yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] maven33:
Same play services error again.

@Datastream33

The installed version from Fire Toolbox V24.1 was:

com.google.android.gms_v213614024.apk

Size: 119.37 MB

MD5 cc0a4c97f83b888a62462516c5bfce39

Now is installed:

com.google.android.gms_v213614024.apk

Size: 80.88MB

MD5 854de72fb8959a14dcbe276aa4cecb89

The gservice updates itself to a faulty version with the same version number, which confirms the assumptions. With a size of approximately 80 MB, it cannot be a full version. The APKs of this gservice version are all larger.

used:

Apk Extractor | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Get APK files from installed apps

f-droid.org

Hash Droid | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Verify file integrity

f-droid.org

The new services apk has an amazon fire logo in my file manager and the apk from the toolbox has the google play logo.

I could reinstall the original gservice apk backup from my file manager, no toolbox required.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
I figure language was an issue because I tried running the toolbox in Windows systems that had Spanish, and Russian languages and the Toolbox would just crash. Maybe, it was an issue on my end. Because of this I just speculated that this would cause issues on other people's pcs as well. I'm sorry to cause confusion but it seems this is not the case.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Can I please ask you to use the "Restore Everything Amazon" tool and restore everything until V4.0 is out? V4.0 should fix the issues you are encountering! I would hate for you to continue to use the tablet while it is messed up because of issues with the "Remove Everything Amazon" tool. Thanks! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Glad to hear! I hope it doesn't disappoint! ;)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
I want to personally thank all of you who have provided cpu info for the purpose of improving architecture detection! YOU GUYS ARE THE FREAKING BOMB! I appreciate every single one of you! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] GuyInDogSuit:
Hmmm, I see. Better to be safe than sorry, at least.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Yes, sir! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drizzt09:
I have 3 devices. 2 of them are the same. Ill run the command and compare the info just in case but here is the older one: Fire 7 (7th Generation) ... note...no "HD"

shell@austin:/ $ cat /proc/cpuinfo
Processor : ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l)
processor : 0
BogoMIPS : 2072.57
Features : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp thumbee neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0xc07
CPU revision : 3

Processor : ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l)
processor : 2
BogoMIPS : 2072.57
Features : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp thumbee neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0xc07
CPU revision : 3

Processor : ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l)
processor : 3
BogoMIPS : 2072.57
Features : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp thumbee neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0xc07
CPU revision : 3

Hardware : MT8127
Revision : 0000

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here is the 2nd(and 3rd... only diff is serial#).

Fire HD 8 (8th Generation)

karnak:/ $ cat /proc/cpuinfo
Processor : AArch64 Processor rev 3 (aarch64)
processor : 0
model name : AArch64 Processor rev 3 (aarch64)
Features : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt lpae evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 8
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0xd03
CPU revision : 3

Hardware : MT8163
Revision : 0033 0040
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] unixtan:
Thanks for the tool! Is there a way to remove parental control with root access? Those popups are annoying. :(
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drizzt09:
There is an auto hide parental message on page 2 of the app. It basically dismisses it automatically when detected. You see a flash of it appear and disappear. But pretty quick
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Wing_Zero_Custom:
> and often debloat them with useless stuff.

In the main post I think you mean "bloat" to "debloat" is to remove the bloat.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Good catch friend! Don't know how I missed that :p
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Amazon Fire Toolbox V4.0 Has Been Released!

I'd like to inform everyone that VERSION 4.0 OF THE TOOLBOX IS NOW RELEASED!! :victory:

This is a very big and important update because it finally addresses big time issues such as: architecture detection, Remove Everything Amazon tool issues with 7th gen devices, adb shell not working as intended in some tools, and buttons showing up in unintended locations. I'm so HAPPY to have finally released this version and I hope you guys find it satisfactory! :D

Now, to download the update you can use the Toolbox Updater, or download it from the downloads section of this forum!

In case you're interested in every change, I've included the changelog below!

I also wanted to take the time to THANK all of you who have been patient with me, those who have reported bugs and issues, and those who have shown their support! YOU GUYS are freaking AWESOME! :D

In addition, I really do appreciate the donations you guys have been throwing my way! IT'S JUST SO KIND OF YOU! :D

Here's to another UPDATE! :highfive:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ZoomImpulse:
No, thank YOU! Testing the new update now, thanks for all the hard work!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] c6z06vette:
Datastream

I sent you a donation on Saturday and I found your Toolbox 3.2 very straight forward and useful. I can tell you've put a lot of work into it.

I have one issue I'm hoping 4.0 will resolve.....

Here my set up:

(1) Fire HD 10 started on version 5.6.1; but before doing anything I rooted and got TWRP, and Magisk running from the this thread: https://xdaforums.com/hd8-hd10/orig-development/unlock-fire-hd-10-2017-suez-t3913639

(2) Ran nearly everything on your Toolbox 3.2 (i.e. Remove Lockscreen Ads, Install Google Services, Block OTA Updates, Remove Everything Amazon, and Lockscreen Wallpapers). I side loaded Nova Launcher 6.1 and its Companion app no problem.

My only issue have been: (1) Hijack Lockscreen not persisting (i.e WallChanger app shows up after boot up and says "Wallpaper is not set correctly, Relaunch the WallChanger app") ; and (2) Parental Controls persisting. I tried several times to redo these tasks in the ToolBox with reboots and clearing cache/dalvik in TWRP (just my anal housekeeping practice) to no avail.

Should I give this a try through the Toolbox 4.0? If yes, I'll report back?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Tonster1983:
Having an issue with the toolbox... just got my new FIRE HD 10 2017 today and have been reading great things about removing the bloatware,etc.. anyways, I clicked on the install google services and it's been sitting for 20 minutes at 27% data/local/tmp/PlayServices.apk .... is this normal?? if not, is it safe to unplug and reboot the tablet and try again? Thanks in advance for your input guys!!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] drizzt09:
Tap screen with mouse and press enter
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] timehat:
Try right-clicking or left-clicking on the command prompt window. A few times I accidentally did something and it paused the execution of the app (selecting text does this, I think). Clicking clears the selection and it immediately proceeds.

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I've been using v3.2 this weekend (excited to use 4.0 now that it just dropped!). One note w/3.2 on two HD8 2017 devices: when removing everything amazon (including FireLauncher), home button would give the parental controls dialog instead of going to whatever other launcher is installed. I think one of the things disabled by the "remove everything Amazon" tool is something that the system tries to reference when opening a launcher. This inability to call into that apk would be caught by the parental controls subsystem (or something) and show that dialog.

On my next attempt, instead of using the remove everything tool, I just disabled a subset of things one by one (my use case is mainly to hide the amazon apps/icons I don't need/care to have) and found that only disabling those apps prevented the parental controls popup when hitting the home button. I didn't do a binary search or anything to figure out which one (or several) apks need to be left enabled, but seems like figuring out which one it is would be the way to fix that issue (so if someone gets a list of all that's disabled by the tool and wants to go through and re-enable things one-by-one until the dialog stops popping up, that might reveal which one it is).

I see 4.0 has improved the "remove everything" option for 2017 tablets, so maybe that's already been done and fixed. I'll give that a shot on the next 2017 HD8 I need to setup and see if that's already figured out. :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Tonster1983:
thanks guys!! got that working no problem. The next issue I had after doing the parental control hide part... id hit the "home" button.. the one in the middle.. and it would say "the requested action is not permitted. check parental controls settings and try again".. so I was in parental controls, didnt see anything restricting that.. and suddenly the tablet rebooted, and its now stuck on the "Fire" boot screen. have held down power to reset, reboots.. see "Amazon" then stuck on the "Fire" screen once again... yikes! what's the fix for this?? Thanks again guys, didnt think it would be so hard!

*UPDATE* got it into recovery and did a factory wipe.. back to square one I guess
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] mike10dude:
it keeps on telling me error: more than one device/emulator

adb: error: failed to get feature set: more than one device/emulator

- waiting for device -

error: more than one device/emulator

any ideas on how to fix that?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] richardvoyageur:
I just had the same thing happen. Turned on parental controls when first setting up box, then got Toolbox and removed all Amazon. I then couldn't hit the middle O button, it would give the annoying parental controls popup and I couldn't get back to the main launcher screen. Then tried to put everything Amazon back on and then go disable Parental Controls, at which point the tablet rebooted and got caught on the Fire boot screen forever. Had to Recover mode + factory wipe and back at square one now.

Quick question at this point: does anyone know if you can successfully remove all Amazon and have no parental control issues? From a fresh box, what are steps for this?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] SenorSmartyPants:
How do I update webview? There is only one listed in the developer options, "Amazon System WebView 70.ship_7311.3538.110.128"

I've never hooked up to the Amazon app store. I'm using google store and have chrome installed.

This is an issue (I think) because I have the Jellyfin app installed, but videos won't play. Works fine in Chrome.

Can I get Play store to install/update a webview for me?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
What's going on, guys? I hope everyone is having a wonderful October so far!

Hey, speaking of October... it's now spooky season! If you didn't know. Halloween is my FAVORITE holiday of all time! In celebration, I've prepared a fun little limited time theme for the Toolbox. I won't spoil it with any screenshots. Don't be scared, my friends... cop yourself the limited time Fire Toolbox V24.1 (Halloween Edition) build before it's too late! 😱
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] thecook22:
Hallo,

ich habe ein Problem Taskswitch keine Symbole Task beenden

zuvor Firetoolbox 9 nach werbung entfernen keine tastatur

installiert Firehd-Tastatur ok

app beenden alle schließen kein Symbol app beenden.

kann dir helfen?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] chezybezy:
Just looking for some guidance, about a year ago i installed the google play store solo and asked for some advice within here re a few things which eventually ironed themselves out. however i have come back to using the tablet and have noticed over the last several months the tablet is painfully slow. google suggests its due to installing the play store / not disabling auto updates.

if i factory reset and use the toolkit (this time!!!) should this resolve the issues I'm experiencing? or will this keep happening and i will need to do this procedure every few months or so to maintain usability?

has anyone noticed this issue here? and is there something i need to do to prevent this?

has anything changed from about a year back? such as the order to do things or settings that will need / should be manually adjusted? im thinking just back up what i want, make a list of stuff i have installed and then factory rest, run tool kit to install google play etc and then install my apps again.

many thanks

e: random thought: or would just uninstalling one or two things (suggestion please) resolve the issue and a factory reset isnt needed?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Greetings and great questions my good friend!

I would indeed start out by factory resetting the tablet just to get a fresh new start. Next, I'd highly recommend disabling OTAs and Automatic Updates using the Modify System Settings tool. I'm not quite sure what tablet you have but I would highly advise you to disable/hide all the Amazon apps you don't use (this can help speed up the tablet slightly) saving resources for Google Play services to use. If you do install Play Services and the tablet becomes sluggish try using Aurora Store instead (doesn't require Google Services).

If you have further questions/concerns please do let us know and we will do our best to assist further. Best of luck and have a good one! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Ich bin mir nicht ganz sicher, was Sie fragen. Haben Sie Probleme, die Feuertastatur aktivieren oder eine benutzerdefinierte Tastatur installieren? Wenn Sie übrigens Feuer-Toolbox V9 verwenden, würde ich das aktuelle Update auf die neueste Version beraten (V24.0)

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I'm not quite sure what you are asking. Are you having troubles enabling Fire Keyboard or installing a custom keyboard? By the way, if you are using Fire Toolbox V9 I'd highly advise updating to the latest version (V24.0)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hmm, very interesting...

That would make sense as to why play services works for a few and then suddenly apps start to complain. Could you perhaps send me the faulty version's apk? I'd really like to compare it's manifest with the one included in the Toolbox to see if there's any differences. Thanks!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Greetings!

Yeah, FreeTime only shows apps from the Appstore and refuses to show any third party apps (including ones from the Play Store). Haven't really been able to find a way around it. Sorry to disappoint... :(
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Greetings!

You'll need to restore the apps responsible for handling the settings activity. Try restoring disabled/hidden apps in the Manage Amazon Apps > Advanced > Hidden/Disabled Apps tab until the settings activities work again. If you see these apps in the list make sure to enable/unhide them:

System Updates (Check for updates)

Device Setup

Profile Settings (Child profiles management)

If enabling/unhiding all apps doesn't work you may need to factory reset unfortunately. :(
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] thecook22:
hallo Tastatur ist okay

Taskswitch funktioniert nicht viereck taste zum schliessen der apps task beenden swipe geht nicht.

habe schon auf v24.o update

thank you
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Oh, der Schlüssel für die letztens funktioniert nicht? OK, versuchen Sie, eine adb-Shell zu öffnen und den folgenden Befehl auszuführen, um die Standardeinstellungen wiederherzustellen:

settings put secure sysui_nav_bar null

Nach der Ausführung des Befehls werden die Symbole auf die Standardwerte zurückgesetzt. Sie können jetzt Ihre benutzerdefinierten Symbole wieder hinzufügen und hoffentlich funktionieren die Schaltflächen diesmal richtig. Viel Glück! :D

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Oh, the recents key isn't working? OK, try opening an adb shell and executing the following command to restore the defaults:

settings put secure sysui_nav_bar null

After executing the command the icons will revert back to defaults. You can now add your custom icons again and hopefully the buttons will work correctly this time. Best of luck! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] chezybezy:
thank you will try get this done tonight! :D

sorry i meant to say in my original post but had to go into my post history to find it and then forgot to paste it into my message! its a Kindle fire 10" (Generation: 9th generation (2019 release))
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] johny.mnemonic:
That's really interesting find.

Maybe it detects wrong CPU arch or Android version and hence upgrades to a version incompatible with our OS/HW.

Datastream33 I tried to check how v24.1 behaves and got this when I opened 'Manage Google Services" tool:

Update Play Services: No updates were found (Installed: 21.33.13, Server: 21.39.15).

Is that correct behavior?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] projectrs2:
I'm trying to install Disney Plus using the hybrid app feature but I keep getting a failed to install error

specifically,

Installation Failure:

adb: failed to install

C:\filepath\Disney_AmazonStore.apk: Failture

[INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NOT_APK: Failed to parse /data/app/vmdl990697358.tmp/base.apk]

Any one have any suggestions?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] projectrs2:
Also, is there anyway to install the Google Play store version of Prime Video?

The AmazonApp store version of Prime Video doesn't allow Chromecasting, but the Google Play store version does

When I try to install from the Google Play store, I get an install error
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] maven33:
There is a pre-installed version of Prime Video. Without root, it cannot be uninstalled or replaced with a version of Google Play.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Greetings my friend!

Looks like the download failed. Please try deleting the "Disney_AmazonStore.apk" file from the HybridApps folder (default location: %LOCALAPPDATA%\bin\HybridApps) and retry. I would also recommend rebooting the tablet before retrying just to remove any temp files that may still remain. Best of luck and please let us know how it goes!🤞
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Yeah, it is very interesting indeed. In addition, Me and @maven33 have made some quite interesting discoveries regarding the issue. As for the update check I've realized I accidentally swapped the variables, so it should actually be: Update Play Services: No updates were found (Installed: 21.39.15, Server: 21.33.13). I'll be sure to fix this oversight in the next update.

By the way, does your tablet have a 64-bit architecture by chance or 32-bit?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hey, don't worry about it! Because you have a 9th gen tablet all features of the Toolbox are there. I'd highly recommend setting the Animation Scale from 1.0x to 0.5x (Can be found in the Modify System Settings > System UI tab), it will speed up the animations and make the tablet feel a little faster. Best of luck and please let us know how it goes! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] cannotkeepup:
FIRST

I want to thank who ever made this from the bottom of my heart.

It is easy to use dose a good job and even I can follow the step by step to do it and beleive me that is saying something.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.

That said I do have a question and this may be the wrong spot for it and if it is forgive me.

I have the newer 10 inch plus fire tablet bought it about 4 months ago. Used the toolbox and hid or got rid (not clear what the right words is for what toolbox dose) a bunch of apps I will never use on the HOME screen or page.

I also shut off the adds and lock screen.

So it is very easy for me to use now.

But on the FOR YOU screen or page there is a bunch of news videos. the title of the box is TRENDING-POWERED BY MICROSOFT.

Any easy way to disable, remove, or hide them. I hate news and would love to remove them.

Thank you for reading and any help in advance.

For anyone else reading this wondering if toolbox is for you. Heck yes if I can use it trust me anyone can. I cannot operate a smart phone 75% of the time.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
It sounds to me like you left the default Amazon launcher and just removed the apps you didn't want. It's been so long since I looked at the Amazon launcher that I forgot what was on it. I believe the "For You" page is part of that launcher. Try replacing the launcher with Nova Launcher using the Toolbox. You will get an experience closer to the one on your smartphone.

(Datastream33 is the one to thank for the Toolkit. He pops in here all the time!)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] thecook22:
hi leider geht es immer noch nicht Symbole sind ja da nur die Standart Function bei rechtes symbol Viereck zeigt dann app aber oben rechts bei der app kein Symbol zum schliessen der app

mfg
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Kryga-i9506:
@thecook22:

Du musst die App nach oben aus dem Bildschirm schieben, um sie zu beenden (wenn ich richtig verstehe, was du machen willst).

Translated by deepl.com:

You have to slide the app up out of the screen to exit it (if I understand correctly what you want to do).
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Kryga-i9506:
@Datastream33

Thank you for this nice Toolbox. I just got two Fire HD 10 (2021) and turned them into usable devices with the Toolbox.

One thing to add would be Google Contact Sync, when installing Google Services if possible. Without Google Contacts will not work and pop up an error about permission for sms. After some search i used com.google.android.syncadapters.contacts_9-28_minAPI23(nodpi)_apkmirror.com.apk by sideload.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] thecook22:
das geht eben nicht mehr hatte vorher bei den apps oben rechts immer das Symbol zum schliessen der app das ist nun weg.

Die Geschichte Firetab V10 2019 hat update gezogen Werbung wieder da.

habe dann mit Firetoolbox V9.0 Werbung entfernt da war die Tastatur weg .

dann Firetoolbox auf V24 update Tastatur app installiert und Goole apps update +Nova Launcher

seitdem ist der Fehler möchte jetzt kein Werksreset machen da sonst ja alles funktioniert.

Danke euch
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] johny.mnemonic:
My kernel is reported having 'aarch64' architecture by CPU-Z, so it looks like 64-bit.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] blaacksheep:
I thought all the Fire tablets were 64-bit CPU's running 32-bit OS's. (Maybe I'm misinformed.)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] TinaRichardson:
Hi

I hope you can help me, I purchased the new fire hd 10 plus about 2 month ago, I used fire toolbox to get Google play store, however I also like my tablet to have the latest software, I went into fire toolbox today to find that it has disabled automatic updates for software updates and I can't get this to enable again, is there a way for this to be done?

Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] TinaRichardson:
Hey, how do I find these packages?