Are we talking about the message that says you need to update your security policy? If so, why not just update it by pressing the link? I did that on the wife's phone last night.
If you have WiFi and you select to update the database or whatever that option is that pops up it seems to work. My buddy was getting the same popups and such that we are and he opted to allow it and his has worked fine since. I'm tempted to do the same but I REALLY hate being forced into security nannies that I don't want and didn't ask for.
Had the security warning yesterday upon arriving home & connecting to my home Wi-Fi...it was the first time it has happened. So I turned Wi-Fi off & then back on again to verify that's when it happened & it did a second time. I did the security update as it recommended then turned Wi-Fi off/on a few times with no more security warning.
It works with my home WiFi, but not the corperate WiFi here at my office, and i spend most of my time here and its basically vital that I use their internet instead of my data.... I just did a FDR and its the same thing..... so I lost everything I had on my phone for NOTHING. Very pissed to say the least...
Are we talking about the message that says you need to update your security policy? If so, why not just update it by pressing the link? I did that on the wife's phone last night.
Have you done a soft reset since the FDR? My warning went away on its own after ~18 hours. Five days later, I did a system restart and I got the warnings a few more times.I did that on my phone also, the first 642 times the friggin thing popped up. Every time I connected to a WiFi network, I would get the pop up. Not just one time per network, but every time. In other words, every time I walked in the door at home I would have "Update" the security policy. After the FDR, I haven't had the pop up at all, not one time. I would also get it for every update or install I made from the play store. It was driving me insane.
I have a similar situation... The message is lightly different: "An application has been forced to stop for an unauthorized attempt to access system in your device" and the WiFi is working.. But everytime I turn on or off the WiFi, I've got a new message...I am having the same issue, but my problem is not w/ an app. It will not let me connect to the WiFi that is offered by my employer, and I have to use their WiFi bc of my data usage.... Everytime I try to connect it gives me that security notification. I cant seem to find a way to just disable the damn thing. Its important that I use their wifi and I havent been able to for two days!
Have you done a soft reset since the FDR? My warning went away on its own after ~18 hours. Five days later, I did a system restart and I got the warnings a few more times.
I have a similar situation... The message is lightly different: "An application has been forced to stop for an unauthorized attempt to access system in your device" and the WiFi is working.. But every time I turn on or off the WiFi, I've got a new message...
Nothing to do... Samsung Facebook support kick my ass... Just because mine is not an U.S. device....Yes, I did several soft resets and the problem always came back within minutes of the reset.
I was getting those messages also. I was also getting messages each and every time I installed/updated any item from the Play Store.
I do NOT want to share my SSID & password with other users and I know this is the big push these days from Google.
Have you seen any indication this has anything to do with sending your SSID and password anywhere?
One way to test for that would be to change both and see if the message starts reappearing. I would be surprised if it does.
I did select to update it, and it still will not let me connect and the pop ups are gone... my problem is still there. It wont let me connect to wifi.
That was a feature before the update . But it's nice to point out for those who may have been unaware.I had a similar issue today after the update just last night, with my employers WiFi, when I tried to connect it said that the wifi was "unstable" and that it would auto switch to mobile networks. A second later I was back on 4G. To correct this I went into the Settings Menu, then WiFi, then press the menu soft key and press Advanced. Unchecked the box to "Auto network switch". This has fixed the issue and I stay connected to my works wifi now. What remains to be seen is whether or not it will still jump back on 4G if I go out of range of the wifi.
I know this doesn't sound exactly like the issue you're having, but thought it might be worth a shot.
Edit: Just tested and confirmed that the phone does still switch back to 4G when out of range of wifi. It also reconnected to wifi once back in range.
I haven't activated the policy and so far I'm only getting the warning when I connect to my WiFi and no other issues beyond that. It's a minor annoyance at this point. Question is, what problems if any should one expect if the security policy is applied?
And for the record, Google states in the backup notice that WiFi passwords are saved to the cloud as part of your phone's settings and has been doing so for a couple years. You'd have to turn off My Data backup to stop that (Settings -> Accounts -> Backup and reset -> Back up my data). It's brought my saved connections from device to device to device and I haven't a single complaint about it.
I did the FDR about 10 days ago. Went the entire time w/o any security notices. But this morning, I got the "security notice"
To correct this I went into the Settings Menu, then WiFi, then press the menu soft key and press Advanced. Unchecked the box to "Auto network switch".
Although you cannot uninstall you can disable the app
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