SkylightMaxCalendarADB

Walkthrough of how to enable ADB on the Skylight Calendar Max, install a navigation bar, app launcher, and Aurora App Store.

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Instructions

1. Connect your device to power and to your PC via USB-C cable.

2. Hold the power button on the back of the device for approx 2 sec until the "Power off/Restart" options come up:

3. Pull down with 2 fingers from the top. You may get a standard pop-up with options like "Lockdown", "Power off", and "Restart".

4. Continue to repeat steps 4 and 5 until you get an error pop-up stating "System UI keeps stopping":

5. Tap "App Info" - this will bring you to the system menu. Scroll down to "About tablet", and scroll down to "Build number".

6. Tap "Build number" 7x and you will be able to enter developer mode.

7. Go to System > Developer Options > USB debugging, and enable to allow for further ADB commands and side loading apps.

8. Download, Install, and Launch Android Studio (I got android-studio-2024.3.2.15-windows) (I believe launching it the first time is required to actually get ADB installed.)

9. Run cmd.exe

10. In command prompt:cd %LOCALAPPDATA%\Android\sdk\platform-tools

11. NOTE: From now on, you can enter adb shell am start -a android.settings.SETTINGS to get to the settings app if you get stuck in the Skylight App again.

12. Now, we can install some apps.

13. Nova Launcher - Download and save the *.apk file to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Android\sdk\platform-tools

14. In command prompt:

    >adb install nova-launcher-8-1-1.apk
    Performing Streamed Install
    Success
    

15. Repeat steps 13-14 for Navigation Bar

16. Repeat steps 13-14 for Aurora Store

17. In Android, go to Settings > Default apps > Home app > Nova Launcher.

18. In Android, go to Settings > Accessibility > Navigation Bar > Use Navigation Bar, and enable.

19. In Android, go to Settings > Apps > Special app access > Display over other apps > Navigation Bar > Allow display over other apps, and enable.

20. In Android, go to Settings > Apps > Navigation Bar > Open and accept the "Accessibility Service Usage" terms.

21. In command prompt:

    >adb reboot
    Performing Streamed Install
    Success
    

22. Now, when it reboots, the 'home app' will be the Nova Launcher, and you will have a navigation bar at the bottom. Click the middle circle button on the Navigation Bar to bring up your apps in Nova Launcher. You can select Skylight and use it as normal. Swipe down on the nav bar to hide it, swipe up to bring it back.

23. Connect to Wi-Fi under "Settings" app.

24. Launch Aurora Store, log in under anonymous, get whatever apps you want.

NOTE: This is fully reversible. If you hold the power button for 10 seconds, it will initiate a Factory Reset and all of these changes will be cleared.

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