Tech Newbie interested in mobile cyber security, after multiple hacking events, seeking suggestions, tips, advice etc, to get involved.
Hello All, I am looking for advice, tips, suggestions, or helpful info, to begin a career/ journey into the world of Mobile Cyber Security and Tech. My interest was sparked after multiple hacking events that were very damaging to my life, my digital life, my work life, my relationships, my mental, physical, and emotional health, my data, information, and intellectual property of my business, and more. Now I am being pulled to learn how to protect myself first, and second so that I may be able to help others. I guess Ethical Hacking is the term. Any info helps. Thank you, Androidc3po
Accent on french keyboard has changed in Android 15 (and also 16)
Hello, Since android 15, some characters are not taken into account correctly. For example the tilde character is showned on top if you use an external keyboard (Alt Gr + "é") and is showned on the middle of the character if you use the onscreen keyboard. Example in android 16 (but 15 seems to be the same): On external keyboard: "˜" On onscreen keyboard: "~" In our barcodes we sometimes use this character and thus it is an issue after updating to Android 15 the devices in production. does other French people see this or any character change ? (It seems the "¨" also changed) Lizzie , is there someone in your contacts we can discuss / exchange with on this topic ?
Restoring Data on a Fully Managed (Device Owner) Android Device During Enrollment
Hello everyone, I’m testing the setup (enrollment) of a Device Owner / Fully Managed Android device, and I’ve run into a question about restoring data. When setting up a personal Android device, you typically get the option to sign in with a Google account and restore apps/data from a backup. However, when I try this on my test device with the fully managed (Device Owner) enrollment flow, it goes straight into the MDM provisioning process. I don’t see the Google sign-in page or any option to restore data from my Google backup. My questions: Is this the expected behaviour for Device Owner (fully managed) setups? Are there any official guides or best practices for restoring user data in this scenario (if supported)? Thanks in advance for any guidance or documentation links!
Android Developer Verification Requirements in AE
taking a page from jasonbayton's LinkedIn post I wanted to post and discuss the announcement from Google yesterday and their upcoming Android developer verification requirements. This is something that fully managed devices with customer supplied applications will run into, and it will cause issues on devices A while ago Google stated that they wouldn't scan customer-sideloaded applications with GPP if they were fully managed. See here: https://www.androidenterprise.community/discussions/conversations/is-there-any-way-to-disable-google-play-protect-gpp-from-an-emm-or-to-otherwise-/2507 Would this requirement fall under the same umbrella?
Is there an alternative way to perform the same function as UpdateApplication on Android 15?
Hi everyone, We are currently managing Samsung enterprise devices via Knox Manage under Android Enterprise DA mode (Device Admin) . Our in-house application previously used the UpdateApplication API to update itself silently without user interaction. This worked well under Android 14. However, after updating to Android 15, this API no longer functions. Based on the Samsung Knox SDK documentation, it appears that UpdateApplication is now restricted to Device Owner (DO) and Profile Owner (PO) apps. We have tried to assign all delegated scopes to our app via Knox Manage policy settings (Android Enterprise → App Restrictions → Delegated Scopes for Apps). Unfortunately, the API call still fails. ✅ What we’re looking for: - Is there any alternative methods that allows silent or managed updates of enterprise apps on Android 15, without being a DO/PO app? - Or is DO/PO elevation now the only viable path? - If so, is there an official onboarding flow or protocol to request DO/PO designation for an app via Knox Manage? Any guidance, references, or examples would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! — Environment: - Android 15 - Knox Manage (latest) - Samsung A9+ tablets - Device Admin mode
