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Whe he bought his evo he went to the sprint store. Long story short a rep set it up for him, he told the rep what he wanted and what his security question was. Why he didnt do it himself, is beyond me. Anyway, now I rooted his evo for him and went to restore gmail/contacts etc and he cannot remember his password. So we played the google games and emailed them etc etc they are saying they cannot give us our password because we didnt give them enough info to prove its us. So now he's short on his contacts right?
Sounds like it. Unless he has them backed up already somewhere (you can export to a csv or xls file when you're logged in) he's probably screwed. You should be able to get google to reset it by giving them the right information, but sometimes you have to have that set up ahead of time (like a recovery email account or something of that sort).
See if he can dig through his brain and remember it.
yeah ohwell haha. i mean I thought he would have known it, but I bet the rep ****ed it up. Hmm.. Ifilled out the form again but I doubt its going to work. kinda crazy that there is no other way for them to give it to you. I mean I see they have an SMS recovery option but no where to put in your phone or anything.
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I mean I see they have an SMS recovery option but no where to put in your phone or anything.
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Yeah that would have to be set up ahead of time...otherwise, anyone could steal your password by providing their phone number. How is google going to authenticate you without a lot of information besides a password? They're just trying to cover their asses.
I totally understand your frustrations though, I had the same problem with steam, and when they said they sent an email to the recovery account, it was to my old hotmail address that I hadn't used in years...huge headache.
true true, but there has to be some way around it. Or something haha.
There is a way around it. Google ask's you to setup and alternate email address for recovery and I get the screen all the time that ask me to add a phone number just incase. So its not that there isnt away around it. Its that your dad hasnt taken the proper steps to avoid the situation.
Also click the contacts button, go to menu, and click export/import, back up your contacts be exporting them to the sd card or restore your contacts by importing them from the sd card. However, your dad doesnt sound like the kind of guy that exported them to an sd card. I am basicly only telling you this so you can make him aware of the option so he doesnt loose them in the futur.
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There is a way around it. Google ask's you to setup and alternate email address for recovery and I get the screen all the time that ask me to add a phone number just incase. So its not that there isnt away around it. Its that your dad hasnt taken the proper steps to avoid the situation.
Also click the contacts button, go to menu, and click export/import, back up your contacts be exporting them to the sd card or restore your contacts by importing them from the sd card. However, your dad doesnt sound like the kind of guy that exported them to an sd card. I am basicly only telling you this so you can make him aware of the option so he doesnt loose them in the futur.
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Not when you set up an account on the phone tho. He never uses it let along on a PC. So that option wouldnt be available to him. Unless they changed it since I signed up on my Hero a year or so ago.
I had the same thing happen to me but my daughter set up phone to have the pattern password and she is 5 so she didn't know what she did. I tried to figure it out but couldn't. After a number of tries I got locked out and had to enter gmail but I forgot that too. Called Sprint and they got it for me it was saved to my aol account he gave it to me and end of story good luck
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if you backed up before you flashed you can restore that, make a backup in titanium backup the green files, and accounts and sync (red), go back to the new rom and install titanium by downloading from their website then restoring your backups
Well I unrevo. His phone, and didn't think about it. I was unaware that he didn't know his password.lol
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if he remembers the email address and the answer to the security question you can reset the password on the gmail website
or take his contacts off an older phone as a last resort!
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or take his contacts off an older phone as a last resort!
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Yeah thats the route he'll most likely have to take. He didn't add many new numbers but he did add some key ones... Oh well, mofo shouldn't have lost his password lol.
, but I bet the rep ****ed it up.
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The rep did nothing wrong, its not his/her fault. Sorry, but your dad should have remembered his password, or wrote it down somewhere.
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The rep did nothing wrong, its not his/her fault. Sorry, but your dad should have remembered his password, or wrote it down somewhere.
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lolwut. you made sure he or she typed it in right for him? kk
But I know for a fact she spelled the secuirty question wrong. he uses it all the time and he hasnt changed it and well he was born there. So he knows that, but that too wont work.
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lolwut. you made sure he or she typed it in right for him? kk
But I know for a fact she spelled the secuirty question wrong. he uses it all the time and he hasnt changed it and well he was born there. So he knows that, but that too wont work.
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you tried all spelling variations that the rep might have typed in?
yeah man.. its ok though. Im not here for people to argue back and forth tho ya know? Not saying you at all, just in general. Ive seen gmail/google sign-ins act funny before too. Like when I googled it earlier alot of people had to disable CAPTCHA for instance on the PC to make it work. And even when I sign in on my PC I get a CAPTCHA even with the right passworl. Guess its a security measure.. too secure IMO>
I wish we could help you other than suggestions which you might have already tried, good luck I hope for the best
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I wish we could help you other than suggestions which you might have already tried, good luck I hope for the best
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Its all good bro thanks!
Well haha maybe you can help me on something else lol. Can you read aLogcats? My phone drained DEAD in 12 hours of it sitting here idle over night.. I have a thread in both Q and A and General.
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Long story short i have my hotmail, along with other accounts setup in my evos email client, awhile back I noticed I sent myself an email about diet crap that I personaly did not send and so I dismissed it.
Well tonight I had over a hundred mailer daemon unable to reach address blah blah in my email inbox I check my sent box and sure enough my account has been mailing random people crap about diet stuff.
Anyways i heard Android has some exploits that could be leading to our phones being related in a exploit.
I changed my email password and it stopped doing this temporarily but it started right back up again after a while.
Can this be Related to my phone at all?
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It's probably not your phone.
It's far more likely that you (or someone else in your household) clicked something you shouldn't have on a website, and have a keylogger on your computer now.
Or if you're... Uneducated enough to be running an open WiFi network (or, even more facepalm-worthy, connected to one that doesn't belong to you, and mooching off it), then someone could be picking up your plaintext passwords.
But really, biggest chance is you've got some malware on your computer. Congrats!
Your biggest issue is that you are still using hotmail...
- Changed your hotmail password from a virus-free computer or your EVO's browser.
- Run AntiMalware and an antivirus on your computer.
- Switch to Gmail
Problem solved.
well, i know about wlan encryption and i use wpa2 personal, i also know how to crack wep
i also know about keystroke loggers, i do use them and know how to detect software versions of them
somehow my girlfriend somehow gets a copy forwarded to her of email i reply to, even though there is no trace of a setting for this anywhere that i can find, which i always found suspicious and it doesn't happen all the time. she could be spying or maybe its from when we tried to link our outlook calendars and something broke
i use hot-mail because until recently i have had zero problems and i created this hotmail account back in 2001 on my dream cast before i even knew how to turn on a pc, and now i run a computer repair shop, so it kinda has sentimental value, so i want to fix this, not throw it away. also i have many other email address for work and school purposes so email isn't nothing new to me.
last night i had my gf change my password on my hotmail account because i was on my evo and hotmail.com kept sending me to their mobile site and i couldn't see any settings for change password and she had her laptop in her lap. maybe her laptop is the culpti but i doubt it, i will check into it though.
today i changed my password to my hotmail on my work computer. i will allow my evo access to the new password for the sake of tying to figure out where the culprit is and only changing one thing at a time.
thanks for the replies i really was hoping to hear that someone has less then public information about hotmail email servers them selves being hacked. because i have friends with hotmail accounts that started spamming me not too long before my account starting spamming others.
i guess i'll use this thread to keep notes on this situation, but thanks for the replies
zeuzinn said:
- Changed your hotmail password from a virus-free computer or your EVO's browser.
- Run AntiMalware and an antivirus on your computer.
- Switch to Gmail
Problem solved.
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yep all I had to do was change my email on another SAFE PC and then I was good to go. But dont discount adware programes and all.
DL and run/update
Malware bytes, Super antispyware and update and load spyware blaster. You'll be good to go.
spybot/teatimer ftw
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It's probably not your phone.
It's far more likely that you (or someone else in your household) clicked something you shouldn't have on a website, and have a keylogger on your computer now.
Or if you're... Uneducated enough to be running an open WiFi network (or, even more facepalm-worthy, connected to one that doesn't belong to you, and mooching off it), then someone could be picking up your plaintext passwords.
But really, biggest chance is you've got some malware on your computer. Congrats!
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Please don't be politically correct. :|
Stupid not uneducated. He says he knows all this, so uneducated wouldn't apply.
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Sorry, I'm very blunt. :|
Well my hotmail accounts were still spamming people, also my yahoo account started to join in on the fun.
I changed passwords on both accounts to something very lone Qiu no dictionary words and used numbers and symbols. And about a day later low and behold I am spamming people again.
Focusing in on my hotmail account, I can see the sent folder, in my web based GUI, I can see all these emails that my account has been sending.
I have probably have questionable apps on my phone so I thought I'd wipe my phone. Well, its been 4 days since I have had any problems.
While I can't confirm my suspecion, I can suggest as a possibility that my phone had something that was pulling my passwords and sending them out to someone or something that would inturn log into my accounts and spam away.
I don't have time to really look into this any more thoroughly but I thought I'd document my observations.
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well my hotmail accounts were still spamming people, also my yahoo account started to join in on the fun.
I changed passwords on both accounts to something very lone qiu no dictionary words and used numbers and symbols. And about a day later low and behold i am spamming people again.
Focusing in on my hotmail account, i can see the sent folder, in my web based gui, i can see all these emails that my account has been sending.
I have probably have questionable apps on my phone so i thought i'd wipe my phone. Well, its been 4 days since i have had any problems.
While i can't confirm my suspecion, i can suggest as a possibility that my phone had something that was pulling my passwords and sending them out to someone or something that would inturn log into my accounts and spam away.
I don't have time to really look into this any more thoroughly but i thought i'd document my observations.
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STOP using pirated apps. That's my guess.
It was most likely an app that requests permissions to your contacts and email. There are a lot of shady apps out there and google needs to step up with this crap.
I always avoid them but it's ridiculous how many apps (themes and stupid stuff) request information.
Well surprise surprise, it was most likely an app I got from the market that was stealing my info. Not that I can confirm it, but most of the replies implied I was an idiot and that it couldn't possible be my phone. I eventualy got an email from Google saying I had installed something from the mArket that was infected.
So it was not that I'm stoopid ignorant, it wasnt that i was using hotmail, it wasnt that my pc was infected.
It was my phone all along.
Maybe there is a thread about this already, but I bet my topic.was created first and I thought I'd bring this thread to a conclusion.
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I hate to say it but if you downloaded an app that infected your device with malware you still are pretty stupid. Not trying to be an a**hole here but if you actually researched the app before downloading it you could have advoided it altogether. Common sense is still the best antivirus.
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This isn't malware on your phone. It's been a huge issue with hotmail for the past couple of weeks. People who use the same pass across multiple sites usually are the most vuln. Also happens when you get phished.
I have a friend thats has the same thing going on with his hotmail...hasn't been using it at all and all of a sudden I'm getting emails from him sending me links to increase my penis length...and god knows I don't need that..
I wouldnt dismiss it being non-phone related. I recently have been having it happen on my hotmail account as well and I have not logged into my hotmail account on a computer in years only have it on my phone to setup craigslist ads, Redbox rentals and small stuff like that and use gmail for important stuff. I dont have any Pirated apps or anything just normal stuff 12 or so games and 15 or so other market apps.
Same thing happened to my hotmail a while back. I changed my password and it solved the problem.
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alright guys stop calling the op stupid and learn ya something yourselves. Even legitimate apps were affected read the news every once in awhile and you would know. This is just one of the many articles on the topic.
http://m.cnet.com/Article.rbml;jses...fVH2Mtw**?nid=20039881&cid=null&bcid=&bid=-83
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This isn't malware on your phone. It's been a huge issue with hotmail for the past couple of weeks. People who use the same pass across multiple sites usually are the most vuln. Also happens when you get phished.
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Exactly, it happened with my hotmail account a few months ago, and I havent used my hotmail in months.
alright guys stop calling the op stupid and learn ya something yourselves. Even legitimate apps were affected read the news every once in awhile and you would know. This is just one of the many articles on the topic.
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Unless you login to hotmail from your phone's browser, there is no way one of these apps could get your hotmail info.
i swear, i dont know why i take peoples opinions so damn seriously around here...but for the sake of my sanity and the general level of competence of reading and having accurate postings with good conclusions here i go again.
there were a handful or legitimate applications on the market than were infected.
i already changed my email passwords and it ddint help
when i formatted/re flashed rom...it stopped
i later received some notification of some market tool that Google automatically installed and ran and "fixed the issue"
i received an email from Google telling me about a phone tied to my gmail account may have been infected, but i already solved my issue my self, so their fix didn't apply.
how the hell can you people some how twist this into "op is dumb, or stupid"?
now for a bit of my SPECULATION, and its only that, its not my opinion thrown at you as fact, as so many here love to do.
what are the odds that all of us android users just happen to have our email accounts hacked? whats the one thing all of us email user have in common on these boards....android. just saying
btw, more than just my hotmail account was hacked.
here are some urls that the idiots wont read, talking about what i have been trying to say
http://www.google.com/search?q=Droi...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
So I was looking at gmail, I backed out of a message back to the conversation list when I got a pop up stating that there was trouble authenticating worth gmail and a captcha (the graphic word human tester, I think that is what you call it) box popped up. I entered the text, it failed, repeat, then on the next failure notice, the screen got static-y, and continued to get more and more static-y... White had dots of color throughout _ it looked like old uhf that was barely coming in.
Anyway, the screen became unresponsive and a reboot cleared it up, but I am very curious as to what happened and if out is likely to happen again.
Anyone heard of this?
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So I was looking at gmail, I backed out of a message back to the conversation list when I got a pop up stating that there was trouble authenticating worth gmail and a captcha (the graphic word human tester, I think that is what you call it) box popped up. I entered the text, it failed, repeat, then on the next failure notice, the screen got static-y, and continued to get more and more static-y... White had dots of color throughout _ it looked like old uhf that was barely coming in.
Anyway, the screen became unresponsive and a reboot cleared it up, but I am very curious as to what happened and if out is likely to happen again.
Anyone heard of this?
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I'll probably catch a barrage of comments for this...but I am 100% sure someone has created a virus on android...long story but I fell victim to the exact same thing the other day. Next thing I know my gmail was hacked.
edit: it kept asking me to re-enter my password. I rebooted and it was fine, I could even click ignore and view my gmail account. I got tired of it constantly popping up and did what you did...next thing I know...reboot and colors.
I got a CAPTCHA today while in Google Maps, the program was freaking out and didn't stop till I entered the CAPTCHA. Anybody else get this today?
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I got a CAPTCHA today while in Google Maps, the program was freaking out and didn't stop till I entered the CAPTCHA. Anybody else get this today?
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Um yeah...same issue.
Something or someone messed with my gmail a few days ago also, I had to keep changing my password to get into gmail or the market. I then noticed that whatever it was had tried to send like 20 some spam emails to everyone in my gmail contacts which google blocked! The only odd ip I could find was somewhere in the UK? Bloody hell I say!
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Have any of you recently flashed anything, or installed any new programs? If we can find some common thread, it might make it easier to figure out what's causing it.
Jrex said:
Something or someone messed with my gmail a few days ago also, I had to keep changing my password to get into gmail or the market. I then noticed that whatever it was had tried to send like 20 some spam emails to everyone in my gmail contacts which google blocked! The only odd ip I could find was somewhere in the UK? Bloody hell I say!
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Yeah, whatever it is it keeps hasseling for email confirmation. The weird thing is you can by pass it and still access all of googles apps. But the second you punch in the password and captcha...it catches ya. Only thing I've downloaded in the past week was Gun Bros.
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I'll probably catch a barrage of comments for this...but I am 100% sure someone has created a virus on android...long story but I fell victim to the exact same thing the other day. Next thing I know my gmail was hacked.
edit: it kept asking me to re-enter my password. I rebooted and it was fine, I could even click ignore and view my gmail account. I got tired of it constantly popping up and did what you did...next thing I know...reboot and colors.
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Don't know why it sounds so crazy to people, if you research even just lightly, you'll see that there IS Droid malware out already. It is like anything else that gets exploited.
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Don't know why it sounds so crazy to people, if you research even just lightly, you'll see that there IS Droid malware out already. It is like anything else that gets exploited.
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Yeah...but for some bizarre reason, people think it's impossible to get viruses on linux based kernel type systems....wrong.
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Yeah...but for some bizarre reason, people think it's impossible to get viruses on linux based kernel type systems....wrong.
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VERY wrong, and I think it is because most people do not have any experience with Linux. The average user is Windows or Mac, and only know that Linux is just another Operating System. If someone were to sit down and actually take the time and effort, they could do some very scary things to/with someone's Droid.
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Yeah, whatever it is it keeps hasseling for email confirmation. The weird thing is you can by pass it and still access all of googles apps. But the second you punch in the password and captcha...it catches ya. Only thing I've downloaded in the past week was Gun Bros.
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I don't remember exactly what I had downloaded, but I do know that I kept changing my pass and within a couple of minutes I would have to change it again, so I changed my pass via laptop and master reset my phone and so far so good!
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I have not installed anything new - and I just moved to EB01 VooDoo from EB01 this weekend, starting nice and fresh with EB01 odined into place, wipe for kicks, VooDoo install via CWM, and restore of all my apps... so nothing new app wise, and nothing unusual otherwise.
I also run Lookout and although I am not certain just HOW trusted it is, Lookout says everything is OK. It certainly scans every new and restored app as they install... but again, I do not know just how trustworthy is really is.
And that was the first time and so far only time that weirdness has occurred... For you other guys who haveseen it, did it come and go, all in a burst, or just once?
No problems since...
I have seen this on my fascinate as well. It is not malware by any means. From what I have read in the past on this is it has to deal with an account sync issue. I have been getting these popups when I flash the 2.2 roms. When I had the popups if I go into the accounts and uncheck the sync and then recheck them to have to then resync I do not seem to get them anymore.
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I have seen this on my fascinate as well. It is not malware by any means. From what I have read in the past on this is it has to deal with an account sync issue. I have been getting these popups when I flash the 2.2 roms. When I had the popups if I go into the accounts and uncheck the sync and then recheck them to have to then resync I do not seem to get them anymore.
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That's what i'd hoped...but I had my gmail acct hijacked within 5 min afterward.
First off I take no credit for this at all. All credit goes to Rsotbiemrptson who is a Jedi master for creating this after many have tried and failed.
What you have here is a flashable crack to the HTC Mail.apk that will bypass any and all security administrators that may be otherwise forced onto your device when syncing to an exchange server.
To install:
1. You must remove all mail accounts that you have set up in the Mail app.
2. If you have any existing security administrators present from a previous exchange sync deactivate them.
3. Set your lock time out to none under security settings.
4. Reboot into recovery and wipe Dalvik Cache
5. Flash the attached file.
As with all mods or changes to ROMS do a complete backup in recovery.
If you find this useful please send all thanks to Rsotbiemrptson for cracking this bad boy.
Has anyone tried this?
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Has anyone tried this?
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I don't really understand the point of it. Is there something wrong with Exchange on the Tbolt? Mine works fine.
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I don't really understand the point of it. Is there something wrong with Exchange on the Tbolt? Mine works fine.
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This is for people who want to use their Exchange account on their Tbolt, but DON'T want to give their Exchange admin the ability to enforce security policies on their phone (like having to enter a PIN every time you unlock the screen). Sounds like your Exchange admin doesn't implement any of those policies, so you don't need this.
Is this something that was implemented in newer versions of Exchange? I think my company uses 2007 still. Might be why I haven't seen this.
i managed to get my gmail, hotmail an windjammercable mail setup though exchange on my thunderbolt, but i kept getting sync errors where it would try to sync all three emails like every 5 seconds when the phone was operating in peak time. My battery went from like 100 to like 75 in less than 20 minutes So i had to just delete all the email setting i changed an go back to what i had before.
Now, if install your mail akp will this stop the sync errors?
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Is this something that was implemented in newer versions of Exchange? I think my company uses 2007 still. Might be why I haven't seen this.
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It's been around since at least the 2003 version but it's all optional settings, your admin may just not have them enabled. Mine doesn't.
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It's been around since at least the 2003 version but it's all optional settings, your admin may just not have them enabled. Mine doesn't.
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Gotcha. Thanks for clearing that up for me
This absolutely works on all DAS BAMF roms but should work on any ROM including stock. You only need this if you have exchange policies pushed to your phone by your company. If you don't know what this is you prob don't need it.
I do not know if it will fix the afore mentioned sync errors but I would doubt it.
Here's a new question. When I had CM7 on my Incredible, Exchange wanted to setup device admin rights. Now on my Tbolt with Sense I don't get asked. Any idea why?
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This absolutely works on all DAS BAMF roms but should work on any ROM including stock. You only need this if you have exchange policies pushed to your phone by your company. If you don't know what this is you prob don't need it.
I do not know if it will fix the afore mentioned sync errors but I would doubt it.
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I have installed this on DAS BAMF remix v1.4 and it does work so far. I was able to remove the PIN lock and use a pattern lock, which was not permitted before. Also, I didn't get the exchange security policy notice when I added my exchange account. Syncing appears to be working properly as well so far.
The mod is quite honestly ridiculous. Whats the point of trying to have security setup and protect possible sensitive information, when you don't want an Admin to enforce security rights.
This 100% defeats the purpose that was set in place by Exchange for good reason's. I sure hope everyone understands the SERIOUS consequences of what could happen by flashing this and possibly leak sensitive data into the wrong hands.
^^ it's a very good point. One of the problems with AS and lock screens is that with the default client and iPhones you have to pin to unlock even the phone. Nothing to do with email, just the darn phone. So everyone hates it. I use Touchdown which only requires a pin if you go to check email. But it's $20. Anyway, be careful with hacks that bypass security in a workplace. It could be cause for termination.
I love my phone, I've loved ALL my devices... Yes, I use it for work with MS Exchange email (MS Consultant), and yes the pin/password policies are annoying.
But I'm not about to risk my job over some "hassle" of 3 seconds to enter a pin. Aren't our email Administrators able to see we bypassed this or no?
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The mod is quite honestly ridiculous. Whats the point of trying to have security setup and protect possible sensitive information, when you don't want an Admin to enforce security rights.
This 100% defeats the purpose that was set in place by Exchange for good reason's. I sure hope everyone understands the SERIOUS consequences of what could happen by flashing this and possibly leak sensitive data into the wrong hands.
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To be honest, if someone wanted my data or emails a stupid 4 digit pin is not going to stop them. There are many ways in getting a persons email off of there phone without even unlocking it. This seems like it is for those small companies who's admins are security freaks and its really not needed. Granted, I am sure apple would not be happy if an employee used this app or an android phone lol
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It is important to keep sensitive data secure. I think a properly set up pattern lock is as good as a 4 digit PIN. I use lookout to be able to remotely wipe if needed.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! Hats off to the dev.
Do I have to remove gmail accounts too, or just the active sync exchange accounts?
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To be honest, if someone wanted my data or emails a stupid 4 digit pin is not going to stop them. There are many ways in getting a persons email off of there phone without even unlocking it. This seems like it is for those small companies who's admins are security freaks and its really not needed. Granted, I am sure apple would not be happy if an employee used this app or an android phone lol
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Let them get in hacking your password/pin, you won't be held responsible. However if you have the phone pin/password disabled and they realize this you will be terminated. They will be able to see that you are bypassing security measures, and you could have lawsuit on your hands as well.
Please dont think that I am bashing the dev, I'm simply trying to let people know that they very well could and most likely lose their job and have possible legal action taken against them for using this. Cellphones are such a volatile thing anyhow, but giving them an easier way in is not a good idea, especially not while breaking company policy.
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Let them get in hacking your password/pin, you won't be held responsible. However if you have the phone pin/password disabled and they realize this you will be terminated. They will be able to see that you are bypassing security measures, and you could have lawsuit on your hands as well.
Please dont think that I am bashing the dev, I'm simply trying to let people know that they very well could and most likely lose their job and have possible legal action taken against them for using this. Cellphones are such a volatile thing anyhow, but giving them an easier way in is not a good idea, especially not while breaking company policy.
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Like I said, they don't even Ned to unlock your phone e to read the emails on of. Google it.
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I made a post a few days ago asking how I could reset my Xoom after I forgot the lock pattern and the google email/password.
But now it's gone, even under my profile it not showing the new post - could someone please please tell me how to do this again.
Well I solved it anyway, followed this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079504
Return it to the owner you stole it from. No way you could forget the pattern and your email address. You could simply go online to gmail.com and reset the password.
THEIF!!!
donniesd said:
Return it to the owner you stole it from. No way you could forget the pattern and your email address. You could simply go online to gmail.com and reset the password.
THEIF!!!
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I agree
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Well it does sound pretty fishy, and I know I would never forget my Gmail address, both my sister and brother-in-law both made Gmail accounts for their Android phone and never use them. They remain logged in to their phone, and are very basic users(so never need to allow permissions or type in their passwords), so I could see them getting into a similar situation. The real question is why the heck would anyone not be using Gmail as their main email (While I really think Gmail is superior to all others, I wasn't serious enough with that question to need hotmail/yahoo/whatever fans tell me all the great features about their email, how Google steals all their users info, or why hotmail isn't just and old 90's crapware that people are too lazy to switch from. Was just poking a little fun. To each their own. Even crappy hotmail users.).
did you forget your name too?
andr0id23 said:
Well it does sound pretty fishy, and I know I would never forget my Gmail address, both my sister and brother-in-law both made Gmail accounts for their Android phone and never use them. They remain logged in to their phone, and are very basic users(so never need to allow permissions or type in their passwords), so I could see them getting into a similar situation. The real question is why the heck would anyone not be using Gmail as their main email (While I really think Gmail is superior to all others, I wasn't serious enough with that question to need hotmail/yahoo/whatever fans tell me all the great features about their email, how Google steals all their users info, or why hotmail isn't just and old 90's crapware that people are too lazy to switch from. Was just poking a little fun. To each their own. Even crappy hotmail users.).
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I'm a crappy hotmail user still!
I do know two people who 'forgot' their password to their gmail, and one who forgot their username as they too set them up only for their phone and never used them for anything.
silly, silly people...
although i imagine with a xoom in hand most people would know their gmail by then - or they'd have got themselves a iPad
My wife is on her third gmail address because she keeps forgetting what it is. She only uses it for her phone account and not email. I did explain that it would be easy to recover but she just said it was easier to make a new one...
Also, I work in IT Support and the number of people who forget basic things like username, password, email address, even phone extension if it's not written in front of them is astounding.
It's amazing how some people are so judgmental.
burden010 said:
My wife is on her third gmail address because she keeps forgetting what it is. She only uses it for her phone account and not email. I did explain that it would be easy to recover but she just said it was easier to make a new one...
Also, I work in IT Support and the number of people who forget basic things like username, password, email address, even phone extension if it's not written in front of them is astounding.
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Yeah working in IT slowing makes you lose hope in people. I get calls saying "My pc is dead" and it will be unplugged or "Everything is closing as i open it." and they will have something on top of the keyboard pushing the Esc key.
Just-in-time said:
Yeah working in IT slowing makes you lose hope in people. I get calls saying "My pc is dead" and it will be unplugged or "Everything is closing as i open it." and they will have something on top of the keyboard pushing the Esc key.
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I kid you not, I once had a homeworker call me to say that their laptop had died. Went through some troubleshooting with them for a few mins until I mentioned maybe plugging the power lead into a different socket. "Oh that won't help, we've had a black out all morning".
She'd been using the laptop on battery power.
Honestly, I do not find it hard to believe that someone would forget their gmail address when some people can't even remember that computers need electricity to work.
Those are examples of the general know nothings in the world. People who spent a good amount of money on a xoom instead of a ipad do not fall into this catorgory,
This is not some phone you can get for cheap or free on a contract from a carrier and just have to make a account to use it. He stole the thing. His story is bull****.
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yet he knew to come to xda of all places to ask for help instead of yahoo answers or something?
yes, i forgot my email address for my galaxy y... what do i do to reset it?
thanks
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i have a gmail account which i usually use for my moto defy. however, i used a new gmail add for my galaxy y. and sort of forgot it since i do not use it as my primary email. huhu. i must have misplaced the username and password for the galaxy y. do i have to restart or factory reset it? please help me how? thnaks guys
yeahbabyman said:
yes, i forgot my email address for my galaxy y... what do i do to reset it?
thanks
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i have a gmail account which i usually use for my moto defy. however, i used a new gmail add for my galaxy y. and sort of forgot it since i do not use it as my primary email. huhu. i must have misplaced the username and password for the galaxy y. do i have to restart or factory reset it? please help me how? thnaks guys
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a) totally wrong forum, this is for motorola xoom
b) storys like this sound fishy. We can't tell if it is true or if you just found the phone somewhere. Thus I don't think anyone is willing to help you.
c) why would you use different gmail accounts on your devices? I see only disadvantages, as you will have to buy apps twice if you want to use them on both devices, contacts dont sync, etc.
d) try to remember the gmail-account. Maybe you set up a secondary mail address when you set the gmail account up, maybe that sent a confirmation to one of your other accounts. Maybe you told somebody about your new gmail account...
e) maybe try to take it to the shop where you bought the phone, maybe they'll help if they are able to determine if your request is legit.
f) that's it for me in this thread.
rash.m2k said:
I made a post a few days ago asking how I could reset my Xoom after I forgot the lock pattern and the google email/password.
But now it's gone, even under my profile it not showing the new post - could someone please please tell me how to do this again.
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You'd have to be a completely idiot to think anyone would fall for this......
You've heard all your likely to hear on this subject.
If you can't "remember" your unlock pattern, or your Google account password, or the information needed to recovery the Google account password. Then its about 99.9% likely that its not your device, nor Google account.
In the 0.1% chance that your for real, then your only option is to contact Google. To do that, search Google.
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