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[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] exlr8:
Hey saix, I am a total noob but after getting toolbox installed with much help from blaacksheep, I did see an option to manage amazon apps, maybe check in there for anything disabled. What firmware did yours come with?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] kb0npw:
I think I have everything going as well as can be expected since I just received my HD10 today with 7.2.2.3. One issue I notice is that when I'm in portrait orientation, I can hit the One Button Navigation button at the bottom and the Amazon interface is immediately replaced by it. I rotate to landscape mode, and we're still good. However, run a program in landscape mode, and exit out of it, and then the old Amazon interface returns. Is there a way to fix this?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
All you need to do is re-enable Shop Amazon in the Manage Amazon Apps tool. Once you sign in there, all your other Amazon apps will work. 😉
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Hi and welcome to XDA!

If you follw the instructions correctly and don't allow your tablet to connect to WiFi until after you've disabled OTA updates in toolbox (assuming you get an earlier firmware version), then you don't need to block anything because the update mechanism will be disabled in the tablet. If you do get 7.3.2.2+ firmware, you just need to hang in there like the rest of us because Amazon will sneak their updates through no matter how hard you try to stop them.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Hi and welcome to XDA!

I know this is a long thread, but earlier today I posted the 4 (6) files needed to install google services in this post. You could have saved yourself a lot of trouble if you had seen that. I'm glad you figured it out and got it working. (y)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I'm going to have to edit my post yet again. Since it was written, Datastream33 has added a new option to replace the home button in the Toolkit. It works well without the problem of landscape mode not working properly. If you want to try it, it's in v28.6 of toolkit. Just open the One Button Navigation app and turn it off first. Then apply the Custom Navbar Button option in the Custom Launcher subtool. Note that on light backgrounds, the home button will be invisible but will still work.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] mydave1:
Hi, is there a way to upgrade from the current android 9 to higher version ?. I just received my Fire HD10 Plus with FireOS version 7.3.2.1 & converted successfully with Fire Toolbox V28.6.

Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Long story short - no. You already have the highest version that Toolbox still completely works on. If you were to "upgrade" the firmware any further, you would actually lose functionality and performance due to the extra demands placed on the limited resources of the Fire tablets by the newer firmware and the extra software needed to workaround the new restrictions. If you want an Android tablet with Android 11 or greater, you'll have to spend significantly more money and buy yourself a Samsung Galaxy or similar tablet.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Saix_XIII:
That fixed it. Thanks!

Is there a way to get rid of that stupid alexa icon on the navigation bar? I hate that damn thing.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] grobert2137:
The files aren't working for me. The toolbox wants to install 5.1.1 files instead of the 9.0 ones. Any suggestions?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I think that's the Device Dashboard Icon to which you refer. Launch Toolbox and go to Modify System Settings > SystemUI tab > Device Dashboard Icon toggle. Turn it off. :)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Hi and welcome to XDA!

I hadn't thought about the earlier supported versions of Fire tablets with FireOS 5. Let me see if I can find the files for FireoS 5. Alternately, you can wait for a fix in the form of a micropatch to Toolbox, or you can run the tool several times and allow it to crash. Keep running it until the apk folder has 4 (or 6) files in it that contain the URL's to the files you need. Download those files in your browser and replace the files in the apk folder with them. Finally, run Toolbox again and it should install them this time. It all depends on your comfort level messing around with files and folders.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] phitness:
So I just got a Fire HD 10+ today and immediately tried to use toolbox on it. The google services kept closeing after every file stopped messing with it then. I then uninstalled the lockscreen ads. At some point I got on wifi to log into appstore. I had a popup to disable OTM and did that. My device says it's still running 7.3.2.1 but I when I try to use toolbox now the program doesn't recognize the device anymore so nothing happens. Did I ****up and enable OTM while it was updating the OS? I've done a factory reboot and toolbox still wont recognize that the tablet is plugged in.

I just did all this on my 2016 HD8 last week so when the HD10+ was $100 on primeday I got one. If it's going to be a hasle I'll just return this and keep using the HD8.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] exlr8:
Having a problem trying to install Google Assistant, getting an error saying performing streamed install.

getting same error when trying to install microsoft swiftkey keyboard or any keyboard for that matter.Performing streamed install error.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Saix_XIII:
Thank you once again!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Okay, I think I found your files, but you'll have to install them manually in the order they're numbered. Don't launch anything until all are installed and maybe do a reboot first too. Let it idle 10 minutes so it can update whatever it needs, then launch Play Store and sign in with your Google info.

These files are for 2017 models with FireOS 5 only!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] exlr8:
another question please, under privacy controls,device usage data was checked, is it ok to uncheck it?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Papote3:
Cant remember if I unchecked the "Link device to your Amazon account to simplify setup" box. If I did, should the tablet appear on "My Devices"
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] A-question:
I currently have toolbox V25.1 on my PC from doing someone else's HD10 last year. Should I bother updating it to latest or will I be okay?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Saix_XIII:
For some reason I am not getting notifications from gmail or pretty much any other app on my tablet. I checked the settings for notifications for both the app(s) and the device itself and everything looks good.

Any help would be great. Thank you
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
That would all depend on if you want your device usage data recorded by Amazon to be used for advertising purposes or sold for profit.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I think if you pre-link it, it will appear under My Devices on Amazon's website because that is a listing of all devices associated with your Amazon account.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Some notifications aren't properly displayed on Fire tablets because of things that are removed from Android by Amazon so the best you can do is to install Google Play, and install Contact Sync with Google Services.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Saix_XIII:
Dang that stinks, but it is what it is I guess. I got this mainly for media consumption so it isn't a deal breaker.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] otaku91:
Just got a new device and I am using the Portable version because I would prefer not install anything on the computer that I am currently using. Whenever I run the Google Services installation, the APKs appear to start to download, then the tool closes. Has anyone else had this problem? Other sections of the tool seem to be working OK. I was able to disable OTA updates and remove lock screen ads.

The FireOS version detected by the tool is 7.3.2.1.

After disabling OTA updates, I am OK to connect to WiFi and register the device, correct? It shouldn't update to 7.3.2.2, right.

Thanks in advance!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ajun5:
Thanks for the tool. I'm having a problem trying to run the latest version on my Fire 10. I'm on the step to install Google Services and while it is downloading the first Google package, the application crashes. If I bring up the application again then it thinks the first Google package is already downloaded, so it will move on to the second, and crash shortly after it starts downloading the second. I repeated this until it thought it had all downloaded (I think 4 of them?) and then it got to the step where it gets ready to install them and it says that the packages are corrupt and says to delete them. If I look in that directory in AppData there are the packages in there but they are each around 200 KB, so it seems like it started downloaded each and then crashed. I've tried uninstalling the toolbox and deleting all the toolbox files in AppData and reinstalling, but the same thing happens. Do you know what's going on? Thanks.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Classpro:
I am unable to update the Kindle reader app from the play store. An update shows up, downloads, and then gives me install error. Is there something I need to do to allow the kindle reader app to update?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Here's a link to the files you need to fix this new problem. You need to replace the files in your ....\FTB_V28.6\bin\Google Services\ folder with these, then it will work.

Link to old post
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
You don't want to update any pre-installed Amazon apps with Google's Play store. It will either not work, or it will break the app.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] CulBlu:
Just in case others are still looking for this answer, it appears the Amazon Kindle App is tied to the ``Amazon News stand``.

So for my Kindle 8Plus, I had to use the Manual "Simple" disable option, and I selected of the apps except except the following:

Kindle Store

Amazon Newsstand

Leaving those two in place allowed me to keep the Kindle App in tact.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Yes, Amazon Newsstand is needed for the Kindle app to work properly.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] exlr8:
Hi, I just went thru yesterday what you are going thru today.blaacksheep was kind enough to walk me thru a lot of issues, and he posted apk files back on page 440 that resolved my similar issue with google services. As far as connecting to wifi, I had the same question and found out that you can connect to wifi and register after disabling OTA updates.

If you go back a few pages you will see that I asked similar questions and blaacksheep put me on the path. You didn't mention which tablet you got but I assumed it was an hd 10 2021 11 gen?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] exlr8:
Don't mean to be a pest, but my final issue is this error I am getting when I try to install a custom keyboard. I keep getting an error

"Performing streamed install". Is there any fix for that? Thanks in advance.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
You do know that most any keyboard in the PlayStore will install the standard way, right?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] exlr8:
Yes, but got same error for google assistant. That is probably also available in Play Store, I just dislike error alerts I guess.:confused:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] faenyx:
So I had to reset my sons fire HD 8 tablet. Trying to reinstall Nova via the fire toolbox and I've run into some issues. The middle circle button in the navigation buttons is gone? I also can't set nova as the default launcher. Not sure what to do.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] KfcAS85:
Worked perfect, thought it was my computer. Thanks for your patience and expertise.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Classpro:
Ok. Is there some other way to update it?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] exlr8:
I installed nova, but didn't care for it so I reverted back to default launcher, if you click on the two small dots in the upper right, you can then reinstall fire launcher.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Hi and welcome to XDA!

It sounds like your son's tablet got an update to the latest firmware along with the reset! 🤢

The only method of launcher replacement that works anymore is the replacement of the Home button with a new user-defined button. The current one disappears on light backgrounds but is still active and you know where it is. If you played around with the custom navbar settings in Toolbox, then the state of your navbar may be unusable in it's current state. The easiest thing to do is to reset your tablet again and don't play with the navbar layout or icons if you need to use the Custom Navbar Button method of launcher replacement. This is a new tool and there are still some rough edges to work out.

You can't set anything other than the Fire Launcher as default in the new firmware. Sorry.:confused:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
As the old saying goes: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" If you want to check for an update, go to the Amazon appstore. Anything they have will work.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] otaku91:
That worked. Thanks for your help. It looks like I am having trouble opening GMail. It opens, then immediately crashes. Is that common?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Haizum74:
This is working for me now (14-07-22 @ 17:12 GMT) with the work around, however installing google keyboard has the same crash issue. and running the google assistant task just hangs on download.

Fire 10 HD 2021 Tablet.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Let Google Services update for 10 minutes (just leave your tablet to idle), then open the Play Store and check for any updates for your apps. You may also need Google Play, Contact Sync and Calendar Sync from the Play Store.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I think the Toolbox has the old URL's of some of Google's apps including Gboard. You could try checking apkmirror.com directly for the app and sideloading it. Maybe you need an older version than the latest one. Check the requirements listing of the version you install.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Haizum74:
Thanks, will do. Literally just got my tablet through the door so after a search on here it came up with your work around. Took all of 10 minutes to sort so thanks for including those apks. The others I can find.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jhford:
@blaacksheep. Hi. I ordered a Fire HD 8 Plus on Prime Day and DID NOT "associate it with my Amazon account," and received it yesterday. Here's what I've done so far.

Turned it on.

Did not select my WiFi network

Checked my version number which is the dreaded 7.3.2.2.

Now what should I do? Continue with Fire Toolbox v. 28.x setup or return it to Amazon?

Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] faenyx:
I'm just a bit confused :(

So I can't set a default launcher other than the one amazon comes with? That sucks. :/

Can I still install Google play? With the toolbox?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
That's a shame, but fairly likely these days. You could return it for one of a less popular color in hopes of getting a pre-7.3.2.2 tablet, or you could just go ahead and use it. There has been work on ways to get around the new restrictions and they work pretty well. I'm sure they'll get better as eventually all tablets will come with later firmware. Just make sure you update to the latest version of Toolbox because of all the micropatches. I'm sure that it will be patched soon to fix the Google problem so lookout for v28.7!:)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Amazon locked down the default launcher, but that doesn't mean we have to use it! 😮 What's been done is the home button in the navbar has been replaced with a custom one that calls whatever launcher we want instead of Amazon's. (Pretty cool, huh?)

Google Play Services is currently broken in Toolbox because of some URL changes, but I'm sure it'll be fixed soon. In the meantime, I've uploaded the needed files to my post here. Read the page before and after and you'll find all the info you'll need to put the files into Toolbox where it will find and use them.🙂 Google Play can be installed from the Playstore after Google Services has been installed.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] RodimusConvoy:
Well thanks to Prime Day, I got the Fire HD 8 for a little under $50. I want to use it as an ebook reader, mostly, and decided the Fire HD 10 would be too big. Most paperback books are about the size of the Fire HD 8, so...

Anyway, I made sure to uncheck the "attach to account" box (or however it was phrased) at checkout, but what if Amazon pulls a fast one and attaches it anyway? Just cut it on with wifi disconnected to see?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Nah, Amazon is good about respecting the pre-association button. Some people buy the tablets as gifts and don't want their data shared. :) If you're worried, just turn off your WiFi until you set things up.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] guycot:
does anyone who has one of the new 2022 fire 7s know if the toolbox successfully blocks OTA updates? I know there's some problems with the Google Play services and whatnot, but do the rest of the functions in fire toolbox seem to work? I currently have two fire 7s 2019 version that are set up perfectly, wondering if I should even upgrade.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
The Fire 7 (2022) tablets have the new FireOS 8 on them. No one has successfully (AFAIK) set up Google Services one one. I would not get one yet if you want to use the Play Store or other Google things. I would buy an older 2021 or earlier tablet with Fire OS 7 for that.

While I don't know for sure if you can block OTA updates on a Fire 7 (2022), I would imagine you can't because they've locked OTA updates ON in the later FireOS 7 tablets so why allow blocking on 8? Besides, if yours work perfectly then why upgrade?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] otaku91:
The first time I installed Google Services, I didn't include the 2 optional services. Since it's brand new, I just did a factory reset and installed the services with those included. Gmail still seems to be crashing. Maybe I am just impatient, I will give it some time to make sure everything is updated.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I'm just guessing with your problem. I don't know what is going on and why it is crashing. Along with the optional services from Google, also install Google Play from the play store. I can't remember what other common apps need that installed, but there are a few.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jhford:
So, shall I do a regular install or use your workaround in post #8196? If both, in what order?

Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Just do a regular install and use the Custom Navbar Button in the Custom Launcher tab of Toolbox. Just don't play around with the options to change the navbar buttons located in the Modify System Settings subtool because they haven't been fully integrated with the Custom Navbar Button tool yet and may cause some buttons to disappear or not work properly. You can use the option to hide the Device Dashboard though. That works.:)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ATAda3326:
Hello,

I am brand new to all of this, I have just bought a Fire 7 and downloaded toolbox but everytime i run it following the instructions it will come up with too many usb's but the only usb is the tablet itself or if i task manager and quit ABD then it allows me to click and try and download google play store but then just stops and a error message comes up but vanishes before i can click anything with it. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] satify:
I'm having the same problems as you. Gmail is borked! Tried uninstalling all google services and reloading with sync, but Gmail still won't work.

Fire HD10 2021 brand new.

I'm sure others are having this issue as well?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] exlr8:
Anybody get freevee app put on your tablet? I didn't download it, apparently Amazon forced it on me. I can't uninstall it, and had to look up what it was.

Freevee is an ad-supported streaming service owned by Amazon that lets you watch movies and shows for free. The service used to be known as IMDb TV but was rebranded as Freevee on April 27.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Hi and welcome to XDA!

It sounds like you're having 2 separate issues here. The first is that ADB is confused by multiple devices. They don't all have to be on USB to be recognized and for ADB to try and connect to them. What usually causes this problem is a smart tv or roku box or both being connected to the same network. Since ADB won't be able to figure it out, you'll have to unplug these devices until you've run Toolbox on your tablet.

The other sounds like your new Fire 7 tablet is the 2022 model with FireOS 8 on it. No one to my knowledge has gotten Google Services to install correctly on them. There appears to be something that has been removed from FireOS in the latest version that prevents Google from installing its framework. You'll just have to stay tuned here to see if/when someone comes up with an answer.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Saix_XIII:
I can't really offer any troubleshooting advice but my Gmail is working fine and I just got my tablet yesterday. The only thing that doesn't work is notifications from gmail, but I was told that is due to not having all the needed google services because they don't work properly on Fire tablets.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Hi and welcome to XDA!

This seems to be a new issue with Gmail. Several people have commented with the same problem in the last few days. It may be that an older version will work but the latest doesn't. Stay tuned and we'll figure it out. :)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
Use Toolbox, select Manage Amazon Apps > Manual tab > Simple (Recomended) > Disable Apps tab, select IMBd TV (I know, it's spelled like that in the app) and disable it.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] satify:
Thanks to both of you for the responses .

I will add, I'm on firmware v.7.3.2.1 with OTA updates blocked currently.

I might try to side load an older Gmail apk later and see what happens.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] exlr8:
Thanks again, blaacksheep. Stupid me looked in there but was looking under freevee, even after looking it up and even posted that it was formerly known as IMDb, DOH!!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
If you do that, try and go back a few months. It will update itself (well, Google Services will update it) to the latest version your tablet will run. Here is a link to the May 2022 version posted on apkpure. It's the official Google app so it should get picked up by Google Services.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Saix_XIII:
OH I HAZ NEW QUESTION!

For some damn reason my tablet keeps installing Office. I don't need that ****, can I stop it from happening?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I thought maybe they changed the app's internal name so the Toolbox wouldn't work anymore as written. I was going to give you the manual ADB command to do it, but not needed.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
In Toolbox, go to Manage Amazon Apps > Manual tab > Simple (Recommended) and disable "WPS Office". That's the offender.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Saix_XIII:
ty
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] morreale:
me too x2