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  • Add tablet to tracking list (Tablet Tracking & Accounts) 
    •  From box enter Model # and Serial #.
  • Initial Setup - Turn it on
    • Accept English and hit Start
    • Setup WiFi Connection
      • VRDATA50 - vrhealth - Next>
    • Set Date and Time - Next>
    • Accept EULA - No thanks to Diagnostic Data - Next>
    • Do you have a Google Account? <Yes>
    • Sign into villirea@gmail.com (see confluence page for password) and accept terms of use.
      • NOTE: villi not villa ! 
    • Uncheck all choices (Back up your data, location and communication) Next>
    • Skip - Set up payment info SKIP
    • This tablet belongs to - Setup personal name - Village Reach
    • Samsung Account - Skip>
    • Dropbox - Skip>
    • Device Name: Accept suggested (do we need a standard here?)  Finish>
    • Help -> Check do not show again.
  • Update Android Software
    • Settings->General->About device->Update Now
      • Downloading takes 25 minutes - and we currently don't use the update.
      • Note this updates the Android software to the latest version which is now 5.0 lollipop.  I did not do this and left it at 4.4.2 
    • Turn off Auto updates
  • Update to latest Chrome
    • Play Store -> System Menu (upper left) My Apps
    • Disable Allow automatic updating
    • Disable:  form autofill, saved passwords, automatic google translate, sync of all google account data,  
      • System menu (3 vertical dots in upper right) ->Settings
      • Autofill forms -> Off
      • Save passwords -> Off
      • Site Settings->Google Translate -> Off
      • (User name - icon at top)->villirea@gmail.com->Sync->Off (turn off everything)
  • Install FireFox
    •  Play store -> Search -> Firefox
    • Allow access to requestes services
    • Install
    • Open Firefox -> Start Browsing
    • System (three vertical dots in upper right) -> Settings
      • Disable automatic updates:  CustomIze->Download updates automatically
      • Disable remembering passwords: Privacy->Remember Passwords
      • Disable crash reporter, firefox health report: Mozilla->Crash Reporter and Firefox health report
  • Setup screen lock (needed to support restricted user)
    • Settings->Device->Lock Screen->Screen lock->Password (use vacinas - from Tablet tracking sheet)
  • Add restricted user
    • Settings->Device->Users (scroll down on left menu)->+ (upper right corner) -> Restricted Profile
    • New restricted account 1 -> Profile Information -> user name (ex: FC7)
    • Allow access to Chrome, FireFox
  • General Configuration
    • Turn off sounds :->Settings->Device->Sound-> uncheck Touch sounds, Haptic feedback, and other desired
  • Configure FireFox for restricted user
    • Launch FireFox 
    • :->Settings->Mozilla-> Uncheck all Data choices (we don't want any data bandwidth used for this)
    • :->Settings->Customize->Download updates automatically->Never
    • :->Settings->Privacy->Remember Password-> uncheck (use master password is also unchecked)
    • :->Settings->Customize->Installed Search Engines-> remove all but Google (Bing?) 
    • Hide all home screens but Bookmarks (tap and hold -> Remove)
    • On bookmarks tab - Remove unnecessary bookmarks
    • Navigate to selv.villagereach.org and bookmark.  Edit Bookmark to rename it appropriately.  Hold down book mark to add it to home screen.
    • Navigate to offline page and bookmark it.
    • Navigate to selv-training.villagereach.org and bookmark.  Edit Bookmark to rename it appropriately.  Hold down book mark to add it to home screen.
      • NOTE: Editing bookmarks is a bit tricky in Firefox.  The key is the Bookmarks tab in the Firefox Home Tab (what pops up when no web site is being browsed.
      • For offline, navigate to selv-training.villagereach.org, login start a distribution and then go offline. and bookmark that page.  You can then copy that bookmark and edit it to create the SELV offline bookmark.
      • The Top Sites page is also confusing because it has a bunch of locations previously navigated to.  Need to figure out how to fix that.
      • Getting the icons right is also a complete PITA.  Firefox won't let you bookmark the same page twice.  So you can't create another then edit it.  When removing a bookmark and then re-adding it, it doesn't recreate the icon.
      • Bookmark Strategy:
  • Configure Chrome for restricted user
    • Launch Chrome
    • :->Settings-> turn off Autofill forms, Save Passwords, and home page
    • :->Settings->Privacy Uncheck Navigation error suggestions, Search and URL suggestions, Prefetch page resources 
  • Security (for restricted user)
    • Settings->Devices->Lock screen->Screen lock -> password (vacinas - see Tablet Tracking)
    • Settings->Devices->Lock screen->Lock Automatically-> 5 minutes after sleep
    • Turn off power button instantly locks
  • Change language to Portuges (Brazil)

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  • Setup TP-Link as HotSpot (question)
  • Turn off auto sync in data (question)

 

Questions / Issues to resolve:

General Configuration:

  • Turn off Google voice typing?

Why do we have both Firefox and Chrome?

Lock down settings in the restricted profile?

Remove reset app preferences somehow?

  • Change behavior of holding down home key so it doesn't bring up voice search?
  • Remove reset app preferences somehow?

Applications:

  • Why do we have both Firefox and Chrome?

 

  • Firefox - How to better control what's on the "Top Sites" Tab

Process:

  • How can we copy configurations so we can clone tablets?  Would allow easier setup and allow us to create a process to "reset" a tablet.