To use MMGuardian, an application must be installed on your child's phone.
What type of device does your child use?
If you need to set up more than one child phone, you'll be able to add additional devices once the first one has been set up.
If you wish to install the app from Google Play, click the Google Play button
For optimum performance, we recommend that you factory reset your child's Android phone and install the app from our server.
If you do not wish to factory reset the device, please click on 'Other options' below.
Note: The factory reset process is only required for your child's device, and NOT for the parent's phone.
The factory reset process will delete all user contents from the device. Please ensure that you have backed up any important data or documents that your child does not wish to lose
More information about how to back up data can be found [here].
When the MMGuardian app is installed following the instructions provided here, the only way to remove the MMGuardian app will be to factory reset the device.
Note: if your child's phone is new and you have not yet gone through the initial Android device set up process, factory reset is not applicable, skip to step 2.
The Factory Reset is performed from within the Android Settings app in your child's phone, as follows:
Further details on performing a factory reset can be found [here].
The reset process will take a couple of minutes.
Click next below while the phone is resetting.
When the device has reset, tap 6 times quickly on the phone screen.
The screen will change to a QR code reader app.
Point the phone's camera at the above QR code to download the app.
Note: You may be prompted to connect to a WiFi network to download the app or the QR reader from Google.
After the MMGuardian app has been downloaded, tap the buttons to proceed.
After 1 or 2 minutes, you will see the phone's home screen.
Open MMGuardian and register entering the same email and password used to create this account.
Create a screen lock code for the device. Open the Settings app and search for "Screen Lock".
Add the Google account back to the phone. The easiest way is to tap the Play Store app icon.
Reinstall other apps as required, using PlayStore.
For optimum performance, we recommend that you factory reset your child's Android tablet and install the app from our server.
If you do not wish to factory reset the device, please click on 'Other options' below.
Note: The factory reset process is only required for your child's device, and NOT for the parent's phone.
The factory reset process will delete all user contents from the device. Please ensure that you have backed up any important data or documents that your child does not wish to lose
More information about how to back up data can be found [here].
When the MMGuardian app is installed following the instructions provided here, the only way to remove the MMGuardian app will be to factory reset the device.
Note: if your child's phone is new and you have not yet gone through the initial Android device set up process, factory reset is not applicable, skip to step 2.
The Factory Reset is performed from within the Android Settings app in your child's phone, as follows:
Further details on performing a factory reset can be found [here].
The reset process will take a couple of minutes.
Click next below while the phone is resetting.
When the device has reset, tap 6 times quickly on the phone screen.
The screen will change to a QR code reader app.
Point the phone's camera at the above QR code to download the app.
Note: You may be prompted to connect to a WiFi network to download the app or the QR reader from Google.
After the MMGuardian app has been downloaded, tap the buttons to proceed.
After 1 or 2 minutes, you will see the phone's home screen.
Open MMGuardian and register entering the same email and password used to create this account.
Create a screen lock code for the device. Open the Settings app and search for "Screen Lock".
Add the Google account back to the phone. The easiest way is to tap the Play Store app icon.
Reinstall other apps as required, using PlayStore.
Either:
Tap the Send Link button to send an SMS to your child's phone with the app download link,
or
Open the Chrome browser on your child's phone, and go to:
You may see a warning message, similar to the image below. Tap 'OK' on the warning dialog
When the download is complete, tap 'Open'
You will see an app install warning message, tap "Settings"
Then set Chrome to be allowed:
Tap the phone's back button, and you will see a dialog to install MMGuardian. Tap "Install"
When MMGuardian has been installed, open the app and register using your admin email and password
Open the Chrome browser on your child's tablet, and go to:
You may see a warning message, similar to the image below. Tap 'OK' on the warning dialog
When the download is complete, tap 'Open'
You will see an app install warning message, tap "Settings"
Then set Chrome to be allowed:
Tap the tablet's back button, and you will see a dialog to install MMGuardian. Tap "Install"
When MMGuardian has been installed, open the app and register using your admin email and password
The following child device registrations exist for you account:
The MMGuardian Parent App for your own phone is available for both Android and iPhone.
Either:
The standard version of the MMGuardian Parental Control app for your child's Android phone is available from PlayStore
On your child's phone, either:
The standard version of the MMGuardian Parental Control app for your child's Android tablet is available from PlayStore
On your child's tablet, open the PlayStore app and search for 'MMGuardian' then select and install the tablet app.
The standard version of the MMGuardian Parental Control app for your child's device is available from the App Store
On your child's device, open the App Store app and search for 'MMGuardian' then select and install the app.
For an iPhone, you can tap the 'Send Link' button below to send a SMS to your child's phone which includes a clickable link to the app on the App Store
When MMGuardian has been installed, open the app and register using your admin email and password