[WINDOWS/LINUX][TOOL]Fire Toolbox V34.0

[maxq1]

Thank you so much for this tool, @Datastream33 Waiting on my next pay check to send you some love

Question on restoring Fire Launcher. If you do so, will you be able to toggle between that and other launchers?

 

[Datastream33]

Thank you so much for this tool, @Datastream33 Waiting on my next pay check to send you some love

Question on restoring Fire Launcher. If you do so, will you be able to toggle between that and other launchers?

Hey, no problem at all my friend and THANK YOU in advance for your donation my good friend!!

Unfortuently, Amazon doesn't want you to use secondary launchers so swapping between launchers while Fire Launcher is enabled sadly isn't possible through normal means. However, on newer gens (8+) if you disable Fire Launcher and don't set a default you will be able to switch between launchers freely! Hope this helps!

 

[vivrosh]

No matter what I do what driver I'm still my father is this not recognize by fire too or pc I don't know what to do I try so many different drivers in anyone help

 

[NutterDog]

I'm stuck on the custom launcher downgrading Fire Launcher. It's just hanging and not getting the job done. Nova loaded and works, and I set up the Launcher Hijack when this step step was failing. This was how I original set my kindle up when I first got this kindle a couple years ago, though. I hate the newer 5 second delay and I wanted to use the Toolbox to get rid of the bloatware. I chose to reset the kindle to factory and start from scratch. I was really hoping to get the Fire Launcher downgrade to work and go back to the immediate home to nova launcher functionality! I'm messing with a Kindle 10 7th gen. Looks like maybe this is new to Toolbox 11? Is there an issue with it?

 

[NutterDog]

Mega thanks Datastream33!

The issue I had with Fire Toolbox 10.2 and which I was able to resolve was that when I applied the Standard Debloat option the Kindle icon no longer showed on the tablet and then when I tried to read a .kfx ebook on the tablet I got the "The requested action is not permitted. Check parental controls settings and retry." message. What I did to fix the problem after trying multiple options was to re-enable Amazon Newsstand and that restored the Kindle icon and allowed me to read .kfx ebooks again. I think it would be good to leave Amazon Newsstand enabled by default in the Standard Debloat option.

Agreed - I didn't come across this until after I spent a bunch of time figuring out which package was causing the problem. Restoring Newstand fixed it. I couldn't load Kindle Reader from Google Play like someone with a new kindle reported they could, so I had to find a fix for this.

 

[sr1sws]

Agreed - I didn't come across this until after I spent a bunch of time figuring out which package was causing the problem. Restoring Newstand fixed it. I couldn't load Kindle Reader from Google Play like someone with a new kindle reported they could, so I had to find a fix for this.

Hmmm... I just went to the Google Playstore, searched for Kindle and it came up with an 'enable' button. Pushing this restored use of the Kindle app. No Newstand required.

 

[vivrosh]

I just give up try one laptop two desktop all with Windows 10 and four different cable and try different driver still Fire hd 7th generation not detecting

 

[lewmur]

I just give up try one laptop two desktop all with Windows 10 and four different cable and try different driver still Fire hd 7th generation not detecting

Did you enable Developer mode and USB debugging on the tablet?

 

[NutterDog]

Hmmm... I just went to the Google Playstore, searched for Kindle and it came up with an 'enable' button. Pushing this restored use of the Kindle app. No Newstand required.

I'm not sure what makes it work on some and others - maybe different gens? I was able to find the app in Google Play and tap install, and it went through the process of downloading and installing, but when it was done the app would not show up and the Install button in Google Play would reappear instead of the usual Open. I tried installing numerous time and could not get it to work. For this reason, I had to go back to trying to make the built-in kindle functionality working again, in which having Newstand active is required to avoid the Parental Controls block.

A simple way to inform people would be to add a note about this when hovering over it in the manual hide/restore page for the next update.

 

[NutterDog]

I just give up try one laptop two desktop all with Windows 10 and four different cable and try different driver still Fire hd 7th generation not detecting

I had the same struggle - several computers, several cords, several kindles. I knew that all the cords I used supported data transfer (some only support charing). I finally got one that worked, and it did have a much snugger fit into the kindle than the other cords I tried. All of my cords were generic extras. The take away is that they are built different! I was finally able to get my computer to detect our fire 8 and 10, both 7th gen, after much frustration.

 

[specterflare]

Hey @Datastream33! Thanks again for this incredible tool. I was wondering if you were willing to accept a suggestion about the newly added FAQ section. In it, you state that it is not possible to replace the new (and annoying, imho) Device Manager button without rooting your device. However, you have underestimated your own tool's ability! All you have to do is use Toolbox to disable the navigation bar and then install one of the many navigation bar apps from the Play Store (I used Navigation Bar). No root required and took me like 5 minutes. Do you think this would be a good addition to the FAQ section, or am I overstepping my bounds? Either way, thanks again, and I look forward to further release.

 

[Datastream33]

Hey @Datastream33! Thanks again for this incredible tool. I was wondering if you were willing to accept a suggestion about the newly added FAQ section. In it, you state that it is not possible to replace the new (and annoying, imho) Device Manager button without rooting your device. However, you have underestimated your own tool's ability! All you have to do is use Toolbox to disable the navigation bar and then install one of the many navigation bar apps from the Play Store (I used Navigation Bar). No root required and took me like 5 minutes. Do you think this would be a good addition to the FAQ section, or am I overstepping my bounds? Either way, thanks again, and I look forward to further release.

Hey friend,

Glad to hear you find the Toolbox useful and incredible! Really does mean a ton!

As for your suggestion, I think that's a good idea and can defintly be added to the FAQ as a resolve to the whole Device Dashboard button issue!

 

[lenny64]

I deactivated anything from amazon, could this block system updates?

The update check fails. If someone knows the urls that are used from the fireOS, then I can check whether they can be reached correctly from my network.

thx

 

[lewmur]

I deactivated anything from amazon, could this block system updates?

The update check fails. If someone knows the urls that are used from the fireOS, then I can check whether they can be reached correctly from my network.

thx

Not only can it, but most people wan t it to block them. Amazon updates can restore all the things you took the trouble to disable.

 

[AntwonJenkins]

Hey @Datastream33! Thanks again for this incredible tool. I was wondering if you were willing to accept a suggestion about the newly added FAQ section. In it, you state that it is not possible to replace the new (and annoying, imho) Device Manager button without rooting your device. However, you have underestimated your own tool's ability! All you have to do is use Toolbox to disable the navigation bar and then install one of the many navigation bar apps from the Play Store (I used Navigation Bar). No root required and took me like 5 minutes. Do you think this would be a good addition to the FAQ section, or am I overstepping my bounds? Either way, thanks again, and I look forward to further release.

Thank you for suggesting this! However the nav bar replacement app you suggested didn't seem to want to work in landscape mode on my Fire 8. I found another similar app called Custom Navigation Bar that is working well, although it did require an ADB command to allow app permissions.

Now if we can figure out how to get the Device Dashboard icon off the lock screen, we'll be all set!

 

[lenny64]

Not only can it, but most people wan t it to block them. Amazon updates can restore all the things you took the trouble to disable.

ok, automatic update is problematic. But if I want to use the latest security patches I need to install updates from time to time. Even if i need to use this nice fire toolbox again.

But a complete reset before the update and restore ... would be too much work.

 

[Datastream33]

ok, automatic update is problematic. But if I want to use the latest security patches I need to install updates from time to time. Even if i need to use this nice fire toolbox again.

But a complete reset before the update and restore ... would be too much work.

If you'd like to install OTA Updates you can execute the Modify System Settings tool and toggle on OTA Updates, perform the needed updates, then toggle off OTAs once again. Just know an OTA might restore system apps you've disable/hidden.

 

[blaacksheep]

ok, automatic update is problematic. But if I want to use the latest security patches I need to install updates from time to time. Even if i need to use this nice fire toolbox again.

But a complete reset before the update and restore ... would be too much work.

You don't need to completely reset and restore before/after a system update. You'll just need to re-apply patches for whatever apps get restored with the system update. The updates can be disabled/re-enabled in Toolbox under Modify System Settings > OTA Updates.

Just be aware that any future update from Amazon has the potential to COMPLETELY break the Toolbox and revert your tablet into an Amazon consumption device or add new unwanted apps. An example being the Device Dashboard button that's been added to the problems for Datastream33 to contend with. I locked out updates right out of the box and don't have that issue.

edit: Datastream33 beat me.

 

[lenny64]

I don't need to rush an update, if there are currently problems.

It would be just for security patches, but after a while I'll have to update.

 

[jaflame]

I'm trying to install the original google calculator but the play store says device incompatible. I tried downloading the apk ones but there are parse errors when opening the downloaded file. The other calculator i tried is the xioami one but that one crashes and doesn't work. The rest of the calculator apps are crap to me. Any solutions?