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[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Glad you are enjoying the Toolbox! It is what makes it all worth while! :D

Please have a fantastic night friend!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
No problem at all my friend! Glad to help speed up the process! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Leif did you happen to have a question?

Hope everything is all good!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] :
Please help

Hello everyone. I have a problem with google play. The installation process was successful. The problem is after i signed in, verified 2nd step verification and agreed with the policies. The google play app asked me to sign in again. Has anyone had the same problem and any fixes/ suggestions? Thanks in advance.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Maybe try restarting the tablet and see if that solves the issues?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] leif2:
Google keyboard voice dictation wouldn't work for me on this tablet.No big deal went back to stock fire Keyboard works good enough
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] :
unfortunately, it doesnt work
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Unfortunately, the lock screen cannot be disabled by normal means and sadly requires root. You can however disable the lockscreen pin effectively removing any security and allows the tablet to be unlocked with just a swipe. Now about the Automate part, you may need to restore the Docs app in the Manage Everything Amazon > Restore Everything Amazon > Manual subtool before it works properly. I will make sure to fix this issue in the next update! ;)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] smutax:
Thanks for sharing. Probably it's Family Link to blame. I try to do it your way. Cheers.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] gkrawiec:
Hi,. I tried the 7.2.1 on a Fire HD10 using a Windows10 via MacOS Parallels.

The remove amazon apps button worked fine, but when installing the google apps the toolbox crashed. I tried several times and was never able to complete the google services installation. Toolbox application just closed. I also tried installing the Nova launcher and had the same result, toolbox closed. Unfortunately I do not have a native windows machine to test on. Is this expected from using it via virtualization?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] leif2:
Yes that's how I have tablet set up. swipe only no pin it just that it requires a 2 step process to get into tablet which is one more step than I would like but I understand that requires root. Hopefully that can be accomplished in the future.

Regarding automate, I thought it was safe to give up at the point it was asking me to click the import button because my wallpaper shows on my lock screen and desktop which is what I thought the tutorial was trying to accomplish anyways? Wondering if we're mis communicating if there's any point to me Working on this issue longer thanks!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] nuclearmech:
Alternate user

Couple quick questions:

So there is no way to make an alternate user with the tool that you can switch to on the tablet, without reboot erasing it?

Also, two notes: When I try to use the switch user function on the tool, it throws an exception saying the "CreatedUsers.txt" is missing (guessing it didn't get created properly when I made the alternate user).

Also, the custom launcher install does not appear to work on the created user. Is there some way around this?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] skidog83:
Hey Datastream...I used the toolbox to install nova launcher on a HD Fire 8 8th generation. Is there a way I can also replace the Fire keyboard with Swiftkey? BTW, how did your exam go?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] just lou:
Sorry if this is answered somewhere in here, but will using the Toolbox affect installing OTA FireOS System Updates from Amazon? I really only plan on using the Toolbox to replace the stock launcher with Nova. I already installed Google Play Services. I have the latest HD 8 Plus. TIA
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Wayneefortune:
Toolkit not detecting fire hD 8 plus

Hello,

I tried following the steps on my windows 10 (and Fire HD 8 plus - 2020) but the Toolkit isn't detecting it and the other services wouldn't install as well :confused:

Edit: I tried another windows 10 computer and it worked. However, I've got another complaint. The wallpaper automatically changes to 'Wallpaper is not set correctly' after few mins of setting the wallpaper. What could be the issue?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Yeah, for what ever reason Family Link struggles to work with the tablets. There has to be a missing component or something. :confused:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hello friend,

Due to the age of the Wallchanger app it seems to be less effective then before. Have you happen to try the Amazon Prime wallpaper method instead?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hey, what's up?

You don't need to worry about it affecting OTAs. You should be alright to do anything in the Toolbox without worrying about it. I hope this helps! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] smutax:
Partial workaround for family link

I ended up not trying suggested way . What I've done was i installed family link thru Aptoide first before trying to launch Google play store. As a result the playstore setup moved on from previously mentioned state it was stuck on. And it sort of works now but still playstore giving me initial sign in page. And i can open family link now but it won't "synchronize" with tablet as not accepting the auth code. So as i said I'm using Aptoide at the moment to install apps. Thanks.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
There sure is a way! Here is the easiest way:

Open the Toolbox.

Click the "Manage Everything Amazon" tool.

Then click the "Disable Everything Amazon (Manual)" subtool.

Once the tool appears check the box next to Fire Keyboard and then click the "Disable Selected" button.

After the disable is successful, return to the main menu and then click the ">" to navigate to the second page of tools.

Click the "Sideload Apps" tool.

Click the "Browse" button and from the file browser double click the "Swiftkey" folder and Double click the "Swiftkey.apk" file.

Now click the "Sideload" button.

Once the app is installed, return to your tablet.

Launch the Swiftkey app on the tablet.

Finally, proceed with the rest of the setup.

Hope this helps and please let me know if you need further help! :D

By the way, I successfully passed the cert exam first try! Thanks for asking! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Wayneefortune:
Thanks a lot. I just tried it. One more, how can I disable automatic updates?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Unfortunately, the system removes created users after reboot for some reason or other. I'm messing with it to see if there is a way to prevent them from being removed. So far no success... :(

That's strange, the Toolbox should only show the Switch Users subtool if the CreatedUsers file exists. This seems to be a bug and I'll make sure to look into it. Thanks for the report!

Installs for created users is something that is actively being looked into. So far, it isn't supported but hopefully soon it will be ;)

Hopefully this post answers your questions, and you are satisfied! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
I understand where you are coming from. If you are happy with the results then there is no need for the Automate process. :D

Please have a great day friend!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hmm, I'm not exactly sure what the problem could be. Maybe try removing the account, uninstalling Google Services, and re-installing. Sometimes a re-install fixes theses issues. Best of luck and let me know if you need further help! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Wayneefortune:
How to disable OTA updates?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
You should be able to toggle off Automatic Updates from the Modify System Settings tool. Hope this helps! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] skidog83:
Thanks again for your help and congrats on the exam.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] SmittyRN:
Having the same problem. Sign in Google Play, but when I install Chrome it's asking me to sign in again, then telling me that the account is already on the device. Trying to figure out a way around it.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] just lou:
Thanks. Maybe I'll play around with it a little bit more then.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] leif2:
Should I be disabling auto updates? What r pros vs cons? thanks in advance ☺
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jordanjackthomas:
HOLY JEEZ this is an amazing program!!

Super easy to install / operate and now my son's tablet is actually UI friendly! Fire OS is hot garbage and this has helped out big time.

THANK YOU!!!

On a side note: my son (4) really likes all of the curated stuff in FreeTime but we want him to be able to jump in and out of it whenever he wants so that he can use all of the apps that we've downloaded for him through the Play Store (Spotify Kids, Youtube Kids, certain games that aren't in the Amazon App Store, etc.) on the parent account. There's no easy way for him to do it and I can't disable the passcode for the parent account without disabling his child account first. Is there a workaround for this that anyone knows of?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] pmckay:
Hi DataStream33,

I've installed the toolbox from previous versions onto my Fire.

Is there a way to "refresh" or "reinstall" any software the toolbox installed on my Fire?

Do I just need to put back all the amazon software, then remove it all, ignoring errors about apks being installed already?

Thanks for a great tool!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] hdmkv:
Hi, sorry if this has been asked before, but I'm getting the following error. Have tried different USB-C cables and tried running the tool as admin. Any ideas?

I'm using a new Fire HD 8 Plus.

Update: Just tried on a laptop and it worked, but don't know what about my desktop this tool doesn't like?!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ritchea:
Did you figure it out? I think granting Chrome all permissions (maybe fewer work but did all) then rebooting worked for me. I'd also first tried clearing cache AND data on Chrome as well as on all four Google framework/services apps. I don't think that's what worked. I had this issue (first time) a day or so before after factory reset on 2018 8. Then, I had the same on my 2020 +.

I have 2019 10 and a 2018 or 2017 7. Not an issue with either, and the older 8 didn't have an issue until reset and update.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] recurringintensity:
the 'details' button may help. First time running tool? Windows 10?

---------- Post added at 04:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:06 PM ----------

Did you create a user account for the device or an actual amazon account. I'm having the same issue. I just made my son an amazon account and im going to add that account to my 'Prime Managed Family' to see if that works. I'll report back.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] SmittyRN:
Yup, granting permissions seemed to work it out for me. I'm still getting a few hiccups here and there, but I'm figuring it out.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jd45321:
Does the toolbox let you delete a google account to add a different one? I needed to change it on my Fire tablet and couldn't figure out how to delete an account. So I needed to factory install and start over (just found out about this tool) install Google Play etc. Of course, lost everything doing this.

Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jordanjackthomas:
My wife was the one that actually set it up and I believe that she signed into it using her Amazon credentials then created a child's account so that he could use FreeTime. I read something about how the child account has to be below a certain age limit or FreeTime can't be used
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] decoherent:
I'm sorry, this may be a breathtakingly stupid question, but where is the option to disable lock screen ads? It's listed in the "features" list, but I don't see any options for it in the toolbox itself. Everything else worked great on my Fire HD 10 (2019, I suppose), and I really appreciate the simplicity of the tool!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hello friend,

Please remember that a question is a question and no matter what can never be "stupid". Simply because it's how we learn... by asking questions. Always remember that! ;)

Anyways, on the second page (click the ">" in the lower right hand side to get to the second page) you will find a tool called "Remove Lockscreen Ads" that should help you accomplish your goal. Please let me know if you need further help or have additional questions. I'm here if you need anything! :D

Best of luck and have a great day!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Disabling auto-updates was added to hopefully prevent Amazon apps from being restored via updates from the Amazon appstore. As far as I'm aware it was established that the apps were being restored after an OTA Update. So, does disabling auto-updates really work? I'm not quite sure but its better to be safe then sorry! ;)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hmmm, seems that there was an error with the tablet detection. You could try navigating to the Toolbox's adb folder (%LOCALAPPDATA%\Datastream\Amazon Fire Toolbox V7.1\adb) and adding the Gen.txt file. Just make sure you include the generation number inside the file. So, if your tablet is an Amazon Fire HD8+ then the generation would be 10. Best of luck and let me know if you need further help.

Also check your AV and see if that's giving you troubles.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] decoherent:
Aha, I didn't realize that that was a page indicator! Works perfectly now, thanks again!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hey, Jordan glad you are enjoying the Toolbox!

Regarding your question I'm not sure about a workaround, I don't think you can disable the passcode if a child user has been created. However, what's interesting is when you attempt to disable the passcode a message appears stating you must remove or HIDE the child profile... OK, but how do you hide the profile? You can't as far as I'm aware. I just found that kind of odd. :confused:

Possibly the easiest solution would be to set a simple passcode (something like 1111) and give him access to the parent account if you are okay with that. Another thing you could do is create a new user with the Toolbox and give your child access to that user (just make sure the tablet remains on so the user isn't deleted by the system, I'm looking into a way that prevents the user from being deleted). One final suggestion is to use GoToApp (if you are willing to spend $2). There is an excellent guide on setting up GoToApp here if you want to go down this route. However, be careful as I'm not 100% sure it still works...

These are just a few things I can think of at the moment.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Hey, no problem at all! Happy to help! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Once you run the Toolbox one time you should be good to go. There is no need to repeat the process. Hope this helps! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Unfortunately, not at the moment. Because of the missing accounts section in the Settings app it will be a little more difficult to remove Google Accounts directly from the tablet. The easiest way that I've found is to visit this page: https://myaccount.google.com/security, sign-in to your Google Account, scroll down to "Your Devices" and click the "Manage devices" button. From the list of devices find your tablet and in the upper right-corner click the 3-dot icon and from the list select "Sign out".

Sorry about the hassle! :(
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
No problem! Enjoy! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
Happy to help and thanks for the congratulations! Really means a lot to me! :D

Enjoy the rest of your night!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
NOTE: Currently I'm testing the update service. The Toolbox may inform you that there is an update. Please note that this isn't true and if proceeded to download will only download V7.2.1 again. Thank you for your understanding.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Davy49:
Hi,

I'm still grateful that you took the time & effort to produce your app, I've been thinking about something and I was hoping to get some feedback on it. With having the OTA update function disabled, if/when amazon would ever decide to update the modified android version to a newer one we would never be able to receive it unless we enabled that setting once again. Of course since our tablets came from amazon their software is never going to be like the actual android software. And for that to happen our tablets would have to be rooted or something of that nature. Of course my thinking about this might be totally incorrect about this, but it sure doesn't hurt to think about this. I guess we all pretty much knew what we were getting into when we purchased our respective tablets. Everyone Please Stay Safe !!

David :)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] cherriges:
Great tool! Currently using to clean up all the bad Amazon interfaces for two generations of HD8 that are used by my 3 and 8 yo.

Here’s my experience from recently setting a new 2020 HD8, everything mostly went as expected but with a couple bugs I didn’t experience on the previous generation.

1. Unable to login to Chrome: fixed by doing an automatic restore of everything amazon

2. Evie launcher version installed by toolbox crashes when opened: fixed by ensuring the play store and tablet settings are available in recent app switcher, doing the toolbox initiated launcher installation, switching to settings app and uninstalling Evie, switching to play store and installing play version
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] empty000:
Should have read this 3 minutes earlier. :D

I was wondering what has changed was confused about the missing changelog. haha...

Great tool(box) anyway. I really like it.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] benneluke:
Dude, you really outdid yourself with this program. I just bought a used Fire 8 for $35 and thought it was a good deal. After doing all the tweaks, it was an awesome deal! Question though with the Density Modifier, why would you want to change the DPI? Would it make the screen look better or something ?

Thanks again!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] jordanjackthomas:
Hey DS -

Again, thank you SOO much for this tool!!

We purchased the tablet specifically for our kid so no one else is using it. We have no problem giving him free reign on it because he always asks before he can download something (from the Play Store) but the main issue is that he when he goes into FreeTime, he's stuck in it until he uses the pull down shade to manually switch to my wife's profile. It's a pain because he has to enter the pass code to get out of the app then enter it AGAIN to unlock her profile. And I tried using GoToApp as well but I ran into nothing but problems using a bunch of different file managers to get the non-Amazon apps to install into the FreeTime app.

You can't deactivate the pass code on the adult profile if there's a child profile that's active on the tablet but you can't use FreeTime if the age of the user is greater than 12-13 (I think). Amazon needs to release their grip on the OS because it's REALLLLY bad!!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] Datastream33:
[UPDATE]Amazon Fire Toolbox V7.3 Released!

How's it going guys?

I hope everyone is having a fantastic and wonderful Thursday so far, and you all are safe and healthy!

Yesterday marked the release of Amazon Fire Toolbox V7.3 and with that release a lot of improvements have been made under the hood, bugs have been hunted and killed, tools have been enhanced, and some UIs have been revamped. Let's take a further look shall we?

Alright, let's talk about the Sideload Apps tool. I'm happy to announce that it is now possible to install up to 5 apps at a time instead of 1. These five apps can be sideloaded one at a time or all 5 can be sideloaded automatically without the need of selection. Also, loading animations have been added to help the user identify that the sideload is working and not frozen. In addition, the UI has been altered a bit to reflect the above changes! Hope you like it!

Now let's take a look at the Push and Pull tools. In the previous versions of the Toolbox these tools had a hard time dealing with folders containing spaces. Well, this has been sorted out, allowing you to effectively use these tools more. I would like to point out that this also means folders with spaces on the internal storage can now be navigated from within the tools as well.

Welcome Screen and the Update Service is up next. The issues causing the current installation to be detected in the Installation Management has been resolved and should no longer appear within the list. As for the Update Service, the notifications that were appearing after detecting an update no longer appear until the next reboot if denied to download the update. This should hopefully prevent frustrations with persistent notifications.

But arguably one of my favorite changes is the startup message addition. This message will now appear when the Toolbox starts if ADB isn't detected as running. This will help avoid confusion and should prevent the Toolbox from appearing as "frozen" while ADB is starting up.

Wait, there is more! If you are interested in everything this update has to offer please feel free to take a look at the changelog below for further information:

If you are ready to download the new update head on over and visit the Downloads section of the OP, or use the Toolbox's built-in update service.

As always guys, I'd like to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for all the support and love you guys have for the project and each other. In addition, I want to give a very very SPECIAL SHOUT-OUT to those of you who have donated!!! YOU GUYS ARE LEGENDS AND I APPRECIATE IT MORE THEN YOU CAN IMAGINE! THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! :D

Please everyone, please have a great rest of your Thursday! Stay safe and healthy!

Until next time guys, I'll catch you later! :D
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ritsfx:
I tried changing the wall paper but cannot due to parental control error which I see often mentioned in this forum thread. Now, an icon named wallchanger is sitting on home screen while the background is dark. Is it possible to get rid of this icon? Or is there a workaround to change the wallpaper? Thanks!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] iramike:
Really enjoy seeing the updates. As much as I'd love to have a pure Google Tablet, or an iPad, the Kindle fire is serving me well, and glad to have a tool that makes it a little less Amazon-y to use!

Can't wait to check out the feature that makes it as stock as possible! Keep up the good work!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] choirleader:
I am trying to use AFTB to delete preinstalled apps on my Kindle Fire 7 (2015) but I only get an option to "hide" not "delete. What am I doing wrong?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] ritsfx:
As I understand, that is all this tool can do for now without root. The biggest issue with all those preinstalled apps is they are memory hogs. There is hardly 300-400 mbs usable memory left.

That makes fire tablets extremely slow. Some people have been able to root using Linux but I use windows.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Android Development] DB126:
As previously noted 'hiding' prevents apps from being loaded into memory. There is no benefit to deleting (and a few downsides) as you would not be able to repurpose the storage space consumed by the app.