How does a tablet or phone get Skie installed?

Skie is not something a student or employee installs from Google Play. The device is provisioned by an administrator, because Skie has to become the Android device owner, and Android only allows that during first setup. So the sequence is the same every time: reset the device, skip the Google account, then provision.

There are two routes. With a laptop, you connect the device by USB, run one pasted command through adb, and Skie is installed and set as device owner. With the Skie Provision app, you use an Android phone as the helper and pair it with the device over Wi-Fi, with a guided stepper that shows live progress. Both routes use the same one-time enrolment token, so the dashboard knows which student and group the device belongs to.

Before either route, the group needs a policy and an app list, and the device model needs a profile. Skie checks these in a readiness gate so you do not enrol a device into a group that has nothing to enforce. A licence check also runs, because each enrolled device uses one seat.

Once provisioning finishes, the device appears in the dashboard, pulls its signed policy, and starts reporting compliance. The student or employee never sees a setup screen beyond the normal Android start.

Practical tip: do the first device as a pilot with your own Wi-Fi, check the filter and the app list on it, and then repeat the same steps for the rest. See what an enrolment token is and how to provision tablets from a laptop.

• Reset the device and skip the Google account
• Provision from a laptop or the Provision app
• A one-time token binds the device to a student and group
• Rules then come from the dashboard