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Force 100% Volume on Samsung Active 3

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We are operating Samsung Active Tab 3 with Android 13 enrolled into SOTI via Android Enterprise.

We want to force 100% Volume and don't want to allow End-Users to modify volume controls.

What we tried:

  • Disable "Allow Device Volume" via Feature-Control Profile => Blocks the user inputs as expected, but infortunately also sets the volume to 0%
  • Send Script "writesecuresetting  -sys  volume_system_speaker 15" to set the setting periodically => Unfortunately doesn't work on my Samsung Active 3

Other Ideas:

  • Use or programm an app that peridically sets the volume via "android.media.AudioManager"

Do you have other ideas how we can solve this?

Maybe there are existing apps that already solve that problem.

Kind Regards

Max Großmann

active-3 audio samsung volume
2 years ago
Android
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Raymond Chan Diamond Contributor
2 years ago

The script command "writesecuresetting  -sys  volume_system_speaker 15" only works for Classic Android+ and not Android-Enterprise.

If your tablets have locdown menu and/or application-run-control policies deployed to block access to devices' Settings and to the top Notification/Quick-Access bar, and have not been deployed with any other apps that provide volume control, then one possible approach is to disable the volume up/down key with script commands

   hardwarekeys -keys 24 /block

and

   hardwarekeys -keys 25 /block

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ID
IT Department
2 years ago

Thanks Raymond!

That helped. Didn't know about blocking hardware buttons.

Have a nice day.

Max Großmann

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Raymond Chan Diamond Contributor
2 years ago

Before mass-scale deployment, please make sure you have perform thorough tests on your devices to confirm that all apps work perfectly when the volume hardware keys are "blocked".

If needed, you can reverse (i.e. "unblock") the keys with script commands

   hardwarekeys -keys 24 /unblock

and

   hardwarekeys -keys 25 /unblock

ID
IT Department
2 years ago

Yeah. Already tested and googled the unblock commands.

But probably will be also helpful for future readers :)

Kind Regards

Max

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GPMOD@SOTI
2 years ago

Hi Max,

Thanks for posting on SOTI Pulse and thanks Raymond for responding to the post.

I am glad that you found a solution here. 

Thank you. 



Kind regards,

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