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Solution: Fire, Ring Doorbell, Fully, and Action Tiles
I have seen a lot of questions related to the Ring Doorbell and Kindle Fire...I figured out a workable solution:
Sideload the Google Play Store onto the Fire (I used the instructions at https://www.howtogeek.com/232726/how-to-install-the-google-play-store-on-your-amazon-fire-tablet/ )
Use the Play Store to install the Ring Doorbell app
Use the Play Store to install AutomateIt
Setup 2 rules in AutomateIt:
Rule 1: On notification from Ring, run the Ring App
Rule 2: On notification from Ring, run the Fully App with a 1 minute delay
AutomateIt will notify you that it needs permission to monitor notifications. Allow that permission.
Start Fully, ring your doorbell, see your front porch, cheer, wait another half minute or so, and Fully restarts, conduct victory lap...and profit.
If you have motion detection turned on for the doorbell, this will also show your porch if something trips the motion sensor.

Fire Tablet HD 10 frozen
On my Fire Tablet HD 10, under developer options, I accidentally changed the
minimum width to 80 instead of 800...Now when I turn on the tablet, after the
startup, the factory fire logos appear, then screen just goes to a blank page
that appears to be frozen..How can I reset wh

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Fire HD 8 landscape rendering
I’ve set up a panel for a new Fire HD8 I just got. It’s got some very strange rendering issues. The edges of tiles and text on some portions get very jagged and illegible. It only happens in landscape orientation and seems to be related to whether or not you have to scroll to get to the bottom of the panel. I thought maybe it was the tablet but I started ActionTiles on a Fire HD8 that my kids have and it does it too. I have ActionTiles running on multiple iOS devices and a Fire HD10 and have never seen this issue. Any thoughts?

Which Amazon Fire Tablet (if any) requires least fiddling?
Now that I am “sold” on ActionTiles I need a display.
I do not need or want it to do anything other than always having ActionTiles up and running. This is a dedicated display.
8”, 10” the prices seem all reasonable, I just need to know which one will boot directly to Actiontiles, and not require constant intervention. If it has to be fiddled with, my wife will not like it, and we all know how that will turn out.
I know zero about Amazon, androids, etc... I am a iPad person, and honestly never even dealt with anything else in a tablet.
Some of the Amazon units have “special offers” that I do not understand. Is this what I’m after???
If not can you post a link(s) to what will work as a dedicated display?
Thanks!!!

Amazon Fire & Fully discussion
Just posting this link here for now for reference:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SmartThingsUsersGroup/permalink/999756380167437/
I need to use AT for pet sitters to be able to interact with ST when staying at my house. I don't want them to have access to my iPad because all of my Apple devices all linked nor do I want to share the ST app with them, so I bought the 3 pack 8" Fire tablets during Prime deals which will be dedicated to AT/ST. Last night, I was able to install Fully Kiosk Browser and set it up to turn on w motion. The only problem I can't seem to fix is that it still turns on to the lock screen. I am hoping someone can give me some settings to fix this. These tablets are Fire HD 8 (7th Generation) so I am hoping this was not just a feature in previous versions.
Readers are encouraged to browse Fully's website, as it contains a direct link to the APK and descriptions of all the features.

Actiontiles Icons are Missing on Fire 10, not Fire 8
This only happens on my Fire 10 7th gen. It does not happen on my Fire 8, same browser, same settings. Fully Kiosk Support just blanket-blames Android. I do have the proper Fire-only app for Fully Kiosk Browser. Everything is on it's latest version. I've even done a full reinstall of the table.
Pulling to refresh the page restores the icons.
This worked fine for a year when first set up, yet the icons stopped appearing 6 months or so ago. Basically the story of all home automation.

How to install a charging and/or battery indicator tile
I want to have a charging and/or battery indicator tile.
Fire 7 OS 5-6-8-0, licenced Fully-Kiosk Browser, Actiontiles
Suggestions?

error undefined: cannot read property 'message' of undefined
My actionstiles is saying this. and nothing works. (error undefined: cannot read property 'message' of undefined)

Fully Error Too Many Redirects
I've been successfully using Fully Browser and ActionTiles for years on an Amazon Fire 7 that I modified using a published utility that worked perfectly. It suddenly stopped connecting to AT with error messages that are a mix of ERR:: TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS and ERR:: NETWORK_CHANGED_ERR. I'm also unable to load Actiontiles.com on the Chrome browser on that tablet. Microsoft Edge still opens the panel that I display on that tablet, but I would like to go back to using Fully. I can still use AT on all my other devices. I already contacted Fully and their response is below. Any ideas?
thank you for using Fully Kiosk.
ERR::NETWORK_CHANGED_ERR and ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS are issues usually caused by the web server. If you try with other web browser like Google Chrome you should get the same result. Even on another device.

Fire OS update issues
My Fire HD8 tablet I just setup for my SmartHome without Amazon link decided to update and now wants to link to Amazon. Do I have to factory reset and reload all APK files for Fully and Actiontiles to work again or is there a way around the linking?

Can't see cameras on Fire HD8 using //user:password@address
OK, so I m a new user to both AT and FK on the HD8. I have crested a peel that displays fine on my iPad, bu for some reason the camera will not show on the HD8.
The camera is a D-Link DCS932LB and the string I am using is http://admin:password@192.168.10.11/mjpeg.cgi. I also tried encoding the username and password to base64 http://192.168.10.11/mjpeg.cgi?auth=xxxxxxxxx
I think it might be an authentication problem, although I know the password is correct.
Ideas?

Yes, there's a special version of Fully browser that's designed for Fire OS. It can be downloaded here:

Kindle Fire tablet 8 Battery draining while plugged in
I have a new Kindle fire tablet 8 with Action tiles and Fully Kiosk browser running.
I have it mounted on a kitchen cabinet and the cable is running to a power strip in the cupboard.
The battery drains throughout the day and gives me a battery warning.
Any ideas? Is it the cable? I'm using one that was suggested with a right angle connection to fit in the frame.

Worth loading Lineage OS?
I just bought the HD 8 on sale for like $59 or so, its the kind with amazon ads, i am hoping they dont mess with actiontiles at all! do they?
Also, are most people not loading android like lineage os on these things? it seems the hardware was cracked w/ a cpu exploit and you can load unlocked android on to these things for a while now and it seems like its quite stable?
if so, are there performance gains from removing amazon crap/bloat/os and loading stock android w/ lineage os? any downsides/upsides?
it seems most use fully kiosk browser w/ android fire os, so maybe its pointless? thx

Good news, I was able to load lineage 16 on the Fire HD 8 with no opening it at all. Its android 9 Pie and its running really well so far. The only issue with 16 is the front facing camera doesnt work but I think it does with version 14 so if you want motion detection you can use that.
based on the eye test it seems a lot faster, less bloat really makes a difference. action tiles runs great so far with dakboard screensaver w/ fully.
No lock screen issues! very nice for $59!!!

Fully/AT - Return to Fully from Android App
I am trying to find a way to consistently return to the Fully browser on my Fire 7 HD. I have Fully setup such that the home button should always use the default start-up URL...but it isn't consistent. Say I launch from Fully into Spotify via an URL tile. If I hit the Android home button, sometimes it goes back to Fully, sometimes I have to hit it many times, sometimes it won't return to fully at all until I navigate around Spotify for a bit. Since the Fully action bar disappears with android apps, just trying to find a way to get back that "always" works. Any suggestions?
I should note that if I stay within Fully, say I navigate to a sub-panel, the Android home button will return to my main panel.

Skype shortcut on Fire HD in landscape mode
I'm having an issue with a shortcut url tile that opens a Skype call to a person. I followed the knowledgebase article to set up the shortcut and the tile. From my PC and phone it works fine. Opens Skype with the contact and I can click start call to call the contact. It works this way on my Fire HD 8 in portrait mode as well. However, in landscape it hangs on the Skype chats screen. Sometimes I briefly see the call screen but the chat screen pops over top of it. If I rotate the tablet to landscape then the call screen displays. Any ideas?
Forgot to add that landscape works fine if Skype is opened manually and then click on contact then video call or if I modify the shortcut to Skype: which opens Skype from the tile and repeat manual call steps.

Fully Issue: Screen dims and Motion does not reactivate?
I have AT running on two Fire 8 tablets identically configured, and using licensed Fully with activate on camera motion configured. This works fine 99% of the time, but occasionally, I will find that AT is at the My Panels screen, the screen is dimmed, and neither motion nor activity on the screen restores the brightness. I have to fumble through Fire Settings on a very dim display and turn the display brightness back up.
Here's the thing. This happens about once every 4-6 weeks on one Fire 8, and several times a week on the other.
Some of my settings that might be pertinent:
- Web Content: Settings/Start URL: https:/app.actiontiles.com
- Device Management: Keep Screen On is enabled, Launch on Boot is enabled, Screen Off Timer is zero.
- Screen Saver: Set Screensaver Brightness to zero, and set Screensaver timer at 120 seconds.
- Motion Detection: Enable Visual Motion Detection on, Turn Screen on Motion on, Exit ScreenSaver on Motion on.

Panel Resolution for Kindle
Hi all,
Has anyone found the perfect Panel sizing for the Kindle HD 10 and Kindle 7 by any chance?
To fill the Kindle 7 screen horizontally i have to have some of the tiles cut off at the bottom.
For the HD10 i have to have some blank space along the bottom as the panel does not scale correctly.
It does however scale fine for iPads.
Is there a way to better customise the resolution to fit Kindle devices, as i've tried playing around with everything on the Dimensions tab, but can't quite fit the full screen.
Thanks!
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