Since many devs here are working on old and new ROMS maybe someone is there that can fix the exchange problem android is facing.
I add all the exchange info correctly which then takes me to the "select the data to sync etc etc".
Have choice of selecting mail, contacts and calendar.
When I click Finish set up I keep getting..
processing...... then "Error: Failed to create the account. please try again later".
It's an android/google problem but someone here must have the knowledge to fix this right ?
Exchange worked fine for me first time. Are you sure it's not a problem with your Exchange server?
It's a problem with your exchange server - I have the same problem but my work's IT won't change the security settings server-side.
Luckily, the 2.1 firmware for Hero fixes this issue some how, and now I'm able to sync with my work's exchange server. They must have changed something in the activesync program or overall sync framework because now I don't have any issues - I tried reverting back to a donut ROM to see if it wasn't because of actual 2.1 ROM that fixed it, but it was.
Huey85 said:
It's a problem with your exchange server - I have the same problem but my work's IT won't change the security settings server-side.
Luckily, the 2.1 firmware for Hero fixes this issue some how, and now I'm able to sync with my work's exchange server. They must have changed something in the activesync program or overall sync framework because now I don't have any issues - I tried reverting back to a donut ROM to see if it wasn't because of actual 2.1 ROM that fixed it, but it was.
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It's not a Exchange issue. I know i can bypass security check but it's unwanted and it shouldn't be needed. It's just that android can't handle password policy.
I just had the same error,
I manage the exchange server so I know it was not that, I was messing with the rom (and broke it).. anyway I cleared data / reflashed the working 2.1 ROM and got that error.. I reflashed the ROM again (again again) and then it worked..
good luck..
As long as 2.1 fixes the password policy issue, would it be possible to fake it?
I mean, entering a 4-char long passcode everytime you unlock the device is not very convenient. It would be fantastic if one could let ActiveSync think that passcode enforcement is turned on, while it is actually turned off. That would be a killer!!
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As long as 2.1 fixes the password policy issue, would it be possible to fake it?
I mean, entering a 4-char long passcode everytime you unlock the device is not very convenient. It would be fantastic if one could let ActiveSync think that passcode enforcement is turned on, while it is actually turned off. That would be a killer!!
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Got around this. Just installed "Lock 2.0". This overrides the lock screen with the well-known iPhone unlock slider. So one slide with your thumb is enough to unlock. This retains whole exchange sync functionality
So in an effort to improve battery life, I would like to set my Google email and calender sync via exchange server to only sync every 2 hours instead of "as items arrive"
I know where to set this up and when I do, it is ok until I do a soft reset, then it always reverts back to "as items arrive".
Does anyone know how to make these settings for only sync every couple of hours service a soft reset?
Thanks,
Jeff
yeah, turn your phone off properly every now and then.
M3PH said:
yeah, turn your phone off properly every now and then.
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Thanks, but this doesn't do anything for me either, I powered down normally and still the sync as items as they arrive still gets enabled.
Jeff
ok, next question. Is the exchange server one you setup or was it setup by someone else? If it was the later then you may find there is a device policy in effect preventing this change.
I use Exchange 2003 on Windows 2003 small business server. I have no device policies configured and i have no issues changing the sync schedule. I should also say i setup and configured the whole server.
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ok, next question. Is the exchange server one you setup or was it setup by someone else? If it was the later then you may find there is a device policy in effect preventing this change.
I use Exchange 2003 on Windows 2003 small business server. I have no device policies configured and i have no issues changing the sync schedule. I should also say i setup and configured the whole server.
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I set it up, it is for my personal gmail account in which I have my calender and email synced.
Thanks,
Jeff
There must be something funky with your server configuration then or it's a bug that i'm not aware of in the version of the rom you are using. Are you using the latest energy 21xxx rom or the aug28 version?
I am running energy august 28 21914 version. I have been using energy roms since my tp2 days but have never tried to do this. i am just basicly just trying to get 20 hours worth.of battery life out of this phone.
thank you
jeff
Try to configure your device with a very small period of "peak time" and thus almost all day "off peak"
That way at least the period of synching "when they arrive" will be reduced to a minimum.
try turning off push mail in settings, should help ya I think.
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try turning off push mail in settings, should help ya I think.
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Thanks, I just tried that too, (I have previously been using native WM activesync to set this) and I get the same results. I set it to check once an hour both peak and non peak and after a soft reset, it does back to as it arrives.
If I just disable push via the comm manager, the settings get set to manually check.
Thank you for your input.
I am still stuck with this.
Jeff
I received my SGS2 on Monday - pre-installed with the latest firmware (KE7) - and had problems immediately trying to get Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync configured.
I entered my configuration, consisting of
email address
Domain: user name
password
Exchange server
and a tick in the 2 SSL boxes
but kept getting error messages like:
Setup could not finish
Unable to connect Server
or
Setup could not finish
Activation failed. Unable to connect to network. Try again with network provider's default APN.
And before anyone asks, I did have a working data connection (automatically configured) and had no problems with internet access, email, weather updates on the widget, downloading apps from the store, etc, etc. I tried lots of different values for exchange, did a number of hard resets, etc - no joy. And then I brought the phone home, connected to my wifi and tried again. It worked!
I didn't believe it myself, so the next day I did the following:
Hard reset, wiped everything including cache.
Switched on phone, entered details for exchange - same error message as above
Drove home, outside the house, switched on wifi, entered my connection details and tried again (the details that previously failed were still on the screen, I reused them with no changes)
And it worked!
I would have thought that any application, including the Exchange configuration utility on my phone, would be agnostic as to how its data was delivered to our corporate exchange server; O2 GSM data or BT home broadband connection through a wireless router, who cares?
Anyway, this was driving me mad before I stumbled on this "solution" and hopefully the above can help someone. I'll also pass this info back to Samsung.
Before I go, does anyone want to comment on what the problem could be - O2 network blocking some type of traffic, hardcoded values deep in the configuration utility, etc, etc?
Hi,
Me too facing the same issue with my Samsung Ace S5830. I tried to configure my outlook with same module from other set it worked perfectly fine. I am facing issue with only my mobile set.
So I guess its not generic problem across all mobile set.
If any one is aware of this, please help ?
Regards,
Satish
FIXED !!!
I rang my network provider - o2 - and explained my problem. I was expecting to be told that if my data was working for other things then it wasn't their problem if there was an issue with my exchange client.
I was wrong! The guy I spoke to took me through the config in:
Settings - Wireless and network - Mobile networks - Access Point Names
Basically, we blew away the existing APN config and entered a new one from scratch. If I remember correctly, the new entries were the same as the old with the exception of Proxy and Port. These had values in the original APN I was using and they were left blank in the new one.
And it worked!
The o2 network - or more specifically the proxy - was not liking some of the data produced by the exchange client (which was SSL) and was refusing it.
So, lessons learned:
O2 support for me was great
If you have a similar problem, try ringing up your provider and ask them if the APN settings (which are usually automatically generated) are correct for your device.
I couldnt get the Exchange Server settings to work on my brand new i9100, I've installed Touchdown and it appears to have fixed the problem with the native exchange setup
Setup could not finish - fix
I have been looking for the fix for the problem;
Setup could not finish
Activation failed. Unable to connect to network. Try again with network provider's default APN
In the end the fix was simple in my case, I had the wrong date and time. Once I had corrected the date and time it setup perfectly.
Hope this helps
Unfortunately i got the same problem..
Any solutions have mentioned above, doesn't worked... :S
Any ideas..?
alexisgt said:
Unfortunately i got the same problem..
Any solutions have mentioned above, doesn't worked... :S
Any ideas..?
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HI,
i have same issue, it was working fine all along, then i changed from cyanogen nightly to Cristelo v24, exchange stopped working, i wiped everything reinstalled rom still not working, i tired lightning, Stock etc all with full wipe still email is givingme same error while setting up. I tried on another s2 it works like a charm, only problem is with my handset. Touchdown is working fine. Pls HELP!!!!!!
TIA
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alexisgt said:
Unfortunately i got the same problem..
Any solutions have mentioned above, doesn't worked... :S
Any ideas..?
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did you find solution to ur problem?
did you find solution to ur problem?
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Yes.. I tried 2 days later...
It sounds funny, but it worked with any changes...! :S
I'm in exactly the same boat. Everything was fine on Friday and then I tried a new ROM (KI8 based Touche X-Power) and, all of a sudden, Exchange no longer works. No reflash, no wipe and reinstall. I've also tried official ROM's but it just point blank refuses to set up. Touchdown works, but in-built Exchange doesn't. This is very, very strange. Is there an explanation that anyone can give? I'm stumped...
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I have the same issues. Today I upgraded to gingerbread then to cognition 5.2 and now I cannot get exchange set up. I dont know if its due to the upgrade or a total coincidence. I get the "activation failed. unable to connect to network. try again with networks providers default APN" I'm using the same exact settings for domain, exchange server, etc. as before but it will not work.
same here. from lightining rom (2.3.4) to 2.3.5 roms. same issues with all the roms.
+1 To this problem. No idea what is causing it. Tried flashing to Villain ROM, had the issue. Flashed to Lightning ROM, same thing. Had to flash back to an older ROM because this problem was so annoying! Didn't work on either Wifi or 3G, with everything double and triple checked. Seems to work fine on my older ROM.
Same issue here. I've only been on stock with an At&t SG2. It was fine intially...I then wiped the phone for personal reasons and now I get this same error... try again with network provider's default apn. I tried with Touch Down and Enhanced Email and it works fine, but no luck with the native client. Very odd!! Btw, my device runs 2.3.4.
I hope someone is able to pinpoint the problem.
Same issue here.
Was on Cog. 1.51, exchange was working fine, flashed CM7 for a couple of days again no issues, now went back to 1.51 and getting the above messages. Wiped, cleared cache, etc, nothing works.
Same issue here. It was working fine when I originally configured it on Friday night. I wanted to change my google account on the device, so I did factory reset. Now I can't add my exchange accounts.
I contacted the Rogers (wireless provider) as well as Samsung Canada (useless weekend support staffs). Rogers points to Samsung. Samsung points to my company's MIS team!?!?!?!
Anyhow, I read the activation dialogue box again and again.
"By activating this application you accept that part of your movile phone data will be stored, processed and used by Samsung for the purpose of reporting activation of the application to the licensors of the application s/w itself. Such data held by Samsung will be dealt with strictly in accordance with Samsung's privacy policy. A copy of the policy is available upon request. Continue?"
It looks like it's trying to contact Samsung server to register the Exchange activation. I'm guessing they're trying to count number of exchange (activesync) users. Maybe, to pay greedy Microsoft.
I'm going to try again tomorrow.
glad to know there are many others, just flashed touch x rom, it actually worked, but the video playback was stuttering so i thought to flash it one more time,...and then cant activate exchange mail...tried flashing other roms didnt work, but a revert back to stock rom from nandroid backup works...getting confused here also
This has been driving me nuts for the last day and a half, funny that this topic's just exploded with replies. Sounds like it's a problem with Samsung's servers (Or their mail provider, Seven) activating the device for exchange. Vexingly, it worked absolutely fine until I switched ROMs and had to re-enter the settings, I've wiped all data multiple times and flashed many a ROM to try and fix it, but still no joy. Glad to hear I'm not alone, at least, sounds like we'll have to wait for Samsung to fix it.
In the meantime, people, don't remove your exchange setup.
EDIT: Emailed Samsung NZ about it, looking forward to their response.
i'm having this problem too.
I was on kh3 rom, all work perfectly.
Then (why? why? why?) i changed yesterday to the ki3.
No more exchange, i gone back to the kh3 but nothing changed, same problem.
On wifi, 3g, also using the wifi connection on the same network of the server exchange.
Any ideas? I need those email for work ç_ç
Me too.on cm7 works
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Since we have to wait for Samsung (Or possibly Seven) to fix it, your best bet is to use another email client like K-9 (Free in the market) or one of the AOSP ones floating around. This is only an issue with the stock Samsung email application, so CM7 & MIUI et al will be fine.
You can try putting a tick in the 'set as premium account' box, which will sync email at push through the social hub - but that will only work if your exchange server supports POP or IMAP. That method will only sync email, not contacts and such, and it might not be the best idea for confidential work mail anyway. Still, beats not having any email access on the device..
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Trying to set up my POP email acct that I have with Comcast. Everytime I try I keeps telling me that the server is not responding. Only having issues setting up the 2 Comcast emails, has never been a problem on any Sense 2.1 rom.
All my other email accts set up with no issues.
Anyone have any ideas?
Having a similar problem with setting up Yahoo on BAMF 2.1 Stripped
I had the same problem 3 times trying out the standard. I flashed back to remix and not one problem. I'm wondering though if it had anything to do with unchecking manual data set up while going through the phone set up. I didn't want to worry about reflashing standard just to try it and find out that didn't change anything and have to flash remix again.
The only reason I would consider going back to standard over remix is the notification having the black font on remix. I can't read anything on the drop menu. Other than that I prefer remix.
Ive tried unchecking the ssl and then rechecking it and it worked. also i found that hotmail is working through exchange
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Trying to set up my POP email acct that I have with Comcast. Everytime I try I keeps telling me that the server is not responding. Only having issues setting up the 2 Comcast emails, has never been a problem on any Sense 2.1 rom.
All my other email accts set up with no issues.
Anyone have any ideas?
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Appears to be a Verizon problem with Comcast, because my unrooted phone had issues connecting with Comcast mail in 4G. It connects fine in 3G or using the Xfinity email app (from the market) in 4G. I called Verizon, they sent me a new sim card and said if that didn't work, a full restore would be needed. I received the sim but didn't install it... but now my phone (with old sim) appears to get mail in 4G without a prob.