- *BASICS*
- The Knox Ecosystem
- Samsung Knox Portal
- General Knox Support
- Knox Licenses
- *FOR IT ADMINS*
- Knox Suite
- Knox Platform for Enterprise
- Introduction
- White paper
- Before you begin
- Get started with UEMs
- Introduction
- Blackberry UEM
- 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
- Introduction
- Get started
- Features
- Register resellers
- Add an admin
- Create profiles
- Google device owner support
- MDM compatibility matrices
- Device users
- Activity log
- Enroll and unenroll devices
- Configure devices
- Provide KME feedback
- Use the Knox Deployment App (KDA)
- Recover Google FRP locked devices using KME
- Role-based access control (RBAC)
- Release notes
- FAQs
- Troubleshoot
- KBAs
- Knox Configure
- Mobile
- Wearables
- Shared Device
- Knox Manage
- Introduction
- How-to videos
- Get started
- Configure
- Licenses
- Organization
- Users
- Sync user information
- Groups
- Devices
- Content
- Applications
- Profile
- Knox E-FOTA
- Certificates
- Advanced settings
- Monitor
- Kiosk devices
- Remote Support
- Active Directory
- Microsoft Exchange
- Mobile Admin
- Appendix
- Release notes
- FAQs
- KBAs
- Knox E-FOTA
- Introduction
- White paper
- Knox E-FOTA One
- Introduction
- How-to videos
- Get started
- Features
- EMM integration
- Appendix
- Release notes
- FAQs
- Troubleshoot
- KBAs
- Migrate from Knox E-FOTA Advanced to Knox E-FOTA One
- Knox E-FOTA Advanced
- Knox E-FOTA on MDM
- *FOR RESELLERS*
- Knox Deployment Program
- *FOR MANAGED SERVICE PROVIDERS*
- Knox MSP Program
NOTE—Knox E-FOTA One is the third and latest Knox E-FOTA edition. For information on its features, see Knox E-FOTA One. 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. |
NOTE—Read more about Knox E-FOTA Advanced features on the product page.
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.
