Disable Airwatch MDM - Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Questions & Answers

Hi, I've bought a galaxy a8(2018) SM-A530F and recently I've done a factory reset to my phone but when It started, Airwatch is blocking access to my phone. All I can do now is boot my phone using safe mode to use some basic features. I have tried to uninstall airwatch package using adb but it's telling me 'Cannot disable a protected package: com.airwatch.androidagent' , any clues ?
Note: Airwatch app has set itself to a Device administrator and I deactivate it.
Thanks

Hey, Ex MDM manager here, the only way to remove it is for the device admin to remove it from their end.

Btw I rooted my phone with some fix patches done blackmesa0 and It's working fine.
Thanks though

dreaminguy said:
Btw I rooted my phone with some fix patches done blackmesa0 and It's working fine.
Thanks though
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how did you do it?? i have the same problem.

Although Old thread but this could help someone other looking for removing airwatch Intelligent Hub
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I got my Nexus 5 and was using it with Android Device Manager perfectly on T-Mobile. I used WugFresh's v1.7.6 toolkit to root the device, and now Android Device Manager cannot locate, ring, lock, or communicate with the device in any way.
From what I can tell, Google does not provide any method to disassociate and re-associate a device (which is insane), and my Google Play services app is the latest, trouble-free version (4.0.33). Regardless, I ran the common released earlier this month, and still no joy.
Is anyone successfully using Android Device Manager with a rooted Nexus 5?
I am rooted and Android Device Manager is still working for me. You probably have checked this, but are you sure you have given the Device Manager the proper Device Administrator permissions in the security settings of your device?
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I am rooted and Android Device Manager is still working for me. You probably have checked this, but are you sure you have given the Device Manager the proper Device Administrator permissions in the security settings of your device?
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Thanks for the reply. Yes, I verified the Device Administrator permissions as well.

Mobile Iron and unrooting?

I was just wondering if anyone here has any experience with using Mobile Iron with a phone that has been rooted for a few small tweaks and then unrooted.. Does it work? Can Mobile Iron tell that you were once rooted but are no longer?
I've got an AT&T Galaxy S3 that was recently upgraded via OTG to Android 4.3 with Knox and the new bootloader, etc. Unfortunately, the 4.3 upgrade has disabled my ability to tether. I'd like to apply a mod that fixes that limitation, but I don't want to lose the ability to get work email and such on my phone via Mobile Iron.. Any thoughts on whether or not it should be possible to:
1. Temporarily uninstall Mobile Iron
2. Root my phone and apply the tether mod
3. Remove root from my phone
4. Reinstall Mobile Iron and have it work?
Any thoughts, suggestions, advice would be greatly appreciated!
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MrSimmonsSr
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For the record, just wanted everyone to know this seems to have worked like I'd hoped! I used CF-Autoroot to root my S3 running 4.3.. (The first time I tried it I bricked my device because I didn't think to unencrypt it before I applied root. Don't do that! I had to flash the 4.3 update twice to get it all working again! )
But once I did that I was able to root the fresh install, remove tons of bloatware and apply a tether hack. Then I unrooted and reinstalled Mobile Iron and Touchdown.. So far no issues!
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Hi Mr,
currently I am doing research on MDM solutions and I found some information about the detection methods MDMs use to detect root. The following four are commonly used (https://www.netspi.com/blog/entryid/209/android-root-detection-techniques):
1. Check default files and configs.
2. Check if there is a Superuser app.
3. Check permissions of some folders (i.e. /data)
4. Check is "su" commands can be executed.
I don't expect or expected it to cause any problems! Dependant on the security policy, installing some apps like thether hack, might cause a security alert though.
Sometimes applications that require root will trip the application that wants to ensure root doesn't exist. For example Citrix Home detected BusyBox existed on my system & thus flagged my phone as rooted.
There is also an Xposed Module which will attempt to hide root:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/xposed-module-to-cloak-root-access-from-apps/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2574647

Secure Settings cannot access Root

i'm not allowed to post directly into Android Development..
I installed Root with the help of jcase .
All seems to work properly (Adaway, Busibox, Total Commander etc. are functional with Root)
but Secure Settings shows at System+ : Root acces was not detected.
Is there a workaround or is that an limitation of this 'Systemless' Root method?
Thanks for reading this
I have the same issue. L Patcher also didn't but when I selected option to force root options it worked fine. Found there was Google Group to opt in for Secure Settings beta which I signed up for but never received an update so assume there's no current beta. Wrote dev email with details, but haven't heard back yet. I suggest you write him too (email in app) so that he can see many are being affected
I found the reason, why some apps doesn't recognize systemless root. Chainfire wrote that some app expected to have direct access to System-Partition and that must fail certainly
For these Apps we have to wait for updates
Does the secure setting work with root access ???
I have Nexus 7 2013 6.0.1 rooted it doesn't seem to work on my.
tenjohn23 said:
Does the secure setting work with root access ???
I have Nexus 7 2013 6.0.1 rooted it doesn't seem to work on my.
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I do have the same problem here any news?

Deinstall device admin app without being able to deactivate it

Hi guys,
I've installed the package disabler of kunkunsoft on my S8+ and followed their instructions to use it without root
https://kunkunsoft.wordpress.com/setup_device_owner/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kunkunsoft.rootpackagedisablerfree
The problem is the app crashes when I'm open it, so I wanted to deinstall it, but I'm not able to remove the admin rights in the system nor over adb... so what I'm gonna do without rooting my phone?
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How to remove/disable a system app without root?

I have samsung m21 not rooted. I tried to remove and disable Samsung Game Optimizing Service via ADB, it saying success when i entered the remove command, but in phone it doesn't removed. Also i try disabling via ADB too, it also giving another success message but app not disabled in phone. I tried to remove an random app downloaded from gplay store, and it removed perfectly (btw i removed some system apps in same phone via adb before). I searched this issue and i saw some people have same problem. I tried to disable that app from Package disabler pro (samsung) and CCSWE app manager (samsung) but M21 doesn't have Knox, so that method didn't worked too. Game Optimizing Service app is limiting your fps to 40. I dont want to root my phone. I want to remove, disable this app without root. How can i do that? Please help me. Thanks in advance.
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I want to remove, disable this app without root. How can i do that? Please help me. Thanks in advance.
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Removing without root rights is NOT possible, but disabling:
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