Prevent the disabling of locationSolved

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1 month ago

Hey, is there a way to prevent employees from disabling location services on their managed Android devices? I need location to stay enabled at all times, and users shouldn’t be able to access or turn it off.

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4 weeks ago
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With hexnode, you can use the Location tracking policy to monitor managed devices, but the issue is that google controls location services. Google enforces transparency regarding location access, so there’s no way to block users from disabling it entirely.

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4 weeks ago
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Got it. But is there any workaround? Our company is deploying tablets that will be shared among employees, and we need location services to always stay on. I was thinking—if we enable kiosk mode, users won’t be able to turn off location, right?

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3 weeks ago
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Yeah, that should work. As long as you don’t include the Settings app in kiosk mode and only allow the necessary apps, users won’t be able to access location settings to disable it.

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3 weeks ago
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Sounds good! I’ll try setting it up that way.

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