[TUT] Easily remove Amazon's firelauncher and use any launcher (NO ROOT 5.3.1)

In this thread you will finally be able to remove Amazon's terrifying FireLauncher for good, and replace it with your choice of a launcher.

Prerequisites:

• Install ADB
• Install Nova Launcher / launcher of choice
• BACKUP YOUR FIRELAUNCHER.APK

You do not need to corrupt the firelauncher as I have, but it eats system resources and I never want to see it pop up. I have attached a modified version of the firelauncher APK. You will need to download and install it as an update via ADB.
(this is optional, you wont have any launcher after doing this! backup your old APK!!)

Code:

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adb install -r -d com.amazon.firelauncher.apk

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... as you can now see this will -r reinstall and -d downgrade the launcher, causing it to crash and never open.

Now we need to run a single line of ADB code every time you reboot your device:

Code:

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adb shell

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Code:

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nohup logcat -c; logcat | grep --line-buffered 'flg=0x10200000 cmp=com.amazon.firelauncher/.Launcher' | while read line; do am start com.teslacoilsw.launcher/.NovaLauncher; done &

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Code:

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exit

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This is designed (in combination with destroying firelauncher) to allow you to set any launcher, by default I have it set to am start Nova Launcher.

Once you paste that line of code in adb, you can unplug your device and use it with your new custom launcher!

Please feel free to contact me for detailed instructions!

Attached Files

com.amazon.firelauncher.apk - [Click for QR Code] (5.90 MB)

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