Hello, I wanted clarification on the following warning. (forgive me for the length of this question)
I have a Fire 7 (9th generation), running Fire OS 6.3.1.5. I found the LauncherHijack instructions to change my home screen launcher to something I wanted instead of Amazon's crap one. During the installation process, I stumbled upon the issue of Amazon blocking the file name and so learned the correct file to download was this one: https://www.mediafire.com/file/kqa89yndk468itf/Launcher.Hijack.v.4.0.3.b.43.Clone.apk/file (I feel like this should get pinned somewhere in the forum so people don't submit "it didn't work" posts, because they may not have known about why it wasn't working and where to find the new file...but obviously that would be up to you)
In the instructions for use, it states the following:
"Updates (Specifically 5.6.2.0)
Please disable LauncherHijack in accessibility settings during Fire OS updates. LauncherHijack causes issues during update 5.6.2.0, you wont brick your device or anything with it left enabled but you wont be able to complete update 5.6.2.0 until disabled. There is nothing I can do without degrading the application during regular use. If you somehow end up mid update with LauncherHijack enabled the easiest solution, assuming you can't get to settings, is to uninstall LauncherHijack through ADB (plenty of guides online) and reinstall it after you complete the update."
I would assume the warning still applies to the new, renamed (unblocked) file, since it is the same file as the original... but my question is: do I still have to disable LauncherHijack in accessibility settings during updates, especially since mine is currently running 6.3.1.5? Or can I ignore that warning? (again, sorry for the length, I wanted to be thorough)
Hello, I wanted clarification on the following warning. (forgive me for the length of this question)
I have a Fire 7 (9th generation), running Fire OS 6.3.1.5. I found the LauncherHijack instructions to change my home screen launcher to something I wanted instead of Amazon's crap one. During the installation process, I stumbled upon the issue of Amazon blocking the file name and so learned the correct file to download was this one: https://www.mediafire.com/file/kqa89yndk468itf/Launcher.Hijack.v.4.0.3.b.43.Clone.apk/file (I feel like this should get pinned somewhere in the forum so people don't submit "it didn't work" posts, because they may not have known about why it wasn't working and where to find the new file...but obviously that would be up to you)
However, before I figured out it wasn't going to work, I was downloading the old file that got blocked by Amazon. I clicked on the instructions for use (https://github.com/BaronKiko/LauncherHijack/blob/master/HELP.md#fire-tablets) at the site for the download (https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/launcher-root-launcher-hijack-v2-t3561026) because I wanted to make sure I was doing it correctly.
In the instructions for use, it states the following: "Updates (Specifically 5.6.2.0) Please disable LauncherHijack in accessibility settings during Fire OS updates. LauncherHijack causes issues during update 5.6.2.0, you wont brick your device or anything with it left enabled but you wont be able to complete update 5.6.2.0 until disabled. There is nothing I can do without degrading the application during regular use. If you somehow end up mid update with LauncherHijack enabled the easiest solution, assuming you can't get to settings, is to uninstall LauncherHijack through ADB (plenty of guides online) and reinstall it after you complete the update."
I would assume the warning still applies to the new, renamed (unblocked) file, since it is the same file as the original... but my question is: do I still have to disable LauncherHijack in accessibility settings during updates, especially since mine is currently running 6.3.1.5? Or can I ignore that warning? (again, sorry for the length, I wanted to be thorough)
TIA