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I use Google's Test DPC. It does the cloning thing.
Edit: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.afwsamples.testdpc&hl=en&rdid=com.afwsamples.testdpc Install the app, configure work account, it can be same Gmail account as your primary account. This will enable some default work apps. You don't have to keep them all. I have Play Store and Play Services enabled. Now open work Play Store and install any app. It'll install separate from the already existing installation
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.afwsamples.testdpc
I remember playing with this a while back and should really have a look into playing with it simply because it's nerdy.
Work Vs Play time thou sucks.
It usually only occurs when you stop l setup an account from your company. They have to have a managed device setup. It's not just a second account.
If you want to do a second https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.afwsamples.testdpc on your own, you could try
Work profiles on Android have been a god-send. You can set it up for yourself, define profiles, etc with Test DPC from Google. I'm pretty sure iPhones have a similar feature on the latest IOS.
Your coworkers figure out you're not reachable after-hours eventually. It's such a sanity saver not having those damned notifications going off on your own time.
Fairly old post which I found by looking for something else completely, but if you want more control than JUST blocking fingerprint... You can use the Test DPC app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.afwsamples.testdpc https://github.com/googlesamples/android-testdpc
It's for testing admin restrictions, and can be a pain to set up if you don't know what you are doing, but you can do things like enforcing 'work' policies such as (depending on android version):
- Force password complexity requirements
- Force lockscreen timeouts
- Disable Secure Camera
- Disable Secure Notifications
- Disable Trust Agents (Bluetooth unlock for example)
- Disable Face / Fingerprint / Iris unlock
- Install custom CA certificates
- Disable screenshots
- Set up app restrictions (blocking certain apps)
- Force accessibility services settings
- Set an always-on VPN
- Manage app permissions by policy
- Require a separate password to launch the settings control app
Note this works by installing itself as a Device Policy Controller (commonly used for work phones to disable the camera for example): If you forget the password if you lock it, and did something like disallow VPN config + enable always-on VPN, then changed VPN settings on your server... you'll have to factory reset the phone.
There's a workaround you can try using the app Test DPC, though beware that it's made for dev testing so make sure you have backups and whatnot.
You can use Google's Test DPC demo app to setup your own work profile.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.afwsamples.testdpc
Or use something like the Island app which provides a nice UI for creating/managing the work profile.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.island
> And I use them the most, when that is not possible, closest to them. So I don't think I could be of much help. Maybe try miui 9 :P
u ded 2 mi lad
> HTC does, pixel don't.
Oh, good. -_-
> Otoh, you can do remap it with adb.
Pfft... and then Magisk to hide the root...
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.afwsamples.testdpc&hl=enuse above if you want to do on a stockish rom.
This is actually the least of my problems. Google's handling of sync of anything which is not a Google account is completely broken. If I delete an event on PC, it won't go away. I need to open Outlook (the Office 365 paid software app), go to all folders, deleted, find the deleted event, delete it from there, so that it doesn't appear in my phone. Even in that case, a local cache doesn't get overwritten, and it appears eventually.
The only app which has its own Exchange is Outlook for Android. Literally the only issue with that app is that its widget is a bit meh and I prefer the Digical app because it's closer to Windows 10 (PC/Phone/Xbox whatever) app with more layout and easy navigation. But Digical uses Google Sync.
Once upon a time, K9 Mail used to do its own sync, but now it uses Google EAS. I think now only Aqua Mail (paid) and Samsung Mail do this. (Blue Mail claims to do so but sucks arse).
>What? Android is not Samsung's.
Never said it is. But we are talking about Android's success and that has to be attributed to the OEMs. They are the ones who tried things both in software and hardware without native support. They made android interesting.
>I have come to realise PA and Lineage aren't for me.
And I use them the most, when that is not possible, closest to them. So I don't think I could be of much help. Maybe try miui 9 :P
>It is a 100% guaranteed product of non stock(+) ROMs which is not the case otherwise.
And yet AOSP roms are not that rage either.
>Doesn't Pixel allow you to assign commands to it? IIRC, HTC 11 allowed mapping to commands.
HTC does, pixel don't.
>Just that Samsung sent an update that specifically blocked remapping of the Bixby button is what is a bit irksome.
Because it was just an hack. Hacks uses loopholes which might be problematic later. Otoh, you can do remap it with adb.
>There's the ability to pin 3 different email accounts from the same app to the home screen and the app only shows up with that account.
You can do that on android too, natively in most of the heavily themed roms. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.afwsamples.testdpc&hl=en use above if you want to do on a stockish rom.
So, it seems like you can never know enough about these little spying devices.
Here's an alternative produced by Google(open source) in order to 'test' your application. But as far as I know it doesn't have the 'God Mode' of 'Island' which allows disabling(freezing) system applications on the main profile.
There's an app from Google that lets you do this. Source: been using two WhatsApp accounts since the day that app came out. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.afwsamples.testdpc
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.afwsamples.testdpc
That's another option from Google.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.afwsamples.testdpc
Open source but from Google.
Yes it can make copies of any apps.
No root required.
You can use google's app too for the same result. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.afwsamples.testdpc
I'm going to leave a solution here for those who might stumble upon this post via a Google search like I did: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zttWZS4hvRE
Here's the cheat sheet (too long; didn't watch version):
- download this apk and email it yourself (you'll just be sideloading this app which will allow you to temporarily assign a new device owner)
- take a screen shot (power + vol down) and choose the share via email option
- add the email account that you sent the apk to, after which you'll be able to check your incoming messages and download the apk attachment to your phone
- install the apk (allow unknown sources) and run the app
- choose the "Set up device owner" option, hit SET UP twice and then OK the warning about adding administrative privileges and disabling theft protection (etc)
- once the new device owner has been set, power cycle your phone
- after it has booted up again go into Settings > Backup & reset > Factory data reset, enable the "Erase phone memory" option, hit the "Reset phone" option, and then "Erase everything"
That's it. Your Axon 7 is now a clean slate and awaiting your own Google account :)
get yourself https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.afwsamples.testdpc , if less then android 10 enable encryption , if above it skip it
also works for any android 10 rom with Test DPC https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.afwsamples.testdpc
Install TestDPC and sign in with whatever you want your "Work" account to be.