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[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] evbrown:
I have been helped by the advice given here, and I would like to return the favor. I purchased an 8" fire tablet on Prime Day. Here is what has worked for me.

My tablet came with version 7.3.2.2. Before enabling WiFi, I used the Fire Toolbox to remove ads and some apps. On Amazon.com (via my PC), my new 8" tablet was listed. I renamed it hoping that might accomplish the registration. However, that did not remove the register tablet banner. As others have commented, after re-enabling all Amazon apps, I was then able to register the tablet to make the register banner go away. With that accomplished, I went back to the Fire Toolbox to again remove all the unwanted Amazon apps. Apparently, during that short time the tablet updated itself to 7.3.2.3. Fortunately that update did not re-enable the lock screen ads, and so far I cannot see that has adversely affected any function.

I am not using the DNS66 route. I am using NetGuard from the Fdroid store (https://f-droid.org/en/packages/eu.faircode.netguard/). I find the NetGuard program very easy to use and set up. I set it to deny access to all apps (including system apps) by default. Then I enable access for my ProtonMail, Bromite, Fdroid, Aurora store, etc. I only enable the apps that I choose to give WiFi access. Seems to be working fine. This is basically the degoogling process you can read about on https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/.

I see that some users got into troubles with enabling the Play Store. Unless there is a paid app that you absolutely must have, I would suggest those users skip the Play Store and use the Fdroid and Aurora stores instead. The Aurora store gets you almost all of the apps in the Play store. As an added benefit, it does it via anonymous login so that you are not identified to Google via that app.

Finally, I gave up on the need for an alternate launcher. Once the register banner is removed, I do not find the Amazon launcher that hard to live with.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Ivorin:
Quite informative and eye-opening. Thanks for sharing!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] exlr8:
Hi, once the tablet is set up to one's liking, do I need to keep the "enable device debugging" under developer options enabled? I ask because I get a notification telling me that USB Debugging is connected. I assume this is needed to be left on? Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Ivorin:
USB debugging should probably be turned off when it isn't expected to be used for a while. In fact, I seem to remember that some apps detect that it is on and complain about it, refusing to run until it is disabled. Perhaps it's a security concern.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] exlr8:
It is needed to be left on in order to access the toolbox though, correct?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Ivorin:
Yes, so you could just enable it whenever using the Toolbox or other USB utility.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] exlr8:
How about developer options, turn that off also when not needing to access the toolbox? Thank you Ivorin for your help (y)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Ivorin:
I've never turned off Developer Options and never heard of a reason to turn them off. Maybe they should be turned off if you're giving the tablet to someone who would only be confused by such advanced options, or who might tinker with them and cause problems.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Lesynn:
Hi, first i want to thank the creator of Fire Toolbox :)

I have two questions, after installing Nova Launcher as custom launcher (on 7.3.2.1 FireHD 10 2021) can i just update it through the google play store or should i never update it?

And after i installed all the google service, logged into my account and installed the google calendar app, it kept saying "Sync Error" and the calendar app is not able to sync with my google account. Am i doing something wrong here? I installed the "calendar sync" thing aswell. Oh and gmail keeps crashing when opening.

Thanks in advance :)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Ivorin:
GMail crashing and perhaps the sync error are probably caused by installing the wrong version of one or more of the Google services. Use this post, which solved the GMail crashing issue for me: https://xdaforums.com/t/windows-tool-fire-toolbox-v28-1.3889604/post-87155561

Edit: the post also describes how to uninstall the bad APKs, which could avoid the need for a factory reset.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] darbNator:
So I have Prime Video installed but it wasn't installed via play store and I don't seem to have it in my amazon app store. When I look on my desktop to get the app there it says that Prime Video is not compatible with my hd10+ even though I have the app... just not the latest version. The only way I've found to update the app is to find the firetable.xxx version of the apk and update it that way. But these are hard to find. Same thing happens with the Kindle app.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
I believe these apps are updated silently in the background by an OTA service. Have you happen to block OTAs through the Toolbox or by using DNS66? (or some other means)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] zb82:
Hello,

my device is running on fire 02 7.3.2.3 - I can't go even to google play :(

when I chose the google service, I got nothing back only information as in attachment.

Is anybody able to help me?

Thanks in advance!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Ivorin:
An upcoming version of Fire Toolbox might solve this. Until then, installing the Play Store on OS 7.3.2.3 might be possible by following the manual steps here: https://xdaforums.com/t/windows-tool-fire-toolbox-v28-1.3889604/post-87155561
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] darbNator:
No OTA's are blocked since I bought the tablet last year. It is just odd seeing some people say they installed the apps through the amazon store. Maybe they are visible in the store with a new fw? Not sure what fw I have but it hasn't been updated since June of last year.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Mill58:
Funny thing my Fire 10 HD Plus had the same problem and I just "gave up" trying to register it. When I tried to sign in it said that the password or email was incorrect even when I confirmed the email and password in other several devices. This was a brand new out of the box Fire 10 HD Plus. The only previous configuration before trying to register it was the Wi-Fi setup.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] darbNator:
I've never been able to get ftb to install google play. On the tablet I bought last year and the tablet my dad bought this year running 7323 I had to install the play store manually.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] kb0npw:
This forum really helped steer me in the right direction. I now have my refurbed Fire HD10 tablet setup exactly how I had hoped it would be. I disabled the lockscreen, so no more ads. I am running Google Play Store, and Gmail with no issues. I have Nova Launcher working in both portrait and landscape mode. I am not even using Automate or DNS66. One Button Navigation Bar works very well, except while in landscape mode, the buttons revert back to the Amazon style. Totally happy!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Mill58:
Fire toolbox V28.6 had a terrible issue with google services. I tried the method that blacksheep posted at page 440/post #8,793 and download the files that he attached in that post to the correct folder however when I tried to re run the google services installation option the fire toolbox tried to download the files again and most of the time the program just close himself and tried to overwrite the files that I have already downloaded and placed in the directory.

I'm end up downloading the zip file with the files from post #8,794 and after a lot of tries (that included the program crashing and closing) I was able to install google services but just a few minutes after that my tablet screen went black and died...

Anyway I hope this information is useful in some way and that the google services installation is fixed and tested in the next release.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] exlr8:
Still playing around with settings. Is it best to disable auto updates for apps in the playstore and amazon appstore if everything is running well?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] exlr8:
Funny how we are all trying to get everything google working and the article linked is telling how much google invades your privacy, and for better security, get rid of as much of it as you can. Very interesting and worthy of further investigation.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] darbNator:
If you need to update Prime Video/Kindle app I found Prime Video apk version FireTablet.317.7201 and Kindle app version 14.59.100(1.3.261529.0). You have to use Amazon Kindle specific apks to get the apps to update/install the latest version. From what I have found kindle versions that start with 14 and prime versions that startt with firetablet will install to the kindle. Now you just have to go find the latest version.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Ivorin:
I'm not sure about removing the icon

I disabled auto-updates out of concern that the Google Play Store would try to auto-update an Amazon system app, thereby breaking something. But I don't' know if this is an actual risk.

I haven't found a way to disable auto-update on a per-app basis.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] pelicant:
it consistently fails to load the automate flow for the persistent home button on the fire hd 8 10th gen. I have provisioned more than 6 devices and they all have this issue. Automate says it failed to read the flow. Can you share the flow and link me?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] evbrown:
I agree with you. While there is no such thing as perfect privacy, we don't need to be handing our personal data to Google on a silver platter. Give them the absolute minimum required to keep using your device.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] prsa01:
This may be a general android /tablet ?

At hospital trying to connect to public network. Phone connects fine. Fire HD 10 2021 gives "connected no internet". Have tried the typical things, forget network, etc.

Other ideas?

Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] cloud1250000:
To disable the home launcher, couldn't we use something like this?

https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-how-to-remove-stock-launcher-on-v-195-and-above.3904514/
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
It's probably a captive portal. You need to acknowledge a "notice" and then you'll get internet. There's a Captive Portal app that comes installed that you may have disabled when you debloated. I think you can just enter the Gateway address into your browser to take you to that page. The gateway address is going to be something like 192.168.0.1 or 10.0.0.1. You can long-press your WiFi icon to bring up the connection list, tap the gear by your connection and look for the gateway, and enter that address into your browser.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] prsa01:
Thanks much, trying things. Not making progress yet but will provide more info as I have it.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
The CaptivePortalLogin app can be enabled with Toolbox by issuing the following command in ADB Shell:

pm enable com.android.captiveportallogin

Then that functionality will be returned automatically.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] darbNator:
When updating the fire does it automatically go straight to the latest version? Or does it update to each update in sequential order? Just wondering if there is a way to update to the update just before 7.3.2.2 or if it is even worth the risk.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I'm not really sure, but I think it goes straight to the latest version. It's not worth it in my opinion because updates are more about rolling out new Amazon "features" (we call it more advertising) and locking down their tablets so that we can't modify them as much, than about security.

If you still insist, you can get an update specific to the version you want directly off an Amazon server by Googling for it. The last version that works with Toolbox completely is FireOS v7.3.2.1. Proceed at your own risk.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] darbNator:
This is good to know. I'd assume you could just install it using the recovery menu and make sure you internet is turned off so that it can't auto update after the install. I think I will give the ftb developers some more time to see if they can figure out these new updates.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Yep, he's correct. It will install the latest version of FireOS. However, you can manually install updates one at a time. But like @blaacksheep mentioned, updating isn't recommended if you're on a version already under 7.3.2.2.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] darbNator:
I'm on whichever version was available as of June 23, 2021.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hmm, could be 7.3.1.9 or 7.3.2.1. Only 1 to 2 iterations before 7.3.2.2. I would highly recommend remaining on the installed firmware version.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] darbNator:
Do we know if an update will turn off the automate home button to launch nova launcher?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ajun5:
I used the toolbox on my Fire 10 running 7.3.2.1. I went through the process to remove the lockscreen ads but the ads are still showing up on the lockscreen. Is there something else I have to do to get rid of them? Thanks.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Hi and welcome to XDA!

You say you were running v7.3.2.1, but are you still running that version? Connect your tablet to your computer and run Toolbox. Click on your tablet model in the lower-left. On the list that shows up, find out what firmware version you are now running. If it's 7.3.2.2 or higher, then you got updated while you were running Toolbox. You can either disable the lockscreen completely, or use the method in this post to remove the ads.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ajun5:
OK I must have either not clicked to remove the lockscreen ads the first time or it didn't take when I did it. I just reran the toolbox and tried again and the ads are now gone. Thanks for the help.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] mydave1:
Thank You. This is the reason for me checking this thread daily. Been doing that since the Amazon Prime day.

In fact, my Fire HD is still a mess. I gave up Nova Launcher since I could not get the icon big enough for my old eyes. The Amazon launcher is better in that aspect. But . . . After organizing the icons into groups (I ended up with haft dozen icons), I cannot move them to the bottom of the Home screen. Searches on the net yielded no help. I guess Nova Launcher is the same way (not sure).

Hope that I'd be able to use the Fire someday soon, before next year Prime day.

Thanks again for all your helps.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] soub31:
Just got my 2021 fire 10 hd and running into this error

Device: Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021)

Codename: trona

FireOS Version: 7.3.2.1

Android Version: 9.0

Security Patch: 2018-10-05

EDIT: post #8,793 seemed to fix issues
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Jumbo100:
Notice to Canadian Amazon Fire tablet users.

Amazon is using a different firmware version of Fire OS for Fire tablets sold/registered in Canada.

I am currently using a Fire HD10 (2021) with Fire OS 7.3.2.3 build.

The Canadian Fire OS firmware is different than US version in several major ways

1. The lockscreen has NO adware ... it's clean

2. Amazon has removed/disabled the native/stock Android speech engine. This means that all voice inputs are not responding , even though the microphone is fully usable. This explains why the Alexa app is only partially functional in Canada ... no talking to Alexa!. This seems to cripple Fire tablets as part of the Amazon/Alexa ecosystem. Also this explains why voice ready apps such as Gboard (native to Android OS) cannot use speech-to-text (ie voice dictation) as an input function.

This brings us to Fire Toolbox.

1. Fire Toolbox is not required to remove adware on lockscreen

2. Fire Toolbox cannot restore Android stock speech engine.

However, by using Fire Toolbox to install the Google Play Store ecosystem, most voice/speech function can be gained via Google Speech Services. Google Voice Assistant responds to "Hey Google" similar to Alexa commands. Can now voice type using Firefox and MS Edge. Unfortunately Alexa is still dysfunctional and Gboard still can't voice type.

Alternative launchers may not be necessary if you can work with the basic Amazon launcher interface.

Apparently, re-registering a Canadian Fire tablet with a US Amazon.com account and a US mailing address will install the US firmware version of Fire OS to fully restore voice and Alexa functionality.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] phitness:
Got everything up and running on a fire HD10+ but I'm having an issue where when the tablet is connected to my PC its not recognizing any drives on the tablet so I cant drag/copy pics movies onto the tablet. My 2016 fire8 shows 2 drives the internal and the SD card when it's connected to my PC. Anyone know why the Fire HD10+ is doing this or if there is a way to fix it.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Ivorin:
If you turn off USB Debugging in Developer Options, that might allow the PC to see the tablet as a storage device.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Jumbo100:
Try:

1. Plug tablet to USB on PC , then

2. Open notification area on tablet , then

3. Open System-Charging this device , then

3. Set USB option to "file transfer"
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] phitness:
Thank you so much that was it. Never had to do that on my old tablet. Probably could have googled this answer but now it's here for the next boomer to read about LUL.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Hi and welcome to both of you to XDA!

It's likely that @Jumbo100 is correct about the USB connection mode. There is another option available under Developer Options that can help with this. If you scroll down the Developer Options menu, watching the left-hand side, you'll see a USB symbol under Networking called Default USB Configuration. You can set this to be whatever mode you would like the tablet to default to when connected by USB. This setting does not lock the tablet to this mode and it can still be changed by the pull down menu method, but it allows you to set a default to what you use the most.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Lesynn:
Trying to install a custom keyboard with Toolbox V28.7

No matter which keyboard i choose, its always the same error message as below, and it always says "ALREADY INSTALLED" when infact i never installed any custom keyboard before.

After that it says it successfully disabled fire keyboard and started the custom keyboard, but actually nothing changed at all.

Am i doing something wrong here?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Jumbo100:
Try:

Downloading and Installing MS Swiftkey Keyboard directly from Google Playstore and following the installation wizard, including signing onto your Microsoft account.

To subsequently change keyboards:

1. go to Settings - Device Options - Keyboard & Languages , then

2. from "Keyboard and input methods" select "Current Keyboard" , then

3. "Select a keyboard" of your choice

4. change keyboard setting to your preference

Also can activate keyboards from "Show /Hide keyboards" , then

select "THIRD-PARTY KEYBOARDS"
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jdock:
I can confirm manually installing the Play Store on 7.3.2.3 works fine - I actually followed the Android Police article, very simple 4 apk download and install.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Jumbo100:
Concur ... Only sure way get Google Playstore up and running until Fire Toolbox gets fully debugged.

Just be sure to follow the installation sequence of .apks PRECISELY to avoid trouble and disappointments.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Hi and welcome to XDA!

You don't need to do it manually.

Run the updater for Toolbox and get the latest version (v28.7). It has updated download links as a temporary fix to this problem. If you deleted the updater icon off your desktop, launch Toolbox, click the gear in the upper-right corner, click about, and you'll see an option to check for updates. :)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Jumbo100:
Note to users manually installing Google Playstore group of APKs.

Some of the trusted APK download sites have VERY long file names for downloaded files and the file extensions may have been accidently truncated in the download process.

Always check that fille name ends with ".apk " before installing . Rename file if necessary.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Ivorin:
Yes, I noticed that my APKs ended in .com when downloaded on Windows. So I had to rename them to have a .apk extension.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Unfortunately, Windows defaults to not showing you the complete filename of known file types. This results in viruses being installed having filenames like "FunnyPicture.jpg.exe". Windows will display this file as "FunnyPicture.jpg" and not display the ".exe" part. This can lead to running executables by the user unknowingly.

Also, the Toolbox has been updated to v28.7. The files are now downloadable and installable by Toolbox again.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] cmclark00:
Does anyone know if this toolbox could be modified to also work with the amazon fire phone? I have an old one I would to play around with
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I didn't know there was an Amazon Fire Phone. 😲 Fire Toolbox is pretty much specific to the tablets listed as supported in the OP. The concepts could be used to manually do the things in Toolbox via ADB, but Toolbox is mostly a collection of scripts to do various things to the Fire tablet.

There are other tools you can use that aren't specific to Fire tablets. I often recommend ADB App Control. It can be used to disable apps and modify settings, but it is a general purpose app and can be used on most Android devices.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Bob1221:
Hello,

I need a little help. I want to disable the Lockscreen ads on my fire hd 8 plus but I need to disable the OTA updates. I saw a thread on how to do that but I'm having some trouble. I already have downloaded the DNS66 but I can't find the "Amazon Blocklist code" anywhere and struggle to go on from there.

Also:

Are there any general repercussions to disabling OTA updates? Like will this harm my tablet in some way? How would I reenable the OTA updates if I wanted to? And will my tablet update to the newest update available?

I have google chrome on my tablet and there is a little issue. Anytime I search something and go on images, it will not show the "images" properly. Does anyone else has this?

How do I make the percentage number (on the battery) not be displayed?

I don't want to "root" my tablet in fear of damaging it.

Thank you