Unable to enable Javascript on iOS device

While setting up a new iPhone that was enrolled in MDM and using Intune, I came across an issue when setting up the Qantas app on iOS.

When you attempt to login to the Qantas app to set it up for the first time you are shelled out to Safari and here it needs to use Javascript to complete its login process. Unfortunately, if you have Javascript disabled then you get a nasty error message that you need to enable it and you can go no further.

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No problem, you think. I’ll just go into the device Settings, Safari then Advanced where you expect to see the above Javascript option. Only problem is, that for some reason, you can’t change this option because it is disabled for some reason.

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In my case, the reason why it was disabled is because I had an Intune Device Restrictions policy in place that was blocking Javacript. You change this option by going into the iOS restriction policy, selecting Settings, Built-in Apps, Safari, Javascript as shown above. Change the setting from Block to Not configured, then Save the policy change and allow a few minutes for the policy to be applied to the device.

After that, I was able to re-run the Qantas app configuration and set up everything as expected. You could then, if course change the policy back if you wished to block Javascript going forward.

The lesson here is, that if something is blocked on your device that is managed by Intune, then most likely that setting is being controlled by an Intune policy and you’ll need to make the change there.

2 thoughts on “Unable to enable Javascript on iOS device

  1. One of the biggest things I’ve learnt deploying intune to multiple customers, is TEST TEST and TEST! Don’t deploy a profile down or changes without applying it to a user who loves to be test user. You need on the ground feedback for all the ways they use their devices otherwise you’ll run into little things like this!

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