How can I set the device owner on a Samsung device?

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Similar to the question here, I am trying to set the device owner using adb on a Samsung XCover4

Although there are no accounts on the device after a factory reset, the call to

adb shell dpm set-device-owner

Still fails with the Not allowed to set the device owner because there are already some accounts on the device error.

This works fine on other 'pure android' devices I have tried, so I'm guessing that the Samsung sets the owner during setup in some way.

Is there a way to avoid this?

I am also facing a similar issue. Were you able to solve this? — Abhas Tandon, May 23 '18 at 06:02
Finally, I found a workaround. You can use QR code to provision the device. https://developers.google.com/android/work/prov-devices#qr_code_method — Abhas Tandon, May 23 '18 at 13:34

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 05 '18 at 18:52

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You can use QR code to provision the device and set device owner:

answered Oct 05 '18 at 18:52

Abhas Tandon

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There are a lot of variables not being addressed here. It's not really a workaround for the issue, unless you fit the specific scenario where you can request (or were given) a QR code. – Abandoned Cart Apr 17 '21 at 22:49

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