button doing absolutely nothing.

I had previously installed Nova Launcher and Launch3r H1jacker manually before running the Toolbox, which is probably related.

When I had originally used the Toolbox to set Custom Launcher (and remove the Amazon Launcher) I chose Nova and ended up with an Error "Perform Streamed Install".

Any tips on fixing this? Any help would be much appreciated.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] S4boost:
Try this. It just worked for me. HD 8 10th Feb

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I'm having a frustrating issue with the Alexa App. I have removed ads, removed most amazon bloatware but kept the Alexa app. Im unsure if a play store updated occured that is causing this. But here's the issue.

The Alexa app will load but any time I choose devices or any other sections in the bottom bar of the Alexa app, it hangs and then crashes. I uninstalled the play store version of the app and now I get a white spinning wheel on a black background.

Any solutions?

Could someone with a working Alexa app tell me what the version of the app is? I may just try side loading the known working version unless there's a specific fire tablet APK out there somewhere.

10th gen HD 8

TIA
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Ghoster013:
Can't get Ad Remover to work, Any ideas?

Hey,

Brand new 9th gen Fire Tablet 10inch (purchased Oct 2020). Running Toolbox 9.0. Connected the tablet and was able to add play store and change the launcher, but when I run Remove Lockscreen Ads the toolbox hangs on "Pushing "Lockscreen Ads Remover 4.5" to device" and won't progress. I factory reset the device just in case something went wrong I get the same result with the 2nd attempt. I don't know how to paste the error log from the tablet so I took a screen shot and posted it to Imgur, hope that helps. The error is listed 3 times because I hit the "Start" button 3 time to check for a different result.

https://imgur.com/j8lyJZ2
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] tcoffin014:
Not sure, but now it's back to showing ads again. I'm going to try to contact Amazon to see if they'll just remove them for me.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] eggnoodle74:
**bump*** I'm still experiencing this issue, and wonder if anyone else is???
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] watchtowerstone:
Hi All - just purchased a HD 10 and am trying to sideload the Toolbox but I don't have a Windows PC. I was able to access adb on my Chromebook, but not sure exactly how to push the Toolbox to my HD 10. Is there a tutorial for how to install Toolkit using a Chromebook? I can see the HD10 when I run 'adb devices' but am unsure how to load and push the Toolbox if it is an .exe or .zip file. Thank you! Excited to get rid of all the Amazon fluff!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] eric859:
Just got the newer Fire 8 and came accross this tool. When I start Toolbox after installing it, I don't see any words in the menu buttons. They're all blank. Toolbox says I am connected to the Fire 8. Any ideas?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Schoodles:
Having researched this tool before committing to a Fire HD on Prime day, I have to say it's exceeded my highest expectations. Brilliant work. Thank you very much! Wasn't expecting widgets to function so that was a pleasant surprise.

One minor problem. Google calendars keep disappearing from the Google calendar app and will only return after re-syncing in the app. Any thoughts please?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] findmike:
Yup I'm having the same issue with new Fire HD 10 just bought yesterday. I'm going to try on another computer just to see but it's hanging on Pushing Lockscreen Ads Remover on multiple attempts so far with multiple cables.

Edit - Downloaded v8.2 on the same computer and ran through that with no issues. Everything's working dandy now.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Ghoster013:
Thanks! That worked like a champ. Didn't occur to me to downgrade the toolbox. Ads are gone! Awesome!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] markw96:
I'm currently using app version 2.2.302167.0

I had an issue where I downloaded the alexa app from playstore which meant I had 2 versions of the app on the tablet and it would always crash.

I reset back to factory settings. Kept running the update to update to the the latest amazon software. Didn't remove any amazon stuff. Install nova, disabled the ads and auto updates. Disabled auto updates in the playstore.

Currently working as it should with no issues. I have noticed there is an update in the playstore for the alexa app but I'm not going to update.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] geekasm:
THANK YOU developers for such an awesome tool !

you literally made a mediocre device usable through the customizations/tweaks offerred through your tool.

I cant thank you enough for making the device usable enough for my daughter.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Churada:
Brilliant tool thanks!, just cleaned up a Fire HD 8 bought on Prime Day.

One little hiccup was that doing an auto remove of the Amazon apps led to a prompt to install Swiftkey and the Nova launcher, it only installed the Swiftkey app, i left it for a while but no prompt like it was attempting to install it, just the completed prompt for Swiftkey. I restarted the app but no way I could see to install Nova manually though (apart from sideloading), though perhaps i missed it. I tried re-enabling amazon apps and removing again but no joy.

I had used this before (version 8 on a Fire 7) and it installed both just fine on that.

Anyhow, sideloaded Nova and all worked out great. Maybe something to check?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Fr0zen423:
I don’t own a chromebook and haven’t personally done it so I don’t know the difficulty or your skill set but if your patient and can read and or watch YouTube videos I’d say your best bet if I was in your shoes is either look up how to duel boot windows 10 on your chrome book (get a lite copy of windows if possible will run faster on lower spec hardware) or try to use a friends computer or pc at work etc. You can run windows 10 off a usb stick and plug it in most computers if you don’t have administrative privileges on whatever pc to install programs. You don’t load or push the toolbox it’s a .exe that has to be opened on a windows pc if you want a easy way of doing things with a graphical user interface. I’m assuming you’ve got remote adb installed and know the basics of getting it started etc, there’s guides on xda if you search how to do most if not all what the toolbox does I’m just about sure but you’d have to manually type in a lot of commands into adb if all else fails.

Side note I’m running a fire hd 10 9th gen 2019 on fire os 7.3.1.0 with toolbox v9.0 using it to install Disney+ worked this time compared to on v8.2 but I tried to install Netflix and it failed and said that it was already installed on the device but it isn’t, anyone else having this issue or similar?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Schoodles:
Any thoughts on this please? Also not receiving Gmail notifications.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] twist64:
Same problem here.

Any hints on how to solve the problem?

It seems google calendar can not persist the content.

Is there another possibility to load the google calendar content? Actually I don't use the App "Google Calender" but another one. But all I know are based on the data of the "Google Calendar App".
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Haldi4803:
Soo...I used this after getting the tab on 7.3.1.2 then updated via OTA and now I got this here:

So I simply connected the tab again and pressed remove everything amazon again. Back to Nova launcher and stuff gone :)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] abaddon18:
Hmm it doesnt work for me. Bought tab, kids edition (Hd 8) - and i got error message, seems like it doesnt work with tabs kids edition? Or i should try to wipe it clean before?

Device's codename: onyx

Toolbox doesnt work. :(

Bought it on amazon on prime days, just recieved (Tablet Fire HD 8 Kids Edition blue)

Is this possible to add this device to this great tool?

Best regards

Abaddon18
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hello friend,

I'd recommend toggling off OTA Updates in the Modify System Settings tool. This should prevent OTAs from re-enabling everything that's disabled. ;)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] l-khalifa:
my tablet installed swiftkey but now stuck on tablet is starting
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Cherrythunder:
Device Codename Mustang

Just tried with a new Fire 7 using versions 9 back to 7.0.

Getting this error:

THE SCREEN CANNOT BE SET TO THE NUMBER OF LINES AND COLUMNS SPECIFIED.

AMAZON The screen cannot be set to the number of lines and columns specified.

mustang isn't compatible with the Toolbox. Please plug in an Amazon Fire Table (Generations 4-9)

[IMG="Fire 7 Error"]https://ibb.co/7Xs9gQ0[/IMG]

EDIT: Discovered I had a mining virus that I have since removed, oops. Working now
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Dodger49:
Fire HD 8 (2017) 7th generation

Device's codename: douglas
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] 19 Kilo:
Same. Just did a reset to run through and see if leaving the default KB works better.

Edit - Did a factory reset and went through and disabled one thing at a time. The Kindle Fire (I got a Fire 10 for Prime Day) hangs on the "Tablet Starting" message after disabling the Fire Launcher. Disabling the keyboard seems fine, but I didn't push to add Swiftkey.

Edit 2 - I'm an idiot. It goes to tablet starting because there's no launcher. If you add one of the other launchers and then disable the Amazon launcher it works fine.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ViolentNature:
Is it possible to update Nova Launcher without causing problems or should we stick to the one that is included with the toolbox? Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Schoodles:
I'm running the Nova beta with no problems so far.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Haldi4803:
Don't OTA updates bring new Security patches?

I'm fine with having to connect the Tablet to the PC and press remove Amazon stuff again after every OTA if I get new security patches instead.

BTW on another note. These Amazon services still running are a necessity right?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] CoffeeMachineSwitch:
Google Maps crashing for anyone else? New HD 10 9th, did nothing but install Play Store and a few apps. Google maps starts, but closes after a few seconds, apparently when fetching location (it does stay on when in Airplane mode). Do I need to deactivate Amazon Maps or something?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Schoodles:
Working fine for me. Same setup, but I have Amazon maps disabled.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] thehondablaze:
Keyboard Issue

I have Hacker's Keyboard (from Google Play) on my 9th gen Fire 10 (which updated to 7.3.1.6 against my wishes) and that is so far so good with no issues.

EDIT (re Edit 2) - I've put Nova launcher (disabling Fire Launcher) from toolbox on my tab and doing so causes the tab to not be able to find a way to open/install APKs. Unless I find a fix for this (or another launcher I like that can handle APK's) I am dealing with a sloppy implementation of launcherhijack. It was deleted by the system a couple times but so far since I fiddled with cloning LH in appcloner it hasn't removed it since (but whenever I press home it goes to the Fire launcher and takes a few seconds for Nova to kick in.

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I was able to so far keep my Fire HD10 9th (newest 7.3.1.6 update) from removing LH by appcloning it. It is buggy (my Nova Launcher takes a few seconds to come up over Fire Launcher) but it still works. I had to re-enable Fire Launcher and resort to this workaround because with only Nova it doesn't seem to know how to install APKs.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ViolentNature:
Do you update via google play store or side load the new app via the toolbox? I had issues when i updated via google play store. Basically i could no longer select nova launcher as default.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] thehondablaze:
Re: Nova

I didnt update it at all - I am using the same version that the toolbox gave me
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Schoodles:
I installed Google Maps via the play store.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] bigup7:
is it wise to fully update the tablet first before using this tool?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] secretwolf98:
How did you get the 7.3.1.6 update installed? My Fire HD 10 2019 can't find the update.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] rra1:
The Lockscreen Ads Remover hungup at the same place for me with v9.0, but worked for v8.2. Thanks.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] S4boost:
I connected to a new wifi today and my time zone changed. I can't change it back manually. Any suggestions? When I click to manually change the time zone it just goes back to the settings screen.

Edit: solved, I enabled "device setup" in the tool box
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] pnw_wildcat:
Just received my new 2019 Fire HD 10. Previously owned the 2017 model. This is my first experience with the toolbox.

In the "Custom Launcher" section I chose Nova Launcher but the "Launcher Activation Method" won't allow me to choose "Disable Fire Launcher". I can click on it and the circle turns blue, but only briefly. I installed the toolbox three days ago and when I opened up the tablet today, it had reverted back to the Fire launcher. I had to reboot to bring back Nova. Is my issue related to the fact I can't choose to disable the Fire Launcher? How do I go about resolving this?

And yes, I did search posts here before making this post. Thanks in advance for any guidance.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
How's it going?

Please note that there is no need to select "Disable Fire Launcher" as it has already been selected automatically for you. At this point, I'd recommend disabling OTA Updates to prevent updates from re-enabling Fire Launcher again. To disable OTA, please follow these steps:

Open the Toolbox.

Click the Modify System Settings tool.

Wait for the Toolbox to finish checking the current states of the settings.

Click the Toggle button next to OTA Updates and wait for the Toolbox to disable OTA Updates.

Re-execute the Custom Launcher tool.

That should do the trick! Please do let me know if you need further help!

P.S: I noticed you are a new user and would like to welcome you to the XDA Forums!! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] secretwolf98:
I can't seem to get Toolbox v9.0 to detect my Fire HD 10 2019 on Windows 7. The file explorer reads it, but the toolbox doesn't. Only way I can get toolbox to read my tablet, I have to boot into my Windows 10 drive.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hmm, you may need to install the drivers on Windows 7 before the device can be recognized by the Toolbox. Please try following this guide. Best of luck and let me know if you need further help! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] secretwolf98:
See the included picture.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] 4b3ck:
I've successfully debloated by using this tool (kudos to OP), but have simple question, where to enable tap to display wake up?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] pnw_wildcat:
Thanks for the quick reply and warm welcome. As you already know, you're a legend when it comes to Fire tablets. Thank you for everything you've done for the community.

I did disable OTA updates the first time I ran the toolbox, though I don't recall if I did that before or after running the launcher tool. To be safe, I double checked and the OTA updates were somehow re-enabled on their own. I disabled them, then re-executed the launcher tool.

I'll reach out with an update if I run into this issue again or anything new.

Thanks again!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] hulk1289:
I just joined and this thread is amazing and thanks to the OP for the awesome job on this toolbox.

I did the Firebox v9.0 on Fire 10 2019 version....it was pretty smooth and am still testing out stuff ...but from the looks of it...it looks fine..!

A quick question....I want to download Amazon prime video and Alexa App from google play store...I tried with prime video and it goes to installed but doesnt install giving some error...Alexa app doesnt even show up....so there some setting i need to toggle or change to make this happen?

For now...am using these apps from Amazon Appstore.

Any help is appreciated..thanks!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ursulavasey:
I'm having the same problem on a Fire 8 HD Plus, 2020 tablet. Automate has not installed, and only the home screen wallpaper has worked. If the lockscreen comes on, I still have the adverts. When I added the Automate app, and set it as per the instructions, it made the lockscreen and homescreen show the same wallpaper; even when I choose 2 different wallpapers.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Stammie1609:
Hi I have never posted here but just wanted to say a huge thank you to Datastream33 for such a great tool.

Also I notice over previous pages some people are having trouble with disabling ads/special offers or persuading Amazon to do it,

I have always used the ADB command (even after discovering this tool) "adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.amazon.kindle.kso" to do this and it has never failed
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ursulavasey:
Thanks for this, it worked perfectly for mine and my husband's tablets. My only problem now is that I can't choose different images for the lockscreen and homescreen wallpapers. I select the different iimages, but whichever one I choose for the homescreen automatically becomes the lockscreen image. Not a major problem though.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] letthebeatrock:
Just got a Fire 10.

Safe to use 9.1 version of toolbox? I hear ppl having issues going past 8.0

Edit: Toolbox is completely safe.

Any idea how to watch videos from local storage since the myvideos app won't launch and this VLC app I have won't install on tablet or be sideloaded
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I use MX Player from the Google Play Store. It seems to work well, plus it's pretty feature-rich.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] lepecheurme:
Please help me :(

Always get this:

Error: One of more ADB enabled devices are connected. Please remove all devices except a supported amazon fire tablet
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] tomllic:
Love this toolbox, thanks so much!

Is there a way to change the hideous amazon color scheme? The stock orange on white on black does not look that good.

[IMG="amazon fire hd color scheme"]https://i.imgur.com/YFaIgnZ.png[/IMG]
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] letthebeatrock:
Thanks. I was trying to side load apks since my mobile data is unlimited but the mobile hotspot is not. I broke down and used the little data I have to get kmplayer from play store. Later today I will see what apks I can sideload