Fire Tablet Disadvantages

No Google Play

Can’t Change the Default Launcher

Lock Screen Ads

What You’ll Need to Convert Your Fire Tablet into an Android Device

1. Prep Your Fire Tablet

Before you do anything, you’ll need to enable USB debugging on your Fire tablet. This will allow you to tweak your Fire tablet via your PC. To do this, we need to enable developer options on your Fire tablet.

  • Open the Settings menu by swiping down from the top of the screen to reveal the quick settings menu. In the bottom right, you’ll spot a cog icon. Tap on that to see all of the Settings options on your device. Scroll down to the bottom of the menu and select “Device Options.”On the next screen, tap on “About Fire Tablet.”Tap on “Serial Number” eight times in rapid succession. You should see a countdown of the number of taps needed to unlock the developer options at the bottom of the screen. If done correctly, this will reveal the “Developer Options” setting in the previous menu. Go back one screen and tap on “Developer Options.”

Note: if “Developer Options” is not listed in the Settings menu, go back to the “Device Options” screen and tap on the Serial Number five or six times again.

  • Enable “Developer Options” by tapping on the toggle switch. When you see a pop-up asking you if you really want to turn on developer options, tap “OK.”Scroll down and flick the toggle switch labelled “USB debugging.” A pop-up will ask if you really want to do this. Tap “OK.”

Now that we’ve enabled USB debugging, we can hop over to the PC for the next steps.

2. Install Fire Toolbox

  • Download the Fire Toolbox installer or zip file to your PC. At the time of this writing, the most recent version of Fire Toolbox is v25.2.

  • Once the installer has finished downloading, open the application to launch the Fire Toolbox. The program will recognize that it is your first time running Fire Toolbox and will ask you to choose a theme for the tool’s User Interface. Once you make a selection, the program will reboot. When Fire Toolbox relaunches, it will automatically search for any updates that are available. We recommend applying any updates to the software. Fire Toolbox will relaunch if any updates are applied.

Note: some users have reported receiving an error message when applying updates. If this happens, simply relaunch Fire Toolbox.

3. Plug Your Fire Tablet into Your PC

How to Use Fire Toolbox

Now that you’ve plugged your Fire tablet into your PC, you will see the Fire Toolbox interface. It will ask if you have used Fire Toolbox before. If you haven’t, we would recommend clicking “No, I’m a new user”. This will provide a brief walkthrough on how to use the software.

The Fire Toolbox offers a bunch of options to tweak and customize the Fire tablet. We cover the four most popular ones below, but feel free to experiment with the other options as well.

Install Google Play and Google Services

Install a Custom Launcher

  • From the main menu, click “Custom Launcher.”Click the drop-down box to select the launcher you prefer.

  • Once you’ve selected the launcher of your choice, you’ll be presented with a few other options. We recommend disabling the Fire launcher. Furthermore, you can enable widgets if you use them. When you’re ready, click the “Yes” button. Fire Toolbox will automatically download and install your chosen launcher.

Disable Lockscreen Ads

Finally, we’re going to want to disable those annoying lockscreen ads.

Note: If you opted for a more expensive model that doesn’t have lockscreen ads, you can skip this step.

On the main menu of the Fire Toolbox, click “Lockscreen Management.” On the next page, click “Remove Lockscreen Ads -> Execute Tool.” When it asks if you really want to proceed, click “OK” and let the tool do its thing. Once the tool is finished, you will no longer see lockscreen ads on your Fire tablet.

Frequently Asked Questions

2. Can I reverse the changes made to my Fire Tablet?

3. Will this void the warranty on my Fire Tablet?

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