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[Q] How do I add live wallpaper to kindle fire hd

Hey! I was wondering if anyone can help me! I am trying to put a live wallpaper on my kindle fire hd with absolutely no luck! I have go launcher ex installed and when I try to set the wallpaper I cant find me live wallpaper that I installed at all...any idea?
Thanks! :laugh:

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xoxemmzxox said:
Hey! I was wondering if anyone can help me! I am trying to put a live wallpaper on my kindle fire hd with absolutely no luck! I have go launcher ex installed and when I try to set the wallpaper I cant find me live wallpaper that I installed at all...any idea?
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At this time its not possible to use or change the live wallpaper on the KFHD sorry

I believe that the live wallpapers picker application is what your looking for, but I have not tried it yet so.
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so I just loaded it up (copy to system app folder with perm. Rw-r--r--) and it works just fine. So just find the a pk through the googles and away you go.
Sent from my Fire HD with root!

craby1925 said:
I believe that the live wallpapers picker application is what your looking for, but I have not tried it yet so.
UPDATE
so I just loaded it up (copy to system app folder with perm. Rw-r--r--) and it works just fine. So just find the a pk through the googles and away you go.
Sent from my Fire HD with root!
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An idea where we can find the apk?

Just Google livewallpaperpicker.apk, and a forum should have it in like the second link.
Sent from my Fire HD with root!

craby1925 said:
Just Google livewallpaperpicker.apk, and a forum should have it in like the second link.
Sent from my Fire HD with root!
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Got it installed but it force closes whenever I try to use it

Weird, it might be a bad application. Worst comes to worst, you can download a nexus 7 stock rom, and pull the actual livewallpaperspicker.apk to use. It's either that, or do you even have any live wallpaper applications themselves installed?
Sent from my Fire HD with root!

After further messing around with it, try this.
1) download LiveWallpapersPicker.apk from below.
2) Make sure you have root access.
3) Install a application to manage files with root access (example Root Explorer).
4) Move the downloaded file to your Kindle Fire HD. (Remember where you place it).
5) Go into your system/App folder, and move the LiveWallpapersPicker.apk to this folder.
6) Change permissions on LiveWallpapersPicker.apk to rw-r-r.
7) Install Live Wallpapers from the Google Market, or Sideload them
Done, this should help you out.

iMJets said:
After further messing around with it, try this.
1) download LiveWallpapersPicker.apk from below.
2) Make sure you have root access.
3) Install a application to manage files with root access (example Root Explorer).
4) Move the downloaded file to your Kindle Fire HD. (Remember where you place it).
5) Go into your system/App folder, and move the LiveWallpapersPicker.apk to this folder.
6) Change permissions on LiveWallpapersPicker.apk to rw-r-r.
7) Install Live Wallpapers from the Google Market, or Sideload them
Done, this should help you out.
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That worked, thanks man!

iMJets said:
After further messing around with it, try this.
1) download LiveWallpapersPicker.apk from below.
2) Make sure you have root access.
3) Install a application to manage files with root access (example Root Explorer).
4) Move the downloaded file to your Kindle Fire HD. (Remember where you place it).
5) Go into your system/App folder, and move the LiveWallpapersPicker.apk to this folder.
6) Change permissions on LiveWallpapersPicker.apk to rw-r-r.
7) Install Live Wallpapers from the Google Market, or Sideload them
Done, this should help you out.
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Hi, I already follow ur steps but nothing happen after I sideloaded it (step 7)... now, I tried to start from 1st step again.. however, when I want to remove "LiveWallpapersPicker.apk" from the system/app/ folder it said: "LiveWallpapersPicker.apk cannot be deleted because the file system read only"... I cannot uninstall it via setting-filter app...
btw, at the system/app folder permission already rw-r--r-- (cant rename it, cant delete it, cant change it permission, cant move it)
what should I do?
thx
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EDIT: just solved my own remove problem... however, still after installed + permission changed into rw-r-r, I cant use it

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it works. just need to restart kindle fire hd after the steps and ready to set live wallpapers. thanks.

I've followed the steps above and successfully installed galaxy note's live wallpaper, but when I tried to install other live wallpapers as uploaded below, I can't find the access to open and set it as wallpaper. Does any one have ideas about it?
View attachment Cosmic_Flow_1.3.apk

iMJets said:
After further messing around with it, try this.
1) download LiveWallpapersPicker.apk from below.
2) Make sure you have root access.
3) Install a application to manage files with root access (example Root Explorer).
4) Move the downloaded file to your Kindle Fire HD. (Remember where you place it).
5) Go into your system/App folder, and move the LiveWallpapersPicker.apk to this folder.
6) Change permissions on LiveWallpapersPicker.apk to rw-r-r.
7) Install Live Wallpapers from the Google Market, or Sideload them
Done, this should help you out.
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And I asked the exact same question and you told me to install gallary
Sent from my KFTT using xda app-developers app

worked great!
Thanks! that worked fabulously! Now I have an amazing looking screen lol

michaelxer said:
Hi, I already follow ur steps but nothing happen after I sideloaded it (step 7)... now, I tried to start from 1st step again.. however, when I want to remove "LiveWallpapersPicker.apk" from the system/app/ folder it said: "LiveWallpapersPicker.apk cannot be deleted because the file system read only"... I cannot uninstall it via setting-filter app...
btw, at the system/app folder permission already rw-r--r-- (cant rename it, cant delete it, cant change it permission, cant move it)
what should I do?
thx
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EDIT: just solved my own remove problem... however, still after installed + permission changed into rw-r-r, I cant use it
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Make sure you are following the steps correctly. Once you move LiveWallpaperPicker.apk to system/app. Double check permissions. restart after that. I'm awesome your using a alternative launcher that is not the kindle launcher? If not that may be your problem. If you have a alternative launcher, long click your home screen and see go to wallpapers, make sure there's a option for live wallpaper. If there is you are all set, you do need to install your own live wallpapers though. I recommend using them from the android play market. Hope this helps.
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And I asked the exact same question and you told me to install gallary
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The gallery, and live wallpapers are completely different applications. Gallery is to look at the pictures, and is a easy way to set wallpapers, and live wallpapers is specifically for live wallpapers only. If this is not what you where talking about, Sorry.

Works Great!
Thanks for the link to the apk. Installation is successful!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=romlTa8usFY
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Is there a pre-req to this? Where do you find the app after doing the steps so that you can select the wallpaper? Or does the wallpaper automatically show up after install? My kindle still has default ad lock screen and default launcher. On a side note I got my kindle fire hd 2 days ago and have managed to root and get google play working first time rooter here. :victory: but still am nooby
many thanks

I have everything installed and my permissions set as rw-r-r and I go to the live wallpaper and select set wallpaper and nothing happens. What do I do?
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Can't Get Live Wallpapers To Work
My KFHD is rooted also. It has a black background screen when using other launchers. When doing the long press on the screen I get the popup to select a wallpaper and it allows me to do so. However, when I press the button to select the wallpaper, it just closes down. I have LiveWallpaper installed in the app it came with the root software, but it doesn't show up anywhere that I can use it. It's in the app folder and not found anywhere else on the device.
Can I get some help on this please? Thanks.

Install Go Launcher HD Without Root?

I just can't figure out the whole rooting thing. But I hate the KFHD's interface. Can I change it, if so, how?

Go to the Amazon App Store, download Easy Installer. Then go to Google and search for a Go Launcher HD .apk file of any version. Transfer that apk file to your storage on the tablet, load Easy Installer and install the launcher. Afterwards, go to your apps and initialize the launcher.

seokhun said:
Go to the Amazon App Store, download Easy Installer. Then go to Google and search for a Go Launcher HD .apk file of any version. Transfer that apk file to your storage on the tablet, load Easy Installer and install the launcher. Afterwards, go to your apps and initialize the launcher.
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Didn't work for me....

That tells me nothing. WHAT didn't work for you?

I downloaded Easy Installer, got the apk and installed the package. After Go Launcher installs nothing happens. The option to "open" is geryed-out, my only choice is to click "done". After that, Go Launcher doesn't appear in my app list.

Then that launcher isn't compatible with Android 4.0, or at least with Amazon's OS. Apex, Nova, and ADW works fine.

seokhun said:
Then that launcher isn't compatible with Android 4.0, or at least with Amazon's OS. Apex, Nova, and ADW works fine.
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I just wanted to confirm that this method creates an icon where I actually boot the launcher? I've considered the non-root methods to install an alternate launcher but it looks like they all are kind of a "soft" install where hitting the home button actually takes you back to the Amazon OS (requiring you to re-open the alt. launcher.)

You can set it inside the launchers. Nova, for example, allows you to change the function of the home button, when you press it, it asks what launcher is your main one, and when you select Nova, every time you hit the home it will return to Nova.
And yes, it does create an icon in your app drawer.

My Magazine APK

i am stupid and uninstalled the My Magazine APK and now if im on the home screen and press the home button TW stops wotking.... does anyone know where i can get the APK or how i can remap the home button?

Been there before lol. Here ya go.

Why can't I install?
I am rooted.
I tried to put the APK file in system folder and in the sd card neither will install.
It says install and I press OK, after a few seconds it say not installed. I have ticked the install from unknown sources.
What am I doing wrong???

duckfart said:
Why can't I install?
I am rooted.
I tried to put the APK file in system folder and in the sd card neither will install.
It says install and I press OK, after a few seconds it say not installed. I have ticked the install from unknown sources.
What am I doing wrong???
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I would use root tool box and check permissions as to RW-R-R and see if that helps...Just a thought..

tried that already.
no go.

Have you tried putting it in system/apps then change permissions to rw r r and then just reboot the phone?
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Quickvic30 said:
Have you tried putting it in system/apps then change permissions to rw r r and then just reboot the phone?
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Of course.
This has never happened before on any of my Samsung phones.

So thing to install it. Copy it into the system/app folder and set the correct permission. If you deleted the odex for of them then you'll need to get those too. Or use another launcher. Touchwiz launcher sucks anyways.
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Jammol said:
So thing to install it. Copy it into the system/app folder and set the correct permission. If you deleted the odex for of them then you'll need to get those too. Or use another launcher. Touchwiz launcher sucks anyways.
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Thats it.
I need the Odex file
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Thats it.
I need the Odex file
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anyone with the odex file for My magazine?
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Thats it.
I need the Odex file
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anyone with the odex file for My magazine?
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never mind. dint work

Did you put back the other apk? Lounge.apk.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

I've deleted the Magazine lounge apk and odex and haven't had a problem. I think its the main magazine that you cannot delete. Its worth a shot for him to try that though I guess lol

Quickvic30 said:
I've deleted the Magazine lounge apk and odex and haven't had a problem. I think its the main magazine that you cannot delete. Its worth a shot for him to try that though I guess lol
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Nothing worked.
So I ended up doing a factory reset. and everything is working fine.
The funny thing is after the factory reset, none of the Samsung and AT&T bloat was on there., including My magazine and magazine.
Only Samsung apps were the health and S note / drawing.

That happen to me also when I did a factory reset one time, weird stuff.

My Magazine .apk
Quickvic30 said:
That happen to me also when I did a factory reset one time, weird stuff.
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So I downloaded the .apk and got the same did not install as the previous user and I'm fairly new to rooting, so would like to resolve this somehow without having to go back to stock and potentially re-root...thanks for your patience. I am using a SM-900V. Is the system when i just paste it into the base of my phone when connected to my computer? Also, how do I change permissions? I downloaded Root Toolbox free and don't see how to do it in there.

Mackcbr954 said:
So I downloaded the .apk and got the same did not install as the previous user and I'm fairly new to rooting, so would like to resolve this somehow without having to go back to stock and potentially re-root...thanks for your patience. I am using a SM-900V. Is the system when i just paste it into the base of my phone when connected to my computer? Also, how do I change permissions? I downloaded Root Toolbox free and don't see how to do it in there.
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The system folder is accessed from root explorer or whatever you use. Can't access the folder on the computer. I have root explorer (paid) so I don't know about fixing permissions on your app.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Mackcbr954 said:
So I downloaded the .apk and got the same did not install as the previous user and I'm fairly new to rooting, so would like to resolve this somehow without having to go back to stock and potentially re-root...thanks for your patience. I am using a SM-900V. Is the system when i just paste it into the base of my phone when connected to my computer? Also, how do I change permissions? I downloaded Root Toolbox free and don't see how to do it in there.
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You could use ES file explorer to install the apk also. I made a video on how to do this but it won't let me upload the file on here, its too large.
Here's some new downloads also.

My Magazine .apk
Quickvic30 said:
You could use ES file explorer to install the apk also. I made a video on how to do this but it won't let me upload the file on here, its too large.
Here's some new downloads also.
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Ok, so I bought Root Explorer and was able to transfer the MagazineHome.apk and the Lounge.apk into system/app and then I changed the permissions to rw-r-r, and then I rebooted. When swiping up from home screen I get no application installed and I also still get TW has stopped when I hit the home button while on the home screen. Another note is that when I rebooted, just about right away I got unfortunately my magazine has stopped. Any help from this point?

Mackcbr954 said:
Ok, so I bought Root Explorer and was able to transfer the MagazineHome.apk and the Lounge.apk into system/app and then I changed the permissions to rw-r-r, and then I rebooted. When swiping up from home screen I get no application installed and I also still get TW has stopped when I hit the home button while on the home screen. Another note is that when I rebooted, just about right away I got unfortunately my magazine has stopped. Any help from this point?
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Go into system apps and delete the two, reboot, install them again and reboot. You could also try going into recovery if you have twrp installed or CWM and try fixing permissions after you re-install the apks again.

My Magazine .apk
Quickvic30 said:
Go into system apps and delete the two, reboot, install them again and reboot. You could also try going into recovery if you have twrp installed or CWM and try fixing permissions after you re-install the apks again.
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I tried uninstalling and reinstalling and changed the permissions again but nothing, getting the application not installed and the fc of TW...might be easier to just leave it be?

Mackcbr954 said:
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling and changed the permissions again but nothing, getting the application not installed and the fc of TW...might be easier to just leave it be?
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Well that's just odd. I just installed them on my phone and they did say not installed but after a reboot the app was there. Do you have unknown sources checked on in settings? Maybe try using es file explorer, its free.

Widgets on Kindle Fire 5th gen

Okay so I rooted and installed apex launcher, and have google services with hangouts/gmail working. When I try to make a gmail widget on my screen it brings me to the settings page, and then the widget is gone.
I tried making apex launcher a system app by putting it's apk file in the /system/app folder that also did not work.
Is there a way to get widgets working?

Can't speak for apex but have no trouble with widgets using either now Launcher or Nova on my wifes, rooted with play services and store (and never registered with Amazon). Initially with now Launcher had to wait for play services update before it worked. Can't remember if I did anything else to get it working but I recall that I originally had the same problem.

I used Nova and made it a system app, and widgets work. I used this app /system/app mover from F-Droid: http://click.xda-developers.com/api...f-droid.org/repository/brows...systemappmover That I found from another thread on here.

I was successful on creating widgets for those apps that I'd made system apps. There are apps at google market which can do so.

I tried both Nova and Apex and converting to system app didn't do it. (So maybe build version matters. I'm running November 12.) Anyway, you may need to install Apex in /system/priv-app (recommended by @martinml and others). First make sure perms on the apk in /system/app are rw- r-- r-- (chmod 644) and reboot. If still no widgets, move to priv-app (confirm perms, reboot).
(Or, as mentioned here and by @sd_shadow in several posts, widgets work with Google Now without conversion.)

Widgets working in Google Now Launcher if you are willing to switch.

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I never did get widgets working on the stock rom but i never tried google launcher.. I'm on CM12.1 and never going back. It just works great and widgets work too.

SilverPony2001 said:
I used Nova and made it a system app, and widgets work. I used this app /system/app mover from F-Droid: http://click.xda-developers.com/api...f-droid.org/repository/brows...systemappmover That I found from another thread on here.
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/system/app mover from the Play Store worked perfectly, moving Nova launcher as a system app (running rooted 5.1.1)
Now I have widgets! Thanks!

thank you that did the trick... i was just going to give up and not worry about widgets. had the problem with trying to put widgets and all it did was take me to the settings menu.
SilverPony2001 said:
I used Nova and made it a system app, and widgets work. I used this app /system/app mover from F-Droid: http://click.xda-developers.com/api...f-droid.org/repository/brows...systemappmover That I found from another thread on here.
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So do you just install Nova from the play store then convert it to a system app while leaving Fire OS alone to get widgets to work ? I tried Super tool which deletes Fire OS and installs Nova as a system app automatically, but widgets do not work that way.

beezar said:
So do you just install Nova from the play store then convert it to a system app while leaving Fire OS alone to get widgets to work ? I tried Super tool which deletes Fire OS and installs Nova as a system app automatically, but widgets do not work that way.
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I did the same thing and was able to move Nova over to system apps with the /system/app mover without any trouble even with the Fire launcher having been deleted.

Finally! A solution that works!
SilverPony2001 said:
I used Nova and made it a system app, and widgets work. I used this app /system/app mover from F-Droid: http://click.xda-developers.com/api...f-droid.org/repository/brows...systemappmover That I found from another thread on here.
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Thank you so much for this solution...I've been trying to get around this issue on my rooted Kindle Fire for weeks now. Many thanks!

Please help!
I tried the /system/app mover from F-Droid as mentioned above by SilverPony2001 in an attempt to change my Apex Launcher from user/app to system/app. I rebooted and now my tablet screen only comes on and off for a few seconds as if I was pressing the lock button over and over. I'm not sure what to do at this point?

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Please help!
I tried the /system/app mover from F-Droid as mentioned above by SilverPony2001 in an attempt to change my Apex Launcher from user/app to system/app. I rebooted and now my tablet screen only comes on and off for a few seconds as if I was pressing the lock button over and over. I'm not sure what to do at this point?
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Reload FireOS: https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/unbrick-amazon-fire-7in-2015-5th-gen-t3285294

cannot create widgets in Nova-Launcher

Hi,
I had a hardware-problem on my previous Fire 10 HD, so Amazon replaced it and I have to configure it again.
Previuously I had installed Nova-Launcher together with LaucherHijack and it worked.
This time I thought I could do away with LauncherHijack as I had rooted the device already, so I installed Nova via the Playstore and then simply did (as root):
pm enable com.teslacoilsw.launcher
pm disable com.amazon.firelauncher
And this worked - I now have Nova Launcher instead of firelauncher.
But there is one problem: I cannot create any widgets on Nova.
I can select a widget and drop it onto a Nova-page, but as soon as I let go of it the "settings"-dialog of FireOS pops up and the widget is not added.
Any idea where that problem might come from?
Many thanks!

Ok, I figured it out.
When you install Nova from the app-store you must not forget to do the appwidget-business as described here:
https://www.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire-os-custom-launcher-widgets/
Otherwise widgets won't work.

Can you create the widgets on ADB

AmznUser444 Dev said:
Can you create the widgets on ADB
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Ugh - why do that when there is a simple solution that doesn't require jumping through hoops.