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[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] doomedbydefault:
I too have been having issues with the second page not working. I am glad to see that there is a fix already in the next version.

I also wanted to post a small bug (not sure if others have already brought this up). When I load up the Toolbox at the bottom it is showing the wrong tablet. I have the new 2019 (gen 9) HD 10 but the toolbox shows it as a Amazon Fire HD8 (2018). Not sure if this is important or not but thought I would mention it.

I have also had the same issues with Wallchanger that others have mentioned. I would not recommend using it. It jacks up your wallpaper permanently or until you find something else that will work on the Fire tablets to change the wallpapers. I have messed around with a lot of them and some seem to work at first until you reboot and then the same messed up wallpaper that Wallchanger used to replace the original wallpaper with comes back. I have found that the Windows Launcher in the toolbox does allow you to change the wallpaper and it stays through a reboot. BUT even though there is a way to change the lock screen wallpaper it does not work. It will use the same wallpaper that you set for your Home screen. I have not tried other launchers to see if others have a way that works for both lock and home screens. If anyone has found launchers that allow you to change both wallpapers, and works through a reboot, I would love to hear which ones.

Thanks for the amazing work you have done. Love the toolbox!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] dgxq:
Hi, I just finally got around to rooting my HD10 last night using the information found here, and I am not sure which way to proceed forward. I was previously using unrooted stock 5.6.2.0 ROM with Google Playstore, NovaLauncher, and LauncherHijack. I found that my experience was laggy, and switching between applications like Google Docs and a PDF reader meant that something would have to be reloaded into RAM.

I was wondering if I should use ToolBox to remove the Amazon bloat to make my tablet faster and multitasking more efficient without having to reload apps into RAM?

Or would installing Lineage OS be the way to go? I am slightly reluctant about installing Lineage OS because it seems more complicated.

My essential apps are Google Docs, Foxit PDF reader, Xodo PDF reader, Google Drive, Dropbox, Firefox, Edge, Chrome, Moon Reader +, VLC, and Microsoft Office. Thanks for your advice.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] GadgetLady:
Getting my Fire 10 today. I've used the toolbox before on 2 Fire 7s. Do I still need Launcher Hijack to install Nova? Unclear on this. I basically just want to have the Play Store and Nova. Thanks!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Personally, I would go for LineageOS and get away from FireOS. Trust me, LineageOS will show the true meaning of a great experience on your tablet. But, if you don't want to make the switch or you aren't ready I would recommend downloading system apps remover and uninstalling everything from Amazon that you don't want. However be careful as an update to the tablet may be able to unroot your tablet (I'm not sure that it would happen but it could).

So the first thing to do if you are staying on FireOS is to remove the packages responsible for OTAs. If you need a guide on doing so please follow these steps:

Open the Toolbox.

Click on the ADB Shells tool.

Then click on Standard Shell.

in the terminal type the following commands (pressing ENTER after each command):

su

After executing the command above please look at your tablet and Grant root access to Shell before continuing. You will know if you are root if your $ turns to a # in the terminal.

pm uninstall com.amazon.device.software.ota

pm uninstall com.amazon.settings.systemupdates

pm uninstall com.amazon.device.software.ota.override

pm uninstall com.amazon.kindle.otter.oobe.forced.ota

That should hopefully disable OTAs for good. Best of luck and let me know if you have further questions. I'm here to help! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
If your tablet was made in 2017 or earlier you will unfortunately need LauncherHijack. If your device was made in 2018 or later you won't need LH. However, you don't necessarily need LauncherHijack at all. You can hide Fire Launcher and use ParentalControlsHide to block the parental control messages. The only reason why we use LauncherHijack is because it bypasses the need for parental controls to display messages when Fire Launcher isn't enabled. Well I suppose the home button can break as well.... That's probably the main reason... :p

I hope that makes sense. Please let me know if you have further questions! Thanks! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Goldenmeadow:
Hi everybody!

I just used toolbox on 2019 HD 10 and have a question about Chrome browser...

I simply can't find it!!! I can't get it from Playstore.

The it way is to sideload apk...

Any ideas why?

And also option for removing Parental controls does nothing...

Thanks!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
First off, I'm not sure as to why Google Chrome doesn't appear in the Play Store on some devices so sideloading is the way to go! Secondly, the reason why Parental Controls Hide isn't working is likely due to an issue with accessibility not being enabled for the service automatically by the Toolbox. For some reason or other I cannot get it to work because I can't change the enabled_accessibility_services string from ADB. Not sure why that is?! ?

But, to get it to work all you need to do is open the Settings app, then tap on Accessibility, and enable the ParentalControlHide service. This should get it up and running. Hope this helps! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] cptgraah:
Hello,

Great tool! I am unfortunately having issues with wallchanger. Every time i go to use it in the toolbox and install it, it runs great until the image selection. I can click on the image I want, but when it says do you want to crop it, I click "yes" but every image I try it says "editing not supported for this image". How do I get this app to work correctly/set images to my background??

Thank you!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] tlaprint:
I have system update disabled and have not allowed it to update ever. I used the toolbox to disable all of amazon apps and set nova to default launcher. Today it seems amazon pushed two new apps books and newsstand (these apps are not listed in the apps within everything amazon inside toolbox) and this has enabled the default fire launcher. How can I block them from pushing apps onto the device?

Also using package identifier, for newsstand it does not identify the pakage and for books it will not disable package it gives an error.

For the launcher I just disabled fire launcher again and nova works as default again but now I have 2 amazon apps that were forced onto the device and I cant get rid of.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
I did some further research on Wallchanger and found out it was made by a developer named DPAPPS and Wallchanger was designed for Android 2.3 (gingerbread)!

Well, that explains why it doesn't work. Its freaking from 2016 or earlier. I also discovered it was at one time uploaded to the Google Play Store but was since removed. The last know update was V1.5 (same version included in the Toolbox). Maybe we could decompile it and see how it works and then create an updated version? I don't know but I thought you guys might find this information interesting. ;)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
To be honest, Wallchanger hasn't exactly been the best at providing a way to change the lockscreen wallpaper. After all the app is from 2016 and by today's standard its quite depreciated. I'm looking for an alternative, and hopefully we will be up and running with custom lockscreen wallpapers soon. Stay tuned! ;)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
You know, I wish I had an answer for you. I'd love to figure out how these apps are coming back myself. :confused:

Can you provide what error you are recieving when attempting to disable the books app? Perhaps, it would also be a good idea to download App Inspector and see if you can find the apps package name that way?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Firstly, thanks for the report... both issues you've encountered here will hopefully be resolved in the upcoming update. :good::)

Secondly, I completely understand where you are coming from with Wallchanger. I managed to do some research on it and apparently its from 2016 which explains a lot. It is very depreciated at this point but its all we have. But, yeah I would stay away from it as well. I don't blame you for that! :D

In addition, I don't believe a launcher will be able to set the lockscreen wallpaper and have it stay (Nova can do this but the wallpaper will be changed by the OS on screen off).
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] tlaprint:
I had put activity name instead of the package name, that is why I was getting the error.

I have the automatic updates disabled but that applies only to the operating system, I think they are pushing updates to the individual amazon apps and that is why they are showing up again, unless there is a way to block the updates to all of the disabled amazon apps they will likely start showing up when each app is updated.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Jollyriffic:
tried to use this couple days ago, something about the new code was wrong, as per the comments.

is that why the download link isn't working?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] LEGITCAMPER:
Q: Having issues with the recent 6.5 version .exe

after installing the newest version and opening the program it took a longer than usual time compared to the bat version. After waiting patiently it said please plug in a gerneration between 4-9 is 10 unsuported as of now on the newest version? do i have to stick with the old version with limited features for now?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
The download link isn't working because of an issue with an embedded virus that was sneaking its way into the Toolbox's installer from my infected PC. I've cleaned up my system and removed the virus. Please bear with me as I have a lot going at the moment and haven't been able to recompile the batch version of the Toolbox.

I'm doing my best to optimize VB Toolbox. Please keep in mind that VB Toolbox is fairly new and will need improvements. These improvements will come in time. In fact, in a few days I will be releasing an update that fixes most issues with VB Toolbox. Please be patient with me. Thanks! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
I'm working on fixing these issues. Please be patient with me! Thanks! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Jollyriffic:
Thanks for the update.

should i consider reinstalling windows since i had downloaded that version and ran it on my pc?

would an older version work with the latest update, they keep windowing my nova launcher.

my hope is to one day figure out how to just remove their OS (there doesn't seem to be a nooblet how-to guide).

their os is basically the equivalent of impulse purchases, like checkout at any store, not a fan of their os.

anyways, glad you got your stuff fixed. can be a real pain in the ass dealing with that stuff.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Hogwarts:
An embedded virus? Are you joking?

Why has a moderator at XDA not stickied this topic and a warning to those of us who downloaded it.

Not only did the tool not work (All of the amazon apps came back) but now you're saying a virus is on the loose. Great......
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
The virus only infected the installers for versions 6.3 to 6.4 of the batch edition. The links have been removed and I wiped my PC completely. But, I can say with 100% certainty that VB Toolbox is completely safe and virus free. Please see this post for further details.

I never meant for it to happen and I completely apologize for its occurrence.

In addition, I'm working through the process of finding a way to prevent the apps from coming back after they have been disabled.

All in all, I deeply apologize for the bad experience...
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
If you run an anti-virus scan on your machine and it comes back safe you should be fine. I would recommend running a scan from Malwarebytes and your AV as well.

I'm not sure what tablet you are using, but there are editions of LineageOS around that you could install over FireOS to get away from the Amazon ecosystem. I believe the devices that supports LineageOS is karnak, ford, and austin devices. There might be more... I'm not entirely sure. In addition, if you own a douglas device there is a guide on installing SlimLP, or LineageOS.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Sometimes that happens to me as well! I'll accidentally put in the activity name on accident as well. Happens to the best of us... :P

But, yeah I think you are 100% correct. Now, we just gotta figure out what system component is responsible for the updates and see if there is a way we can stop it from happening... ?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] cptgraah:
Thanks so much for the feedback! I actually installed the Nova architecture and it allowed me to change the wallpaper simply by clicking the screen! Super easy! :)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Davy49:
Hi,

I have a question for you, as far as the most recent version of the toolbox that's listed on page # 1 (Version 6.5.4), has anyone else ran into the issue that I did when I tried downloading / installing it ? To grab the download file when I clicked on the download link, I was taken to the media fire web site, the file started downloading and then when it got finished I received a notice from the browser (Chromium Edge) that the file might be dangerous and was asked if I wanted to discard it or keep it. The first time I downloaded it, I checked the file with two different virus software, 0 viruses were found. But when I attempted to open the file it wasn't a exe file, but a different type and windows asked me which program I wanted to use to open the file. I guess I got paranoid after that and deleted the file. To be a bit more clear, with the virus scan's showing the file was okay, I now feel as though I should have tried one of the other download site's, as I might have had better results.

David
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
[UPDATE]Amazon Fire Toolbox V6.55 is Released!

What's up everybody?! Hope everyone is having a great Friday night so far!

Dropping tonight we have the V6.55 performance/bug fix update.

This update fixes numerous issues with the Toolbox. Some of these fixes include: device detection is now quicker and more accurate, Maverik devices are now properly detected, settings are now properly saved, bugs and issues with Remove Everything Amazon have been fixed, and the bug that was causing the Toolbox to be unable to detect the tablet when switching from page 1 to page 2 has also been squashed! Also In this update we also see the addition of the Device Information tool return from batch Toolbox!

If you'd like to review everything that was fixed/added in this update you view the changelog from this update below:

NOTE: When you first start the Toolbox it will display the welcome message and then the Changelog. After closing out of the changelog the Toolbox will appear to be frozen, please do not attempt to close out of it. It is just setting up the environment and should be responsive within no more then 10 seconds. This is the only time this should happen on startup. Thanks!

If you'd like to download the new update please head on over to the Downloads section of the OP or use the Toolbox's built-in updater!

I'm constantly working on making improvements to the Toolbox and doing my best to keep things under control. But, now that we've got a majority of the bugs squashed I think its time that a few new tools should be added. More on this as we move forward! ;)

For those of you looking for the VirusTotal link you will find the results of the scan here.

That's all I got for you guys, I hope this update brings a better experience and you enjoy it! Until the next update guys! I'll catch you later! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] verfananas777:
EDIT2> SO SORRY, LANGUAGE WAS RESET TO GERMAN, MY FAULT. REMOVAL OF THE APPS WORKS FINE!

THANK YOU!

Thank you so much for your work. Release has been faster then expected.

Unfortunately, hiding everything Amazon still does not work on my Fire 7HD pad still, thoughI can now make it to the second page of the settings at least.

It shows: Running tasks:

-checking the generation of the table: OK

-Hiding everything Amazon

and that's it.

Nothing more happens, though waiting for a long time.

Access is given, of course, Remove Lockscreen Ads already went through (with some further work).

Edit: FireOS Version: 5.3.7.0 (650601220)

Android Version: 5.1.1

Security Patch: 2019-07-01

Chipset: MT8127

In case that should help
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jasonrabbit:
Thanks

Thanks for all your hard work
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hey man, just saw this. To clerify everything is working as intended right? Thank you! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
No problem! Have a great night :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] BetaBlaze:
Hello, I really love using the toolbox to install launchers and remove the bloatware the Fire 10HD comes with. In contrast, I've come to a problem with my device and selecting the time zone it chooses. Every time I select the change timezone in settings it crashes and goes back two pages to the user settings. I believe this was caused because of the remove all Amazon button in the toolbox. If there is any fix to this please let me know.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
To correct the issue please follow these steps(this guide is designed for generations 8+, if you have a generation 7 or below let me know):

Open the Toolbox

click on the "ADB Shells" tool.

Execute a "Standard Shell".

Type the following command and press ENTER:

pm enable com.amazon.kindle.otter.oobe

Executing the command above will re-enable Device Setup and will allow you to change the timezone without issues. If you encounter further issues please do let me know. Best of luck and hope this post helps you! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] stevejohnson42:
Maybe delay work around

I have Fire 7 ( 9th generation ) - running OS 6.3.1.5

Just did the following ; I did allow for the Fire launcher to be active , uninstalled Launcher Hijaker and Installed Evie Launcher - which then imported my settings from Nova. I have navigation bar enabled - going from app to app ( have app open , touch center navigation circle ) takes me to home screen and can open another app - no delay like I was getting with Nova

Am I seeing what I want to see or is this combo just working like we want it to ?

Thoughts ? Anybody else game to try it ?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] AmznUser444 Dev:
[MENTION=8560782]Datastream33[/MENTION], Fire toolbox works only in Windows 10. It works with Windows 7/8.1?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] biogon:
I used the Toolbox for Nova Launcher on the most recent version and it works perfectly.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
The Toolbox should be able to run on Windows versions that support .Net Framework 4.7.5.

According to Microsoft the supported operating systems for .Net Framework 4.7.5 are:

* Windows Server 2016 (version 1709)

* Windows 10 Anniversary Update (version 1607) (x86 and x64)

* Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703) (x86 and x64)

* Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (version 1709) (x86 and x64)

* Windows Server 2012 R2 (x64)

* Windows 8.1 (x86 and x64)

* Windows Server 2012 (x64)

* Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (x64)

* Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (x86 and x64)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] AmznUser444 Dev:
It supports latest version of .NET Framework for using Windows 10 1903?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
I don't see a reason why it wouldn't. ;)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Davy49:
Hello,

This app. just keeps getting better & better, I'm running v 6.5 has anyone else ran into this, when I click on the sideload app's button there aren't any apk files showing. I'm wondering if the system deleted them, anyway I'll continue to search for them and hopefully I'll be able to locate them.

Thanks,

David
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Martini78USA:
I need HELP! :(

Hi folks,

I'm trying to apply this tool on my AMAZON FIRE HD 10 9th Gen.

I'm using my Mac mini, I install the VirtualBox + Win10 + addons for USB etc.

The Win10 knows and see the Amazon Fire connected on USB, BUT the TOOLBOX not and said NO DEVICE FOUND.....

How can I do that? ONLY on another machine with native Windows?

Thank you for any help.

:good:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Kovaelin:
Is there no hardware GPS in this tablet?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] sd_shadow:
No GPS in any of the Amazon Fires
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Kovaelin:
Oh, I forgot to specify that I have the HD8. I suppose the answer would have been the same. Thank you.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] larryxw:
Does anyone have the Chrome browser apk link that I can download in order to sideload please?

---------- Post added at 04:55 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:11 AM ----------

Nevermind. I downloaded another brower from the Play store and was able to sideload after that.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] tlaprint:
I have never updated fire HD8 and have the automatic update disabled in the developer options and it updated anyway yesterday, so it seems that blocking the automatic updates is not working. None of the amazon app or launcher came back with the update.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] specterflare:
Thanks! (and a bug report)

Thank you so much, [MENTION=8560782]Datastream33[/MENTION] This tool has made using my kindle so much faster and more enjoyable. I have VB Toolbox version 6.55, and the back arrow (the one in the top right corner) doesn't work in the "User Management" tab.

Also, if you wouldn't mind, I do have one little suggestion. Most of the tabs in the Toolbox, once clicked one, have options you can select to perform, or the back arrow in the corner if you want to go back. However, some of them, namely "Google Assitant", "Google Services", "Lockscreen Wallpaper", "Parental Control Hide", and "Remove Lockscreen Ads" don't have a back arrow, but a "Yes" or "No" choice. I personally had a mini-heart attack because I couldn't find the back arrow out of "Google Assistant" before I realized it I had to click "No" at the bottom to get out.

For the sake of consistency, you could make just one "Yes" button at the bottom and replace the "No" with a back arrow like the rest of the tabs. Either way, thank you so much for your amazing tool!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Kovaelin:
If you close the Window, it will also bring you back to the main menu as if it were a back arrow. I would also like to add my +1 to the recommendation though, for consistency.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Yeah, it appears that Amazon doesn't honor the "Automatic Updates" setting. Either way the update is still downloaded. This was more of a hope then an actual resolution.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Thank you for the suggestions. I can see that UI consistancy is something that needs to be improved on. I will honor these suggestions and implement them into the next update. Stay tuned! ;)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
As I can see some aspects of the UI are causing confusion... I will make sure to fix the issues in the next update. Thank you for the recommendations! Stay tuned! :D