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I am somewhat confused about Android's support for multiple users. The Galaxy S4 comes with Android 4.2.2. I thought the multi-user support (not just Accounts but users with separated data for apps) was part of the system. It works flawlessly on my Nexus and is easy to find in the settings. With the S4, the settings are somewhat "cleaned up" by placing them in tabs. However, I cannot find how to set up and use multiple users. It seems I can only add new Google accounts as in older versions of Android. Has Samsung disabled this feature? Or can it be found somewhere?
alex_uz said:
I am somewhat confused about Android's support for multiple users. The Galaxy S4 comes with Android 4.2.2. I thought the multi-user support (not just Accounts but users with separated data for apps) was part of the system. It works flawlessly on my Nexus and is easy to find in the settings. With the S4, the settings are somewhat "cleaned up" by placing them in tabs. However, I cannot find how to set up and use multiple users. It seems I can only add new Google accounts as in older versions of Android. Has Samsung disabled this feature? Or can it be found somewhere?
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I beliece Samsung plans to use Knox software for user management and enterprise security. That software could not be included from the beginning, and is expected in a future update.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/24/full-launch-of-samsung-knox-delayed-until-a-later-date/
I though Knox was just for security and other enterprise features. So is it correct that there is no normal Android multi user support although Samsung is using Android 4.2.2? I cannot imagine that Samsung's implementation will be similar or compatible with Android's implementation. Does anybody know more?
If anyone if still interested, I found something: It seems that the multi-user feature of Android is only available for tablets at this time. Hence it is not present on the Galaxy S4. I just posted this for reference so people could find this in future.
alex_uz said:
If anyone if still interested, I found something: It seems that the multi-user feature of Android is only available for tablets at this time. Hence it is not present on the Galaxy S4. I just posted this for reference so people could find this in future.
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Yes... but I'm having the same problem on my galaxy tab 2 7". Cant find an option to set up multiple users either
Re: Multi User support
Actually multi user is available, although hidden, for any phone with 4.2 or later. Although you need to be rooted. Add "fw.max_users 4" to the end of your build.prop and reboot. When you enter your settings you'll see clear as day "Users". Only bug I found is that you can't switch back and forth. You need the AOSP lockscreen for that.
MorrisC2010 said:
Actually multi user is available, although hidden, for any phone with 4.2 or later. Although you need to be rooted. Add "fw.max_users 4" to the end of your build.prop and reboot. When you enter your settings you'll see clear as day "Users". Only bug I found is that you can't switch back and forth. You need the AOSP lockscreen for that.
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Where are the options for the switching?
I have the latest AOSP kitkat update and don't see how I can do it.
djboy said:
Where are the options for the switching?
I have the latest AOSP kitkat update and don't see how I can do it.
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If you're on an aosp rom, You can switch either from the lockscreen(you may have to enable lockscreen rotation and rotate the phone sideways), the power menu, or the status bar profile icon
hi guys,
is there any possibility to use multi user without flashing a rom ?
any ideas ?
thanks
mephisto20 said:
hi guys,
is there any possibility to use multi user without flashing a rom ?
any ideas ?
thanks
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in case anybody is interested ... her is a solution which works fine with y stock rom android 4.4.2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/xposed-multiple-users-phone-t2676516
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.
jdomadia said:
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.
I've just upgraded from a Nexus i9250 running CM11 with PrivacyGuard to an S5.
As far as I can tell this stock S5 doesn't have any permissions control. And now I discover this Knox and Android for Work.
I am trying to figure out what to do about it. I MUST have permissions control.
On the one hand, both Knox and Android for Work seem like exactly what I have been looking for - to allow me to do secure operations separate from the rest of Android. Great, I thought, I can put Bitcoin, banking and a secure browser here. The warranty problem is of course complicated but for me I have decided to disregard this part of the decision.
But on the other hand Android for Work would require me to setup a domain and.... it will probably require ongoing fees in a few years time after it's established. While Knox could be a backdoor I am not looking to secure against NSA level - just apps I have no choice in using.
So should I root, maintaining 0x0 and install a permissions app of some sort? Or do I forget about this new security stuff and relax, install the familiar Cyanogenmod and blow the 0x0 to 0x1 as who cares anyway?
If I had known I would have gone with the OnePlusOne to avoid making the decision
The knox is there primarily to allow 'secure' (unmodified) devices to access secure, business (enterprise?) networks/servers.....If knox has been tripped due to modifications, connecting the device is denied. As I said, it's primarily aimed at the business sector.....
The fact that Samsung uses it as a warranty flag is secondary......
How knox will affect your personal aims, I don't know, but hopefully the above info *might* give you *some* insight as to how it works and what impact this could have on what you want to do......
Sent from my rooted, debloated stocKK kn0x0 SM-G900F
Is there a solution to this? Maybe remapping a button on the controller? I know there is a pretty simple way to do this in Kodi, but I need to make this work in other apps, such as emulators. How will I be able to manage settings and options without it?
This has been discussed at http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-player/help/3-dots-menu-t3067105. If you're running Android 5.1 or higher, most sideloaded apps won't have accessible menus. You'll need to email the developers of the apps you use to request that they restore menus for their apps on Android TV devices running Android 5.1 or higher. Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) won't restore the missing menus so the only other possibility is that an Xposed module such as the one at http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/app-force-3-dots-menu-t3181622 may serve that purpose in the future.
Thanks for clarifying. Why did they remove it? So dumb...
I don't know why they made that change (and I agree that it's a lame decision) but it seems that Google started enforcing stricter material design requirements on apps as of Android 5.1 and higher on Android TV. That's why I suggest emailing the developers of the apps you use to see if they can update their apps to properly support Android TV. As I discovered with DroidMote Server months ago, this problem can be worked around with app updates. It's not a sure thing that developers will agree to do so for the Android TV platform that they may not officially support but it's worth a try. Which emulators are you planning to use? I don't think that Robert Broglia's excellent .emu apps are affected by this problem.
I have used yongzh's emus until now. But I found replacements so I'm fine for the moment.
Hello,
i got my s3 neo in 2015. when it was bought it was already somehow out of updates etc.
i heard alot of ppl rooting or putting a cfw on their android, but some things may not work or are buggy. some is more tested etc.
my question is, does CFW updates security fixes for android in general? and do they got updates aswell? e.g. openssl is somewhen from 2013. and there were some newer updates after it etc. same as android security fixes.
waht i read on a german board, was lolipop was the most stable, but it was cmod and not los. some things were bork etc.
and does los backport their security updates, provided by google, to cfw stuff or are security fixes, like cfw, device based? had in mind to by the fairphone but its to expensive for it.
and get lolipop or some other cfw security updates? i mean, it can be connected to the internet and without updates, somewhen it can be infected in theory.
i started looking into cfw stuff etc. when i read some appstore offered sourcedoes/audits on their offered apps, because they dont want fishy things. and it does improve the perfomance, what i can imagine. some things on phones, even on stocked, ware borked because of their custom energy function like alarm not working correctly, because manufacturer decided to stopp all not whitelisted programms in their shedule for energysavings etc. on some its possible to uninstall those packages with adb etc. and google dont like cfw/rooted devices and they will loose "find your phone" features e.g. because i never looked into such things, i lost the track of it at all.
regards