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FAQ Desktop - update_policy

Description

Select the update policy you wish to adopt for your phone. (Only applicable when using mass deployment)

Ask_for_update also applies to firmware updates started from other sources than provisioning.


Web User Interface

Setup - Advanced → Update (Section): Update Policy


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Phone User Interface

N/A


Auto-provisioning

Parameter

Description

<update_policy perm="PERMISSIONFLAGS">VALIDVALUE</update_policy>

  • auto_update:
    • Update automatically
      • Load settings from settings server
      • The user is not prompted to acknowledge the update, means full automatic provisioning
  • ask_for_update
    • Ask for update
      • Load settings from settings server
      • The user is prompted to acknowledge the update
  • settings_only
    • Never Update
      • load settings only : load settings from settings server only
      • no update is initiated, means update disabled
  • never_update
    • Never Update
      • Do not load settings: do not load any settings or updates from settings server at all, means provisioning disabled

update_policy affects all downloaded files: with never_update value the phone will not download any files

  • VPN config tarball
  • language files
  • etc..