Hi Guys,
I just got a Jamin and have it setup with MS Exchange Direct Push. Working great so far.
Our company IT policy has the device set to 10mins timeout and it will lock. I need to enter a 6 digit PIN code to unlock the device.
Currently when I unlock, I can choose the keyboard or letter recogniser input options etc. I have seen screenshots where you get a simple numerical touch pad on the screen for the PIN code. How do I get this? This way I can enter the code with my finger instead of using the stylus.
I think the big numerical pad you see for the pin input is the built-in security feature of pocket pc. I don't think what you are refering to (in your case) is the standard pocket pc pin thing, as the standard is only 4 digits (vs yours, 6 digits).
What you could do is to try to search for thumb keyboard, or big keyboard, which offers you very big keyboard that you can use for anything (e.g. not just entering pin). I find that difficult to use as you need to re-train your memory to know each character's location.
I think there are some posts available in this forum, but just google it will do.
I use a pin (numerics) to protect the data on my MDA vario 2. I type in this pin using the stylus keyboard. Anyway, I saw that the Swisscom version uses a touchscreen input panel to type in the pin for the PPC. Does anybody know how to get this done with the MDA Vario 2?
Try going in to the Pin's setting area, there should be a radio button or something for making the password stronger. The V.keyboard u see is for letters input.
The Swiss guy is using a numeric code to protect his device. A numeric touch pas shows up to enter it. That's what I would like to have. Any idea? Maybe a program in the Swisscom extented ROM?
Hi,
There are 2 ways to protect you data (not SIM PIN) on WM5 devices. They are 'Simple PIN' or 'Strong alphanumeric'. When you use 'simple pin' you will be prompted with a standard numeric input display. If however you use 'Strong alphanumeric' then you will get a text box to enter your password into and you either use the onboard keyboard or the slide-out QWERTY one.
I much prefer the 'simple PIN' for ease of entry.
Gav.
Thx GavinN, interessting: I use a 'Simple PIN' (it's selected) but I get allways a text box to enter your password into, so I have to either use the onboard keyboard or the slide-out QWERTY one.
I much prefer the 'simple PIN' for ease of entry, so any idea how to get it??
d.
Hey D,
That's interesting. I enabled it on my TyTN and looked through the registry but can't find the setting for where this is stored. I was looking at it a few weeks back so there is some sort of entry which you might be able to 'hack'.
I'll look again later and post another reply.
Gav.
THX! Looking forward ;-)
I get the simple pin with touch pad. Its been there from first use and is the sim card pin that I set up on my old phone before I upgraded. Not sure how you set up a sim card pin on the tytn. Do you have another handset you could try setting one up on?
It's not the pin for the SIM card. I use a second password to secure my device, and I uase only numbers (simple key settings). Now my device shows the keyboard and a text box to enter the key instead of a numeric touch pad, even after a hard reset. Could somebody post the registry entries of HKLM\Security\Phone\Skin with all keys and entries? Maybe I can look for differences to my settings.
Hi D:
--ROOT---
Folder: DIALER
Folder: PROGRESS
DWORD: Enabled = 1
STRING: ext = \windows\phcanhtc.dll
--DIALER--
Folder: landscape
Folder: portrait
--PROGRESS--
Folder: landscape
Folder: portrait
Lots of other folders under them but nothing 'Simple PIN' related.
Gav.
digger_de said:
Thx GavinN, interessting: I use a 'Simple PIN' (it's selected) but I get allways a text box to enter your password into, so I have to either use the onboard keyboard or the slide-out QWERTY one.
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Some suggestions. You can try selecting the security to the higher security (e.g. not "Simple PIN") option, save it, wait and reboot the system. Then, go into the security again, and try simple pin to toggle the settings, which may help.
And, also, as with Windows, and Linux, there are security concerns over the users level of password protection. As I know, for some devices, there are this coopoerate mode, which seems to be like the WindowsXP Professional Edition. Such 'higher-end' edition often has default higher security level (eg user cannot use short password, user password will automatically expire, etc). So, I'm wondering, does your phone shows any form of.. "Professinal" tag on it?
Hi G.,
looks same at my device. I will walk to a t-mobile shop to check another device.
No, no professional or else device.
I tried to use higher encryption, rebooting etc. and then simple pin. I always get an alpha input field and keyboard for entry, but never the numeric touch pad entry. I got no f... clue why.
Heureka, I got it: I selected simple password and entered 5 digits, resulting in no warnung or else and the keyboard for entry. Now I enterd exactly 4 digits and the numeric touch pad for entry appeared ...
Eh?
Typical Microsoft!!! Glad you got it sorted.
Gav.
Hello,
I've seen this problem mentioned a few times, but i've never found a fix for it. When using the 20 key touch pad to enter a password it locks you into numeric only and there is no way to swtich. I'm always forced to switch to the old school stylus keyboard.
What makes it worse is that for some reason if I try to enter text into the URL field in Opera mobile it also locks me into the numpad, forcing me to use the goto command or the old shool stylus.
I know everyone suggests the cootek keyboard to work around this, but I'd really like to fix the Touch Keyboard as I find the cootek one a little gaudy.
Thanks for any help!
j
Pretty please?
I have just got a Sony XP1 and when I go to type a text message, I don't have the option to use the Phone Keypad as an input method????!!!
This can't be right??
Can anyone help????
Can anyone please tell me how to get the touch screen phone keypad on for text inputting? Please?????
I'm not sure what you want to know?
How to use the phone keypad to enter a message, ie. the number keys on the dialer? Or to use the touch screen keyboard?
Touch whatever symbol is displayed at the bottom of the screen in the middle, if it doesn't bring the keyboard up touch the triangle, and change the input to keyboard.
(Get ready for some flaming for not searching for your answer before asking, plenty here don't take too kindly to noobs. They'll bash you without actually offering help, have to search before asking).
edit: A quick search found me this >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530316
Sometimes when entering data in a form, the standard stock samsung keyboard is replaced by a numeric pad - containing only large numbers in.
I would like to activate this pad at will, since it's a lot easier to enter numbers.
Anyone know it is possible?
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Sometimes when entering data in a form, the standard stock samsung keyboard is replaced by a numeric pad - containing only large numbers in.
I would like to activate this pad at will, since it's a lot easier to enter numbers.
Anyone know it is possible?
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it is possible if the coder set the attribute for the text box, so that it display a numpad instead of ordinary keyboard.
Yes, that's what I thought.
It sure would be nice to activate it from the user side when needed...