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How to create custom shortcuts in SureLock?

Shortcuts are links which provide quick access to files, applications or settings. They save time and help increase your work productivity. SureLock provides a way to create shortcuts for system settings, documents & applications on its home screen. Follow the steps below to learn how to create a shortcut in SureLock: 1. Access SureLock Admin Settings…

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How to provision large number of mobile devices into Kiosk lock down mode

Applies to: Product SureLock / SureFox / SureVideo Platform Android / Windows 7 & 8 / iOS If you’re an IT administrator in an organization, it should not be difficult to understand how tedious it can become when it comes to configuring multiple devices. To make this process easy for you, SureLock, SureFox, and SureVideo allow you…

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Differences between SureFox Basic and SureFox Pro

Two variants of SureFox for Android are available –SureFox Basic and SureFox Pro. There are a few important differences between SureFox Basic and SureFox Pro. Choice to use either of them depends on the actual requirements. First things first, the basic functionality of SureFox as a locked web browser is present in both the variants…

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SureMDM now with improved file transfer and install job uploads

Now experience faster and more reliable Install Job creation on SureMDM mobile device management. Several improvements and features have been added to make Install Jobs more user friendly. Following is a brief-up list of the changes: Progress bar indicator for displaying status of file upload while creating install jobs Support for large file transfer Increased…

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How to create a composite job in SureMDM?

Perform multiple tasks on your managed device(s) on click of a button. SureMDM now allows you to deploy a combination of different job types by a special job called Composite Job. The composite job type can include any type of job such as installation, send messages, update security policies. So if you have to apply…

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Export historical location data of mobile devices using SureMDM

SureMDM allows you to view the historical location of your Android and Windows Mobile devices on a map. You can now choose to export the location data for a specified time period in a .csv (Comma Separated Value) file. This .csv file contains name of the device(s) with its location coordinates(longitude, latitude) in chronological order. The exported…

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How to Add Custom Toolbar to SureFox Kiosk Browser?

SureFox Lockdown Browser supports toolbar to perform quick actions. You can enable a default toolbar or add a customized toolbar of your own. You can enable and dock the toolbars on top, bottom, left and right sides of SureFox Home Screen. You can also use SureFox Javascript APIs to create shortcuts to your favorite websites and applications. How…

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How to activate SureLock and SureFox to full version?

Applies to: Product SureLock / SureFox Platform Android We, at 42Gears believe in keeping things simple. Licensing and activation process is one of them. Once licenses have been purchased, an activation code is sent via email which can be used for registering the products on all devices. License Activation is an easy process that converts…

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Disable Mini Apps Tray on Samsung Galaxy Tablets

Applies to: Product SureLock Platform Samsung Android Samsung‘s TouchWiz software for tablets such as Galaxy Tab 2 or Galaxy includes a Mini Apps Tray which docks at the bottom of the screen. The tray provides access to applications such as Calculator, Messaging, Music Player using a small arrow present in the center of Bottom Bar.…

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Setup SureLock to directly open PDF, PPT, Videos and other documents from Home Screen

Applies to: Product SureLock Platform Android You can use SureLock to launch any kind of file directly such as pdf, ppt, videos or documents by creating shortcuts of the files on its SureLock Home Screen. This basically involves three main steps: 1. Allowing shortcuts in SureLock 2. Creating shortcuts in lockdown mode 3. Disabling document reader’s…

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