Required Settings
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| Setting |
Comment |
Selection |
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Battery - Battery Optimization
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Beginning with Marshmallow OS - to conserve battery life, applications are suspended when not in use. |
Don't Optimize the Voalte Application.
Go to Settings -> Battery -> Tap DOTs in top right -> Battery Optimization
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Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep
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Device will remain connected to Wi-Fi when screen locks |
Always |
NFC
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If this is not turned off, could send Google account information from personal Android device to TC51 device |
OFF |
Touch panel mode
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The sensitivity of the device screen
"Glove" should be viewed as a warehouse glove, not a hospital glove - with this setting the screen is more sensitive, that resulted in accidental typos and calls
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Stylus and Finger
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Allows for Voice input
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OFF |
| RxLogger File Sizes |
- Main - 5 files, 5MB/each
- Event - 1 file, 5MB
- Radio - 1 file, 2MB
- System - 1 file, 5MB
- Crash - 1 file, 5MB
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Volume toggle enters Do Not Disturb mode
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By default users can volume toggle down to enter Do Not Disturb Mode (undesirable).
By scanning the following barcode or pushing out the XML (which leverages Zebra Volume Control), the volume toggle button will not allow the user to toggle down to DND mode.
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Wireless Settings On Device
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The Zebra TC51 has various wireless settings that can be set on the device. There are default settings that must be reviewed and discussed during the provisioning process.
E.g. - wireless channels.
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This is specific to each customer and should be discussed/reviewed before provisioning and deployment. |
Recommended Settings
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| Setting |
Comment / Description |
Selection |
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Bluetooth
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Device can communicate with other Bluetooth devices |
OFF |
Adaptive Brightness
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This was a complaint from night-shift workers during the controlled release as they had to continually adjust the brightness on their device
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OFF |
| Allow access to display setting |
If possible, this will allow the user of the device to manually adjust the brightness of the device.
Night shift - vs - Day shift use cases
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ON |
Sleep inactivity Timer
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The amount of time until the devices screen turns off |
1 minute |
Wake-up Sources
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By default, only the power button on the device can wake the screen
Allows 4 additional buttons to wake device (scan, right and left trigger, back button)
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ON
All 4 options
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Location Services
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Potential battery drainage |
OFF |
Screen Lock
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Prevents end-user confusion around unlocking device
Voalte lock screen swipes left to right whereas device's lock screen swipes from center of device upward
Native lock screen also displays camera on right corner
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NONE
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Sounds - System - Touch Sounds
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Certain keyboard keys will have an audible sound when enabled |
OFF |
Sounds - Other Sounds - Vibrate on Tap
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When typing on keyboard, keyboard does or does not vibrate with each touch |
OFF |
| Sound - System - Dialpad Touchtones |
When accessing the dial pad, each number press plays audible sound. |
OFF - Disabled
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Keyboard Settings - Share usage statistics
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"Automatically send keyboard usage statistics to Google" |
OFF |
Keyboard Settings - Share snippets
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"Automatically share snippets of what and how you type in Google apps to improve Google Keyboard" |
OFF
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Keyboard Settings - Vibrate on Keypress
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When typing on the keyboard, the keyboard does or does not vibrate with each letterpress |
OFF |
Keyboard Settings - Long press for symbols
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When enabling this setting, users can long press on keys to quickly display symbol keys |
ON |
Scanner - Datawedge
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By unchecking - "Profile0 (default)", the scanner will only be enabled when scanning a barcode |
Unchecked / Disabled
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| Landscape - vs - Portrait |
Allows the device to rotate content on the screen.
Note: Voalte One blocks this inside the application regardless of setting, will always display portrait.
Recommend portrait so behavior outside of the Voalte application is same as when inside the Voalte application.
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Portrait |
| Widgets |
If accessible, disable the ability to add widgets to the devices home screen |
OFF |
Optional Settings
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Battery Swap Mode
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Description:
Battery swap mode is an application found on the TC51 that allows the end user to "suspend" their current session and replace the devices battery without completely powering off the device.
Workflow:
When using battery swap mode, user must accept 2 screen prompts, and wait for red LED on device to turn OFF prior to removing battery from device. Once battery removed, replace with a charged battery and press power button until device vibrates.
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Issue:
If end user does not wait for red LED to turn OFF on the device - the device will reboot into Airplane mode if running a patch older than Nougat 17.
Resolution:
- End user education
- Disable Battery Swap Mode
Recommended:
Disable Battery Swap Mode
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Disable/enable Battery Swap Mode
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For AirWatch (MDM) customers - battery swap application can be blacklisted via MDM
For MDM's that are unable to blacklist applications - please use the following barcodes/XML files to disable Battery Swap application
- Barcodes must be scanned in StageNow application
- XML files can be pushed via MDM to devices, if MDM supports this
- Please see Zebra StageNow documentation for further information
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| Default non-Voalte applications |
The following applications can be accessed by the end-user:
- Notepad
- Clock (which includes stopwatch)
- Calculator
- Zebra Flashlight
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