Home page splitting into 20+ screens automatically after adding work gmail

[Android Central Question]

I have a Oppo A57 mobile running Android 6.1 version. The moment I login to it using my work gmail, the home screen splits into 20+ screens with various apps scattered all over. I get to see a repetition of all the familiar google apps albeit with some kind of lock icon on them. I tried deleting all the screens, moved the apps to one or two screens and grouping them.

After few hours, again the screen gets reset. The same problem follows, I see 20+ screens again. It's driving me crazy. Any ideas? I did do a full system reset. The phone works just fine. It is only after logging in using my work gmail I start to see these problems. My other friends who are also having android phones do not see such problem. Any ideas on how to fix it?

 

[B. Diddy]

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[vkarthik21]

Hi Diddy,

Thanks for the reply. PFA some screenshots of it. As you can see there are about 20 screens. Somehow the phone randomly scatters the apps throughout the phone. Any changes I make i.e. deleting the screens, grouping apps are reset after few hours. Kindly help.

 

[B. Diddy]

Whoa. I've never seen that behavior before. When you say this happens as soon as you log into your work Gmail, is it a G Suite account? If so, see if your work IT admin has any ideas, since they hopefully are somewhat knowledgeable about G Suite.

I'd normally suggest wiping the cache partition, but from what I can tell, that phone's Recovery Menu only has a combined Wipe Data & Cache option, which is a factory reset. https://www.hardreset.info/devices/oppo/oppo-a57/recovery-mode/

 

[Javier P]

So weird! Do you have any app enabled as device administrator in your security settings? Also, do you have different users added on the phone (settings - users)?