Has anyone been able to get this working with Root? I install fine, enter my pin and it goes through but since I have root it doesnt sync. Im running liberty, any suggestions
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Has anyone been able to get this working with Root? I install fine, enter my pin and it goes through but since I have root it doesnt sync. Im running liberty, any suggestions
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Checking for root is configurable by your IT area. My account is not setup to check for root but I have had other problems. Can you easily unroot and reroot your device so Good would work except for the rare times that you actually need root? One problem I have had is the initial setup would never complete (stops at retrieving policies) unless I go back to stock eclair, get it working and back it up via Titanium backup, then upgrade to Froyo or GB, and then restore it. Mine continues to work via root though. The other problem I have had is if I ever restore to an earlier state (using the same PIN), it will stop syncing. I need a new PIN issued to get it working again.
I'm reading that IT admins can lock your phone camera, wipe SD card, etc.
What other kinds of things can they do once "Good for Enterprise" is installed on your personal phone?
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I'm reading that IT admins can lock your phone camera, wipe SD card, etc.
What other kinds of things can they do once "Good for Enterprise" is installed on your personal phone?
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I was involved in piloting "Good for Enterprise" for my company. I do know that the possible "controls" vary depending on the platform. Good for Enterprise on the IPhone will have much more control because the devices (hardware) and OS are very limited compared to Android. Keep that in mind as you read some of these items if they don't mention which platform. Also, the Good application would have to be granted root access to your phone "I believe" in order to do any of the items you mentioned. If you are running a custom ROM and have the "SuperUser" app, you would see if it had that access. I "think" it will be very hard for Good to implement some of those controls unless the Android OS provides an API for it because the underlying hardware can vary so much. I'm not a developer but I think that is correct.
Also, if you work for any decent sized company, they will be very concerned about the legal aspects of company provided software deleting (or even reading) personal information outside the "Good container". I mention the word container because Good provides encryption of everything within the app so it can not be read by anything outside the app (such as root explorer). I have successfully backed up and restored the encrypted data to another ROM but it is just bits to Titanium Backup or anything else. Feel free to PM me if you have any other questions on it that I might be able to answer. I know the admin for Good for our company that I could ask other questions.
I'm reading that the installation can detect jailbroken iPhones and rooted Android devices, and if the IT admins decide, they can configure it to refuse installation on such devices to prevent compromising Good's security/integrity of its resources.
(I'm not rooted, and don't plan to root my DroidX, so it is a moot point for me)
I heard from Verizon that IT admins can remotely control hardware components, including cameras, Bluetooth and IR ports, SD Cards, and more.
Things I'd like to know... can IT admins:
Track/monitor internet usage on the device?
Track/monitor GPS usage?
Copy non-Good related resources (e.g. files) from the device or SD card?
Lock the device?
Locate the device?
Wipe non-Good related resources?
Does the Good app send device System Logs to the IT folks?
Phone call logs?
App Permissions:
YOUR ACCOUNTS
ACT AS AN ACCOUNT AUTHENTICATOR Allows an application to use the account authenticator capabilities of the AccountManager, including creating accounts and getting and setting their passwords.
MANAGE THE ACCOUNTS LIST Allows an application to perform operations like adding, and removing accounts and deleting their password.
SERVICES THAT COST YOU MONEY
DIRECTLY CALL PHONE NUMBERS Allows the application to call phone numbers without your intervention. Malicious applications may cause unexpected calls on your phone bill. Note that this does not allow the application to call emergency numbers.
NETWORK COMMUNICATION
FULL INTERNET ACCESS Allows an application to create network sockets.
YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
READ CONTACT DATA Allows an application to read all of the contact (address) data stored on your device. Malicious applications can use this to send your data to other people.
READ SENSITIVE LOG DATA Allows an application to read from the system's various log files. This allows it to discover general information about what you are doing with the device, potentially including personal or private information.
WRITE CONTACT DATA Allows an application to modify the contact (address) data stored on your device. Malicious applications can use this to erase or modify your contact data.
PHONE CALLS
READ PHONE STATE AND IDENTITY Allows the application to access the phone features of the device. An application with this permission can determine the phone number and serial number of this phone, whether a call is active, the number that call is connected to and the like.
STORAGE
MODIFY/DELETE USB STORAGE CONTENTS
MODIFY/DELETE SD CARD CONTENTS Allows an application to write to the USB storage. Allows an application to write to the SD card.
SYSTEM TOOLS
RETRIEVE RUNNING APPLICATIONS Allows application to retrieve information about currently and recently running tasks. May allow malicious applications to discover private information about other applications.
PREVENT DEVICE FROM SLEEPING Allows an application to prevent the device from going to sleep.
YOUR ACCOUNTS
DISCOVER KNOWN ACCOUNTS Allows an application to get the list of accounts known by the device.
HARDWARE CONTROLS
CONTROL VIBRATOR Allows the application to control the vibrator.
NETWORK COMMUNICATION
VIEW NETWORK STATE Allows an application to view the state of all networks.
VIEW WI-FI STATE Allows an application to view the information about the state of Wi-Fi.
SYSTEM TOOLS
READ SYNC STATISTICS Allows an application to read the sync stats; e.g., the history of syncs that have occurred.
AUTOMATICALLY START AT BOOT Allows an application to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the device and allow the application to slow down the overall device by always running.
KILL BACKGROUND PROCESSES Allows an application to kill background processes of other applications, even if memory isn't low.
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I've been using EVO CM7 nightlies for quite a while now and never had issues with Good for Enterprise. With last 3 versions of nightlies, Good hasn't worked. When trying to reinstall Good, it says there is no phone network when trying to register. When looking at Device Info in Good setup screen, it doesn't have a phone number. Tried clearing, data, all cache, etc.
Is anyone else having this issue? It's like CM7 is not sending the phone string to Good when calling it.
A coworker also uses CM7 (not nightlies) and has no issues with Good on EVO. The phone number shows up in Good device info on his EVO.
I had the same problem, but I'm luckily an admin at our company on the good software. After messing around with it... this is what I had to do.
1. Uninstall Good from your phone on CM7 (Must be uninstalled at first for this to work....)
2. Reboot into Recovery and make a Nandroid Backup
3. Wipe the both Caches and Data, Install a Sense Rom
4. Install Good Mobile and have you admin resend you the email to enroll your phone
5. After entering the code and entering a password.. the Good will try to pull emails... kill the good app before this.
6. With Titinium Backup, backup Good and its Data.
7. Reboot into recovery.
8. Wipe the both Caches and the Data... Recover your previous CM7 Nandroid backup.
9. In CM7 launch Titanium backup and restore Good Mobile and its Data.
Worked after that... this way Good would communicate with the phone during the enrollment... which for some reason with CM7 it doesn't work... and just complains about not being connected to your mobile network.
Coincidentally I've just put up another post relating to IMSI numbers which was prompted by Good refusing to activate as some devices are reporting the same 1st 6 digits of their IMSI rather than the full 15 that Good uses to authenticate the license relative to the specific SIM card the license is for. Has anyone else come across this issue with Good?
matt1313 said:
Has anyone been able to get this working with Root? I install fine, enter my pin and it goes through but since I have root it doesnt sync. Im running liberty, any suggestions
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Mine quit syncing after the first day. I had to upgrade my personal unlimited data plan to a corporate/enterprise data plan for an additional $15/month with Verizon, and reinstall Good.
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Sievers said:
I had the same problem, but I'm luckily an admin at our company on the good software. After messing around with it... this is what I had to do.
1. Uninstall Good from your phone on CM7 (Must be uninstalled at first for this to work....)
2. Reboot into Recovery and make a Nandroid Backup
3. Wipe the both Caches and Data, Install a Sense Rom
4. Install Good Mobile and have you admin resend you the email to enroll your phone
5. After entering the code and entering a password.. the Good will try to pull emails... kill the good app before this.
6. With Titinium Backup, backup Good and its Data.
7. Reboot into recovery.
8. Wipe the both Caches and the Data... Recover your previous CM7 Nandroid backup.
9. In CM7 launch Titanium backup and restore Good Mobile and its Data.
Worked after that... this way Good would communicate with the phone during the enrollment... which for some reason with CM7 it doesn't work... and just complains about not being connected to your mobile network.
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I previously had a similar problem that I mentioned above - on custom FROYO ROMs it would stop at retrieving policies but flashing to stock eclair, I could finish the setup (and let all current emails come in) and then backup via TB, flash to custom FROYO, then restore and it would be all set. However, when I recently reinstalled Good on Continuum 5.5, I decided to try to let it complete the setup and it did with no problem. I only tried that since my IT admin setup "self-service" for me. I can access a link where I can send a new PIN for my account since it can easily stop syncing. The PIN goes to your corporate email so it is safe to allow.
@Nate2 - sorry I didn't see your post previously. Yes, there are Good policies that can be setup to detect "jailbroken" IPhones, etc. At my company, Good on Android is still not a standard offering because corporate policies are limited to what they can do on Android due to the numerous OS and hardware combinations. However, I have been pushing simply putting trust in the Good encryption (AES 256 if I remember right). Looking at the permissions of the app makes it look at first glance like it can do anything. However, I don't think it is as extensive as it seems. The only "data" outside the Good container that can be read by the app "to my knowledge" is the contact info. This is because your IT administrator can allow Good to sync corporate contact info (in Good) to your phone's contact info. This allows you to easily see who is calling (rather than a phone #) if it is one of your corporate contacts. Although it can access (modify/delete) SD contents, it doesn't say "Read". I don't think I am "reading" too much into that... For internet access, I know Good is working on adding in internet access (from inside the Good container) so browser access is allowed. I am "guessing" this is mostly for IPhones, etc. where the IT admin could stop internet access outside the Good container. That way they could control internet access on a "corporate" device. This is speculation on my part, though. I do think it can send device logs which is required "I think" to detect root access. Look over all the permissions listed keeping in mind READ access to system logs and contact info only and it seems to fit. Therefore, I think they probably can detect that you enabled/disabled GPS but I "doubt" they can detect where you went since I don't "think" that goes in system logs that they pull. If you still have any question, send me a PM since I don't frequently check this thread.
Thanks RichMD.
I once worked in a large company where a sysadmin was fired for accessing the corporate e-mail of an employee (his ex-girlfriend). She reported the incident to HR. Possible access to additional sensitive resources on the phone makes these kinds of incidents worse, and that's why we should be cautious.
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I've been playing with AirDroid on an Xperia Z2 (4.4.2, KitKat) and have a couple of problems to report:
1) AirDroid fails to detect an external SD card. Adding a path to it in Files works for that one session, but the path is not stored anywhere and neither does the SD card show up in the summary of free space on the desktop. This makes it clunky and difficult for getting files to and from the device. I appreciate that full access to the SD card (as of KitKat) requires root - are there any plans for a version of AirDroid for rooted phones?
2) SMS messages via the web interface are broken into (and sent as) messages of 160 characters; sending a 200-character message results in 2 messages of 160 chars and 40 chars. This is a show-stopper as far as I am concerned - the whole reason to use a computer for SMS is for typing longer messages. I have tried the "Fix SMS" option in the app, but this made no difference.
Further, I was unable to delete SMS messages - the app reported this as a known error with Android 4.4, so not a bug, but still another key feature that doesn't actually work for me. Can't respond properly to SMS, can't browse and delete SMS... nice idea, but it needs to work with Android 4.4.x and/or to take advantage of superuser privileges on rooted phones.
Other features (camera, find phone) seem to work as advertised, but I have relatively few uses for them as compared with files and/or SMS.
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I've been playing with AirDroid on an Xperia Z2 (4.4.2, KitKat) and have a couple of problems to report:
1) AirDroid fails to detect an external SD card. Adding a path to it in Files works for that one session, but the path is not stored anywhere and neither does the SD card show up in the summary of free space on the desktop. This makes it clunky and difficult for getting files to and from the device. I appreciate that full access to the SD card (as of KitKat) requires root - are there any plans for a version of AirDroid for rooted phones?
2) SMS messages via the web interface are broken into (and sent as) messages of 160 characters; sending a 200-character message results in 2 messages of 160 chars and 40 chars. This is a show-stopper as far as I am concerned - the whole reason to use a computer for SMS is for typing longer messages. I have tried the "Fix SMS" option in the app, but this made no difference.
Further, I was unable to delete SMS messages - the app reported this as a known error with Android 4.4, so not a bug, but still another key feature that doesn't actually work for me. Can't respond properly to SMS, can't browse and delete SMS... nice idea, but it needs to work with Android 4.4.x and/or to take advantage of superuser privileges on rooted phones.
Other features (camera, find phone) seem to work as advertised, but I have relatively few uses for them as compared with files and/or SMS.
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Hi, I am working in AirDroid team now, and here are our solutions to your question
1) If you know the SD card path, you may set the external SD card manually: http://help.airdroid.com/customer/portal/articles/1411365 Try if this helps
However, Google has blocked write access to external SD card in Android 4.4. So you can only view and download from external SD card even when it's detected. We're trying to get a workaround. If your device has been rooted, you may edit the permission on the device: http://forum.airdroid.com/discussion/12206/
2) Google added many constraint in KitKat so some SMS feature can't work well on your device. To fix the long message broken issue, you'll need to set AirDroid as the default SMS app. Since there's no SMS function in AirDroid app, you have to change the default SMS every time when you switch from sending SMS via web.airdroid.com to sending SMS directly via your device. Considering the inconvenience this may have caused, this will not be fixed soon.
And deleting SMS is not supported for KitKat by the current version. Our developers will take it into consideration and make improvements in the future.
Sorry for inconvenience we may cause. Thank you for your feedback
I've moved your post to this new thread.
Hi,
I have ZenFone Selfie running on Android 5.0.2 it has multi user functionality/features however after a while i realize that on the second user (not primary/owner user) it does not have the ability to detect SD card (SD Card work flawlessly on owner user) and also it wont show developer options if we click on Build setting for 7 times, why is that? is it because my phone is not rooted? or is it the default security feature shipped from android?
Thanks
xcodebreakers said:
Hi,
I have ZenFone Selfie running on Android 5.0.2 it has multi user functionality/features however after a while i realize that on the second user (not primary/owner user) it does not have the ability to detect SD card (SD Card work flawlessly on owner user) and also it wont show developer options if we click on Build setting for 7 times, why is that? is it because my phone is not rooted? or is it the default security feature shipped from android?
Thanks
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Yes, it's a default feature that serves the same purpose as having an Administrator account on PC and other User accounts, only the administrator account has full access to everything, no other account can have full access.
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Hello guys,
I'm on Oreo MHA-L29 8.0.0. 362(C636) also, I have a 128GB class 10 sdcard on the phone.
Before I shoot off, I want to say I didn't have this issue with Nougat but it began from Oreo beta.
Sometimes when I try to save a file the phone takes me to the point of selecting location and also filename to be saved and when I click save, then UI flashes and acts like it has completed the process but it doesn't save.
What I realized is;
1. Printing as pdf never saves (& I really need this function) always doing the flashing.
2. Some apps like WhatsApp, when I try to access documents to send, when I tap on browse other docs at the top it does the flashing (like it wants to access memory then comes back out)
What I've done so far
1. Individually disable then grant memory access to these apps.
2. Remove the sdcard and try using the phone without it but problem still prevails.
Need help guys...
Thanks
Hello guys, an update on this issue.
On going to apps, I found out there are two instances of files.
1. Ver 8.0.0 which I can't uninstall and it doesn't seem to be active and I can't uninstall it
2. Ver 8.0.1.322 which is the active one and it seems I can uninstall and it's also among the administrators
Maybe there is a conflict between the two? Should the second app be there or should it have administrator rights?
Please, I need suggestions, also someone on Oreo can help me check her/his instances of files in apps and also version number
Thank you
Hello there. I need some help trying to figure out how I am supposed to move apps from a samsung galaxy a12 to another phone (unbranded) with android 11 os while keeping whatever settings I had on the a12. The issue I am having is that while I already have downloaded the apps on the new phone, and using a laptop, attempted to move all of the app data folders from the android/data directory to the new phone, no app seems to have preserved any settings, and not only do I not want to manually enter all of the settings and set up accounts in all of these apps again, but there is also a couple of apps that I use for free that unlocks a bonus feature after so many days of use.
If anyone has any assistance with this, I would appreciate it. Thanks.
laughsitup2021 said:
Hello there. I need some help trying to figure out how I am supposed to move apps from a samsung galaxy a12 to another phone (unbranded) with android 11 os while keeping whatever settings I had on the a12. The issue I am having is that while I already have downloaded the apps on the new phone, and using a laptop, attempted to move all of the app data folders from the android/data directory to the new phone, no app seems to have preserved any settings, and not only do I not want to manually enter all of the settings and set up accounts in all of these apps again, but there is also a couple of apps that I use for free that unlocks a bonus feature after so many days of use.
If anyone has any assistance with this, I would appreciate it. Thanks.
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If rooted you can use Swift backup app to backup all your apps with all the settings and data preserved