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[q] google earth??

Anyone gotten Google Earth to run? For me it just stutters at startup in a loop that only a power off will kill.
Running TNT Lite 2.20

I can't find it in the market. Found an APK, but it look like it want to open for s split second then nothing happens.

No luck on mine either
I want to zoom around the earth!

No luck here either, google sky map works, but no earth

hi,
could be already posted somewhere else, but the updated google earth that i side loaded from my "android"ified HD2 works on the G tablet.,although the start up does not cover the entire screen.

RojasTKD said:
I can't find it in the market. Found an APK, but it look like it want to open for s split second then nothing happens.
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seems like they randomly pull it or something for some devices. i had it on my fascinate, then lost it and couldn't find to re-install. then it came back, now it's gone again.

All that I got was a splash screen. No functionality on a stock gTab with updates thru Xmas Eve.

I have it working but it took a GPS feed to get past the splash screen.
trscons said:
All that I got was a splash screen. No functionality on a stock gTab with updates thru Xmas Eve.
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I got google earth to work by copying the three backed up files in Titanium Backup folder in my Nexus One into gtab TB folder and restored it fully functional.

[Q] Cannot update multiple installed apps, is it the new market?

Anyone else noticing that since getting the new market, multiple apps on the Nook Color won't update? They just show open, and I presume would not let you install them at all?
The new Windows Phone 7 clone market seems to show apps even if you can't install them, so sounds like that's what's going on but can't figure out why.
Waze, Facebook, Wifi Analyzer.. I think I saw another one too.
Solution is found, although still a tad quirky. You must have the new market and follow this procedure:
skwalas said:
Ah hah! You are correct. Clearing market data at 161 caused me to lose my apps again. So it seems the full process is as follows: (and note I've never force closed the app, not sure why that should be necessary.
1) set dpi to 160 in build.prop
2) reboot
3) clear market app data (force close first may help?)
4) restart market, accept terms, let it rebuild data at 160 dpi
5) profit
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And another procedure, similar, with a few extra steps.
freonchill said:
Posting my results, might help someone
Preface: NC running cm7 7.1.0 rc-1 on sandisk cl4 16gb card with 0.5 random write, 32 queue depth... See my post in the sd card performance topic
Downloaded and installed lcd density app
Choose 160 dpi
Choose reboot via first option, kill
After rebooting, run market
Notice its still broken
Goto running app/services
Kill 2 market services
Goto installed app list
Force quit market app
Clear data
Run market
Accept
Full market front screen with movies, books, apps, etc
Was able to update 12 apps that didnt have update icons since i downloaded new market app.
I just did that, so i will post back if it has problems and or stops working in the future
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If you update your CM7 or otherwise go back to 161 DPI, the market will eventually stop letting you update again. You can redo the procedure above to fix it. And if you you find your Apps list is empty you can try using AppBrain, it will list updates and you can update them one at a time. Not sure about installing new apps that otherwise would be "incompatible" this way, however.
Thanks to everyone that figured this stuff out, the two posts above are only examples which seem to work, there are other folks who started the ball rolling towards a solution.

New market updates multiple apps for me.
Only problem is that sometimes even if some app is already updated, it still shows it at updating list.

i constantly have to clear data for the new market to work properly. Have you tried that? I know after I clear data I get a notification that updates are available.

mrkavanagh said:
i constantly have to clear data for the new market to work properly. Have you tried that? I know after I clear data I get a notification that updates are available.
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By that do you mean clear the notification list? I wouldn't want anyone to read that and go ahead and wipe their data.

Applications>manage apps> market> clear cache; clear data.
I constantly have to do this as well.

RASTAVIPER said:
New market updates multiple apps for me.
Only problem is that sometimes even if some app is already updated, it still shows it at updating list.
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Oh, sure, it's updating some apps.. Just some are showing up without the ability to update.
Like I know at least a few apps have updated and they don't show up as needing updates. Or look at Appbrain, you can always see app updates there regardless of the market.
Seems like it's just filtering more apps than it used to. I'm about to remove the new market, it sucks anyway.

Silly question, but how do you guy get the new Market?

votinh said:
Silly question, but how do you guy get the new Market?
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Installed automatically on my NC.. Lucky me. There are also apk's floating around.

I'm having a similar problem since updating to nightly 142. Certain icons are no longer visible in Launcher, Advanced Uninstaller, or Titanium Backup. When I visit the Market I'm not given the download box in the header or an update option. Almost as if the app is incompatible with the device. I tried the Applications>manage apps> market> clear cache; clear data procedure with no different result. I did get the message when returning to Market, so I guess I cleared something. The effected apps ( that I'm concerned about ) are Facebook and, of course, Angry Birds. Couple others as well. Thanks for any suggestions

416inversed said:
Applications>manage apps> market> clear cache; clear data.
I constantly have to do this as well.
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^THIS...Oh SO much THIS
I had to do this today so that nook tweaks would update

khaytsus said:
Installed automatically on my NC.. Lucky me. There are also apk's floating around.
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Thanks, m8.
You aren't the first one saying "it automatically updated" but surprisingly, mine doesn't. Don't know why.
Yes, I can see some Vendor (Vending?).apk floating around the net but no clue which version they are.

Maugchief said:
I'm having a similar problem since updating to nightly 142. Certain icons are no longer visible in Launcher, Advanced Uninstaller, or Titanium Backup. When I visit the Market I'm not given the download box in the header or an update option. Almost as if the app is incompatible with the device. I tried the Applications>manage apps> market> clear cache; clear data procedure with no different result. I did get the message when returning to Market, so I guess I cleared something. The effected apps ( that I'm concerned about ) are Facebook and, of course, Angry Birds. Couple others as well. Thanks for any suggestions
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Didn't help the issue at hand here for me either, unfortunately..

Sorry you're having the same issues. I also posted to the cyanogen forums and am still waiting for another reply to the post. That's where the Titanium Backup suggestion came from. Here's hoping for another suggestion here.

It doesn't seem like the market notifies you if an app needs a manual update due to changing permissions anymore. Also I get a Appstore and market both saying I need to update Amazon mp3 and after I update one the other app store will still say it's not updated so you have to update again in order to clear the two out
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I am having the same issue as the OP. Agenda Widget Plus and Facebook disappeared from my "MyApps" list but can be found by searching. I have the new market and going into settings to clear data and cache for market did not help. Had been working without issue previously. I am running n146.
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I disabled MarketUpdater.apk last night and uninstalled Market updates and I STILL am having problems with SOME apps.
Oddly, I can see Waze again, but I still cannot 'see' the Plus version of Android Agenda Widget and a few others. I CAN see the free version of Android Agenda Widget, go figure. For some reason I can usually see apps in AppBrain that need updating, but those apps have also disappeared from AppBrain, so I'm not sure what I'm missing currently.
Damn you Google, what are you doing?

Same situation for me. Went to a backup of an earlier nightly that still had the old market and even there Agenda Widget Plus was missing. Also checked the android market web site and it shows Agenda Widget as incompatible with NC. How does the market determine whether an app is compatible with a device? I contacted the Agenda Widget developer and he said he had not changed anything.
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elwood1229 said:
Same situation for me. Went to a backup of an earlier nightly that still had the old market and even there Agenda Widget Plus was missing. Also checked the android market web site and it shows Agenda Widget as incompatible with NC. How does the market determine whether an app is compatible with a device? I contacted the Agenda Widget developer and he said he had not changed anything.
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I'd kinda like to know that as well. When I originally downloaded the crappy Facebook app I had no problem. But when I go to the market on the website now it says it is not compatible even though it works fine. I suspect now that the market is "device aware" any of my installed apps that get updates will not show if the app is no longer considered compatible so I will be stuck with the older version.

patruns said:
I'd kinda like to know that as well. When I originally downloaded the crappy Facebook app I had no problem. But when I go to the market on the website now it says it is not compatible even though it works fine. I suspect now that the market is "device aware" any of my installed apps that get updates will not show if the app is no longer considered compatible so I will be stuck with the older version.
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My guess is that Facebook can use the GPS, or Microphone, Camera... some hardware we don't have.
This is new behavior, at least changed behavior, and it's very annoying.

I've read that "device aware" suggestion in a few places, and decided to try the build.prop edit that I've read about elsewhere. Changed the device name to Samsung S and manufacturer to samsung. It didn't make a difference. I also can't understand why Angry Birds and Checkers could be device specific. The Market definitely knows I've got Nook because it is grayed out in the drop down box. I hope brighter minds than mine can come up with a work around.

[Q]

Has anyone on the KF2 rooted had their statusbar flicker or would know the cause of or solution to the issue?
It just turns off then on, seemingly random. My turning on I mean it appears, the icons adjust to match, then it disappears about one second later, and when I try to swipe down on it, I can't get anything to happen.
Installed new status bars (non root ones) and it replaced the bar that flashes...but the same issue.
This happened after a boot from using KindleFree. I used most of the tools on it, if you want to know I can list them. The only thing that I can POSSIBLY imagine went wrong would be when I tried to see how it would handle the setting a laucnher. So I got nova, rebooted, didn't like nova, set apex as default by pressing home, and that was that. I can't find nova in my ROM toolbox list of apps so I'm not sure how KindleFree installed it, and I'm not sure if that even caused the issue.
Any ideas?
I planned to just reset, re-root and start from clean when I get home but I'm at work for the next 7 hours and I'd like my statusbar back haha.

Well, some update I suppose.
TabletBar Hider does something. When I open the app and press restore, it makes the statusbar flash and appear for a bit. It's the ONLY thing that seems to have a direct effect on when it seems to appear. I tried using apps that make the notification area appear, and those did not work.
My best guess is something is forcing it to close....but I'm not sure what, or why.
Suggestions?

Well.....I've fixed it.
I wanted the Chameleon launcher so I changed my build.prop so the market would think I have a Nexus 7. No, this did not work for the market (I think I need to clear the cache) but, my status bar works! No idea what happened folks but.....there you go?
This thread can be locked or removed or whatnot. Since I really have no useful insight as to what broke or fixed it.
Signs point to installing Nova with KindleFree broke it, and that changing my build prop from a blaze tablet to a nexus 7, fixed it.
It makes no sense to me either, but that's what happened! Oh well, at least it works now. Happy modding and New Years all!

iytrix said:
Has anyone on the KF2 rooted had their statusbar flicker or would know the cause of or solution to the issue?
It just turns off then on, seemingly random. My turning on I mean it appears, the icons adjust to match, then it disappears about one second later, and when I try to swipe down on it, I can't get anything to happen.
Installed new status bars (non root ones) and it replaced the bar that flashes...but the same issue.
This happened after a boot from using KindleFree. I used most of the tools on it, if you want to know I can list them. The only thing that I can POSSIBLY imagine went wrong would be when I tried to see how it would handle the setting a laucnher. So I got nova, rebooted, didn't like nova, set apex as default by pressing home, and that was that. I can't find nova in my ROM toolbox list of apps so I'm not sure how KindleFree installed it, and I'm not sure if that even caused the issue.
Any ideas?
I planned to just reset, re-root and start from clean when I get home but I'm at work for the next 7 hours and I'd like my statusbar back haha.
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Have you installed Gmail by any chance?

I don't have the kindle fire 2, I have the hd, but for me gmail is the usual culprit for that like mentioned earlier. Other apps have caused it though. Usually going through and opening all the apps you used before it happens will clear that up. I do believe it's some sort of issue with notifications.
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Read last post as my solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896958
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expone said:
Read last post as my solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896958
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How did I not find that thread? Thanks! It could have been. From my thread, you can see my fix didn't seem related to me, BUT, yes, I did install gmail using KindleFree so that may have spawned some issues. However, I have used gmail since, and no issues. I'm not really sure what changing the build.prop does beyond supposedly trick the market, which didn't work for me. Thank you though! Hopefully we get to the root of what exactly this is! Two issues so far, both fixed in different ways. If it happens again I will try your fix and if that works then it's for certain gmail and hopefully we can help future issue finders!

I'm rather curious of getting market to believe the kindle is another device... it would be nice to not sideload so many apps
If you have success with this please post back with your build prop edits
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Can't set wallpaper after latest ota update

Picked my kindle up to find it updated and unrooted the other day, and i have since rerooted it and fixed everything like it used to be but have a very annoying problem. I hadn't set go launcher hd back as a alternate ui since the last update and when i did this time i have no wallpaper. Here's where it gets interesting, i tried nova, go launcher ex, adw and apex, they also couldn't set it. My lockscreen defaults to random stock image like it should still, but my background wont set,its just a black screen behind the icons. Anyone have any ideas or is this just a bug with the latest update that i haven't read about?
EDIT:
THE SOLUTION TO THIS IS A FIX I MADE ITS POSTED ON PAGE 8
This should help people that don't want to read through this to find a solution.
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stunts513 said:
Picked my kindle up to find it updated and unrooted the other day, and i have since rerooted it and fixed everything like it used to be but have a very annoying problem. I hadn't set go launcher hd back as a alternate ui since the last update and when i did this time i have no wallpaper. Here's where it gets interesting, i tried nova, go launcher ex, adw and apex, they also couldn't set it. My lockscreen defaults to random stock image like it should still, but my background wont set,its just a black screen behind the icons. Anyone have any ideas or is this just a bug with the latest update that i haven't read about?
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That tells me nothing. What happens when you try to set it? Are there any windows that pop up? What apps are you trying to set it with? What Amazon OS are you running? Are you running the latest version of the launcher?

Ok I'm on os 7.4.1, on go launcher hd i tap the preset wallpapers and nothing happens, on go launcher ex and others i could goto the selection menu and tell it to set whatever wallpaper i choose but it just remains a blank black background with the ui on it. It's the latest version of the launcher as far as google play store says, also tried setting up live wallpaper, thought it could of been the problem so i removed it and rebooted, still doesn't work.

stunts513 said:
Ok I'm on os 7.4.1, on go launcher hd i tap the preset wallpapers and nothing happens, on go launcher ex and others i could goto the selection menu and tell it to set whatever wallpaper i choose but it just remains a blank black background with the ui on it. It's the latest version of the launcher as far as google play store says, also tried setting up live wallpaper, thought it could of been the problem so i removed it and rebooted, still doesn't work.
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The only way I see out is a factory reset. I'm not aware that Amazon release 7.4.1, is it 7.3.1 by any chance?

Nope its 7.4.1, just came out a few days ago. I really need to get around to disabling ota updates...
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stunts513 said:
Nope its 7.4.1, just came out a few days ago. I really need to get around to disabling ota updates...
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Could you post a screenshot of your software version? You are the only person who says they have 7.4.1.
The official Amazon website says the latest is 7.3.1: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=201016350

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seokhun said:
Could you post a screenshot of your software version? You are the only person who says they have 7.4.1.
The official Amazon website says the latest is 7.3.1: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=201016350
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7.4.1 is out brother, I saw it today on my friend's KFHD today! Glad I followed your instructions yesterday to get CM on mine before that update got pushed out!

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Hm. So far not a lot is known about this new software yet, because it's barely pushed out, so you'll have to wait for a bit for a changelog to show up, then we can go further. For right now, know that Amazon OS doesn't play nice with Android, so if you want to go for the easier route and be done with it, go to my thread in my signature.
BlaqueJezus said:
7.4.1 is out brother, I saw it today on my friend's KFHD today! Glad I followed your instructions yesterday to get CM on mine before that update got pushed out!
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I guess so. I'm glad my thread has been of help.

It's always got to be something!
am also having this same problem. I have a rooted KFTT running the stock ROM and GO Launcher ex. Usually GO is pretty good about wallpapers, live or static, but since the 7.4.1 update I have seen nothing but black screen. When in theme settings everything seems to be fine..... no errors. Everything but the wallpapers change. I have attached a screenshot of my is screen and my current homescreen which I have the black magic theme applied. I hope someone else is able to figure to this out, I have done everything I could think of. Thank you ahead of ttime for your time and effort.

Ok i think i will eventually flash cm 10.1, but seeing as we don't know for sure all of what was done in this new update i think I'll wait until its reported as safe to do. Don't feel like bricking my kindle, specially because i don't have the means to order a factory cable right now if things go really bad.
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truebluebaby said:
am also having this same problem. I have a rooted KFTT running the stock ROM and GO Launcher ex. Usually GO is pretty good about wallpapers, live or static, but since the 7.4.1 update I have seen nothing but black screen. When in theme settings everything seems to be fine..... no errors. Everything but the wallpapers change. I have attached a screenshot of my is screen and my current homescreen which I have the black magic theme applied. I hope someone else is able to figure to this out, I have done everything I could think of. Thank you ahead of ttime for your time and effort.
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I'd suggest backing up the launcher to the sdcard, then uninstall it, reinstall it, restore backups. I've done this procedure with Nova, but I don't know about others.

Think i already tried doing that, I'm thinking its amazon's fault since it does this in every launcher I've tried. Wonder if they did it on purpose... i'm just throwing a guess around based on what i know from locking the wallpaper on my moms kindle 1, but is it possible theres a wallpaper file in a different location like what the kindle 1 had with write permissions denied? I have no idea how the background system on kindle hd works since it doesn't seem to usually affect ur wallpaper when th lockscreen comes on, so the actual background seems like it would be stored elsewhere.
I'm going to peruse the filesystem, I'm used to linux on my pc but android i have no idea what i'm looking for.
Edit: don't know if its relevant, but i found a file /data/system/wallpaper_info.xml and the name entry is blank.
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same problem
Just like everyone above I am having the same problem. After the update 7.4.1 my kindle will no longer support the viewing of wallpapers. I am looking into this issue but so far I have found nothing. It might be an apk missing like for the widgets. (Widgetpicker.apk) Or it could be something much more difficult, not sure yet. Why does amazon have to make customization so hard. Has anyone else found anything???

Well i am going to take a guess because i don't know how to debug an android app while it running, but i would guess that amazon took out some classes that the alternate launchers use to set the wallpaper from the os. Wouldn't exactly surprise me if they did. Reason i say this is because i notice on my moms kindle fire 1 that the system app folder has unessesary apps like the widget picker on it by default, and from amazons standpoint thats pointless to have with their ui not supporting them. Th hd didn't have them by default, make me wonder if they are tryin to get further away from stock android os. I wouldn't b surprise if there's a way to fix this but i have no idea if my theory is correct or not nor how the android os works as to where classe are stored. Never learned coding, computer always crashed within a month of me installing a visual studio or sdk, kind took it as a bad omen an wen further into networking and pc repair... anyway only reason i am guessing at a missing class is because i notice on my moms kindle that the wallpaper info file i found filled out starts with res:android/wallpaper_***randomnumber***, an when live wallpaper isn't use it refers to an internal android app that was probably either deleted or amazon has named it something else and i have no idea which apk it is and am to tired to look. If my speculation is completely off plz feel free to mention it, i specialize in linux and windows and a bit of mac, android i can only guess at since its kinda like a mix of linux and java. Sorry for any typos i didn't fix this default keyboard is total junk, especially in landscape mode.
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stunts513 said:
Well i am going to take a guess because i don't know how to debug an android app while it running, but i would guess that amazon took out some classes that the alternate launchers use to set the wallpaper from the os. Wouldn't exactly surprise me if they did. Reason i say this is because i notice on my moms kindle fire 1 that the system app folder has unessesary apps like the widget picker on it by default, and from amazons standpoint thats pointless to have with their ui not supporting them. Th hd didn't have them by default, make me wonder if they are tryin to get further away from stock android os. I wouldn't b surprise if there's a way to fix this but i have no idea if my theory is correct or not nor how the android os works as to where classe are stored. Never learned coding, computer always crashed within a month of me installing a visual studio or sdk, kind took it as a bad omen an wen further into networking and pc repair... anyway only reason i am guessing at a missing class is because i notice on my moms kindle that the wallpaper info file i found filled out starts with res:android/wallpaper_***randomnumber***, an when live wallpaper isn't use it refers to an internal android app that was probably either deleted or amazon has named it something else and i have no idea which apk it is and am to tired to look. If my speculation is completely off plz feel free to mention it, i specialize in linux and windows and a bit of mac, android i can only guess at since its kinda like a mix of linux and java. Sorry for any typos i didn't fix this default keyboard is total junk, especially in landscape mode.
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Last night I flashed back to 7.3.1 since no one so far has been able to figure the black wallaper out. If you want to compare a file from the new update to the old one im using now, don't be afraid to ask ill check. I am rooted

Just curious how did you flash back? Did you use 2nd bootloader and twrp or did u restore with fastboot, i'm considering doing this myself but id like to avoid wiping all of my data. On the bright side i can export my manga if i do have to wipe, i have over 200 mangas on Quickmanga. Thank god for the export function. Though i will still have to reinstall alot of crap again. I hav never downgraded a kindle before so i was confused weather u could just flash the system img in fastboot or not, didn't feel like testing that out without researching it first. Never be icked a device so far and i don't intend to, closest call i ever had to brickin somethin was using a bad bootlogo flasher on my ipod touch 2g, couldn't even turn it on after that, mad it all the more difficult to get it into dfu mode. Enough of my rambling... i tend to do this when i stay up till 6 in the morning... Don't ask...
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Glad to know I'm not going crazy. Same here - Rooted 7.4.1 and it doesn't matter which launcher I use the wallpapers won't work.
Jordanz1998, How do you get back to 7.3.1?

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stunts513 said:
Just curious how did you flash back? Did you use 2nd bootloader and twrp or did u restore with fastboot, i'm considering doing this myself but id like to avoid wiping all of my data. On the bright side i can export my manga if i do have to wipe, i have over 200 mangas on Quickmanga. Thank god for the export function. Though i will still have to reinstall alot of crap again. I hav never downgraded a kindle before so i was confused weather u could just flash the system img in fastboot or not, didn't feel like testing that out without researching it first. Never be icked a device so far and i don't intend to, closest call i ever had to brickin somethin was using a bad bootlogo flasher on my ipod touch 2g, couldn't even turn it on after that, mad it all the more difficult to get it into dfu mode. Enough of my rambling... i tend to do this when i stay up till 6 in the morning... Don't ask...
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hamiltonfighter said:
Glad to know I'm not going crazy. Same here - Rooted 7.4.1 and it doesn't matter which launcher I use the wallpapers won't work.
Jordanz1998, How do you get back to 7.3.1?
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I do not have a second boot loader on my kindle kindle fire hd I went back to the older version by doing a full backup restore In KF First Aide. You can download this in an xda thread just look it up. Before the update I did a full rom backup (option 13 for anyone that knows). So after I saw the black screen I just plugged it up to the computer clicked option 25 restore entire kindle. This brought me back to the version that I had backed up 7.3.1 so unless you have KF First Aide and have done a full backup before the new update this will not work for you. Sorry if this doesn't help.

seokhun said:
Could you post a screenshot of your software version? You are the only person who says they have 7.4.1.
The official Amazon website says the latest is 7.3.1: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=201016350
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No he is not the only one I have hd fire 7inch here in Ireland and its now 7.4.1, my kindle is not rooted but I have been using Adw ex launcher and as a result of update I can't set wallpaper with the launcher or using various different programs. Also I noticed the launcher icon is no longer in the carousel. Bummer!

Replace Launcher

I managed to replace the launcher in Fire OS 5.0.0. I just (sideloaded) copied the apk for smartlauncher and installed it. It was working fine, until the tablet (during use) restarted and installed 5.0.1. After the update, I had the default launcher again.
For older Kindel devices, I read, that you can block (in Lollipop it's now hide) the amazon launcher via adb.
pm list packages does not show a com.amazon.otter package, so hiding it, doesn't work. Instead I found com.amazon.firelauncher but if I hide (block) that package, a tap on the home button brings up a message from the parent control saying "The requested action is not permitted. Check Parental Controls settings and retry."
Any other ideas what I can try to replace the launcher?

Exact same issue here. Looks like the fire os update 5.0.1 locked things down a lot. You also can't give SD card write access to an app anymore as the SD card doesn't appear in the file manager that opens (eg when trying to copy a file from internal to sd card via es explorer) - but this did work on 5.0.0.
Really hoping someone manages to root this thing fairly quickly, it has awesome potential for a cheap little device but Amazon's persistence in locking stuff down is frustrating.

I've tried to set multiple launchers as default, but none of them work. You can't even "clear" the default settings for Fire Launcher. The app "Home Switcher" doesn't work either.
I think we'll have to wait until someone roots it to achieve it, as it is impossible right now.

blinky88 said:
I've tried to set multiple launchers as default, but none of them work. You can't even "clear" the default settings for Fire Launcher. The app "Home Switcher" doesn't work either.
I think we'll have to wait until someone roots it to achieve it, as it is impossible right now.
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It's extra annoying because it was possible until the day-1 update. That update prevented changing the default launcher, and prevented micro-sd storage from appearing when granting permissions to write to external storage.

DirkHe said:
Any other ideas what I can try to replace the launcher?
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Maybe Gatesjr debloater tool (here on xda) will work to disable launcher package you identified. Also, see if you have com.android.launcher. This is stock launcher on 2014 models running OS 5.

Can we overwrite the ab with the Google now launcher?

Just wondering if anyone's found a solution for this yet. I'm game for being a guines pig and trying things..

joesee said:
Just wondering if anyone's found a solution for this yet. I'm game for being a guines pig and trying things..
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I realize you're anxious, but if there are no posts, you don't need to ask again...

ldeveraux said:
I realize you're anxious, but if there are no posts, you don't need to ask again...
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Aww, c'mon, be nice. It had been a few days and no one said anything. If anyone had an idea and was looking for people willing to brick to test because it was so cheap, I was willing to offer.
Just for the fun of it, I'm going to play with testing all the different "universal" rooting options to see if I can get around the launcher issue and I'll report back what I find.

DirkHe said:
I managed to replace the launcher in Fire OS 5.0.0. I just (sideloaded) copied the apk for smartlauncher and installed it. It was working fine, until the tablet (during use) restarted and installed 5.0.1. After the update, I had the default launcher again.
For older Kindel devices, I read, that you can block (in Lollipop it's now hide) the amazon launcher via adb.
pm list packages does not show a com.amazon.otter package, so hiding it, doesn't work. Instead I found com.amazon.firelauncher but if I hide (block) that package, a tap on the home button brings up a message from the parent control saying "The requested action is not permitted. Check Parental Controls settings and retry."
Any other ideas what I can try to replace the launcher?
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There is also a systemui app in there somewhere. I wonder if that is related?
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This discussion gives me an idea.. Could one unpack a new fire and block the OTA by disabling the update mechanism allowing for the launcher and sdcard exploit to remain?

rivethead23 said:
This discussion gives me an idea.. Could one unpack a new fire and block the OTA by disabling the update mechanism allowing for the launcher and sdcard exploit to remain?
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If you connect to wifi during the initial setup it automatically does the update. At least it did it on mine.

Yeah that is what I am proposing before ever connecting to WiFi. Hmm is it worth $50 for me to find out. My initial one is already updated so no joy there.

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Yeah that is what I am proposing before ever connecting to WiFi. Hmm is it worth $50 for me to find out. My initial one is already updated so no joy there.
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As far as I know someone did that in one of the other threads and then used the OTG ethernet adapter. I personally am not a fan of the idea though to only be able to access the Internet via the adapter.
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I'm interested in this issue. There's a thread about using ADB Shell in Fire HD to block the package amazon.device.otter to allow default installation of another launcher. I finally got ADB to accept the Fire 7 (USB driver was a big challenge) but in new version of Android Block command has been replaced by Hide command. Anyway, hiding amazon.device.otter had no effect. On the other hand, hiding com.amazon.firelauncher almost did the trick, it defaults to new launcher (in my case Nova), but then sort of freezes, citing Parental Controls. Anyway, I almost got there. Anyone else's input is appreciated.

Any way to return to the initial 5.0 OS? Damned update...

Darkside1984 said:
Any way to return to the initial 5.0 OS? Damned update...
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Not yet.
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So I got this working without rooting.
I'm on the latest preview for 5.0.1 asof the time this post was written. I am not sure what I did...
I had sideloaded google play store & services and got that working for 5.0.1. From there I grabbed the google now launcher.
I hid the com.amazon.firelauncher as well as some amazon parental controls package (don't remember the name). It did give me the error about parental controls. I ended up rebooting and it went to the upgrade screen again for updating the OS. It stayed there for a while and I thought it froze so I rebooted again. It then appeared to go through the fire os install again.
Once more it started up (while plugged in to computer) and it gave me the parental controls error. However, after a few minutes the google now launcher started working. It went through some intro screen and viola. My google now launcher now comes up as default when my kindle starts.

Meems33x said:
So I got this working without rooting.
I'm on the latest preview for 5.0.1 asof the time this post was written. I am not sure what I did...
I had sideloaded google play store & services and got that working for 5.0.1. From there I grabbed the google now launcher.
I hid the com.amazon.firelauncher as well as some amazon parental controls package (don't remember the name). It did give me the error about parental controls. I ended up rebooting and it went to the upgrade screen again for updating the OS. It stayed there for a while and I thought it froze so I rebooted again. It then appeared to go through the fire os install again.
Once more it started up (while plugged in to computer) and it gave me the parental controls error. However, after a few minutes the google now launcher started working. It went through some intro screen and viola. My google now launcher now comes up as default when my kindle starts.
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Was it "com.amazon.parentalcontrols"??

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Was it "com.amazon.parentalcontrols"??
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Yes that must of been it.
The home button will not work because that parental controls dialog will pop up. To get around it I click up in the google search bar above and then hit the back button. That will cause the desktop to show. It should also show if you close all open programs.