SureMDM Product Handouts
Software product handouts work and here is the one we created for SureMDM. Note: These are not high resolution images.
SureMDM Product handout (Front)
SureMDM Handout (Back)
Android share grows in the Smartphone market
Android's share in the smartphone market has been steadily growing for the last few months. According to Millennial Media Android has now captured 61% of smartphone space. This is a 15% jump over last month figures leaving iOS far behind.
It remains to be seen how release of iOS 5 in coming months will impact this trend. With Android, iOS and Windows Phone 7 in the scene along with acquisitions and lawsuits the smartphone war is getting bigger, louder and spicey.
Why am I unable to uninstall some application from my android phone?
There are few applications available on android marketplace, which when try to uninstall gives error message like below
The error message above is totally unintuitive and gives no idea what went wrong and what can possibly be done to successfully uninstall the app from the device. I hope in future Google puts in better error reporting for such situation.
Some applications, especially the ones under business administration category, require device administration privileges. Usually during install or during execution, these apps prompt the user to grant “Administrator” privilege. Once granted, these applications become capable of performing privileged tasks like locking the device, erasing data on device, reset the password on device, etc.
In addition, Android doesn’t allow direct uninstall of such application. Any attempt to uninstall such apps would result in screen similar to above. I guess this is to make sure that user doesn’t accidently remove such vital privileged apps (a better error message wouldn’t have harmed 
).
In order to uninstall such apps, we first need to deactivate it as a device administrator. Go to Settings ->Location and Security->Select device administrator screen
Uncheck the app you wish to uninstall, confirm the prompt to deactivate.
Once done, now you can go back to “Manage Applications” and uninstall the application.
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SureMDM: Mobile device management made easy
SureMDM client now available on Android Marketplace
SureMDM Nix agent is now published on Android Marketplace. You can search for "suremdm" on Android Marketplace or directly goto https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nix
and install it on your phones.
Android marketplace SureMDM Nix Agent page
Advantage of installing from android marketplace is that you don't have to enable "Allow installation of non-Market applications" to manage your device from SureMDM. Plus any upgrades we make to the software, automatically gets rolled into your devices.
To try SureMDM and to discover its comprehensive device management capabilities and easy to use interface, register for a free account at http://www.42gears.com.
New security feature for android device management using SureMDM
SureMDM adds another compelling security feature for android device management. IT administrators can now restrict users to access only approved applications.All other applications and system settings are password protected. This feature also blocks the user from installing any third-party applications.
Installed application list
Using this feature is very simple. Installed application list of a device now also shows which application packages are LOCKED. Administrators can select any package and LOCK/UNLOCK them from console. Once done, launching these applications will prompt for a password, failing which user cannot access the application.
Password prompt for locked application
To try android application lock down and tons of other SureMDM features, register for a free account at http://www.42gears.com.
Managing and controlling applications on corporate mobile devices
SureMDM now has a brand new feature that provides a view into what all applications are installed on the phone. Go to the SureMDM web console, select the phone and click the Apps button the toolbar. Whats more, you also uninstall any unneccesary applicaitons right from the web console even if the actual mobile device is out in the field.
List of installed applications on the phone
Application protection, application locking, software inventory reporting etc will be added in the next release.
Use SureMDM and take control of your corporate mobile phones. You can learn more about SureMDM at http://www.42gears.com.
Android and password policy enforcement using SureMDM
Enterprise use of Android devices is on the rise these days. Much of it is due to the availability of new security features (Android 2.2+) such as the ability to enforce password policies across Android devices and to remotely wipe any Android devices that become lost or compromised.
Suppose all employees in your organization have been given latest Android phones. Being the IT guy you are asked to make sure all those Android phones adhere to corporate security policies. If you have a few hundred devices to manage, applying password policies manually on them might not be a good idea. In fact it is a bad idea .
SureMDM provides a much easier method for applying password policies. You just have to create a Password Policy job. You can configure various parameters such as minimum password length, password quality (numeric, alphabetic, alphanumeric), time lapse before device auto-locks, maximum number of failed password attempts before device wipes itself.
Password Policy job in SureMDM
Once the Password Policy job is created, you can apply it at once on any number of Android phones. The job is pushed to all phones that are connected with the SureMDM server. Offline phones will receive the job when they connect with the server next time.
The password policy job is processed on the phone by SureMDM device agent that brings up Android password UI. The user is asked to set the password according to the password policy. If the user dismisses the password UI, it will be perodically asked for the same until the policy is complied with.
Conclusion
SureMDM provides an easy to use feature that helps IT teams to quickly apply corporate password policies to hundreds of Android phones across the enterprise. To try this and many other features register for SureMDM account for FREE.