Feature Control (Android Classic)

Use this dialog box to configure individual device features when:

Device Functionality

Features

Allow Camera When enabled, device users can access their camera.
Allow Microphone When enabled, device users can use their microphone to capture or record audio.
Allow USB Media Player When enabled, the device can act as a media player when connected via USB.
Allow NFC When enabled, the device user can use the Near Field Communication (NFC) protocol.
Allow Home Key When enabled, the device user can use the home button.
Allow Screen Capture When enabled, the device user can capture the screen.
Allow GPS Mock Locations When enabled, device users can report mock locations when GPS is unavailable.
Allow Factory Reset When enabled, device users can erase all applications, settings, and data from the phone's internal storage.
Allow OS Upgrade When enabled, the user, server, or system can an initiate an upgrade of the device's operating system.
Enforce GPS Availability When enabled, the device's location is always on, and the user cannot disable it.
Allow Safe Mode When enabled, device users can enter safe mode.

Settings

Allow Installation From Unknown Sources When enabled, device users can install applications from unknown sources.
Allow Multi-Window When enabled, device users can view more than one application on their screen concurrently.
Allow Voice Dialer/ S-Voice When enabled, device users can use the voice recognition system to make phone calls.
Allow changes to Quick Settings When enabled, device users can add or remove settings in the Quick Settings.
Allow changes to Time and Date When enabled, device users can change the time or date.
Allow changes to Battery Settings When enabled, device users can change the battery settings.

Connectivity

Cellular Network

Allow Cellular Data When enabled, devices can use cellular data.
Allow Background Data When enabled, applications can use data services while running in the device's background.
Important: The SOTI MobiControl device agent typically runs in the background. Exercise caution when disabling background data as a device as this setting can affect the device's ability to communicate with the SOTI MobiControl server. If devices use cellular data to communicate with SOTI MobiControl server(s), devices can not be managed while they connected to a cellular network. If devices are configured to communicate with the SOTI MobiControl server(s) only while on cellular (that is no other connectivity to SOTI MobiControl Server(s)), devices are no longer manageable.
Allow Data Roaming When enabled, devices can use data while in foreign coverage areas.
Allow Roaming WAP PUSH Messages When enabled, devices can receive WAP Push messages while in foreign coverage areas.
Allow Roaming Syncing When enabled, devices can sync data (such as email) while in foreign coverage areas.

WiFi

Allow WiFi When enabled, device users can turn on WiFi
Allow WiFi Profiles When enabled, device users can create WiFi profiles.
Allow WiFi profile changes When enabled, device users can make changes to existing WiFi profiles.
Allow WiFi Credentials Prompt When enabled, the profile asks devices usersfor WiFi credentials when their saved credentials fail during authentication for a saved network.
Minimum WiFi Security Level Set the minimum WiFi Security Level in which the device is able to connect to. e.g. If you set the minimum WiFi security level to WPA, the device then can not connect to a WEP network.

Bluetooth

Allow Bluetooth When enabled, device users can enable Bluetooth.
Allow Outgoing Calls Via Bluetooth When enabled, device users can make outbound calls using a paired Bluetooth device.
Allow Bluetooth Discoverable mode When enabled, other Bluetooth devices can discover the device.
Allow Limited Bluetooth Discoverable mode When enabled, the device is only discoverable over Bluetooth for a short period of time (varies from device to device).
Allow Bluetooth Pairing When enabled, the device can pair with other devices over Bluetooth.
Allow Bluetooth Data Transfer When enabled, the device can transfer data over Bluetooth.
Allow Bluetooth Desktop Pairing When enabled, the device can pair with a desktop using Bluetooth.

Tethering and Portable Hotspot

Allow All Tethering When enabled, device users can tether their devices.
Allow WiFi Hotspot When enabled, device users can share the device's data connection over WiFi.
Allow WiFi Hotspot Changes When enabled, device users can change mobile hotspot settings.
Allow Bluetooth Tethering When enabled, device users can share the device's data connection over Bluetooth.
Allow USB Tethering When enabled, device users can share the device's data connection over USB.

Device Messaging

Allow Incoming SMS Messaging When enabled, device users can receive incoming SMS text messages.
Allow Outgoing SMS Messaging When enabled, device users can send outgoing SMS text messages.
Allow Incoming MMS Messaging When enabled, device users can receive incoming MMS multimedia messages.
Allow Outgoing MMS Messaging When enabled, device users can send outgoing MMS multimedia messages.

Security

Security Options

Allow Doze Mode When enabled, the device can restrict the SOTI MobiControl Android device agent for battery optimization.
Allow Removal of the SOTI MobiControl Android Agent When enabled, the device user can deactivate Device Administrator in the device settings and uninstall the SOTI MobiControl Android device agent.
Allow Uninstallation of Managed Applications When enabled, the device user can uninstall Managed Applications on the device.
Allow Multi-User Control When enabled, allows the device user to add new user profiles or remove existing user profiles on the device.
Note: This does not remove any existing users created before applying this policy.
Restriction: This is available in Samsung MDM v4 or later devices only.
Allow New Email Account Additions When enabled, device users can add new Gmail or Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts.

When disabled, SOTI MobiControl administrator can still configure new accounts.

Data Protection

Allow Google Backup Prevent backup of device settings, application data, WiFi passwords, Contacts, etc, to the user's Google account.
Allow Removable SD Card Access When enabled, device users can access the SD card.
Allow USB On-the-Go When enabled, device users can connect the device to other portable devices via USB.
Allow File Transfer Via USB When enabled, device users can transfer files to another device when connected via USB.
Allow Kies When enabled, Samsung Kies enables device users to back up their device, SD card, and application data to their desktops.
Allow Clipboard When enabled, device users can copy and paste text to and from the device.
Allow USB Debugging When enabled, device users can enter USB debugging mode.