Has anyone else noticed this:-
I happened to enter a simple 4 digit password into my XDAIIi that began with 08.
When subsequently asked to enter the password, after entering the 0 then the 8, the 08 appears in clear text on the screen!
They go back to the * display when entering the 3rd & 4th digit but it seems weird why this combination goes into plaint text - I've tried other password codes but haven't found any others that exhibit this 'characteristic'.
This also happens if you have a SIM password which starts with 08.
Furthermore if you do a soft reset, and you enter your password before the lengthy boot up process continues, not only does the 08 get displayed during entry, the fourth digit is left highlighted on the keypad - thus some sharp eyed thief, eavesdropping on your password entry would only have to work through 10 combinations to get access to your XDA.
So a word of advice - avoid 08xx password codes on your XDA if you're at all concerned about the security of your XDA (then again if you are that concerned, you probably will be using a strong alphanumeric password).
Please let me know whether its just my XDA thats doing this or is it a design feature and if so, any ideas why?
Emergency numbers are always displayed and allowed to be called from any mobile phone, no matter if it's locked or not. (eg. 999, 112, 911 etc) It's a legal requirement.
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My Tytn locks after a few minutes. I can remember setting this in the beginning, after booting for the 1st time. I want to change the nr of minutes, but I just cant find the program to do so.
Help says I have to use the "windows-settings-personal[tab]-password". But (I have an UK Tytn) its just not there. ANyware...
Where is the password option hidden?
How can I get back that option in the above mentioned window?
I could hardly sleep - so I just went thru all options and its "hidden" behind the WIndows-Settings-[personal-tab]-LOCK icon.
WHen choosing the LOCK, you have to enter the password. I thought it meant that after typing in the password, the device was locked.
But after giving the password, you're able to change the password/timeout settings.
How simple life is sometimes
Windows-HELP is wrong though....
Hi there!
I've been using WM5 in my P3600 for about a year. a month back i decided to turn to WM6 and it's working great so far (according to my requirements).
I tried several WM6 ROMs but all of them have the following problem:
When you set your device password to be simple (4 digits), you don't get the ONLY 4 characters (spaces) required for the simple password as in WM5, instead you would get a blank space to write down any number of characters you want then you should click ok.. While in WM5 when you set your device security to be simple, upon entering your password you would get only 4 spaces, and as soon as you enter your 4 digits it directly opens up without clicking ok ..
Does any1 know how to fix this issue in WM6?
....i was given the settings by Centennial, and given the username and password, and the password is 4 characters.....
i put it in, and try to connect, and it gives me an error, then when i go back to the settings, in the password field, there's like 12 characters there....any idea what might be causing that?
I use Exchange Enterprise Activesync for email, and corporate policy forces the use of a pin.
There is a function to display a 20 digit recovery password in Outlook Web Access that can be used if the device PIN is forgotten.
On my TyTN II (Windows Mobile 6.1) on the lock screen there is a Menu with Reset Password as an option, after selecting this I can specify a new password, then enter the 20 digit recovery password.
However, I can't find a password reset option on the HD2 lock screen. I suspect, from searching on the Internet, that this might be the case with other Windows Mobile 6.5 devices, but can't get at one to check.
Does anybody know how the password reset option can be accessed?
Hey, we are having the same problem with the HD2. There is not a "menu" option on the lock screen.
Anyone figure out how to use this yet?
Same problem :/
Does nobody have an idea?
So I wanted to check "locate my phone" feature of moto blur and went to the web site (https://portal-blur.svcmot.com/blur-web-portal), but could not remember my password.
I did a reset password through my laptop and changed it and logged in to the portal. But now that password is changed, phone throws up an error saying my blur password is wrong. I click on the notification to enter the new password, but the damn thing shows me the password change option with old password, and 2x new password instead of just the "enter new password" screen.
How am I going to enter my new password to this stupid blur?
fincan said:
So I wanted to check "locate my phone" feature of moto blur and went to the web site (https://portal-blur.svcmot.com/blur-web-portal), but could not remember my password.
I did a reset password through my laptop and changed it and logged in to the portal. But now that password is changed, phone throws up an error saying my blur password is wrong. I click on the notification to enter the new password, but the damn thing shows me the password change option with old password, and 2x new password instead of just the "enter new password" screen.
How am I going to enter my new password to this stupid blur?
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Motoblur and Google asks u to relogin whenever u inset a different sim on the phone....so try putting a different sim (doesnt matter which network) relogin again .... it should work...
Not the best solution but should work..
Remove SIM card and connect via WiFi
anupash said:
Motoblur and Google asks u to relogin whenever u inset a different sim on the phone....so try putting a different sim (doesnt matter which network) relogin again .... it should work...
Not the best solution but should work..
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Good idea -- that worked...
I was having the same problem.. Changed my Motoblur password (had forgotten the old one) online, then when the Atrix notified me of the password change, I got sent to the wrong screen. Changing the password here required entering the password I'd forgotten.
This procedure works on my wife's Motorola Cliq 2 - takes me to a screen that only asks to enter the new password. But my Atrix doesn't seem to do that.
I turned off the phone and extracted the SIM card -- I did not have another card handy to install, so I connected to a nearby open WiFi network. Motoblur locked the phone, and when it asked me to log in, I used my account name and the NEW password to log in, and it worked. I got one last notification about the password change, but I cleared it and moved on.
Everything seems to be OK at this point. Not the most elegent solution, but it did work for me (for now, anyway.)
I did the same thing. I had another sim card but it was a European operator card and I certainly did not want to rack roaming data for stupid blur So I waited until I went home, removed the sim, booted the phone, entered the new password, inserted old sim, rebooted the phone, re-entered the password yet again.
Deep from my heart I want to say "Idiots!" to people who coded this whole blur thingy at Motorola.
Thanks for the answers both of you by the way : o)
Looks like Motorola may be aware of the following issue (and may have attempted to fix it).
Their support site (Answer ID 63006) states: "You will need to type your new password in all three boxes, "Old Password", "New Password", and "Confirm Password".
I tried doing the following multiple times and had no luck. Finally found this thread and did what was suggested and all went well.
Had to turn the phone off/pull the back cover, battery & sim off/turn it on without sim/turn it off/turn it on with sim/re-enter my Motoblur username/password and it worked like a charm.