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[Fire TV General] TheRealQubix:
Dunno who posted this originally but feel free to do one – also I guess there are enough YouTubers out there who will do one... I know that TechDoctorUK did put this on his list...
[Fire TV General] MrKaon:
Can I use this one for Fire Tablet?
[Fire TV General] deita.td:
Good app.

But there is a problem.

On Prime video app, when we play any video, video title and seek bar will appeared, and disappear after a few seconds automatically.

But with LaunchX, and with Launcherhijack, title and seekbar won't disappear automaticcaly. Displayed infinity untill pause and restart video.

Can you fix it?

On my 4k stick, this is common problem LaunchX and Launcherhijack.

If I uninstall them, this problem is solved.

But I want to use LaunchX :(
[Fire TV General] gogorman:
This happens to me also, so I just press up to show the X-Ray then down from there without having to restart.
[Fire TV General] deita.td:
Oh, I should call it X-Ray.

I don't know English so much, sorry.

This problem irritated my wife, so my 4k stick lost his LaunchX:crying:
[Fire TV General] Boomissy:
How did you make these changes and/or is there a forked version with them? TIA
[Fire TV General] fndpena:
Guys, not totally related, but is there a way to disable stock apps from running on the background? Using adb? About removing stock apps with adb... Possible using adblink? What apps are safe to remove?
[Fire TV General] brentonv:
I don't mind rooting the device but this looks like a nice alternative. Thanks very much.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
https://github.com/sweenwolf/LauncherHijack

I forked LauncherHijack and tweaked it, its on GitHub

FTVLauncherX is [MENTION=10179237]TheRealQubix[/MENTION] project, he will make the changes which seems ok to them. I will not fork it
[Fire TV General] JUSTINMARMER:
Icebox and Remote ADB accomplished this for me on my 4k sticks. Doesn't seem to work on V2 sticks though.

https://xdaforums.com/fire-tv/help/icebox-ftvs-v2-help-t4038913
[Fire TV General] fndpena:
Mine is V2, but I'm gonna try anyway.

And what apps are safe to disable? Can you share what you disabled? I don't use anything from Amazon besides prime video...
[Fire TV General] JUSTINMARMER:
You might wanna move those questions to the other thread. I don't wanna hijack this one ;)
[Fire TV General] fndpena:
Oops, you're right...
[Fire TV General] brentonv:
[MENTION=10179237]TheRealQubix[/MENTION] [MENTION=7352779]Bad.Wolf[/MENTION] does this send "android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED"?

If Kodi boots directly without "wait for network" you get the web service 8080 issue.
[Fire TV General] fndpena:
Guys, about TV Launcher 3...

Is it possible to pay for removing ads?

The option in settings uses google in-app purchases, so of course it doesn't work on fire OS because there's no google services.

Is there any other way to do this?
[Fire TV General] brentonv:
[MENTION=4946779]fndpena[/MENTION] last update for Tv Launcher was 22 March 2017. Custom app icons no longer function.
[Fire TV General] fndpena:
But I'm talking about removing ads, what custom app icons has to do with it?
[Fire TV General] brentonv:
I'm just saying it's outdated and unmaintained but up to you mate.
[Fire TV General] fndpena:
Yeah, it's outdated indeed. Which launcher do you suggest? My second choice would be HAlauncher, but I prefer tvlauncher's interface, that's why I'm still using it... But I get your point
[Fire TV General] brentonv:
It's easy to mod the APK and remove ads but they only show in the settings page from what I recall so it's really not an issue. TV Launcher is nice and simple but ATV Launcher would be my favourite. Version 0.1.3
[Fire TV General] TimmyP:
TV Launcher 3 has starfield animated background. Enough reason right there to use it considering its just a launcher.
[Fire TV General] Simshady97:
Hi ! Would it be possible to select an app that is not a launcher ? That would help out my grandmother a lot.
[Fire TV General] niphoet:
Yes, you can set any app.
[Fire TV General] DaveCPA:
I'm sure I'm doing something stupid here, but I am brand new to the Fire Stick in general. When I get to step 6 of Method 1, I never get the command line. I simply get: Connecting to IP:PORT Please make sure the target device has network ADB enabled. You may need to accept a prompt

Am I missing something super simple? I’ve got the right IP, and I’ve tried disabling and enabling ADB.
[Fire TV General] bradfordbeans:
Works great

firestick 4k

needed to use install -g
[Fire TV General] coni57:
I have already tried different launcher and find the Wolf_Launcher best for me.

It's worth a try
[Fire TV General] 5dportal:
This is working flawless on my FireSticks 4k with FireOS 6.2.7.1 and 6.2.6.8 Thank you so much! What would happen if my FireOS updates? Would the Launcher Stop working?
[Fire TV General] 5dportal:
Hi, where can I find the apk for that launcher to try it?
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
You'll find the apk on page 7
[Fire TV General] 5dportal:
Thank you will def try, atv is working flawless so far though :)
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Its no other than ATV launcher
[Fire TV General] 5dportal:
Would you happen to know if Amazon pushes an update, would FTVLaunchX stop working? I can't seem to find how to disable/block updates on the FireOS version I'm on.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
You don't have to disable any update, If Amazon want to block the App, they will block the installation of package app, but they cannot block the code, unless they disables Accessibility access.

You don't have to worry, just enjoy the app.
[Fire TV General] 5dportal:
I'm def are already, UI running wayy smoother and cleaner with ATV then the crazy bloatware stock launcher.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
To be honest, I never saw any ads on any screen of stock apps on Firestick 4k, Third-Party apps are optional.

But seriously not even on homescreen.
[Fire TV General] 5dportal:
Well what I meant was yes alll the optional apps and channels, services etc is just to much. Before the FireStick I use to always use Android TV Boxes with Stock clean Android. BUT with this FTV and ATV apps I definitely love the minimalist and clean layout. I just noticed ATV hasn't really made any updates for over a year I think, wonder if it head it's end of life :(
[Fire TV General] joemilan:
Hi, I installed it and it works perfectly! Just one thing I can't do and it would be to install widgets on the home. App permissions would appear to be required. Could you tell me the command lines to insert via ADB?
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Hi,

The package name is

com.wolf.firelauncher

All the other commands would be the same.

If on other versions of ATV Pro you were able to install the widgets, then on this version you could also.

I don't use widgets so i haven't used it personally.

But changing the package name in command line should solve the problem
[Fire TV General] joemilan:
Ok, it works!

To grant permission need to enter this command in a terminal session:

adb shell appwidget grantbind –package com.wolf.firelauncher –user 0

Now you can add widgets on the home page.
[Fire TV General] mrxtc89117:
Is Wolf Launcher the same as ATV launcher with mods?
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Yeah
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Try this one, this one is the latest.
[Fire TV General] DaveCPA:
Is there a way to update, without uninstalling and losing settings?
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Nope, you have to reinstall

Its signature is different from previous one.

I want to know if you have mantis (Firestick 4k)

Have you ever used ATV Pro 0.1.x and had trouble launching some apps?
[Fire TV General] DaveCPA:
I couldn’t launch prime video with ATV, works fine with yours
[Fire TV General] dk1keith:
I use this on my Shield TV and it works great. Is there a way to change the Name in the left of the screen from firetv to something else like ShieldTV?

thanks
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Here you go,

Don't forget to press thanks button.
[Fire TV General] dk1keith:
wow! thanks so much!

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Just installed it. It's perfect! thanks again.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Here's Launcher APK's for both FireTV and for ShieldTV

Previous ShieldTV app had problem with setting default launcher which is fixed in this.

I'm really sorry [MENTION=10179237]TheRealQubix[/MENTION] I think I'm spaming your thread, but it also has no other place and I also don't want to create another post on the forum.
[Fire TV General] dk1keith:
thanks for the update
[Fire TV General] kevev:
How do I get Amazon Prime Video working? The app does not start with a custom launcher. I am using ATV Launcher.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
First try this

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=81998113&postcount=132
[Fire TV General] SERGE4NT:
Why i can not start the fire stick with home button?
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
What do you mean?
[Fire TV General] victorparra:
Hello! Can you exactly explain what you did to make widgets to work?

I opened remote adb and put your code but i get errors like adb command not found

???
[Fire TV General] DaveCPA:
Prior to LaunchX, pressing the home button would swap inputs. That's no longer the case.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Holding the Menu Buttons Disables FTVLaunchX

Don't know for sure but you can press and hold the menu button and then press Home button.

I am not sure but you can try.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
According to you guys, what should be launched on long pressing home button (on home)?

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Remove "adb shell" from the command

adb shell is used when you use adb on a PC
[Fire TV General] victorparra:
Don't know what I am doing wrong, now, after the command it says: Killed, that's all, I still don't find the way to add widgets :S
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Widgets don't work on FireOS 6

Or Nougat and later

What FireTV device do you have?
[Fire TV General] victorparra:
Ouch :(

Using a Fire TV Stick 4k. I also find a glitch in the Wold Launcher interface: the tittle of the toppest section get cut with the status bar, even if we don't use status bar, the tittle stil get cut, is it normal?

By the way, should I do something to revert the above code (to enable widgets) if they don't work?

[IMG="glitch"]https://drive.google.com/open?id=109jc7Ybhj_MAergY5S6CcBVfWQOORJBx[/IMG]
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Widgets don't work on Firestick 4k.

You don't have to revert anything.

I'll check the title

You can also disable the title by going

App menu>Launcher Settings>Sections>Applications

And uncheck the show Title checkbox
[Fire TV General] victorparra:
Yeah sure! But I've got categories so i need titles to identify them.

Thanks for your effort!

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OFF TOPIC: I also tried to make kodi my main launcher as I can connect my plex account and having everything (movies, tv shows, PVR and apps shorcuts) in the same app wich is BEAUTIFUL, but kodi keeps crashing all the time after +- 20 seconds
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Here, Title is fixed.

Its actually a very weird bug.

I used kodi, I don't use it now, it on My Firestick 4K it didn't crash.
[Fire TV General] victorparra:
Thanks! It's still a bit cut thou :crying:
[Fire TV General] Boomissy:
Although more Off Topic (sorry), since I'm not using "FTVLaunchX"...

Widgets do work on "keira":

Fire OS 6.2.71 (NS6271/2493).

Fire TV Home Version 6211059.1

INSIGNIA_NS_58DF620NA20

The "Wolf_Launcher_0.1.5-FireTV_(Title_Fix).apk" is much better.

With either "Applications" or "Widgets" title on top, both have the top-half of the dot in lower case "i" only missing.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
This can be fixed but the Text will be smaller.

Should I leave it as it is or Should I make it somewhat more smaller

Its a problem with ATV

If you scroll upward on the last column, the screen scrolls nicely, tell me what you want
[Fire TV General] Boomissy:
I'm OK with it either way and was just confirming what victorparra was seeing.

I'm using "Widgets" on top & with only one "i", the half dot is hardly noticable.

If it bothers others that use "Applications" on top, just name it "Apps" instead & problem solved. . .
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Wait, I found the problem, its fixed now. Other changes reverted, no more smol text.

Changes:

1. Replaced icons with firetv for FireTV and replaced icon with Nvidia Shield for Shield TV.

2. Fixed Topmost Section Title

3. Changed Package Name

4. Changed launch behavior to fix the launcher not opening Some Apps. (e.g. Prime Video and Downloader)

These bugs were mainly on ATV 0.1.x
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
I want someone with Firestick 4k (mantis) to test something.

Anyone interested?
[Fire TV General] victorparra:
Yeah I think it's better decrease the size in favour of non-cut portions :)

Thanks dude :)
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
I fixed it without decreasing the size, problem was somewhere else.

Try Title Fix 2
[Fire TV General] victorparra:
Ok will try this noon. What a pity not being able to get widgets! I'td be amazing having flipboard for news and keep for notes.

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I'm available!

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What do you do to use widgets?
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Widgets don't work on our Firestick 4k.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Hey Man, I need some results, you tried ??
[Fire TV General] Boomissy:
I can try it with my Fire TV Stick 4K (mantis) in about 12 hrs.

What is different using this vs FTVLaunchX?

Should I first uninstall FTVLaunchX before doing the "adb install -g app-release.apk"?
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
You have to uninstall first, otherwise there will be a conflict.

Features:

Instant boot.

Enabling or disabling Home button detection.

Can change if you want to only press or keep pressing menu button to disable home detection.

Launching last app on firestick wakeup.

Long pressing home button on selected home launcher opens the settings (which i will change, its for debugging purposes).

THE THINGS I WANT YOU TEST. (Mainly because my firestick is behaving weirdly, developing and testing apps on FS is flooding it.)

You have to tell me after the firestick wakes and opens the last app (which sometimes it may not)

Check if the Home button is still functioning or not.

If it works for you without any problem only then I will reset my Firestick.

ONLY USE IT ON MANTIS.

Other might not handle it.
[Fire TV General] victorparra:
Sorry, my boyfriend got suddenly sick and we stayed at the hospital the whole day, it's a chaos here in Spain right now :(
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
The problem you are facing is the only thing i wanted to know, because all the junk I have on my FS could have caused that, so I can debug now.

I don't know if there is any update to FTVlaunchX from the last time i used it, but it took some time to open the launcher when its first cold booted, there was a 5 or 10 seconds delay. This one boots it instantly (maybe its now added to FTVlaunchX.

The hardware button detection is the feature which lets you enable or disable the Hook entirely.

If you uncheck that then the Home button will launch Amazon home and all the features of the app will be disabled.

The Menu press / long press button

Maybe you won't know but pressing and holding the menu button disable the hook temporarily.

When you press and hold menu and then press home you will reach Amazon home, and long press menu + long press home will open "Apps, Sleep,Mirroring, and settings" screen.

When you disable the long menu press, you can press the menu one time and the home button will behave normally.

Try disabling this option. And then press menu button (don't long press or press and hold, just press it once)

Then hold the home button, you will get the "apps sleep" screen once again, that's what it does.

These are the features of LauncherHijack BTW

And something went wrong with the Sleep Detection I think, have to revert some changes.
[Fire TV General] Boomissy:
After further testing, after it wakes & opens the last app with any button press, I discovered that a Back button press will take you to the "Selected Launcher" Home. At least that's alot better anyway.

I think that was the main change to FTVLaunchX-1.0.1, faster loading.

Setting it to use itself as the launcher does the same thing. . . correct?

The upper right 3 vertical dots "Load Defaults" setting I would think should do that, but it does not & the users choice of "Selected Launcher" stays.

Just a suggestion, but maybe for simplicity just have the "Load Defaults" option change the "Selected Launcher" back to "Fire TV Settings" & just remove that check box option all together?

Thanks for the explanations (never used Fire TV anything until a couple months ago).

It looks like your almost there and it's very usable as is.:fingers-crossed:
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
I fixed that yesterday, did a small mistake with looping,now its fine.

I didn't know when he changed it.

No it doesn't,

If you set the "app" as the default launcher, then it will launch the "app" at home press, try it you will know.

If you disable the first check box, the "app" won't do ****.

This resets the FTV default launcher to and the check boxes.

But its for app defaults option, not firetv default options.

Thanks for trying it.

I've made the app in January start, did some mods added it to github

You can check it was specially for FS 4k

https://github.com/sweenwolf/LauncherHijack/blob/master/HELP.md

I had to remodel everything, to give everyone credit

https://github.com/sweenwolf/LauncherHijack/releases/tag/4K.0.3

I ain't doing that again.

New app at https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=82328281&postcount=225
[Fire TV General] Boomissy:
Sorry, but I'm not seeing that. Is there something else I should try?

OK.

I thought that was what LauncherX did (maybe not), so I assumed yours did the same (I didn't test that, my mistake).

I agree.

I agree.

Maybe I wasn't clear, but I was trying to explain that when selecting the "Load Defaults", it should (in my opinion) also include reverting the users selection of say "Wolf Launcher" as the "Selected Launcher", back to "Fire TV Settings" (your app name) as it was when first opened after installing. It does not do that for me & if that's intentional, that's fine.

My pleasure. If you need further testing, let me know.

I've known, but never tried it.

I hope you'll be updating it with these improvements.

I've never used LauncherHijack before, but maybe if your project has evolved to something not really considered a fork anymore, ad it to GitHub as another project. Good luck either way.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Final Installment: Wolf Launcher

Final Installment of Wolf Launcher for FireTV and ShieldTV.

This final build fixes a bug (which i accidently created while debugging it.) where app is force closed.

[MENTION=9578961]brick00444[/MENTION] thought of it as a feature, which in fact is a bug. its now removed.

I think the app is pretty much bug free now. No more modifications needed.

Hope you enjoy the launcher.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Nothing to try, I fixed that locally. its after you tested.

what you thought is good, its not intentional. Code changes on daily bases. And I never ever thought about it, which actually is necessary.

The Amazon Hud was great idea, but it uses System level permissions to open. which this will never have, without root.

have to find other way.

Maybe I will, only if someone wants.
[Fire TV General] Boomissy:
OK, that's great!

Sorry, but I had thought my last post had kind of said that.

Instead of continuing to use the app-release.apk I have now (with the "small mistake with looping"), I'd much prefer to use the locally fixed updated app version.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Try it,

I made some changes today, but i don't have enough time to check any more bugs. it takes almost 20 min for firestick to sleep.

If it worked or not, tell me.
[Fire TV General] DaveCPA:
I just installed this earlier today. Doing great.
[Fire TV General] Boomissy:
My testing environment:

Fire TV Stick 4K (mantis non-root) with your latest apk installed (adb install -g C:\adb\app-release.apk).

Launched at default settings with "Wolf Launcher" (Wolf_Launcher_-_FireTV_(Final).apk) as the "Selected Launcher" saved.

"Sleep" state is initiated manually from the "Apps, Sleep, Mirroring, Settings" Menu.

Observations:

With this one, press of any button will wake from Sleep with last app open on screen - Confirmed fixed w/latest apk.

(above quote from previous apk)

With this apk, instead of opening your apps "Settings" (for debugging purposes), it now opens "Network" and a "Timer Finished" message appears/disappears from the bottom of the screen.

Is that intentional?

I'm assuming that my "Feature request" of showing the "Apps, Sleep, Mirroring, Settings" Menu instead, is what you had previously referred to as "The Amazon hud", is out because of the System level permission requiring root.

Therefore, can it be changed from "Network" to "Sleep", or is that also problem?

If not already covered above, what are they supposed to effect and/or what else should I look for?

That's the first thing I changed with adb on the stick.

How nice of Amazon for not having an option anywhere in the device "Settings" to change or disable the sleep timer.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Sorry about the "Timer Finished" forgot to remove it while building it, it was for testing.

You want to sleep the firestick?

Maybe it can be done, i don't know.

Will have to look into it.
[Fire TV General] Boomissy:
No need for "Sorry", thanks for your efforts.

IMO, "Sleep" is better than "Network".

If not "Sleep", even "System" would be OK.

If possible, best would be adding a "Home Button Long Press" check box option between "Sleep" (checked) & "System" (unchecked) in the apps "Launcher Settings".:cool:
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Good to hear that

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I'm actually not getting you, "System" means what?
[Fire TV General] Boomissy:
Sorry I mistakenly said "System", when I meant to say "Settings" from the original Amazon launcher Menu (option of Apps, Sleep, Mirroring, or Settings) you get by Home Button Long Press.
[Fire TV General] m0nday:
So I can add sections, but can't remove them. Any ideas?
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Go to Menu>Launcher Setting>Sections>"Your Section">Remove Section(last option in the list)

Or

Go to Menu>Launcher Setting>Sections>Manage Sections>X on the right of the Section.

Applications and Widgets sections cannot be removed, they are default
[Fire TV General] m0nday:
Ya, I've tried both but it doesn't actually delete it. I can create them, but can't remove. I'm on the fire cube.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] NobuyukiTheCat:
I just installed a custom ROM (lightrom) on my Samsung A50(A505FN) and I hopped on pubg and noticed that even if I turned on the gyroscope option, it would not work. I searched on the internet and found out that I need to flash persist.img. Can anyone give me that file? Thanks a lot!

Edit: Found the issue. I flashed the Samsung multidisabler: htt ps://mega.nz/#!4lUDBAYJ!VKZmZKty6Bfe1UecEvnYbBLAP9wX1q0mj8Op8xbajSw

And gyroscope came back to life, also root started working (magisk). Hope it helped you!
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] Kawsarulislamkabbo:
I have also installed corvus os custom rom for playing pubg in my a50 and facing the same gyro problem. Gyro is totally not working. Can you please help me how to solve this issue