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[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] middle_road:
(7)-(8) years old isn't bad.

Heck, I just resurrected a sweet Dell Precision m6600 that is close to (8) old and it's running 21H1 well.

I had a devil of a time getting the correct Series 6 chipset drivers to take.

Others might disagree, but yours is still a usable machine. My Media Server is a 790.

I believe yours is a Core2Duo, might even be a Quad.

The problem I'm pretty sure is in the chipset drivers. Win10 installs a generic driver and it doesn't always work. The challenge is to find the appropriate drivers.

During the past year or so I salvaged a number of HP6000 Core2's and a couple of Dell Optis for families to use at home during home schooling.

It's doable.

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[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] bobC927:
Here is the file in html format.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] bobC927:
THIRD TRY NOW .TXT FORMAT
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] dara_z:
Hello!

I got my Fire HD 10 today and managed to disable OTA, get Google services, install Nova launcher and a few other apps I frequently use. Toolbox is great and really easy to use.

Then I tried to open Goodreads app (which I use on my phone quite often) and was prompted to register my Fire to Amazon account. Is is safe to do so? Or it will have some consequences like appearance of ads (I bought ad-supported version) or something else?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
It's safe to register your tablet. It doesn't bring more ads. It's just signing in for their services to work. If you left Shop Amazon enabled you just need to open that and sign in for your tablet to be registered/linked. Then all the other Amazon apps will work like Prime Video and Goodreads.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] dara_z:
Great! I had Shop Amazon disabled but enabled it back and then managed to register Fire and get into Goodreads just fine.

Thank you so much for your answer.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] yottabit1:
Hi Guys, will this work with the firestick wirelessely or do i have to connect it via usb. Also what are the best features something like this offer compared to adblink and adbappcontrol?

Thanks guys.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] XRaiderV18:
I too would like to know if this is possible, there have been times I've wanted to cast from my 2019 fire 10 hd to the fire stick 4k and I've had to go to the extreme PITA route of using a paired set of apps to do so, one on the tablet, another 'receiver' app on the stick...so something that makes this SIMPLE? much desired. thanks.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] yottabit1:
I have my samsung a01 plugged in and its not recgonising it
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jinx100:
This is for Fire Tablets (see page 1) of this topic and requires a USB connection.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] aroax:
Hi folks, having some problems here, hoping you can help. I have spent a long while searching google and this thread, and have followed some generally applicable suggestions made already but am unable to progress any further with solving it myself.

2019 Fire 7, not connected to wifi, setup skipped, running 7.3.1.7.

Edit: running latest 25.2 toolbox.

Attempting to perform any actions generates either an indexOutOfRange error for collectInfo_doWork, or I get the device/emulator already running error. Running adb devices -l shows an offline emulator-5580 will pop up after the first attempt at performing any actions in the toolbox. I've been able to load up Nova launcher by alt-tabbing with terminal and killing the adb server after each mouse click in the toolbox, so the second unknown emulator does appear to be the problem.

The devices -l info does show a transport_id for the offline emulator, but I'm unsure what to do with that info. No other info is revealed.

This ugly workaround falls over when trying to install google services, since it's multiple steps, so triggers the appearance of the emulator after the first step, meaning I was able to successfully download the google apks first, but then it failed on installing play services (all errors thereafter). Kill adb server and re-run, and it skips the already downloaded apks and successfully installs play services, then fails on framework. No amount of further re-running allows me to get any further than an OK on services and an error on framework.

So, I'd appreciate your help in a) understanding what's happening, out of interest, and b) identifying this mysterious offline additional emulator and solving this frustrating behaviour!

Much appreciated!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Greetings!

Do you happen to have any android emulators installed on your computer like Bluestacks or LDPlayer? what about an IDE running such as VSCode, Visual Studio, Android Studio, etc? If so, you'll need to kill the process the emulator is coming from, and then restart the Toolbox. If you need help figuring out what process the emulator is coming from please shoot me a PM! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] myechophone:
Hi all, does Amazon penalize us if we register/ deregister a kindle with different accounts frequently?

The thing is I have Amazon student prime and my personal (which has kindle books).

Since Amazon student does not allow sharing benefits what are my options to use prime benefits but also have access to my personal kindle library?

Thnx
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] aroax:
Thanks, will PM you, help identifying the responsible process is what I came looking for!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] aroax:
An update on this, found a few more people raising the same issue in this thread by searching for emulator-5580, but it appears no-one ever followed up on what the culprit actually was. I will be sure to do so when my situation is resolved.

In the meantime, just to add to my original info, I have no bluestacks, android studio or similar installed on my computer. Trying command

`adb -s emulator-5580 emu kill`

just gets an error:

error: could not connect to TCP port 5580: cannot connect to 127.0.0.1:5580: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (10061)

which makes sense, since the emulator shows as offline. Regardless, it comes back after killing the whole adb service, every time.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Just a quick thing. Do you have a smart TV or Roku or something like that? If so, unplug it or turn it off while you run Toolbox. ADB will try to connect to any android device in your network. Also, adb devices -l (that's -l as in love) will return a more verbose description of the devices it sees.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] aroax:
Interesting - yes there's a Roku on the network, and a number of smart TVs, so a little impractical to turn those all off. I'll try turning off my wireless and seeing if it still appears.

Thanks, but I was running with the -l already I'm afraid, and emulator-5580 + offline + transport_id (with a number that varies) is all the info I get, nothing more verbose :(

Edit: shoulda seen that coming - with internet disabled fire toolbox throws a cannot connect to download servers error (despite already having downloaded the files) - damn!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] aroax:
No good, still failing with the Roku unplugged at least.

With the emulator showing as 'offline' though, and when trying to kill it seeing that error list 127.0.0.1 - isn't that a localhost attempt? Rather than a network device showing up?

What else could it be?

Thanks again for the help - I'm trying to set this tablet up as an xmas gift for my Mum, so I really appreciate the assist. Need to get a photo frame app installed from google play store (attempting to sideload the app fails by the same errors).
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Here's Jonny:
Hi, I've debloated but I'm now looking to reinstall Amazon Kindle reading app, is that the same as Kindle Store ? I can't find the reading app in the toolbox. Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I believe you need Amazon Newsstand, and probably Goodreads enabled to use Kindle Reader. Also Kindle Store could be useful.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Yeah, 127.0.0.1 sounds like localhost. I still recommend disabling all other android devices on the network. That could be as simple as unplugging the ethernet cable from the back of your computer. Maybe you could post the results of running

adb devices -l
or
adb devices -l > devices.txt

and post the devices.txt file created. Then we could take a look for any clues.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] aroax:
Sure thing. Attached is the text file - it's as I've reported before. My device, plus an additional offline emulator with no additional identifying information.

I also attach a screenshot of the failstate - note in the background my sequential adb devices -l commands; initially no second emulator, then I hit go on the installation, it succeeds in the play services then boom there's this second offline emulator and it's error city in toolbox.

Already did the back of my computer text, updated my posts above with my report from that (error: failed to connect to download server). Additionally I've since powered off all smart devices in the home, no behaviour change. So, confirmed local I think.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] goonjamin:
I have changed my DNS to adblock using the toolbox on my firehd 10 and it works great for a while but after a day or so ads start showing up in chrome again. If I run the toolbox again and set dns back to provider and then back to adblock the ads go away. It's like something is resetting the DNS setting after a while. Anyone have any ideas what that might be and how to stop that behaviour?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Here's Jonny:
Thanks, but where do I get Kindle Reader ? Can I download it from Google Play?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I'm no expert but it seems to me that the emulator(s) being detected is(are) being generated by Toolbox itself. Have you tried manually installing Google Services with the instructions from @Falcon342 in posts #5310 and #5312 ?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Are you running firmware version 7.3.2.2 or an earlier version? If you are on 7.3.2.2, it's probably just Amazon resetting your DNS. The new firmware is giving us all problems. You could try using DNS66. Search for it on F-Droid. It changes your DNS by using the VPN interface.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
You'll have to ask someone else because I have no experience with the Kindle ecosystem whatsoever.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Here's Jonny:
Anyone any ideas where I get Kindle Reader from ? Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jinx100:
Does Kindle show as disabled in your Fire Tablet Apps list? Then I think you can re-enable it by choosing the four dots on the Toolbox. Or, try: pm enable com.amazon.kindle in the Toolbox ADB Shell.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] goonjamin:
I am on 7.3.1.9. I'll check out DNS66. Thanks for the suggestion.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Here's Jonny:
I don't remember seeing it. But I'll check. Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Also, make sure you have OTA updates and Automatic updates disabled in Toolbox.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drhebbe:
Guys.

I just realized that "My apps and games" tab of Play Store was disappeared.

Where can I find the tab?

Please help me.

Thank you.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] myechophone:
Haha. Try locating your user profile icon within Google Play Store (top right - atleast on phone) and click it
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] snoopy_wri:
Hello,

Thanks a lot for the great tool.

Two small "issues":

Can't change the tablet language anymore (settings menu bounce back immediately)

Browsers appear as "managed browser": I can't change DNS for Brave

any clues?

Thank you, and merry christmas to all of you
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] aroax:
Not yet, I was really hoping to get the toolbox working before resorting to manual CLI approaches.

Just as a further update, I've isolated the appearance of the offline emulator to *not* be as a result of plugging in the device; it happens on it's own accord roughly 1-2mins after running adb kill-server. Even while disconnected from my network/internet, and without fail.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] obvious:
@aroax maybe this is an alternative https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...your-own-phone-without-computer-root-0200838/

Of course it wouldn't let you run the toolbox but ok for cli stuff
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
You probably need to re-enable Device Setup under Manage Amazon Apps to change your language settings.

As a workaround to changing DNS settings, there is a tool under Modify System Settings in Toolbox to change your tablet's DNS. I think it's under the System UI tab. You can also use a VPN type ad blocker like DNS66 (available through F-Droid) to change your DNS settings.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] middle_road:
Now there is something I never knew or thought of. Thanks for that tidbit.

My workstation is hard wired, but I have three Rokus and two firesticks on the network.

None of them showed, going to try from a laptop just for grins.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] DaCreek:
I changed the pin code to the unlock pattern through the fire toolbox, but now it asks me for a pin which I don't know, any solution? They should solve that error.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Greetings friend!

According to a post by @DCvan, if you input the pattern incorrectly at least 5 times on the lockscreen it will ask you to login to your Amazon account, and from there you can set a pin. Haven't tested this myself but I have good faith that it does work. Best of luck! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] DaCreek:
Any other solution?, my tablet is blacklisted and I can't log in with any amazon account on this device, help.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Oh, I see. Unfortunately, the only other way I know is a factory reset. So sorry my friend! :(
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] DaCreek:
Then they should remove the option to change the screen lock to pattern until they solve that error, because it is useless to change it if it is always going to ask you for an unlock pin that you do not know what it is.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] DaCreek:
If I can unlock the tablet, is there a way to deactivate the keys and all that?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] DaCreek:
I will not do a factory reset until I know if you can help me in another way with the toolbox, I have a lot of information that I do not want to lose.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] cf77:
what is the version number?

I have hd8 gen10

it is v87-36 ciccino
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] DaCreek:
bro:c https://xdaforums.com/t/fire-toolbox-lockscreen-issue.4359597/
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Just out of curiosity, did the Toolbox not warn about the pattern issue?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] rrrsssttt:
Thank you for this amazing project. I have a few starter questions

1.) If following the guide, I disable OTA updates...how secure is the tablet then if it isn't receiving any updates?

2.) After following all the debloating and removing ad steps, how private would you rate this tablet (considering I haven't installed google services and running only off of F droid)?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] goatbor:
This list is by no means complete. I'd venture to say the values I have are regional, and how they're determined I'm not sure yet.

softwareupdates.amazon.com

device-metrics-us.amazon.com

dp-gw-na.amazon.com

msh.amazon.com

arcus-uswest.amazon.com

dcape-na.amazon.com

api.amazon.com

sars.amazon.com

alexa.amazon.ca

cognito-identity.us-east-1.amazonaws.com

kinesis.us-east-1.amazonaws.com

configuration-vending.service.amazonsilk.com

fls-na.amazon.com

db7afg225qesv.cloudfront.net

2347257ae108f17b971c2c4d18a7d5e6fc7d9b6bdd9d39e12ec41802b1ba68e.us-east-1.prod.service.minerva.devices.a2z.com

anon-book-list.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com

alexa.amazon.com

tabletcaptiveportal.com

That's everything amazon related that my tablet hit when it's hooked up to wifi. I have cloudfront in there because whatever is requesting that is getting 8.8.8.8 as a result, possibly some DNS backup or something so we can't steer DNS away from amazon's core components, maybe?

When checking for updates manually, it tries to hit either arcus-uswest.amazon.com or softwareupdates.amazon.com. When I've got both of those blocked, it fails on checking for updates, but with everything else happening who knows how long that'd manage to work for. And obviously as I'm hitting uswest because I'm in western canada, I assume people on the east coast would be hitting arcus-useast.amazon.com and so on.

I'm also seen different cnames for that cloudfront query, as well as for the minerva.devices.a2z.com

I guess it's a start, but I think keeping updates blocked on tablets via dns blocking will be a multi-person effort.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] DaCreek:
Nope
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Peppertone:
I would like to do an OTA update on my Tablet (Fire 8 HD), but I last I heard was the Fire Toolbox can't work with the latest OTA update. Has this been fixed yet, or is the fix still a work-in-progress?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] DaveKerk:
Hi all!

Brand new user trying to get this to work... I have been unable to find any help on this error:

Dev options are enabled and ADB Debugging is enabled as well.

Fire HD 10 7th Gen running 5.3.6.4

Any help is very much appreciated.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Ipse_Tase:
I assume the latest is 7.3.2.2...and I was able to use Fire Tools for it quite successfully.

Not working : launcher change and some OTA stuff.

Working : everything else I tried (Playstore, side loading, adb disable apps, etc).

That being said...mine is going back to Amazon. Can't even do Slack or Zoom voice ( not even video) without breakups, and these were a must for my use case.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] stroke55:
I used Fire Toolbox on two tablets (both on 7.3.1.9) and deactivated OTA updates. I am wondering how the system apps will be updated. Maybe a dumb question, but are the system apps updated via Amazon's appstore, because the system apps are not listed in the appstore? I am aware that Jeff's museum appstore is more or less a collection of historic app versions but I almost cannot believe that there should not be an update of at least one system app on both the Fire HD 8 (2020) and 10 (2021). Thanks :)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] clyphox:
Edit1: I don't know why, but a factory reset and re-setting up the device from scratch seems to have solved my issue :)​

Thanks to the kind developer of this, hopefully I'll find some time to checkout+assist with the linux port on github

Hey there,

Thanks for making such a cool toolbox.. I'm not a fan of amazon software but decided it'd be worth buying one (even though I don't expect to get root anytime soon). Mostly because its hard to find **any modern tablet device** with decent ROMs.

So far everything has worked pretty much out of the box (Fire HD 10 [2021]) however my home button and recent button on the navigation do not work.

I've tried restoring the default Fire Launcher, and I've tried installing Nova and a couple others.. I've also uninstalled them.

Something went wrong in my initial setup dialogs and I'm wondering if that may be the cause, but I'm unsure what I can do right now. Everything is acceptable so far except ye.. "home button" kinda important to me.

I also noticed I cannot expand the drop down menu from the top (not that I really mind though, device is for a kid and he won't care either)

Personally I own nova prime so I would ideally like that, but not having a home button is rather annoying.. any advice you could give to debug this? (I'm a pretty experienced linux/android developer so feel free to get nerdy with me)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I think that any updates that occur in system apps don't affect their compatibility with previous versions. My tablet is running v7.3.1.2 (only 7.3.1.0 is older on v7 tablets) and it has been running quite smoothly all along. I don't think you need to worry about it. They aim for compatibility with all versions of system apps. You just won't get new features that any newer versions may have.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] snoopy_wri:
You were right, thank you.

For people who can't change language, I just reenabled amazon apps, changed language, and disabled them again.

Last point I forgot, is there a way as today to enable "add to home screen"? it seems disabled in all browsers I tried

Thanks again @Falcon342
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] dickoolige:
Howdy folks, new member but not a tech novice here.

Regarding the pattern lockscreen bug/issue that doesn't enable you to make certain changes due to no PIN, if you create a backup and then restore the tablet to use a PIN, does it reinstall all your apps and the launcher including their previous state and settings, does it reinstall apps and launcher to default/new settings, or does it simply preserve the .apk's for you to manually reinstall them once you have restored the backup?

Thanks for the fantastic tool and all the ongoing work.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] middle_road:
Regarding Nova Prime, I ended up installing it afterwards since it didn't take during my initial attempt with ToolBox.

It is running fine. Going to have to try out Duo or Zoom when I get a chance.

On another front, a friend called a couple of nights ago wanting me to suggest what all to purchase for a 10" tablet. I had him get the 32GB HD10+, a charging dock, etc.

So we will see when that arrives which OS is on it.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] obvious:
Hey @Datastream33 , how's it going? If you get stuck on 7.3.2.2 I'm sure we can chip in and get you a replacement on lower firmware.

Oh, and Merry Christmas 🌲
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
It's going good, thanks for asking! How are you doing my friend? Hope, you're having a good one so far!

You don't need to do that! I really do appreciate the thought though.

As far as 7.3.2.2 is concerned, some progress has been made as far as custom launchers go. It's not pretty... but as long as you don't need to reboot it will suffice.

Merry Christmas to you too my friend! Thanks and have a good day! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Well, unless you warned him not to turn it on and supply his wifi password, by the time you see it, it'll have 7.3.2.2 on it! :sneaky:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] middle_road:
Yep, I walked him through it.

I'm curious to see what OS comes on it.

</crossing my fingers>
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ViolentNature:
I know other people have asked about this but I bought my mom a Fire HD 8 tablet and its already updated with 7.3.2.2

Just wondering if there Is any hope that this version will be able to get auto updates turned off/custom launcher support? It seems a bit grim right now based on what i'm reading.

Anyway thank you for all your hard work! Is there anything people stuck on this version can do to help?