Any Launcher, No Root (Launcher Hijack V4)

[keenan316]

If anyone can help me see where I'm going wrong I would really appreciate it..

I have a FireTV 4K 1st gen running FireOS 5.2.7.3

I have successfully managed to ADB to the FireTV over ethernet and installed both:

• Leanback Launcher
• Launcher Hijack 4

I ran both of these commands over ADB..

"adb shell settings put secure enabled_accessibility_services com.baronkiko.launcherhijack/com.baronkiko.launcherhijack.AccServ"

"adb shell settings put secure accessibility_enabled 1"

Both execute fine without any errors, however Launcher Hijack does not launch by itself on the FireTV.

When I launch it I still get an error "Accessibility Service Disabled"

I have tried to open and turn off Screen Magnifier, rebooted and tried again but still get the same error.

Am I missing something?

 

[mic1986]

If anyone can help me see where I'm going wrong I would really appreciate it..

I have a FireTV 4K 1st gen running FireOS 5.2.7.3

I have successfully managed to ADB to the FireTV over ethernet and installed both:

• Leanback Launcher
• Launcher Hijack 4

I ran both of these commands over ADB..

"adb shell settings put secure enabled_accessibility_services com.baronkiko.launcherhijack/com.baronkiko.launcherhijack.AccServ"

"adb shell settings put secure accessibility_enabled 1"

Both execute fine without any errors, however Launcher Hijack does not launch by itself on the FireTV.

When I launch it I still get an error "Accessibility Service Disabled"

I have tried to open and turn off Screen Magnifier, rebooted and tried again but still get the same error.

Am I missing something?

Hi.

Same here. Did you find any solution?
Cheers!

 

[mojavaid36]

got this to work on Fire HD 8 8th Gen by using the following ADB commands and the repackaged apk

adb shell settings get secure enabled_accessibility_services

Copy the output from the above command and paste it into the command below

adb shell settings put secure enabled_accessibility_services (PASTE_HERE):com.baronkiko.launcherhijack/com.baronkiko.launcherhijack.AccServ

you will also have to run

adb shell pm grant com.baronkiko.launcherhijack android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW

---------- Post added at 12:57 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:56 AM ----------

got this to work on Fire HD 8 8th Gen by using the following ADB commands and the repackaged apk

adb shell settings get secure enabled_accessibility_services

Copy the output from the above command and paste it into the command below

adb shell settings put secure enabled_accessibility_services (PASTE_HERE):com.baronkiko.launcherhijack/com.baronkiko.launcherhijack.AccServ

you will also have to run

adb shell pm grant com.baronkiko.launcherhijack android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW

---------- Post added at 01:35 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:57 AM ----------

got this to work on Fire HD 8 8th Gen by using the following ADB commands and the repackaged apk

adb shell settings get secure enabled_accessibility_services

Copy the output from the above command and paste it into the command below

adb shell settings put secure enabled_accessibility_services (PASTE_HERE):com.baronkiko.launcherhijack/com.baronkiko.launcherhijack.AccServ

you will also have to run

adb shell pm grant com.baronkiko.launcherhijack android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW

---------- Post added at 12:57 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:56 AM ----------

got this to work on Fire HD 8 8th Gen by using the following ADB commands and the repackaged apk

adb shell settings get secure enabled_accessibility_services

Copy the output from the above command and paste it into the command below

adb shell settings put secure enabled_accessibility_services (PASTE_HERE):com.baronkiko.launcherhijack/com.baronkiko.launcherhijack.AccServ

you will also have to run

adb shell pm grant com.baronkiko.launcherhijack android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW

actually much better solution here

https://xdaforums.com/hd8-hd10/development/official-amazon-fire-toolbox-v1-0-t3889604

 

[franco@bcfellowship.org]

Still not working

This solution looked interesting, but I get this error after entering the last command:

Operation not allowed: java.lang.SecurityException: Can't change android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW. It is required by the application

And the net result is no change, still a big long, annoying pause on the Fire launcher home screen before switching to Nova Launcher.

 

[Jabbitt]

The Amazon Toolkit has the solution of downgrading the Fire Launcher and doing some tinkering but unfortunately, this gets reset if you turn off your tablet.

Unless someone does some active research, I guess we're stuck with the five second pause for good now.

Sent from my KFDOWI using Tapatalk

 

[Jabbitt]

I decided to bite the bullet and have a go at rooting my Kindle Fire HD8 (Douglas). I got a few things wrong and ended up having to take the tablet apart to apply the trick of shorting out two pin connections.

However, I successfully got TWRP installed and I tried both Lineage-12.1 and SlimLP. Whilst both were quite fast and snappy at first, they regularly locked up and I had to wait for the system to become responsive again.

After a week of trying both of the custom roms, I decided to go back to stock and just live with the awful Fire Launcher. Unfortunately, the script for resetting my tablet to stock didn't work. With a bit of research I discovered that the stock image files straight from Amazon are flashable in TWRP!

So, I installed stock Amazon, Magisk (to give me full root) and Titanium Backup. Once it was all up and running, I used Titanium Backup to freeze the FireOS launcher (called Homepages). Homepages must take up a lot of system resources because now I'm on Nova Launcher, the tablet seems faster and more responsive. The only downside to all of this seems to be that the battery life has been reduced.

 

[CuF]

Can anyone explain some of the settings to me and when it is appropriate to use them?
"Launcher open detection", "Broadcast receiver detection", "Overlay detection" have me stumped.

 

[MleB02]

Fire OS 7 on Fire 8 (8th Generation) Tablet w/ Launcher Hijack

Amazon has recently dropped their OS 7 (Android 9 - Pie, w/ their 'tweaks') for their 'older' tablets and, tempting fate, I went for it yesterday.

Fear of losing access to Hijack file (as per posting #395 - FreakyyLike) a real concern - less so Google, because there are FireOS 7-friendly files available - but it's upgrade seemed to go off okay. This update had to be manually done (the device's 'System Updates' didn't find it automatically- so updates found on the Amazon Fire Tablet Help site - a list of OS and applicable devices) - downloaded, moved into the Fire's main storage, then run from 'System Update'.

Their Launcher really does make an effort to be the default (and it hides Launcher Hijack when it does), but I think I've (mostly) returned to functionality here. Using Nova Launcher here and - FWIW - Google's files as previously installed in April all seem to be working, too.

Early days yet as to improvements seen in their version of Pie, but so thankful for Launcher Hijack - and not having to do the whole 'connect to a computer to make tweaks' thing, here.

 

[edwardxi]

fire 10 9th doesn't work
can't select the Nova Launcher within Hijack app, the option is grey, can't click "ok" to confirm...

 

[tonino2424]

Hi Guys,

Great wedsite for android users. I am hoping someone could kindly give me a step by step instructions on how to setup nova launcher so I can use it has my home page so I can install apps that I want to see. This is what I have done so far.

Step 1. Installed nova launcher on my fire tablet 10.
Step 2. Tried installing hijacklauncher and amazon fire blocked it.
Step 3. I used clone app to to rename hijacklauncher to new hijacklauncher and cloned it.
Step 4. Installed new hijacklauncher

At this point is where i need help. If someone could do that i would greatly appreciate it.

TYVM

PS i am using amazon fire 10.

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Hi Guys,

Great wedsite for android users. I am hoping someone could kindly give me a step by step instructions on how to setup nova launcher so I can use it has my home page so I can install apps that I want to see. This is what I have done so far.

Step 1. Installed nova launcher on my fire tablet 10.
Step 2. Tried installing hijacklauncher and amazon fire blocked it.
Step 3. I used clone app to to rename hijacklauncher to new hijacklauncher and cloned it.
Step 4. Installed new hijacklauncher

At this point is where i need help. If someone could do that i would greatly appreciate it.

TYVM

PS i am using amazon fire 10.

 

[sli4]

I unfortunately bought a banned firestick. This has helped me to make it somewhat useable but because I can't get through the initial set up the fireOS setup it just beeps/chirps in the background every 30 seconds or so while using the launcher. Is there anyway to bounce back to the set up so that pressing "home" will sync the remote and this will stop?
It will do this every time the fire stick restarts because it doesn't ever pass the update screen before starting.

 

[brentonv]

Can anyone explain some of the settings to me and when it is appropriate to use them?
"Launcher open detection", "Broadcast receiver detection", "Overlay detection" have me stumped.

I would please like to know also. Any ideas @SweenWolf ?

 

[Bonzey2416]

Can you find a version of Launcher Hijack that runs on Kindle Fire HD 7 (2012) running Fire OS 7.5.1, which is based on Android 4.0.3 (API 15)? I want to replace the default launcher with Nova Launcher 3.3.

 

[urbanman2004]

Yo @BaronKiko, I was watching YouTube and came across this video where I noticed my logo (as in your app) was being used. Been watching ETA Prime's channel for the past 4-5 years so it's an honor that your app (as in my logo) is getting some recognition. S/o to you for the opportunity. I'm sure it'll be months before you see this since I know you tend to stay off the grid much. Until next time, talk to you real soon...