SkieHow do I set up Skie with a computer and a USB cable?
Reset the child's phone or tablet, connect it to a computer with a USB cable, and run one command that the Skie dashboard gives you. This uses adb, Android's standard debugging tool. The device must have no Google account and be at the first setup screen. It is the route schools use.
If you do not have a second Android device for the Provision app, a laptop works well. The steps are short, but they ask for care.
Prepare the device first. Back up what you need, remove any Google account, and reset it. Stop at the first setup screen, before adding any account. Then connect it to your computer with a data cable. Some cables only charge, so if the computer does not see the device, try another cable.
On the computer you need adb, the standard Android command line tool. In the Skie dashboard you start provisioning for your child's device, and it shows a single command with a one-time enrolment token already filled in. You paste it into a terminal and run it. Skie then takes ownership of the device.
Skie checks that the model and licence are in order. A model that Skie has not seen before goes through a one-time model review. After that, the device appears in your dashboard.
A warning: this route only works on a device that has not been set up. If the command fails, the cause is nearly always an account still on the device or a screen already past the first setup.
If a terminal is not something you use, the Provision app is easier. Either route ends in the same managed device, and you cannot tell which was used afterwards.