iOS Lock Screen Message

Before you begin

  • You must sign into SOTI MobiControl as an administrator.
  • Only supervised devices can have lock screen messages.

About this task

The following steps describe configuring optional text to display in the login window and lock screen (for example, an "If lost, return to ..." message and asset tag information). There can only be one lock screen configuration for a device.

Procedure

  1. Select Main Menu > Profiles to enter the profile view.
  2. Select an iOS profile and select the Edit icon.
    iOS lockscreen edit
    Note: If you do not have an iOS profile to edit, you can add one. See Creating a Profile.
  3. In the Edit Profile panel, select the Configurations tab. Select the Add Configuration icon. The Add a Configuration pop-up screen opens.
    iOS lockscreen add configuration
  4. From the Other list, select Lock Screen Message.
    iOS lockscreen select
    Note: If the screen width of your browser is narrow, the Add a Configuration pop-up screen displays in a compact format.

    iOS lockscreen select compact

  5. In the Lock Screen Message panel, complete the Footnote Message and Asset Tag Information fields. Select Save.
    iOS lockscreen footnote message and asset tag

Results

You have configured the lock screen for an iOS device with optional text and asset tag information (highlighted by the blue box).

iOS lockscreen result

Example

This video demonstrates how to configure a lock screen.