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[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
anyone has a download link for 6.2.8.7/3768?

If someone has this update available to them but has disabled the OTA updates and would like to give us the link can PM me (for Non-rooted users)

For root users i can give you another modded OTA app which will pull the link for the update (It will not check for App updates and will not download anything, It will dump the link to ADB)

If Launcher Manager 1.0.7 is not working on latest update then certainly they have fixed a thing with this update, and i have no way to test that without the update.
[Fire TV General] CloudItaly:
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[Fire TV General] Eggnoghog:
Hi SweenWolf,

first of all I have to congratulate you for your stunning work. Without you I would already have thrown my FireTV Stick into the trashbin.

I hope you have beside your work an open ear for following suggestions regarding Wolf Launcher and Launcher Manager:

Wolf Launcher:

- kiosk mode (password) for settings

- change fontsize and color

- minimum height for sections

- option for an completely empty section (to see the background image)

- slide show for backgrounds

Launcher Manager:

- when home button is pressed for a few seconds you will see the amazon menu. it would be great if you can change app menu just as you did with the settings menu (a password window would be enough). This would prevent swurblers from running unauthorized apps.

Thank you so much. Im looking forward to buy you a beer.

Regards, Eggnoghog
[Fire TV General] Sus_i:
The latest for my 4k stick is 6.2.8.1/4812 and it says it's up-to-date.

What is the most current update version for your stick?

Nice :)

Tell me if someone sends you an url, please :)
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
For Rooted user make sure you have FOTA-Patch v2 installed.

then just install this apk via adb

adb install -r DeviceSoftwareOTA_OTA_DUMP.apk

Code to find the DUMP

adb logcat | findstr WOOLF_OTA_RESULT

Video:

View attachment 5547713
[Fire TV General] aliinbox:
I am new to this and not sure if it has been discussed before.

Is it possible to add an option to LM so that by clicking home button, fire tv directly goes to "Your Apps & Games" instead of home screen?

This way, there is no need for a third party launcher.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Its not Possible, By Default Android allows to change their launcher but Android TV don't.

So you have to manually do that, Amazon has put a lot of "Efforts" on their Home Screen, and wants you to look at them, that's why you have to stick with Amazon Launcher by Stock.
[Fire TV General] aliinbox:
Thanks for your reply,

The reason I asked was I saw a shortcut/icon to Your Apps/Games in Wolf launcher or F launcher so I thought "Your Apps/Games" is a standalone app in FS and could be added to the list of launchers in LM.

Edit1: It is actually "Appstore" app in Wolf launcher,

Edit 2: This activity: com.amazon.venezia.grid.AppsGridLauncherActivity
[Fire TV General] EngineerMind:
Since it's possible to create an app that auto-runs when the firestick is powered on, someone should write an app that automatically clears the OTA download(s) every hour or so by running in the background and doing the adb "pm clear com.amazon.device.software.ota" command. (maybe the wolf launcher app itself could do this on a recurring basis)

This way, there should not be any downloaded update file in there if the firestick is restarted or when it's idle for a long time (which is another way amazon tries to install an update)

It will basically act as a poor-man "update blocker", to prevent the new wolf-killing update from installing (for users that can't disable the OTA files but wolf is still working), and allow users to keep using wolf launcher.
[Fire TV General] Finnzz:
@aliinbox Launcher Manager doesn't include system apps when choosing a Launcher. I'm guessing just because there is no demand for it.

You can download one of the button remapper apps, have it point to com.amazon.venezia. Then have Launcher Manager use the button remapper app as your Launcher. This will make the apps page your Launcher page as you wanted.

Get any of the button remapper apps here:

How to remap the App Buttons on Fire TV Remotes with Remapper — Updated January 2023

The app buttons at the bottom of the newest Fire TV Remotes and Fire TV Smart TV remotes can either be fantastic or useless. They're great if it's an app that you use often, but they're a complete waste if you don't even have the app that they're for installed.

www.aftvnews.com

Install the button app and point it to:

com.amazon.venezia

This is a little bit of a convoluted solution, but it will get you what you want immediately.

EDIT: make sure you are on LM 1.1.6, which let's you choose any user app for launcher

https://xdaforums.com/t/app-firetv-...e-launcher-without-root.4176349/post-86385741

@JohnC there was discussion of that a few pages back
[Fire TV General] aliinbox:
It worked! Thank you so much! You are my hero!

The only problem is that voice search does not work though it still works inside apps ( Prime Video, Youtube,...)

As I tested, voice search works if I disable Launcher manager and only run Button remapper (does not have an icon, executed from Settings->Launch)

I wonder if it has to do with Custom Launcher Handler which I had to enable in order to set button remapper as a launcher.

I wish LM had the option to include system apps as launcher.
[Fire TV General] Finnzz:
This is a consequence of disabling the FireTV Launcher, which voice searches depend on. When you are in an app, voice searches are directed to the app itself rather that the Fire Launcher, so that function still works.

You can still search apps from the launcher if you specify the app. Eg Alexa, search YouTube for news. Alexa, search Netflix for the Witcher.

Losing some voice search functions is one cost of using a custom launcher. It wouldn't be any different if Launcher Manager directly made com.amazon.venezia the launcher.

EDIT: if you really need full voice search function from the launcher, you can install LM 1.0.7 which doesn't disable the FireLauncher to implement a custom launcher. But it is less stable, and home button presses are delayed

https://xdaforums.com/t/app-firetv-...e-launcher-without-root.4176349/post-86458115
[Fire TV General] amazonisevil:
So you just re-set the launcher in Launcher Manager every time?

I blocked updates via my router --but too late. I'm stuck with 6.2.8.7 (NS6287/3768) myself. :(
[Fire TV General] linuxlad:
It's too bad that the home button on the remote cannot be remapped, otherwise, I would remap it to the wolf launcher and problem solved.
[Fire TV General] Timewarp79:
Hi. I’m having a small issue installing permissions manager. When I download and try to install it, it gives me a “conflict with existing package by the same name error” although I don’t have any file installed previously with the same name. The same thing happens when I tried updating launcher manager from V.1.1.3 to V.1.1.5 on my 4K firestick. Any help is appreciated.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
If you have adb installed on pc

adb uninstall com.wolf.lm
adb uninstall com.wolf.pm

else install remote adb shell on your device and type

pm uninstall com.wolf.lm
pm uninstall com.wolf.pm

Reboot after that and then install the apps normally.

You could also use adb reinstall flag but i think you should clean install the apps
[Fire TV General] moccor:
I just heard of this blocking updates and launcher stuff today and am curious, does it hinder the Fire Sticks ever? Like, does blocking updates eventually cause Hulu and other apps to no longer work?
[Fire TV General] EngineerMind:
Blocking updates does not hinder anything right away. There is a VERY slight chance that some future version of an app like prime video/netflix/hulu may stop working if your device is not updated. But if that does ever happen, then you can always unblock updates and allow your stick to do an update and then the problem is solved.

Users are basically only trying to block updates now so that they can keep using Wolf launcher because a new update will block wolf from running as the default launcher.
[Fire TV General] moccor:
Oh I kinda figured that. Do you know if that has ever happened for as long as you've used a Fire Stick? I don't use it a whole lot, so I would hate to go thru the bs of blocking updates and then have to undo it before trying to watch something randomly
[Fire TV General] EngineerMind:
I never blocked updates before. But I just started because I want to keep using wolf.

If you do not ever intend to use an alternate launcher like wolf, then I can't think of any reason to block updates.
[Fire TV General] Sus_i:
There is in fact another very good reason to avoid the latest update, at least for all currently selled sticks (except the max) ;)
[Fire TV General] EngineerMind:
What is this other reason?
[Fire TV General] Sus_i:
Some nice developments in the xda fireTV section soon.
[Fire TV General] Powerfader:
Will this work on a 2019 Shield Pro to enable widgets?
[Fire TV General] Elvisnazareth:
@SweenWolf thank you for your work on the launcher.

Whilst I am one of the unlucky ones who got the forced update, is the update blocker on page 1 still effective for blocking updates?
[Fire TV General] Timewarp79:
Thank you so much for your help @SweenWolf . Your work is indeed amazing. Thank you for everything you do. I shall try this solution and get back to you. Cheers 🍻
[Fire TV General] Timewarp79:
@SweenWolf So I did what you advised. I installed remote ADB shell and passed the commands. Launcher manager got uninstalled. But permissions manager didn’t quite get any success. Then I rebooted and tried to install the latest versions. Same results. Conflict with existing package. I’m attaching screenshots for reference.
[Fire TV General] Timewarp79:
P.S. now I’m without a launcher manager. I’m thinking of reinstalling V.1.1.3. It’s surprising how I don’t get the error while installing V.1.1.3 but I do get it while installing V.1.1.5.
[Fire TV General] Finnzz:
There is a conflict with LM 1.1.4+ and Wolf's old screensaver manager app. LM 1.1.4 adds a screensaver manager option.

Uninstall the old screensaver manager app. Or you can also just install the latest beta, Wolf fixed the conflict in LM

https://xdaforums.com/t/app-firetv-...e-launcher-without-root.4176349/post-86385741
[Fire TV General] John123a:
PT-BR translation updated
[Fire TV General] Timewarp79:
Hi. Thank you for your reply. I don’t have any screensaver manager installed. At least it doesn’t appear in the installed apps. Where else can I look for it? I don’t remember ever installing a screensaver. I don’t even use the default one which comes with the firestick. Regards.
[Fire TV General] Bashar20:
Obviously you have another wolf app installed. Several of TDUK apps are made my SweenWolf as well.
[Fire TV General] Timewarp79:
Hi. Thank you for your reply. Do you mean I should uninstall the version of wolf launcher that I have and try installing another version? And yes you are correct. I had installed my wolf launcher from TDUK’s page. I can confirm the version once I reach home.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
install latest lm from

https://xdaforums.com/attachments/lm-fos-1-1-6-beta3-apk.5530695/

and I'll update Permissions Manager in a few minutes

[EDIT] Permissions Manager Version 1.0.3 uploaded
[Fire TV General] Timewarp79:
Thank you so much. Will keep you posted.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
here's an updated list of string for Launcher Manager.

for PT-BR please translate the string below the line

<!-- STRINGS NOT TRANSLATED-->
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
https://d1s31zyz7dcc2d.cloudfront.n...0461572-to-PS7242_user_3515_0021710617476.bin

just differential not full for Cube, by @Finnzz
[Fire TV General] ASCiiDiTY:
I'm also looking for this info.
[Fire TV General] Y42:
It does not say "active launcher" for me.

And when I disable stock launcher and press Home, the app freezes.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
What do you mean by "does not say "Active launcher" what does it say?

Have you installed a compatible launcher?
[Fire TV General] teofilus:
First of all, thanks for your work and the amazing app. I'm running it on a fire tv stick lite, but I have a problem with the backgrounds. I can choose it but it does not appear in any way. I have widgets running but the background wallpaper is missing. It does not matter if I choose a little picture of bigger... it simple does not appear.

Any idea?

Thanks in advance.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Go to launcher setting> wallpaper

Check Application Wallpaper

After that, click on select wallpaper, and select it from internal storage.

Depending ln the size of the Image, launcher will take some time cropping the image to appropriate dimensions, which sometimes takes 3 to 5 seconds.

After that wallpaper should be applied successfully.
[Fire TV General] teofilus:
Thanks. It worked. I don´t know what I was doing wrong.

Thank you very much!
[Fire TV General] digger18:
Awesome work! I really enjoy my new Wolf Launcher instead of the bloated stock launcher. But how do I access the Display settings? My 2nd gen Cube is locked to 1080p but I have 4k TV...
[Fire TV General] pras_pp:
Can you add a shortcut to "Display & Sounds" settings in FireOS_Settings ?
[Fire TV General] Xelxus:
How can i disable the widgets via ABD? I enabled them according to the instructions in the launcher, but i am very disappointed with the results due to poor widget implementation (the functionality and usability of the launcher is really crippled when the widgets are enabled). Note that hiding the widget-section is out of question as the application row will end up at the top of the screen messing with the looks. I'm trying all these on a Fire TV Cube software version 7.2.2.9.

I also own two other Fire TV Sticks 4k on which i use HALauncher together with FireOS_Settings_1.7. I find HALauncher to be the perfect Launcher, however i can't make it the default launcher on Fire TV Cube as it seems it is not recognized as launcher.

I attach a picture of HALauncher as it looks on both my Fire TV sticks 4k. Now I'm trying to simulate a similar clean, simple and functional layout on my Fire TV Cube. If WolfLauncher is to be updated, then at least the font size of time&date should be increased as they are barely readable when you are sitting 4-5 m in front of your TV. Besides, the date format should be customisable as well.

PS. Launcher Manager (FireOS 6 & 7)_1.0.2.apk seems to not work on Fire TV Cube software version 7.2.2.9, however FireOS_Settings_1.7.apk works well. In the last 24h i did reset the Cube to factory settings and tried various apk-combinations countless times.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Unfortunately, this cannot be done due to some security restrictions be Amazon.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
You have to enable stock launcher, go to Display and Sound and change the Screen Resolution, after that open launcher Manager and disable the launcher again.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
You can use anything you want, please upload the HAL apk here i will modify that for you (to be able to detect as a launcher)
[Fire TV General] alex78ita:
hello,

the launcher manager ultimate works also with fireos 5? thanks
[Fire TV General] jgpalmeiro:
Hi!!

I'ts possible to have the 0.1.7 version back?? The "Android settings" menu option is very useful.

Also is possible to have de Amazon search button, similar as the one in Leanlauncher.

Thanks!!!
[Fire TV General] digger18:
It works only until next cycle, so if my Cube goes to sleep or I shut down TV, it wakes with 1080p again.

Is there a way to solve it once and for all?
[Fire TV General] Y42:
It only says Launcher Options, and Shortcuts.

I have ATV Launcher, TVLauncher 3 and Leanback Launcher, whereas the latter seems to not be compatible
[Fire TV General] pras_pp:
Thanks for your reply.
[Fire TV General] ASCiiDiTY:
What is the difference between Launcher Manager 1.0.1 and 1.0.2? I'm still using 1.0.1 on my 2nd gen cube (on fos 7.2.2.4). Is there a changelog? Should I upgrade to the 1.0.2 version??
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
If you have older version then use that, I do not have a changelog and i also deleted the older version before XDA migrated, so i compiled whatever i had at hand.

But older version is fine.
[Fire TV General] ASCiiDiTY:
Okay, thanks.
[Fire TV General] Sus_i:
Thanks :) but we need the latest for mantis, doesn't matter if it's a full or differential.

Btw, I've got a bunch of full 7.2.x.x updates for sheldon/sheldonp... let me know if you want them for your stuff.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
I currently want link for mantis only.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Now supports RTL, need full translation for pt-BR till tomorrow, I will upload this as Final 1.1.6 release tomorrow.
[Fire TV General] Sus_i:
https://xdaforums.com/t/is-there-an...80-to-a-full-ota-image.4409791/#post-86506597
[Fire TV General] Skel40:
This one contains an efuse so be careful when putting in /cache on the root of the system folder. This isn't flashable
[Fire TV General] John123a:
Corrected missing strings
[Fire TV General] John123a:
btw there's a way to make LM open the "Applications" section instead going directly to "manage installed applications"? That makes disabling apps updates so much easer, FireTV settings (the one without root) creates a shortcut that opens that section.
[Fire TV General] Finnzz:
The appstore icon / app takes you directly to your installed apps.

And LM 1.1.6 has an update blocker built in now. Look under other settings in LM
[Fire TV General] John123a:
I'm talking about this screen, the LM goes directly to the second image
[Fire TV General] EngineerMind:
Does it use my idea of clearing the OTA download file(s) on a recurring basis?
[Fire TV General] Alza3eeem:
Under other options->> ADB Commands

You can add a line with any title and place

pm clear com.amazon.device.software.ota

And you will need to run it before turning off your firestick
[Fire TV General] Finnzz:
Install ActivityLauncher

GitHub - butzist/ActivityLauncher: Activity launcher creates shortcuts for any installed app and hidden activities to launch them with ease

Activity launcher creates shortcuts for any installed app and hidden activities to launch them with ease - butzist/ActivityLauncher

github.com

Use it to make a shortcut to:

Amazon Settings / Applications (com.amazon.tv.settings.v2.tv.applications.applicationsactivity)

This will give you a shortcut on your launcher to that applications page.

@JohnC no it's the same as the stand alone update blocker. It requires you manually press the block / unblock update options.

I think wolf didn't want to create a service to periodically clear updates because it would reduce the stability of LM.

But the biggest problem I see with doing that is, that once the update is fully downloaded on your device, it can't be cleared without root access. The clear command will clear the the information about the update so that the OTA service isn't aware of the update on the device, and then download the update again under a slightly different name the next time.

The result will be that the device will accumulate more and more duplicate update files until there is no more space, forcing you to either update or factory reset to get that space back.

I learned this the hard way, and now have 4 update files stuck on my device that I can't delete.
[Fire TV General] EngineerMind:
I know that, but my idea was to have the wolf launcher run that command every x minutes or so.

This way the user does not need to remember to run it manually - so it's a no-brainer.

And the stick will install an update when it's idle for a few hours - not just on bootup - so it would be much more effective as a blocker if it cleared the files every x minutes.
[Fire TV General] John123a:
I just thought that would be cool if LM just opened that section (APPLICATIONS) instead of jumping right into that category (MANAGE INSTALLED APPLICATIONS)
[Fire TV General] Skel40:
@SweenWolf I did a test with 6.2.8.7 and it does indeed block the launcher manager from switching to the custom launcher. The adb commandline works just fine. It's only the enabling the custom launcher part that doesn't work. It kicks you out to the main home launcher everytime I attempt to enable it.
[Fire TV General] EngineerMind:
That stinks.

How were you able to discover/see those 4 orphaned update files?
[Fire TV General] Finnzz:
When you press the check for update option and record the logs, you can see the original file name:

update-raven-diff-PS7242_2906_0021710461572-to-PS7242_user_3515_0021710617476.bin

And the file name being written to my desk

update-raven-diff-PS7242_2906_0021710461572-to-PS7242_user_3515_0021710617476-3.bin

The '-3' at the end indicates there is already a -2, -1, and original file name. I had done the check, and ADB clear, 4 times.

I'm told the ADB command will clear the file if you use it before the update file completes downloading, but once it finishes it gets moved and to another location where it sits and waits to be installed.

@Sus_i I don't have root so I can't see into the folder with the updates. Am I describing this correctly?
[Fire TV General] linuxlad:
@Skel40

Were you successful at disabling the stock launcher in 6287? Last time I tried the adb command in 6287 to disable the stock launcher, it would not allow it due to the protected package error.
[Fire TV General] QuiDC96:
[Repost]

I'm still waiting for some advice how to fix that. Thanks :-)
[Fire TV General] EngineerMind:
I just started using Wolf Launcher 0.1.9 on a Firestick 4k Max running 7.2.5.5/2465.

Since some of the system settings are not available in this Launcer Manager app (1.1.5), I sometimes need to turn off custom launcher to access those system settings.

But when I turn wolf back on, none of the home screen icons are visible, and only some of the shortcut labels are visible, and I can not hilight any of the shortcuts, but I can hear the navigation click as I move around.

I have to reboot the device to get the wolf launcher working again.

How can I officially report this bug?
[Fire TV General] Sus_i:
Are you sure about this? Maybe check this again :)

Watch for OTALOG in logcat. You should see something like this at some point:

State changed from Downloading to Downloaded : LocalUri changed from null to file.... followed by the update filename, usually on cache.

I've done this several times and after the pm clear command, there wasn't any update on cache anymore... Maybe the cube acts different? Idk.

Yes, without root you can't list the files on cache.

Anyways, free space on the cache partition isn't good or bad, you can't use or access it.

System apps like the ota update app will run a free space check first and if space isn't sufficient, it will just delete files over there. So it doesn't matter... ;)

I guess nobody tried the run-in-background set to ignore?

https://xdaforums.com/t/app-firetv-...e-launcher-without-root.4176349/post-86384703
[Fire TV General] EngineerMind:
So are you saying that it is safe to keep resetting the OTA package because it won't permanently keep using up space on the stick?

I did try preventing run-in-background and it does not work.
[Fire TV General] Sus_i:
Wasn't my idea to reset the ota-app regularly ;)

but why should it not work?

As I said, cache partition isn't the internalSD/userdata partition... it doesn't matter what kind of data is or isn't stored on cache.

It will permanently use network bandwidth, because it trys to download updates all the time, again and again. I guess a DNS or router block is way better.

How did you know that it wont work?

Only way to tell is to check logcat, since a press on search updates enable run-in-background again.

Or does the command itself not work?