I just wanted help on which app to check-list to prevent my kindle from upgrading, thanks.
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vlavlix said:
I just wanted help on which app to check-list to prevent my kindle from upgrading, thanks.
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vlavix,
Do you have Kindle Fire HD Software 7.2.3? If yes, all you do is
pull down the upper Status Bar, choose More, then select
Applications, next select App Settings, choose:
"Automatic Updates" Uncheck Enable Automatic Updates
Next open Droidwall. Check everything Kindle. When you
want to install an application from Google Play,
you will have to allow the "Download Manager"
but this does open the door to updates. Just
remove the otacerts.zip file, this does work
and does not add more running applications.
This file can be found:
/system/etc/security/otacerts.zip
Thank you so much, that was just what i was looking for°°°
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vlavlix said:
Thank you so much, that was just what i was looking for°°°
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vlavlix,
No problem, we are glad we were able to help you!
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I've read a bit on Google Apps permissions, but I'm kind of stuck figuring out how to/what needs to be set for Google Play Movies to work consistently without having to reinstall it again after shutting down the KFHD. I can only surmise that something doesn't have the correct permissions set. Any help here?
babblin5 said:
I've read a bit on Google Apps permissions, but I'm kind of stuck figuring out how to/what needs to be set for Google Play Movies to work consistently without having to reinstall it again after shutting down the KFHD. I can only surmise that something doesn't have the correct permissions set. Any help here?
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Since no one replied yet, I'll try to help. There is a post about GAPPS without rooting so I'll paste instructions here and maybe you can get the permissions:
1. Enable installation of applications from unknown sources in Kindle Fire Settings.
2. Install GoogleLoginService.apk.
3. Reboot.
4. Install the Google Apps.
5. Start YouTube. Sign In. It will take you to Google Account Manager to create/use existing Google credentials.
6. Same goes for other apps. In case sign in fails for any of the apps (except Maps/GTalk) drag down the Kindle Fire notification bar, click on the notification for "Permission requested....." and assign required permissions.
robertc88 said:
Since no one replied yet, I'll try to help. There is a post about GAPPS without rooting so I'll paste instructions here and maybe you can get the permissions:
1. Enable installation of applications from unknown sources in Kindle Fire Settings.
2. Install GoogleLoginService.apk.
3. Reboot.
4. Install the Google Apps.
5. Start YouTube. Sign In. It will take you to Google Account Manager to create/use existing Google credentials.
6. Same goes for other apps. In case sign in fails for any of the apps (except Maps/GTalk) drag down the Kindle Fire notification bar, click on the notification for "Permission requested....." and assign required permissions.
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Can't see the notification in the pull down. Maybe I need to go into settings to see those notifications.
I gained access ability to the notification when I installed the GoogleLoginService apk from what I remember.
robertc88 said:
I gained access ability to the notification when I installed the GoogleLoginService apk from what I remember.
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ok
stupid question : when i download from google market , where is the link of files i had download and install ? not a system/app , i want ask a orginal files which the files can move and copy... thank
and1us said:
stupid question : when i download from google market , where is the link of files i had download and install ? not a system/app , i want ask a orginal files which the files can move and copy... thank
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Do you find it in /data/app? Are you rooted?
I loaded a android marketplace called 1 mobile market and i works great with my kindle fire hd it even updates my apps it loads directly to my kindle thought i would pass it on enjoy
how did you get it?
go to: www dot 1mobile dot com
make sure you have the installation of apps enabled in your settings
that's it? no moving to system or anything?
Toxification said:
that's it? no moving to system or anything?
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yip. just download the app from the web and install it by taping on the notification on the pull down menu
(make sure you allow the installation of unknown sources in your settings)
well this is great! thanks for sharing the info
I've got a real issue here in that I was able to get Swiftkey 3 Tablet installed on a new 8.9 but it is misbehaving and continues to crash and respawn in an endless loop. I have a few seconds in between crashes to navigate around the device and I have tried several things to no avail.
I cannot Force Stop the service. I cannot switch to the default keyboard as there does not appear to be a menu item available for this. I've tried uninstalling but that fails. I've also tried resintalling but it stay in the same state.
Does anyone have experience with forcing the service to stop respawning and to switch the setting back to the default keyboard. If I cannot resolve this issue I will most likely have to reset the device which will cost me many hours in lost time.
Thanks in advance for any ideas.
I was able to find a utility on this forum that exposed the Language and Keyboard settings so that I could access the default keyboard again. This eliminated the crash loop. However, I still cannot uninstall Swiftkey. Any ideas?
Did you try to uninstall it with titanium backup?
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swiftyjpow said:
I was able to find a utility on this forum that exposed the Language and Keyboard settings so that I could access the default keyboard again. This eliminated the crash loop. However, I still cannot uninstall Swiftkey. Any ideas?
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What utility did you use?
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swiftyjpow said:
I've got a real issue here in that I was able to get Swiftkey 3 Tablet installed on a new 8.9 but it is misbehaving and continues to crash and respawn in an endless loop. I have a few seconds in between crashes to navigate around the device and I have tried several things to no avail.
I cannot Force Stop the service. I cannot switch to the default keyboard as there does not appear to be a menu item available for this. I've tried uninstalling but that fails. I've also tried resintalling but it stay in the same state.
Does anyone have experience with forcing the service to stop respawning and to switch the setting back to the default keyboard. If I cannot resolve this issue I will most likely have to reset the device which will cost me many hours in lost time.
Thanks in advance for any ideas.
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Factory reset?
jmoak said:
What utility did you use?
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It's called NookColor Tools but works with Kindle Fire HD as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=868366
ayaxxa said:
Did you try to uninstall it with titanium backup?
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Thanks for the tip. I tried to uninstall with Titanium backup and it did not appear to work. However there was then an uninstall button available in the Installed Applications menu and I was able to get it uninstalled.
This may have also appeared because when I did a reboot an update was applied which appears to have reset some things. One of the things that has changed is that all of the apps that I side installed or installed through the Play Store have disappeared from the Apps menus. It's not an issue since I have Nova Launcher installed and everything still shows in there.
So the issue with getting Swiftkey to work properly still remains and I sure am having withdrawl from not having this app. If anyone has any ideas or a procedure on how to get that to work it would really be helpful.
But I cannot customize Nova apparently and add icons to the desktops. What a pain. Still looking for solutions to get this all running smoothly.
i managed to get it working after finding this instruction http://blog.wuepics.de/2012/11/swiftkey-auf-dem-kindle-fire-hd/#axzz2GznJiTxt
unfortunately it is in german but the gist of it is
install swiftkey (via play store or side loading?)
find the apk file (data/app likely)
using es explorer click and hold the apk file until you see the options
select view
go into the lib folder > armeabi-v7a
extract libswiftkeysdk-java-internal to somewhere you ll find it (download folder...)
copy the extracted .so file in lib/armeabi-v7a to system/lib
copy app from data/app to system/app
click to install in system/app (not sure if needed, i did any way. sorry i am kindle/android noob )
change permissions to user read/write, rest read only (same permission as the other apps)
reboot kindle
go to keyboard settings, select swiftkey3
no more crashes.
unfortunately the kindle menu overlaps the keyboard a little bit in landscape mode. but to me that is just a minor inconvenience.
hope this helps.
okarr said:
i managed to get it working after finding this instruction http://blog.wuepics.de/2012/11/swiftkey-auf-dem-kindle-fire-hd/#axzz2GznJiTxt
unfortunately it is in german but the gist of it is
install swiftkey (via play store or side loading?)
find the apk file (data/app likely)
using es explorer click and hold the apk file until you see the options
select view
go into the lib folder > armeabi-v7a
extract libswiftkeysdk-java-internal to somewhere you ll find it (download folder...)
copy the extracted .so file in lib/armeabi-v7a to system/lib
copy app from data/app to system/app
click to install in system/app (not sure if needed, i did any way. sorry i am kindle/android noob )
change permissions to user read/write, rest read only (same permission as the other apps)
reboot kindle
go to keyboard settings, select swiftkey3
no more crashes.
unfortunately the kindle menu overlaps the keyboard a little bit in landscape mode. but to me that is just a minor inconvenience.
hope this helps.
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That doesn't seem to do anything for me. Each time my kindle reboots, I have to go to system\apps and reinstall Swiftkey in order to get it to work. If I don't, I'll get keep getting that error msg "****key Tablet has stopped"
Has anyone figured a solution to this?
Translated from German to English.
vanizial said:
That doesn't seem to do anything for me. Each time my kindle reboots, I have to go to system\apps and reinstall Swiftkey in order to get it to work. If I don't, I'll get keep getting that error msg "****key Tablet has stopped"
Has anyone figured a solution to this?
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After I read the response that the link was ONLY in German, I went to that site, and allowed my pc to translate it into English. This is what
I found:
In order to perform these steps is root access required.
Instructions
1 Charge here "NOOKcolor Tools" and installs it on the KFHD
2 Now go download your desired Tastaturapp on the Kindle.
3 Now open your file browser on the KFHD (eg ES Explorer )
4 Examined the copied in step 2 Tastaturapp
5 Keep it pressed to the apk., And choose "view"
6 Opens the "lib" folder
7 Opens the armeabi-V7A folder and select the . "so" file (!) from.
8 Click on "Extract". You possibly can you choose the path.
9.Geht now to the folder where you . "so" you extracted files and copy all the files into the / system / lib directory
10 Installed . "apk" the Tastaturapp and copied the . "apk" from the / data / app folder to / system / app Verzechnis
11.Startet the KFHD and opens new NOOKcolor Tools.
12th Now you can your keyboard to select under "Select Keyboard".
13th Ready!
Have fun with it
Please note that it is at your own risk and I take no responsibility for damaged equipment
This entry was posted KFHD Root & Mod , Kindle Fire HD and tagged Kindle Fire HD tagged on3 November 2012.
Now is it reliable? I don't know, but if you pay attention to the FIRST LINE, it states ROOT ACCESS IS REQUIRED. I have not rooted my Kindle Fire HD 7", so I can't try it out. But for those who have rooted their Kindle Fire, maybe you can try this. The site I had translated, http://blog.wuepics.de/2012/11/swiftkey-auf-dem-kindle-fire-hd/#axzz2GznJiTxt, is the site that was given. Good luck if you try it. ffman2152
I couldn't find anything about this on XDA, so I apologize if it's already been mentioned. I have root access and the Google Play store installed on my Fire. I've even gotten rid of the default launcher and installed Nova. Everytime I try to put a widget on the screen, however, something breaks and the screen automatically goes to Settings (device settings like About, Device Options, Display, etc).
Has anyone had any success with putting widgets on their Fire? Or is there a workaround? Thanks!
In a normal Android ROM, the first time that you add a widget in your launcher, you get a dialog asking for special system permissions.
In this Amazon modified ROM, this dialog doesn't seem to exist, and that's why it simply redirects to the settings app.
The solution is give this permission manually. How? You have to move the launcher APK to /system/priv-app/. You'll need root access for this, temporarily (booting a modified boot.img) or permanently. Search this forum for that and ask again if you get lost
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martinml said:
In a normal Android ROM, the first time that you add a widget in your launcher, you get a dialog asking for special system permissions.
In this Amazon modified ROM, this dialog doesn't seem to exist, and that's why it simply redirects to the settings app.
The solution is give this permission manually. How? You have to move the launcher APK to /system/priv-app/. You'll need root access for this, temporarily (booting a modified boot.img) or permanently. Search this forum for that and ask again if you get lost
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Thank you so much! This worked My device was already rooted so it didn't take long at all to do this.
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heathen_ibis said:
Thank you so much! This worked My device was already rooted so it didn't take long at all to do this.
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Thanks also to the both of you!
I had already had root also and I tried /system/apps but still nothing.
Now it works!
I cannot get PDF file to default to Adobe and not Kindle. I have tried to clear app cache but it does not work. What can I do to fix this?
ronaldheld said:
I cannot get PDF file to default to Adobe and not Kindle. I have tried to clear app cache but it does not work. What can I do to fix this?
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clear defaults on the kindle app.
StykerB said:
clear defaults on the kindle app.
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Clear defaults are greyed out for Adobe and Kindle via Settings/apps.
ronaldheld said:
Clear defaults are greyed out for Adobe and Kindle via Settings/apps.
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interesting, maybe try freezing/temporarily uninstalling the kindle app and open a PDF and select Adobe, always. That may override the kindle app once you reinstall it.
I tried that, unsuccessfully. It is possible that Root browser is at fault?
ronaldheld said:
I tried that, unsuccessfully. It is possible that Root browser is at fault?
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And what happens if you uninstall Kindle, and then open a pdf?
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Did that uninstall. Bring up A PDF I click on the default button and Adobe for several PDF files. Exit Root browser get back in and select the same file. I get that select menu again.