dgsmith Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 Our IT dept want to start using the newly acquired android tabs next week for computer science, initially just using MIT App Inventor app. We are keen to ensure that the settings on the tabs can't be played with or that other apps can't be used/downloaded etc. Is there a decent recommended app for locking android down in the strictest sense to just approved apps? The app store has quite a myriad of apps available to do this, however rather than trying many of these and working out which one is best, I am wondering if anyone else has already gone through this and settled on one they're happy with?
smithson83 Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 I've had good results with MobiLock, its free and works on the principal of app approval, rather than locking stuff down. ie, you install it, run it, and it blocks everything unless you specifically allow it to run. Apps that are allowed appear on the homepage, everything else is inaccessible. We use it to turn some old tablets in to camera that auto uploads to a WebDAV folder.
kjadams Posted September 25, 2015 Posted September 25, 2015 Sophos Mobile Control worked well for us on some Android tabs.
gtg93 Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 Are either of these options reliable in Safe Mode?
smithson83 Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 Just checked MobiLock, unfortunately it bails out in safe mode... 1
kjadams Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 If I recall, the device was still secure in safe mode using sophos. 1
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