I am attaching the Mail.apk that comes with the Thunderbolt and begging someone who is up to the challenge to mod it and allow the removal of the device admin so I don't have to put in a password every 15 min. I hav.e searched and every patched Mail.apk for the desire doesn't work. I totally need this as I am sure that others will too. Your work will be legendary.
That would be so awesome.
On a side note...Why does Sense only let you sync 3 days with MS exchange? I have always synced 7 or 30 days with my other android phones.....Mytouch 3g, G2, and my Nexus 1
I don't think that it has to do with the Mail.apk as I can synk up tp thirty days. I just have to deal with the password issue. So in the mean time I am using touchdown.
Search market for lockpicker app. It bypasses the exchange policy that makes you enter your password. It's a sense thing. And this app was made for it.
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denonlake said:
Search market for lockpicker app. It bypasses the exchange policy that makes you enter your password. It's a sense thing. And this app was made for it.
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Says it does not work with Froyo
The people in security at your work will hate you for this. It's there for a reason. You lose your phone and work data escapes... you can be jailed and fined (depending on the data)
I work for a company that has to be hippa compliant and mass HI-TECH compliant. We don't even allow android devices to connect because of things like the lack of device encryption.
Help please...
I accidentally deleted Mail.apk using titanium backup (idiot). I tried to install the attached mail.apk from the first post but it didn't install. Can someone please send me an apk that can be installed.
Thank you!
ktrinidad said:
I accidentally deleted Mail.apk using titanium backup (idiot). I tried to install the attached mail.apk from the first post but it didn't install. Can someone please send me an apk that can be installed.
Thank you!
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That is the APK from the stock rom and I did the same thing as you. But I was able to flash to a recovery that I just had made. I posted that Mail.apk directly from the stock rom and it wouldn't install for me either. The plot thickens...
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The people in security at your work will hate you for this. It's there for a reason. You lose your phone and work data escapes... you can be jailed and fined (depending on the data)
I work for a company that has to be hippa compliant and mass HI-TECH compliant. We don't even allow android devices to connect because of things like the lack of device encryption.
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Ironically, some idiot in you IT department is in an airport right now, with a laptop containing all your details for your govt contracts...and he just lost it
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The people in security at your work will hate you for this. It's there for a reason. You lose your phone and work data escapes... you can be jailed and fined (depending on the data)
I work for a company that has to be hippa compliant and mass HI-TECH compliant. We don't even allow android devices to connect because of things like the lack of device encryption.
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It's far worse than what my employer's IT implemented...
Our Exchange policies haven't changed (I know many people at work who are setup to receive email + calendar from our corporate exchange server, nothing changed).
I only have to enter a pin ever ~30mins. Then I upgrade my Cappy to froyo and setup the exchange account again. NOW I have to re-enter it every time my screen blanks (timeout), even for 1 second.
This is froyo mail app folks, not my employer's Exchange settings. they didn't change, my email client did.
I want it back the old way. Not to mention calendar only synchs ~5% of my meetings now. crappy appy on my Cappy!
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After a bit of trouble I got the new JI6 update installed on my vibrant. One of the "lovely" changes included was apparently "better" exchange support. By better I guess they mean that I now have to put up with a rather annoying and completely unwanted need to include a password to access my phone after it has been asleep for a bit. I quite simply do not want this. Yes I understand its for security etc, but no I do not want this simply because I need to connect to an exchange server. Does anyone know a way around using this feature?
Would it be possible to use the mail app from stock? If so, how?
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One of the "lovely" changes included was apparently "better" exchange support. By better I guess they mean that I now have to put up with a rather annoying and completely unwanted need to include a password to access my phone after it has been asleep for a bit.
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I know this isn't what you want to hear, but just to make things clear -- The improvement was the fact that the email client more fully supports the ActiveSync protocol. The password requirement wasn't supported before, and is now. And the actual requirement comes from your Exchange provider. Ask them if they'll let you use Exchange without a password. Odds are they'll say no. But still, if they agree -- they can remove the requirement for you.
If it is not possible to disable the password all together is there a way to change it? I have been finding it very annoying to have to enter a password every 15 minutes or so, so if it can't be disabled, is it possible to change it to something else (ie 1111)? Would installing an earlier version of the email.apk work? If so, where could I find that?
Thanks...
i was watching G4 earlier and they said that Android saves all of our passwords in plain text and anybody can easily access these. How threatened should we feel if we are using the custom roms such as CM7? They said that they have release 2.3.4???? not sure if thats the correct version but i believe thats what they said.
Cm7 is 2.3.4 and I'm no expert but if someone was trying to hack my phone I'd just turn off wifi or the phone.
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i was watching G4 earlier and they said that Android saves all of our passwords in plain text and anybody can easily access these. How threatened should we feel if we are using the custom roms such as CM7? They said that they have release 2.3.4???? not sure if thats the correct version but i believe thats what they said.
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They are reporting it inaccurately (sensationalism) or you just remembered it wrong. Either way, the actual issue is not that big of a deal. Here's a more accurate article about the problem: http://blogs.computerworld.com/18308/google_android_security_flaw
Your password is not at risk. To avoid having to resend the password itself every time your phone communicates to Google's servers (which would be a security risk), the server generates a token (a bunch of random letters and numbers basically) that your phone will send instead of the real password. The token is only valid for a number of days, so if it is compromised, there's no permanent damage being done. The issue is that this token is sometimes sent unencrypted when you are connected to a wifi network, which means it could be intercepted by someone else connected to that wifi network. However this is something Google can and will correct on their side -- i.e., no one needs to apply any software update or patch to their phone to fix the issue, as mentioned in the article I linked to.
By the way, if you log into Facebook while on public wifi on a laptop, you will be putting yourself in the exact same risk. Facebook does exactly the same thing, but the only difference is Facebook doesn't care to fix the issue.
Google addressed the issue server side and all is well again.....
sauce:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/18/google-confirms-android-security-issue-server-side-fix-rolling/
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Cm7 is 2.3.4 and I'm no expert but if someone was trying to hack my phone I'd just turn off wifi or the phone.
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Actually Cm7 is 2.3 -2.3.3 while Cm7.1 is 2.3.4.
Thanks for clearing that up I don't ever use a public wifi anyways so I wouldn't be at much risk
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We use exchange at work and the rezound is only able to get my primary calendar. I've done some reading and its an android issue apparently. However some devices, Motorola for instance can see all calendars for a user. Would it be possible to pull the email apk from another device and put it on the resound? I tried with the one from my wife's Stratosphere last night as a test and couldn't make it work, but I just copied and changed permissions and am not a developer by any means.
Thanks
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We use exchange at work and the rezound is only able to get my primary calendar. Ive done some reading and its an android issue apparently. However some devices, Motorola for instance can see all calendars for a user. Would it be possible to pull the email apk from another device and put it on the resound? I tried with the one from my wifes Stratosphere last night as a test and coldnt make it work, but I just copied and changed permissions and am not a developer by any means.
Thanks
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You might want to fix your subject to say email and not AOL.
I'd suggest trying some of the third party email apps like K-9 to see if they work, you can find them in the Play Store.
Thanks, fixed the subject, haven't been on a PC all day to do so. K-9 won't connect to Exchange 2013 as WebDAV isn't used anymore. I'll look at touchdown, but my question was moving the apk from another ROM and using it if possible.
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Thanks, fixed the subject, haven't been on a PC all day to do so. K-9 won't connect to Exchange 2013 as WebDAV isn't used anymore. I'll look at touchdown, but my question was moving the apk from another ROM and using it if possible.
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A lot of apps that come with a device have dependencies relying on other apps that are also on that device. Some apps are self contained and should be usable on other devices, but may not work as well.
So I just got my Z2 yesterday and tried to set it up with my work account when I discovered that it erroneously keeps telling me that I need a password rather than a PIN lock. My device administrator requires only a PIN lock (and my M8 currently uses only a PIN lock).
I was able to somewhat get around this issue by installing the stock Google 4.4 email app and exchange service (which does work with only a PIN), but that app will not sync with my car to show my email on my navigation screen like the stock app would (and like the M8 does). Does anyone have any ideas on how to get around this "password" thing, which is clearly an error in Sony's software?
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So I just got my Z2 yesterday and tried to set it up with my work account when I discovered that it erroneously keeps telling me that I need a password rather than a PIN lock. My device administrator requires only a PIN lock (and my M8 currently uses only a PIN lock).
I was able to somewhat get around this issue by installing the stock Google 4.4 email app and exchange service (which does work with only a PIN), but that app will not sync with my car to show my email on my navigation screen like the stock app would (and like the M8 does). Does anyone have any ideas on how to get around this "password" thing, which is clearly an error in Sony's software?
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That's just the way it is with Sony KitKat phones. It's stupid. Just use Nine mail client instead of the stock version.
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That's just the way it is with Sony KitKat phones. It's stupid. Just use Nine mail client instead of the stock version.
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My concern is that Nine will probably not work with my car. I will give it a shot, though. Thanks for the suggestion.
By the way -- I tried Nine and it's fantastic. I might even stick with it even if it doesn't work with my car (and it probably won't) just based on the application level security. Not having a passcode is incredible. I had forgotten what that feels like.
Thanks for the suggestion.
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By the way -- I tried Nine and it's fantastic. I might even stick with it even if it doesn't work with my car (and it probably won't) just based on the application level security. Not having a passcode is incredible. I had forgotten what that feels like.
Thanks for the suggestion.
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You shouldn't work on email and drive at the same time anyway :good:
My work emails require my device to be encrypted. I thought it would be okay since android 5 comes "pre-encrypted". However when I go to add my work email, it ask me to encrypt the device as any other android device (running kitkat and below) would do. So after clicking encrypt it goes to the green android screen and then boots up as if nothing has happened. If I try to update my emails, it goes through the whole process again. Anyone else facing this problem????
May be wrong on this.
Have you got either PIN or Password set up at start? - Without that then encryption settings are irrelevant. (or were in earlier Android versions)
Yeah I have a pin password setup, I'm extremely annoyed as I got the tablet for work purposes as well as personal use, instead of carrying a laptop around.
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Gmail and exchange here http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/10/31/gmail-5-0-exchange-support-material-design-landed-apk-download/
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My work emails require my device to be encrypted. I thought it would be okay since android 5 comes "pre-encrypted". However when I go to add my work email, it ask me to encrypt the device as any other android device (running kitkat and below) would do. So after clicking encrypt it goes to the green android screen and then boots up as if nothing has happened. If I try to update my emails, it goes through the whole process again. Anyone else facing this problem????
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I understand your frustration. As this is a brand new device with brand new software its very possible its a bug. The other possibility is that Exchange may need an update (less likely).
I'm not sure what your work environment is like but if you were to talk to your network admin and show him the tablet and how its already encrypted they can potentially put a policy in place to not require encryption
Have you given Nine a shot? It does app-level security, so the only time you need to use a pin is when you open the app, not for the device. I normally use xposed to get around the exchange security, but started using Nine on my N9 and Moto X in anticipation of losing xposed. I'm very pleased with it.
Wow nine works like a dream and it has a nice interface!
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Have you given Nine a shot? It does app-level security, so the only time you need to use a pin is when you open the app, not for the device. I normally use xposed to get around the exchange security, but started using Nine on my N9 and Moto X in anticipation of losing xposed. I'm very pleased with it.
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Wow nine works like a dream and it has a nice interface!
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Excellent suggestion! I too have used Nine in the past and it is a very good program!
plus it has threaded emails. which is the main thing gmail is missing with my exchange address.
Solved the problem. All I had too do was set a pin lock on boot up as well as on the lockscreen!
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Hi all. I loved Nine and used it for my work email. I like that it allows app-level encryption since device level really really really slows things down.
However, after the most recent update, Nine is making it such that I have to encrypt the device. The reasoning is that calendar and contacts are handled by native apps and not by Nine. I tried to have Nine only sync emails and not calendar or contacts but it still requires the same thing.
Has anyone found a workaround for this? Or alternatively has anyone managed to come up with a exchange security bypass for gmail?
I'm on a Nexus 6.
If you've got a nexus 6 you should already be encrypted, am I right?
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