Wie macht sich die Werbung in einem #FireHD Tablet bemerkbar? 🤔
Ich überlege mir eins zu kaufen und das als #HomeAssistant Display zu verwenden. Wenn es nur HA im Kiosk-Mode anzeigt ist mir doch die Werbung egal, oder nicht?

8 years ago I bought #Amazon #FireHD. Never received any system updates till 2 days ago it was just forced. The tablet became almost unusable - >70% battery drain during 7 hours of standby, some apps stopped working, every tap takes ~ a second to react... 🤦‍♂️

Also had a bad experience with other Amazon products. Now definitely not buying anything Amazon branded

Amazon Fire HD 8 (2024) tablets bring memory and camera updates (and AI features)

Amazon’s newest Fire HD 8 tablet for 2024 is… a lot like the company’s 2022 model of this budget tablet. It’s the same size and shape, has the same display, and has the same processor. But the good news is that it also has the same low price tag… and does bring a couple of significant updates.

The new Amazon Fire HD 8 has 50% more RAM than its predecessor, and a slightly better rear […]

https://liliputing.com/?p=172271

#ai #amazon #amazonFireHd8 #amazonTablet #fireHd #fireHd8 #fireOs #tablet

If you read this on fediverse and the layout is off, here’s the link to the original blog post with a nice text & pictures layout.

I replaced my current setup of waking up the #FireHD (#HomeAssistant dashboard).

A while ago I complained about issues related to waking up the FireHD tablet screen when I approach it.

My old setup

for waking up the tablet consisted of the following:

• FireHD tablet
• an Ikea #Vallhorn movement sensor (Zigbee) sticked to the ceiling near the tablet
• a HomeAssistant automation which sends a notification message (‘command_screen_on’) to the HA companion app running on FireHD
• FKB (Fully Kiosk Browser) which forces FireHD tablet to fullscreen and bypassing the lock screen
• a fridge that carries the tablet sticked with magnets to its side

I had numerous issues with this setup that have a single origin: FireHD tablet software is crap.

HA companion app frequently looses connection to HA server. Or, the tablet frequently loses wifi connection (see the dropouts here). Sometimes, the tablet becomes unresponsive. A restart or cleaning HA companion app notification log helps. The result was that I stand in front of the tablet waiting like an idiot and nothing happened. Or it did, but the reliability was poor.
It’s annoying to restart the tablet every day.

So after reading the comment from Phil Pownall I decided to give YAKK a try.

My new setup:

• YAKK android app running on FireHD tablet, some more info about YAKK on HA forums
• FireHD tablet
• A fridge, obviously

Installation:

I installed YAKK on my FireHD 2020 unsing direct .apk download. Some gymnastics was needed, because built-in (Amazon’s) Silk browser didn’t want to open the .apk. Then I clicked ‘open in new tab.’ and it asked me if I want to download from untrusted yada yada.

That’s it. #YAKK android app monitors FireHD’s camera and detects the motion. Moreover, it can serve as a webcam for Home Assistant (stream is available at http://<IP where YAKK is running>:2112).

The good:

1. YAKK works perfectly, the FireHD screen wakes up everytime I approach it.
2. The YAKK video stream works without a glitch.
3. The energy consumption is not so bad. I expected the tablet’s battery will drain out faster. It takes about a day to discharge from 90-20%. But I have an automation in place that detects battery level and turns on the charger if below 20%.

Challenges

There are only 3 minor annoyances that I still didn’t resolve. They’re not directly related to YAKK:

1. when the screen turns on, it shows lock-screen and I have to swipe up. I know this is Amazon’s fault, because it’s impossible (for me) to circumvent it. I have tried to use Fire tools and whatnot, but only FKB manages to circumvent lock screen.
2. The detection doesn’t work well in dark (which is logical, the built-in camera can’t see me if there is no light). It would be nice, because I sometimes walk around the room at night.
3. The video stream works via http. If I embedd the video stream in HA via picture element, it doesn’t show if I access Ha from outside (via https). Not the YAKK’s fault though.

Do anyone have an idea how to solve these 3 issues?

https://blog.rozman.info/waking-up-the-screen-of-firehd-tablet-using-yakk-app/

#FireHD #homeassistant #Vallhorn #YAKK

Ho appena scoperto che #Amazon non produce (e non so neanche da quanto) più il suo Tablet #FireHD

If you have Amazon’s #FireHD (or any other #Android) tablet that shows your #homeassistant dashboard, you can make it talk.

I created a new automation (triggered by a motion sensor) which greets me when I approach the tablet:

I used the ‘Send notification’ action, chose the tablet and inserted ‘TTS‘ in the message field.

Then I switched to YAML editing, searched for the TTL and added two lines below it:

data:    tts_text: Enter text here

The result:

Probably there are better ways to do it, but this was the quickest method for me.

Drawback of this method is that everytime you want to change the text, you have to edit automation’s YAML code. But what if you want to set greeting text from the UI?

Set the TTS text from the HA UI

Firstly, I created a new helper entity – input text (Settings / Devices / Helpers / create helper / Text):

Then I added it to a dashboard:

Then add the following code to the automation’s YAML instead of fixed text:

data:      tts_text: "{{ states('input_text.kitchen_greeting') }}"

Voila!

https://blog.rozman.info/how-to-make-fire-hd-tablet-talk-in-home-assistant/

#Android #FireHD #homeassistant

I’m using an Amazon #FireHD tablet stuck to my fridge with several magnets and 3D printed case as a #homeassistant dashboard.

I read it’s bad for the tablet’s battery if it’s constantly plugged into a charger. Battery can swallow or worse.

So I installed Sonoff’s #ZBMini (Zigbee) smart switch into a socket where the charger is connected.

Added it to Zigbee2MQTT and created 2 simple automations:

1. turn off the charger if the tablet battery charge drops below 20% (image below) and
2. turn on the charger if the tablet battery charge is above 80%

I had to wait for more than a week for a battery to discharge and then automation triggered:

It needed 3 hrs to charge the battery from 20% to 80%.

Good. I hope this mechanism will prolong the life of the tablet battery.

I only wonder why tablets don’t manage this kind of charging / discharging control by themselves.

https://blog.rozman.info/simple-tablet-charge-controller-using-sonoffs-zbmini/

#FireHD #homeassistant

Madre mía lo de #amazon y su #firehd... El android mas capado de la historia 😂😂😂 ni un puto widget de tiempo te deja poner. Un buen hardware con un software de penica (aún metiéndole la app store y otros repositorios esta ultracapado). Me había olvidado q aquí se viene a leer o a ver series ná mas.

Fire Toolbox v30 brings new features for hacking Amazon Fire tablets (including Fire OS 8 models)

https://liliputing.com/fire-toolbox-v30-brings-new-features-for-hacking-amazon-fire-tablets-including-fire-os-8-models/

#firetablet #amazon #firehd #firetoolbox #liliputing #googleplay #aurorastore

Hat jemand ein Amazon Fire HD #Tablet als #Dashboard für Home Assistent?

Und Erfahrungen damit?

#homeassistant #home-assistant #amazonfirehd #ha #FireHD

Check out this awesome #tutorial that our very own @WendyHillPhoto@twitter.com made about How To Install @LineageAndroid@twitter.com on an Amazon #FireHD #tablet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iavjnzxnjl4

#opensource #linux #android #howto

Amazon vient de présenter sa nouvelle tablette Fire HD 8. Elle sera disponible le 4 octobre à moins de 100 euros.
#amazon #firehd

Cloud9をFire HD 10で動かす by hidao https://qiita.com/hidao/items/33f1ce16d3cf32778255 #Qiita #IDE #cloud9 #TsumiQiita #FireHD

Fire HD 7(2017)でも動いた！

【レビュー】Amazon Fire HD 8 タブレット 2017年モデルを買ってみた。コスパ高い！動画見るだけなら最高タブ。外部出力一切不可 http://bit.ly/2yIv0do #VAPE @VAPEJPさんから

#Amazon #FIREHD #タブレット #2017年モデル #Tablet #ガジェット #レビュー #REVIEW #GADJET https://mstdn.jp/media/XPOOpDcoDejsG-rbjXw