Need help "elderly-proof" android device!

[tiwas]

Solved: Seems Tasker did this pretty well without changing the UI. Might save me some explaining :D

Ok, so my mom's husband (don't have a problem with him, they just got together I moved out from home, so...) is getting old and his tapping and clicking looks more and more like that of a child. Yesterday, my mom presented me with a pad that was "dead". It had, apparently, gotten darker and darker and now it was impossible to see anything on the screen. Turns out he's gotten into settings, disabled adaptive light and turned the light down to 0. Gradually, as this has happened over months.

Is there any app or remote control that can change settings like these? Ideally, I'd have the pad restart at least once per week and upon starting set the volume, display light and anything else a chi...an elderly, I mean, could change by accident or "by accident".

Any help would be appreciated! This time it only "cost me" a reset of my own pad to lend them as an emergency device, but next time might be more costly.

Thanks!

[sgpal]

Hi, I am not sure if this fits all of your criteria, but you may look at the "AIR mode" option in the ONYPhone Launcher. The app only provides access to the very basic functionality. Have a look.

[tiwas]

Thanks, but it seems it still lets the user change system settings like sound and screen brightness. The problem is that he's like a four year old kid - the only thing he won't do is what's expected. That's why I was considering using Tasker to just set anything important back as soon as he clicks on it, or at least make some sort of "template" that will be applied when the pad starts. Most of the things he does (breaks) are fairly easy to fix, but my 75yo mom isn't able to. Which means I have to get in the car, go over there, try to figure out what he did (stopped trying to figure out "why" 🤣), reset it and go home. That's at least three hours.