HOW TO STOP ACTIVESYNC FROM TURNING ITSELF ON ALL THE TIME:
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(I've rewritten this for the HTC HD and I works Brilliantly well).
Active Sync can start again by itself via various scheduling routines. There is a way to prevent this known as the "Fake Server Trick":
This 'server trick' was discovered by an Aximsite forum member known as Invid
This post originally created by IamNotMe fourpages.co.uk (Adapted by me for HD)
"1. Turn on your Device
2. Go to Start > Programs > Activesync. This will open the Activesync program.
3. Tap Menu at the bottom right hand corner of the screen. This will bring up the Options Menu. Notice the option Schedule... is greyed out? This is the all-critical option we need to get access to. But as it's disabled we can't change Activesync's default synchronisation schedule.
Ok, so how do we enable the Schedule option? Easy!!! Fool Activesync into thinking there is an Exchange Server to sync with:
1. From Activesync's Menu tap on Add Server Source.
Enter any email and untick box then click next.
2. In the following screens you can enter any old garbage. It does not matter, but just in case your unsure, just type the following in the indicated boxes:
Server Address: fake
Leave box ticked and Tap Next
User name: fake
Password: fake
Domain: fake
Leave box ticked and Tap Next
Untick all of the 'Data you want to synchronise' options
Tap Finish
3. Ok, we're done creating the server. You should now see in Activesync's main screen your normal Activesync connection(s), and a new connection called Exchange Server.
4. Go back into the Menu, and lo and behold the Schedule option is now enabled! Go ahead and tap it!
5. You will see that both options in the Schedule screen may be set to Every 5 Minutes
6. Using the drop downs, change both the Peak times and Off-peak times boxes to Manually.
7. Press the OK button at the top right of the screen.
Congratulations! Activesync is now gagged from opening on it's own and ruining your life! Your work is not done just yet though – time to clean up and get rid of the now unwanted fake Exchange Server.
1. Go back into Activesync's Menu, then Tap Options.
2. Highlight Microsoft Exchange, then tap Delete. A warning message will appear about removing files etc, but as you have no files associated with the fake Microsoft Exchange, it's nothing to worry about – just tap Ok.
3. The list will now only show your remaining PC Sync connection(s). Obviously do not delete these!"
Note: some users say it works better if you leave the fake server there (undeleted). Not the case for me, however, it does no harm to leave it undeleted as it is totally inactive and has no effect.
PS. If you connect your HD to your PC with USB cable, ActiveSync will start automatically and everything will sync up as usual (I tried it). But after you disconnect, click the Task Manager button at top right corner of HD Flo home screen and tap the X next to ActiveSync to close active sync.
My Results: Processor & working memory usage is significantly decreased, battery lasts longer and ActiveSync is not trying to sync all the time.
This does not work for me.
i think it's because you remove the exchange server. If you don't remove the fake exchange server, the schedule option remains. If you remove the fake exchange server, the schedule option is gone again.
Thanks dude, nice tutorial, worked perfectly.
Was getting around 36%, performed the tutorial, rebooted and came up with 28%. First time that has happened.
Cheers
You got that 28% just cause TF3D wasn't on yet
or maybe you just disabled it ?
28%, do you guys mean the memory consumption? i get about 45%....... you guys haven't installed anything on your hd? i got lots of stuff, like gyrator2, icontact, thumbcal, s2u2, and mail synchronisation and stuff running in the background......
markqld said:
HOW TO STOP ACTIVESYNC FROM TURNING ITSELF ON ALL THE TIME:
Congratulations! Activesync is now gagged from opening on it's own and ruining your life! Your work is not done just yet though – time to clean up and get rid of the now unwanted fake Exchange Server.
1. Go back into Activesync's Menu, then Tap Options.
2. Highlight Microsoft Exchange, then tap Delete. A warning message will appear about removing files etc, but as you have no files associated with the fake Microsoft Exchange, it's nothing to worry about – just tap Ok.
3. The list will now only show your remaining PC Sync connection(s). Obviously do not delete these!"
PS. If you connect your HD to your PC with USB cable, ActiveSync will start automatically and everything will sync up as usual (I tried it). But after you disconnect, click the Task Manager button at top right corner of HD Flo home screen and tap the X next to ActiveSync to close active sync.
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mouki_9 said:
i think it's because you remove the exchange server. If you don't remove the fake exchange server, the schedule option remains. If you remove the fake exchange server, the schedule option is gone again.
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mouki_9 is right. You don't have to delete the fake exchange server in order to work fine. In my HD I have kept the fake exchange server and it works.
In order to close ActiveSync when you unplug the dfevice, install elias ActiveSync Killer. That solves the problem.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you
28% yes memory consumed. It did go up to 36% again after I opened and closed an application.
Anyway, it's good to get rid of that active sync, no point having it on if it isn't being used
ktsak said:
mouki_9 is right. You don't have to delete the fake exchange server in order to work fine. In my HD I have kept the fake exchange server and it works.
In order to close ActiveSync when you unplug the dfevice, install elias ActiveSync Killer. That solves the problem.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you
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may b it is better for the topic starter to change the tutorial, i think a lot of the users will be disappointed to see it doesn't work after they deleted the exchange mail. It is a very VERY good solution. My battery drain also is less than before, which is caused by the active sync i think.....
mouki_9 said:
may b it is better for the topic starter to change the tutorial,...
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I edited the originl,thanks.
markqld said:
I edited the originl,thanks.
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outstanding. thanks
I deleted the fake account and active sync became active again all the time, it reverted to how the situation was originally.
So for me I have to keep the fake account, no problem.
markqld said:
HOW TO STOP ACTIVESYNC FROM TURNING ITSELF ON ALL THE TIME:
(I've rewritten this for the HTC HD and I works Brilliantly well).
Active Sync can start again by itself via various scheduling routines. There is a way to prevent this known as the "Fake Server Trick":
This 'server trick' was discovered by an Aximsite forum member known as Invid
This post originally created by IamNotMe fourpages.co.uk (Adapted by me for HD)
"1. Turn on your Device
2. Go to Start > Programs > Activesync. This will open the Activesync program.
3. Tap Menu at the bottom right hand corner of the screen. This will bring up the Options Menu. Notice the option Schedule... is greyed out? This is the all-critical option we need to get access to. But as it's disabled we can't change Activesync's default synchronisation schedule.
Ok, so how do we enable the Schedule option? Easy!!! Fool Activesync into thinking there is an Exchange Server to sync with:
1. From Activesync's Menu tap on Add Server Source.
Enter any email and untick box then click next.
2. In the following screens you can enter any old garbage. It does not matter, but just in case your unsure, just type the following in the indicated boxes:
Server Address: fake
Leave box ticked and Tap Next
User name: fake
Password: fake
Domain: fake
Leave box ticked and Tap Next
Untick all of the 'Data you want to synchronise' options
Tap Finish
3. Ok, we're done creating the server. You should now see in Activesync's main screen your normal Activesync connection(s), and a new connection called Exchange Server.
4. Go back into the Menu, and lo and behold the Schedule option is now enabled! Go ahead and tap it!
5. You will see that both options in the Schedule screen may be set to Every 5 Minutes
6. Using the drop downs, change both the Peak times and Off-peak times boxes to Manually.
7. Press the OK button at the top right of the screen.
Congratulations! Activesync is now gagged from opening on it's own and ruining your life! Your work is not done just yet though – time to clean up and get rid of the now unwanted fake Exchange Server.
1. Go back into Activesync's Menu, then Tap Options.
2. Highlight Microsoft Exchange, then tap Delete. A warning message will appear about removing files etc, but as you have no files associated with the fake Microsoft Exchange, it's nothing to worry about – just tap Ok.
3. The list will now only show your remaining PC Sync connection(s). Obviously do not delete these!"
Note: some users say it works better if you leave the fake server there (undeleted). Not the case for me, however, it does no harm to leave it undeleted as it is totally inactive and has no effect.
PS. If you connect your HD to your PC with USB cable, ActiveSync will start automatically and everything will sync up as usual (I tried it). But after you disconnect, click the Task Manager button at top right corner of HD Flo home screen and tap the X next to ActiveSync to close active sync.
My Results: Processor & working memory usage is significantly decreased, battery lasts longer and ActiveSync is not trying to sync all the time.
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Hi,
I tried both options, keeping and deleting the fake server, but no help my memory never showed less than 45%, and every five minutes or so, i can see activesync in task manager, though i have set it to 4 hours, this is the maximum i can set, i don't have manual option...
Please help me.
Thanks.
Any way/program to kill the activesync automatically several seconds after the usb cable is unplugged from the phone?
SmartMan2583 said:
Hi,
I tried both options, keeping and deleting the fake server, but no help my memory never showed less than 45%, and every five minutes or so, i can see activesync in task manager, though i have set it to 4 hours, this is the maximum i can set, i don't have manual option...
Please help me.
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'Manually' is at the TOP of the drop-down lists.
I also unticked the boxes in this window (not that it makes much difference)
I tried it. I let the fake exchange server otherwise activesync comes back always... no it's ok. But not tried to sync. my phone yet...
Ciao
Fred
With the HD I also have to keep the fake server in the list, if I remove it the manual setting also stops working. Weird but not a problem for me.
Thanks..
markqld said:
'Manually' is at the TOP of the drop-down lists.
I also unticked the boxes in this window (not that it makes much difference)
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Stupid me , i did it, hope it works....!!! Thank you bro....
Thanks. It worked fine here. I left the fake server.
My memory improved by 1 -3%. I'm sure the battery will last a bit longer now.
However, even with no programs running, my memory is still at 36%!!! I hardly have any programs installed! Man, how do you do it so that it drops to 28% or less?
The only programs installed are (and currently none are running in Task Manager):
- Google Maps (was already there)
- Battery icon fix to get green percentage battery
- Massimo Colored Top Bar
- Mobipocket Reader
- Manila Calculator skin
- tnyynt SD card TuneUP
- TomTom Navigator
- SoftReset
- PHM Registry Editor
- Duality Software HandySync for PPC
Awesome OP i got my memory consumtion from 36% when active syc was always running to 26% after a soft reset, .
apps installed
coreplayer 2.5
garmin xt
hd tweak 5.4 including hd soft reset
igo 8
nodata
klaxton alarm programe
tnyynt SD card TuneUP
Does anyone know if it's possible to set reminder flags or follow up flags onto emails through HTC Mail or another Mail client?
I quite often stick a flag on items in outlook to remind me to deal with something, but I have to create them manually on my phone otherwise.
Any ideas?
Hi Scottland,
Yes, it's possible to flag them for follow up and it does update in Outlook as well.
It caught me out at first as I couldn't figure out how to do it either.
It's easy to do. Open the email that you want to flag for follow up. In the top right hand corner next to the subject title will be a white flag icon. Simply select the flag icon and it will turn red to indicate that you've flagged it.
The only downside is that you can't set to follow up tomorrow, next week etc. It will always flag to follow up with 'No Date'.
Hope this helps
Hi,
Cheers for the reply, although I can't see any flag icon? What version ROM are you running?
I'm running Modaco v2.7.1. ROM.
However, I believe it's down to the account settings. If you're using HTC Mail for picking up pop mail, it's not available.
It looks like the follow up flag only shows if the email account is a Microsoft Exchange account.
What type of email account are you connecting to?
Ah right then, I'm using IMAP. I don't actually need it to go over to my outlook etc, just on the phone but never mind. Maybe another mail app will come along that supports it!
I finally got my HD2 today. I'm trying to set up a POP3 account. Two issues seem to exist:
1. There is no longer a setting that prevents mail from being removed from the server once it's downloaded. Is that now automatic, or is the setting somewhere else?
2. I'm setting up the outgoing mail server using a different account and password. (It's a long story, but necessary). While the settings dialog allows this, when I go back in and look at the settings, the setting is now checked to use the same account and password as in incoming server. Is it no longer possible to do this?
Thanks in advance.
-Bob-
Never mind. Figured both items out by using the standard Windows setup. HTC Sense seems to be missing some settings.
I was wondering the same
I was actually asking the same...
How do you get to the "standard Windows setup"?
In an other thread I read that there should be an "INBOX->Menu->Options" menu entry but this is missing on my HD2 or at least I can't find it... (German ROM but no Carrier Branding).
Any thoughts?
Cheers,
Thinman
you should use the Windows Application and not the HTC Sense Application. Click the windows hardware button and look for E-Mail among all the applictaion listed, you will have access to a lot more settings.
From the HTC sense mail screen, click
Inbox (left soft key) then menu - tools(scroll down to find) - options
to call up the windows options screens rather than the HTC ones. The differences are slight, but important.
Thanks a lot!
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That was the keyword... I must admit I haven't thought of that. I assumed that the menu is just that long. From now on I always try to scroll first!
Cheers,
Thinman
Gday Guys,
Been searching the threads for the last couple of days, but cant seem to see the solution. Just wonder if anyone can help.? I had to complete reset my HTC HD2 after loading some software that screwed it up, everything seems to be fine now apart form email...
I am trying to add a hotmail account, but its not doing what its told to..lol.. this is what ive done so far:
1. Bottom slider to email tab (as i dont av hotmail set up, there is nothing on this tab apart from "no mail account, tap to add a mail account".
2. Tapped "add account"
3. Tapped "Other"
4. Inputed the said email address (@hotmail.com) and password, ticked save password
5. Then pressing "next"
Now, this is where it goes wrong, for some reason it is sending me to the windows live page......where as before i had to reset my phone, all i had to do was go to the email screen, hit menu then send/receive, and it would deliver all my emails to my email screen...
Its really annoying that it sends me to the windows live page. Does anyone knows why this is happening..?? i think it might be to do with my proxy settings...??
For anyone else who has this problem, pse do the following, and it will sort this annoying problem out...
DO EXACT AS I SAY AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DELETE IT.
Tap the Windows flag, and select the "Windows Live" program..
Tap menu.
Tap Account Options
Tap Switch Account.
Tap Yes
And you should now be at a screen to accept an agreement!
You have now taken Hotmail off the HD2!
BY THE WAY, THANKS TO DAYRON24 for this solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=666188
in post 1 step 4 put your email address as "hotmail.not" or something, doesn't mater what so long as its not a genuine hotmail domain so the phone won't start the hotmail wizard.when finished, do send and receive and then edit your email address back to correct hotmail.com
just download and install Windows Live from marketplace, and tick the box with "synchronize-email", this will automatically give you another e-mailaccount in sense.
Thanks guys,
All i did to rectify this problem was follow post 2, and it worked perfectly, i tried before to input a different email using @hotmail.con or @notmail.com etc, but for some reason when i changed it back to hotmail.com, it still took me to the Live website, bizarre, but anyway all good now.
Thanks again
Mark
glad you,re sorted.
I should have added that you have to edit back the email address from wm email settings, not the htc email wizard.
my bad.
I'm one of the chosen few who cannot connect to my company's Exchange Server with FROYO because of the well known "your server requires security features your phone doesn't provide" error. So when today I played a bit through the available widgets and found a button "Device Administrator Settings" under "Shortcuts / Settings" I gave it a try and, clicking it, was positively surprised seeing an email-option: "Enables server-specified security policies" which I had NEVER seen before in the standard settings menu (maybe my fault). Anyway, activating it gave me a big WARNING screen (earthquakes, hair loss... which I boldly ignored, but then again - no way the Exchange account would work after that...
So just out of curiosity - does someone know what this button is meant to do? And why it is "hidden" that way?
found it on 2.2 , cool dude, that is the one and only option in there though, good find!
chrisrotolo said:
found it on 2.2 , cool dude, that is the one and only option in there though, good find!
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Yes, but has anyone found out what this opton does? If I have an email account with my DSL service, will pressing this option on the Streak, 'sync' the email account at the 'live client' side? so when i delete emails from the live client, it will auto remove the emails from my streak?
(sort of resurrecting an old topic)
Device administration from the android dev site.