I like the idea of having a password to use the XDA, and i firmly believe that all passwords should be strong ones. As the password on the XDA is case sensitive i find i usualy need to use the on screen keyboard to type in my pass word, but my XDA has worked it self into a state where i can't change out of the transcriber to enter my password. I'm about to try a softreset but if thats whats needed this is a serious issue
when you soft reset it should put you back to the default keyboard input panel. Unless you reg hacked transcriber to be your default input, in which case all I can say is write ever so clearly and pray! :?
Make mental note: if we ever create an alternative bootloader, make sure it can wipe the OS password.
id like to know which of the programs you've installed has taken away the ability to change input method when entering passwords, i've never had it happen in normal ppc, but then i've only had a xda 7 days
oh and the reset fixed it
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I just loaded "Microsoft Password for Pocket PC" from
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/wce/downloads/ppctoys.mspx#EVD
onto my T-mobile MDA Vario great I thought more security! :lol:
Laughing
once soft resetting the device I try a nice new password longer than the 4 digit number previously with a few other alphanumerics thrown in.
Now how do I enter longer password strings than 4 charc from the initial entry screen? It only has 0-9 and CLR on it!:x
Mad
I can login using the new password via active sync and have a recent SpbBackup backup, if its any use
Any one out there every been this stupid?
Thanks for help.
:lol:
Can't you use the hardware keyboard??? If not, you can use ActiveSync Remote Display or Pocket Controller.
Thanks lutzs,
mmmm.. the keyboard can be used but the message after the 4th character is entered comes up..
"The password you typed is incorrect. Please retype your password"
so it looks like it is only expecting 4 charcs and no enter/ok key press.
also to get remote display to work I need to lauch the application on the phone.. and no can do
Any other suggestions?
then i think it's not an input problem, forget the other methods. It's a problem of the program. Saved all data? Then make a hard reset :?
BTW: I can choose a simple or a complex pin (with ascii) by default.
ok will do ....one question
How do you do a hard reset on a T-mobile MDA Vario?
(please don't laugh ...I've updated my ROM, other tweaks and soft reset many times)
just don't know how to hard reset a phone without going through the START..SETTINGS...SYSTEM... method.
thanks
It was something with Pwr, camera, comm-manager buttopn and reset, but i don't remember exactly. Search the forum and you will find it.
thanks for your time Lutzs hard reset underway...
see...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=45576&highlight=wizard+booting
"You have to hold down the buttons (comm. manager+voice command
) then insert the stylus... then remove the stylus wile still holding the buttons and wait a second. then let go of the buttons.. it will then ask you to hit send to hard reset."
I should be back up and running in 30 mins or so
cheers, :lol:
hey and don't install this app anymore. :lol:
hi all
im using the 2.17 qtek rom and i have to admit, i have not been impressed at all by the phone functions.
its very user unfriendly and so hard to get things done.
is there a better rom out there for the phone interface?
in terms of dialing, from contacts, replying, saving numbers, sending messages to phone numbers etc
also, my keyboard (soft keyboard on the screen) is driving me nuts.
i cant install phraze-it, i mean, i install it, but it never comes up when i choose it as input method. always the keyboard. the other inbuit soft input types work.
tried to install blimkeys and all others out there, but nothing comes up. ive never seen their interfaces.
anybody any ideas?
Cheers
munzab said:
hi all
im using the 2.17 qtek rom and i have to admit, i have not been impressed at all by the phone functions.
its very user unfriendly and so hard to get things done.
is there a better rom out there for the phone interface?
in terms of dialing, from contacts, replying, saving numbers, sending messages to phone numbers etc
also, my keyboard (soft keyboard on the screen) is driving me nuts.
i cant install phraze-it, i mean, i install it, but it never comes up when i choose it as input method. always the keyboard. the other inbuit soft input types work.
tried to install blimkeys and all others out there, but nothing comes up. ive never seen their interfaces.
anybody any ideas?
Cheers
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As for the Phone User Interface there's nothing you can do apart: 'Get used to it!', it's not so bad in the end.
For the SIP (Soft Input Panel) i can only suggest: be sure the programs you're using are designed for WM 5.0 and install them in main memory.
bye
I believe if you look in the wiki you will find a registry edit that will change the default input method. you can make it the keypad if you like. Not quite sure if that's what you want.
Zach
I know I have read this somewhere but can't remember where I read it but lately I have had this happen. I reach for my mogul to find it awaken and with a screen asking for a password. I never have set a password and leaving password blank doesn't work. I have to soft reset to get out of it. Don't know if this is a mogul bug, wm6 bug, or 3rd party app bug. I have slide2unlock 1.19 installed as well as the Grumps iPhone theme, and HTC Touch Today plugin. Other significant apps installed includes Voice Command 1.6, smartskey, and Live Search 2.0
Anybody know the cause?
Are you using Exchange activesync? If so, some Exchange providers will force a security policy on your phone that causes the password screen. There are ways to get around it with certain software (did it on my wife's 6800). Here is a thread about software that I used - http://discuss.treocentral.com/showthread.php?p=1337000
Anyone Come Up with a Good Solution Yet?
I bought my Mogul yesterday. Today I put X-Button, Grumps Iphone and Slide2Unlock. After waking up the phone, it requires me to enter a password (that I have never set anywhere. It sounds like the problem referrred to in this forum, but no one seems to have worked out a good solution.
I don't think I am using Exchange Activesync - just 4.5.
Anyone?
I had the same problem when I installed the Iphone theme, It would randomly ask me for a password and then I would have to soft reset to fix it, I just uninstalled the iphone theme since it wasnt that good anyway.
Ditched Slide2Unlock
I deleted Slide2Unlock because when the phone sleeps after 2 min. I don't need a lock. But I kept the iPhone theme to see how that goes...
What's your opinion of Spb Shell that also has big buttons. That's what I need, instead of trying to use my fingernail on the Today screen. Think HTC is really going to release Touchflo for the Mogul?
BB
Same problem here. Is the slide to unlock program cause the problem?
i doubt it, ive been using s2u since i got my mogul and never had this issue
under Settings - Lock there is an option to enable/disable password prompt, the GUI doesnt let you enable password prompt without setting a password, but if an app changed the setting in the registry it might cause the issue
same issue here. i checked all the reg keys from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=317107 so it's not the exchange policies. i have grump's iphone theme without slide 2 unlock installed.
Hi,
I've been stupid. The HD2 isn't the first Windows Mobile device I've owned, and I should know better than to download software off of the internet.
I downloaded Swype from a website, 1800pocketpc or something like that. I've no idea what version, but it's basically changed my phone password, so now I can't even get into my device to uninstall it.
Most of the posts I've seen online have said the only way around this is a hard reset. Can someone else see if they can give me another option (i.e if they know what Swype changes the password to, etc).
Any help would be massively appreciated!
sounds like the 3.9 version (kind of light grey?) which changes passwords on machines that dont report a t mobile base rom.
There are several threads, and like you, i haven't yet seen a sucessfull outcome that didn't include a hard reset.
If you want to play with swype (its great) look for the one ripped from the omnia.(version 2, i think, , , )
There is a version that works on the non-Tmo phones, can upload if requested.
For the problem you are experiencing, you need to replace modelname.txt in the windows directory if you can access it. I'm not sure if you mean the SIM lock or phone PIN, if its SIM you can cancel and overwrite the file; if the latter I do not know a way around it. Sorry.
I had the same with a custom ROM from here and the Swype cab to go with it. I did a hard reset and installed Swype, then set the pin code back. No problems since.
Hello! when i installed swype keyboard on my htc hd2 after restarting when i write my 4 digit code nothing happens. I don't want to lose my contacts and I'm not doing hard reset
Please help me.
sim code or phone lock code???
It is phone lock code
so you do have a big problem now, because you would first have to remove your phone lock before installing swype. swype setup is changing the user information of your device. so you are locked out now.
what to do now without flashing new rom i dont know. maybe someone else can help you with this problem.
but the problem with swype changing the user info is known. so you had to read more carefull.
look @ this thrad: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=681004&highlight=swype
Thank you, but that didn't help me.
Try Try and Try again
Well,
Yiour other possibility is to keep on trying. Your passkey is hashed with user information.
If installation of software changed user information, you will need to try and find a combination resulting in the same hash value(very slim possibility, almost impossible)
Other option: Hard Reset..
I know ths doe not help, but these are the possibilities AFAIK
i've been caught out by this... i didn't read... i THINK also swype has f-ed up my email a/c before now as well... i think you'll have to hard reset...
IMHO swype is best installed almost immediately on a new ROM/reset ROM, before any other installtions, account set up & ESPECIALLY password set up...
yes - i swore a lot too, when this dawned on me..
ALSO - you must disable your phone lock password (not SIM lock) when UNINSTALLING swype as the same thing will happen - this caught me out too!!
HTH?