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[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Thanks for the screenshots!

Ahh, there's the culprit. Seems the Toolbox is getting confused on what device to send the commands to due to the emulator being present. Ok, I'd recommend terminating the process (using Task Manager or CMD) of the emulator and then trying again with the Toolbox. Do you happen to have Bluestacks, Android Studio, Android x86, Roku, Amazon Fire Stick, or any android box connected to your network or installed on your PC?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
There is a Fire TV and a Roku on TVs in the house. So I should just unplug those and try again?? Also the emulator?? What would that be? Pretty sure I don't have any sort of Android emulator on my PC.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
You could definitely do that!

However, an easier way would be to disconnect just your computer temporarily from WIFI or from the router while using the Toolbox. If this is the route you'd like to take please make sure you kill the adb.exe process from Task Manager or CMD before re-executing the Toolbox. If you are still getting the emulator error or the same issues as before it means the emulator is installed on your PC, and you will need to terminate the process.

Please let me know how it goes!🤞
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Ah, thanks for sharing fellas. Seems device check needs to be added to the Device Dashboard Icon/Navbar Modifier subtools and this helps immensely! :D(y)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Boustrophedon:
I did not thought about it, thanks a lot for the suggestion!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
No problem! Have fun friend! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
So I disconnected from the internet and still got errors installing Google Services but this time it put the Google Store on the Fire... I also tried to remove all the Amazon apps which said it was successful but I still have them all.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hmm, ok... a step in the right direction i suppose.

Ok, could you please execute the Manage Amazon Apps tool, click the "Disable Manually" radio button, and from the list of apps select any app, then click the "Disable Selected" button and then take a screenshot of the Toolbox when the "All selected apps were disabled successfully" messagebox pops up? Thanks! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
I disabled Amazon Games. And even though Play Store is on the Fire now I am not sure it works. I haven't set up wifi for fear of an update!. I did disable OTA updates though so I'm sure it's safe to turn wifi on now.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
Seems I got Amazon Games to go away but that's it. I tried to restore it just for a test and it won't restore now lol
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Synner2:
Hi all,

Firstly, thanks to the dev for creating this toolbox, should hopefully make things nice and easy!

I got my first Fire tablet yesterday (HD10 plus 2021). I'm trying to get the play store on there but the toolbox keeps getting stuck at various stages of "Downloading xxxxx (1/4 etc)".

It first stopped at 1/4 so I left it for half an hour then restarted, it then stopped at 2/4 - I again left it for 30 mins and restarted it. It's now sat at "Downloading account manager 3/4".

Is this normal? Should I have to exit after waiting 30 mins at each download step?

Thanks

Bri

UPDATE: I continued closing the app after waiting 20-30 mins at each "paused" step and it eventually insatlled the playstore/frameworks etc. All good now and just waiting to allow the store to update itself before using.

Thanks again to Datastream33
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hmm, not sure what's going on then. The emulator is still running maybe?

As for OTAs as long as you've disabled it in the Modify System Settings tool then you should be safe to hook the tablet up to WiFi. Just be careful, if the Toolbox isn't working properly it may have not disabled OTAs correctly.

I got to go to bed my friend. So tired. Catch up with you tomorrow if that's cool with you.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
Sure, I have to do the same. Thanks for the help tonight.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Shinzawai:
All works great, however I ran into the following, the Alexa app keeps closing/crashing immediately upon launching. Have installed MS launcher. What could be the culprit? Do I've to manually disable Alexa from Toolbox and download it again, if possible, from Gplay store? Or use another apk? ...

Edit: I'm not sure if google play store installed its version before I set it to 'do not auto update' but searching it in playstore and updating it there, then allowed me to uninstall it, and subsequently re download it from the fire store. It now does work.

However the 'my devices' button next to the android home nav buttons doesn't work/react/open anything. Any way to enable that, or is that not working tied to removing the FireOS launcher upon installing the MS one?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] golfgirl8350:
You just need to download Google Contacts Sync. I just got the 10th Gen Fire HD8+ and had the same problem until I saw the fix on Reddit. As soon as I downloaded and installed, contacts worked perfectly. Here's the link: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...acts-sync-5-1-1-1965118-android-apk-download/
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Shinzawai:
Anyone an idea how to add (google) weather to your homescreen? Installed MS launcher, even when I download the google app through the playstore, or google weather+location in a browser it never gives me the 'add to home screen' option...
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Hank.Moody:
guys is there a chance to get wake up by double tapping on the screen on my new fire hd 10 plus without rooting?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] shueblah:
I had this issue after following the setup guide, mine was due to Prime Photos being disabled.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ahmlet:
been using this with lawnchair launcher, but once in a while system slowdown/freezes. I have to turn off screen and start again to restore speed. Is it the lawnchair launcher?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
@Datastream33 :

I'm not sure if this impacts you or not, but this may be of interest.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-watch-out-this-security-update-will-break-links-to-drive-files/
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
I did a factory reset and attempted to do all this on a different computer. Have USB debugging on, no internet and I barely use my laptop so nothing Android is on it. And getting every error in the book when trying to install Google Services :( Attached screengrab is the latest,
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
Ahh I see! Let me make sure OTA is disabled then I will turn wifi on and try again.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
Getting most of the same errors. :(
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
I have no idea how to install an APK. Ill watch a video and post the outcome.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
Pretty sure I got them installed right. I have the Play Store now. Now I will wait 15min to see if it works. If this method does work is there other apk's to remove all the amazon apps etc or is that only thru the Fire Toolbox app?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] LaMpiR:
Actually quite few apps are sometimes showing text quite small. YT, Amazon with some fields as well. Will try. I cannot download the .exe file from the website.

ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
Well, I got the Play Store to work using the apk method! So I have the store but I am still stuck with all the Amazon Apps as FTB isn't removing them for some reason. baby steps i guess lol
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] p4f456:
Hello together,

first of all this tool is amazing, thanks for the great work @Datastream33

Thanks to the Prime Day I bought a bunch of Fire HD 10 to distribute in our family. I tried to modify them in the same way but I found following difference after installing Nova Launcher:

When opening the task manager on the square button, one tablet still shows the original Amazon task manager with vertical swipes to close apps, the other one apparently has another task manager with horizonzal swipes to close.

Does anyone know what could be the root cause?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
I ended up trying it on the family PC and... I think I have success with removing the apps!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
Makes me think all of the FTB features will work on that PC. Something in my main PC and Laptop just isn't playing nice with it.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] shueblah:
Probably a dumb question, but after using the tool is it safe to log my Amazon account in to Alexa and so on?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] SacredDeviL666:
Don't make me be a cop here... watch your responses to each other and be polite...

Thanks

SacredDeviL666.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Wow, it seems things have gotten heated in here. Please, everyone, let's be respectful and polite to each other.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] DB126:
A bit of humility will serve well. Many/most authentic apps side loaded from reliable sources (especially APKMirror) will be recognized and updated by Google Play. However, there are many variables involved any one of which can spoil the party... especially on fussy Amazon devices that leverage many questionable techniques for installing Google Play Services and related items. Not saying you or the other poster are right or wrong. Simply one set of experiences do not dictate the definitive answer.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Adolanius:
Hey, can anyone tell me what causes the parental messages to get in our way? Was that the deletion of Amazon Launcher? (I know I can "hide" it, but I can still see it and it hangs the tablet out) as I rather use the hijacker and just leave the amazon launcher installed (if that's the case, of course).
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] klausb65:
I doubt it because some app still checks the parental conrol even the service is hidden or off.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Adolanius:
Thanks for the reply.

I just factory restored my tablet and removed all Amazon apps except launcher and keyboard. I've put Nova Launcher with LauncherHijacker, no more parental control messages! :) By far less annoying.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] stressman17:
Could someone point me at instructions for setting up a swap file. I saw Apps2SD mentioned but you need full root for that to work, correct? Can we use the temp root shell to run commands to create the swap and set swapiness? If so, any recommended values?

Thanks in advance.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] cobyman7035:
i keep getting some parenta control popup to come up..im using some 3rd party iLauncher thats why? when igoto settings its blank in the parental options! how do rid of this nag lol thx

also haveing troubles installing apps from google play store, it gets stuck at 100% and doesn't install , i have hd10inch 2017 version i think 7th gen it says

is that the old version or theres only one version...my 8inch 2018 HD tablet works fine, no parental popups

i never had any troubles with the 8inch HD tablet with popups , never had to use the option to disable...weird, it never popup at all for me ever
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] cobyman7035:
i just restore all amazon apps but i still get that nag parental control! do i have factory reset now??? god its annoying

nm, lol 2nd page of the toolbox, i never noticed that! spent bout 1hr after resetting factory and installing apps again...that hide parental ON still kind buggy...i still see the popup on rare random oncasions but at least its not annoying anymore
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] DB126:
Full root required for settings to survive a reboot w/FireOS.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] mike10dude:
probably a really stupid question but does this still work on the Fire HD 10 that amazon sells right now
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] stfn74:
Thanks for the tool. I have Fire HD8 2018 (code name "karnak") and was able to root it using this method. I was wondering if can I completely uninstall the Amazon apps instead of just disabling them?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Ok, so there we go. I've updated the first post to include a "Getting Started" section that helps new members set up their devices so it works with the Toolbox!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
The easiest way to uninstall apps with root is to open the Play Store and search for a "system apps remover" and use that to uninstall. Just make sure to uninstall, and then reboot after. :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
It should. This is a 2017 gen model right? IF so... then I don't see why it shouldn't :)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] mike10dude:
I don't have it yet but I am assuming that nothing has changed with them over the past couple of years then
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] stfn74:
I know this app and have used it i the past, however this is going to be a very tedious approach. To be honest I was hopping you'd say there is one or two small changes you can do in your tools that would give us a one-click uninstall solution.... :)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] sky1331:
Hello, I'm using HD8(2018),

I used remove everything Amazon yesterday, it works perfectly, but since I haven't installed Nova Launcher yet so I keep the Amazon Launcher.

Today, I install Nova Launcher from Google Play, and want to remove Amazon Launcher then switch to Nova, will I be ok if I just use remove everything Amazon again?

If that's ok, I'm wondering how will Fire OS know I want to use Nova Launcher as my launcher? Since I'm not (and can't) set Nova Launcher as my default launcher.

Just a bit worry about remove Amazon Launcher will make my tablet stuck at somewhere! Thanks!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drizzt09:
If getting launcher from play you don't have to use nova. Nova is popular because of it's customization but so many other options exist too and not as heavy as nova. (Just an fyi).

Once your launcher is installed. Run it once. Then do the remove Amazon option in tools choosing to remove fire launcher. Once fire launcher is gone it can use the only launcher available. Don't need to set a default.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] sky1331:
That's all I need to know, just removed Amazon launcher, thanks!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] nillapudding786:
I am trying to install fire toolbox for the first time.

I was going through the motions and it was working great until it started the process to install Google play services.

It's been on step 1/4 for over 15 minutes and it doesn't seem to be progressing.

Any tips?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] shueblah:
Close that window and try again, it took me two attempts earlier.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
No idea. It's so odd to me. Says something about an emulator running but I don't have any emulators running. I also tried it disconnected from the internet like Datastream suggested and still nothing. I also didn't see anything in the ctrl/alt/del menu about emulators or any Android services running. It's a mystery
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
Have a Roku, Fire TV, Ring doorbell, a few smart plugs, and like 4 Echo devices.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] shueblah:
Enabled device setup and alexa in the toolkit, but she won't talk to me... any suggestions?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
I thought disconnecting from the internet on my PC/laptop would solve that issue?? Not sure why it worked with no problems on the other pc that I had success with.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] shueblah:
Thanks, I'm dumb and didn't see the Alexa section in settings, I'd assumed I managed her with her app alone.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
Like game emulators? I'm confused with the emulator thing lol. I have Cemu installed on my PC. That is the only emulator I know of that I have installed but then I don't have that on my laptop. My PC doesn't have bluetooth my laptop does. I have mouse/keyboard plugged into my pc.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
Ok, the only emulator is Cemu then. I haven't had it running in months so I doubt it would even show up in task manager but I'll check into it.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Just an FYI: The command

adb devices -l

will give you a list of devices connected. The "-l" gives a longer description of each device making it easier to figure out what you need to disconnect.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jhford:
I'm running the tool on my new (Prime Day) HD 8 tablet. But it's been running for over an hour and I'm starting to think that I did something wrong. See pic.

Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
Ohh awesome!! I'll try this!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
Silly question but where do I type this command in??
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Greetings friend and great question!

I believe the new Recents UI is built into the launcher itself, in this case... Fire Launcher. If you'd like to keep the new recents ui fire launcher would need to be enabled and nova would need to be set as the default. Please let me know if you have any

other questions or concerns. :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
I downloaded that and ran the adb.exe. The screen flashed for a split second but nothing else happened. I tried running it in the shell and i get this.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Greetings again!

From that shell, type the following command and press Enter:

exit

Then run the following command:

adb devices -l
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jhford:
OK. I went back to the Main Menu and ran Google Services probably out of order, because I used the Automation tool for the first install. What should I do after the Play Store is installed? Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
Hiya again! Umm I tried that and got this.. I am not very good at using commands so I probably did it wrong. I did the Code: then Exit all combos to make sure i didn't do it wrong. Well tried anyhow.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hey friend!

"abd is not recognized as an internal or external command"

Try adb instead of abd and you should be good to go! :D

adb devices -l

Best of luck and please let us know how it goes!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
doh! ill try again lol
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Don't worry friend, happens to the best of us! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
Ok I used the right command this time... I get this now.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Perfect! Thank you!

OK, next try this command:

adb -s emulator-5562 emu kill
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
Results.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
type:

exit

Then try executing the command again:

adb -s emulator-5562 emu kill
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
I sent you a convo.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Toady43:
I think we got it figured out!! Thanks to Datastream, Falcon, and Blaacksheep for helping me get to the bottom of the issue!!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Anytime friend! We are here to help! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jhford:
@Datastream33. Speaking as a serial Rooter and Custom Rom flasher, this is a very good tool. Congratulations. I just received my Prime Day HD 8 2020, and yearn to root it and flash LineageOS, but that will have to wait. However, I followed your instructions and succeeded installing the Play Store and Play Services, but I want to the Play Store to automatically install my Ghost apps that Google knows are my apps but I can't do so. To make matters worse when I tap a ghost app icon and select install it opens the Amazon Appstore dialog box rather than taking me to the Play Store. Solution? Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] SnowedFoam:
Thank you for this wonderful tool! I was able to easily install Google Play on my new Fire HD 10!

I hate to bother ya'll with this but when I added the Nova Launcher all my apps disappeared from the screen, except Nova Launcher and Play and I can't figure out how to add them back.

I know, this is probably a dumb question, but could someone clue me into what I should be doing?

Thank you for any help!

-SF
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] specterflare:
@SnowedFoam

Swipe up from the bottom to reveal all of your apps. From there, long-press and then drag upwards on the apps you want to place on your home screen, and deposit them where you would like
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] SnowedFoam:
Aw, that was something I should have figured out! Thank you for taking the time to reply on such a simple question. I'm embarassed I had to ask, but I was so excited and could not figure out what the heck I doing wrong. You Rock.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jhford:
Disabling the Amazon app store makes the most sense.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] dkratter14:
I tried multiple versions of the app on my 8+, cleared the storage/cache of both Contacts and Contacts Sync, and granted all permissions it asked for. I'm still not getting it to sync.

Any suggestions?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] HulkSmashBurgers:
Did you ever find an answer/solution to this? I have the same problem on 2021 HD10+.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] mad.Man69:
Thank you I had a suspicion that's what was causing it.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] oobatz:
Absolutely magnificent work 😁

Got the new standard 10", followed the instructions to the letter, now have a fully working decent tablet to use!

I installed nova launcher as it's what I've always used and the paid version allows you to hide Apps rather than disabling, turned off allow updates to the Amazon on board apps.

Everything is seemingly working perfectly.

Again top work to the Dev working on this tool.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] c-f-g:
@Datastream33 Have you found the time to look into it? 😊

Btw V17.1 is not finding any updates 😕
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] kn0rst:
Fire Toolbox is obviouly not working on a second profile. Cannot install Google stuff nor the nova launcher on the second profile (another amazon account), Toolbox says already installed, but only on main profile. Can someone give me a hint how I can manage that for the second profile? Installed the nova apk manuelly, but I'm unable to set nova as the default launcher in the second profile, option is not available to set it, only default browser. How to get playstore to second profile? Also tried to install all apks manuelly via file manager (accountmgr, framework, playservices, playstore, in that order), but play store fails to install on second profile.

Thx in advance ;)

Device: Fire HD 10 2021

Edit: Working now

PlayStore issue: PlayStore app was updated already in primary profile, so manuell install in second profile did not work because it was a lower version. Downloaded latest Playstore.apk from apkmirror and after that manuell installation worked in second profile

Nova Launcher issue: Executed "pm disable-user --user 1 com.amazon.firelauncher" in an adb shell, this disabled Firelauncher for second profile and activated already installed nova launcher as default launcher