No, it opens right up - you don’t even have to have Fully be at the ‘Front’ - currently I’m just running it with Fully open but in the background - screen comes back on to whatever screen you have at Front, whether that be Fully, The Home Screen, or any other App you were on at time of saver action
i,e, Open Fully - pull up bottom toolbar, select the ‘overview’ icon then tap the main screen - you now have Fully running in Background and the Home Screen is displayed.
But of course if you are using SharpTools in the Fully browser then obviously you can leave that screen active - works either way. Or just select overview and the Fully Tab to bring it back to Front or quicker, just select the Fully icon again.
Just some other notes on using Fire - I utilized the XDA Fire Toolbox to get rid of virtually everything Amazon (*incl lockscreen ads!) and also added the PlayStore and Nova Launcher. directly
*this might be key here.
Maybe I’ll make a quick video to demonstrate it in action.
Actually, looks like it still doesn’t work on my 7th Gen Fire HD8 (lock screen option is greyed out and says “not available for Fire OS”), but works on the 2020 version for some reason. Downloaded the newest Fully apk just now as well. Maybe I need a reboot.
Yes, will have a look later though. I simply downloaded the latest and opened it vs deleting the old version then reinstalling. Not sure if I missed something in the process.
The newer generation Fire tablets run a newer Fire OS version (which is based on a newer Android version)… perhaps it has something to do with that.
Based on the data below, it looks like the 7th generation Fire HD 8 can be upgraded to Fire OS 5.6 as the newest version (based on Android 5) whereas the 8th and 10th generation Fire HD 8 devices can be upgraded to Fire OS 7.3 (based on Android 9).
Maybe, though @Bethel_Lane mentions using it on a Gen 7?
I did try to clear cache this time, then delete, then rebooted, then reinstalled. Same issue, the Unlock Screen thing is greyed out and I can’t select it.
I was looking through the Fully Kiosk documentation today for something else and saw this note:
Starting Fully Kiosk Browser 1.39.1 the Unlock Screen option is available for some Android 7+ based Fire OS devices. But it still doesn’t work 100% with Fire OS as after device reboot you still have to swipe to unlock.
So it seems like ~2018 and newer Fire tablet models (7", 8", and 10"). I had never tried it on my newer Fire devices as it was always a restriction on the older models, so I appreciate you posting! That’s a much needed improvement and sounds like it would make newer model Fire tablets a reasonable choice for areas where you want the screen to go completely off. Otherwise I normally would recommend a regular Android tablet like a Samsung Galaxy Tablet for those type of spaces.
At least in US, the current gen Fire Tablets are all on sale (at this time of writing) - $40, $65, and $95 respectively for the 7, 8 HD and 10HD
Sorry - it looks like someone already posted that info in a separate thread - still, doesn’t hurt to bring attention. The 7 is a serious bargain at only $40.
Hmmm…nope, that is off. Oddly it is happening with both my 2020 HD8 and my 2018 HD8. They go off when the light is turned on, and just in general for no apparent reason. Just sitting on the couch and see it going on and off intermittently. Maybe a sensitivity issue? What do folks keep the sensitivity adjustments on?
I see the same sort of thing randomly. Lights coming on definitely trigger it, but the other night ours was coming on randomly in the middle of the night.
I turned off audio detection as suggested and it seems to have helped, but if yours is already off…?
I have ours set to 90, with a frame rate of 5 I think.
What Fully Kiosk version are you running? You might also try upgrading to the latest version and make sure it’s the version downloaded manually from the fully kiosk website specifically for Fire OS.
If I remember correctly, there was a bug at one point with the Fully Kiosk audio detection on Fire OS where it would keep trying to get the permission each time the app opened.
Edit:
Here is the quote from the Fully Kiosk developer on the topic. Sounds like a slightly different issue, but still might be worth making sure you’re on the latest version:
There is a bug in the newer Fire OS 7.3.1.5+ that the granted microphone access permission gets lost sometimes (usually on device reboot). You can deny this permission as workaround. The depending features in Fully Kiosk like Acoustic Motion Detection of course won’t work.
Btw, both devices (2018 and 2020 fire HD8s) exhibit the same thing.
If I don’t have the TV on, they won’t turn on and off.
But seems even though I have audio detection off they still go and and off regularly. More so at night when the room is dark (no outside light). I have to think it’s audio since as I mentioned if the TV is off they don’t behave the same, but the fact that it happens more when the room is dark makes me wonder if the light change is in fact triggering the motion detection.
Maybe I will try lowering sensitivity there. Heck I’m fine with having to tap the unit to wake it if possible.
… Updated to the lasted Fully fire OS version as well.
