

Download the latest version of Fire HD Toolbox The function is required so that you can communicate with the Fire HD Toolbox via USB cable with the Fire HD 8. You then activate USB debugging in this menu. This is done quickly: First, activate the developer options, as we show you in show this post. The first thing you need to do is enable ADB debugging on the Fire HD 8. Everything worked wonderfully in my test case. Understood? Then off you go ^^ In the following we use the Fire HD Toolbox in version 30 and one Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2022) with Fire OS 8.3.5. All pricing and availability information on at the time of purchase applies to the purchase of this product. Product prices and availability are correct as of the date/time shown and are subject to change. So if you don't feel like making improvements later, you'd better keep your hands off it and invest in a "real" Android tablet, such as the very good one Xiaomi Redmi Pad.

Personally, I don't think that makes sense, as you also lose access to security-related options. Losing access to Amazon services is also possible, although unlikely.īasically, the Fire HD Toolbox also offers options to stop the updates on the Amazon tablets. However, it may well be that later updates for Fire OS destroy the setup and you have to repeat the procedure. The probability is very low that you will cause real damage to your tablet. The open source tool takes care of downloading the necessary files and ensures that the Play Store and the associated Google services are running.īut please always be aware that this is an unintended hack.

Play Store on Fire HD 8: As always, use at your own riskĪs already shown on the Fire HD 10, we also use the proven Fire HD Toolbox on the Fire HD 8, which you can find at the XDA developers. We will show you how it works based on the 2022 model. But that doesn't matter: With a little affinity for handicrafts and a Windows PC, you can easily install the Google Play Store on the Fire HD 8 and 8 Plus. Especially around Black Friday, Prime Day and Co., the things are also quite attractively priced - if it weren't for the damned restriction to the Amazon App Store. With the Fire HD 8 and its upgrade model HD 8 Plus, Amazon has a cheap "not-so-bad" tablet in its range.
