Lockdown (Android Classic)

Device lockdown replaces the standard device home screen with a customizable home screen that provides access only to authorized applications and websites. You configure lockdown when:

This section includes the following topics and folders:

Note: There are two types of lockdown:
  • Device Control—Applies lockdown settings continually.
  • Speed Control—Applies lockdown when the device exceeds the speed specified in the profile configuration.
You can choose to configure only device control or use both. However, when speed control is active, it overrides the settings specified in device control.

Device Control

Custom Home Screen

Select Add to add a home screen item to the lockdown profile configuration. Home screen items are the authorized apps available when a device is in lockdown mode. Home screen items for Device Control and Speed Control are entirely separate. To use the same home screen items for Device Control and Speed Control, you must enter the same information in both places.

Choose a lockdown template that determines how your home screen items display on the device. You can use a predefined template provided by SOTI MobiControl or create your own template.

Preview Settings

Select device details to define the appearance of your device when previewed.

Device Manufacturer Select a manufacturer to decide the device skin used.
Device Model Define the skin further by device model.
Home Screen Layout Template Select a predefined lockdown menu template for the device.

Lockdown Settings

Select the type of control lockdown you want on the device.

Lockdown Type Choose either Package Blocking (Legacy) or Activity Suppression as your lockdown type.

Package Blocking (Legacy) prevents all applications from launching or running in the background unless explicitly allowed by the active Lockdown policy. This option can be overly restrictive and cause issues by inadvertently blocking system applications.

Note: Do not use this option with the Disable Factory Reset and Block OS Upgrade device feature control policies.

Activity Suppression moves all undesired activities from the device's foreground to the background, where users cannot access them.
Samsung Package Disabling When enabled, undesired activities disable at the package level. This method is only available for specific Samsung devices. The devices must be running Android 5.0+, have MDM5+ and have a 13.3.1+ SOTI MobiControl agent installed.

Status Bar Settings

Disable Status Bar Expansion Select this option to disable status bar expansion on the device.
Disable Settings Changes Select this option to disable settings changes on the device.
Hide Status Bar Select this option to hide the status bar on the device.

Speed Control

Custom Home Screen

Enable the Speed Control toggle.

Select Add to add a home screen item to the lockdown profile configuration. Home screen items are the authorized apps available when a device is in lockdown mode. Home screen items for Device Control and Speed Control are entirely separate. To use the same home screen items for Device Control and Speed Control, you must enter the same information in both places.

Choose a lockdown template that determines how your home screen items display on the device. You can use a predefined template provided by SOTI MobiControl or create your own template.

Advanced Speed Control Settings

Activation Time Specify the starting time each day when you want speed control to become active on the device.
Deactivation Time Specify the ending time each day when you want speed control to become inactive on the device.
Speed Control Starts At Enter the speed to trigger speed control and the measurement unit.
Note: When the device travels at or above this speed, speed lockdown does not apply until the time specified in the Engage Timer field expires.
Engage Timer Enter the time (in seconds) the device travels at or above the threshold speed before the speed lockdown applies. This delay helps prevent the excessive application of speed lockdown.
Disengage Timer Enter the time (in seconds) the device travels below the threshold speed before removing the speed lockdown. This delay helps prevent the excessive removal of speed lockdown.
Scripts Set scripts to activate when a device enters or exits speed control. To add a new script, select Scripts to open the Manage Scripts dialog box.
Speed Control is Activated Select the script to execute on the device when the speed lockdown applies.
Speed Control is Deactivated Select the script to execute on the device when removing the speed lockdown.

Templates

Templates are HTML files that dictate how the home screen items display on the device when it is in lockdown mode. You can use one of the SOTI MobiControl provided templates or create your own.

Custom Templates

To create a new custom template, select Add to open the Lockdown: Custom Templates dialog box.

Edit, duplicate, or delete your custom templates. You can also upload an HTML template file to SOTI MobiControl. Select Import Template, then browse to the HTML file on your computer. Select Import.

For more information on custom templates, see Customizing Lockdown Menu Templates.