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[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] cannotkeepup:
PLEASE DELETE QUESTION

Thank you I figured it out so please delete this.

I have a question.

Please bare with me as I am not good with tech stuff so I may not call things by the right term.

I bought a Amazon fire tablet 10 HD plus 2021 edition.

Some place on this form I found a page I could follow and I put the Fire Toolbox V18.0 on my windows 10 laptop then used the USB cable to hook table to laptop.

I used the toolbox to put a few google apps on, disabled or shut off the apps I have no use for and shut off the lock screen and the adds. The home screen was nice and clean looking and easy for me to find the few apps I do use. (I mostly use the tables for email, 5 or 6 games, reading and listening to book I transfer from my laptop.)

Life was good.

About a week ago on the home screen an icon showed up for the movie blackwidow showed up. So I hooked the tablet back up to the laptop and opened the tookbox saw that it needed to be updated to Fire Toolbox V20 did that and hook up the tablet.

This is where I got lost. I could not find anything how to remove the blackwidow add icon that is now on the top of my home screen.

Can anyone tell me how to fix this?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
It's likely to be a phishing scam planted there by a malicious email. If long-pressing the icon does not give you the option to uninstall whatever app it is, use the settings app on the tablet to go to Settings > Apps & Notifications > See all nn apps to see if you can find it. It may have a different name than "Black Widow" because malicious app makers try to disguise their apps with legit sounding names. If you don't tick the slider on top that says Show System, you should only see apps that you installed. Look carefully for apps that you don't recognize and if you find it, press it and an option to uninstall will be there.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] cannotkeepup:
thank you for trying to help I am greatful as like I said I am not good with tech stuff.

I did figure it out and it was so easy.

All I had to do was shut off the home screen recommendation and show new itmes on home screen. Both found under the amazon app setting

Again thank you so much.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I'd forgotten about those! Good work. (y)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I just had a thought. You may not have disabled OTA and Automatic updates. This would leave your tablet open to new updates (I like to think of them as attacks) by Amazon. Such updates restore their ads, restore their launcher, and add new "features" that you probably don't want. I recommend going through the settings in toolbox, especially Modify System Settings on page 2 and making sure that the first 2 switches (OTA Updates & Automatic Updates) are turned off. Also, on page 1, go to Manage Amazon Apps and select Manually Disable under Disable Amazon Apps. Hover your mouse over each app for a description of what effect disabling it has and select the ones you don't need/want. If something stops working you can always re-enable the app that caused it to fail from Manual restore. If you have questions, you're in the right place to ask.:)

Edit: I sure hope that @Datastream33 appends status indicators (enabled/disabled) to the Manage Amazon Apps Manual Enable/Disable screens in a future update!!! ;)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] LaMpiR:
I have used this tool and it is amazing, but unfortunately the tablet is not what I was looking for and I will be sending it back.

In order to remove all settings, google play and so on, I just need to do a factory reset from the settings?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] eragonhnn:
Hello everyone, I have a problem. When I download the pinterest app from CHplay (latest version) it crashes and can't be used. Is there any way to fix the problem?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I'm unfamilliar with CHplay. I tried Googling it and from all I can tell, it seems to be a Chinese version of Google's Play Store. There's really no links or anything to describe it. If you are trying to install Pinterest, why not just install it from Google's Play store after uninstalling the version that crashes?

Edit: Falcon342 beat me!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ComputerTech312:
Anyone know if using Kingroot to root my Amazon fire 7 (9h generation) would be a good idea?

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Opinions appreciated :)

EDIT

or is this better?

https://xdaforums.com/t/root-fireos...th-generation-mustang-method-working.3937209/
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Or you could try this post's method, although it only mentions Fire 7 (2019), not Fire HD. I'm not sure what you have. Kingroot usually either works or fails, so I don't think there's any harm in trying.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ComputerTech312:
Yeah apologies, i got a Fire 7 HD 9th generation

Is it possible to backup the android, so i can recover if anything goes wrong?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I think the best you can do is to take note of the FireOS version you're currently running, create or find a scatter file to download, and cross your fingers. I'm not exactly the one to ask about these things, but the original OS images or links to them can be found here at XDA, and a scatter file is sometimes needed to recreate the partitions.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Yeah, I said that.:unsure:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ComputerTech312:
erm apologies lol, accidentaly quoted you on tablet hehe,

do you think magisk would work well?

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[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
You're best off searching the forums for "root fire hd 7 2019" or something simillar. Also, you can search with google by adding XDA to the search terms.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ComputerTech312:
Okay, it's just i'd rather have Applications that do stuff for me, incase i screw up lol
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ComputerTech312:
Would a TWRP (3rd genetation_ work for my fire 7 HD 9th generation?

https://twrp.me/Devices/Amazon/ << found it here
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I would say no. I wouldn't even try it. Once again, either try the suggestion I offered earlier, or do a search for root fire hd 7 2019. Why ask for advice but not follow it?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ComputerTech312:
Yeah sorry, i'll search for root fire hd 7 2019
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] eragonhnn:
i tried installing the version you gave me but still crashing . I use fire HD 10 (9th gen). I use the toolbox and disable all the Amazon apps, which causes the error? And then I try to find the Apk files from outside play store, I try all versions of pinterest and finally only 9.5.0 version works.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
I suppose something like this could be added... great suggestion my friend! :)(y)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Great idea!

What's interesting is, when an app is added to a child profile it is installed to the internal storage like a regular app. We just need to figure out how to add it to the FreeTime launcher and then we should be good to go. :unsure:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hmm, I know it's probably a little bit late but I'd try completely closing out of the Toolbox and retrying.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hmm, yes... not a bad idea... :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
How's it going my friend?

I believe this method still works (hardware method). It's a little more complicated then the other methods but the end result should be a rooted tablet. Just be careful and make sure to follow all directions carefully. If you do decide to go down this route, we wish you the best of luck and we pray for your success.🤞
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
lol. 😄
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ComputerTech312:
Well, i'm still a tad bit afraid of rooting lol, i think i might stick to non root for now, until i become more confident, although only reason i wanted to root was to increase ZRAM or swap memory :P
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] kazprotos:
adb shell settings put global private_dns_mode hostname

adb shell settings put global private_dns_specifier dns.adguard.com

Seems to work for me on 2021 HD 10. Just no way to turn it off if you run in to a site that doesn't allow adblock etc
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Akiftest:
i had a pin on my fire hd 8 10th gen

so i changed it to pattern but i wanted to change it back

but when i try to change it asks me for my current pin

i tried putting my old pin but it didn't work

plz help
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] nikki_fz:
hello I m using kindle fire 10+ . Anyone experiencing annoying notification "Alexa Video Player" every time after restart? Can't open it since no application called Alexa video player, is it have something to do with the toolbox? I didn't update the Alexa via google play or anything but still.. Anyone know how to fix it? Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] johny.mnemonic:
The issue is, that these are not exactly ad blockers. These are both VPNs. So in case you want to use your own VPN or have app which doesn't work well with active VPN, you are out of luck...
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] maven33:
NetGuard can filter traffic with blocklists and manage access from apps separately.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] tmicrd68:
@kazprotos thanks for the shell commands! To reverse out of adblock as a test I just added the cloudflare hostname to the second command:

adb shell settings put global private_dns_specifier 1dot1dot1dot1.cloudflare-dns.com

then restarted and the awesome ads came back.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] kazprotos:
Or just adb shell settings put global private_dns_mode off
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Just out of curiosity, was the micropatch for V20.1 applied?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Japperwookie:
yes. each time I restarted the process. Is that maybe the problem?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
This happens unfortunately sometimes when installing micropatches. Let's try updating the shortcuts and see if that works. Let's get started:

Delete the shortcuts for Fire Toolbox, and Toolbox Updater from the Desktop.

Hold the Windows key and while the key is being held press the R key to pull up the Run dialog.

In the Run dialog type: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Datastream and press ENTER.

Look for Fire Toolbox V20.1, double click it, and ensure Fire Toolbox.exe exists within the directory.

Double click the bin folder, then double click the Settings folder.

Double-click Settings.txt to open it in Notepad.

Change the string TBShortcutMade=1 to TBShortcutMade=0

Save and close the Settings.txt file.

Go back to the root folder (%LOCALAPPDATA%\Datastream\Fire Toolbox V20.1)

Double-click Fire Toolbox.exe.

That should do it, the Toolbox should now place new shortcuts on the Desktop directing to the proper folder. Let me know if you come across any other issues. Thanks so much and please have a great day! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] mkanet:
Is anyone able to use Family Link to restrict your child's Toolbox V20.1 modded Amazon tablet?

Family Link for children and teens gets stuck indefinitely when selecting a Google account to supervise. It gets stuck on the prompt "Checking for Updates". I even tried selecting "Manage Google accounts" in Toolbox V20.1 while trying to do this.. Unfortunately, no matter what I do I keeps getting stuck.

How do I fix this issue other than completely removing all the changes that Fire Toolbox did to the tablet?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] mkanet:
Did you or anyone figure out how to fix this issue?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ComputerTech312:
Again not sure if this is the appropriate forum to post in, but i'll try anyway (sorry if it isn't correct)

Past couple of days, have had semi hot back of my fire 7, so i disabled the 3rd launcher and i installed thid CPU monitor, it shows usage of 100%!!

how could i check CPU usage via adb?

and i uninstalled basically every app on my tablet
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] CoffeeMachineSwitch:
Wondering what mechanism the Toolbox uses to disable the Fire Launcher? - Manually, you can use: adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.amazon.firelauncher , but that works only for a few days before the firelauncher gets re-activated
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I'll refer you to this post in the thread. You're pretty much stuck with using Amazon's version called Parental Control. Sorry.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Depending on which tablet and OS version you have, there are a couple different strategies that work. The ADB command you issued will work, but only remain permanent if other things are shut down also. Parental Control is always in charge of making sure your tablet displays what Amazon wishes, so it needs to be neutered! OTA updates will also return you to their launcher so you need to disable them too.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] mikeypr:
Hi Not late at all.

Closed it all down, restarted, rebooted.

Reinstalled, both Portable and install version. No Joy.

Installed V19, and that works fine.

Still not solved.

Thanks for the reply
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drizzt09:
Weird. That's the only one I reinstalled (so I could install Netflix) and it worked for me. (On HD8 2018 and 7" 2017)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] SomeGuy777:
Hmm maybe it's because the time on my tablet is wrong, and the parental control bug won't let me fix it. :'(
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
I believe the package responsible for registration is Device Setup (com.amazon.kindle.otter.oobe). Try unhiding this package and then try and register :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] SomeGuy777:
Hey there :D

You were right, after unhiding the com.amazon.kindle.otter.oobe file, the amazon store opened the register window! :D

Buuut as I tried to log in to my amazon several times, it showed me yet again the same registration error that it would show me before. :(

Please save me developer datastream senpai
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] pmckay:
I installed it successfully but...

when I launch the google now launcher, by clicking on the icon, a message flashes on the screen... I can't make it out exactly,

but I was able to catch the word "parental control" on it,

and the google now launcher exits.

In settings, there doesn't seem to be a way to switch launchers either

:confused:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
So what's going on with V3.3? Well, let me tell you all that I've decided to release V3.3 and go straight to V4.0. This update will include fixes and UI improvements. Maybe I'll even toss in a new feature?!

This update might take some time so please stay patient with me! However, in the meantime, I will be happy to assist with whatever issues you all might be facing! Also, keep an eye on the "What I'm Up To" post to see the progress of V4.0. :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] GuyInDogSuit:
You need LauncherHijack, or whatever it was called.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] klausb65:
I'm not sure if the laucher hijacker helps, because some apps check the parental control even do it is hidden.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] GuyInDogSuit:
LauncherHijack worked for me when I had the dreaded "parental control" issue before wiping and starting over.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] klausb65:
I have launcherhijack as well installed my HD is also rooted but when I try to do some thing with Watchmaker pro I still got the "parental error"

In settings everything is correct, the function "parentalcontrolhide" is set to on.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] GuyInDogSuit:
LauncherHijack doesn't have anything to do with parental controls. It just sets what the home key does. You can set it to launch a variety of different apps/activities, actually. But it won't stop those "blocked by parental settings" errors, no.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] SomeGuy777:
So for now I installed everything from amazon again so I can register my amazon account and use the kindle app. :/

If anyone finds out how to remove everything but the kindle app and the option to register your device to use kindle, please let me know :D

Edit: I think it has something to do with either "My account" or "Profiles & family library" in the settings, but I haven't found the right lines to unhide and make them work again.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] pmckay:
Got it... Thanks! I got another one for you.

Should Google Assistant run on the fire?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] bluedesire:
Works the tool with Fire HD 2017 gen 7th?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drizzt09:
hey [MENTION=8560782]Datastream33[/MENTION]

I wonder if the parental controls issue on the 7" 7thgen has anything to do with the fact that parental controls is on for device admin by default and cant be disabled. unlike on the HD8 2018 where its checked by default but i can choose to uncheck it.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] rayliu5800:
something wrong with the fire8 2018

I noticed that during this process, there will generate one temp folder in administrator/appdata/local/temp, and it says "cannot found notification.txt" in this folder and the process terminate, how can I solve this problem? I am using fire hd8 2018 version.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Google Assistant has been confirmed working on the tablets. I'm not sure if you can now just download the google Assitant app and it will work or if it requires some settings database tweaking (like it did in the past) but yes, I think it should work.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Yes, The Toolbox will work with the HD 7 (2017) model. :D

Just please avoid the "Remove Everything Amazon" tool until the new update is released :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Yes, this is true. Parental Controls is indeed installed as a Device Admin and cannot be toggled without root (which kind of sucks). Parental Controls is something that was slimmed down in the FireOS 6 thankfully.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
This sounds like an extraction issue. I would recommend downloading (V3.2) from Mirror 1 and retrying. IF this doesn't work please let me know and will perform further troubleshooting. Thanks!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] nikki_fz:
Anyone kind to help me pls
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] 50cents:
Hi, does this toolbox have the capability to cycle using battery and then take power? Would like to use it for a wall mounted tablet and not have continuous power driven to it but wonder if this can be done via toolbox or I would need to have that automated at the power-source?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] CoffeeMachineSwitch:
Thanks, understood. What would be the ADB commands to disable parental control, and OTA, resp.? (mine is a Fire HD 10, 2019
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] roomer11:
Great toolbox, thank you!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Use the toolbox! You can't disable Parental Controls. You can only keep them under your control. OTA updates and Automatic Updates are on page 2 of the toolbox under Modify System Settings. Turn them both off for best results. Also on page 2 is Parental Controls Hide. It will keep annoying messages from popping up because we're trying to defeat it's purposes.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] radshak meshak abedyaknow:
Hey thanks for the toolbox! VERY helpful! Especially for an amateur like me!

A couple things to report... I had major issues with the toolbox program itself after installing the v20.1 micropatch and had to walk it back to 20.0. Almost everything I tried to do triggered the same error message. I can't remember what it said (sorry). But it allowed me to either close the app, continue (ignore the problem), or view a (rather lengthy) detail log. Most of the time I could just continue without issues. Once or twice something didn't work. I'm tempted to say that it said something about not being able to find files, which may have something to do with the other much less menacing issue I still have (having reinstalled 20.0)... When I go to the settings menu and click the "About" button, in the window that pops up, the "Open Installation Directory" button and the "Open ADB Directory" button both point to an invalid directory, "C:\Users\[MY_USERNAME]\AppData\Local\Datastream\Fire". I believe the final folder in the directory should be "Fire Toolbox V20.0".
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] kernkamp:
Hello Datastream33, hope all's well.

Unfortunately, I'm having the same "unhandled exception" problem.

Toolbox was running smoothly but after using the New User setup guide the "unhandled exception" popup problem arose & it is relentless, won't stop popping up.

I've tried your instructions above but the 1st problem arises when:

Double click the bin folder, then double click the Settings folder.

The bin folder does not contain a Settings folder - only "ToolboxResources".

I had downloaded the micropatch at the start before running the toolbox.

After I tried the above instructions, I figured to uninstall the toolbox & redownload but the toolbox does not even show up on my installed programs list (??).

Could you please advise on what to do next to get the toolbox functioning correctly.

Thank you for your help in advance.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] kernkamp:
Resolved.

I just redownloaded the "Version 20.0 - Installer (.exe)" & did not DL the micropatch.

Once toolbox opened the "unhandled exception" pop-up came up but once I clicked continue & closed the micropatch DL option the toolbox is now running smoothly & no more "unhandled exception" pop-up.

I checked over the toolbox files (Run: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Datastream) & now I have to complete file folders (i.e. adb, bin, Fire Toolbox.exe, ToolboxUpdater.exe, unins000.dat, unins000.exe)

The 1st install only had the bin folder w "ToolboxResources" photo thumbnails & the Fire Toolbox.exe.

I have no idea what happened the 1st time DL but after the 2nd DL & not choosing the micropatch seems to have fixed everything. Hopefully, it will be stable now.

Out of curiosity would you have an idea of what exactly happened the 1st DL? Although I'm not a developer (obviously lol) I like to understand & educate myself whenever possible so that I can have a better understanding next time, should something like this happen again.

Here's what happened: the 1st DL had the incorrect device labeled at the homepage but was working smoothly up until after the initial New User setup - was able to correctly install Nova Launcher & Google Play. I went through all the steps except the "Manage Amazon Apps" & went back to it after the New User setup & that's when the "unhandled exception" pop-up occurred & continued constantly until I did the 2nd reinstall of the "Version 20.0 - Installer (.exe)" & did not DL the micropatch.

Thank you again for this Fire Toolbox, it's awesome & much appreciated.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ChillerKern:
Okay, I'll give it a try. Thank you!