i tried your other videos and could never get gps to install and work properly.. even though as it was installing it said error for all the categories, when it completed and did the clean-up is said "ok".. works like a charm! great video as always!
Saw this and ordered a 2020 Fire HD8 for $60, downloaded Fire Toolbox 8.0 and went to work. I chose to remove all traces of Amazon everything. Afterward I too had the error msg w/the Wallchanger App. My chosen home & lock screen seems to go away when the tablet is unattended and goes to sleep/idle, and you re-awake it. You get the Wallchanger App screen instead. I have to reset the screen (if I want to bother) ...something finicky about that app for sure, minor issue. Small tweaks to Swiftkey keyboard to make perfect. Very pleased with Nova launcher and gonna check out Nova launcher prime ($5 @ playstore). One step I'm not sure was mentioned in this video that I believe warrants speaking to is selecting "Remove Lockscreen Ads" on Fire Toolbox 8.0, can be tricky for the novice (which I am, but had smooth sailing). I'm coming from a Samsung Tab 4 running Android 5, this Fire certainly feels much faster and smoother to me. Total time to do this? 10 minutes
Glad you updated this. I got the 2019 hd fire 10 and tried your old video and it didn't work. I had found the fire toolbox though and got it installed. I keep having an issue on occasion where google play will fill my internal storage and I have to empty the cache on it. Very strange.
Here are some tips after following the Etaprime video guide. My advice is not to install wallchanger. To change the lockscreen without installing this app, simply disable the amazon services. Deactivate these following services: amazon offers, amazon newsstand, amazon games, amazon maps, freetime, goodreads, wps office, washington post, silk browser, prime photos, mopria print, help, contacts, email. You will then replace the disabled apps with those of the playstore. Like if it has been useful
I liked your hardware reviews and your presentation from along time ago. BUT this sir! Is a great service for humanity. It is dumb how these companies block each others basic software. Thank you for your time and solution. Yes I got a Amazon fire 10hd 2019 and clueless on how to get Googleplay store. Right time right place.
Amazon tabs have great potential... All they need to be even better than Galaxy Tab is Add Google Services and have high end specs... And a remake of fire HD 6...it was awesome, ahead of its time..now a remake with high end specs
On my previous gen HD8 the Google services install showed Error at every step, but it still installed everything correctly, so if you see an errors just let it ride out the process. This was a lifesaver because my previously sideloaded Google services were out of date, and I hadn't been able to find a new set of APKs that would install on my device.
A Really Great and Easy to follow video! Thank you. A Question though, If you have a choice, is it preferable or Better to download an app from the Amazon Appstore, OR the Google Playstore? I already have an Amazon Fire for 2 months now. I have the idea that If I download a particular app form the Amazon store , the app will works smoother than from the Playstore. Your technical opinion Please. I have just bought a New Fire tablet for a family member and I will be using this method to install the Playstore. Thanks so Much. Harold.
Oooh, custom launchers are actually a thing by now? Really cool little tool~ I was okay with having just the Play Store on my HD 10, but getting rid of all the other annoyances would be even better.
Maybe I missed it, but how do I stop the tablet from 'updating' and reverting to the Amazon environment? I customized mine exactly as I wanted, but over the course of two days in went back. Thanks again.
This looks interesting, and the hassle of getting Goggle play on the Fire tablets has kept me from buying one. But I wonder how long it will be before there is a mandatory update that patches out this "upgrade avenue".
If you don't want to go through all this and just want to leave the Fire as-is, but have Google Play, you can just install the Google Play Store by downloading four .apk files. Updates won't remove access and all the apps I've tried work great! There's lots of tutorials for doing this out there and it just takes a few minutes at most.
For people who have done this, for apps that show up in both App stores, do you update from Amazon or Google Play? For example, my Alexa app is updated in the Amazon App store by Google Play says it still needs to be updated.
I got the lowest end one I could because at the time they where half off. I was pretty disappointed with it since really all it could do was read books, but I’ll try this and see if it helps
I am going to use the tool, but my new Fire HD 10 tablet (2019) wants to update to 7.3.1.6 from 7.3.1.2. Should I do that update first - even people tell it is full of bugs? How does the changes from the tools box interact with updates at all? Are they overwritten and have to be repeated or can Amazon even block the tool? Or are the updates problematic and might lead to a brick?
@@DarqVenom Did you go to the 2nd page of the Toolbox? From the dev: "on the second page (click the ">" in the lower right hand side to get to the second page) you will find a tool called "Remove Lockscreen Ads" that should help you accomplish your goal." Try that. Note that I don't even have a Fire Tablet, but will probably purchase one soon hence why I'm here! Hope this helps.
You should do an update on actually trying to run WallChanger, because it doesn't work for me. I have a 2019 Fire 10. The "Amazon Prime Photos" option only sets one image to home and lock, regardless of what you select on a long press of the desktop in Nova Launcher. With Wallchanger, if I click "Single Image", it crashes. If I select the folder option, I get a black screen asking me to select the folder with an "up arrow" icon, an "ok" button, and a "cancel button". The "up arrow" does nothing. No menu or path is displayed on the screen, so maybe it's doing something and I just can't see it. Very curious if you have this issue too.
Worked great. They have a newer version of the launcher that I would recommend to people. I keep getting an error message with the wallchanger app. It keeps crashing.
Now that I have done what you instructed How do I get around installing the DJI Fly app? It downloads and begins to install then stops and says "App not installed"
USB Debugging should always be turned on, mainly if you forget any passwords/passcodes or pins, you can always get back in, even if its locked locked from too many wrong entry's,
After downloading Tool Box and trying to run it... a pop-up shows that I'm not running Win 10 and ask if I want to download drivers for my tablet? Do I download the drivers or do I need to download another Vs of Tool Box?
Okay, I did all this but it keeps switching from nova launcher to fire launcher every time I hit the home button and settings to change it are gone / don't work...how do you fix this?
@ETA PRIME I followed the instructions from this video and downloaded the Fire Toolbox for my * Amazon Fire 8 (2018) tablet onto my PC, however when I try to sign into my Google Play App my 2 step verification comes up on my tablet and after I authorize it is me signing in on my android phone on my google acct Google play still doesn't open my Google play acct on my Amazon Fire 8 (2018) tablet and I can't use Google search App as my browser or my Google play Apps.. When I check settings it shows Google play apps are updated however under PLAY PROTECT CERTIFICATION it says Device is not certified. When I go into my google acct settings on my Android phone it shows me I'm logged into my Google acct on my Amazon Fire 8 (2018) tablet but my tablet just shows me the sign in screen for my Google play acct. I also noticed on my tablet at the bottom on my home screen it says "Wallpaper is not set correctly Relaunch the Wall-changer app. Have relaunched wallpaper app still says "Wallpaper is not set correctly Relaunch the Wall-changer app. I did choose download Nova Launcher during set up. I had to enable my Silk Browser after set up as Google Search App isnt working as my web browser. Not sure what I've done wrong. Also I noticed that my desktop downloaded both the Amazon Firebox V7.2 and V7.3 Can you please help me?
Hi, I just bought an Amazon Fire 8 10th Generation on Prime Day and followed this. I encountered an error when Fire Toolbox tries to install Play Services which fails and comes up with the following error message: “adb: failed to install C:\users\me\AppData\Local\Datastream\Fire Toolbox V18.0\bin\Google Services\PlayServices9.0.apk: failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_APK: Failed to parse /data/app/vmdl172496541.tmp/base.apk] Do you have any idea what may have gone wrong? Apologies to ask. Great video!
The launcher does not work properly on the Amazon Fire HD 8 (2017), Because the launcher activation method (Disable Fire Launcher) is not available in that model.
I would like to keep a 'pure' Fire tablet, I already have put it on two older generations using the other method. I like the Amazon layout, I even don't mind the 'special offers'. I actually find them useful. If you want an Android tablet you should go ahead and buy one.
anybody? the install nova launcher seems to not be working. does it take that long to download and install? b/c I saw you skipped it in the video somewhat. FIRE hd 8 8th generation
It’s not letting me update my wallpaper🥺 I go to the wallpaper settings on my table (the original one) and it doesn’t let me update the wallpaper. When I added the wallpaper feature it didn’t give me the chance to choose a wallpaper platform.
Great idea but I followed the steps ecactly but on google services each step returns red ERROR no description. Fire HD 8 is unlocked and developer mode and usb debugging is enabled
@@nustde00 that's a strange one my kindle isn't that old its HD Fire 8 so 2018. I'm going to factory reset today and try again as I did try to manually install the 4 google services last year and even though I've deleted them theres maybe some remnamce left behind. Fingers crossed 🙂
after installing swiftkey the tablet kept looping "Tablet is starting" so i did the remove amazon manually and unchecked the keyboard and the launcher for now.
I thought this was too good to be true. I went through the entire video step by step as I was doing this install. When finished I logged into Google and it rolled over and asked me to log in again, and agaig, and again,....... The application never opens, it only asks for login. But after every login I get an email from Google letting me know I logged in from a new device. No Google play store on Amazon Fire HD8.
i tried your other videos and could never get gps to install and work properly.. even though as it was installing it said error for all the categories, when it completed and did the clean-up is said "ok".. works like a charm! great video as always!
Nice! I'm on my third Kindle Fire tablet and it's the first time I've managed to get Google Play both installed and FUNCTIONAL on one.
Saw this and ordered a 2020 Fire HD8 for $60, downloaded Fire Toolbox 8.0 and went to work. I chose to remove all traces of Amazon everything. Afterward I too had the error msg w/the Wallchanger App. My chosen home & lock screen seems to go away when the tablet is unattended and goes to sleep/idle, and you re-awake it. You get the Wallchanger App screen instead. I have to reset the screen (if I want to bother) ...something finicky about that app for sure, minor issue. Small tweaks to Swiftkey keyboard to make perfect. Very pleased with Nova launcher and gonna check out Nova launcher prime ($5 @ playstore). One step I'm not sure was mentioned in this video that I believe warrants speaking to is selecting "Remove Lockscreen Ads" on Fire Toolbox 8.0, can be tricky for the novice (which I am, but had smooth sailing). I'm coming from a Samsung Tab 4 running Android 5, this Fire certainly feels much faster and smoother to me. Total time to do this? 10 minutes
Glad you updated this. I got the 2019 hd fire 10 and tried your old video and it didn't work. I had found the fire toolbox though and got it installed. I keep having an issue on occasion where google play will fill my internal storage and I have to empty the cache on it. Very strange.
Here are some tips after following the Etaprime video guide. My advice is not to install wallchanger. To change the lockscreen without installing this app, simply disable the amazon services. Deactivate these following services: amazon offers, amazon newsstand, amazon games, amazon maps, freetime, goodreads, wps office, washington post, silk browser, prime photos, mopria print, help, contacts, email. You will then replace the disabled apps with those of the playstore.
Like if it has been useful
This was very useful. Yeah wallchanger is busted on my HD8 2020 tablet. It does nothing but crash.
I liked your hardware reviews and your presentation from along time ago. BUT this sir! Is a great service for humanity. It is dumb how these companies block each others basic software. Thank you for your time and solution. Yes I got a Amazon fire 10hd 2019 and clueless on how to get Googleplay store. Right time right place.
I wretch at the idea of system-wide advertisements
Well you can buy them out for $15 but now I’m glad I don’t have to hehehe
Amazon tabs have great potential...
All they need to be even better than Galaxy Tab is Add Google Services and have high end specs...
And a remake of fire HD 6...it was awesome, ahead of its time..now a remake with high end specs
Does this also work on the Fire Stick and Cube?
It would be interesting to have a feasible alternative to the Shield...
@Ayjop
Technically *it is* Android TV. Which is why I asked in the first place.
Amazing!! Google Play kept crashing on my Fire HD8 10th gen and this video saved the day! Worked like a charm!! Thank you!
Brilliant, made this very simple. Few layout changes and pop ups have changed as it is now v9, but overall the process worked smoothly.
Thanks for this. Also, the Fire Toolbox has been updated to V7.3 to include Amazon Fire 8/8+ (2020).
OMG I never knew this existed I am so mad at myself for not knowing or doing this sooner thank you so much
On my previous gen HD8 the Google services install showed Error at every step, but it still installed everything correctly, so if you see an errors just let it ride out the process. This was a lifesaver because my previously sideloaded Google services were out of date, and I hadn't been able to find a new set of APKs that would install on my device.
No issues installing on the Amazon hd 10 works a treat 👍
A Really Great and Easy to follow video! Thank you. A Question though, If you have a choice, is it preferable or Better to download an app from the Amazon Appstore, OR the Google Playstore? I already have an Amazon Fire for 2 months now. I have the idea that If I download a particular app form the Amazon store , the app will works smoother than from the Playstore. Your technical opinion Please.
I have just bought a New Fire tablet for a family member and I will be using this method to install the Playstore. Thanks so Much. Harold.
For a second adult profile, do you have to go through these steps again on it or is there other things we have to do?
thanks for the video - what do you download for 9th gen Fire HD 10 tablet? Thanks for your help
How is the performance when using UA-cam and other Google services
Awesome, I'm watching on my fire 7 tablet right now 720p, no issues
Also, Google play works great
Oooh, custom launchers are actually a thing by now? Really cool little tool~ I was okay with having just the Play Store on my HD 10, but getting rid of all the other annoyances would be even better.
Are you able to use widgets afterwards?
This works great. Choppy sound. I'll just play music over it....worth it.
Maybe I missed it, but how do I stop the tablet from 'updating' and reverting to the Amazon environment? I customized mine exactly as I wanted, but over the course of two days in went back. Thanks again.
This looks interesting, and the hassle of getting Goggle play on the Fire tablets has kept me from buying one. But I wonder how long it will be before there is a mandatory update that patches out this "upgrade avenue".
If you don't want to go through all this and just want to leave the Fire as-is, but have Google Play, you can just install the Google Play Store by downloading four .apk files. Updates won't remove access and all the apps I've tried work great! There's lots of tutorials for doing this out there and it just takes a few minutes at most.
Is the new 2ds for $100 the best emulation handheld
Is there any impact to performance, battery life or stand-by time ?
I did not notice any impact. Makes the tablet 100% better in my opinion.
Awesome video...I tried downloading version 8 of the toolbox and it didn't work on my 10th gen Fire HD8 but v7.2 worked!
once google store is installed , will it keep itself updated ? and will it keep the apps you installed from it updated to?
My fire 8hd is a 10th generation should I download the the Google framework 9 or 10
can u install it using windows 7 pc ?
Nice work, had one just sitting there collecting dust. Thanks ETA Prime
Fire just got an updated, and nova launcher not on default settings, was wondering if I could install it again?
does the hands on alexa feature work with a diffrent launcher and the dock show mode ?
For people who have done this, for apps that show up in both App stores, do you update from Amazon or Google Play? For example, my Alexa app is updated in the Amazon App store by Google Play says it still needs to be updated.
Google play is the better method and updates come out first for google play. Or they used to.
So do you use the charger to connect to the computer
Will this make it so that we can control the fire tablet via teamvieer?
I got the lowest end one I could because at the time they where half off. I was pretty disappointed with it since really all it could do was read books, but I’ll try this and see if it helps
I am going to use the tool, but my new Fire HD 10 tablet (2019) wants to update to 7.3.1.6 from 7.3.1.2. Should I do that update first - even people tell it is full of bugs? How does the changes from the tools box interact with updates at all? Are they overwritten and have to be repeated or can Amazon even block the tool? Or are the updates problematic and might lead to a brick?
Will this work on the Fire HD 10 2020 or just the HD 8?
It will and I had just tried it between breakfast and signing into work. It should be the Fire HD 2019, but was released very close to 2020. Have fun!
This is going to be usefull, also are you planning on doing a emulation video on the new 2020 models for the fire he 8, 8 plus, and 10?
Personally I still have the ads on my lock screen. Is there something else I need to do?
I'd like to know too. Mine still has ads on lock screen as well.
@@DarqVenom Did you go to the 2nd page of the Toolbox? From the dev: "on the second page (click the ">" in the lower right hand side to get to the second page) you will find a tool called "Remove Lockscreen Ads" that should help you accomplish your goal." Try that. Note that I don't even have a Fire Tablet, but will probably purchase one soon hence why I'm here! Hope this helps.
@@AwlrightProductions The wired thing is I didn't have to do that, just disable everything amazon.
You should do an update on actually trying to run WallChanger, because it doesn't work for me. I have a 2019 Fire 10. The "Amazon Prime Photos" option only sets one image to home and lock, regardless of what you select on a long press of the desktop in Nova Launcher. With Wallchanger, if I click "Single Image", it crashes. If I select the folder option, I get a black screen asking me to select the folder with an "up arrow" icon, an "ok" button, and a "cancel button". The "up arrow" does nothing. No menu or path is displayed on the screen, so maybe it's doing something and I just can't see it. Very curious if you have this issue too.
Good timing, just setting up one for a friend!
Can you test a few google play games on the new tablet. Eg Fornite, Call of Duty Mobile & even maybe xcloud. Also will you be testing some emulation ?
Can we install other launchers?
Worked great. They have a newer version of the launcher that I would recommend to people. I keep getting an error message with the wallchanger app. It keeps crashing.
Can apps installed from Google play be made available on kid profiles?
Hi im a mac user, can i fix this problem too?
Its a nice tablet if it had 4GB ram it would be a beast at that price, the mediatek mt8183 64bit CPU/Mali G72 combo is very good.
i have a question, it's not permanente the change right?, because when restart the tablet the configuration original of amazon back.
Can you revert back to stock of you want to?
I found that after installing Google Play, the tablet gets a little slow. I returned it to factory settings.
What model do you have? The HD 8 or HD 8 plus?
i installed it on my hd 10 no issues i didn't use his way i did it the other way install apk
I have a 2020 Fire HD8 and I thouight it sped it up.
Same!
Sorry for sounding stupid but if I wanted it back to where I started all I have to do is a factory reset?
Is there a google chromebook download for Amazon toolbox?
If I change to nova launcher on my HD10 , can it still go into Show Mode ?
Now that I have done what you instructed How do I get around installing the DJI Fly app? It downloads and begins to install then stops and says "App not installed"
Great video Im hoping the HBO Max android app will work now
You said you put a link on how to do it without a PC in the description... Where?
USB Debugging should always be turned on, mainly if you forget any passwords/passcodes or pins, you can always get back in, even if its locked locked from too many wrong entry's,
So it wont delete the amazon apps?Only hide them?
Love my Fire tablet with android!
what disables the lock screen ad?
That Awesome I Like it...
Fire Tablet is 1080p right?
Can you test these Amazon tablets for Emulation?
Works for Amazon fire tablet 8HD 8th gen?
Thank you!! From my unlocked Fire 7 2019 tablet!!!
Good video as always
Can you add gps or enable gps on any fire tablets? Want to use navigation applications.
Fire HD8 has no gps so it needs wifi.
Definitely need to try this on my Fire 10!
Is there any way to get the fire launcher back onto the device?
After downloading Tool Box and trying to run it... a pop-up shows that I'm not running Win 10 and ask if I want to download drivers for my tablet? Do I download the drivers or do I need to download another Vs of Tool Box?
the toolbox isnt connecting to my kindle, any ideas how to fix this?
Okay, I did all this but it keeps switching from nova launcher to fire launcher every time I hit the home button and settings to change it are gone / don't work...how do you fix this?
Ive been looking for this problem and can't find anything... 😩😩😩
Any chance this would work on a Fire HDX 8.9 gen 3, from like 2013 or 14?
Hey John did you find out if this works on the hdx 3rd generation?
Mine said error on all of the installations from the play store stuff but it worked no problem lol
A clear explanation, as always.
Work in fire 7, thanks for the fast tutorial.
how do you rename you tablet as if i change it via the device option it dont change the name?
Does Google Meet work here?
can this be used on fire stick
marcus cole probably not
👍🏼 à quand pour l’iPad pro 2018 et 2020 installe émulation ?
iPad 2020 is better for emulation but 2018 is not that far behind
this is perfect. thank you ETA PRIME.
@ETA PRIME I followed the instructions from this video and downloaded the Fire Toolbox for my * Amazon Fire 8 (2018) tablet onto my PC, however when I try to sign into my Google Play App my 2 step verification comes up on my tablet and after I authorize it is me signing in on my android phone on my google acct Google play still doesn't open my Google play acct on my Amazon Fire 8 (2018) tablet and I can't use Google search App as my browser or my Google play Apps.. When I check settings it shows Google play apps are updated however under PLAY PROTECT CERTIFICATION it says Device is not certified. When I go into my google acct settings on my Android phone it shows me I'm logged into my Google acct on my Amazon Fire 8 (2018) tablet but my tablet just shows me the sign in screen for my Google play acct. I also noticed on my tablet at the bottom on my home screen it says "Wallpaper is not set correctly Relaunch the Wall-changer app. Have relaunched wallpaper app still says "Wallpaper is not set correctly Relaunch the Wall-changer app. I did choose download Nova Launcher during set up. I had to enable my Silk Browser after set up as Google Search App isnt working as my web browser. Not sure what I've done wrong. Also I noticed that my desktop downloaded both the Amazon Firebox V7.2 and V7.3 Can you please help me?
How do update Google play services?
Hi, I just bought an Amazon Fire 8 10th Generation on Prime Day and followed this. I encountered an error when Fire Toolbox tries to install Play Services which fails and comes up with the following error message: “adb: failed to install
C:\users\me\AppData\Local\Datastream\Fire Toolbox V18.0\bin\Google Services\PlayServices9.0.apk: failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_APK: Failed to parse /data/app/vmdl172496541.tmp/base.apk]
Do you have any idea what may have gone wrong? Apologies to ask. Great video!
Can I add other languages to the device, such as Arabic?
The launcher does not work properly on the Amazon Fire HD 8 (2017), Because the launcher activation method (Disable Fire Launcher) is not available in that model.
Thx - I was just struggling with that
I would like to keep a 'pure' Fire tablet, I already have put it on two older generations using the other method. I like the Amazon layout, I even don't mind the 'special offers'. I actually find them useful. If you want an Android tablet you should go ahead and buy one.
wait so the fire 10 isnt supported??
anybody?
the install nova launcher seems to not be working. does it take that long to download and install? b/c I saw you skipped it in the video somewhat. FIRE hd 8 8th generation
You should make a vid on how to turn old phone into android tv box
How can I download play store without pc I am really frustrated I need to update my freeview max
It’s not letting me update my wallpaper🥺 I go to the wallpaper settings on my table (the original one) and it doesn’t let me update the wallpaper. When I added the wallpaper feature it didn’t give me the chance to choose a wallpaper platform.
why im getting error while instaling google services ?any help please
I have real trouble with new hd fire 7 do i have to use mirror it will not accept my UN and password I do not know how to correct,
Great idea but I followed the steps ecactly but on google services each step returns red ERROR no description. Fire HD 8 is unlocked and developer mode and usb debugging is enabled
i have been looking into the forums, it seems it does not like win10 for older kindles. i have a hd6 3rd gen.
@@nustde00 that's a strange one my kindle isn't that old its HD Fire 8 so 2018.
I'm going to factory reset today and try again as I did try to manually install the 4 google services last year and even though I've deleted them theres maybe some remnamce left behind. Fingers crossed 🙂
Same here. 2018 HD 8. Windows 10. I've got an old laptop with XP on it. Wanna bet that's too old? Ugh.
Can you update the version of android?
after installing swiftkey the tablet kept looping "Tablet is starting" so i did the remove amazon manually and unchecked the keyboard and the launcher for now.
Thank you very much this helped me a lot. keep up the great work. You rock!
Can I install any app from the play store?
Any app that supports the version of Android that the fire tab is running. You can Google a list to see your fire OS to Android Os
I thought this was too good to be true. I went through the entire video step by step as I was doing this install. When finished I logged into Google and it rolled over and asked me to log in again, and agaig, and again,....... The application never opens, it only asks for login. But after every login I get an email from Google letting me know I logged in from a new device. No Google play store on Amazon Fire HD8.