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[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] SamDungUser:
Hey, I'd appreciate if you had an option for root users. Toggle for non-root users with the non-root options that's alreday there and then an option for root users with not only the existing non-root options and some options for root users, such as when you switch to the root option when you got manage amazon apps, you ask for root on device (must agree) then you can uninstall the apps instead.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] oritron:
Hi , you have probably aswered this befor but i cant find it. i have a Fire 7(7th Gen) a have done a system reset ,no updates , alls well till i reach " On your tablet, you should see a new prompt asking if you want to Allow USB Debugging and should show the computer’s RSA key fingerprint. Tick the box that says “Always allow from the computer” and hit ok." i dont get that box , and Tool box says list of devices attached gives me a number then says unautherized then i cant get any further?

can you help
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] fireman135235:
Hi! I tried changing the lockscreen shortcuts to some apps and it appears to have worked (the app icons now appear on lock screen), but when I try to open the apps via shortcut, it just turns white, then returns back to the lock screen. Is there something that was disabled that may have caused this? I downloaded the full debloat list and used that, instead of the default options.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] specterflare:
@Datastream33

The new update is awesome! Love the new theme. Just one thing I noticed when I started up the program: the "No Device Was Detected" screen is unthemed, and is just the default black and white. Would it be possible to get that screen to follow the main theme? And while I'm on the topic of that screen, you could probably expand the suggestion list to get rid of the scroll bar, since there is plenty of space.

Thanks again for all your hard work!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] pauliusval99:
since this tool can install Play services, would it be possible to install microG instead?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ComputerTech312:
*facepalm* i'm late to the release party :P, anyway Awesome work Datastream33, you truly have made my Fire tablet something else lol, keep up the good work mate :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] sirramza:
Hi guys, im having a wierd problem, since 2 days ago it says that i dont have google play services updated, but when i go to the GooglePlay store landing of Google Plays Services it doesnt let me update or anything

This is on the fire 8
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] sirramza:
this was 2 days ago and i use that tablet a lot :p did that a few times and didnt work yet

even tryed to wipe the data and cache today and that didnt work too
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Reed_Enwright:
THanx for the reply. If you watched the video, thats not the issue. The issue is UPGRADING the DRIVERS after the tablet is recognized. The tutorial does not match reality on either of the 2 Win7 machines I have.

FWIW something I did got it working on my Win10 machine, so I am all set. I appreciate the help and if people want to continue to troubleshoot this with me I would certainly do so for the benefit of the community. Otherwise I am pretty much done with trying.

Thanx again!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I'm glad you got a computer to recognize your tablet. I won't bother trying to explain what I meant, but I did watch the video and understand the problem. Windows 10 does a much better job with the drivers and there aren't too many Windows 7/8 users left so the problem will eventually go away.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] oritron:
still no sucsess , i dont get a box on the tablet to tick "Always allow from the computer” i only get "usb debugging connected "
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] MoeRengoku:
Hey fellas, I need some help. The ONLY thing I'm struggling with is getting Google Play store on my new Kindle. I had to close window several times due to the download freezing or stalling. Has been giving me the toughest time for few hours now. It was finally almost done, now I keep getting a message about uninstalling APK? Appreciate any solutions.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] MoeRengoku:
Thanks Bru! I was able to get the play store downloaded through individually installing with Apk's.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] sensboston:
It looks like only this thread is alive and frequently visited & updated, so I'll ask my question here: is there a way to install custom, system-wide fonts on Fire HD 10 (2021)? Fire OS doesn't support any Cyrillic language and for some strange reasons Amazon didn't installed "standard" Android full featured fonts (like Droid Sans, Droid Serif etc.) but some limited version with stripped Cyrillic typefaces (may be, other languages are stripped too).

I know, any app can embed any fonts and use 'em, but it's not an easy to push my favorite ereader app author (FBReader by "geometer") to add some features, unfortunately (even it open source and available on GitHub).

So, do you guys know any tricks how to add system wide fonts? Yeah, we aren't "jailbroken" and /system/fonts is read-only, I know that. But might be Fire OS can pick-up fonts from the user space?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Greetings!

Hmm, not entirely sure to be honest. Due to the locked down nature of FireOS I'm not sure this can be achieved without root access. :(
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] pauliusval99:
well that's a pity. I thought you had some kind of semi-root magic going on that would enable this, given how you could install Google services and remove system apps. I guess I'll start looking for a new tablet then :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
No semi-root, just ADB magic. ;)

Once upon a time there was temp root for Fire Tablets, but unfortunately it's now been patched. :(
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] svarasnj:
hi folks, newbie here. Need some assistance. Bought fire HD 8 5th gen over the weekend and trying to install fire toolbox v22 but get the following error message.

Followed step by step as per instructions to include ADB is enabled, etc. Please help as I'm trying to get this going,

And the following question would be, if kingroot is the only option to root this tablet? I did some digging but there is not much info about rooting current version fire tables.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] svarasnj:
tried both downloaded V22 and 21, also tried portable versions. The same table pops up saying something about debugger. Any other ideas/ thoughts?

Idk if this matters but im running 5.6.0.0
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I did a search through this thread looking for an answer to the problem. It has come up before, but was never answered. Only a couple suggestions were offered but no resolution was posted. I did notice that a setting was added to the settings.txt file a couple versions ago: SkipDebuggerCheck=0 . I wonder if this was added for just this problem. You could try changing it to 1 to see if it works.

The file is located at "%LocalAppData%\Datastream\Fire Toolbox v22.0\bin\Settings\Settings.txt". Open it and edit the tenth line down to read:

SkipDebuggerCheck=1

If you're using the portable version, then it's in the folder you extracted Toolbox into, under bin\Settings\. Let us know if this works.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] fireman135235:
Is there anyway to fix this so that I can use the apps from the lock screen corners?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Unless you're really fond of the lock screen, you could just disable it.

Just sayin'....
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] svarasnj:
ha, worked. Once I changed the digit on line 10 from 0 to 1, I was able to finally access the tool.

Now, i believe due to this not all the features work.

1. The main one that I'm bummed about is manage amazon apps:

I'm trying to do a complete debloat, when i run the tool, congratulations table pops up, however as you can see in the toolbox window, it says that most of these amazon apps are not debuggable.

2. Google services are all working.

3. Nova launcher is working

4. Lock screen management is also buggy. I tried removing lockscreen adds but they are still all there.

the only thing im really concerned is all the amazon apps. If somehow i can get rid off them would be amazing.

Any ideas?

Thanks a lot. made lots of progress with your help
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Great. Now you can try sideloading the AmazonDebugger.apk in the toolkit. It's in "%LocalAppData%\Datastream\Fire Toolbox V22.0\bin\Amazon Debugger"
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Based on the output (depicted in the attached .jpg from post #6,140) it looks like the app is already installed, but as a system app. This isn't good because the system app varient isn't debuggable. :(
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Maybe someone who's got a 2015 tablet has this figured out. I've seen v5.6.0.0 mentioned in the other threads about this problem. It would appear that it's common to that firmware. I don't know what to suggest. Possibly an update (ugh) to your firmware? That can't be undone if it doesn't help though. Let's hope that someone chimes in with a solution.

edit: I didn't notice I was replying to you instead of svarasnj. Did this ever get solved Datastream?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hmm, I can't recall if we managed to resolve it or not.

There are a few things we can try to hopefully find a solution if you're okay with that @svarasnj.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Alright, let's see if we can get this resolved. :D🤞

Ok, let's firstly check to see if it's a system app or not:

Open the Toolbox, and execute an ADB Shell.

Uncheck the box next to "Run-as Debugger".

Click the box after the $ to set the focus on the textbox.

Enter in the following command and press enter:

pm list packages -s | grep facebook

Copy the output of the command, and please quote this post and include the output if you'd be so kind. Thanks!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] svarasnj:
Clicked on the sideload apps, found an app in amazon debugger folder, the second I clicked on sideload it was an instant error. No hesitation. Also tried installing it with APK installer but no luck. I tried but msg popped up saying app not installed.

lol... after playing with amazondebugger.apl file , toolbox does not recognize my tablet anymore... ok... will revisit tomorrow... appreciate your help internet stranger...
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Ok, sounds good my friend! Have a great night and we'll pick this up tomorrow! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] svarasnj:
quick wrap up from yesterday:

1. Nova launcher works

2. Google services work.

3. Hiding amazon apps does not work ( see attached)

Today:

3. When I try to sideload amazondebugger.apk, instant failure: "INSTALLATION FAILURE"

4. When I try to use ADB shell and copy the code as per above I get (see attached )

5. When I try to hide amazon crap ( see attached ). Idk why but pop congratulates with successful execution but in reality all amazon apps are still there.

if you got any other ideas lets do it, if not, I will just stick with all these amazon apps and make it work. thanx
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] svarasnj:
quick update. I'm good to go. The key to success was installing Nova launcher before hiding all amazon apps. The minute I installed the Nova launcher, I went to manage amazon apps and it got rid off all of them. Yay. Excited. thanks again for assistance
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Wait, really???!!!! 😮

So happy to see things worked out for you my friend! Very nice work! Have a fantastic day! :D(y)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] emperordogma:
Hello,

I'm having a proglem with Fire 8+ (2020), whenever I load up Power Rangers Legacy Wars or Google Play Games it tells me to "Update Google Play Services", but it's up-to-date and so is my Play Store, I've tried clearing the cache, and storage, and a few other things. I'm at a loss for what to do?

Thanks.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] asharx:
Hello, new user for Fire Toolbox. I have a Fire 7 2019 and previously I had used the launcher hijack to get Nova set as the default home for the tablet. A little while ago that stopped working and the default Amazon Home was active again. Yuck, I am so glad I found Toolbox, super easy to use and now I am back to Nova as my launcher. Even got rid of some of the bloatware aswell. Thank you!!!!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I'm glad you found us! 😊 I'm not sure how many reminders he puts into toolbox anymore, but just in case, remember to disable OTA Updates and Automatic Updates with the Toolbox. That's probably what reverted your tablet back to Amazon Launcher in the first place. (y)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] asharx:
Yes I did see that and disabled those!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Turbonova:
Sorry Im a new member and have tried searching but been unsuccessful.. Im using the fire toolbox v22.0 and when installing the google play it goes through the download then when it gets to installing it gives me an error

abd:failed to install

installing play framework : error

installing play services: error

installing account manager: error

installing play store: error

ive tried doing a factory reset and going through the process several times and i seem to get the same result.

Thanks for any help that is offered
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] cuich:
sorry but i cannot donwnload google play..

I have tried several times and looked for the files on the computer and all of them have 0 KB of size... i have restored kindle and uninstalled firetoolbox with no luck... even with another laptop and same results

My kindle is 2019 10"...

please help!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] cuich:
i have this exact same problem!!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] CARMELHILL:
I'm having the same problem with the Fire 10+. The toolbox does get rid of the lock screen ads, and switch to the Nova launcher, but I get the same failure for the Google Play install. I'm going to try again later this evening when the tablet is fully charged. If it doesn't work I'll try side loading the files manually as described here:

How to Install the Google Play Store on an Amazon Fire Tablet

You're not stuck with the Amazon App Store.

www.howtogeek.com

and also here:

How to install the Google Play Store on every Amazon Fire tablet

Get the apps you want on your brand-new device

www.androidpolice.com

Maybe the toolbox will be fixed in the next update so it's completely automated????
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] cml.snc:
Got this errors at the download (google services/assistant) phase but then closed/restarted the toolbox retook... and everything was fine

Maybe error-er b/c it take a lot time to download... IMO
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] avenoc:
Hi I have a tablet fire hd 10 11g all the Amazon apps have been deleted but I can't remove the IMDb TV app how can I delete it? Thank you
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] cml.snc:
You have to "advanced mode " is there in one of the three tabs
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
To elaborate on what @cml.snc said, in Toolbox click Manage Amazon Apps. Under the Manual tab, click Advanced. Wait several seconds for Toolbox to read all your System Apps and then scroll through the list to find "com.amazon.imdb.tv.android.app" and tick it. Finally select Disable Selected in the upper-right.

(It could be called something slightly different because I pulled the app name from my firestick, not my tablet. I have an older f/w version and don't have it installed on my tablet.)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] avenoc:
thanks i solved i managed to delete the app. One more question to know if there are new updates released for the system should I re-enable OTA Update? or is there another way? Thank you
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I'm glad you got things the way you like them. As far as updates go, Falcon342 gave you the options. I would just add that I don't think Amazon's biggest concern is security when they release an update. Their main concern appears to be "feature" updates and closing the holes we use to modify their tablets. I don't believe they're necessary. I think they're up to v7.3.2.0 on their latest tablets while I keep running smoothly on v7.3.1.2.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] avenoc:
Thanks @Falcon342 @blaacksheep to for the information you have brightened my day. :) ;)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] xrayman2k4:
Thanks for such a great, easy to use tool! Can you advise on the pickle I've gotten myself into?

I am installing Google services on a 9th gen HD10, but both PlayServices & PlayStore apk's are throwing up "INSTALL_FAILED_VERSION_DOWNGRADE" error messages. I removed the previous install and rebooted, then retried - no luck. Am I doomed to a factory reset or am I missing something?

Cheers,

Michael
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
This seems to be happening a lot again. See Falcon342's post #6160 for manual installation instructions.

edit: to save you a couple clicks, that post redirects to post #5310 and #5312.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] xrayman2k4:
Thanks for the tip, but I think the versions are too old - I must have updated Play Store & Services, more recent than the .apk's Toolbox downloads, and much more recent than the apk's in the archive attached to one of the posts you linked me to (Google-Services-For-FireOS7.zip).

I'll factory reset - only playing D3 anyway :)

Cheers,

Michael
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
The latest files are available on APKMirror.com. I've collected them and thrown them all into 1 .zip file. If you need them, I'll post the .zip.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Yeah, seems Play Services refuses to install if it's not the latest version or within a certain "new" threshold... :(
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] tonino2424:
Hi, I used this tool so i could get all the bloatware off the the tablet when i bought it last December. After doing so, I am unable to update it to the most current version. Can you plz advise what I need to do to in order to accomplish this? Thx
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Greetings my friend!

I'd highly recommend not updating the tablet as it could add in new "features" you don't want such as Device Dashboard (if the tablet doesn't have it already). However, it is your tablet and if you really want to update then by all means feel free to!

Here's a quick little guide to re-enable OTAs:

Open the Toolbox, and click the second radio button at the bottom right to navigate to Main Menu 2.

Execute the Modify System Settings tool.

In the General category, toggle the switch next to OTA Updates.

That should do the trick! If you need further help please by all means ask, and we'll do our best to assist in any way we can! Best of luck and hopefully all goes well! :)🤞
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] tonino2424:
Ok, I agree with you DS33. I wont update it. :)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Sounds good my friend! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] chriskader:
I am really hoping you release the source code for this. I love the idea but am curious about the implementation and would like to write something similar using a cross-platform langauge/UI.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] mirek54:
I get following error. How can I fix it?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] R0ughy:
Hey guys, I'm probably late to the party but can someone please share a link with the solution? I looked and kind find it...

First off, thx for the awesome tool. My question: After I've done a few changes with the toolbox, once i restart the fire HD 8 2016, the home screen just keeps flashing and refreshing. Settings work fine, lock screen works fine, just home screen keeps crashing and refreshing. Is it a launcher problem? Only factory reset can fix it so far...

Thx!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Some questions:

1 - Is this a fresh install or are there already apps on the tablet? You mentioned factory reset curing it. Did you try modifying with the toolbox before installing any apps?

2 - What firmware version are you running? 7.3.1.9?

It could be the way the launcher is replaced that's causing the problem. Is there more than 1 option in Toolbox for Custom launcher replacement? I mean there's the downgrade and disable option, and just the replacement option depending on your firmware version. Also, you might have better luck with a different launcher. Nova Launcher is a common choice that seems to work well. I would suggest that launcher if you chose something else to replace the Fire Launcher.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] R0ughy:
That was some healthy advice! Yes I changed the launcher method to "launcher hijacker" instead of downgrading the Fire Launcher. Worked. Nova keeps telling me it's not the "default launcher" but everything works smoothly.

Thx a lot!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Glad it worked. I was thinking you could get rid of that "not default launcher" message, but I guess not:

So I guess just ignore it. 🤨
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
I didn't. I just went on Google Images, downloaded a picture of the navbar (for both Samsung and Pixel), then in photoshop I proceeded to cut the icons out from the downloaded picture, placed them in a new 24x24 canvas, resized them appropriately, and exported them as a .png. ;)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] HulkSmashBurgers:
Is there a way to disable Fire Launcher without plugging into PC? I gets re-enabled every few weeks and it would be great to fix it on-device.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] LimeWools:
I don't have Photoshop but I was wondering if you could add these icons :D.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Hey, just a quick question for anybody who knows: Is there a "Device Information" subtool in the Toolbox that has eluded me to this point? Datastream33 mentions it being improved in this version, but I cannot find it for the life of me!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] HulkSmashBurgers:
I do, but the last update was a week ago. Seems weird that it would re-enable the stock launcher so long after an update.

Maybe there's some alternate way to chose the default launcher since Amazon removed that option from the settings UI?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
To quote myself from a couple days ago:

The reason they disabled the ability to change the launcher with normal methods is because Fire tablets are Amazon Consumption Devices and Amazon would like them to always stay that way. There is a reason they are sold so cheaply. They want to disable the ability to change their launcher and remove advertising because that's how they make money on the tablets. If you would like to retain the ability to change your tablet to your liking, you should disable OTA updates and Automatic updates. You won't know until it's too late that your changes are no longer possible after an unknown update removes those features.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] LimeWools:
Thanks and I noticed the tool box only accepts .png but I'll just change the jpg to a png :D.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] LimeWools:
When applying the modified icons/regular icons, the navigation icons are invisible and pressing the the place where the icons should be crashes Fire Os interesting.(nvm I actually deactivated them but the icons still look weird).