Hi!
I'm using my Vario II with a hosted exchange server provided by 1und1 and so I'm stuck with the enforced security settings.
Some time ago I read someone managed to disable this but unfortunately I don't find it any more. I tried the search engine but it didn't come up with what I was looking for.
Anybody who can help me?
Thanks!
With the enhanced security, are you not able to get anything working on your PPC? Or do you just not want it there? If it's the latter, I'd really like to know why you wouldn't want security on there.
Hi! Everything works fine. But I use this on a private basis and therefor it is unnecessary for me to use a password. Additionally I use an Anti-Theft-Software which is unlikely to be of any help if the device is password protected.
Apart from that it's just a matter of convenience. I've seen that it's possible and now I would like to try it.
I suppose telling your IT dept that you want to be on the password exception list is out of the question eh?
I'm using a hosted exchange. There is no way of changing the server settings.
Anybody help please?
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Anybody help please?
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Try the solution posted in the link below. I haven't tried it but I think it might help...
http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/ppc-...blem-cannot-turn-off-password-lock-fixed.html
Thanks for your answer. I tried it but unfortunately this does not do the trick... :-(
Hi! If you just want to turn off the security check when you turn your phone on. You can go to SETTINGS->(the symbol with the key don't know what its called on english rom) and set the time to 24 hours. Now all you have to do is turn your phone on once within 24 hours...and you will never see the security keypad again. I hope that is of any help to you...
Brevi
Thanks for the tip. It's already set to 24h. The reason I want to disable this is not just me being to lazy to key in the 4 numbers but to allow my anti-theft-software to work properly. But when the SIM is changed a softreset is performed and the Password is required before the thief's SIM can be activated and an alert SMS can be sent.
That's my problem.
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Hi All,
I set my 8125 up to synch with my work exchange server in order to keep my calendar and contacts up to date.
My work server enforces a device based password now frequently when I go to access the device I have to put in a password before it unlocks and I can access it's functions.
Anyone know how to disable the password requirement?
I am not talking about removing the password to connect to the exchange server, just the enforced password to access the device itself after it has been sitting idle for an hour or so.
I figure it has probably set registry values to control the password type, size and frequency it has to be entered as well as enabling/disabling it.
Anyone have any knowledge of how this is implemented on WM5 with push email?
http://www.zenyee.com/
Bypass push email password
Perect!
Thanks
Could someone post a more direct answer to this question? I can't find anything on zenyee to address this....
Thanks!
EDIT: Never mind - I found the "Zenyee.com Stay Unlock.zip" utility here: http://mobilitytoday.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13030&page=2. (attached in case it disappears again!)
StayUnlock
More info can be found on this at
http://mobilitytoday.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13030
Zenyee StayUnlock worked fine for me until I upgraded to an 8525. Now I am not sure if it is working or not. Once it informed me that the security policy was being applied but I have not seen it since and occasionally when I turn on the phone I have to enter a password. It happens every time if I power the phone all the way off and then on again.
I just modified the lock timeout to be 24 hours so that might help.
In order to access that setting you may have to modify a registry key to make the option availabe. I had to do this on my 8125 but the 8525 already had the key set. Details of that key change are in the same thread of the link above.
Working on 8925?
Can anyone get this thing to work on an 8925?
I installed the Cab Zenyee.comStayUnlock.cab
I see StayUnlock in the Startup Items Folder.
I see Zenyee.comStayUnlock in the "Remove Programs" window.
I have checked my registry and it is already set to 1.
I still get the prompt for password every 20 minutes.
Do I need to do anything besides install this cab (since my registry is already set properly)? I keep reading that people are "modifying the lock timeout". What does that mean and how do you do it? Heck, changing this to once every 24 hrs is MUCH better than every 20 minutes.
Robert
Nevermind. I just found out where the "password settings" was. (settings > personal tab > lock). I've set that to 24 hours. We'll see if Stay Unlock keeps that from prompting me every 24 hrs.
Robert
I installed the .cab file that I found on here and I was very pleased with the results
I then cooked it into my ROM and am still pleased
One thing that was slightly nagging me however was the notification you get when the policy is reapplied. For some reason our IT dept have configured the policy to refresh every hour, which I can obviously bypass with this excellent utility. Unfortunately every hour there is a notification and a (slightly) annoying bleep as the utility kicks in. Not that noticable but still a bit annoying.
Anyway I went direct to the site (http://www.zenyee.com/) of the developer and found a newer version (2.0) that operates in silent mode by default
Excellent..... Hope our IT dept don't find out
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I installed the .cab file that I found on here and I was very pleased with the results
I then cooked it into my ROM and am still pleased
One thing that was slightly nagging me however was the notification you get when the policy is reapplied. For some reason our IT dept have configured the policy to refresh every hour, which I can obviously bypass with this excellent utility. Unfortunately every hour there is a notification and a (slightly) annoying bleep as the utility kicks in. Not that noticable but still a bit annoying.
Anyway I went direct to the site (http://www.zenyee.com/) of the developer and found a newer version (2.0) that operates in silent mode by default
Excellent..... Hope our IT dept don't find out
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i personally would be more concerned about IT telling HR.
As an IT Admin i can say those policies are there as much to protect corporate info as to annoy end users.
Stay Unlocked
I've been using this little app for 2 years since my Kaiser days and I love it. Now they got a new version which doesn't prompt security at all!
deedee said:
i personally would be more concerned about IT telling HR.
As an IT Admin i can say those policies are there as much to protect corporate info as to annoy end users.
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That's true and reasonable, but at the same time you have no chance to modify the applied settings temporarily, even when it causes more trouble than maintains security. Just an example: You use your PDA for car navigation. Chances that it will be stolen while you are driving are extremely low, but it is very dangerous to enter a PIN every 15-20 minutes during driving. For these occasional situations it is very useful to override default policy settings and set PIN activation interval to several hours instead of minutes.
Completely agree on this. I could have lived with the lock policy when the device stayed unlocked when plugged in, but keying a PIN while driving should not be done.
I had the same issue before with Blackberry Connect. Last friday I switched to ActiveSync push synchronization and stumbled into the WM lockscreen issue.
Zenyee's tool seems (just using it for some hours) to work on WM 6.5.x (23xxx build) Energy ROM.
hi guys i am new here in this forum and i have searched in forum but not found any information about removing security code from a swisscom if any buddy can help ll be apriciate . thx in advance
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hi guys i how can i remove security code from a hermes ? can anybuddy help plzzzz ? thx in advance
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How to remove security code from a hermes/Swisscom?
It's easy... Give phone back to it's rightful owner, security lock removed!
If your talking about SIM locks where you need a PUK code3 call your carrier and ask them what it is.
Next time please give more explanation on the nature of the problem as there are different security locks... Since the others have covered the most basic i will cover a different one... If you are part of a company exchange then you might want to talk to you IT about the security settings as they may need to change your password policy!
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It's easy... Give phone back to it's rightful owner, security lock removed!
If your talking about SIM locks where you need a PUK code3 call your carrier and ask them what it is.
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Tee hee hee
No, seriously...
I understand what he's asking. I've got a corporate IT department that is blackberry biased. I've tried to get BBC to work for days and I get the same problem several other people are experiencing.
Frankly, MS direct push is probably a better solution BUT my IT department has a 5 minute, strong password policy that locks up my phone when it's not in use. This policy does not apply to BB and I'm not entirely sure why it should lock the entire device (I can answer the phone, but can't dial out without entering a password.)
The other problem is that deleting the email synch leaves the policy in place and I've had to hard reset the device to get rid of it.
Is there any way to override the policy once it's been passed down? I'm new to the device AND to blackberry. I think this is probably the better answer, but I can't seem to make it work.
Thanks,
mick
Hi,
I have setup my device to pickup mail from my corporate email server. In order to do this I needed to comply with security and it enforced a PIN which will lockout every 20 mins when unused.
I am looking for the registry key for this setting so that I can either disable it or set it way higher.
Does anyone know if this is a possibility?
BTW, I am on WM6 Black edition
Thanks
Aidan
Disable Lock
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Anyone got something on this?
I have also run into this problem and would like to disable it.
bump anyone have this problem
it's there for a reason.
if you try googling the forums, you will find that another forum has created a solution.
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it's there for a reason.
if you try googling the forums, you will find that another forum has created a solution.
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thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=307270&highlight=Registry+settings+for+LOCK
Hello!
I have a problem with my hd 2.
Somehow I activated the phone lock, i'm not sure how it happened, as I know where the setting is and I don't recall activating it.
The problem is that I can't figure out how to deactivate it again (the check box "Prompt if phone unused for" is grayed out, can't uncheck it)
I can change the settings, like, how much time before it locks up or what password I want to use, but no disable.
I really don't want this phone lock to be activated so if anyone could tell me what to do to deactivate it i'd be most grateful!
Tried to search the forums for it but couldn't find anything.
Thanks!
try clearing the password fields, and changing the time to 0 minutes, and then see if it'll let you untick the box.
You can disable auto lock with BsB Tweaks. That's probably the easiest method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=589305
MidnightDraven: thanks, I tried that but it won't let me clear the password field, just keeps saying that it's not allowed to keep it blank, even if I set the time to 0.....
johncmolyneux: I'll give it a go
Thanks both of you for replying
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You can disable auto lock with BsB Tweaks. That's probably the easiest method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=589305
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I tried out this application, and disabled the "auto lock" function, but I still get prompted when I reboot my phone, that I have to type in the phone lock code ?
Seems to have worked other than that....any other ideas as to how I can get rid of it completely ?
I don't know what to say mate. I just set mine to lock and require a pin, but it let me untick the "prompt if unused" checkbox and blanked out the password for me when I did it. It's now back to the way it was.
Have you installed any software recently?
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I don't know what to say mate. I just set mine to lock and require a pin, but it let me untick the "prompt if unused" checkbox and blanked out the password for me when I did it. It's now back to the way it was.
Have you installed any software recently?
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Weird...
Well i'm using topix ROM which I got from these forums, and only other thing I have installed is the cab that makes the battery shown in %.
Could it be the topix ROM perhaps?
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Weird...
Well i'm using topix ROM which I got from these forums, and only other thing I have installed is the cab that makes the battery shown in %.
Could it be the topix ROM perhaps?
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It's possible. Try raising the issue in the thread you got the ROM from. I'm sure someone else would have seen the issue if it is caused by that ROM.
Figured it out
johncmolyneux said:
It's possible. Try raising the issue in the thread you got the ROM from. I'm sure someone else would have seen the issue if it is caused by that ROM.
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Figured out why it got activated!
When I setup the exchange connection for my workplace must be some sort of security policy, that forces you to activate the phone lock if you want to sync the emails, can't find away around it, but at least the mystery is solved
Thanks again for your help!
Krawlor said:
Figured out why it got activated!
When I setup the exchange connection for my workplace must be some sort of security policy, that forces you to activate the phone lock if you want to sync the emails, can't find away around it, but at least the mystery is solved
Thanks again for your help!
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Makes sense, and worth noting for future!
Glad to help mate
Hi,
I Have the same issue with exchange.
But there is no other option to disable it? some reg modification?
Hi all,
I've just got my HD2 and it's the first Windows Mobile device I've synced with my exchange server. Had the same thing and it really bugged me but I found a work around. If you're an Exchange admin (or you're in good with those who are), Google search for Exchange-2003-Mobile-Messaging-Part2-Uncovering-Device-Security-Policies - use the first link. You can disable the requirement for a password globally, or you can specify an individual user to exclude from the password policy. I've just added my username in as an exclusion and it works like a treat!
Good luck
Hi All,
I have been through the pinned thread about tweaks and what not but couldnt find what i was after so i am hoping someone can help.
I have set my emails up on my HD2 and when i did that it made me set a password to unlock my phone...which is fine, however i get a problem every now and then when i go to type my password in that no matter what i type its always wrong, even though its right!
So i though the best thing to do would be to see if there is a way to get it to lock still but with out the password, so i'm hoping there is a tweak or registry edit i can do to not make me set a password.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Many Thanks.
Dan
bump...any one got any ideas?
This lock is from a default exchange server security setting. I have the same problem and overruling this setting with a registry edit won't work because on reboot the security policy gets applied again...
For the problem with the wrong PIN. Put out the battery to restart. This fixes the PIN problem (had this problem 2 times since november...)
If anyone knows how to kill the pin entry without changing the exchange security settings I would be very happy ;D
Riddance said:
This lock is from a default exchange server security setting. I have the same problem and overruling this setting with a registry edit won't work because on reboot the security policy gets applied again...
For the problem with the wrong PIN. Put out the battery to restart. This fixes the PIN problem (had this problem 2 times since november...)
If anyone knows how to kill the pin entry without changing the exchange security settings I would be very happy ;D
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thanks for your reply! that makes a bit of sense actually! although i am getting the wrong PIN issue once a day at least and it is very frustrating!
Any help on the force pin issue would be great!
Riddance said:
This lock is from a default exchange server security setting. I have the same problem and overruling this setting with a registry edit won't work because on reboot the security policy gets applied again...
For the problem with the wrong PIN. Put out the battery to restart. This fixes the PIN problem (had this problem 2 times since november...)
If anyone knows how to kill the pin entry without changing the exchange security settings I would be very happy ;D
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This sounds a bit like the wifi-in-standby issue that I fixed with an application. Basically, it's a reg value that tells it not to turn off wifi when you go into standby, but it resets when you restart the phone. I made a simple app that sets the reg value and put it in the startup folder so it's always run when you restart the phone.
If you give me the reg value that stops it asking for a PIN then I'll write a similar app for that. It may not solve the problem, but it sounds like a plan.
I will look to find the value again. Was in the beginning of my usage... I will give you an update when i've found the value/values.
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I will look to find the value again. Was in the beginning of my usage... I will give you an update when i've found the value/values.
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any luck on finding the value Riddance?