[Q] all the passwords ... gone - HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hi, everybody.
just a quick post here. after about a month of use my hd2 decided to 'forget' every single password, including one wep for wifi, all my email account, wap access point. any ideas why that happened? and how to avoid it in the future
thanks

you could write them down in an agenda
Maybe there is a progam like KeePas, a database program what stores your passwords. I havent found on for WinMo yet tho

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help please Activesync & Exchange 2003 not working

OK so I have setup activesync on several windows mobile handsets however I am unable to do so on my hero. I am using the same credentials and even if I switch back to my treo I can set up activesync fine!!
The error I am getting is "Failed to connect to the exchange server. Please check Exchange server settings."
It is also worth mentioning that it I can browse to the OWA web page from the handset.
I am pulling my hair out on this one so any help would be appreciated.
Activesync
Activesync is for windows....not android
the sync software is on your sd card...if your orange
or you can find it here
http://www.htc.com/hero/m/en/downloads/htcsync.html
if i have read your question wrong...forgive me
liamhere said:
Activesync is for windows....not android
the sync software is on your sd card...if your orange
or you can find it here
http://www.htc.com/hero/m/en/downloads/htcsync.html
if i have read your question wrong...forgive me
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Hi I have the hero in front of me now and I can assure you the option I am trying to use is 'Activesync'. I think HTC have licensed it for the hero...
i don't think they have, i think it's just some bastardised thing they've knocked up themselves, but i could be wrong.
one thing to check though is because the hero does not support all the security policies that windows mobile does, some exchange servers simply won't let it connect.
If the exchange server forces a password on the device, you're S.O.L it seems. or at least, i can't get them working with password enforcing servers....
rhedgehog said:
i don't think they have, i think it's just some bastardised thing they've knocked up themselves, but i could be wrong.
one thing to check though is because the hero does not support all the security policies that windows mobile does, some exchange servers simply won't let it connect.
If the exchange server forces a password on the device, you're S.O.L it seems. or at least, i can't get them working with password enforcing servers....
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Its my own exchange server and it does not enforce passwords. Also I can switch back to any WM device and all syncs fine.
Has anyone actually got it working with exchange 2003? I have a feeling it may be 2007 only...
ok cracked it. It wont allow you to sync with a user name that has a space in it. Ie. 'FirstName Lastname' will not work. I have had to change my user name now to be 'FirstNameLastNAME' hope that helps somebody!!
s4vva said:
ok cracked it. It wont allow you to sync with a user name that has a space in it. Ie. 'FirstName Lastname' will not work. I have had to change my user name now to be 'FirstNameLastNAME' hope that helps somebody!!
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Have the same problem as you, before i read youre findings...but:
When i try to pull the trick you mention, the phone now tries to connect to the server, but after verifiing account information... it halts at "Authentication failed. Please verify user/pass bla bla"
You are not saying that my AD credentials on my PC also has to be FirstNameLastNAME?
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yes, i believe he is.
You actually have to change your username, not just not remove the space on the device.
From how i understand EAS to work, you would indeed have to change your username in AD as well (but check first, i'm far from an Exchange admin!)
What I did was change my username in the Active Directory. You will also need to change your username on anything that accesses the server (Outlook RPC, laptops pc's etc.)
Hope that helps.
s4vva said:
What I did was change my username in the Active Directory. You will also need to change your username on anything that accesses the server (Outlook RPC, laptops pc's etc.)
Hope that helps.
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Yup it helps, but maybe not what was intended nor expected from HTC/Android dev. Hopefully a fix will be out soon.
/Psudo

I believe my 2.1 Leaked Rom is sending my GMail Password to China

I jumped on the bandwagon and installed the 2.1 Leaked rom for my Droid Eris as soon as possible.
Last week my gmail accounts password was stolen. Also, my gmail account was sending out spam.
I ran a ESET32 Anti-virus security scan and found no threats. Afterwards I ran Malwarebytes and also found the same results, nothing. I changed my gmail password and all other accounts associated with my gmail.
I am a competent computer user and keep my Windows 7 64bit install clean, tidy, and updated. I use Google Chrome to browse the web carefully and I only visit websites I trust. Although it is very possible, I find it highly unlikely that my system was infiltrated.
I assumed I screwed up somewhere and my desktop was hacked.
Heres where the interesting part starts, Although I changed my password around a week ago, apon logging into Gmail today I was notified about my account being accessed on June 3 (3 days ago) from 6 different Chinese Ip's. I changed my password and security question today and closed all of the email sessions located in China.
My system shows 0 threats after running ESET ENOD32 Anti-Virus and Malwarebytes.
I don't have any other device that stores my Email password besides my Droid Eris.
I could be stepping out onto a limb here, but I still have to enter my Gmail password everytime upon opening the Android Market. I know this has been listed as a bug before. Also, I can't enter my password to enter the Market unless my 3G AND GPS is turned on. It does not work if the GPS is off.
Could it be possible that everytime I enter my GMAIL password into the Market app, it sends a copy out to China?
Why does my GPS have to be turned on to accept my password?
Is the "leaker" from china who released the 2.1 ROM to XDA a trusted source?
Help me out guys!
update to the latest leak and you wont be having these problems
rohanic said:
Is the "leaker" from china who released the 2.1 ROM to XDA a trusted source?
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The leak, although it appeared to come from riverrunner, actually was leaked by one of the devs that has put in a lot of work in making the eris awesome.
Like Royel said, update to the latest version of the leak and you shouldn't have any of the password login problems.
Not sure about the gmail problems, but I've been running all the leaked versions and had no problems so far.
This post prompted me to check on my account also
Confirmed, IP in China has been logging into my gmail account also.
LexusBrian400 said:
This post prompted me to check on my account also
Confirmed, IP in China has been logging into my gmail account also.
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Where do you find out how to check.
Log in to Gmail, scroll all the way to the bottom. It will show which IP you last logged in from. Next to it is a link, I think it says "details". A window will pop up showing you all IP addresses that your account has been logged in from.
korben dallas said:
Where do you find out how to check.
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I am a new user, so I can't post links to the how to. Basically log in to gmail, click on settings, scroll down to the bottom where it shows how much storage you are using, just below that in tiny print is "last account activity", click on details.
I just checked the details on my account and I am getting no logins from China, or anywhere that isn't me.
Just a thought, but have you checked to see if it's the same IP address each time? If so, you may be getting a weird IP address from VZW that google is geo-locating to be from China even if it isn't.
Unless we start getting a lot more people confirming this, I would say it is probably not an issue with the leaked rom but more likely something else (virus on your computer, an app that logs into google accounts for you).
wow, weird. i've often checked my "last account activity."
i'll randomly get some logins (all mobile logins) from another state (Michigan... right next door to me). i imagine it's just due to the IP that i'm getting on my phone...
now, i've NEVER seen anything from China before... and i've run just about all the leaked ROMs out there
strange indeed... i'm assuming all the "china" IP's were mobile logins?
I just checked mine and I had multiple logins from two different IPs. The ones from a desktop were my IP (in Oklahoma) and all of the ones from a mobile device were from a Florida IP. I logged off all of the other accounts and changed the password to a long string of letters and numbers, then logged in on both my desktop and my phone. After that the same two IPs were logged in, so apparently my verizon IP is somewhere in Florida.
I'm not sure why they would use an IP in china, but it could be a similar thing happening to you guys.
While blocks of IP addresses are allocated regionally (hence the different IP registries such as ARIN, RIPE, and APNIC, this happens at very small prefixes (huge blocks of IP addresses).
Geo-location of an IP address is imprecise for a wide variety of reasons. (Despite what you see on popular "crimefighter" TV shows). An AS (BGP Autonomous System) can emit packets from multiple points within their network, depending on instantaneous routing conditions; this is especially true for large national carriers such as Comcast, Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, etc.
One thing that no-one mentioned here is that every one of the Leak ROMs were cryptographically signed by somebody at HTC. If there is malicious code in the ROM, it came from HTC. Seems kind of unlikely. Feasible, but still seems unlikely.
bftb0
Leak isn't sending out passwords. In fact, if i remember right your pass isn't stored on the phone, a key is.
Virus scan won't catch everything, especially new things.
1) Do any OS upgrade on your PCs, I recommend for non techies http://tinyurl.com/m7r5h or for techies http://tinyurl.com/mkly.
2) change all your passwords
3) dont cross use passwords
4) choose complex passwords >10char in length.
jcase said:
Leak isn't sending out passwords. In fact, if i remember right your pass isn't stored on the phone, a key is.
Virus scan won't catch everything, especially new things.
1) Do any OS upgrade on your PCs, I recommend for non techies http://tinyurl.com/m7r5h or for techies http://tinyurl.com/mkly.
2) change all your passwords
3) dont cross use passwords
4) choose complex passwords >10char in length.
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2nd to that, also Another great one for techie http://www.archlinux.org only if you like getting ur hand dirty and learn more about how Linux work from ground up, less hassle than doing Linux from Scratch lol, although it's fun, very rewarding experience and it'll come in handy when you want to do ROM cooking since it's based on Linux.

[Q] sync office files to encrypted folder?

I work for an IT firm, and often when we go onsite we end up having to retrieve user passwords for various reasons. Right now our options are to:
A) Print out the site's password sheet and take it with us
B) RDP back to our company network and lookup each password as needed
The first solution is rife with security concerns, while the second is a pain in the butt.
What I would like to do is set up a background wifi sync at the office with my android tablet, so every time I leave the building I automagically have up-to-date files with me. But also store them in an encrypted folder or format, so if the tablet gets lost we don't have to reset many hundreds of client passwords. I am not at all opposed to buying an app, or more than one if this can be accomplished in a convenient and secure way. Any ideas?
Dropbox? Preferably combined with storing the passwords in an encrytped database such as keepass?
Really, you want confirmed sign off from your management here. ****ing up with a customer password database (say you lost your phone) is a Career Limiting Move.
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[Q] Stock Email passwords still stored in clear text.

I realize that this has been an 'issue' for a while now, but I would like to know if there are any new ways secure and use stock email client with Exchange ActiveSync and not have credentials stored in clear text on the device. The same goes for IMAP and POP accounts using the app.
Yes, this is really only an issue on rooted devices, Google's official answer is to enable Device Encryption and that there are other email clients out there that handle credentials better. I personally switched to Touchdown, but would rather use the stock client.
I am trying to come up with a MDM solution for my company and really don't want to have to block devices if I don't have to. But as it stands my only options are have the user buy a 3rd party email client, force encryption and/or block rooted / jailbroken devices or use Citrix and OWA. I've spent a couple days researching this and haven't come up with anything promising that puts a smile on my face.
Any other Exchange Admins out there? How have you dealt with this?
For those who were not aware of your network username, password and domain being stored in clear text. Using Sql Lite open the Email app, Open EmailProvider.db and select HostAuth. Within you will find your connection info staring back at you, clear as day.
Android Issue Log:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=10809
Google's Response:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=10809#c128

Web Field Password Saved in Forms (for Newbie)

Hi Guys
Newbie here
I have a problem which i was hoping someone here could help. I have a GalaxyTab 10.1 and use it for work, presentation etc. I have a website which I use for some of my project management, and since I haven't used it for about 4 month, I actually forgot what the password is. I could retrieve it by using forgot password via email, but the old email address I stored in there no longer exist. I contacted the webhost (not much of a help) and they said it's privacy, unless email working, they can't do much.
Now whenever I visit the website, the username and password field is actually automatically filled up. password is in ********, when i click log in, it says you have to repeat the password again, which is where i get stuck.
Someone mentioned that there is an app which i can browse through all the password saved in the web explore and that might solve my problem.
Any suggestions?
Thanks guy, appreciated heaps!!

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