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Moombas
Level 4.1: Jelly Bean
2 years ago

Disable gesture mode

Hi all, has anyone been able to force fully managed devices to use 3 button navigation instead of gesture mode which is very painfull (since Android is forcing this) in many admin cases? Could be a...
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jasonbayton
Level 4.0: Ice Cream Sandwich
2 years ago

Our vendor of the devices tried to integrate that into their OEM config app but (as they told us) Google restricted that

I'd love to hear more about this, while it's not on my immediate device roadmap it's something more customers are asking for and I see no technical reason a settings config wouldn't be supported within OEMConfig. Device manufacturing/software partners have a tendency to rule things out without much research/effort, so I'd push back on that.

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    Moombas
    Level 4.1: Jelly Bean
    2 years ago

    We were in contact with the manufacturer because of that and they said, they would have a solution but can't apply because Google restricts.

    Their response was: "We have already studied the possibilities to include this in our OEM config app but based on Google limitations we cannot do that."

     

    And in general I see no reason to restrict an EMM changing settings on a fully managed device. On such a device all settings should be able to be changed.

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      jasonbayton
      Level 4.0: Ice Cream Sandwich
      2 years ago

      Ask them for their full technical feasibility study and results, including links or references to what they say Google doesn't permit. 

       

      I get this on a monthly basis

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        Moombas
        Level 4.1: Jelly Bean
        2 years ago

        Not sure if I would get this.

        I think it will make more sense when we know which device/manufacturer will be the next one, currently looking forward to an FRP.