Time Net Speed Monitor on Fire HD 8

Time Net Speed Monitor on Fire HD 8

Notice the speed meter on the top left corner?

Time Net Speed Monitor is an app to show network speed on the display. I want this app because I need to monitor the network speed while streaming video.

This app need "Display over other apps" permission. Some system (Fire OS/Android), doesn't allow the permission to be set, it can be fixed by ADB (Android Debug Bridge).

I try it on Fire HD 8 2020, Fire OS 7.x. Note: The OS version can be found on Settings > Device Options > System updates.

Install on Fire HD 8

Time Net Speed Monitor can be downloaded from Amazon. When you installer, it will ask user to enable "Display over other apps" permission.

Set "Display over other apps" permission

Fire OS > Apps and Notifications > Time NetSpeed Monitor > Advanced: Display over other apps [allow]

Set "Display over other apps" permission through ADB

The permission may be described as "Display over other apps", or "Drawing over other apps".

I was not able to set the permission in Amazon Fire TV Stick. So I use the ADB method. If you don't know how to adb to a Fire OS (or Android), please check how to ADB before continue.

$ adb shell appops set visnkmr.apps.timenetspeed SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW allow
OR
adb$ appops set visnkmr.apps.timenetspeed SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW allow

To turn off
adb$ appops set visnkmr.apps.timenetspeed SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW deny