My work just got a new server and it is now requiring us to set a password on our phones. It's an Exchange server and from what I've read, it is a setting in the server that is requiring this (apparently it has to have administrator control over your phone).
Is there a known work around for the password protection?
Having to put a password each time you want to use your PRIVATE (company doesn't provide us with a phone) SUCKS
Thanks!
FYI, I have an un-rooted Samsung Note 2
Find a ROM for your Note 2 that includes an Exchange PIN bypass.
Root your phone.
Install the ROM.
-Mike
mcapozzi said:
Find a ROM for your Note 2 that includes an Exchange PIN bypass.
Root your phone.
Install the ROM.
-Mike
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Well I was trying not to root my phone. Seems silly to go through all that trouble for just a pin.
Ended up downloading Mailwise. It's freeware that you can download on google play. If you go to their website, and check out the FAQ's, there is a step by step process on how to bypass the security password requirement. WORKS LIKE A CHARM :good::good::good:
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I added my S3 to corporate exchange activesync, then decided to not to use it.
Now every time when press power button, the phone show screen lock and ask for a password, and I cannot disable it under
settings -> security-> screen lock as everything is greyed out there but the password.
I have tried to
1. Delete the exchange account
2. Remove the device administrators
3. Clear credentials
I haven't tried factory reset yet, and I hope I can avoid that route because I don't want to reinstall and set up everything else.
Thanks!
ericw12 said:
I added my S3 to corporate exchange activesync, then decided to not to use it.
Now every time when press power button, the phone show screen lock and ask for a password, and I cannot disable it under
settings -> security-> screen lock as everything is greyed out there but the password.
I have tried to
1. Delete the exchange account
2. Remove the device administrators
3. Clear credentials
I haven't tried factory reset yet, and I hope I can avoid that route because I don't want to reinstall and set up everything else.
Thanks!
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This is a little command utility I found couple weeks back to by-pass outlook exchange security policy.
What you need:
* rooted phone
* JDK ready PC (or MAC / Linux, never tried it)
Steps:
1. enable usb debug on the phone
2. plug your rooted phone to PC
3. **for windows PC** copy .cmd file and "lib" folder to /windows/system32/ or /windows/syswow64/ for 64-bits
4. double click the .cmd file and it will do the trick and then auto restart when complete.
Note:
* Not required to manually remove existing Outlook account. It should be gone after running the script
* I suppose if you already have configured exchange email, your internal storage or/and sdcard should be encrypted. You will need to unencrypt both to remove password protection, that is a Android requirement.
* Unencryption could be done before or after the exchange policy hack
* You might still be prompt to accept security policy, but it will actually apply anything.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hj8y6popmnz3j6s/email-policy-patch-3.1.zip
Credit goes to the DEV developed this!!!!! NOT ME!!!!!
Thanks a lot! Too bad, I already factory reset my phone... but it is good to know.
This is the main reason installed Touchdown (By Nitro) on my first android phone.
That way I can use my Work Email and the admins there can only lock the Email app and cannot touch the rest of my phone.
Might want to give it a try if you need your work email.(They have a 30 day trial I believe)
DroidGnome said:
This is the main reason installed Touchdown (By Nitro) on my first android phone.
That way I can use my Work Email and the admins there can only lock the Email app and cannot touch the rest of my phone.
Might want to give it a try if you need your work email.(They have a 30 day trial I believe)
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Touchdown worked pretty good. Thanks a lot!
No luck with searching.
I just got a Vodafone 858 (Huawei U8160) and tried to connect it to my Google account. Didn't work because every time I entered my password and hit the login button it'd just empty the password field. After a while I tried disabling the 2-step verification and suddenly everything worked.
Now I reactivated the 2-step verification and both my S III and U8160 report a login problem and require me to login again (which I assume is normal). The problem is that this puts me right where I started.
Happened with the Stock ROM and this ROM. Didn't try any other.
No clue why it fails.
Did you know you can create an app-specific password to bypass Google's 2-steps login for applications that don't support this authentication method?
To do so:
- Go to https://accounts.google.com;
- Go to Security;
- Click "Edit" next to Authorizing applications and sites;
- Follow the instructions in the section Application-specific passwords to generate an app-specific password. 2-steps authentication won't be needed for this specific application.
That worked. Thanks.
I knew about that password but I didn't really consider that an application.
Hi, I have this problem, I bought a Lenovo A278t Dual Sim Phone with Android 2.3.5 for China Market...I brouth my phone to Mexico and put the SIM of Telcel Carrier, the phone works great, but when trying to look for Google Play app, I wasn´t abble to find it anywhere on my phone, So I did I google serach to find out that Google for chinese devices has very limited acces, and sometimes the google apps dos not come pre installed on the device, so this is a pian in the "#$#%& so what I did is following some threads, I fianally could dounlowd and apk from and open market on the web, So I finally installed Google Play on my phone, so far so good...
The problem is when trying to open the app it prompts me to set up the google account on the device...so I go to Accounts & Sync just to find out there is only the option for an Exchange account, not Goggle account, either way I input as follows...
Email: [email protected]
Password: mypassword*****
Then the following screen ask for:
Domain\Username: \[email protected]
Password: mypassword****
Server: m.google.com
Use secure connection (SSL): I tried checked and unchecked
the result: Nothin....just a message that says:
Setup could not finish...unable to open connection to server...
or
Setup could not finish...This server requires security features your phone does not support
I tried doing the set up without the SIM on the phone, but same situation, no set up is completed.
Note: This device is on the list of authorized devices by google, so the android license is recognized by Google. The Chinese carrier is China Mobile, but since my pohone is now in Mexico the Mexicna Carrier is now TELCEL, Hope Google tries to do something to fix this issues on an OS so popular as android. Is a hame I have to waste so much time in order to buy some great apps.
Hope someone can get a solution.
Thanks!
Hi. did u fix the problem? I had the same problem and I really need the solution. Thanks
This is a mod for the module written by diwulechao
I just do some simple modification to make it work on Marshmallow.
Still use the same algorithm as the original module
Tested on my Moto X2 on stock Android 6.0 with stock Email and Exchange app.
original post:
XDA post
Xposed repo
Bypass Exchange
Tips:
1. Please remove your exchange account first.
2. Please activate device admin for mail client in order to proceed, it won't affect anything if everything goes well.
3. Make sure your Xposed works on Marshmallow.
Hi,
I tried on my Xperia M4 with stock email app and android 6.0.1, but not working (still ask me to define a pin code and encrypt phone data).
The original mod for lollipop was working on the same device, with the same email app on android 5.0.1.
Thanks for your work.
mi4 marshmallow. Did not work
lihanchen said:
This is a mod for the module written by diwulechao
I just do some simple modification to make it work on Marshmallow.
Still use the same algorithm as the original module
Tested on my Moto X2 on stock Android 6.0 with stock Email and Exchange app.
original post:
XDA post
Xposed repo
Bypass Exchange
Tips:
1. Please remove your exchange account first.
2. Please activate device admin for mail client in order to proceed, it won't affect anything if everything goes well.
3. Make sure your Xposed works on Marshmallow.
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mi4 6.0.1 marshmallow MIUI8 global beta tom 6.8.25
Didn't work. please check on any xiaomi MM device.
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I see package name is miui mail app as 'com.android.email' and this is different n your code. Can you get that added? or I will create a pull request if it works for me.
S7 still requires PIN
I have a T-mobile S7 (SM-G930T)
Android 6.0.1
Rooted(Boot Eng Root)
Xposed Framework 8.5.1(Wanam Custom)
I did the following
No account on phone
No Email Device Administrator on phone
Installed framework
installed your module
installed Moon Phase so i knew Xposed was working
Rebooted to make sure both were active
Setup mail account
clicked ok to Device Administrator
It requires a PIN
Tried setting pin, then turning it off, but cannot turn it off
Any Ideas?
my mail client (outlook for android) when the module is enabled.
I was using this previously but to fix another problem I did a factory reset on my phone (Sony D5803 with MM SLiM 3.8) and when I re-enabled it, it is no longer working, at least with Gmail.
When adding an exchange account in Gmail, once I accept to add the administrative access, it kicks me to the PIN lock setting page and refuses to let me turn off PIN lock unless I deny administrator access.
I don't recall how it worked before when I set it up (probably immediately after it was released), but it was not like this.
BTW I did remove and reinstall the xposed module several times and of course did a reboot each time, following the process of delete the exchange account, add the xposed module and enable it, reboot, add the exchange account, get stuck on PIN lock, delete the exchange account, etc.
Is there a workaround for this? is this a known problem?
BTW it seems to work ok for Outlook, just not Gmail.
Hello my dear friends.
I tried everything other custom roms, factory rom, guide from the forum that includes rooting phone and changing hosts file but nothing works
I can't sign in, i installed latest firmware , factory rom, tried diferent roms, recoverys , rooting , editing hosts file but nothign works
Is there any solution ?
From what you write, you must be without an internet connection. It's about the only reason you wouldn't be able to log into your Google account anywhere. As long as the username and password are correct, of course.
StaryMuz said:
From what you write, you must be without an internet connection. It's about the only reason you wouldn't be able to log into your Google account anywhere. As long as the username and password are correct, of course.
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Nah, my WiFi is ok, I tried on Data also, still without sucsses
I'm stranded right now, because I need Google Services but can't find solution
Can you get to the login screen, log in with your name and password?
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Can you get to the login screen, log in with your name and password?
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I fill my email, then gets me to the password, then I click I understand button, then whe he needs to sing in, i get error cannot sign in
Oh, I think I've encountered a similar problem.
A different version of gapps helped.
Android 10 marks the end of Google's official gapps development, and for Android 11, development is in the hands of volunteer developers only.
So there are several different versions of gapps and not all of them work the same and reliably. A lot depends on the age of the version used and sometimes alternative versions (Flame) are recommended.