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Yesterday, I wrote about installing the Google Play Store on my Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8<\/a> (5th generation) but one point I made was that the script I used didn’t remove the Amazon lock-screen ads as it suggested it would.<\/p>\n

It’s possible to pay \u00a310 extra when you buy your Kindle Fire to have the ads removed from the lock screen… and some people have had success in getting theirs removed by asking Amazon Customer Services nicely<\/a>. Alternatively,\u00a0if you have the tech skills, I’ve found a fix, thanks to Vlasp over on the XDADevelopers forums<\/a>\u00a0and now my Fire\u00a0is ad-free (although I\u00a0have to admit the ads have previously inspired me to make the odd purchase)!<\/p>\n

Just\u00a0as when I installed the Google Play Store, I first had to unhide\u00a0Developer Options (by tapping 7 times on the device serial number in Settings) and enable ADB (the Android Debug Bridge). After connecting to\u00a0a\u00a0PC with a USB cable and accepting the connection, I was able to use\u00a0ADB to control the settings on the Kindle Fire.<\/p>\n

\"Enable<\/p>\n

\"Allow<\/p>\n

HowToGeek has an article about installing ADB<\/a> but I didn’t do that… I used the copy that came with the script I had previously used to install the Google Play Store (from @RootJunky<\/a>) – simply by opening up the command prompt and changing directory to the folder that had adb.exe<\/code> in it…<\/p>\n

Then, I ran the commands that Vlasp outlines in his XDADevelopers forum post<\/a>:<\/p>\n

adb shell
\npm clear com.amazon.kindle.kso
\npm hide com.amazon.kindle.kso
\nexit
\nadb reboot<\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Commands<\/p>\n

And, once the Kindle restarted, there were no more ads*! \u00a0Just remember to turn ADB off again on the Kindle.<\/p>\n

\"Amazon<\/p>\n

*Sometimes the ads may return – just repeat the process and they will be banished again for a while…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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