Sound & Display

These settings allow you to customize the sound, display, and booting/shutdown animations for the device.

The following settings are available:

• Display
• Sound
• Booting & shutdown animations

Display

Under DISPLAY, configure the following settings:

• Remove swipe lock screen — Remove the swipe lock screen from the device. The device will wake with the launcher or previous screen when the power key is pressed, and remain unlocked even if the power key is pressed again or the screen turns off. Only available for devices using Knox 3.4 and above.

• Hide system bar — Hide the status bar, navigation bar, or system bar depending on the Android system on the device.

• Screen always on when plugged in — Enable the screen to stay on when the device is connected to a power source.

• Set the brightness > Brightness — Select this option to use the slider to set the default device screen brightness.

• Set the brightness > Set auto brightness — Enable this option to allow the device to automatically adjust the screen brightness based on the ambient light conditions detected by the device’s light sensor.

• Set blue light filter — Select On to control the intensity of the device’s blue light if the screen is too bright in the dark. Once on, use the Opacity slider to refine the opacity of the device blue light display. This feature may not work properly on devices which use a software blue light filter.

• SET THE DEFAULT DEVICE FONT — Select the system font and adjust the font size with the slider. Turn on Larger font sizes to increase the font size above 7pt. If your device is not supported, the largest font size will be utilized.

• GENERAL DISPLAY — Select to enable the following settings for devices running Knox version 3.4 and higher. Each General display setting has an Allow user to change setting option to either Allow device user changes, Do not allow user changes or Do not allow and hide setting from user. These options can be set independently of each other and are persistent across subsequent logins.

  • Adaptive brightness determines whether brightness adjustments are collected and applied automatically under similar lighting conditions.

    This setting is only applicable for devices running One UI version 6.0 and lower. For newer devices (with One UI versions higher than 6.0), this setting remains available on the console, but has no impact on the device. Users will always be able to control adaptive brightness settings from their device’s Settings screen.

  • Accidental touch protection can optionally protect from unintended touch inputs when the mobile device is placed in a dark place, such as a pocket or purse.

  • Touch sensitivity can increase the touch sensitivity of the device in special cases, such as while wearing gloves in a hospital or industrial environment or when a thick screen protector is used. This feature is supported on devices running Knox 3.7.1 and higher.

  • Screen zoom makes displayed items appear larger or smaller as their image size requires.

  • Screen timeout sets a screen display inactivity timeout of 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, or 30 minutes.

• NAVIGATION BAR — Select to customize the button order of the device navigation bar. This option is only available for devices running Knox version 3.4 or higher.

• NOTIFICATIONS — Select to show or hide badges on app icons when the apps receive notifications. This option is only available for devices running Knox version 3.4 or higher. Each Notification setting has an Allow user to change setting option to either Allow device user changes, Do not allow user changes or Do not allow and hide setting from user. These options can be set independently of each other and are persistent across subsequent logins.

• STATUS BAR — Select to show or hide the device battery percentage in the status bar. This option is only available for devices running Knox version 3.4 or higher.

Sound

Under SOUND, configure the following settings. Each General sounds and vibrations setting has an Allow user to change setting option to either Allow device user changes, Do not allow user changes or Do not allow and hide setting from user. These options can be set independently of each other and are persistent across subsequent logins.

• Set audio levels — Adjust the volume levels for each audio source on the device, including Media, Notifications, System, and Ringtone. Click the respective checkbox to set the audio, using the slider to adjust the level.

• Device speaker — You can choose to force the device to Play all application sounds on the device speakers.

• GENERAL SOUNDS AND VIBRATIONS — Configure the following settings for devices running Knox version 3.4 and higher:

  • Vibrate while ringing determines whether the mobile device vibrates when receiving an incoming call.
  • Vibration pattern determines how the device vibrates when receiving an incoming call. Options include Basic call, Heartbeat, Ticktock, Waltz, and Zig-zig-zig.
  • Use volume keys for media determines whether the media volume can be controlled by default when a volume key is pressed.

• SYSTEM SOUNDS AND VIBRATIONS — Enable this option to configure the following settings. Each System sounds and vibrations setting has an Allow user to change setting option to either Allow device user changes, Do not allow user changes or Do not allow and hide setting from user. These options can be set independently of each other and are persistent across subsequent logins.

  • Touch sound determines whether the device plays tones when touching certain screen items.
  • Screen lock sound determines whether the device plays tones when locking or unlocking the screen.
  • Charging sound determines whether the device plays tones when the device begins charging.
  • Dialing keypad tone determines whether the device plays tones when tapping the dialing keypad.
  • Keyboard sound determines whether the device plays tones when tapping the Samsung keyboard.
  • Keyboard vibration determines whether the device vibrates when tapping the Samsung keyboard.

Booting & shutdown animations

You can customize the device boot animation by uploading images and setting the desired image orientation, dithering and size. Once created and uploaded, you can preview and verify the animation before assigning it to devices.

To upload custom animations to your library in Knox Configure, see Create a custom animation file.