SkieSkie for Enterprise · Problem
Setting up and rolling out devices quickly
How do I get a whole batch of phones or tablets enrolled and ready without a long manual process?
Rollouts stall on the boring parts: which devices work, how enrolment goes, who does it and what happens when one fails. A school or branch with no IT team needs this to be simple.
47 questions on this problem
- Can staff use their own phones with Skie, and why is a reset needed?Skie manages the whole device as its Android device owner, and Android allows that only on a device that has not been set up. A personal phone must be reset once and any Google account...
- Can I push Wi-Fi settings to all company devices?Wi-Fi profiles are stored encrypted and applied to devices during provisioning. After that you can turn on the optional Wi-Fi lock, so staff cannot join other networks or edit saved ones....
- How do I create a Wi-Fi profile and send it to all devices?Skie stores Wi-Fi profiles encrypted and delivers them to devices with policy, so staff do not type the school password onto each tablet. During provisioning, the Skie Provision app can...
- What do we do when the Wi-Fi password changes?When the Wi-Fi password changes, update the Wi-Fi profile in Skie and save. The new profile travels in the next signed policy bundle. Devices that are on mobile data or another known...
- How does a tablet or phone get Skie installed?The admin opens the Provision page in the dashboard, picks the student and group, and either pastes one command on a laptop or uses the Skie Provision app on an Android phone. Skie is...
- Why does a device need a factory reset before Skie can manage it?Skie runs as the Android device owner, which is what lets Android enforce the rules rather than an app asking nicely. Android grants that role only on a fresh device, so the reset happens...
- Why must the Google account be skipped when setting up a device for Skie?Skip the account step at the welcome screen and provision Skie first. The Provision page and the Provision app show a plain failure reason if provisioning is refused, so an added account is...
- What is adb and why does Skie provisioning from a laptop use it?On the Provision page the dashboard shows one ready-made command with the enrolment token already in it. You paste it into a terminal with the freshly reset device connected by USB. adb...
- How do I check if adb is installed on my computer?You do not have to guess. The Provision page in the Skie dashboard checks for adb before it shows the provisioning command, and tells you if it is missing. If you want to check by hand, adb...
- Do I need to install adb every time I provision a device?Once per laptop is enough. For each device you then open the Provision page, choose the student and group, and paste the command, which fetches a fresh one-time token on its own. Rolling...
- What is a Skie enrolment token?The dashboard creates a one-time enrolment token for each device, tied to a student and group, and the command or Provision app fetches it automatically. Because it works once, a copied...
- What if the enrolment token fails, expires or has to be recreated?Create a fresh token from the dashboard and run provisioning again on a clean device. The readiness gate lists what is missing, such as a group policy, an app list, a model profile or a...
- How does Skie become the device owner on a device?Skie becomes device owner during provisioning, either through the pasted adb command or through the Provision app. Because Android itself holds the role, Skie's policies are signed, applied...
- What is the Skie Provision app?It is a native app on Google Play for an Android phone. You pick a school or institute, choose the group and student, pair with the reset device over Wi-Fi and follow a guided stepper with...
- Who can use the Skie Provision app and how do you sign in?The app opens with a gate for parents or institutes, then sends you to a browser to sign in, so the password is never typed into the app. Institute users see the schools, groups and...
- How does Wi-Fi pairing work in the Skie Provision app?Put the helper phone and the freshly reset device on the same Wi-Fi, and the Provision app finds the device and installs Skie through the guided stepper, with live progress and failure...
- What does the guided stepper in the Provision app show?The guided stepper walks through each stage with live progress, and when a stage fails it gives a plain reason, such as an added Google account, a missing model profile or no free seat....
- Why does the Provision app never provision its own phone, and how do I confirm the right device?Skie builds this check into the Provision app. It refuses to provision the phone it runs on, and it asks you to confirm the target device before continuing. The guided stepper then shows...
- How do I provision Android tablets from a laptop with Skie?The Provision page in the dashboard does the heavy lifting. You choose the student and group, it checks the model and licence, and it shows one command with the token filled in. Paste it...
- What is a provisioning session in Skie?Open a session for a group and each device you set up joins that group, with its student and token handled for you. The dashboard shows who is done and who is waiting, which makes a class...
- What is the provisioning readiness gate and what are fix-it links?Skie runs this check before provisioning starts, so problems surface in the dashboard rather than halfway through a device. It confirms the group policy, the app list, the model profile and...
- What is the device models page in Skie?Skie keeps one page for every phone and tablet model in use, each with its own profile and status. Admins see at a glance which models are published and ready, which are unreviewed, and can...
- What is a model profile in Skie?Different makers ship different built-in apps. A model profile records them and marks the essential ones, so Skie can hide or suspend the rest by policy without breaking calls or settings....
- How does the add a model wizard work?Provision one device of the new model, run the scan from the dashboard, review the apps it finds, mark the essential ones and press Publish. The wizard turns that into the model profile....
- What is a master device in Skie?Skie builds a model profile from a master device. You provision one unit, scan it from the dashboard, and the apps it finds become the profile for every later device of that model. It stays...
- Why is a device model reviewed only once?The one-time model review is part of how Skie sets up devices. Review a model once through the add-a-model wizard, publish the profile, and the readiness gate stops flagging it. For a...
- What does a device model that has not been reviewed get?Skie still applies its core protections on an unreviewed model, while the maker's built-in apps are left alone. Nothing essential gets hidden by mistake. The readiness gate flags the model...
- How do you publish a device model profile?Publishing is the last step of the add-a-model wizard in the dashboard. Once you press it, the profile goes live for every device of that model, the readiness gate stops flagging it and...
- How do Wi-Fi profiles work in Skie and are the passwords encrypted?Store the network once in the dashboard and Skie applies it to the chosen devices, so students never type the password. Skie stores Wi-Fi profiles encrypted. When the password changes...
- Can we provision devices if we do not have a laptop?Install the Skie Provision app from Google Play on any Android phone, sign in through the browser and pair with the freshly reset device over Wi-Fi. The guided stepper then installs Skie...
- Does Skie provision phones as well as tablets?Skie manages any Android 12 or newer phone or tablet, and the provisioning steps are identical. Reset, skip the Google account, then use a laptop with adb or the Provision app. A new model...
- Do Wi-Fi only tablets work with Skie, or does every tablet need a SIM?Skie does not need a SIM and does not include a mobile plan. Policy sync, app control, the locked filtering DNS and offline rules all work on Wi-Fi, and rules are cached so they keep...
- Which Android versions does Skie support?Skie runs on any Android 12 or newer phone or tablet with Google Play services. Some hardening switches depend on the Android release: clone profiles are blocked on Android 14 and up...
- What is the web dashboard inside the Skie Provision app?The Provision app embeds the Skie web dashboard with the same sign-in. After a device finishes the stepper, open the dashboard view to see it in its group, check its compliance score and...
- Can a device be provisioned again after Remove Skie?After Remove Skie the device is plain Android, so reset it, skip the Google account and run provisioning with a new token for the same student or a new one. Skie's IMEI and serial...
- What is device identity in Skie: IMEI, serial number and enrolment ID?At enrolment each device is tied to its IMEI or serial, an enrolment ID and its own key. Every report and signed policy is checked against that identity. For admins it means the audit log...
- Can school IT set up tablets from a laptop, or does it have to be a phone?Both routes end with the same managed device. On a phone, the native Skie Provision app on Google Play pairs over Wi-Fi, walks through a guided stepper and shows live progress and failure...
- Can a hostel use cheaper tablets with Skie?Skie works on any Android 12 or newer tablet or phone with Google Play services, so budget models are fine. A new model goes through a one-time model review in the device models page, using...
- Does a hostel tablet need a SIM card for Skie to work?No SIM is needed for Skie to manage a tablet. Rules are cached on the device and keep working offline, and the tablet syncs whenever it reaches Wi-Fi. Features that depend on a connection...
- What is the baseline snapshot taken when a device is set up?During setup Skie records the apps already on the device, and the install guard treats those as the baseline. This means a manufacturer app or system component is not wrongly removed....
- What happens if my device model has not been reviewed by Skie?Skie works on any Android 12 or newer phone or tablet. A new model goes through a one-time review during setup, using the add-a-model wizard from a master device scan, and a readiness gate...
- Can Skie use an Android work profile instead of full device control?A work profile beside personal apps is not available yet, and the team is working on it. Skie today manages the whole device as device owner, and it can block work profiles that a user...
- How do I install adb on Mac, Windows and Linux?Installing adb is a one-time step on the laptop and sits outside Skie. Once it is in place, the Provision page in the dashboard handles the rest with a ready command per device. If you...
- How do I turn on USB debugging on an Android tablet or phone?USB debugging is an Android setting you switch on yourself on the freshly reset device before using the laptop route. Skie then takes over: the Provision page gives you the command and the...
- What if another app is already the device owner?Skie cannot take over from another device owner, because Android allows only one. Release the other tool through its own console first, then reset the device, skip the Google account and...
- Can we provision devices with a QR code?QR provisioning is not available yet, and the team is working on it. Today you provision from a laptop with a pasted adb command, or from an Android phone with the Skie Provision app over...
- How do we set up 500 student tablets?Skie supports the batch route: build the school, branch and groups, add students in the dashboard, then run a provisioning session per group. Each tablet takes a one-time enrolment token...
Students distracted by phones and apps in class · Hostel night-time phone use and curfew rules · Tampering, factory resets and bypass attempts · Unsafe websites, other browsers and VPN workarounds · Managing hundreds of devices, classes and branches · Lost, stolen, broken and reassigned devices