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[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Get that thing I sent ya?:
Just another fan thanking you for the Toolbox. Got an HD 10 2021 on a Prime Day special and it works quite nicely now.

Looking forward to when we can root them, but in the meantime I am a happy camper... thanks again! :)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] johny.mnemonic:
Is there anything I need to install to make the toolbox not crash? Any specific version of .Net or VB it needs?

It is crashing for me a lot and I was unable to do any changes to my brand new Fire HD 10 so far thanks to this...
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] terranaut:
got a fire hd10+ 2021, and installed the toolbox and all the options i wanted, and everything is working fine...

EXCEPT, i cannot install my paid apps via the play store; i try to install them but just get the payment popup.

yes, i waited 30 minutes after initially installing the play store via the toolbox, and i also afterwards installed google play games app as well (since some people say you must install that app in order for google play to see apps youve paid for).

any advice/help is appreciated so i can install the apps ive paid for, tx
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Certainly! It would be my pleasure. :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] scout12:
Hi, as an old lady, I'm not especially savvy at all this, but decided to give the toolbox a try! My experience has been a bit of a mixed bag (no doubt due to my own issues!). I kept getting an error on the Google Play services portion of the Play Store installation (the other 3 installed fine), but sideloaded it so all good there I think. I went to disable some of the "bloat" as they say. I cherry picked, leaving some of the Amazon apps in place. I then immediately went to the Play Store and attempted to disable updates on those apps, where I could, including on the Alexa app. Now Alexa still responds to my voice commands, but when I hit on the app to open, I get a spinning circle that never ends. I have cleared the cache, but no change. When I go to the Alexa App in the Play Store, it has a box to update ("Pending Update") but of course I have not done that and have Enable Auto Update UNchecked. Any suggestions on how I can get this app to open properly? I would also like to be able to see the Ring doorbell Live View through the Alexa App as it seems I was out of the box (I think!) TMI? Sorry this is so long but thank you so much for any suggestions...
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jhford:
I restored the Amazon Shopping App (the ("App"), and I can redownload the App from the Google Play Store, it still doesn't work. I guess the bottom line is that I simply can't use the App on my HD 8 and will have to the the Amazon.com website directly if I want to shop on Amazon. Am I right?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] danmullen:
Don't download it from the Play Store at all, just use the built-in app you've restored.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] batouttahell24:
Currently using the toolbox to install Google services and it doesn’t seem to be doing anything. No green bar and it’s stuck on “Downloading Play Services”.

EDIT: Fixed it, had to X out of it and go bacm in. Now it’s installing everything and stuck on installing the Play Services. I assume it’ll take a little bit for it to install.

EDIT 2: Google services have been installed!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jhford:
I tried, but I can't find it.

[EDIT] Please disregard. I found found it with a new app name.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] roaminglost:
hey, just got my fire 10 and got everything working but the google services login doesn't seem to want to login?

I'm getting "account action required" and wont let me sign in besides google play so cant log into youtube and such
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] terranaut:
that worked for me, thanks!

gg
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drhebbe:
Hi

I installed Toolbox v.18 on both Fire HD 10 2019 and Fire HD 10 plus 2021 and ran CPU-Z.

And I found the version of Google services on both Fires are different.

Fire HD 10 2019: 21.21.16(100304-378233385)

Fire HD 10+ 2021: 21.12.13(100400-367530751)

Is it okay?

Thank you.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] johny.mnemonic:
Yep, I am using the portable version. That's why I am asking if there are some things one needs to install manually for it to work properly.

In the end I managed to install Google services with the similar experience as described below:

Few restarts when it got stuck and then it succeeded.

No crash today, it only got stuck occasionally, but it crashed a lot yesterday when I tried to run backup...
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] claylong:
Anyone seen issues where apps continue to run and play sounds after returning to the FreeTime launcher or even when the tablet is locked??

I have 3 new 11th gen Fire 10's, and all 3 do this. All 3 had Lockscreen Ads disabled, Google Services installed, Device dashboard removed, and are running Kids profiles.

An app with ambient sounds or music will be running, and hitting the home button returns you to the FreeTime launcher, but the sounds continue playing. Lock the tablet with the power button, screen turns off and the sounds continue to play.

Because it's a kids profile, the easiest way to make it stop is to reboot. :confused:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] LzeroKI:
I was able to factory reset and re-do the setup process from Fire Toolbox last night, everything went great. Thanks for your help!

Quick question: I noticed that neither the Hulu nor Disney + apps appear in the Play Store on my HD10, is this normal? If so, should I just sideload the amazon versions via the Fire Toolbox menu?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] uweee:
Hi guys, I am from germany and new here. I am coming from a Samsung Galaxy Tab2 and now using a brandnew Fire HD10 Plus.

I am using the toolbox, first I just add the Google play store and I thouhgt its sufficient for me, but the Adds are annoying me... Ive tried "Remove Lockscreen ads" but coulnd get rid of them, there are still showing up!

Need some advise, thanks in advance
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] LzeroKI:
Thanks, I'll try these tonight!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] uweee:
thanks, I ve tried it with no success

I am stupid, sorry, I forgot one dot between amazon and kindle...

Now the success message showed up and the adds are gone! perfect! Thanks for the nice and fast support!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] uweee:
ok, now I ve installed Nova Launcher another Keyboard and removed the adds,

another issue is, that the Alexa App, downloaded from the playstore is not starting, after 1second and a short black screen its shutting down. Also I cannot uninstall Alexa App via Playstore, its still remaining...

any idea?

I am using the portable version of the toolbox
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] uweee:
I ve tried it before, there is no uninstall possibility!

only "deactivate" and "stop" (forced maybe its "Stoppen erzwingen" in my german version
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
You might be able to remove the offending Alexa app by opening an ADB Shell in Toolbox, running the command

pm list packages alexa

That will list package names containing "alexa". I have alexa completely disabled on my tablet and the command returns 3 packages anyways. These are

package:com.amazon.alexa.modeswitch
package:com.amazon.alexa.multimodal.gemini
package:com.amazon.alexa.youtube.app

These are not the ones you want to uninstall. If you have a fourth app listed, try removing it with

pm uninstall <appname>

where <appname> is the name you got in the list you just generated starting after "package:". If that's successful, then just re-enable Amazon Alexa in Toolbox under Manage Amazon Apps.

There's always the fresh start option, too....
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
oops... double post!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Michajin:
Just so you know, you don't have to register, hit back before selecting a Wi-Fi network. The skip option appears... But that being said, there are currently no root or any unlock options available on those 2 devices. All the previous exploits have been sealed off by amazon.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Michajin:
You have to use app disable-

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.app-name.here

You can only uninstall if you have root.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
He has a user installed Alexa app from Google's Playstore that needs to be removed before re-enabling the Amazon Alexa app. The pm uninstall command will work for user-installed apps.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] sdxda:
First, thank you for this app.

Second, if I want to use this app on a tablet (2021 10" edition), what is the recommended way? I search and came up with some answers and want to confirm they are still accurate.

1. Google Family link - not supported by this or any fire tablet

2. USe Amazon kids profile - won't allow content from google play store

3. Install amazon store somewhere, download the content you want, then share content to kids profile.

4. Add a profile - I think this adds an amazon profile and if you designate it as kids, you are back to square 1. If you designate it as adult, you don't have access to play store as the toolbox only works on main profile

5. Give your kids access to your main profile

Is this all still correct? If so, I guess option 3 is the best answer. I'm not even sure what apps the kids would be missing by using amazon store over google store. So it maybe an ideal solution. But I would love to here what others are doing if they are using this on a tablet used by little kids.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] SJMarty:
The command you listed worked with an interesting side effect - I don't get the five second pause. This worked well for a while and then it looks like an update of some sort hit.

That being said, is there a way to run the "pm disable-user com.amazon.firelauncher" command on a repeating schedule (on the tablet itself) - for example, every six hours? I think it would be great if I could leave OTAs on, have a custom launcher (Nova), *and* not have that five second pause.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] HereInPlainSight:
Late to the party here, but I've got a Gentoo box, and a Pop OS box.

I'd love it if there was a Linux version. I'm sure there was probably a simpler way, but I ended up having to set up a port forward on the VM, set up adb in server mode on the host computer, and set up adb in client mode on the VM (had to set the environment variable so that the toolbox would automatically connect to the server and not try the local server, since the VM's adb wasn't seeing the Fire for whatever reason).

I noticed that way back at one point you said the source was available for review, but more recently you said the source wasn't available. Whatever the situation is is fine -- mostly I just wanted to say that if you need help, I'm sure the Linux community would be happy to help as best we can.

Thank you for all your work on this tool.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jhford:
I've noticed something strange. I've disabled everything Amazon except the store. I use several Google apps which installed without error and seem to be working fine, except for Google Keep Notes which organizes my existence. None of my textual input is saved. Any ideas?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Themystro1:
I just got my Fire HD 10+ (2021/11th gen) from amazon and perhaps this is too new - but I'm getting a lot of issues running just about everything in the toolbox. The toolbox reads my Fire - but does not have any info about the device that it can read. I'm in dev mode, have USB debugging enabled. I can install nova launcher and remove some apps, but that's about it (can't remove ads). Nova launcher doesn't stick, keeps getting trashed and the amazon loader gets put on, always have to manually launch it every time amazon kicks it. Biggest issue is I can't run the google services at all - seems it gets stuck on trying to load the framework. I tried manually side-loading the apk - it's saying there is more than one device/emulator??

Current OS is FIre 7.3.1.9 (May 29, 2021) - there are 11 updates left to install.

I tried doing those updates too, same problems. Help?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] uweee:
Good morning,

I ve tried it and in my case I have 2 entries only (which I can not remove with the uninstall request!

What is meant with "fresh start option" a complete rebuild to "original Fire 10" without all changes from the toolbox?

thx
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Yeah, a complete factory reset is an option. I wasn't so sure you wanted to do that. Have you tried re-enabling Amazon Alexa under Manage Amazon Apps in the toolbox? It would appear that you've got the Google version out.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] uweee:
Factory reset is an Option If the other things are not working :-)

I ve tried to reenable Alexa under manage amazon apps, no success, nothing showed up that I have already installed it.

Besides that Alexa Issue, the tab seems to be ok, struggeling with the keyboards but finally installed Gboard which is close to my iphone and my wifes ipad.

Is there a howto for the factory reset? I will go and search for it inside this thread.

Thanks for supporting me
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] evdok1968:
I have the same problems on the 11th gen, but I have disabled the ads.....google play store refuses to install.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
If you wish to factory reset your tablet, go to Settings > Device Options > Reset to Factory Defaults. It will completely remove all modifications made by the Toolbox. On first reboot, you may wish to skip the WiFi setup so that the tablet doesn't perform any updates before you run Toolbox. Do this by going through the steps as normal until you get to the WiFi setup screen. Select any network (it doesn't matter if it's yours or not) and then go back one screen. An option to skip will appear. Use that.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] evdok1968:
Mine is straight out the box and still can't install google services.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
We'll need a little more information in order to help. What type tablet (size, year), version of Toolbox you're using, did ADB drivers install correctly, did anything you've tried work?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] evdok1968:
Its a fire hd 10 tablet 32gb 11th gen, using toolbox v18. So far I've blocked the amazon ads, uninstalled a couple of amazon ads, but when I try to install google services I get red errors.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Try closing the Toolbox and then relaunching it, then installing again.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] evdok1968:
It won't work on either tablets (bought 4 for the family) I'm thinking it might be toolbox problem.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Does it get through any of the four step installation process successfully?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] evdok1968:
no, red errors
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
@Falcon342 posted a guide to manually installing Google Services in post #4712
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] scout12:
I'm not sure if this will be helpful or not, but when I was having problems with the Alexa app opening (had already disabled Auto Update in the Play Store, though hadn't installed it from there), I finally went into the Amazon App Store where there was an update. After installing that update, Alexa opened fine...
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] magicman84:
Hi, first of all, let me just say well done on this! It’s a great tool you have created.

I have a query regarding the 10 plus I recently bought. Is there anyway to get an external gps to work with it?

I wanted to use it as a big screen sat nav so purchased a Garmin GLO 2. I downloaded an app called “BlueGPS” and have set it as my mock location app.

But every time I try to start the gps I get an error saying “mock location not enabled”.

Is there a way to enable the mock location once set?

Not finding much info online. Might have to return it. :(
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] magicman84:
Never mind! I got it working!

Anyone with a similar issue just needs to download “GPS Connector” by PilaBlu.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] david.fahey:
Hi I just got a new Fire 10+ (2021) because of the availability of Fire Toolbox.

All went well except google contacts which gives an google play error and wont sync.

Reloaded all the azm app and tried from zero again with the same result.

Please help :(
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
edit: I didn't read thoroughly. Make sure Contacts are enabled under Manage Amazon Apps. Then install this.

see post #4420.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Hebgbs:
Sure somebody else asked this before, but how do I permanently set the home launcher for another profile to something else without installing some variety of hijacker for Fire OS? It perturbs me thatiI am unable to do much of anything with other accounts, considering the only other account I have there is my own, as an adult.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Do you have more than 1 profile setup in the tablet? If so, you'll have to repeat all the changes you want under each profile with the Toolbox. I'm not sure about the launcher, though. The Toolbox might only change the default profile.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Oh, gotcha!

I thought Amazon (in a new OTA update) blocked access to Developer Options until you registered the device. My bad.

Remember, you can bypass the registration during initial setup by selecting ANY Wifi access point, pressing the back button, and then tapping the Skip button in the lower right corner. :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Greetings friend?

Would you mind pulling the build.prop and sending it over? This information can be used to determine the proper strings to retrieve for the device information. You should be able to pull the build.prop file from the Device Information tool, select the Tool Options icon : and from the presented options click the "Pull Buildprop" button. The Toolbox should then open a Notepad instance with the information listed. Could you please copy and paste the information and provide it in a reply to this post?

That would help so much and I'd really appreciate it! If not, then that's cool too! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Registering will tie your tablet to your Amazon account and will create an Advertisement ID that when paired with the Device Usage Data, and App Usage Data can create a profile to serve you "interest-based" ads. These interest-based ads are also used to set ads to your lockscreen based on the information collected. It will also set your tablet's "Household ID" that ties the device to your household devices. You can turn off the mentioned items above using the Privacy Controls tool on the second page of the Toolbox. While there isn't an option to change the Household ID yet, I'm currently working on adding it.

However, the most surefire way is to factory reset the tablet and start from scratch (skipping registration) if possible.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Glad to hear my friend! :D

Have a great day!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
The target framework for the Toolbox is .Net Framework 4.5.2. If you are on Windows 10 you should be good to go. You can get a list of installed .Net Framework versions by running this command in a command prompt instance:

reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Net Framework Setup\NDP" /s | findstr "Version"

As for the crashing, does the Toolbox supply any information after the crash? or does it simply close? Thanks!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] david.fahey:
Thank you very much. Kepp up the good work :)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
That's what's up! :D(y)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Yeah, the bug is being looked into. Glad to see you were able to get Play Services installed. Nice work my friend! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Indeed. It's hard to come across another solution that works. Does anyone know if Helium Backup from the ClockworkMod Team still works? Maybe we could integrate it into the Toolbox?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] batouttahell24:
Yeah, it took a little while but I was able to get them installed correctly!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Sorry for the inconvenience. Just glad to see things managed to work out in the end. :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] batouttahell24:
You’re good. Pretty cool tool! Can’t wait to see what new features you have in store for the next update. :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Thank you for your understanding!

The next update will bring some fixes to the Google Services tool and some other goodies. Mostly a bug fix though. ;)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] KosaHemdock:
I already have Nova Launcher installed in my Kindle 10, But I am trying to install a different launcher I found in the play store called A decluttered launcher.

In Fire Toolbox when I click "Custom Launcher" then hit the drop down menu there are only a few selected launchers available Is there any way I can add another launcher to the list

Here is the drop Down:

Here are my Tablet Information:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] dirtysox:
YATY - Yet Another Thank You!

Just wanted to drop in my sincere thanks. The Toolbox (and this thread supporting it) are a great resource for all Fire users.

I picked up a 2021 Fire HD 10 Plus on Prime day. Got it all set up with the Toolbox, disabled ads, installed Google services, Play Store, Nova Launcher, etc. Now it's a great tablet for $109!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
It will install from the Play Store like any other app. Since you've used Toolbox to install Nova Launcher and disable Amazon's Launcher already, you don't need to use the Custom Launcher tool again.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] maven33:
adb.exe pull /system/build.prop .

Failed with permission denied. What Device Information tool?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jhford:
Could someone please reply to my post #5511 on page 276.

Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Post #5511:

I quoted your original message for anyone who can help.

I'm not familiar with Google Keep Notes. Are you using the Fire Keyboard or do you have an alternate like Gboard installed? It could also be that Goggle Keep Notes relies on something you disabled in Manage Amazon Apps in order to operate. Just looking through the list, there's Contacts, Amazon Newsstand, and Docs that come to mind as possibilities. Maybe someone else has thoughts.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] foundinhim:
Instead of adding and switching between Amazon users, is there a way to change this to adding and switching Android/Google users?