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[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Trona, huh? Ok, thanks a thousand for the codename friend!

I'll add support asap! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] arkady789:
I have an Amazon Fire 7 inch, 5th generation. It was updated to OS 5.6.8.0.

Tablet's Codename: ford.

Can it be added so I can use Fire Toolbox for my old Amazon Fire?

Thanks for your support.

Alex
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Greetings my friend!

The Toolbox already supports Ford. Is the Toolbox telling you otherwise? Thanks!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] specterflare:
@Datastream33, the new update is awesome! I'm a big fan of the new theme. If I may, I have one quick request. One of the things I spend the most time doing is fooling around with different launchers to try to find one that works best. Because of the sheer amount of launchers out there, the vast majority of them are not in the Custom Launcher tool. That's, of course, to be expected, as it would obviously be an impractical amount of work to maintain and update dozens of launchers, but one thing that would make it easier for me is if you could add Fire Launcher (the default launcher FireOS ships with) to the Manage Amazon Apps tool. That way, instead of having to go through ADB, I could just disable it there and then do whatever I wanted with my other installed launchers.

If it helps, the input to disable the launcher is adb shell pm disable-user com.amazon.firelauncher, and obviously adb shell pm enable-user com.amazon.firelauncher to enable.

Thanks again for all you do!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Greeee:
Thank you so much for the update, love the teal. :D

I'm unable to download the installer currently, keeps expecting me to sign into a Microsoft account I don't have.

But, I went to try updating my Netflix and Disney+ (Disney+ wouldn't load, and Netflix just kept prompting for an update).

I'm now unable to run Disney+ (Amazon Appstore Connection Failure - an error occurred connecting to Amazon Appstore. Please try opening the app again). I've tried restarting the app a few times, uninstalled and reinstalled through FTB and nothing.

Netflix I uninstalled from the tablet to update, as it failed through FTB, and now FTB won't push the update across either.

Any advice would be greatly received.

I'm running Fire OS 7.3.1.6 (Build date 9th October 2020 @ 2132), on a Fire HD8.

Edit: Disney+ now working. Netflix is failing to install through FTB.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] CloudHidden:
I'm the latest version of Fire Tool Box and a Fire 10 2019, everything has worked great so far, but when I try to remove lock screen ads the toolbox stops responding. Any idea what might be causing this?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Happy to hear you are enjoying the new update and theme my friend!

I'd be more then happy to add Fire Launcher as an option to the Manage Amazon Apps manual subtool in the next update! Until then, why not use a batch script to disable/enable Fire Launcher when needed?

Maybe something like this:

@echo off

TITLE Enable/Disable Fire Launcher
set adbpath=C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Datastream\Fire Toolbox V17.0\adb
REM Change the path above to a valid adb directory.
REM IF the script is already in the adb directory, replace the path with %cd%.

:Home
color 7
cls
echo.
echo 1 - Enable Fire Launcher
echo 2 - Disable Fire Launcher
echo.
Set /p sel=Selection:

if %sel% == 1 GOTO :EnableLauncher
if %sel% == 2 GOTO :DisableLauncher
color c&echo.&echo Invalid option.&TIMEOUT /T 2 >nul&GOTO :Home

:EnableLauncher
cls
echo.
echo Enabling Fire Launcher...
echo.
cd %adbpath%
adb shell pm enable --user 0 com.amazon.firelauncher
echo.
color a
TIMEOUT /T 3 >nul
GOTO :Home

:DisableLauncher
cls
echo.
echo Disabling Fire Launcher...
echo.
cd %adbpath%
adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.amazon.firelauncher
echo.
color a
TIMEOUT /T 3 >nul
GOTO :Home
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Glad to see you are also satisfied with the update/Teal theme my friend! :D

In case you are still having issues with downloading, here is an alternative download link for V17.0. As for Netflix, could you try executing an ADB Shell in the Toolbox, and run the following commands:

exit
cd ..
adb\adb install \bin\HybridApps\Netflix_AmazonStore.apk

Could you please share the results of the last command above, so we can figure out where the issue lies? Thanks!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Greetings friend!

It might be a bug... Is it persistent? Does it occur every time the tool is launched? Thanks!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Greeee:
Thank you for your reply.

I absolutely love the teal, when all my screen is normally black, I fancied the change and it's just so easy on the eye.

I grabbed the installer from your link, installed and updated the micropatch to 17.1 and thought I'd give netflix another whirl, and it's installed successfully, runs without issue, so thank you once again!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] specterflare:
Will do, thanks again for all your hard work!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] MacNCheez:
I'm looking at buying the Fire HD 10 plus 2021(I don't know the generation)

I see the toolbox say it is now compatible with the Fire HD 10, so do you know if it will also work for the Plus version??
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Of course my friend! More then ecstatic to help! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hmm, didn't know a plus version was released.

As @Falcon342 mentioned, if you could be kind enough to help with the codename then I'd be more then happy to add support for the plus edition! Thanks friend! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] CeruleanSinz:
I can confirm works fine with the Fire HD 10 plus 2021 model 11th gen (at least for me). All Amazon did was increase the ram size slightly from the standard Fire HD 10 and added wireless charging. I only did via the toolkit was install google services, removed some bloatware, and disable OTA. Did not test the other features. Google services errored out at first (waited 10mins) but relaunched it and worked fine, no issues so far.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
If you hold on a couple weeks, Amazon is having their Prime Day sale sometime in June. Last year they discounted the HD 10 by 47% so you could potentially get the HD 10+ for $99.95 or thereabouts instead of the $180 that they're asking right now. I'll post something when I know more.

Update (may 31, 2021): It's now predicted by CNET and a couple other sites that Prime day will be June 21-22.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] GeeFJay:
Hey DS33, great work on this tool!

I've just done 1 of 2 Fire HD 8's, wanted to google-ise them now my amazon kids subscription has expired and I'm too tight to pay monthly for that trash :D

Sent you a donation for a couple of beers 🍻
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
lol
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
THANK YOU, THANK YOU my friend!!!

I really do appreciate the donation and I'm more then happy to hear that you are enjoying the Toolbox! Really does mean the entire world to me!!!! 😄👍
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Oh, that's good to hear! The base model and the plus model must share the same codename (like the 10th gen tablets), like you stated, the plus tablets are basically the same device as the base model just with extra features added. Anyways, thanks so much for the confirmation my friend! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
That would be great, thanks for your time @blaacksheep!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
A blast from the past!!! I didn't learn about the Toolbox until V8. Hehehe :giggle:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Lol, true my friend! Just going through some old backups and managed to find the older versions, and I just look at it and can't help but smile.

It's crazy to see where the Toolbox is today compared to the older versions and it's all thanks to you wonderful folks and your wholesome support!! (especially an OG from V8 such as yourself!) :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] 4218kris:
why is system update failing
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Possibly because OTA Updates were disabled by the Toolbox. If you'd like to enable system updates toggle them back on via the Modify System Settings tool.

Just a warning, enabling OTAs has the chance to revert a majority of changes made by the Toolbox back to defaults.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Just to add one more thing, if you do decide to re-enable OTA updates and let the tablet update, don't forget to re-disable OTA updates afterwards so you don't get a surprise down the road when you weren't expecting an update.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ahtiong73:
hi hi

great tool that's available here

I installed Netflix 7.93.1

then YT vanced along with the microG

now whenever I try to open Netflix it keeps asking for smart lock credentials

both accounts that's linked will not open my Netflix

would appreciate any help

I'm a Fire HD8 (6th Gen) user

edit: resolved by going into Netflix site on browser and signed out and then back in. it's a google thing
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jel37:
Firstly thanks for this awesome feature. I'm having some issues, and wondering the best way forward. I have the Amazon HD 7 Kids tablet - Ford codename. I selected the standard amazon apps option, nova launcher, and lockscreen- no adds options all fine.

However, I tried to install the google services, at first it crashed on the first step so after 10mins restarted it. Then it worked on the services, but errored on the framework and play services, and had ok on account manager and play store. Then it mentioned having the option find my device unticked, which I did but the message still kept appearing.

At present It does load up with the nova launcher, and widgets, but no play store. Should I do a factory reset and then reapply it again? Or install google play store separately via another installation package ? or is there a better option?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] lewmur:
Problem with HD 10 7th gen. If I disable the lock screen, then PlayStore stops downloading. It searches fine, but when you click "Install" it hangs saying pending. Re-enable the lock screen and it starts downloading. Using 17.1
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
No issues on Play Store updating apps on mine with lockscreen disabled, but mine is a 9th gen HD10.

Well, they've announced it and Amazon is having their Prime Day this year on June 21st-22nd. https://www.zdnet.com/article/amazon-prime-day-2021-date-best-deals/

Save up your nickels and dimes for then if you were planning on buying a new HD 8 or HD 10 because they usually discount them steeply!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jel37:
Hi, i went with a factory reset and it went through fine this time, everything is now working thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] eragonhnn:
hi everyone , i have a fire 10 ( generation 9 ) , i use fire toolbox version 17.1 ... i set the lock screen and home screen but it fails again . Can anyone tell me how to set the lock screen and home screen separately?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] PhantomHands:
@eragonhnn I'm having the same issue, I've tried a few methods now(started with fire toolbox and then started searching the web) and the wallpaper I choose always gets set to both home & lockscreen.

@Datastream33 Love the toolbox, it's the only reason I run a virtual machine. Which leads me to my question, is a linux version in the works by any chance?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
As far as I know, it's still not possible to have separate wallpapers for lockscreen and homescreen. I've seen this asked before and tried myself to change them with no success. I've never seen a working solution to this. I gave up looking because I disabled my lockscreen and have no use for wallpaper there anymore.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Dtf722:
Does anyone know where the link is to install the amazon fire toolbox? I can't find it in the forums.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] lewmur:
It isn't a PlayStore issue. The notifications also disappear when the lockscreen is disabled. And I did try a total factory reset. No help.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] lewmur:
If there is no other solution, I guess I'll have to. But that is a real PITA 'cause my main use for the tablet is the magicjack phone app. I can't leave the screen on because it would cause screen burn. Having the lock screen enabled makes answering a call more difficult.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
You know, if you were to disable the lockscreen after you've updated everything, all your apps should continue to work even if newer updates are released. 🤔 Then you could just re-enable the lockscreen if one of your apps stops working and needs an update. I think you'll find you get months of usage between updates.

edit: I just looked and apkpure and other apk sites have Magicapp available so you could sideload any updates to it that way too.

edit2: You answer phone calls????o_O You must be as old as me! Mwahaha
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] eragonhnn:
hi everyone , does anyone know when amazon will update fire OS to version 8 ( Android 11 or 12 ) ? The latest 11th generation fire tablets also run an outdated version of the fire operating system, Amazon has been too slow to update its devices.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] MrMrMr111:
Have a Fire 8 10th Gen. it’s been working fine, but I now have a Google play app update that’s starts and fails every time, yet other updates for games and apps have been fine.

Also I have in notifications that “Google play download failed” and I don’t know what to do.

Do I have to reconnect it to a PC for something?

Great tool, thanks.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] equired:
I've got a Fire 7 (7th generation). When I start the Toolbox on my Windows 10, the micropatch fails to extract (see below). I go ahead and try to install Google Services, I get "installation failure" and then play services shows "error". Waited overnight, tried to sign in on Google Play, still no good. Removed several times & tried to install again. No go.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hello my friend,

Unfortunately, I believe this is a direct effect of the method used to disable the lockscreen. Let me explain if you don't mind. So, in order to disable the lockscreen on older gens (7 and below) the Toolbox alters the "device_provisioned" string from a value of 1 to 0.

This string in particular (someone please correct me if I'm wrong as I don't want to spread misinformation) is used to identify if a device has been factory reset or was started for the first time. I believe it's mainly used as an identifier for the Setup Wizard but I'm not 100% sure. Its likely because this string is tripped, the OS removes the lockscreen, but also disables other features (such as the notifications) because its expecting the device is going to be setup so it hides all this stuff. Again, I'm not claiming this is accurate 100%, it's just a guess.

So, unfortunately, I think it comes down to... is disabling the lockscreen worth it for what you are trying to accomplish? I just wish there was another way to disable the lockscreen on 7th gen devices and lower but it seems this is the best we got so far.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
How are you?

I would definetly try re-installing the Toolbox like @Falcon342 mentioned. If that doesn't work please let me know and I'd be more then happy to help get this resolved. Thanks friend! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] equired:
Thanks for the quick reply. I reinstalled as instructed, and it worked.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] equired:
Yes, it worked. The toolbox has otherwise been so easy to use & I'm so excited to see how it works.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] IMustBeNuts:
Hi -- first, thanks for creating and supporting this great tool! I've been using it for over a year with an HD8 8th gen (2018) model, and it's been working fine with only a few occasional hiccups. However I just picked up an HD8 7th gen (2017) and I'm experiencing a problem trying to manage it.

I've installed the Play Services and Nova Launcher without serious problems (the tool did stop responding the first time I tried to install Play Services, but the second try succeeded). However, if I try to invoke the ADB shell, I get the following error in the command window:

run-as: Package 'com.amazon.unifiedsharefacebook' is not debuggable

Further, if I try to hide the Amazon apps, I get the exact same error for each service the tool attempts to hide.

(There's a discussion on the board here of the same error in trying to manage a tablet from the same generation.) These functions still work fine on the 8th gen tablet, by the way; I'm guessing the commands invoked are different depending on the generation. Any tips welcome; thanks!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jd45321:
Might trade in my tablet and get a newer tablet. How would I restore the tablet to factory if Tool has been applied?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] IMustBeNuts:
I don't understand your question. I used the tool on a refurbished tablet that had been restored to factory settings. The "Restore to factory defaults" setting appears in the menu whether you've used the tool or not. The tool is supported on this generation tablet, unless you know something I don't.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jd45321:
My question is: Can I use the tool (or other method) to restore the tablet to factory. I used the tool (when it was v 8 or so and don't really remember, plus it is up tp v17 now) and not sure if there is an option in tool to restore it to factory (i.e remove the Google stuff and wipe the personal stuff and load the Original Fire OS). I thought I'd ask here if someone knows if I use the tool, or just a tool on the Fire tablet so if I need to do it, I know how.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
You just use the settings on the tablet to do a factory reset and it will restore everything to a factory fresh state.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Try opening Settings, navigate to Apps & Notifications > Manage All Applications. From the list of installed apps, locate the following apps and try force stopping/clearing the cache for the following apps:

Google Play Store

Download Manager

After force stopping and clearing the cache for the above apps try opening the Play Store again, and It should download successfully. If not please do not hesitate to let us know and we will do our best to resolve the issue. :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
The Toolbox unfortunately cannot factory reset the tablet. But, in the Power Options tool you can use the Recovery option to reboot into the recovery and factory reset from there. Or you could also factory reset via the Settings app as mentioned by @blaacksheep. :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Awesome! So glad to hear my friend! :D(y)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hmm, that's not good. Let's check the version number of the installed debugger. Try opening the Settings > Apps & Games > Manage All Applications > Amazon Facebook Share and could you please share the version number? Thanks! :D

Spoiler content hidden.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] IMustBeNuts:
Thanks! -- didn't even know that was there. The x's below are in the version number as it appears in Settings.

Amazon Facebook Share

version 5.0.x.x-UnifiedShareFacebook_500000110
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Thanks so much for the version number! Is an Uninstall option present in the settings for the app?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] MrMrMr111:
It’s a game on the play store, RTS I think called. Just gets to around 30% then starts again in a loop.

Also still have the notification about Google play failed.

Other play store updates have updated and installed fine though so very strange.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] yanksno1:
Great tool! Used it to de-Aamazon my new FIre HD 10 Plus. Got rid of the lock screen ads (which I bought before on a previous tablet), instaledl Nova Launcher and deleted all un-wanted apps. After restarting a few times (YouTube TV was tricky to get going for local channels), looks like I'm good to go. You guys need to get a Mac version going!

Question about the lock screen. In the Toolbox I saw a place to disable the lock screen. I don't want mine disabled, but do want a timer on it before I have to log in again. I've done that on other tablets but can't find that anywhere. Am I missing it or I have to go one way or the other?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] XDAsiegfre:
Help, not sure where to post this so here it is . . .

I installed Nova Launcher with Launcher Hijack. Would like to revert back to stock Fire launcher (don't ask why). There does not seem to be an option in Fire toolbox 17.1. Is there another way to reinstall stock launcher? I tried uninstalling both Nova & Hijacker. That did not work, just got a blank home screen.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] superdeleted:
Is anyone else experiencing this on the new Fire HD 10 Plus? Using the Fire toolbox to install the Play Store affectively breaks the Alexa App. I don't know if it's something the toolbox itself is doing or if its the google services. I do know that I have the Play Store and Google services loaded without issue on my Fire HD 10 (2019). If anyone has any insight or knows some troubleshooting techniques it would be greatly appreciated. Basically what happens is when I go to load the app it pops the Alexa splash page for a split second but then just drops right back to the device home page, the app shows as recently ran in the history but obviously not in a way that is useful. Once I have broken her only way i have figured to get her back is by factory reset - using the toolbox to restore Alexa doesn't solve the problem.

Additionally once I use the toolbox and put Play services on I noticed that under settings on the about for the device it displays Fire HD 10 (10th Generation) instead of 11th Generation which is what it is and what is there prior to using the toolbox.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hello my friend! Let's try re-enabling Fire Launcher!

Open the Toolbox, execute an ADB Shell, and type the following commands:

exit
adb shell pm enable com.amazon.firelauncher

That should do the trick. Please let us know if you have any further questions or concerns! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] XDAsiegfre:
TY for the quick reply. But second command did not work. Got following message:

C:\Users\siegfre\AppData\Local\Datastream\Fire Toolbox V17.0\adb>adb shell pm enable com.amazon.firelauncher

Error: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: attempt to change component state from pid=15938, uid=2000, package uid=32066

BTW, I should have started my post by saying what a great utility Toolbox is. Thank you for your effort.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
I'd like to apologize for the confusion.

My bad, I just realized based on the fact that Launcher Hijack was used, it's most likely that you have a 7th gen or below. Try executing this command in an ADB Shell (make sure to execute from the Toolbox):

pm unhide com.amazon.firelauncher

Please let me know how it goes and best of luck!🤞