My Amazon Fire has been hijacked by parental controls. Anything I try to do is blocked by a request for my password. As I have never used the controls I don’t have a password and the default 0000 doesn’t work. Apparently Alexa is also blocked and Ive never used that either and also WiFi access. Even the Factory Reset needs the password.
Ive run out of ideas, can anyone help please.
JacMart
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I've tried two clean installs of milaq's 10.2 nightly (the latest two)... with the correct gapp version (and tried others), but I get a no connection error when trying to access the Play store and syncing isn't working. I seemingly successfully added my google account with 2-step verification and everything.
I'm connected to wifi and can surf the web just fine. Just before this I was on some CM9 nightly and everything worked fine. This is frustrating and time-wasting. Any ideas?
I just did another clean install using the recommended install package (10.1) from the easy install guide. Same exact issue. Dunno what the heck is going on.
UGH, I figured it out. So stupid, so lame. The touchpad thought I'd entered the right password for my google account, I thought I'd entered the right password for my google account, in fact I HAD entered the right password.
But it didn't work for whatever reason (and didn't tell me the password wasn't working). I had to create an application-specific password in google account settings and input THAT password. Now it works. And I wasted too many hours.
I had exactly the same issue yesterday. It was the right password (I re-installed Android TWICE). Seems that the authentication DOES require a 'one off' password to be added to your google account security, which worked fine for me. Two factor auth has worked fine for me before. Maybe someone needs to make a note of this on the relevant ROM pages. This was CM10.2 20140303 I installed to (and I asked this question on pafe 83 I think).
Gunja
noob can't use play store
Hi all, I am having the same problem. Could you please explain in noob terms how u resolved this issue? What is one off??? And how do you set an application specific password in google settings?
If your logged into google.com visit: https://www.google.com/settings/security
You then have the options for "App Passwords".
Give it a name (I just used touchpad), doesn't matter. Click generate, and it'll make you a password you will only see once.
Use that password to login to the touchpad. I had to remove my account in settings, and re add it, using this password instead of my usual.
Pain in the bum two factor not working anymore, but at least it works.
So I'm trying to go the no amazon route and have side loaded google play and from there installed most of my standard non-cell phone related apps. (Thank you sd_shadow) My only question now is, has anyone tried to change the device title/name? In the top right hand corner it says "My Fire" but before I factory reset I know I was able to to update that title. The only thing I can think that is system different is I'm not signed in to Amazon via the system settings. So short of signing in has anyone found a way to update that title?
Bumping this thread.
Just got my mom and sister Fire Tablet. I don't want to register it to my account in fear they might purchase something without knowing.
Anyway to change the device name without registering?
Root and play services all went without a hitch, but I cannot run an app that requires an additional permission normally accessed via settings>security>apps with usage access. It simply does not exist in the settings menu on the kindle. Is there any way to add the option or access the setting another way?
I've attached a screenshot of the app at the point it gets stuck.
Did you ever get this working?
Sorry, this isn't an answer. For some reason, posting a comment isn't working on this site in any web browser. In any case, I've got the exact situation you do (same HW/SW/root). I'm even trying to get the same app working through the google play store that you are, and am seeing the same message. Did you ever find a solution to this? Were you ever able to get MobileFence running on the Fire?
It is not available on Fire OS. Since Amazon has no use for Google play services.You would have to
Install a different ROM. I would ditch Fire Os and set it up as a kids tablet under CM or SlimLP. There is a good thread on how to do it in the Fire forum.
This proves Jeff Bezos is as big a crooks as the rest of them.
This stinks to high heaven!
Actually no, business model is solid even though it displeases some. Purchase a different device If you dislike Amazon's ecosystem.
This should work: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/guide-workaround-apps-access-to-usage-t3535705
I know this is an old post, but since I came across it looking for a solution, I thought I should answer for others that come across this looking for a solution...
I found the answer on this thread, but here's the tl;dr version:
Download App Ops, which also requires Shizuku Manager.
I was trying to install AppLock which has a similar issue and this fixed it for me.
Hi all,
New Kindle owner here, and a very resourceful Android/iOS nerd.
My question is simple-- has anyone had success in cloning the built-in "Amazon Kindle" system app?
I'm looking to use multiple Kindle accounts. One is my US account (Prime account; where I have most of my audiobooks) and one is my JP account (where I have most of my Kindle books).
From what I recall on my TF300T tablet, the Google Play store edition of this app takes your Amazon login directly from the main screen when you first open it. In contrast, the Amazon Kindle system app on Fire devices takes your login from the account you use in Amazon's version of the Settings app.
I've tried using an app from the Play Store called "App Cloner" and have purchased the full version. I tried cloning the "Amazon Kindle" app twice with different configurations, but have not played with it much more. Most I've tried is removing permissions from it, in an effort to block it from automatically taking my US login from Settings.
I'm afraid that the remedy to this may be to download the Play Store version and clone that one instead. Problem is I lost my TF300T, and the Play Store on my Kindle reports it's already installed. (Interestingly enough, Google Play doesn't recognize Audible as already installed-- making a second copy of Audible easy to obtain)
Anyone have luck with this? Would love to figure out how to make this possible and write up a guide for it.
I'd like to know this too. I bought a kindle on someone elses amazon account so their account came attached. I removed it, but then that family member asked to read their kindle on my fire. So I couldn't add the account back for 6 months. So I was hoping to just remove the default one and add the regular version from the play store but it doesn't function for some reason. I would love to be able to log into a different kindle account just for the book store. I've had a bad time switching ROM and had to get a new one so I'd like to just avoid changing the OS for now.
Well, I have some good news and bad news regarding the subject. But, overall I would say it's progress none the less.
I *DID* find my TF300T, so I was able to download the Play Store version of the Kindle app and successfully clone it. I also managed to successfully install the cloned app. Unfortunately this is as far as I got.
When I launch the cloned app, the splash screen loads very briefly and the app crashes. I will test installing the cloned app on my TF300T and see if it opens cleanly on that device.
If it works on the TF300T, then there is something on the Fire 7" that prevents the clone (or even just the stock app) from operating correctly. I will post back (or edit my post) with my findings.
So this has been this way for a couple months now.
I have the At&t variant of the Axon M.
It's completely stock. Though from what I researched 99% of them are. There's only a possible preliminary twrp and I couldn't even find that when I got the device.
This happened after I put a lock password from Google security. When I got home and tried typing in that password it did not work. So I changed it from Google settings and that didn't work. So I rebooted it and.....to start Android, enter your password was there to greet me.
Nothing from any of the Google lockscreen passwords I used, my Google password, translating the lock pattern to numbers, default_password, cache wipe, etc works.
And on top of it a week or two ago there was a suspicious sign in on my Google account so I changed the password and it logged all devices off. It in fact doesn't even show any previous device that were linked in the list now.
Most threads show this as something flashing files or update issues with certain phones. There was no update or change recently except the Google security lock.
Can I adb, flash, or do anything to regain access without wiping it completely?? Any help is appreciated.