- Basics
- About Knox
- Knox licenses
- Knox white paper
- Sign up for Samsung Knox
- Latest release notes
- General Knox FAQ
- General Knox KBAs
- Submit a support ticket
- User Acceptance Testing
- For IT admins
- Knox Admin Portal
- Knox Suite
- Knox Platform for Enterprise
- Introduction
- How-to videos
- Before you begin
- Get started with UEMs
- Introduction
- Blackberry UEM
- Citrix Endpoint Management
- FAMOC
- IBM MaaS360
- Microsoft Intune
- MobileIron Cloud
- MobileIron Core
- Samsung Knox Manage
- SOTI MobiControl
- VMware Workspace ONE UEM
- Knox Service Plugin
- Release notes
- Migrate to Android 11
- FAQs
- Troubleshoot
- KBAs
- Knox Mobile Enrollment
- Knox Configure
- Mobile
- Wearables
- Shared Device
- FAQ
- KBAs
- Knox Capture
- Introduction
- How it works
- How-to videos
- IT admins: Get started
- Getting started with Knox Capture
- Step 1: Launch Knox Capture
- Step 2: Create a scanning profile
- Step 3: Select apps and activities
- Step 4: Configure the scanner
- Step 5: Set keystroke output rules
- Step 6: Test apps in your configuration
- Step 7: Share your configuration
- Step 8: Deploy Knox Capture in Managed mode
- End users: Get started
- Features
- Release notes
- FAQ
- KBAs
- Troubleshoot
- Knox Asset Intelligence
- Knox Manage
- Introduction
- How-to videos
- Get started
- Video: Getting started with Knox Manage
- Integration with Managed Service Provider
- Access Knox Manage
- Configure basic environments
- Create user accounts
- Create groups
- Create organization
- Set up devices and profiles
- Create a new profile
- Assign profiles to groups and organizations
- Enroll devices
- Shared Android device quickstart
- Non-shared Android device enrollment quickstart
- Android Management API device enrollment quickstart
- Apple User Enrollment quickstart
- View device information
- Apply profiles to organizations
- Set up Knox Manage deployment with a Knox Suite license
- Manage Chromebooks
- Manage Android devices with the Android Management API
- Manage Shared iPads
- Configure
- Licenses
- Organization
- Users
- Sync user information
- Groups
- Devices
- Content
- Applications
- Profile
- Knox E-FOTA
- Certificates
- Advanced settings
- Monitor
- Kiosk devices
- Knox Remote Support
- Active Directory
- Microsoft Exchange
- Mobile Admin
- Appendix
- Release notes
- Features
- FAQ
- KBAs
- Knox E-FOTA
- Introduction
- How-to videos
- Get started
- Features
- EMM integration
- Appendix
- Release notes
- FAQ
- KBAs
- Troubleshoot
- Knox E-FOTA On-Premises
- Legacy Knox E-FOTA products
- Knox Guard
- Introduction
- How-to video
- Get started
- Using Knox Guard
- Dashboard
- Manage devices
- Device management
- Accept or reject devices
- Upload devices
- Delete devices
- Complete device management
- Send notifications
- Enable or disable SIM control
- Download devices as CSV
- View device log
- View device deletion log
- Start and stop blinking reminder
- Lock and unlock devices
- Update lock message
- Send relock timestamp
- Turn on/off relock reminder
- Manage policies
- Manage licenses
- Manage resellers
- Manage admins and roles
- Activity log
- Knox Deployment App
- Release notes
- FAQ
- KBAs
- Support
- Knox Guard REST API
- Samsung Care+ for Business
- For Knox Partners
- Knox Deployment Program
- Knox MSP Program
NOTE—Knox E-FOTA is the third and latest Knox E-FOTA edition. For information on its features, see Knox E-FOTA. For a feature comparison between all Knox E-FOTA editions, see Compare the Knox E-FOTA editions.
Knox E-FOTA Advanced features
Knox E-FOTA Advanced provides the convenience of an independent Knox E-FOTA Advanced admin portal, which includes a monitoring dashboard.
With Knox E-FOTA Advanced, there are two server options:
- On-premise service for dedicated host-based FOTA service
- Cloud-based service
Feature | Description |
Selective OS version | Select an OS version to be deployed to the devices, and prevent updates to OS versions that have not been verified with internal apps. |
Forced update (silent) | Deploy OS updates to devices without requiring user interaction. |
Scheduled update | Set a specific date and time range (for example, non-business hours) to download and install an OS update. |
Forced update (critical) | Allow the user to postpone an update (with a maximum delay duration) during an ongoing critical job. The user can't decline the update. Learn more about the difference between a silent forced update and critical forced update. |
Monitoring dashboard |
View the status of update operations through a dashboard. |
Independent web console |
Perform administrative tasks at www.samsungefota.com. NOTE—Knox E-FOTA Advanced requires a client app to be installed on the users' mobile devices. |
On-premise service |
Use an in-network or dedicated host-based FOTA service. Learn more about Knox E-FOTA Advanced's On-premise service. |
Retry setting |
Have the option to retry when updates fail. |
Network bandwidth control |
Deploy firmware updates within a set maximum bandwidth. |
Wi-Fi only mode |
Save on cellular usage costs by restricting downloads and updates to occur only through Wi-Fi. |
Android OS support |
Knox E-FOTA Advanced supports Android OS 5.0 (Lollipop) and later. |
Knox E-FOTA on MDM features
Knox E-FOTA on MDM provides the following features for enterprises that already have an Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) or MDM application. With Knox E-FOTA on MDM, the server is a cloud-based service embedded in each MDM implementation.
Feature | Description |
Selective OS version |
Select an OS version to be deployed to the devices, and prevent updates to OS versions that have not been verified with internal apps. |
Forced update (silent) |
Deploy OS updates to devices without requiring user interaction. Learn more about the difference between a silent forced update and critical forced update. |
Scheduled update |
Set a specific date and time range (for example, non-business hours) to download and install an OS update. |
Android OS support |
Knox E-FOTA on MDM supports Android OS 7.0 (Nougat) and later. |
Read more about which MDMs are supported by Knox E-FOTA.