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[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] cbatothinkofausername:
Thank you so much. I disabled the updates, downloaded play store an disabled auto-updates in the play store too. Btw I didn't see any drivers installing on my laptop when I plugged in the tablet, but I guess it's fine since I was able to use to tool? After I disabled auto-updates and OTA updates I couldn't access the updates page on the tablet to see my current firmware version anymore, is this normal? Just one last thing, is it okay that I turned off my laptop with the tablet still connected to it via USB after removing the lockscreen ads? I'm guessing it is but asking just in case.

Btw thank you guys so much for helping me out and to all of you for this amazing tool, it has everything you would possibly need to customize your tablet. Big thanks to @Xitee_ too, you were both super helpful 😃
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
It's great that you managed to save it from updating.(y)

If your laptop is Windows 8.1 or greater, then Windows will automatically install the drivers for ADB, so it's all good.

Once you disable the Auto-Updates, the update function no longer works. It won't change, but if you ever need to verify your firmware version, Toolbox will do that for you by clicking your model shown in the lower-left corner. It will then read all the specs of your tablet and display them in a sort of spreadsheet.

ADB is well-behaved upon disconnections, so it won't normally be a problem if you shut down your laptop while connected. Best practice says you are better off disconnecting first, but it shouldn't be a problem. ;)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Drivers will need to be manually installed on Windows 8.1. Windows 10 and onward will auto install. ;)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] cbatothinkofausername:
Yeah it really is, and it would be a big "what if?" If you guys didn't help, so thank you sm 😀

Oh okay, I just thought that it would show a notification or something but apparently it doesn't, or maybe they were already installed? Beats me honestly lol

Great, that's really convenient. RIP then to the updates setting I guess 😅

Oh great. But just in case is there a way I can know if something went wrong because I didn't unplug the USB before turning off my laptop (even though the odds of anything happening are really low)? I tend to be a bit paranoid about all the new tech I buy lol, from a PS5 to the Amazon fire hd10 lol. So knowing 100% that nothing is screwed up would put me at ease I guess 😅
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] xbuzzkingx:
Damn good work on this tool.

I really appreciate the hard work, God knows I couldn't put a tool like this together without something catching fire! I had installed google play, launcher hijacker as well as automate and lock screen ad blocker separately about a month ago on fire HD10 7th gen., so i'm going to plug it in and simply click remove everything Amazon and see how it functions.. My Fire works pretty good as is, but tends to heat up and get sluggish out of the blue at times. Oh yea, FU*K the parental controls ****! There seems to be no answer to the parental controls and Amazon knows this. I swear they purposefully made sure that any tampering would make it behave like a damn Virus!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] DB126:
Parental controls need to be resistant to Junior trying to defeat them. It would be nice if Amazon sold an edition w/o PC installed or provide some other way to deactivate. Then again, for what reason? PC only get in the way of modders (1% crowd) attempting to repurpose the device.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] xbuzzkingx:
I'm sure Amazon would explain the reasoning for tight PC with a nice spin on how tech savvy the kids are just like you said, but if I was that concerned it would be my responsibility to password protect it with a strong pw and turn it on. of course If I had some sensitive or extremely important docs on it I'm sure I would be quite impressed with the PC. That said, I would also rely on several other layers of security as well. Reminds me of a recent episode of the TV show corporate. The guy had his friend modify his ridiculous large wrist device that was popular, so he could DL porn and the system when breached locked on his wrist. hilarious.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] fronten:
To my eyes, the best option right now (and using this toolkit only) might be just disabling your sponsored promotions if you got that deal, and sideloading any app you want directly. Think about your need of Google services like playstore, - you could also sideload your apps.

Youtube Vance is great and a mustbe right now.

Adguard or AdClear (xda version) seems safe enough and removes other adverts.

Only improvement would be Rooting and Custom roms.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] DB126:
Agree with all points for 'tech savvy' parents. Amazon needs to accommodate the remaining 95% with easy-to-digest functionality that is good enough while minimizing support costs. Keep in mind this is, first and foremost, a shopping portal that only tries to impress on price point and Amazon centric apps.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hi guys,

I just wanted to let you all know that I've been sick like all week and haven't felt well enough to get on XDA. I went to my doctors on Monday and found out I have strep throat :crying:. However, I am feeling better now and will be responding to the comments I have missed while I was gone. :D Just thought I should let you all know! Thanks for taking the time to read this and have a great day.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] GroovinChip:
You just take care of yourself, we can wait. You rock, dude.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] huyhung040106:
It is good tool. Thanks bro.

Ver 1.5 have not the root option, i use kindle 10.

Hope, i will root my kindle with 1.6 version
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] DB126:
Not a rooting tool; check other threads for that.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
I'm sorry you are having issues with the toolbox. I'm also sorry for taking too long to respond to your comments... I have been sick this week and haven't felt good enough to get on here. Now, let me clarify a few things.

When you install Google Services using the toolbox and it says "Install finished. Cleaning up..." it means the toolbox is removing the apks from the toolbox's install directory on your PC. It isn't removing the apps from the tablet. Now, if you've already installed Play Services the toolbox will detect this and will let you know. It still copies the files and needs to "cleanup" before it will continue.

I'm not sure what has happened here. Clearly, an error has occurred and the toolbox wasn't able to block the apps responsible for OTA. It could be that the HD10 doesn't accept the method used by the HD8 (2017) models. I'm sorry for the confusion and will look into this issue.

The download option boots the tablet into the bootloader. Download is a term used by Samsung devices when referring to the bootloader mode. "Download" probably isn't the best name for the feature. I will change it to avoid future confusion.

I'm not sure what you mean by you don't see feedback from the logs. The Toolbox clearly does show feedback. Look at the last screenshot (look for LauncherHijack) and you will see what I'm talking about.

I'm not sure why Google Services are blocked because you removed everything Amazon. Google doesn't rely on Amazon Services for it to run. If you installed Google Services I'm not sure why it would stop working. However, by removing Documents (file manager) it might not be able to allow you to pick an attachment in Gmail. To get around this you could install ES File Manager.

I can already tell you from the logs that blocking OTA updates did not work. Please try again. Launcher Hijack, and Nova can be found on the Fire Launcher like any other app. In addition, the reason why the apps show up in settings is that even if you remove the apps they will show up in settings irregardless.

Please just remember one thing KSP1234... the toolbox is in its early stages and many features will need to be improved. No program is perfect. With that being said I wanted to thank you for leaving your post, and please have a fantastic day! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Thank you, Rortiz2!

I'm thankful for you helping KSP1234. Your AWESOME! :D

But I would agree... I would check the drivers first.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
The Reverse tool will undo the removal of system apps if you used the "Remove Everything Amazon" tool.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
I'm sorry I wasn't able to supply the Revert tool. I feel bad for making you have to perform a factory reset.

I have found a way to change the lockscreen wallpaper WITHOUT root and will work on all Fire HD models! Keep a lookout for V2.0 which will include this feature and maybe a few others. :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
This is so weird. I'm trying to figure out why it requires you to press a key for the toolbox to continue. I will look over the code and see if I can find a solution. Now, about Launcher Hijack.

in V2.0 this feature will be an option as requested. :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
It's ok, I respect his opinion. :)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jjta:
Tool worked awesome 1st time I used it but couldn't remove amazon apps.

I did a fresh reset and started over but still can't remove everything amazon. Do I need to be rooted to get it to work??

Also for some unknown reason my CAST feature no longer works on the tablet. Anyone wanna chime in pls be my guest.

Again Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
I'm glad you enjoy the Toolbox :D

I'm hoping some time in the near feature HD8 (2018) will be fully supported. As you know, I just got an HD8 (2018) so the process should go by a lot faster... but we will see!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT GroovinChip! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
I agree with you on the "Remove Everything Amazon" tool being undesirable at the moment. Parental Controls at the moment can't be budged. It installed itself as Device Admin and can't be removed without root. I'm trying to find a bypass but I'm not sure if it's possible right now until something comes up. However, I'm glad all the other features worked (apart from the Power Options) and were satisfactory to you.

I don't think blocking OTA would make a difference to your setup but I'm not 100% sure.

Funny enough it can be done. Before publicly releasing V1.0 I had this set as a feature. It would remove Fire Launcher (by removing it would allow other launchers to be used) and install Nova Launcher. However, there was an issue with it. Every time you pressed the home button Parental Controls would generate a dialog box and wouldn't allow you to go to Nova. Because of this, I removed the feature.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drizzt09:
I did notice a command in another post to help with the parental controls error after downloading. I have not tested as my kids tablets are still pretty much stock. I just like reading to see progression. Anyways here is the post. Not sure if it will help but something to look into. https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?ur...hare_pid=78333639&share_fid=3793&share_type=t

[quote name="rhg5010" post=78332689]Thanks! that seemed to work for the launcher, but now I'm getting the "The requested action is not permitted... parental controls..." message box flickering instead. I tried running #14 from the tool, and that doesn't seem to help. Any ideas on this issue?[/QUOTE]<br />

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In accessibility activate parentalcontrolhide
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
You are correct, I should have included directions... my bad. Now for the second part of your post, I'm not sure what all of it means.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Enqulal:
No no I don't want to wipe my tablet and with your Toolbox 3.2, I removed all bloatwares and my Tablet Fire HD 10 2017 is working perfect with the latest firmware OS 5.6.4.0 (636558720), with custom Launcher, custom keyboard and without all bloatwares. This is great news for us all [But I had to sideload the firmware after the normal update failed].

And I am running both Toolbox 3.2 and Toolbox 4.3 together with no problems and always when I run them I disable my AntiVirus which is Mcaffee.

My PC is Windows 10 64 Bit Home Edition and Toolbox 4.5 still crashes. Shall I have to disable Windows Defender too? V3.2 and V4.3 work fine without disabling Windows Defender but with Mcaffee disabled.

I have another PC Windows 10 Professional 32 Bit and I will try it there and report to you the result. I am quite comfortable with PCs and I don't report silly stupid mistakes of mine. I report only really serious problems.

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With your Toolbox 3.2, I removed all bloatwares and my Tablet Fire HD 10 2017 is working perfect with the latest firmware OS 5.6.4.0 (636558720), with custom Launcher, custom keyboard and without all bloatwares. This is great news for us all [But I had to sideload the firmware after the normal update failed].

And I am running both Toolbox 3.2 and Toolbox 4.3 together with no problems and always when I run them I disable my AntiVirus which is Mcaffee.

My PC is Windows 10 64 Bit Home Edition and Toolbox 4.5 still crashes. Shall I have to disable Windows Defender too? V3.2 and V4.3 work fine without disabling Windows Defender but with Mcaffee disabled.

I have another PC Windows 10 Professional 32 Bit and I will try it there and report to you the result. I am quite comfortable with PCs and I don't report silly stupid mistakes of mine. I report only really serious problems.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drizzt09:
Defender is av. If you have av and defender running that's considered two av which is a nono in Windows land. Usually defender is smart enough to detect another running av and disable itself. But yes any av running I would suggest disabling and reinstall 4.5. It's probably crashing because it's missing a piece... which failed to install during installation because of av.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Enqulal:
I removed previous versions of the Toolbox 3.2 and 4.3 and now Toolbox 4.5 works PERFECT. And disabling Windows Defender WASN'T required.

I restored WPS office but I could not find it in my Device Applications. Where is it? I restored Calculator and there it is restored in my Device Applications. I couldn't find WPS Office and others that I restored!!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] kbocek:
I'm having issues running on Win10. A window flashes but does not stay open. My tablet is attached and accessible via ADB. Something I'm missing?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drizzt09:
Probably failed to fully install due to security software. Disable security software and reinstall.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] DelphinusMinor:
Same issue. Opens and immediately closes even with no security software running.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drizzt09:
What security did you disable. Can also try installing and running as admin
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] DelphinusMinor:
Yes. I always do all of that. Admin everything and no AV.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drizzt09:
Windows 10 has built in, on by default Windows defender.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] DelphinusMinor:
That's disabled. I'll give it another go tomorrow after I get get some sleep.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] kbocek:
I just tried running as Administrator. It asked me to install the Fire drivers but still didn't run. The command box that is opened said path not found.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drizzt09:
Did you run as admin or install as admin. Check the path of the install and confirm whether you have any of the .bat files. Think there is 1 in the main folder and many others throughout. I think adb.exe needs to be in there somewhere too
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] kbocek:
I'm getting something when I run Amazon Fire Toolbox. I know you said remove antivirus. But now I get and infection notice with IDP.HELU.JSDownloaderCryptX10.

Is this normal?

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Got it to work. Some combination of disabling Avast (that virus warning worries me though), running your tool from a command prompt instead of the GUI and giving authorization to the USB debug. Looks like I need to run the select mode disabled file too.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drizzt09:
The developer mentions why in another post of the reason why av things it's a virus. It's a false positive though. Just tell avast to allow anything related to the app.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] kbocek:
Thanks that's what i did. Just so specific an analysis.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] risoterapia:
I didn´t spect that it worked on a fire hd 8 with last firmware (6.3.0.1 i think) and it worked like a charm!

Play Store, Nova Launcher, debloated with a very useful manual method to choose every app.

You have a donation for 3 or 4 coffees in Salt Like City from Spain. Don´t get nervous! XD

Thanks [MENTION=8560782]Datastream33[/MENTION]
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Thank you my friend! I'm glad it all worked out for you! Hey, don't worry man... I'll nervously enjoy them coffees. :p

Thank you very much for the donation friend! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Amazon Fire Toolbox V5.0 Publicly Released!

What up guys? How you all doing this magnificent Monday?!

Today, is the release of V5.0. This update is a very important one as it brings a brand new feature, UI improvements, increased performance, bug fixes, better OTA Update blocking, and so much more! In this update batbox.exe has been updated to use a different inject method and because of this the Toolbox is no longer marked as a virus by antiviruses :D

In addition, we also have the System Backup/Restore tool that allows you to backup your system and restore it if something goes wrong! The Amazon Fire Toolbox Updater has been fixed and now downloads updates correctly, and auto downloading of updates is now an option! So much awesomeness in this update! Check out everything V5.0 has brought to the table by checking out the changelog below.

What are you waiting for? Download and install V5.0 now! You can do so by using the Toolbox Updater from V4.5, or you can download it from the downloads section of this forum! :D

Here is the VirusTotal Report if you are interested: Link.

Well, there we go guys! Another update has been released!

Thank you all so much for your feedback, helping each other with issues, being patient with me, and especially THANK YOU ALL for the support and donations! YOU GUYS ARE FREAKING AWESOME!

Anyways, that's all I got for now! Till next time guys... PEACE! ;)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] risoterapia:
Test it and works very well!

A question. What is the utility of dpi change on fire hd 8?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] DB126:
Changes apparent size of text and other elements on display. Factory default generally yields the best results but there is no harm in experimenting.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drovan:
Toolbox worked great on my new Fire 7 2022 running 8.3.1.0, Noticed an issue with the navigation bar modifier though, it vanishes on this model. Plugged in my fire 10 and it showed up as usual. Not sure if this is a glitch or an issue with Fire OS8. Because of this, I cant hide the annoying device dashboard icon. Just thought I'd mention it. Great work again, @Datastream33
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Hi, and welcome to XDA!

Have you looked in Modify System Settings > System UI tab > Device Dashboard Icon: (7th item down on my screen)

It's the one right above System UI Customizer that you show the screen from. You should be able to toggle Device Dashboard to "Hidden" from there.;)

Edit: Here's a picture -
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drovan:
@blaacksheep its an issue with the new fire 7 2022 (os 8). you're most likely using an older fire tablet with os 7. the option to disable the device dashboard vanishes on the new models.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
That was the next thing I was going to say - that it may be due to FireOS 8. I'll see if I can find an alternative like an ADB command to hide it.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blizzardblaise:
I have a Fire 10 (2019). Everything worked wonders for me. But one thing remains: I can't have two different wallpapers (one for lockscreen (ads are already disabled) and one for unlocked). I can't do it through the tablet or the Fire Toolbox. @blaacksheep @Datastream33
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hmm, that shouldn't be happening. Ok, i'll look into it. Thank you for the report! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] darbNator:
Is there a setting in tb that will save the settings you applied to the tablet that way if you want to upgrade to an os version below the one that wrecks everything you can apply a saved profile that reverts all the settings you applied previously without having to go and do them again manually?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Well, first of all there is no way to rollback the firmware to an earlier version of FireOS. Amazon has locked out firmware rollbacks so that once an update has been installed, it can't be removed - only updated to a later version. 😒

I also don't think there is away to collect all your Toolbox modifications into a single file and save them, just to repeat them on another tablet. That would be useful to some people, but it hasn't been implemented to my knowledge.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] maarten256:
Hi there,

I was curious if you got the Google services and play store to work on your 2022 HD7?

I’ve been beating my head against the wall on that since the model came out, and I’ve only run into problems where the apps are very unstable/glitchy and malfunction.

If you got it to work and it stayed like that even after hours, I’ll have to take another look myself and see if it now works for me too. One can hope!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] darbNator:
Not wanting to rollback but upgrade to the last version before tb functionality got reduced. It would be nice if the app had a way to snapshot settings and apply them after an Amazon update to cut down on manual involvement.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] gizzvn:
I just factory reset and installed Skype from Amazon Appstore, the result is still the same. The kindle's still unable to receive incoming calls from Skype, if im using Skype app, it does receive the call but only in the app, not when im using other apps.

Im on firmware 7.3.2.1 and kindle fire hd 10, all permissions are granted and all notifications are on. Seems like i have to try another app to see if kindle fire is unable to receive incoming calls notification.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blizzardblaise:
I had to factory reset my Kindle Fire 10 (2019). Now Fire Toolbox won't work. Also, my SD card can no longer be used as internal storage. I don't know why. My device also keeps saying "Sync in progress" but doesn't leave.

Toolbox says "Device isn't authorized" and tells me to use some sort of RSA Fingerprint (I have no idea what that is or where to find it).