So recently I have been looking through this post to remove and replace fire launcher.
Method 2 was perfect in all ways other than the severe amounts of lag, so I used Method 1, but I wasn't happy with the 1-3 second display of the Fire Launcher.
I figured it out now though, and this is my tutorial for noobs like me.
Step 1:
Make sure you have adb setup for your kindle, if you have not, here is where to find out how to this.
A: Do a google search for: how to setup adb on kindle fire
B: Select the link from amazon.developers.com at the very top.
C: Follow their instructions.
Step 2:
Open a command prompt, and then run the command
Code:
adb devices
If your'e device shows up with its serial number to the left of the word device, you are good to go.
Step 3:
Type this in your command prompt:
Code:
adb shell
Then:
Code:
nohup logcat -c; logcat | grep --line-buffered 'flg=0x10200000 cmp=com.amazon.firelauncher/.Launcher' | while read line; do am start [B]your.launcher.packagename.here[/B]; done &
Don't forget to input the actual package name of your launcher, find it by downloading an app called App Inspector to find the package name of your launcher.
Step 4:
Download to your computer LauncherHijackV3, witch you can find by doing a google search for it and by clicking the GitHub link.
Step 5:
Sideload LauncherHijack onto your kindle, if you don't know how to sideload apps to a kindle, do a google search for it.(Google knows everything:laugh
Install LauncherHijack on your kindle through an app like ES File Explorer
Step 6:
Open LauncherHijack and select your launcher from the list, and select that you do wan't it to be your default launcher.
Step 7:
YOU ARE DONE!!!
Credits to nyln for the second code in step 3.
Would This work for a Fire Tablet 7" 5th gen?
I just got the Fire 8" tablet with 5.4.0.1, will your step work for me? Thanks.
I do NOT advise you do this. The fire launcher is linked to the home button, and uninstalling it messes it up. If you do this the home button will literally act as if it isn't there.
*THIS METHOD USES UNINSTALLING SYSTEM APPS. 5.4.1.0 NO LONGER ALLOWS IT*
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iknight8 said:
I just got the Fire 8" tablet with 5.4.0.1, will your step work for me? Thanks.
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No it will not. Get no root firewall and block OTA updates to prevent further patches
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rmendez011 said:
Would This work for a Fire Tablet 7" 5th gen?
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If you are on version 5.4.0.0 or below it would, but don't so it because you lose home button function
TechNash said:
I do NOT advise you do this. The fire launcher is linked to the home button, and uninstalling it messes it up. If you do this the home button will literally act as if it isn't there.
*THIS METHOD USES UNINSTALLING SYSTEM APPS. 5.4.1.0 NO LONGER ALLOWS IT*
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No it will not. Get no root firewall and block OTA updates to prevent further patches
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If you are on version 5.4.0.0 or below it would, but don't so it because you lose home button fujction
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I returned the tablet... too much restrictions! I would rather get a tablet which comes with AOSP version!
iknight8 said:
I returned the tablet... too much restrictions! I would rather get a tablet which comes with AOSP version!
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Yea I agree. Mine is a 2016 model so I can't return it, but I've heard Blu security I'd basically non existent. It's a great phone and only 50 - 100 dollars.
Will Work?
rmendez011 said:
Would This work for a Fire Tablet 7" 5th gen?
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What OS?
5.4.0.0 and below it will work.
Not sure about above
TechNash said:
I do NOT advise you do this. The fire launcher is linked to the home button, and uninstalling it messes it up. If you do this the home button will literally act as if it isn't there.
*THIS METHOD USES UNINSTALLING SYSTEM APPS. 5.4.1.0 NO LONGER ALLOWS IT*
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No it will not. Get no root firewall and block OTA updates to prevent further patches
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If you are on version 5.4.0.0 or below it would, but don't so it because you lose home button function
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BTW the home button wont work only for the short time you haven't installed LauncherHijack.
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I removed the step about uninstalling fire launcher because of:
Was not neccessary
Doesn't work on 5.4.0.1 or above.
Caused one other bug(NOT THE HOME BUTTON)
Provided said:
BTW the home button wont work only for the short time you haven't installed LauncherHijack.
Plus+
I removed the step about uninstalling fire launcher because of:
Was not neccessary
Doesn't work on 5.4.0.1 or above.
Caused one other bug(NOT THE HOME BUTTON)
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My main point was it doesn't work anymore
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TechNash said:
I do NOT advise you do this. The fire launcher is linked to the home button, and uninstalling it messes it up. If you do this the home button will literally act as if it isn't there.
*THIS METHOD USES UNINSTALLING SYSTEM APPS. 5.4.1.0 NO LONGER ALLOWS IT*
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No it will not. Get no root firewall and block OTA updates to prevent further patches
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If you are on version 5.4.0.0 or below it would, but don't so it because you lose home button function
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No Longer do I have you remove firelauncher in my steps because:
It wasn't necessary, didn't save space or anything.
Even though LauncherHijack allowed the Home Button to work, there were other sideaffects...
Only worked on Fire Os 5.4.0.0 and below.
EDIT: I HAVE CHANGED THE STEPS
No Longer do you uninstall fire launcher, it was not necessary.
This Method Now Works With All Fire OS Versions!!!
Hmm, is it another "bicycle invention"? Any changes of this "method" from the old one, very well known? Does it removes Fire Launcher "flicking" on home button press?
P.S. After reviewing other @Provided threads, looks like it's a newbie spam
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Hmm, is it another "bicycle invention"? Any changes of this "method" from the old one, very well known? Does it removes Fire Launcher "flicking" on home button press?
P.S. After reviewing other @Provided threads, looks like it's a newbie spam
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A. I am a noob and I know it, im just trying to help wherever I can.
B. As for the bicycle invention, maybe so, but I did not just duplicate a thread, other than one line of code which I cited at the bottom. The rest was my own honest experimentation.
Does your shell command removes "flickering" of the Fire launcher?
I replaced Fire launcher in a few days after purchase on Amazon Prime day (i.e. shortly after July, 11), following by advice from this forum. So, I curious, what is exactly your invention?
Does it work on my Fire HD 8 7th running 5.6.0.1?
It will work. But about the lag, I honestly don't know. I don't have lag but others do.
To sensboston. I have no idea how, but my kindle fire hd 7 4th gen never shows me the fire 's launcher ever. Ever.
Only thing I can think of is that I use adw launcher and it sometimes Lags loading icons, but doesn't show me fire 's launcher unless I start spamming the home button for a minute and a half.
Edit:I will take a video of it working to prove.
@Provided, where did you found words "kindle fire hd 7" in the topic named "Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General"? It's a completely different devices...
This was discussed zillion times here, use forum search.
sensboston said:
@Provided, where did you found words "kindle fire hd 7" in the topic named "Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General"? It's a completely different devices...
This was discussed zillion times here, use forum search.
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True, this is in the wrong forum. However, the fire hd 7 forum is almost completely dead, especially for the 4th gen. From what I've read and experienced, the fire hd 7 4th gen is similar in cases like this to the fire hd 8.
But it would be nice if this old thread was either moved or just deleted as it is a little confusing.
As I want to be done with this thread, I am going to swallow my pride and admit you are probably right as you are the recognized developer who has built several apps and posted 50 times more than me.
Easy Launcher replacement without removing Fire Launcher
I'm on Fire HD 8 OS 5.6.0.1 and this is my setup to switching Launchers that seems to work seamlessly - do not know whether it works on other updates:
1. Installed Nova Launcher
2. Installed Launcher Hijack v3, and set Nova Launcher
3. Installed MacroDroid, added macro to activate on Device Boot, Nova Launcher
This will boot straight into Nova Launcher on startup, so no need to press home key as you will not see the Amazon Fire Launcher screen. You may see a tiny flicker on occasion when you press the home key, while Launcher Hijack switches launchers , but most of the time you won't even know it's a Fire tablet.
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So I've been looking at all the various "lost phone" apps for Android.. it seems there are quite a number of viable options.
But one feature none of them seem to talk about is whether or not you can use the tracking tools from another mobile!
I'm usually out with my friends or family; if one of us lost our phone, it would be an incredible inconvenience to go home, get on the computer, and start trying to track down the phone then.
Do any of these apps have the ability to easily lock/wipe/track/etc. your phone from another phone? (I'm not referring to the SMS control of course, that's obvious. I mean like a Google Maps interface so I can easily track down the phone.)
Or, any of them whose websites work well enough from a mobile browser to fit this purpose?
Thanks!
Aiieee I thought I posted this in Q&A... Please don't hate me for screwing up my first post, haha...
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And I just noticed, this is in GENERAL General.. should be in Android Q&A. Derp derp..
How dare you post this over here. Lol. Welcome to the forums.
Avast Mobile Security can be controlled via a text from another phone. Also, if you install Dolphin browser HD and you switch to desktop view I dont see why you wouldn't be able to access the desktop version of websites.
I'm using Where's My Droid and you can use any messaging or smart phone to access your misplaced or lost phone. Texting the missing phone with preprogrammed phrases can ring the phone, return a Google Map location, or even wipe the phone's internal and SD memory. Another one I use is Mobile Recovery from Asurion which is the company that I have phone insurance with.
Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
Check out cerberus. It is free for a week for testing and can be controlled from desktop or another phone. Does all you want. Search YouTube for "cerberus android". There is a great video that is 21:36 minutes or about that long.
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Ooh. If you buy it is a one time fee of like 4.99 Euro. It is not a subscription.
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Oh. If you buy it is one time fee of 4.99 Euro and not a subscription.
I'm sure many of you have seen this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1749045
I was wondering if anyone had an idea on how to get this working on a sense based rom?
mcmb03 said:
I'm sure many of you have seen this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1749045
I was wondering if anyone had an idea on how to get this working on a sense based rom?
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Have you tried it out yet? I'm gonna give it a shot right now and see what kind of results I get.
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Well! That was interesting, and certainly we have some hope for our Sense ROMs.
The installation process went flawlessly, and I was able to add the Google Search widget from JellyBean. And it works! Well, mostly. The Voice Search doesn't work. When you go into the app and hit the microphone icon, it beeps and immediately tells me "sorry, didn't catch that." I'm going to try and update my Voice Search app to the JellyBean one, although now I'm venturing off the beaten path.
I'm not really sure how the rest of Google Now is supposed to work, so I can't yet verify how much of this is working and how much isn't.
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Alright, I've got Google Now working on CleanROM 4.0SE!
Voice Search is broken, and some other things, but that's the same story for other users, even on AOSP.
To get it working, go here and follow the instructions in the first post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28226043&postcount=1 (same link as OP)
Then, in the same thread, jump to page 15 and follow the instructions in the second post down, #142 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28234189&postcount=142)
Nice find!
EDIT: A more active thread is in the Development forum, for anyone who's stumbled upon this.
awesome work man, appreciate you trying it out and everything. I was at work and didn't really have time to mess around with it at the time
How does an itinerary look on your note with the new gmap?
For me half of the screen on the left is covered by the list of directions, leaving only the half right visible.
Is it normal? Totally useless...
thegios said:
How does an itinerary look on your note with the new gmap?
For me half of the screen on the left is covered by the list of directions, leaving only the half right visible.
Is it normal? Totally useless...
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I can't believe there's no one using gmaps here or at least willing to drop a couple of lines to confirm.
Thanks anyway.
thegios said:
I can't believe there's no one using gmaps here or at least willing to drop a couple of lines to confirm.
Thanks anyway.
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I would fire my Note up and have a look but for the ignorant post above .
jje
thegios said:
I can't believe there's no one using gmaps here or at least willing to drop a couple of lines to confirm.
Thanks anyway.
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I just tried it. And I thought it was going to be great until I tried to exit out of the box on the left so as to see the map. when you hit the X you can no longer see the map WTF.
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thegios said:
How does an itinerary look on your note with the new gmap?
For me half of the screen on the left is covered by the list of directions, leaving only the half right visible.
Is it normal? Totally useless...
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If you could just close the itinerary it would be fine. But as it is it sucks.
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I just tried it. And I thought it was going to be great until I tried to exit out of the box on the left so as to see the map. when you hit the X you can no longer see the map WTF.
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If you could just close the itinerary it would be fine. But as it is it sucks.
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well it seems it's a general complain...
- the directions take half of the space
- no way to use intermediate stops
- no more my maps
- if someone creates an itinerary with intermediate steps in OLD version of web gmap and you try to open it on the tablet, the intermediary steps are ignored
- if someone creates an itinerary with intermediate steps in NEW version of web gmap and you try to open it on the tablet, it open the browser and not the map
Hey all,
I am participating in the Student App Challenge, so I wrote a cards-ui based flashcards app. I'd like to give away pro keys (it removes ads) for my app. Enjoy!
Link to app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.centum.android.stack&hl=en
Pro key link (just install alongside the above): https://www.dropbox.com/s/41dk6q73g7ytm8i/StacksProUnlocker.apk
Note: I am the developer of this app!
Thread reopened! There was some confusion about me actually being the developer of this app, so I'll leave it up for another day.
Thank you for the free pro unlocker!! I'll most likely use this for EMT stuff.
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I like it so far, thank you. Is there an option to not show the answer/details section of the card when you open it? Currently when you open a card it has the answer showing by default. When you touch the card it disappears. Can this be reversed, so after opening a card it only shows the answers after you touch it instead?
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hasbrobot said:
Thank you for the free pro unlocker!! I'll most likely use this for EMT stuff.
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I like it so far, thank you. Is there an option to not show the answer/details section of the card when you open it? Currently when you open a card it has the answer showing by default. When you touch the card it disappears. Can this be reversed, so after opening a card it only shows the answers after you touch it instead?
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Yup, I'll add an option to reverse it in the next update! The reason I did that was just because it's a preview. Testing sessions are actually what's in a QA format.
Oh, okay didn't realize that. Thank you ?
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Greetings, XDA Assist!
I want to know if there is a way to restrict internet access to an Android app *ONLY* when it is opened.
For e.g, if I want to hide my last seen on WhatsApp, I switch off my WiFi/Data, and open WhatsApp -> Reply to the messages -> Close Whatsapp -> Turn Data on.
Is there a way to restrict internet access to only certain apps when they're opened, and regain access when they're closed?
It would be of great help if you direct me toward a solution, maybe a Tasker profile?
P.S - Classic XDA Lurker. Lurking for two years. Joined recently. You guys are brilliant. Keep up the good work!
Thanks in advance!
Hi there!
Depending on root or not, there's different option available
In your situation, I'd personally use Greenify
Or some custom ROMs have App Ops built in. You can select permissions on a per app basis. I don't think its quite what you're after in this case.
See if Greenify suits your needs. Read about it in the opening post in the thread I linked. ?
Good luck!!
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And no, I don't think your example is going to hide last seen. As soon as you read or post anything, I'm sure it'll make you last seen. No matter how you try to hide it. As soon as you do download or upload. .. It knows you were on. Nothing will change that.
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Yes, I misunderstood your goal. You want the opposite of what I was thinking.
If the app is open and no data or WiFi...the app will not function while you use it.
If you don't want people seeing your presence on social apps....you'd have to not use them. Lol
Take care.
KJ said:
Hi there!
Depending on root or not, there's different option available
In your situation, I'd personally use Greenify
Or some custom ROMs have App Ops built in. You can select permissions on a per app basis. I don't think its quite what you're after in this case.
See if Greenify suits your needs. Read about it in the opening post in the thread I linked. ?
Good luck!!
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And no, I don't think your example is going to hide last seen. As soon as you read or post anything, I'm sure it'll make you last seen. No matter how you try to hide it. As soon as you do download or upload. .. It knows you were on. Nothing will change that.
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Yes, I misunderstood your goal. You want the opposite of what I was thinking.
If the app is open and no data or WiFi...the app will not function while you use it.
If you don't want people seeing your presence on social apps....you'd have to not use them. Lol
Take care.
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Thanks for the reply!
I'm aware of Greenify and my ROM does have App Ops.
I wanted to know how to automate it ONLY when you open the app.
Open Whatsapp -> App stops accessing internet (OR) WiFi/Data gets switched off. [Preferably former]
Close app -> Regains internet access.
Something similar.
I'm sorry, I searched Google and XDA....found nothing like what your after. Lots on keeping it off data when closed....but not open. Again....you can toggle airplane mode on, then open it and test your theory...but I doubt it will have your desired results.
Here's a tasker guide, you can check it out, or ask in the thread perhaps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1110775
Good luck again!