Hey guys, need some help.
Have a Nexus 7 I use for personal use and also occasionally hand-off to an employee for work related functions.
Here's what I'd like to do and need some solutions to get it done:
I'd like unfettered access to all apps, settings, data, etc. but when handing off to employee I'd like to be able to lock down tablet to only allow access to Chrome.
More specifically, if possible, I'd like to limit access in Chrome to a list of specific pages.
I'd like the solution to be easily engaged and unengaged...i.e. a single password...
Is anything like this possible??? Ideas? Suggestions?
Thanks!
pjacobson said:
Hey guys, need some help.
Have a Nexus 7 I use for personal use and also occasionally hand-off to an employee for work related functions.
Here's what I'd like to do and need some solutions to get it done:
I'd like unfettered access to all apps, settings, data, etc. but when handing off to employee I'd like to be able to lock down tablet to only allow access to Chrome.
More specifically, if possible, I'd like to limit access in Chrome to a list of specific pages.
I'd like the solution to be easily engaged and unengaged...i.e. a single password...
Is anything like this possible??? Ideas? Suggestions?
Thanks!
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Download a "Profile Creator" App, set up 2 profiles, one with full access and one profile with just access to Chrome, then on that profile limit the pages you want to be able to access through Chrome itself. Hope this helps.
Wilks3y said:
Download a "Profile Creator" App, set up 2 profiles, one with full access and one profile with just access to Chrome, then on that profile limit the pages you want to be able to access through Chrome itself. Hope this helps.
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Thanks so much! Would you have any suggestions for a Profile Creator app? Not familiar with these.
Thanks!
This looks like a good one, I've never used it though
http://www.sbsh.net/profile-manager-android-phoneweaver
This looks good too:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fahrbot.apps.switchme
pjacobson said:
Thanks so much! Would you have any suggestions for a Profile Creator app? Not familiar with these.
Thanks!
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Not a problem mate, glad I could help, looks like the poster above has linked you to a couple of good ones.
Try one if that doesn't work or isn't as you like it try the other
Sign up to the link in my sig if you really want to thank me (jokes, but ya can if you want to)
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Is there any way to keep track of the amount of data transferred through GPRS.
I currently subscripe to 200mb transfer per month, so I would like to keep track of this or it could become pretty expensive for me
If you google, you'll find a couple of commercial ones, but I found this for free a while ago. To be honest, I haven't a clue where I got it from, but it was definitely free.
Ave it!
Thats exactly what I had in mind!
Thanks alot!!
umiss said:
Thats exactly what I had in mind!
Thanks alot!!
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You're welcome
It's a good app - very basic, but does exactly what you need. If I remember correctly, it also ensures that it's always running, until you manually stop it, so if you reboot your phone when it's running, it starts when the phone boots up again.
This looks pretty cool.
Shame it's not got a nicer looking icon
Scary how much data browsing full web pages uses but this device is just sooooo good at it
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You're welcome
It's a good app - very basic, but does exactly what you need. If I remember correctly, it also ensures that it's always running, until you manually stop it, so if you reboot your phone when it's running, it starts when the phone boots up again.
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Yeah it sure works perfectly.
Nice to be able to set the date when it's supposed to restore as well.
Actually I don't find it in the task manager, at least not as a program, so it's no risk that one closes it unintentionally, which is great. It's really super
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Thanks
it'S a trial version ... go to "about" and it ask you for a serial number.
It most certainly is.
Well, as long as it's not a trial that will expire it works just fine for me, I don't need any other functions.
I seem to be getting red crosses in the connections is that normal?
That happens when your connection isn't active. If you start surfin the cross will probably disappear
Seems to work so far. 25kb just for email (imap4 headers) and weather update But again the problem that the connection doesn't disconnect by itself after 60sec (seems to happen when I update the weather, otherwise it seems to disconnect fine)
Did you do the tweak so it disconnects?
Remember to disable all auto-update, including weather and TIME!
Then it works with the autodisconnect.
johncmolyneux said:
If you google, you'll find a couple of commercial ones, but I found this for free a while ago. To be honest, I haven't a clue where I got it from, but it was definitely free.
Ave it!
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Do you have any screenshots or does anyone have a link to the developers site?
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Did you do the tweak so it disconnects?
Remember to disable all auto-update, including weather and TIME!
Then it works with the autodisconnect.
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Yes, I installed the cab and every auto-update is off. when browsing with opera or watching youtube it disconnects, but when I update weather manually it doesn't disconnect. wired.
Beards said:
Do you have any screenshots or does anyone have a link to the developers site?
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you can find the developer here: http://www.efficasoft.com
Beards said:
Do you have any screenshots or does anyone have a link to the developers site?
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Sorry mate, but as I said, I don't have a clue where I got it.
The developers webpage is linked above (efficasoft) and there's screenshots there
Thanks guys... At least now I can see what is displayed.
Logmein Beta available for a limited time on the market. Grab it while ya can.
FYI!
I was just about to post the same information.
The app works great. I played around with it for a few minutes. I had no issues controlling and navigating my work PC. My monitor at work is 23'' everything shows up just fine on my N1 screen.
Help
Can anyone send me the apk or point me somewhere to download it. I cannot see this app on the market.
Thanks
yeah, could somebody put this up?
Not visible in the market for me.
that rocks. thanks! i'd put up the apk, but i don't know where to find it, as i installed from market.
I'm not sure if this will work but here's the one from my Titanium Backup.
Yeah, works perfectly, thanks man.
First impression is that it's quite a bit slower than phonemypc, but we'll see where it goes from here.
Thanks alot.
Paul22000 said:
I'm not sure if this will work but here's the one from my Titanium Backup.
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Thanks you a lot
very nice indeed. I love logmein!
Note though, this app expires on 05/31/2010.
Most likely, if they follow the ways of their other mobile platforms, this will be a Pay app on the market with a price in the range of $24.99 or more.
We'll have to see. As much as I love their service (and use it regularly on my PC's), I won't use this app on my phone enough to justify paying for this.
Personally, I'm waiting for TeamViewer app, having nothing but high praise for their application (which I believe to be the best out there - yet to encounter a firewall that would not allow me to connect through it seamlessly - AND free). It's already announced in works for a couple of months.
This works pretty dang good.
aad4321 said:
apparently a hacker has been able to obtain usernames and passwords of users logging into their logmein.com account from android devices due to insufficient encryption methods.
Logmein.com has commented on the situation and takes no accountability due to the fact that the application is still in the beta stages. Logmein.com recommends changing your user account password as soon as possible.
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So does this mean we should not use the program until further notice?
Did you guys use anything special to install this ZIP? I've tried Astro and AndroZIP and none worked. Sorry for a potentially dumb question.
jlampson said:
Did you guys use anything special to install this ZIP? I've tried Astro and AndroZIP and none worked. Sorry for a potentially dumb question.
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Unzip and install the .apk file
Duh. I was trying to use the one I copied off of my phone on another phone instead of downloading that file. Thanks for the help and sorry to waste your time!
aad4321 said:
apparently a hacker has been able to obtain usernames and passwords of users logging into their logmein.com account from android devices due to insufficient encryption methods.
Logmein.com has commented on the situation and takes no accountability due to the fact that the application is still in the beta stages. Logmein.com recommends changing your user account password as soon as possible.
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Good thing I have not used it yet... [Uninstalled]
I've been using the Remote Desktop app for a while now and it works fantastic, and it doesn't have any silly security holes like the lame logmein app.
aad4321 said:
apparently a hacker has been able to obtain usernames and passwords of users logging into their logmein.com account from android devices due to insufficient encryption methods.
Logmein.com has commented on the situation and takes no accountability due to the fact that the application is still in the beta stages. Logmein.com recommends changing your user account password as soon as possible.
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where did you read this? I can not find anything about this.
In the first few days it was fine, but now I cannot view some webpage completely.
One is the bookmark called My Verizon it use to display to where I could see the whole page, now the window that opens shows only the first 4 lines and that it.
I am having this same problem on some other sites, and they use to work good.
I have cleared the cache I am going to do the cookies next hope that helps.
Lino. said:
In the first few days it was fine, but now I cannot view some webpage completely.
One is the bookmark called My Verizon it use to display to where I could see the whole page, now the window that opens shows only the first 4 lines and that it.
I am having this same problem on some other sites, and they use to work good.
I have cleared the cache I am going to do the cookies next hope that helps.
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Is JavaScript enabled in your browser settings?
jonnybueno said:
Is JavaScript enabled in your browser settings?
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Yes it is, I did clear cookies and it did not solve the problem
Lino. said:
Yes it is, I did clear cookies and it did not solve the problem
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is flash enabled?
Edit: you are using the stock "internet" browser right? any other browsers installed?
jonnybueno said:
is flash enabled?
Edit: you are using the stock "internet" browser right? any other browsers installed?
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Yes I am using the stock browser and flash in enabled also.
I do not have any other browsers installed
Anyone else having browser problems?
I have not got this figured out yet, there is this option that I have not done because I don't know if it will delete all my bookmarks.
(Clear all internet data and reset all setting to default.)
Does anyone know if the bookmarks will be lost?
One of the sites that does not display correctly is Google maps online, does your phone display this correctly?
Have you restarted your phone? I had a problem where the browser wouldn't accept any input in text fields, I restarted and it fixed the problem.
Lino. said:
Anyone else having browser problems?=
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NOPE, everything works great here!
I noticed you only had 10 posts when I checked.
What does VZW support say? What is your signal strength in db when you are having problems (assuming 3G since you didn't say over wifi)? What apps do you have installed?
What is the most active under "Battery use", please list everything.
syntrix said:
NOPE, everything works great here!
I noticed you only had 10 posts when I checked.
What does VZW support say? What is your signal strength in db when you are having problems (assuming 3G since you didn't say over wifi)? What apps do you have installed?
What is the most active under "Battery use", please list everything.
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I have not checked Verizon support, I figured I could get better help here, from people that use the same phone.
Signal strength varies I have the problem at home or at work, at home I have 1 bar, at work I have full signal.
I have not used wifi mostly on 3G service.
Programs I have installed are, Advanced Task Killer, Astro File Manager, Convert Droid, ebuddy, Labyrinth Lite, OI Shoping list, PicSay,ShopSavvy, and Voice Recorder.
I got these programs as soon as I got the phone, they were programs I had on my G1 and my browser worked fine for a few days.
If this was on my home PC I would say that I have spyware on my PC or a virus.
I have not done a browser reset back to default because I did not want to loose all the bookmarks.
Just backup your bookmarks with "bookmark backup and restore" or "bookmarks2sd" you can find both of those on the market.
OK I downloaded and backed up my bookmarks with this program BookmarkBR (Bookmark Backup and Restore) and I reorganized my bookmarks then did a backup.
Then I did a Browser restore back to defaults and it took care of the problem without deleting my bookmarks, this is good because this BookmarkBR does not organize my bookmarks as I expected, so I figured that it did not work with this phone, I had to do a bookmark restore to display my changes, great program this BookmarkBR and it's free.
Thanks for the help.
Alright, while I was sitting in class today, I was thinking. Everyone has their own ideas on what they want in a ROM, but since there are too many people to make unique ROMs for, and not all of us know how to create a ROM. I thought, would a program that allows you to customize a ROM just for your phone be possible? Pick your phone, base ROM, (like a ROM made by a developer for your phone already), any tweaks, apps, settings, etc, that would allow you to create your perfect ROM? Just a thought.
EDIT: Or is there in fact something like this out there?
This may be of interest to you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
Regards
buzzboy said:
This may be of interest to you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
Regards
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I was looking under non-HTC supported devices. The Milestone, which is what I have, is unconfirmed. Does that mean it may be not such a good idea to use that?
I doubt it will work. My apologies.
Regards
buzzboy said:
I doubt it will work. My apologies.
Regards
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It said something about deleting the boot.img file. But thanks anyway. I'll give it a whirl.
Also! Everytime I restart my phone, it deletes Facebook synced data, like my contacts, so I have to go to Facebook, and switch Do Not Sync, in the Facebook settings, to Sync All, which is, So. Annoying. Any fix to this? Many ROMs do this, but I have used a few that don't.
Never used Facebook, its the root of all evil!
Lots of options in market. Just search "Facebook sync".
One example :
http://market.android.com/details?id=com.contapps.android
Cheers
buzzboy said:
Never used Facebook, its the root of all evil!
Lots of options in market. Just search "Facebook sync".
One example :
http://market.android.com/details?id=com.contapps.android
Cheers
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I posted that on the wrong topic, but thanks man! You got it all! Haha
Just getting the word out to everyone. This works without root and makes it super easy for you to remove any Bloatware you would like and fully control it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/debloater-remove-carrier-bloat-t2998294
gatesjunior said:
Just getting the word out to everyone. This works without root and makes it super easy for you to remove any Bloatware you would like and fully control it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/debloater-remove-carrier-bloat-t2998294
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I've already run it but thanks for sharing it in here:good:
didn't you already post it junior ?
Fine job making a Windows program. Unfortunately I do not know most of those apps so I will not select them. Is it too much to ask someone for a list of apk name versus function name?
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Fine job making a Windows program. Unfortunately I do not know most of those apps so I will not select them. Is it too much to ask someone for a list of apk name versus function name?
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The apk name is listed along with the packagename in the list. If you are unsure what things are safe to block/disable. There are plenty of people on the forum that would be willing to help you.
I did not see the package name so I will have run it again and read more carefully or try to change the size of that field.
ronaldheld said:
I did not see the package name so I will have run it again and read more carefully or try to change the size of that field.
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The apk is on the left and the package name is on the right. Are you saying you would like to see the App Drawer Name ??
That would be really helpful. Thanks.
This says without root then the other page this links to says root required which is it
jolly_roger_hook said:
This says without root then the other page this links to says root required which is it
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Ability to remove apk on rooted devices and only disables on unrooted kitkat devices.
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Ability to remove apk on rooted devices and only disables on unrooted kitkat devices.
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Thanks for the clarification but dang though I'd be able to unistall this Facebook app preinstalled as a system app ughhhhhh...
gatesjunior said:
Just getting the word out to everyone. This works without root and makes it super easy for you to remove any Bloatware you would like and fully control it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/debloater-remove-carrier-bloat-t2998294
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Thanks for sharing..
Brilliant!!
Let's start posting in the actual Debloater thread please.. Thank you all for your compliments..
May have blocked one too many, 2 items don't work but other wise great-
Calender
Software updates- there's no error message but the circle just spins with no connection. After a while i simply cancel
Thanks
pbman1953 said:
May have blocked one too many, 2 items don't work but other wise great-
Calender
Software updates- there's no error message but the circle just spins with no connection. After a while i simply cancel
Thanks
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Yeah, it sounds like you blocked a little too many, Lol. You can simply go and save your blocked list and then Unblock all and start going one by one until you figure out which ones you do need.
Please bring all feedback and questions over to the forum dedicated for this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/debloater-remove-carrier-bloat-t2998294
gatesjunior said:
Yeah, it sounds like you blocked a little too many, Lol. You can simply go and save your blocked list and then Unblock all and start going one by one until you figure out which ones you do need.
Please bring all feedback and questions over to the forum dedicated for this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/debloater-remove-carrier-bloat-t2998294
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Here's one thing to think about also, by accident I blocked the Google stock email , not the Gmail. I went back to unblock and I had to re-enter all my emails back again. So what I'm saying after a block and then an un-block it wipes the app. Did you expect that to happen or should I expect that to happen for most apps be turned back on?
Thanks
pbman1953 said:
Here's one thing to think about also, by accident I blocked the Google stock email , not the Gmail. I went back to unblock and I had to re-enter all my emails back again. So what I'm saying after a block and then an un-block it wipes the app. Did you expect that to happen or should I expect that to happen for most apps be turned back on?
Thanks
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That's odd, it doesn't wipe any data. Nor have I had an issue like that. Let me look into it.
pbman1953 said:
Here's one thing to think about also, by accident I blocked the Google stock email , not the Gmail. I went back to unblock and I had to re-enter all my emails back again. So what I'm saying after a block and then an un-block it wipes the app. Did you expect that to happen or should I expect that to happen for most apps be turned back on?
Thanks
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svc.apk
I got lucky, was akind of dumb on one, all I had to do is look at the app name on the right for the calander. The update connection was SyncMLSsvc.apk
Debloater !!!
Thank you for this Program at least we can modify our phones to run better so I can enjoy my phone instead of be mad that the phone is full of stuff i don't want running great Application and simple to use as well
Thank you !!