iOS

Explore the nuances of iOS management with fellow administrators.

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2 days ago Oct 09, 2026

Apple device stuck on Activation Lock after ABM release

An Apple device was wiped and removed from MDM and Apple Business Manager, but it still stops at the Activation Lock screen. Entering the Apple ID and password shows a server not responding error, and the MDM bypass key does…

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1 week ago Oct 01, 2026

iOS VPP app won’t update in Single App Kiosk mode

We have an iOS app used for employee clock-in/out that is deployed through Apple Business Manager/VPP and locked with Hexnode Single App Kiosk mode. The app needs an update, but the update does not complete while the device is locked…

Discussion
1 week ago Oct 01, 2026

Cannot manually install carrier APN profile on MDM-enrolled iPad

An enrolled iPad needed a carrier APN profile to activate cellular service. The provider gives us a file that we normally download and install manually on the iPad. With the Hexnode policy applied, iOS first showed that profile installation was…

Discussion
1 week ago Oct 01, 2026

iOS ADE device stuck on Pending after wipe and Hexnode app missing

An iPad enrolled through Apple Business Manager using Apple Configurator is still showing in Hexnode, but any policy I associate stays in Pending and nothing happens on the device. The Hexnode app is also missing from the device. This started…

Ideation
6 months ago Apr 07, 2026

iOS Business Container - System Apps

A great feature would be to have an option in iOS Business Container to allow copy/paste to System Apps fron managed apps. Appreciate we can deploy a different browser and restrict system apps, but the system apps tend to be…

Ideation
2 years ago Jan 24, 2025

DEP information and setting from the device

It would be very helpful if I could see the device DEP configuration option when I am looking at a device. It would be very helpful if I could set the device DEP configuration option when I'm looking at a…

Ideation
2 years ago Oct 15, 2024

Policies

I think it would be extremely useful if in the criterias of Policies you could add the "Type" identifier in Hardware Info. Like this I could seperate iPhones from iPads

Ideation
6 years ago Oct 21, 2020

Select Devices within Group

I have a lot of iPads, and need to group them according to the location they are deployed. Management within the group selection is limited, and cannot select individual devices within the group. More management abilities should be available from…

Ideation
7 years ago Jan 08, 2020

Install application specific file

We use FileMaker Go on our iOS devices to access our hosted database.  In order to simplify granting users access to our hosted database and avoid having to manually enter the URL for the host on in the application on…