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[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] airmark:
I got a Kindle Fire HD 10 for my son and intended to have it supervised with Google Family Link. I was searching for a while how to achieve at the same time the following:

- root, debloat and remove ads ("special offers")

- have access to Play Store and all the google apps

- be logged on to Amazon account for Prime video access

- have the tablet be supervised by Google Family Link

The last part in particular wasn't working. A few discussions in Reddit and elsewhere suggested that it's not possible, as Google and Amazon don't (want to) play well together, and Family Link won't take over a tablet signed in/registered with Amazon.

After some trial and error I managed to achieve it, so I'm posting here for anyone who wants to do the same.

Here are all the steps I did:

- Follow this guide (including brick-unbrick) to unlock, install TWRP, root and debloat the tablet:

https://xdaforums.com/hd8-hd10/orig-development/unlock-fire-hd-10-2017-suez-t3913639/

- From TWRP flash the ROM in this thread:

https://xdaforums.com/hd8-hd10/development/rom-t3929969/amp/

- Boot and set the tablet up without registering it with Amazon, only Google.

- Set up Google Family Link. Sign in with the kid's account (approve with parent's as usual). I had to do it twice, the first time it gave me an error message, the second it registered.

- Install a launcher and set it as default. Instructions here:

https://xdaforums.com/hd8-hd10/general/successfully-changed-launcher-to-nova-t3744067

- At this point everything works except Amazon apps. Do a full backup from TWRP just in case the next step kicks Google out.

- Now we need to register with Amazon. If Google Family Link is used to supervise the tablet however, it won't work. So Family Link needs to be disabled temporarily and then set up again. So we deactivate Family Link (stop monitoring the child). Then we register with Amazon, and then we activate Family Link again.

- Fingers crossed, everything should work now.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] shadowcliffs:
Thanks for sharing!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] shadowcliffs:
Questions :

1 how to debloat? edit: never mind fount it. The problem is my device is showed up as unauthorized in Ubuntu. No issue with Windows.

2 I clean flashed that deodexed fireos ROM v2 and Wi-Fi is on and off. Any fix?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] zbaronj:
Excellent thread, thankyou!

I have one issue remaining. I cannot enable developer options (for ADB) using the"press on serial number 7 times".. nothing comes up. Also if I try to enable install form unknown sources, the setting app seems to crash back to the home screen.

I'm trying to sideload an APK and have tried enabling unknown sources by altering the SQL settings.db which seemed to work (the toggle is enabled) but alas, installs from unknown sources are still restricted.

Have you come across this in your install?

EDIT / SOLUTION: I found that this could be enabled through the parent app (phew!)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] big-nose:
Can't seem to get this to work (haven't flashed the custom ROM as I'm only after the Family Link functionality) it gets stuck after I select "This device" then select the account I want to supervise - goes to a screen that says "Checking for updates" then after a minute or so it goes back to the screen asking me to select the device again, any thoughts?

Thanks :)

edit: the reason for the "Checking for updates" message, I think, was that it was trying to download/install "Family Link Manager" and it probably couldn't e.g. due to permissions, so I installed it manually from the Play Store - see my post below.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] entombor2:
I understand OPs need to use family link since the internets a scary place, but...

I dont understand why we as a people are ok after google has proven they will kill anything that doesnt make or (legally) save them money.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DB126:
Err...because they are a private business and that's the nature of capitalism. If you want a different legal framework talk to your government representative. Might bone up on the number of successful societies that assume control of private entities. History has a tale to tell.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] big-nose:
Argh. Closer but now gets stuck on a different step!

Installed "Family Link Manager" and I can now get it to recognise the device and account I want to manage but when I get to the screen that lists the things a parent will be able to do and tap "Next" then on the popup tap "Allow" I then get a screen that says " Cancel supervision setup?" and the only buttons are "Back" (which loops back to the same screen i.e. does nothing) and "Start Again" which I obviously do not want!

I wasn't prompted to grant any permissions so I suspect this is the issue?

Has anyone got this far?

Edit: Enabled "Family Link Manager" as a device administrator and....still doesn't work. Damn.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] whatever2020:
2019 version?

Hi! Will this work in 2019 Fire HD 10? It runs Fire OS 7...

Thanks in advance!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Michajin:
Depends, you can root if you are on 7.3.1.0, after that there are work arounds for most things...

unlock - No

TWRP- No

Root - Yes ( if on 7.3.1.0)

Debloat - Yes With or without root (possibly temporary but stable so far)

Launcher - Yes

Disable OTA (Likely Yes without root)

Disable Ad's (disable is working so far)

What are you looking to do?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] whatever2020:
Mostly, make Family Link work... Bloat/launcher /etc are not that important. lock screen ads I can Live with.

Thank you!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] jsloan2:
Ok, this might be a little necro, but I've got this working on a 2016 Fire HD8.

I'm factory resetting it and taking some more detailed notes, basically you need to install the mtk-su/root

Then all the google framework, play store and family link teen + family link manager....

Now I was stuck in a loop for "Also stuck on "Next, you'll activate Family Link Manager, which helps parents...".

And it kept looking between that and "Got It"...

I got an idea from a gmail crashing thread to use Link2SD to set apps as "System Apps"

This was the missing link, i got the system popup to accept new permissions which wasn't happening before and all was glorious.... now I'm not sure if there's a way to adb install as a system app, going to be looking into that as well...

I'm so excited because this actually makes the tablet usable for my kids again.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] martinbrecko:
Great instructions. I have already successfully performed this on a Fire HD 10. With the second, the Google Launcher does not start. If it is active, I only see a black screen with a clock and battery. When I activate the fire launcher, everything works perfectly. What can that be?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Gizzzmo:
I'm wondering about the step 7 and 8, can you please provide details on how to do that ?

Thanks !
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] ken830:
The MTK-SU Root no longer works on the latest FireOS 7.3.1.2 on Fire HD 10 (2019). So, no way to get root means no way to change Family Link to a system app means no way to activate Family Link which means no way to get a child account on the device at all. I guess the only option is to change the child's birthday to 1 day before 13 years old, wait a day, then convert the child account to an adult account and use the table with no parental controls.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] skybar87:
I still can't get Family link to work properly but I was able to use a child's account on the Fire 10 by installing the Family Link MANAGER apk from apk mirror. I can't control the device from the parents app to the full extent, but I can still require that she gets approval for downloading any apps and the approval process works.

This was all done without root.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] kmoneee:
skybar87, can you explain how you got this working on your HD10? Is it a specific manager APK? I am trying on an 2018 HD8, but I always end up in the loop trying to activate the family link app, both the kid and parent versions. I tried just skpping the last step. If I do that, app approvals work for a bit but then it keeps signing out of the Play Store. All I want is the ability to approve app installs...
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] jsloan2:
Did you miss setting one of the Google apps as system? Maybe there is a different launcher/apk needed for that device?

This is done by launching the SuperSU application from the app drawer.

---------- Post added at 01:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:05 PM ----------

This is as far as you will get without root.

You need at least temporary root to get the google apps registered as system apps.

Without that the process will always fail.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] chanansh:
Can someone please create an easy script from this long tutorial? It is hard to follow. I have hd 10 7th Gen 5.3.7.0
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] ricardojmendieta:
I have a Kindle HD8 2017, will this work on it? I am stoked with it with family link, don't finish process. Thnx in advance
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] infernix:
I'm plugging away at this and got a bit further.

FIrst, in order for apps to be device admins in the first place, they have to be system apps. Using the systemize module, move all 4 required google apps + the family link apps into system-priv, and reboot.

Second, rebooting and having init.d start Magisk (and root) late in the boot process sort of breaks this, so you have to do a warm restart by killing zygote process *after* magisk was loaded correctly. At this point, pm get-privapp-permissions will show a bunch of permissions for the family link manager and helper.

Third, the profile manager by default is set to the amazon parental control app. This is stored in /data/system/users/0/profile_owner.xml which you can rename as root.

Fourth, after step 3 and doing another zygote kill, you should be able to DISABLE the amazon parental control app (apps > special apps > device managers). After that you can pm uninstall --user 0 com.amazon.parentalcontrols

Now I'm hoping to be able to complete the profile manager by itself, but as an alternative we could look at changing the profile_owner.xml instead of renaming/deleting it so that it points to google family link. For reference, the default amazon profile_owner.xml is:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' standalone='yes' ?>
<root>
<profile-owner package="com.amazon.parentalcontrols" name="Parental Controls" component="com.amazon.parentalcontrols/com.amazon.parentalcontrols.receivers.ParentalAdminReceiver" userRestrictionsMigrated="true" />
</root>

And the profile_owner.xml on an nvidia shield android tablet looks like this:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' standalone='yes' ?>
<root>
<profile-owner package="com.google.android.gms" name="Family Link Manager" component="com.google.android.gms/com.google.android.gms.kids.account.receiver.ProfileOwnerReceiver" userRestrictionsMigrated="true" />
</root>

So that's where I'm sitting right now, waiting for the kids account to get signed out of family link for not completing it in time. Should hopefully have some good news soon, though I am still afraid it will keep breaking after reboots due to the delay in systemizing apps which requires the "warm reboot" (e.g. killing zygote after magisk runs).

Update: IT WORKED! Family link setup completed correctly. Now to do some testing to see if it will persist.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] scoutdriver73:
I know I'm a month late, but if you are still looking, this thread will get Family Link working on a HD8 (2017)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] jsloan2:
MTK-SU should work with your device so you should be good to go!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] ricardojmendieta:
thx Nairobi. I don't understand how to root it yet, it looks to complicated. If you have an easier solution will appreciate it
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] zipii:
it's still working?

it's still working?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] smeggg:
On a 2018 Fire HD 8 (8th gen), this:

And this:

were pure gold. After rooting, I :

* copied both the Family Link Manager and the Kids/Teen apks into `/system/priv-app`

* renamed `/data/system/users/0/profile_owner.xml` to `/data/system/users/0/old_profile_owner.xml`

et, voila. after a reboot it sailed through the linking without a hitch. I must have flashed and started over 8 times before I finally found your post. Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] infernix:
Still working. No updates from Amazon obviously.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] threehappypenguins:
I'm thinking of purchasing 10th generation Fire 8s when they're on sale on Black Friday, for 3 of my kids. Is this method still working?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] ximfinity:
I honestly just got The Fire HD 10 Kids Pro and am thinking of giving it a shot, the Amazon Kids+ parental controls are mind bogglingly bad. One example, you can either disable everything included with Amazon Kids+ or enable everything and then one by one disable individual media (there are like 30,000). You can not install any APKs, period, only from Amazon App store.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] threehappypenguins:
Did you ever give it a try? I just got the Fire 8's. They were on sale for $79.99 here in Canada. I didn't realize that not only does Family Link not work, but I can't sign in my kids' accounts at all. I have to sign in my Google account. It's a pain, because I want the tablets used for school (I homeschool), and I use Canvas, which uses Google Docs. But Google Docs wants to open the app in a mobile browser. But the app has my account for Google Docs. So I have to download Firefox Beta, add a useragent string to spoof Google into thinking I'm on a Desktop computer, and then I can open the Google Doc in my kid's accounts in the browser as if I'm on a desktop.

These are the cheapest (decent) tablet around. I can't afford to get all 3 of my older kids regular tablets. lol
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] ximfinity:
No

Sorry never got around to it. But amazon has really been annoying me lately (somehow YouTube reactivated on kids tablet. ). Anyways I will update if I give it a try but life has been too busy.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] blue-sky:
how to solve this problem? replaced fw_dcr_1150_sta TiwlnapiCE.dll tnetwln.dll WiFiInit.exe WirelessService.dll?:confused::confused:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] dhawal4u:
i can only say you should touch twice instead of modifing files:D

its a safer option:)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] bigchrizzieboy:
Realy no solution?

Well, here the same anoying problem... Is there a solution?

Now I need to start my commanager, touch wifi before I see wifi in other programs like SPB Phonesuite, SBSH phonewheaver, etc...

It's a problem with every WM 6+ ROM i've used so far (over 10 diffirent).

Now using WM 6.1 CE OS.19588 from Diamond - CLEAN *FAST!*
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] espalha:
I notice the same problem, i have to tap twice to activate Wireless.

I'm using Cloud Nine rom V0.9b, i tried other rom (XDA Mobile 6 Release 5 FINAL - Full), and it works fine.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] jwzg:
Go to the windows directory. Copy wifi_init to your startup folder. Problem solved.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Ixtana_ran:
Reg fix

Wifi. init sometimes doesn't work for me, so I change

\\\registry\HKLM\Comm\TNETWLN1\Parms\HTCPreloadWifi

value to 1.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] jwzg:
Indeed, both should be done.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] bigchrizzieboy:
TY !

Thanks guys.

I needed to use the RegFIX & the shortcut. But now it works greet.

Thanks :cool:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Toet45:
I also copied the wifi_init link to the startup folder and i did the reg-fix on WM 6.1 CE OS.19588 from Diamond - CLEAN *FAST!*, but when I set HTCPreloadWifi to 1 I can't get my Wifi to start at all anymore!

Anyone got a solution for that? It's strange that it did solve the problem for some1 else in this topic with the same rom. Maybe I will try a hard reset tonight. It's not a big problem but it kinda annoys me :)

EDIT: Ok, I did a hard-reset last night, and now it works perfect after applying the reg-fix. WIFI turns on after a reset at once.

So I guess it had something to do with the programs I installed, or maybe I changed the registry. I'm going to install the programs again, one by one, and then check if WIFI is still good.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] podgie:
why i cant turn on wifi using that solution..plz help me
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSunGirl:
What part of the system is responsible for generating the status bar icons on newer versions of android. Specifically Android 6. As I would like to make the status bar look like that of android 10 or even 9 but I haven't been able to figure out what to change to accomplish that.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoochyX:
Can you be more specific about this what does android 10 do that you want

([emoji3590]09-09-18[emoji3590])
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSunGirl:
I would like the top status bar where the icons like WiFi connection, etc go. for those icons to match that of android 10. Including possibly moving the clock to the left, but that may not be possible without more extensive changes. I'm only trying to get the icons to change and not any functions. But I've been unable to locate what part of the system generates the icons.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Questions & Answers] kobkobb:
Hey guys, I'm having some weird Google photos bug with the rog phone that I didn't have on the oneplus 5t with the same app version.

The photos gets sort of dimmer when I open them and they lose the original colors.

Added a video to describe it better:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/uRKLobQCq2hTPuUm8

Any advice will be appreciated!

Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy Fold Questions & Answers] diffstyle:
Has anyone gotten DEX to work? I cannot seems to get it to work at all.
[Samsung Galaxy Fold Questions & Answers] pigue:
Unable to run

dex here as well
[Samsung Galaxy Fold Questions & Answers] NickOonline:
yep works with my lapdock +tv/monitor

hi,

I still have my HP Elite x3 Lap Dock i used with my s10 5g.

using the cable that came with the lap dock its fine.

might be worth trying a different cable. My other lead i got of amazon a usb c to hdmi also works with tv or monitor

but can confirm it works.

UK Galaxy Fold

One UI 1.5

Update 1 August 2019

Nova Launcher Prime
[Samsung Galaxy Fold Questions & Answers] samhall:
Samsung's DeX page says it only works with the Note 10, is that the version you're getting success with or do you have an older version that worked with other Galaxy phones? If the latter, is it available somewhere?
[Samsung Galaxy Fold Questions & Answers] AlanJC:
I can get it to work using a generic USB C to HDMI adapter, and a USB C with PD hub plugging them in to my TV and also monitor.
[Samsung Galaxy Fold Questions & Answers] Mr Brainz:
I got DeX to work with DeX Pad, but I had to have the phone open. It wouldn't fit in the connector properly (I think) because the case was too big. It wasn't a good experience with the phone open half hanging off the pad.

I can't get DeX for Mac to work. The app auto-launches on my Mac when I connect the USB, but I get a message saying to reconnect the USB or reinstall the driver.
[Samsung Galaxy Fold Questions & Answers] iambackit:
DEX works fine on mine. If it could help you, i found a solution for the HDMI (connected / disconnected) problem.

Step by step here, very simple...try!

https://youtu.be/sh5CdPS2L3A
[Razer Phone 2 Questions & Answers] gordec:
Anyone using the phone on XM? My guess is that WiFi calling doesn't work but everything else such as VoLTE should? Thanks.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] didomusicuk:
Arrived today. Seller noted that there is a slight fault with the unit... it charges fine, but still displays the charging light when the cable is unplugged.

Its upgraded to Windows Mobile 6, and I do not have the original ROM, nor the upgrade, so I cannot restore the unit if something goes wrong with it.

Any ideas where to get either WM5 or WM6 ROM, and how to solve the problem with charging?

Other than these problems, the unit works fine.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] kyphur:
Please read the forum....

Check the links in my signature, especially the "What is XDA-Devs" one.

The forum Helps those who hel themselves.

BTW, you have no need to worry about returning it to original specs as there is no warranty on hardware this old (has been out of production for like a year).
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] vegatr0n:
Hi,

So all my sensors on my OnePlus 7 Pro stopped working after upgrading to Android 10 and downgrading to Android 9.

I think reflashinh the persist partition will fix this.

So can someone please share their persist partition with me, you can use this app to extract it:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ma.wanam.partitions

I'm running Oxygen OS version 9.5.11.GM.21AA

My phone model is: GM1913

Thanks
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] matze19999:
Just extract the partition from the payload.bin with a payload dumper
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] vegatr0n:
I tried that but it didn't produce a persist.img for some reason, maybe it included it in the vendor.img file.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] vegatr0n:
So I went the MSM Tool route and flashed a new 9.5.11 ROM and the sensors are working again thankfully.

So here is a copy of my persist.img partition for anyone who might need it (Oxygen OS 9.5.11.GM21AA and my device model is GM1913):

https://www.mediafire.com/file/tqsw...up_2019-09-30_OxygenOS-9.5.11.GM21AA.zip/file
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] AarSyl:
I was just about to ask why you didn't use the MSM tool to restore everything. Glad that it's up and running for you.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Shurkien:
Hey there,

the USB port on my Note8 ist broken it doesnt recognize any sort of connection - with that working it wouldnt be a hassle for me to get back to stock

Someone recommended me to try flashfire, but im scared of bricking the device with this method since the latest version is from 2017

Is this really the only way it could work or is it possible to work with odin over wifi?

Greetings
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] hyelton:
Is your device rooted? Flash fire you have to be rooted. And haven’t messed with flashfire in years. So I would doubt it would work.

But yes your gonna need a working USB port to flash it back to stock there’s really no other way if flashfire is not an option.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] SnowFuhrer:
Twrp is an option if someone wrote a zip, not?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] hyelton:
Well that’s if there device was already rooted. Not possible if there not rooted
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Shurkien:
My device has root and twrp.

But is there a zip?

I also posted in another forum (a german one) - and he said since I want to get back to stock bc of a warranty case I shouldnt bother me so much bc my hardware issues (broken usb / pixel errors) cannot be adressed to custom recovery / root
[Raspberry Pi General] elynxtp:
Hi all, I'm new to raspberri pi and programming. What products do you guys suggest for building a wireless motion sensing sms trail camera maybe with a IR camera. Conventional sms trail cameras cost upward of 400$ and are too big and bulky and prefer to build my own If possible.
[LG V50 ThinQ Questions & Answers] gordec:
Thinking about getting an unlocked Sprint V50 to use on XFINITY Mobile/Verizon. Just wondering if VoLTE and WiFi calling will work out of the box. You can't flash firmware like you can for Samsung phones for LG. I must have WiFi calling.