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[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] UncleMarty:
Datastream33, thank you SO much for the toolbox. You clearly put a LOT of work into this! I find it hard to believe that Amazon think the fire tablets are acceptable, their version of android is GARBAGE and virtually every change they've made to android sucks and you've shown them how its done! I wish I could send a donation your way but im just a single daddy of an amazing autistic little 4 year old girl and money is always tight.

So much love for you bro! <3
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] mpgrimes:
I just read an article saying starting the 28th the 2018 hd8 and 7 will be getting an update rolled out that upgrades it to Android 9, I'm assuming there will need to be some updating to this tool to support the new changes?

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you sure you have adb enabled?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] UncleMarty:
One of the options I noticed was to disable OTA updates so it should be fine. You can also install DNSfilter using F-Droid and block the device from being able to contact Amazons servers (which is what I did and also blocks a lot of ads in games and apps).

Stay safe buddy!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Carlangaman:
Cannot find location on Liberty Go app

Amazon Fire 8 (8th gen). Last year I did google services etc install manually before the toolbox updated to do the tablet. This is my mothers tablet and today I decided to start her from scratch and do the toolbox to see if it could help with the app that never worked on the previous manual install of google services. The toolbox hack went well and all works good EXCEPT one app which is called "Liberty Go" which is from my cable provide from the Play Store. Once a stream is selected a pop up comes up saying cannot find a location so it doesn't play anything and brings you back to the main screen. Maps/other apps can find the location without issue. I changed various location settings and nothing works. What can I do to get the stupid app to play for her? Thanks!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] cliobass:
Hi, I am getting a new Fire HD 10 and am keen to use the tool to install google play store etc

Went to install 7.3 and windows defender stopped it from running (not had this before). checked the file on virustotal and it states it has W32.AIDetectVM.malware5, I checked the other virustotal results and all of version 7.x seem to have this highlighted malware or 7.2 states Trojan-Dropper.MSIL.Binder and BScope.Trojan.Swrort

Couldn't find anything from searching the thread apart from really the 6.5 virus issue. Can anybody advise as really want the toolkit but don't want to install malware/trojan onto my machine - are these not ones to be worries about?

Thanks,
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] VirALinf3cti0n420:
Yes I can acces recovery.

I have done a factory reset through the recovery and that didn't help.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Steveo0o30:
Hi all, so I saw you said there is a parental lock issue.

Here are my steps after I got it and how it seems to be fixed.

Did a factory reset, skipped amazon login firstly and did a full amazon apps delete, then I couldn't watch any videos on the playstore because of the parental issue.

So I re-installed the amazon apps

Went into the parental lock settings,logged in.

Then proceeded to install all the google apps and playstore apps I wanted.

Also updated the tablet os as was available.

Deleted back the amazon apps using the toolbox of course

And now no more parental issues.

Hope this helps anyone else.

Update: Issue still there,will wait for 3.0. Can't grant permission to some apps for external storage.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Alright guys,

So, I think its now time to launch V3.0. However, manual selection for removing amazon apps will not be present in this release. I will work on it on the side and update the toolbox when it is stable and effective. I hope you guys will understand. Despite this, we have a few new features, UI improvements, improved performance, and other various changes that I'm excited to reveal. Update V3.0 WILL be released sometime today and will be available very soon! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] THERAJ12:
Sweet...but we should still avoid the Amazon removal feature in the build right?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
I think its fairly stable now. Fire HD 8 (2018) tablets are supported in this build and I've taken a few precautions to avoid the issues we faced with the 7th gen tablets. I decided the Toolbox will only remove certain applications (mainly the Amazon apps visible on the launcher). I've also included a simple yes/no dialog box that will ask you if you want to proceed with removing Fire Launcher, and Fire Keyboard. As for 7th gen tablets I've white listed some previously blacklisted apps in hopes that it will at least solve some issues 7th gen tablets have been having lately. But, I do think we don't need to avoid the removal features this time. I will release it as is and see if any reports/issues occur and will address them in the V3.1 update with manual selection. Hope I was able to answer your question! :D

BTW, Great question :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
The Toolbox is now compiling, and I will be uploading it to the update server, and the file hosters when it is done! Can't WAIT FOR YOU GUYS TO SEE THE NEW UPDATE!!! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] GroovinChip:
You're a legend, thanks for all your hard work and enthusiasm!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drizzt09:
I assume its still going because update within the app fails. downloads 3.0 to desktop but its not readable.

Will 3.0 have launcher hijack? cant seem to find it in 2.1

thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] kojam:
D-I-T-T-O!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Steveo0o30:
Awesome, thanks soo much for your time and effort. My fire tab 8 is now actually useable and pretty responsive.

Waiting patiently for 3.0 ??
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drizzt09:
ok i see 3.0 is downloadable now from the first post. installed and recognizes my daughters new Fire HD 8 (8Gen).

2.1 closes when connecting to the Fire 7 (7Gen). 3.0 connects to it but doesnt recognize the model.

Reboot command worked. Ill test some more features once i confirm i have everything backedup from it
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] tonytk003:
After using the tool v3.0 , I cannot connect the tablet to a laptop with a cable. I can't copy data from laptop to tablet. Please fix it
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] klausb65:
Is it possible to set a break into the tool if no device is detected? And an option to change the color? I think it is hard to see blue on black.

Thanks for your great work
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] klausb65:
an other question, is this error normal when I try the root shell?

Failed critical init step 4: No such process
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] NuttyBuddy:
I was able to remove everything Amazon, but not able to restore everything Amazon. I have a Fire HD 8 2018.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Steveo0o30:
I used 2.3 to restore everything and then used 3.0 to remove. No issues so far. Parental problem gone, able to copy files like normal using pc also
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
I've noticed that the in app updates do indeed fail as well. I will take a mental note of this and fix this in the next upcoming update. Thank you for letting me know. In addition, if you would like to install Launcher Hijack you can do so by using the "sideload Apps" tool. Just click the "Browse" button and it will take you to a directory full of app directories. Select the "Launcher Hijack" directory and then click and select the LauncherHijack.apk file. Then simply hit the "Sideload" button and the Toolbox will do the rest. :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drizzt09:
Ok thanks. I thought that was to aideload whatever other apps we gathered ourselves. Didn't realize it had a directory of already provided apks. I'll check it out.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Yeah, sorry about not informing you all about V3.0 being released. Now about your Fire HD 7 (2017) tablet. I've just noticed that I haven't added support for the HD 7 (2017) tablets yet, which is something I will get on ASAP!

It appears the Toolbox has some bugs that need to be fixed, so I will add this to the list. Thanks!

BTW, sorry for the lack of support. I will get on it. :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] weave423:
Yea, I do. Once I got home & had time to tinker with it, the drivers didn't install. Had to do it manually. Works now.

How do you get the Smart TV You tube on it?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hmm, sounds like the app is missing the Location permission. Close the app (remove from recents), open the Settings app, scroll down and find the Apps & Notifications, select Manage All Applications, find the app from the list, tap on Permissions, and toggle the Location permission on. That should do the trick! If you need further help please do let me know and best of luck! :fingers-crossed:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Carlangaman:
I tried that since last year and yesterday as well with no luck. Tried a bunch of stuff including using the maps apps as location/changing to wifi/bt only/full/giving the app full permission/every setting under the sun I think lol even automate app option for google location and nothing. Ended up finding an older version that doesn't use location services and finally it works in that old version! Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] tim servo:
I just picked up a new HD 10 and am attempting to install the Toolbox on it, however I have run into an issue. I'm running Windows 7 and went through the installation process, the installer asked to install the additional drivers and I clicked yes on everything. When I plugged my tablet in, as predicted, Windows was unable to find drivers for it. However, when plugged in, Toolbox (v7.3) just gives the message "No Device was detected. Please plug in a Fire Tablet." I'm using the included USB cable, have tried plugging into multiple ports, and restarted my PC, but get the same result regardless. USB debugging is enabled, and Windows shows it as an unspecified device in the control panel. What can I do to get Toolbox to see the tablet?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] kgonepostl:
Hey, that worked great, thx!! Now how do I get rid of that lockscreen. I've used both "wallchanger", and Amazon prime folders", and I can't get rid of these lockscreen ads. With wallchanger I click "crop", and it only affects the home screen. I use the "amazon folders", select the lock screen picture, select the home screen picture, apply the wallpapers, click "set lock screen, and home screen". It sets the home wallpaper just fine, but I still got the lock screen ads, and it's driving me nuts!!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
There are three ways you can remove the advertisements:

1. Contact Amazon and request the ads to be removed.

2. Disable/hide the Special Offers app using the Manage Everything Amazon tool.

3. Execute the Remove Lockscreen Ads tool on the second page of the Toolbox (click the ">" button at the bottom right).

If you need further help please don't hesitate to ask. Best of luck! :fingers-crossed:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
You may need to perform the driver installation manually before the Toolbox will be able to recognize the device. Try following this guide and see if this resolves the issue. Best of luck and please do let me know if you require further help! Thanks! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] GreedyGames:
Get rid of "Please sign in" Notification

So I used the toolbox, installed Google Play and stuff.

Used my own Gmail Account to install everything but I wanted to prepare the tablet for my grandpa. Afterwards I created a Gmail Account for him and wanted to sign off from my account and just leave his account on there.

I took the advice from the FAQ by signing out from myaccounts.google but that left me with the notification that the account was signed off.

How do I get rid of the notification?

Or how to I sign off the correct way?

Im sorry if this has been asked previously but there are so many pages in this thread :D

Thanks in advance!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] weave423:
I seen in the description of things you can do with this & seen something about YouTube.

I'm not seeing where that is in the Toolbox.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Zendrick42:
Crackling Sound bug when device plays audio while locked

EDIT: Turns out it's a hardware issue. The bug is still there after a factory reset.

I have a Fire HD 8+ (2020 10th gen). After automatically disabling all amazon features through "Manage Everything Amazon", the device makes this weird crackling static noise whenever it tries to play audio while the screen is locked.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] dprat:
Installed toolbox. Works great.

The only thing - from time to time and after various actions, I get a grey badge message on the bottom of the screen, for example:

If I click on the volume buttons, I get:

Category: system

Name: "volume_music_speaker"

Value: ##

How do I turn this off?

Thank you.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] lob-star:
Hey there,

On the Fire HD 8 Plus swiftkey and nova launcher are not installed when removing all things amazon automatically. This results in no keyboard on the system. Reverting did not restore it either for some reason. Chrome also will not sync regardless of restarts and permissions though play services seems to be fully updated. Any ideas? I did deregister it and restore factory defaults and ended up with the same results.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] culturalproduct:
Windows 7 Toolbox won't run or recognize tablet

New Fire 8 2020 latest OS.

Windows 7 on an AMD 64 based laptop.

The laptop will recognize the tablet and will allow file transfer through an explorer window.

When I installed the Amazon Fire Toolbox .exe file, it detected that I was not running Windows 10, and a dialogue asked to download additional drivers and that seemed to proceed properly.

After all that, the Toolbox dialogue said it could not find a device/tablet, so I went through the manual installation instructions until I got to:

"Press the "Open" button, and then hit the "OK" button.

Underneath "Model" select the "Android ADB Interface".

When I "press the open and hit OK" I get an error message saying that there are no relevant drivers in the folder.

The "Model" option never appears.

I've reinstalled drivers, rebooted everything, disconnected and reconnected the tablet, etc. No change.

Does this just not work on Win v7?

Other than not working its a very cool concept ;)

Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] digdig1973:
Extracting file from mirror #2 link v7.2

Hi. After downloading mirror #2 to my google drive, I attempted to extract file to my PC. after a couple minutes I received an error box that read:

"COULDN'T ZIP FILE" Amazon Fire Toolbox V7.2/adb/Apkinstall.exe "THE FILE CONTAINS A VIRUS"

What would be my next step?

Thanks in advance!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hello friend,

I can assure you the detection is a false positive. The next step would be to whitelist the Toolbox's root folder in your anti-virus. Good luck and let me know if you need further help. :fingers-crossed:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] chiefwigms:
Go to "Settings -> Device Options -> Keyboard & Language -> Show/Hide Keyboards", swiftkey should be there (before finding that, i manually reinstalled it with adb)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
It might be an issue with Unknown Sources not being toggled correctly (this issue will be fixed in the next update). Try opening the Toolbox, click Modify System Settings, then toggle Install from Unknown Sources to Allowed and then re-execute the Custom Launcher tool. That should do the trick, and if it doesn't please do let me know! Best of luck!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] digdig1973:
Thanks so much for the quick response....I will give that a try!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
No problem. Please do let me know how it goes and best of luck :fingers-crossed:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] thomashong:
None available. SwiftKey not installed.

Tried this but still does not work. Workaround is to restore Fire keyboard, install SwiftKey from Play Store and enable, and disable Fire keyboard again.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] noolder:
Just stopping by to say a big thank you for this fantastic tool. Just bought a Fire HD 10 (2019) and only used a few of the options so far: Removed the lockscreen ads, installed GMS etc and installed nova launcher perfectly with just a few clicks. I have not removed the remaining Amazon bloat stuff yet (didn't see any harm leaving that for now) and the tablet is working perfectly so far with Nova.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] lob-star:
Negative on that. Can't find it on the device at all. I got around this by installing gboard before disabling all amazon stuff.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] anon/droid:
How to get rid of OTA and bloatware without current access to the Amazon Fire Toolbox

Hey [MENTION=8560782]Datastream33[/MENTION], thanks a lot for your great work! I have a HD 8 (6th gen, 2016) and a HD 10 (7th gen 2017) which I am looking forward to using Amazon Fire Toolbox with. Right now I don't have a Windows machine available though.

What exactly does the Amazon Fire Toolbox do to disable OTA updates?

I can access my tablets via adb from Linux and MacOS, and mtk-su does give me root. I am afraid that an unwanted OTA update could change this while I am trying to get access to a Windows PC, so I'd like to run the required commands manually already now. What is the best way?

What are the current" industry best practices" to get rid of bloat packages?

I came across so many conflicting suggestions regarding the removal of bloatware, some suggest pm hide or pm disable or pm disable-user or pm uninstall and then once again with different options (-k, --user, ...) or no options at all. What are the differences? What does Amazon Fire Toolbox use and why?

EDIT: Regarding OTA, I just executed the two commands suggested in this thread, i.e.

pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.amazon.device.software.ota
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.amazon.kindle.otter.oobe.forced.ota

Are these still the proper ones, any comments?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] tim servo:
That worked, thanks for the response and very thorough step-by-step!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Mitalis:
Hello,

I really appreciate this all-in-one toolbox. I was able to get my Google Account setup w/ the play store services, etc. on my 2020 Fire 8 HD Plus.. However the only thing that I seem to be having an issue is with is having the ability to restore/download the apps I previously purchased through the Play Store. Is there a workaround for this?

Thanks in advance.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
No problem! More then happy to help! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] cmontes77:
Tablet: Amazon Fire HDX 7" 3rd Generation (2013)

Device's codename: thor

Please, Hope you can help me. Thanks.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Could you specify what version of Android it runs? I think so far Android 5 is the lowest we can go without making a few major changes. In the meantime, could you please unquote the original post? It takes a lot of space, and makes scrolling the current page a hassle. Thank you very much friend! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Strange, I swear these tablets do some interesting stuff sometimes! Anyways, nicely done on finding a workaround! :good::D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] masteray:
Bluetooth Mouse not working

Hi all,

my MX Anywhere 2S can be connected with my Fire HD 10 (2019) but doesn' work. Do I need to re-enable Everything Amazon or is this problem not related?

Thnx for your support.

ay
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
psst, here is a sneak preview at what's coming in the next update... ?

[YOUTUBE]R2Ny1F_O57U[/YOUTUBE]
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] chezybezy:
Confused r.e. Process, would someone kindly clarify.

Hi,

I think this is the correct thread.

10" fire tablet should arrive today (Generation: 9th generation (2019 release)). Am I ok to use the tool just to install google play store?

Do I have to do things in a special order as suggested in another thread to get gmail, chrome, netflix, gdrive, paid apps, Disney plus etc to work? Iirc it was sign in on stock email app first, install netflix Disney etc from amazon, disable alexa / all amazon auto updates then hope it works? If so how would this work with the tool box or will it not influence?

Or can I ignore all this (last paragraph) and use the tool box then install the apps and it'll just all work?

Also if I am only adding play store etc can I remove this if I need to return the tablet for any reason? I don't think it would void any warranty...

I have looked at several pages beginning and end to try see but am still unsure re the install / what's working procedure. It probably doesnt help I read all the comments for the solo procedure... Would it be simpler to just find updated instructions to install play store on its own and not use the tool kit?

Many thanks.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] RVD26:
exfat memory card

Is there any way to allow exfat memory cards on the HD 10?

Out of the box, it doesn't work, but I am hoping there is a way to allow it.

I really want to play my movies from the sd card over 4GB.

The HD 10 will format as fat32, but this will not allow files over 4GB.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] anon/droid:
Sorry, I cannot answer your other questions (as I haven't done this yet either), but I can answer this one.

If you open the built-in "Settings" app and run "Device Options → Reset to Factory Defaults", all your data (including all the apps you installed and their settings) and all changes you made with Amazon Fire Toolbox will be completely removed and reset. No traces are left unless you also modified the boot and recovery partitions by e.g. installing TWRP. But for this you would have used additional tools and procedures that come with their own instructions on how to revert them; if you only used Amazon Fire Toolbox a factory reset will do.

Regarding the order, perhaps you just give it a try, Amazon Fire Toolbox is quick and easy to use, so I wouldn't bother trying the steps manually. Just factory reset and try again if things don't turn out the way you expected. (Just my 2cents, contrary opinions welcome!)

The problem with ExFAT is that Microsoft charges license fees for its use, which some manufactures apparently choose to pay for the benefit of their users, but quite a lot just don't. In these cases where ExFAT is not supported, you are out of luck unless you are able to change the OS kernel (as file systems are generally kernel stuff, except if the kernel already includes support for user space file systems).

Possible workarounds to try in general (not specific to the Fire tablets; in fact I haven't tried them here myself yet):

Try formatting your SD card with Windows NTFS or Linux ext4, one or the other quite often works.

There may be "explorer" type apps which include ExFAT support so they can read ExFAT formatted media even though the rest of the system cannot. Some developers might have found a way for you to view larger video files stored on ExFAT through some trick.