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So, I decided when I first got the phone, to have a 4-digit PIN to unlock the phone, but only if done after a long time. I think it was like 24 hours. I can't remember exactly, but that is irrelevant. So anyway, my friend has a Touch Diamond, and we scored a Microsoft internship together. So, a whole bunch of emails started arriving via Exchange and we wanted to sync our phones to it as well.
Now, he DIDN'T set a password earlier, so he couldn't login when the phone asked him for it, resulting in a complete reset!! He was devastated, but luckily, Outlook had stored all his contacts/tasks etc for him on the server, so he was still fine.
My problem is, I am able to login using my original PIN, but now I have to do it, every 15 mins, which the maximum I am allowed to go. (In Settings > Personal > Lock, the 'Prompt if device unused for...' checkbox is disabled.) I realise this is probably some security feature, but is there a way around this? Or will I have to give up sync priveleges to go back to the old days?
Help!
this is a security feature of exchange, not your phone.
if you don't enter the password you'll find that your phone still receives calls etc. I had this and it was very annoying, until I told our infrastructure manager to relax security permission on our exchange server for my device
check out this website... toward the end of the page is a link to an app that will allow you change the behavior of the "exchange lock" feature. now i use Exchange for push and after i'm setup, i use the app to disable the lock/password feature. my exchange service provider doesn't force me to re-enable this feature; however, your provider may be different. read the info and then decide if this is something you want to try...
I was forced to change my password today due to 30 day timing on the email password.
So where in the Atrix do I change the gmail password? I tried, accounts, gmail but there is no password box/option in there.
Any ideas?
I'm not understanding: GMAIL doesn't force you to change passwords at thirty days.
Rred said:
I'm not understanding: GMAIL doesn't force you to change passwords at thirty days.
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Well I work for the largest company in the world that uses Gmail as it's email system. Therefore gmail has corporate requirements of password changes.
Not no matter that I need to change the password on my phone and I cannot find out where to do it. Any help?
mbeutler1203 said:
Well I work for the largest company in the world that uses Gmail as it's email system. Therefore gmail has corporate requirements of password changes.
Not no matter that I need to change the password on my phone and I cannot find out where to do it. Any help?
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Delete the account, and add it back up. Problem solved
"Therefore gmail has corporate requirements of password changes."
I understand now, but I think you mean "our corporate IP has requirements of password changes". GMAIL is incidental, their email policy probably applies to all email.
I poked around and saw no way to change passwords, that's odd. Before you try diablo's solution...Try changing the password, then accessing the account with the phone. It MIGHT be one of those invisible Google things, if the password is rejected I would expect the phone to ask you to confirm/re-enter the password. The same way that a lot of email clients do, when they get a "password rejected" messager from a mail server.
Or...ask the whiz kids in corporate IT.<G> I always figured if they're that concerned with security, they should ante up and buy RSA fobs for everyone. THAT's almost security. Passwords? Is it under your mouse pad, or your keyboard?<VBG>
if you use the actual gmail app on the phone, it should ask at some point when it tries to check.
Found this from some other forum:
I needed to change my gmail password for security reasons, but I knew this would mess with the G1 account too, since they use the same login info. I searched for a way to change/update the password on the phone and couldn't find it. So, on a whim I went to google.com/accounts on the browser, signed in, then clicked on "Change Password". After changing it successfully, I went back to the Home Screen on the phone, opened the GMail app, clicked on Menu, then Refresh. I got a sync error, but the notification gives an option to re-enter your password. I entered the new password, and voila, it worked.
Even the reasoning for this is pretty convincing:
i think they designed it like this so if you got your phone "stolen/lost" you HAVE a way to change your password via online rather than you phone cause obvious your phone is stolen/lost =D
diablo009 said:
Found this from some other forum:
I needed to change my gmail password for security reasons, but I knew this would mess with the G1 account too, since they use the same login info. I searched for a way to change/update the password on the phone and couldn't find it. So, on a whim I went to google.com/accounts on the browser, signed in, then clicked on "Change Password". After changing it successfully, I went back to the Home Screen on the phone, opened the GMail app, clicked on Menu, then Refresh. I got a sync error, but the notification gives an option to re-enter your password. I entered the new password, and voila, it worked.
Even the reasoning for this is pretty convincing:
i think they designed it like this so if you got your phone "stolen/lost" you HAVE a way to change your password via online rather than you phone cause obvious your phone is stolen/lost =D
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I did this on my friends captivate and it worked. However there is no popup for a failed sync that allows you to update the password on the Atrix.
This is insane. Why would I be forced to delete an account and add bak to change a password.
mbeutler1203 said:
I did this on my friends captivate and it worked. However there is no popup for a failed sync that allows you to update the password on the Atrix.
This is insane. Why would I be forced to delete an account and add bak to change a password.
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Something is not right.
Look in ur 'status bar' or in the pull down notifications screen.
Are u sure sync ran? Try sending a test mail from a different account to this and see if it retrieves it properly. Reboot phone n see if the sync was using a cached connection.
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Something is not right.
Look in ur 'status bar' or in the pull down notifications screen.
Are u sure sync ran? Try sending a test mail from a different account to this and see if it retrieves it properly. Reboot phone n see if the sync was using a cached connection.
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This is insane. I tried synching in accounts and in gmail app as well. It fails but no option to reenter the password. Even google talk fails but only a retry option or a cancel option.
Since this is my master account I have to factory reset.
This just can't be right.
mbeutler1203 said:
This is insane. I tried synching in accounts and in gmail app as well. It fails but no option to reenter the password. Even google talk fails but only a retry option or a cancel option.
Since this is my master account I have to factory reset.
This just can't be right.
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Wait. Try going to settings --> applications, and clear data for gmail, gmail storage, etc n see if that works.
I read horror stories about this but when I changed my password I was prompted. I forced a gmail sync which failed and it put an exclaimation mark in the notification bar which I dragged down and clicked. Prompted for a new password and then I was good to go. This was on a phone with Sense and 2.2
Only thing I would worry is if moto screwed it up but I doubt it.
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diablo009 said:
Wait. Try going to settings --> applications, and clear data for gmail, gmail storage, etc n see if that works.
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Nope that didn't work either...
AT&T Can't figure it out
Motorola Andriod Level 1,2 & 3 can't figure it out
This is absolutely insane that you cannot change a gmail password. Can anyone else try it? You can always change yours back...I can't since I cannot reuse passwords for 180 days.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I really don't want to return the phone since I love it but I can't go through this every 30 days!
mbeutler1203 said:
Nope that didn't work either...
AT&T Can't figure it out
Motorola Andriod Level 1,2 & 3 can't figure it out
This is absolutely insane that you cannot change a gmail password. Can anyone else try it? You can always change yours back...I can't since I cannot reuse passwords for 180 days.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I really don't want to return the phone since I love it but I can't go through this every 30 days!
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It worked fine for me. Got the little exclamation point notification, clicked, and entered my new password. Are you not getting that? Could it be some setting on your company's side? When you try and refresh your gmail app, does it just do nothing?
Yaotl said:
It worked fine for me. Got the little exclamation point notification, clicked, and entered my new password. Are you not getting that? Could it be some setting on your company's side? When you try and refresh your gmail app, does it just do nothing?
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I have tried to sync in both the gmail app and sync in the accounts area in settings. Nothing really happens and definitely no notifications of failure in the app. When I try to sync in settings>accounts I get the following: Sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly." That is next to a sync logo with the red exclamation point in it. That notification appears in the window at the bottom and not in the notification bar.
When I have cell access again I will change my personal gmail account and see if I get a notification.
Ok so a bit more movement on the topic. I do get the notification that asks for the new password on my personal gmail account. I do not get that notification for the corporate gmail account.
Any ideas now?
Well it is working now. Did a factory reset, setup account again. It was working, changed my corporate gmail password and this time on t he phone I got the notification.
Only difference was that I did not have it rooted at the time. Hopefully it doesn't happen again!
My company upgraded their exchange server, and now requires lock screens (PIN or password, no pattern) if we want to access email on our personal phones.
As someone with a rooted phone, is there any way to disable this and still have access to my corporate email? It's really annoying to have to punch in a PIN 500 times a day, but I really do need email access on my phone as much as I'm on the road.
I think this has been discussed before, but maybe on a different phone (HeroC maybe) But essentially no there isn't away - to access the server the phone goes through a series of checks, one of the checks being that an appropraite pin was entered to unlock the phone. if that check fails, authentication to the server is denied. Someone *might* be able to spoof the check in the email app, but I am fairly sure its actually OS deep, not just within the mail client.
So it would be a large undertaking and potentially could cause you to loose your job by by passing security measures. I know I wouldn't think twice about firing someone who did it on my network.
No way that I know of, and is something that is on pretty much everyphone. Blackberrys the security policies can even block installation of 3rd party applications.
What's even more fun for you, is the ability of your it staff to lock you out of your phone or even remotely wipe your phone.
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Restola said:
My company upgraded their exchange server, and now requires lock screens (PIN or password, no pattern) if we want to access email on our personal phones.
As someone with a rooted phone, is there any way to disable this and still have access to my corporate email? It's really annoying to have to punch in a PIN 500 times a day, but I really do need email access on my phone as much as I'm on the road.
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I think you are stuck. Do you have the option of getting a company-supplied phone to access the company email, and keep your personal Android separate?
There is a thread in Q&A talking about an app that does this.
Do you BONSAI?
Actually there is a way I had to do it to my coworkers phone for her pattern lock
What u need: locked phone phones #, wifi or u can use wifi tether if u have another phone
1. Call the persons phone #
2. Leave phone call connected on both sides
3. Connect to wifi if u havnt already
4. Goto settings/accounts manager setting or what ever and log into a diff google account then it should require u to change the password to by pass it
Should work hopefully I read this thread correctly and answered appropietly
Edit sorry read it wrong and u don't think there is a way
My way is how u get around it
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Here's the link to the thread that may help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033017
I thought it was just being big brother, turns out its a regulatory requirement since we were bought by a publicly traded company. I guess I'll deal with it. If it pisses me off too much I'll just get rid of my exchange account on my phone and stop responding to emails when I'm not at my desk.
A possible workaround would be to try touhdwn for your exchange mail instead of the default mail client. Its a paid app but there should be a demo version in the market. I have a dp2 for work and they pay for touchdown for us. When using touhdown it pin locks just the app instead of whole phone. On my Droid at least moto customized the screen timeout and lock to be different timers so I found the pin to be less annoying than the interface of touchdown.
With the epics slightly bigger screen to make the TD interface a litte less annoying(lots of small buttons instead of utilizing menu button) and since epics lock is all or nothing I think I might actually use TD on my epic if I were getting my corp email there.
While not a complete removal of the pin maybe it would at least make it less annoying for you. Plus I'd guess if work catches you wihout a pin it might not go over well. TD solution lets you protect the email if you lose your phone, and does have a remote wipe for the same scenario.
I'm thinking of buying this phone and it will be my first Android phone ever.
When you first set up an Android phone it asks you to sign into your Gmail, all well and good, I have a Gmail and have it protected with 2 step verification.
Now normally on any other device/client you would set up an 'application specific password' which I assume will work aOK in for setting up your Android phone.
But as I understand if you have a lockscreen passcode/pattern lock, if you forget the code/pattern you are asked sign in with your Gmail account password to unlock the phone. This is where it confuses me, you would not normally write down an application specific so if you signed into your phone with one that wouldn't work, or does it work if you use your normal 'non specific' Gmail password?
I have also looked and found this video (watch?v=Mu9xflbwMKw can't post links) which says when you are asked to sign in to Gmail you have a 'menu/settings' option which allows you to sign in with a web interface therefore using a one time use code they send you, which then I assume if you forget your lockscreen code/pattern, you would just sign in with your normal Gmail password.
So if you have 2 step verification do you sign in with your normal password with the 'web login' or do you use a one time use password? and what are the implications for a forgotten lockscreen code/pattern?
I would say the worst case scenario is you have to go create a new one-time password on your computer, just to unlock.
AFAIK you'll have to use your Application-specific password.
Just tried it and it did take my password just fine, however it did "deauthorize" the device, so i had to login once more to make the device sync again.
FISKER_Q said:
Just tried it and it did take my password just fine, however it did "deauthorize" the device, so i had to login once more to make the device sync again.
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That's fantastic news, I'll just log in with an application specific password knowing that I can reset it with the normal password, I've never (touch wood) forgotten a lockscreen passcode but it's better to be safe than sorry.
Thanks guys :good:
disable 2step autorization. My dad could not login to his his Gmail while it was enabled, but he could login immediatly after disabling it
mazdarati2 said:
disable 2step autorization. My dad could not login to his his Gmail while it was enabled, but he could login immediatly after disabling it
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That doesn't have anything to do with what we are discussing here. And is 2-step prevented your dad from logging into Gmail, then you're using it wrong.
I've been using 2-step authentication for over two years now, and my wife over a year, on all our computers and phones. Works perfectly.
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That doesn't have anything to do with what we are discussing here. And is 2-step prevented your dad from logging into Gmail, then you're using it wrong.
I've been using 2-step authentication for over two years now, and my wife over a year, on all our computers and phones. Works perfectly.
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yes it works everywhere. but it didn't when you want to enter your Gmail after you did a reset on your phone, strangely
That's what the one-time passwords are for. You can't use the 2-step code check with the accounts system on Android. So you create a one-time password, following the directions Google gave you when you turned 2-step on.
EDIT: Solved. Flash 14B, hold emergency call and keep tapping next. Skip email setup and you'll get to the home screen with the message "setup proceeded by server policy" or some such. The phone reboots to setup and you can proceed through the setup wizard normally. Don't make up a bull**** email address this time.
tl;dr phone frp locked, don't know the associated email
My wife's old v20 was gathering dust and we both have the same model so I figured I'd try to root it as practice before I do mine. I made a new Gmail account during setup (my password is long and complicated and I was too lazy to look it up) but I ended up having to do another factory reset before rooting. Frp kicked in and I have no idea what the email address was. Is there any way to either find out what the email is or bypass frp altogether? I've tried various methods that involve getting into the settings menu but none work, my settings menu only has wifi settings. Maybe I need to be on a certain android version?