With the advent of Android Enterprise, OEM vendors allow MDM solutions to configure OEM-specific settings on Android devices. This can be done by distributing their respective OEMConfig apps. These apps then use managed app configurations to apply the configured features on the devices. This provides additional management capabilities and granular control over the devices by letting you manage custom features such as control of barcode scanners, enabling advanced security features, etc. OEMConfig is applicable for Non-Samsung devices enrolled as Device Owner/Profile Owner and Samsung devices running Android 6.0 or later.
Follow the steps below to apply app configurations:
You have successfully created an OEM Configuration profile. You can now distribute the profile to devices and groups.
MDM allows you to configure a variety of functionalities provided by the OEM. These can be anywhere from a minor setting on the device, to advanced device management like Device Owner restrictions, DeX settings, Work Profile policies, etc.
MDM allows you to configure a variety of functionalities provided by the OEM. These can be anywhere from a minor setting on the device, to advanced device management like Device Owner restrictions, DeX settings, Work Profile policies, etc.
Note:
Using MDM, you can only configure the settings included by the OEM vendor in their OEMConfig app. MDM doesn't validate or change the configurations provided by the OEM vendor. Contact the respective OEM vendor for assistance if any problem arises with the configured settings on the device.
With Mobile Device Manager Plus, you can choose to retrieve feedback for apps. This is to collect and display overall information about the app, like it's status, configuration(s) applied to it, app identification details, etc. Using this curated report of App Feedback, admins can identify errors and easily troubleshoot devices based on the information obtained.
Reports for App Feedback can be generated only if you enable the 'Collect App Feedback' option for the app individually.
Now that you have enabled the option to collect App Feedback, you can generate the specific report for App Feedback by following these steps:
This will ensure that you receive a report of App Feedback for the selected app(s).
Certain OEM apps might be publicly available on the Play Store. However, some OEM apps may not be available on the Play Store. The availability of these OEM apps depends on the app developer's specifications.
Publicly available | Publicly unavailable |
---|---|
Knox Service Plugin | Honeywell OEMConfig DEV |
KPU Stage | Honeywell OEMConfig QA |
KSP Dev | Datalogic OEMConfig Beta |
KSP Beta | Datalogic OEMConfig Settings Beta |
Legacy Zebra OEMConfig | OEMConfig for Nokia 1.3 |
Zebra Enrollment Manager | OEMConfig for Nokia 2.3 |
Honeywell UEMConnect | Kyocera Corporate Management |
Honeywell UEMConnect ScanPal | Ascom OEMConfig |
Lenovo OEMConfig Dev | Spectralink Device Settings Test |
Lenovo OEMConfig | Rhino OEMConfig Test |
Datalogic OEMConfig | Huawei OEMConfig |
OEMConfig for Nokia 7.2 | LGE OEMConfig |
OEMConfig for Nokia 4.2 | BORQS OEMConfig |
OEMConfig for Nokia 5.3 | BORQS ECOM Manager |
Device Config Plugin | Getac OEMConfig Test |
Barcode | TOUGHBOOK OEMConfig Demo |
Buttons | TOUGHBOOK OEMConfig Internal |
Device | FCNT OEMConfig Test |
Logging | FCNT OEMConfig |
VQO | Getac OEMConfig |
Seuic OEMConfig | Sonim OEMConfig Test |
Unitech OEMConfig | Urovo Oemconfig Test |
CipherLab OEMConfig | - |
AQUOS Config | - |
AQUOS Config2 | - |
Rhino OEMConfig | - |
BOS OEMConfig | - |
ARCHOS OEMConfig | - |
TOUGHBOOK OEMConfig | - |
BARTEC OEMConfig | - |
Elo OEMConfig | - |
Microsoft Surface OEMConfig | - |
Urovo Oemconfig | - |
i.safe MOBILE OEMConfig | - |
iMotion OEMConfig | - |
Sonim OEMConfig | - |
Note: Publicly unavailable apps on playstore can be obtained from respective vendors and added to the MDM App Repository. Please refer here to check how to add apps to MDM App Repository.
You can use dynamic variables to ease the process of setting up App Configurations. You can use dynamic variables to set up App Configurations for the first time before distributing it to devices/groups. Dynamic variables automatically prefetch the required data from enrollment information, thus easing the process for IT admins. The following dynamic variables are supported in MDM:
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