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My hero seems to be a bit slower than usual. I stared up astro file manager and used their process tool to show that com.smithmicro.DM is running at around 70%. Why would this process be using so much CPU and is there any way to alleviate the cpu processing being done?
what does com.smithmicro.DM do anyways? I mean, if it's nothing too important, you could always remove it.
i dont know, but i thought i read this was to be on the ignore list as it manages the data between your phone and your SD card.
I pulled the battery on my phone, and so far it looks a bit better.
it's causing my update PRL/Profile to crash and cause weird bugs (i.e. PRL showing 26762 or something random until a profile update/crash).
damage r3
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what does com.smithmicro.DM do anyways? I mean, if it's nothing too important, you could always remove it.
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Here is some info you may want to read.
The DM Suite makes it easy for you to:
Activate, configure, and provision new devices for consumers and enterprises
Manage mobile applications
Secure devices and sensitive data
Personalize the customer experience
Diagnose problems
Update firmware
Offer a customer self-care web portal
Control device capabilities
Manage GSM and WiMAX devices
Automate custom device activation workflows
Extend Mobile Device Management (MDM) with web services
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Here is some info you may want to read.
The DM Suite makes it easy for you to:
Activate, configure, and provision new devices for consumers and enterprises
Manage mobile applications
Secure devices and sensitive data
Personalize the customer experience
Diagnose problems
Update firmware
Offer a customer self-care web portal
Control device capabilities
Manage GSM and WiMAX devices
Automate custom device activation workflows
Extend Mobile Device Management (MDM) with web services
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hope i dont get slammed, bump!
this description was the best ive seen!
what is the name of the actual .apk file? did anybody try removing this apk? did it have any adverse effects?
thanks!
From the sound of this info, it seems that the app probably isn't totally necessary. App name coming soon. Do a nandroid, remove the apk, and reboot. If nothing is wrong, then we know we can remove it safely. Do some testing, like download a file from the internet to your SD card. That would be the only thing that concerns me about this app. App name coming soon, again.
what does com.smithmicro.DM do anyways? I mean, if it's nothing too important, you could always remove it.
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Here is some info you may want to read.
The DM Suite makes it easy for you to:
Activate, configure, and provision new devices for consumers and enterprises
Manage mobile applications
Secure devices and sensitive data
Personalize the customer experience
Diagnose problems
Update firmware
Offer a customer self-care web portal
Control device capabilities
Manage GSM and WiMAX devices
Automate custom device activation workflows
Extend Mobile Device Management (MDM) with web services
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Try dmservice.apk
I wouldn't remove the dmportread.apk
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I guess no one experimented with this?
Shouldn't there be a process website that describes what these processes do?
If you kill the process "com.smithmicro.DM" you will no longer receive over the air firmwear updates. The "DM" stands for device management, and I know for a fact that HTC uses smith micro for their FOTA updating.
It took us much longer than WP7 did, but the first Interop Unlock hack for WP8 is now available. It's currently limited to SAMSUNG phones, although we're trying to extend it to other phones, of course.
WARNING: Samsung is trying to break this hack! If you take the retail upgrade to GDR3 including the Samsung firmware update, it will not work!
A brief summary, for those unfamiliar with interop-lock: Windows Phone allows a number of high-privilege app capabilities, which can be used to make changes to the OS which are normally not possible for a third-party app. The limitation on whether we can use these capabilities or not is based on what "level" of developer unlock the phone has; standard "ISV" (Independent Software Vendor) dev unlock (max 10 apps or less) is what pretty much everybody gets; OEMs, however, get a special OEM Developer Unlock (300 apps or more) which gives them the ability to use much higher-privilege app capabilities than the standard ISV unlock permits. The name comes from ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES, the capability which was most important in WP7. In WP8, however, there are a great many interesting capabilities. Note that Interop-unlock by itself does not enable all of these. However, at least on Samsung phones, it is now possible to enable *all* the capabilities.
Guide for Samsung's ATIV phones:
The instructions are generally well-provided in @-W_O_L_F- 's app (direct link for updated XAP). You will also need the Diagnosis app, which is included (though hidden) on every Samsung WIndows phone.
The instructions are as follows:
Developer-unlock your phone. You will need the Windows Phone Developer Registration tool for this; it comes with the SDK.
Sideload the helper app using Application Deployment (included with SDK) or WPPT. It does not work to just copy the file to your phone, or similar.
Open the Phone dialer (the built-in one) and dial ##634# to install the Diagnosis app (if you hadn't already). You can exit it afterward.
Run the Interop Unlock Helper app and read the instructions, clicking Next until you get to Step 2.
Click the button to generate the toast notification for your phone's Diagnosis app, then tap on the toast to open the hidden registry editor.
Press-and-hold the Back button, and switch back to the helper app without closing the registry editor. Click Next to go to Step 3 in the helper app.
Copy the provided registry paths and values out of the helper app, use the Back-and-hold switcher to return to Diagnosis, paste the values into the registry editor, and write them.
Don't worry if the app says a write failed! Just hit Read afterward to verify the change.
Repeat the previous steps a few times, hitting Next after each set of instructions, until the Helper app says "Finish".
Once all the registry values are written, congratulations; you are interop-unlocked!
At this point, you probably want to run the EnableAllSideloading hack below.
If you want to enable sideloading even more high-privileged apps, you'll want the following:
Install the BootstrapSamsung app attached to this post. This requires having interop-unlock already, and will not work if you have Samsung's ships-with-GDR3 firmware update unless you unblock RPC.
Run the app once, and ensure it displays a success message. You may then exit and (optionally) remove the app.
Install the EnableAllSideloading app attached to this post. This requires the bootstrap step. However, it is not specific to Samsung (we just can't bootstrap anything else yet).
Run EnableAllSideloading once, and ensure it displays a success message. You may then exit and (optionally) remove the app.
At this point, you will be able to sideload any capability, even the ones used for built-in apps and services. However, there appear to still be restrictions, even with a capability such as ID_CAP_BUILTIN_TCB. Multiple XDA members, including @Heathcliff74 and myself, are working to overcome these restrictions.
It may be necessary to repeat these steps after a phone update.
Capabilities which will be enabled, without further modification, by using interop-unlock:
Note: This list is *just* the ones from Interop-unlock; it does not unclude the ones from EnableAllSideloading.
ID_CAP_CALLMESSAGING_FILTER
ID_CAP_CAMERA
ID_CAP_CELL_API_COMMON
ID_CAP_CELL_API_LOCATION
ID_CAP_CELL_API_OEM_PASSTHROUGH
ID_CAP_CELL_API_UICC
ID_CAP_CELL_API_UICC_LOWLEVEL
ID_CAP_CELL_WNF
ID_CAP_CSP_FOUNDATION
ID_CAP_CSP_MAIL
ID_CAP_CSP_OEM
ID_CAP_CSP_W4_APPLICATION
ID_CAP_CSP_WIFI_HOTSPOT
ID_CAP_DEVICE_MANAGEMENT
ID_CAP_DEVICE_MANAGEMENT_ADMIN
ID_CAP_DEVICE_MANAGEMENT_BOOTSTRAP
ID_CAP_DEVICE_MANAGEMENT_SECURITY_POLICIES
ID_CAP_DU_MIGRATOR_STATUS_OEM
ID_CAP_OEM_DEPLOYMENT
ID_CAP_INTERNET_EXPLORER_FAVORITES
ID_CAP_INTERNET_EXPLORER_SEARCH_PROVIDER_KEYS_HKCU
ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES
ID_CAP_KIDZONE_CUSTOMIZATION
ID_CAP_MAP_WRITE
ID_CAP_MEDIALIB_PHOTO_FULL
ID_CAP_NETWORKING_ADMIN
ID_CAP_OEM_ADC
ID_CAP_OEMPUBLICDIRECTORY
ID_CAP_PEOPLE_EXTENSION
ID_CAP_PEOPLE_EXTENSION_IM
ID_CAP_PEOPLE_EXTENSION_MOBILE
ID_CAP_PERSONAL_INFORMATION_IMPORT
ID_CAP_RUNTIME_CONFIG
ID_CAP_SMS_INTERCEPT_AGENT
ID_CAP_SMS_INTERCEPT_RECIPIENT
ID_CAP_SYNC_EXTENSION
ID_CAP_VOICEMAIL
ID_CAP_WALLET_SECUREELEMENT
ID_CAP_WIFI_BASIC
One of the goals of this thread will be to explore what we can do with interop-unlock, and look for ways to achieve full permissions. I think I've found one, but it requires the ability to write registry multi-string values. Basically, if we could add a "superuser" privilege, or enable the use of ID_CAP_BUILTIN_TCB, which already has it, this would allow the creation of "root" apps.
Aside from myself, credit for this hack goes to @cpuguy for the Native Toast Launcher tool which permits accessing otherwise-unreachable code, and @-W_O_L_F- for helping put the pieces together. I'm not actually certain which one of us achieved the interop-unlock first; we were both working on it. @Heathcliff74 continues to be a help on the quest for full-unlock.
The source code for the apps below is posted at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45606584&postcount=88
Questions and Answers
Can I install WP7 interop apps using this?
They will install, but there's no point. They almost certainly won't actually work. Interop-unlock enables access to parts of the OS which third-party developers were not intended to touch; consequently, there's no backward compatibility. Even the methods used for native code on WP7 (which is different from, but nearly essential to make use of, interop-unlock) won't work on WP8. However, it should be possible to port many of those applications to WP8.
Will this work on Lumia phones / How can I get this on my Lumia / Are you working on this for Lumia phones / What about HTC, or some other OEM?
The current hack relies on a Samsung-specific component. Adding support for other phones will require new hacks. We are looking into it, rest assured; at this time, however, there is no way to gain interop-unlock on any WP8 device other than a Samsung one.
EDIT: It looks like there should soon be a Huawei W1 custom ROM with interop-unlock included. I don't deal with custom ROMs, but you may be able to use homebrew apps on that phone too.
EDIT: Lumia phones *can* be interop-unlocked via JTAG. However, this requires some extra hardware and some phone disassembly. Not an online hack, and not for the faint of heart.
But what if we installed the Diagnosis app on a Lumia phone (using Fiddler proxy or similar) and then followed this guide?
I repeat, Samsung-specific component. Nokia doesn't put the required services/drivers for Samsung's Diagnosis app into their Lumia firmware, so the app would not work!
Can I upgrade my phone to GDR3 if I have this?
Yes. However, be aware: if you install Samsung's updates that come with the retail GDR3 update, it will break your ability to re-unlock, or to use some homebrew apps! (Developer preview updates are fine, as those are purely Microsoft code and don't mess with the Samsung components.)
EDIT: There's a way to unlock the Samsung services for full access again on GDR3. You still need to interop-unlock beforehand, though.
Can I re-lock my phone if I want to?
Yes, easily. The simplest method is to use the Windows Phone Developer Registration tool (the one that comes with the SDK) to de-register the phone (you can then re-register it if you want to get your normal dev-unlock back). This doesn't remove any changes that were made using the interop-unlock, though (for example, it won't undo the EnableAllSideloading hack, not will it set back the Full FS Access hack). Apps that require interop-unlock will still be installed, but may no longer run. To manually remove interop-unlock, you can reset all the registry values that were changed by the interop-unlock hack to their original values, and remove all the apps. There still may be a great many other changes that also need reverting, though, if you want to get back to stock settings. See next question.
Can I get my phone completely back to stock settings without knowing every little thing I changed?
Yes, a hard (factory) reset will undo all changes made by interop-unlock, or any apps (including ones that require interop-unlock), and will remove all apps. If you need to send your phone in for warranty servicing and are worried that they won't take it because you interop-unlocked it, this approach will fix that (they would probably tell you to hard-reset anyhow, if it's conceivably a software problem).
Will the interop-unlock survive a hard reset?
Not using this method! Read the question above. This unlock is purely in software, not firmware; it is reset along with everything else.
Can I upgrade my phone to WP8.1 if I have this?
Tentatively, yes! We're still working on figuring out exactly what WP8.1 means for the homebrew scene. The short version is that most apps and some (but not all) of the hacks they contain seem to still work, though. However, see next question...
Can I interop-unlock my phone on WP8.1?
At this time, I don't believe this is possible (unless you can use a custom ROM). One step of the process appears to have been "fixed" and we will need to find a different way. -W_O_L_F- has indicated that he has one, possibly coming soon...
Apps which use Interop Unlock
SamWP8 Tools Currently includes a basic registry editor and some tweaking tools, including an accent color editor.
Native Access Webserver that requires full capability unlock; still read-only at this time.
PDF to Office enables browsing and moving files.
WPH Tweaks allows easy access to a number of registry tweaks.
AppData Manager allows you to back up the data of an app so you can re-install it (possibly after a hard reset) and not lose its state.
Storage Cleanup allows you to list and delete space-wasting files on your phone.
Reserved for... whatever else is needed.
Awesome!
I suggest first app to the list: my SamWP8 Tools
Upd. I'm little bit late XD
well i ve got an ascend w1 bootloader unlocked if i can help let me know
It's awesome to have my phone Interop Unlocked. I hope to see something to clear my "Other Storage" soon. Its full with faulty Windows Store installation files.. But I guess even with this it will be a lost cause.
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although the Samsung registry editor will install it will not run on my phone and I believe I was able to interop unlock any idea why it wont run?
@GoodDayToDie your wor is awesome and you are the man
Good luck buddy
@FricoRico: Actually, I'm pretty sure we can clear out those files. I've got a ton of stuff on my plate at the moment, but even if none of the capabilities that work with interop-unlock will natively allow access to the relevant folder (and I wouldn't be surprised if one does; what is the folder in question?) there's a function in the Samsung driver interface to move files; we can move them to a location where we have write access, and then delete them.
@noelito: No idea. If it installs, that means you're unlocked. Make sure your phone didn't re-lock, I guess - try deploying the app again, for example - and make sure you're using the official deployment tool (some of the unofficial ones for WP7 - which may or may not work on WP8 - strip interop capabilities) and then try again. If it still doesn't work, please give a more detailed error report.
I am using the official deployment tool, and I believe the interop unlock does work because I was able to side load operamini, Samsung photo studio, supreme shortcuts and couldn't before BUT that was it they're side loaded but do not work at all ? well actually supreme shortcuts does run but when I try to use a custom shortcut such as brightness it will crash
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Aha, an item for the FAQ...
WP7 INTEROP APPS WILL NOT WORK! Interop-unlock lets you develop high-privilege apps, but it's very OS-specific. This is all unofficial stuff; there's no reason for Microsoft to have maintained backward compatibility, and indeed they did not. New apps will need to be developed specific to WP8. That's why there isn't already a bunch of listed apps...
ohhh ok so this interop unlock
is paving the way for future wp8 homebrew apps?
Exactly. Things which I have in mind, beyond the obvious improvements to registry and file system browsing, include options such as sounds customizations, media library access, changing certain "restricted" file/URI associations (alter the default browser?), *possibly* better task management (not sure we have the permissions for that), cleaning up wasted storage space, and as much more as we can manage. There's also a lot of potential for future research which this enables: interop-unlocking more devices, getting even higher permissions, possibly even custom ROMs or at least custom kernel drivers (which is much the same, since once you've got that you can change anything).
Can you write anywhere on the file system?
I can write some places, certainly. We'll see. I've got a couple of ideas for exploits involving writing to System32, but if there's anywhere I *can't* write, it's probably there.
Maybe "test mode" from lumias work like diagnosis app from samsung, really don't know about WP8 because i went from android, but on my motorola some options in fastboot like "Factory Mode" are apk's. Maybe this is a dumb thing (because they are two diferent systems ) :silly: .
Really thank you for your work, u 're awesome.
Sry for my english
GoodDayToDie said:
I can write some places, certainly. We'll see. I've got a couple of ideas for exploits involving writing to System32, but if there's anywhere I *can't* write, it's probably there.
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Might be able to port @Myriachan 's exploit.
Boss442 said:
Maybe "test mode" from lumias work like diagnosis app from samsung, really don't know about WP8 because i went from android, but on my motorola some options in fastboot like "Factory Mode" are apk's. Maybe this is a dumb thing (because they are two diferent systems ) :silly: .
Really thank you for your work, u 're awesome.
Sry for my english
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Feature-wise, Test mode is heavily locked on Lumias. One has to authorize to use its the most sweet features.
I've been using their service for a while now.
This is a service offered free to people who have Nokia accounts who sign up a developer account (which is also free.)
It's purpose is to let developers use a Windows Phone that might not have access to one. It allows you to deploy xaps directly to the phone and offers a number Nokia devices. Not all of them are Windows Phones, and some are in other languages besides English. Some of the Windows Phone devices have SIMs in them and some of them actually have phone numbers where you can call it. A new feature that's available is the onboard cameras have been enabled on the Lumia 820, 920, 925 and the 1020. I'll take screenshots when I can.
The Phone is sideways for photos, so here's the screenshot of the about page.
View attachment 2268581
Also, some of the Windows Phones have a manually installed OEM dev app, On-Device Diagnostics Tool.
http://developer.nokia.com/Devices/Remote_device_access/
RDA for Lumias
RDA's Twitter News Account for new features and Devices
NOTE: I've noticed with the 928, the device lags really behind. SO FAR BEHIND, the frames you might be seeing are from minutes ago.
EDIT 1: Simply exiting the program and starting it up again possibly remedies the video lag issue. Doesn't always work, but it worked well enough to make a video finally.
EDIT 2: There isn't much info about on the ODDT from Nokia. I've uploaded and embedded the videos demonstrating the oem diagnostic tool and some other stuff I did in the session.
Sorry about the first video. Its mostly in monochrome due to the settings I had at the start of the video. After some time into the diagnostics portion I had bumped the quality to 3 or so where it displays color and animation at a decent rate.
The SIM applications are standard STK apps from the operator, they have been there since the early GSM phones. I used to read the joke of the day from my operator's SIM apps on my Nokia 3310 ?
Edited a bit. Forget what I wrote before ?
I was really hoping someone could give some info about the SIM apps that were included, I can't read the text and I don't recognize the carrier either.
I didn't know much about SIM apps previously. Verizon has never used SIMs until they started using LTE.
Apparently these devices are pre-production. This is evident when browsing the directory of the remote devices. Also, note that the diagnostic tool there supports different usb modes too, so thats good news. Now, how to export the app remotely...........
There were some files that were generated during the videos made.
thals1992 said:
Apparently these devices are pre-production. This is evident when browsing the directory of the remote devices. Also, note that the diagnostic tool there supports different usb modes too, so thats good news. Now, how to export the app remotely...........
There were some files that were generated during the videos made.
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I have taken a look at the app, it's not much interesting anyway as we can't deploy it to non-interop devices.
thals1992 said:
I was really hoping someone could give some info about the SIM apps that were included, I can't read the text and I don't recognize the carrier either.
I didn't know much about SIM apps previously. Verizon has never used SIMs until they started using LTE.
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There are just things like Weather. Joke of the Day, Customer service etc. Nothing too interesting, just leftovers from pre-smartphone era
jessenic said:
I have taken a look at the app, it's not much interesting anyway as we can't deploy it to non-interop devices.
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Eh, I just want to get a look at the permissions inside. More specifically, I'm very interested to see the pre-prod/developer 928.
thals1992 said:
Eh, I just want to get a look at the permissions inside. More specifically, I'm very interested to see the pre-prod/developer 928.
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Well ok, here is the XAP and the license file.
Where did you get this? I can't say I've been frequenting here enough to know some of the dev stuff thats been occurring in the past few weeks.
thals1992 said:
Where did you get this? I can't say I've been frequenting here enough to know some of the dev stuff thats been occurring in the past few weeks.
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I don't want to name my source But it's from an engineering lumia.
That's understandable ?
You cant sideload The App...the App requires the interop-service...maybe its possible to download the ROM of the developer device and flash it to other lumias...
Habib.Mouissat said:
You cant sideload The App...the App requires the interop-service...maybe its possible to download the ROM of the developer device and flash it to other lumias...
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You can't flash unsigned ROMs on retail devices.
Thats bad
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You can't flash unsigned ROMs on retail devices.
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Well, apparently you can append a customization package along with the regular ROM, but I only know that from Data Package Manager always marking the ROM with an exclamation mark in the field.
Hello there!
Let's say I'm developing a web app targeting a specific group of people. I know their goals, their interests and their needs. I want to upsell them relevant services, products and apps, with entire experience natively integrated in my app interface.
So I need reliable mobile ad networks providing JavaScript or some kind of REST API, so I could just request product image, advertising text and referral link, and then mind my own business at displaying them inside the app correctly, without any need to install jar plugins and registering mediators. And then be payed by CPI/CPA.
Any idea what networks are the best in that regard?
(I'm using Intel XDK btw)
Vincent Pride said:
Hello there!
Let's say I'm developing a web app targeting a specific group of people. I know their goals, their interests and their needs. I want to upsell them relevant services, products and apps, with entire experience natively integrated in my app interface.
So I need reliable mobile ad networks providing JavaScript or some kind of REST API, so I could just request product image, advertising text and referral link, and then mind my own business at displaying them inside the app correctly, without any need to install jar plugins and registering mediators. And then be payed by CPI/CPA.
Any idea what networks are the best in that regard?
(I'm using Intel XDK btw)
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can you just put google adsense ads? i've been wondering what is wrong with doing that?
Curious to see what the answer for this as well, have definitely seen this question pop up a few times.
Adxmi use API integration
global ads network Adxmi use API integration.
API integration available
I got API integration as I wanted from Adcash. Guess API is most common choice, at least in my comm. circle
Please take a look at Hyper native ads API for app developers.
Our solution will cover your needs for sure.
I am in the process of configuring a number of Note 4 (910F) with Android 4.4.4 for issue to employees within my department. To prevent people from using a corporate handset for their unauthorised purposes, the devices have to be as clean as possible, with access to base functions such as phone, contact, sms, camera and business applications, but remove access to unnecessary applications that are all part of the bloatware installed on them by the network operator.
For device management, we are using SOTI Mobicontrol. SOTI allows me to blacklist applications to prevent them from launching. For security and warranty reasons, rooting the devices to remove unwanted applications is not an option. Therefore the only option is to use the SOTI blacklist to remove access to the application icon for launch.
SOTI requires that I input the application path eg com.sec.android.samsung.samsungapps to add an application to the blacklist. For the majority of mainstream applications such as Amazon, Evernote etc these are readily available. I'm having difficulty in finding the details for things like S Voice, and other bloatware that has been installed as part of the ROM.
I have one device that I can use for testing, so can install applications onto that. Is there any application readily available which will be able to capture the application launch path for an app that doesn't require me to root the device? I've found a few lists on the forum that related to the same apps on different devices which has given me a starting point. Just thought there may be an easier way to find the information out from the device.
Any help gratefully accepted.
IP
Work smarter, not harder. 'Dilbert'
In my opinion, these forums are for helping others to be able to get the most out of their devices, to improve and to make them more enjoyable, that is not your case, here we come as enthusiasts, fans, you better hire a pro in order to accomplish your corporative goals
winol said:
In my opinion, these forums are for helping others to be able to get the most out of their devices, to improve and to make them more enjoyable, that is not your case, here we come as enthusiasts, fans, you better hire a pro in order to accomplish your corporative goals
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Thanks for the reply. I am an enthusiast, both Android, HTC and Samsung. Where I've been happy to read through the forums and customise my own devices over the years, my 'enthusiast' status has now put me in a position at work where a little bit of advice would go a long way to helping me out.
It's all fine and well paying someone else to do something, but the advice I was looking for was to help me as learning a new skill or how to use a new tool or app is always useful and helps keep me in a job and putting food in the mouths of my children!
I could have easily not included anything about this being needed to help me out for a situation at work and got an entirely different response, but I'm an honest guy just looking for a little advice.
indigo_prime said:
I am in the process of configuring a number of Note 4 (910F) with Android 4.4.4 for issue to employees within my department. To prevent people from using a corporate handset for their unauthorised purposes, the devices have to be as clean as possible, with access to base functions such as phone, contact, sms, camera and business applications, but remove access to unnecessary applications that are all part of the bloatware installed on them by the network operator.
For device management, we are using SOTI Mobicontrol. SOTI allows me to blacklist applications to prevent them from launching. For security and warranty reasons, rooting the devices to remove unwanted applications is not an option. Therefore the only option is to use the SOTI blacklist to remove access to the application icon for launch.
SOTI requires that I input the application path eg com.sec.android.samsung.samsungapps to add an application to the blacklist. For the majority of mainstream applications such as Amazon, Evernote etc these are readily available. I'm having difficulty in finding the details for things like S Voice, and other bloatware that has been installed as part of the ROM.
I have one device that I can use for testing, so can install applications onto that. Is there any application readily available which will be able to capture the application launch path for an app that doesn't require me to root the device? I've found a few lists on the forum that related to the same apps on different devices which has given me a starting point. Just thought there may be an easier way to find the information out from the device.
Any help gratefully accepted.
IP
Work smarter, not harder. 'Dilbert'
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Why you're not using knox? Which gives you & your team clean,safe & high security in a partition where your enterprise data & emails are there, also it's allows your team to enjoy device as it's.
I believe knox has been designed for this purpose only.
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Why you're not using knox? Which gives you & your team clean,safe & high security in a partition where your enterprise data & emails are there, also it's allows your team to enjoy device as it's.
I believe knox has been designed for this purpose only.
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Knox is an additional license for the SOTI software we are using for device management and my suggestion to include it as part of the project were ignored. Work want to 'see how it goes' without spending any more money!
If you want a better Corporate security:
KNOX
ROOT
Choose EITHER ONE or you are out of options.
KNOX is a corporate solution for most big enterprises provided by Samsung & it's a good investment.
ROOT gives you FULL control over any LINUX based OS (Android is a LINUX fork) & it's cheaper as it's FREE.
By using ROOT access, you can create secondary user that is very limited & password protected, even encrypted; in a way that it differs from Android guest mode.
Using ROOT access, you can even remove the BLOAT/Unnecessary apps entirely from your devices, therefore eliminates unwanted possible BUGs that may compromise your company securities.
Linux & Android security knowledge is highly required.
IMHO, for warranty issue, you can replace warranty with insurance.
...And from my knowledge, I've read that many people claim their warranty with KNOX counter tripped without problem from Samsung (But of course they un-ROOT it before claiming).
But remember, as long as your employee can access Download Mode, all of it is useless.