Hi guys,
I hope I can put my question here
My problem is after I synchronized my TyTn with my computer at work, there's automaticly a password lock set for 5 minutes. So If I don't do anything after 5 minutes my screen will lock and he'll ask my password. I have also TomTom on my TyTn and if I'm running it, the screen will also lock after 5 min and when I'm driving my car and want to see the directions on my display and not the password screen
I can't turn off the password in the settings/lock screen. Is there some other way to disable the password screen or change the time from 5 min to 30 min? Maybe through changes in the registry?
Hope anyone can help me!
Greetz,
Sander
My work exchange server requires a 20 minute lock, 5 minutes is ridiculous. if you cant change it on the phone which i would fear is the case, email your company's IT dept and ask them to change that on their end
this is an security feature from wm5 and wm6 !!!
the company can made an Policie that mobile device users have to enter a password, because when you lose your device or it will be stolen, the "finder" should not be able to read company data ....
i work in such a IT dep but we won't and can't change that!!
But as the previous poster said, you can set it higher.
It can be increased but not on a per user/per device basis. It would have to be for all users on the exchange server. Pure speculation, but since they have taken the time to create policy to set it to 5 minutes, I doubt they can (easily) increase the timeout.
like i said the company i work for has their security set at 20 minutes. to have it set at 5 has got to be such a pain in the.....the IT dept has to be able to change that, are they not the ones who control that? have other in your company ask for the same thing and maybe they will see how ridiculous it is to have to unlock your phone every 5 minutes.
exchange keep unlock1
try this works for me
I'm using Zenyee's tool as well, works great.
All you get every day is a little notification that the exchange server has applied security settings, but Zenyee's tool automatically turns the password thing back off. Great!
I work in the IT Dept at my place and they won't listen to me
Great it works!!! Thank you so much!
i have a similar problem where the password is needed at start up but sometimes my device gets stuck in t9 mode so the numeric password does not get recognized. i installed the file from a few posts up, but when i power cycle my cavalier i sometimes have to hard reset my device to get past this password problem. very annoying after the 4th time! is there any other way to disablethis feature? i sync with 1and1.com and i have the time limit set to 24 hours.
thanks
Rolex said:
try this works for me
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Or change HKLM/Security/Policies/Policies/00001023 to 1
indiekiduk said:
Or change HKLM/Security/Policies/Policies/00001023 to 1
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That just worked for me!! Excellent stuff.
Will this have to be reapplied if I sync with my exchange server again??
The Pin thing was extremely annoying for me. Even though I had it set to 12hours, everytime I turned the screen on and off it would freeze momentarily.
They altered the maximum time to 15 minutes here at work, so I can't change it to 24 hours (for example). Where can I change it in the registry ??
edit :
already found it
indiekiduk said:
Or change HKLM/Security/Policies/Policies/00001023 to 1
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this worked for me. thank you.
one more step after you change the reg key...
go to the password lock app and unselect "Prompt if device unused for"
nice, very nice. When set this was creating a lag for me as well at power on. It was annoying.
Question. Do you think that my IT department can see this on there end? I dont want to get flagged.
UPDATE: A few hours later I got a message that a "Security Update" is required. Dang, its locked again.
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Or change HKLM/Security/Policies/Policies/00001023 to 1
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Perfect! i'm using 1and1 exchange, i was going to setup my own server just because of this dam password lock enforce by 1and1.
Thank you every much for your help
Rolex said:
try this works for me
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Worked for me as well. THANKS!
I've had a quick poke around and cant find anything obvious about tweaking the activesync security settings so it doesnt lock out after the configured time when running an app such as TomTom, bit useless if it keeps doing it realy. Our Policiy is max 20 mins before the device locks. bit of a PITA if youre trying to navigate your way somewhere.. anyone got any ideas??
I'm having the same problem. I have my device setup with MS Exchange and the password lock is set to kick after 5mins. Annoying for navigation software.
Any more info on this?
yep there's a small app attached, once installed it intercepts the exchange policy push which allows you to set the lock to kick in when you want it or just to switch it off, I would suggest that you use it with caution, as you would be breaching your company's security policy, e.g. only disable the password when you are using tomtom, the rest of the time you should set it to whatever your company security policy is.
Disclaimer, I am not telling you to use this so you use it at your own risk.
Nice one- seems to be working a treat.
I am having a really annoying problem on my phone, I've setup a clients exchange emails on my phone to test it was working and it's forced my device to have a password. I've since then taken his exchange details off, and set the device back up with my exchange server but it's not letting me take the password off.
I don't want any password at all on my phone.
Any help would be good
Thanks,
DJ
google for 'zenyee stayunlock 2.0'
google for 'zenyee stayunlock 2.0'
Star-Lite said:
google for 'zenyee stayunlock 2.0'
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from what i read you also need to change the reg entry in HKLM/system/policies/policies/00001023 to change the security of the exchange server on the phone. I may be wrong but i also made that change and it seems to work perfect for me. Phone doesnt lock and the security policy never refreshes. I believe if you do not change this reg entry you are going to still get prompted for a password when you boot up.
DJ_Enigma said:
I am having a really annoying problem on my phone, I've setup a clients exchange emails on my phone to test it was working and it's forced my device to have a password. I've since then taken his exchange details off, and set the device back up with my exchange server but it's not letting me take the password off.
I don't want any password at all on my phone.
Any help would be good
Thanks,
DJ
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Simple... just edit the register at the following
HKLM\Security\Policies\00001023
0 = Enabled; 1 = Disabled
that is actually exactly what zenyee's stayunlock does.
It monitors the regkey and changes it back when exchange touches it.
Manually changing the reg-key does the trick as well, but the exchange server may decide to re-push the security policy at any moment in time. If you are lucky, the server is not set to auto-update the policy every x hours.
The server I sync with unfortunately pushes the policy every 24 hours, so manually changing the key back every time is no option for me
If anyone finds a hack that does not involve a 3rd party progran, i would be interrested tho
Thanks for the replies
I'm guessing a hard reset will stop this too?
Just I've decided to send my phone back to MPD because of the wobbly screen so I'll be hard resetting it tonight.
Does anyone know how to hard reset it?
Thanks,
DJ
Turn the phone off;
Hold start call and end call keys and (short) press power on;
Release start call & end call keys;
Follow on-screen instructions.
TESTED ON MANGO, AND WORKED FINE
Gentlemen,
I have found the reg key in some posts to disable the lock code for the windows phone, if you have configured the exchange e-mail account in Phone.
I was unable to view the specific reg key in normal registry editor. So I have converted the reg key to an xap file by using provxml method. And you can apply the key even if you don't have the registry editor app installed on your device.
Steps:
1. Deploy the xap file to your developer unlocked device.
2. Launch the app.
3. Tap on the green button, it should gibe you a success message.
4. Uninstall the app.
5. It may require to restart the device, since this is a registry change.
5. U r done. Now u will be able to turn off your phone security code even if you have configured the exchange e-mail account in your phone.
I have tested on my chevron unlocked HTC HD7, and it is working fine.
Hope some one will be looking for this.
Note: it's recommended to keep your phone with lock code enabled, but sometimes we need to keep the phone unlocked for some reasons.
If you install this xap, it will enable another wonderful feature..
By default, the 10 invalid attempts will erase ur phone. But after you install this xap, the password will be locked out for 1 min after 5 invalid attempts. Then after each attempts, the lockout time will double. I have tried untill the phone lockedout for 64 minutes. Then I stopped trying with the invalid lock codes. It will help you to keep the data safe, if anyone play with the phone, especially kids.
Note: Please don't try after 5-6 attempts if the phone didn't get locked out, may be this not compatible on your device. You may lose your data. I applied this on my T-Mobile HD7, and it is working fine.
Hit thanks if you like my post..
Thanks
JAZEEL
So I just applied the registry change in your provxml, and it temporarily works,i.e. it enables the option in the lock and wallpaper screen to disable the password, but next time you sync email the policy is reenforced and you have to set a pin again.
Are you also changing the permissions to that reg key in your xap somehow? haven't got a machine with the dev tools handy to try the actual xap out.
benneh said:
So I just applied the registry change in your provxml, and it temporarily works,i.e. it enables the option in the lock and wallpaper screen to disable the password, but next time you sync email the policy is reenforced and you have to set a pin again.
Are you also changing the permissions to that reg key in your xap somehow? haven't got a machine with the dev tools handy to try the actual xap out.
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I have tested myself, and it's a permanent solution. It's stays for ever. But I don't know what will happen if you reconfigure the exchange account..
Is there any way to keep a timeout for the lock? I find it very irritating to enter the unlock code every time the device wakes up
@OP, what is the reg key for the change? You must know that to make an XAP?
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@OP, what is the reg key for the change? You must know that to make an XAP?
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This is the key which deploys through the xap..
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Policies\Policies]
"00001023"=dword:1
Doesn't Work ...
Hi I tried this unlocker but it is not working for me every time I connect to the computer (Zune and Windows Phone Device Manager) it relocks and have to chevron unlock again.
Any suggestions?
Hello OP,
I have a Sprint HTC Arrive, I got the following message just trying to launch the xap file:
(WARNING)
(The carrier doesn't exist in database. Please contact your carrier for connection setting and go to Setting>cellular>edit
APN for further configuration.)
Theres no APN in my settings that I see, any help would be great, thanks
Striving said:
Hi I tried this unlocker but it is not working for me every time I connect to the computer (Zune and Windows Phone Device Manager) it relocks and have to chevron unlock again.
Any suggestions?
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This is to disable the lock code on the phone if you have enabled the exchange account which will force to put the lock code.
To permanent developer unlock, please search in xda, someone already posted it before and I have applied that on my HD7.
purian23 said:
Hello OP,
I have a Sprint HTC Arrive, I got the following message just trying to launch the xap file:
(WARNING)
(The carrier doesn't exist in database. Please contact your carrier for connection setting and go to Setting>cellular>edit
APN for further configuration.)
Theres no APN in my settings that I see, any help would be great, thanks
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I have checked on my HTC HD7 T-Mobile unlocked.. It's working fine..
Search for the reg key for your specific device, and if you find I will help you to deploy it on your device..
jazeelkk said:
This is to disable the lock code on the phone if you have enabled the exchange account which will force to put the lock code.
To permanent developer unlock, please search in xda, someone already posted it before and I have applied that on my HD7.
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Thanks for the response funny a little while after I realized that is was for something other than the dev unlock. And happily I have gotten have way there I am unlock but have to make sure I remember to put phone in flight mode before connecting it.
rhn said:
is there any way to keep a timeout for the lock? I find it very irritating to enter the unlock code every time the device wakes up
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i 2nd that!
jazeelkk said:
I have checked on my HTC HD7 T-Mobile unlocked.. It's working fine..
Search for the reg key for your specific device, and if you find I will help you to deploy it on your device..
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Thanks for your response, the only reg i've ever found to disable the lock on my device is the one you posted and built into your xap file. For some reason the reg doesn't exist in my phone and I can't create it either.
Most likely why you put this together for us. But on my end here, I now have to app to my phone, once I go to launch it I get the message from my previous post, it just wont deploy/launch. Any ideas up i'm for trying.!!
Thank you,
The reg key is protected, so you can't browse to it, but you can still use a tool like advanced explorer to set it by manually specifying the full path and value to change.
I was able to set the value manually like this, but like I mentioned the value is set back automatically next time your phone sync's with exchange. The policy must get checked on every sync with exchange, and gets set back if your exchange server requires a PIN policy.
From what I can ascertain this XAP simply sets that value, so you would have to run this xap after every sync which isn't a great solution.
barrychon said:
i 2nd that!
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I have tried it as mentioed in some old posts. But it is not working. Only thing I could do is to activate the ON/OFF button with this reg key, so that I can disable the code at any time.
I presume you guys know this already, but just for the heck of it.
You're bypassing a policy. A policy that's most likely you companies' policy. If you do lose your phone and people are able to access files or e-mails that are highly important and/or confidential, you could take the blame for leaking this information.
This could mean the company would sue you for all kinds of things, and it would be very much possible they would fire you. There is a reason the policy is enforced.
I can see why you want to disable the policy, but, as said, there is a reason your company wants that policy on a device that connects to their Exchange server and it's not to annoy you.
EvilWhiteDragon said:
I presume you guys know this already, but just for the heck of it.
You're bypassing a policy. A policy that's most likely you companies' policy. If you do lose your phone and people are able to access files or e-mails that are highly important and/or confidential, you could take the blame for leaking this information.
This could mean the company would sue you for all kinds of things, and it would be very much possible they would fire you. There is a reason the policy is enforced.
I can see why you want to disable the policy, but, as said, there is a reason your company wants that policy on a device that connects to their Exchange server and it's not to annoy you.
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You are right. I recommend to keep the phone locked always.
It meant for some situation, where we need the phone need to be stayed unlocked. Atleast we should have the option for it.
EvilWhiteDragon said:
I presume you guys know this already, but just for the heck of it.
You're bypassing a policy. A policy that's most likely you companies' policy. If you do lose your phone and people are able to access files or e-mails that are highly important and/or confidential, you could take the blame for leaking this information.
This could mean the company would sue you for all kinds of things, and it would be very much possible they would fire you. There is a reason the policy is enforced.
I can see why you want to disable the policy, but, as said, there is a reason your company wants that policy on a device that connects to their Exchange server and it's not to annoy you.
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Thanks mum. But seriously...
I think this is a perfect example of a security policy being set which isn't realistic, so users find workarounds. Like when you mandate everyone has a 50 character password which has to be changed once a week, everyone simply ends up writing them down on post it notes.
The PIN code every time you want to use your phone is bloody annoying. It could improved to make it more useable, e.g.:
Only require a PIN if it's been more than 30 minutes since you last entered it.
Only require a PIN when accessing data in exchange like calendar/email.
Specify certain actions which don't require a PIN unlock, e.g. playing music or games.
Anyhow this is mostly irrelevant as this hack is only temporary and the setting reverts so that's a killjoy.
benneh said:
Thanks mum. But seriously...
I think this is a perfect example of a security policy being set which isn't realistic, so users find workarounds. Like when you mandate everyone has a 50 character password which has to be changed once a week, everyone simply ends up writing them down on post it notes.
The PIN code every time you want to use your phone is bloody annoying. It could improved to make it more useable, e.g.:
Only require a PIN if it's been more than 30 minutes since you last entered it.
Only require a PIN when accessing data in exchange like calendar/email.
Specify certain actions which don't require a PIN unlock, e.g. playing music or games.
Anyhow this is mostly irrelevant as this hack is only temporary and the setting reverts so that's a killjoy.
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Lol, you have a point, but or colleague above is quite correct, the policy is enforced for a reason. At my company, such an offense can mean instant dismissal
(if you use exchange for just calendar and contacts, as i do, a pin is not required to unlock, the policy is only enforced for email strangely enough....)
I agree the Pin should be how it was in WM 6.5 where you could have it only ask after 2 hours or evey 24 in some cases. That way if was a good balance. This business of requiring the PIN every time you look at your phone is crap. I have removed it from my droid device and I am fornunate that my company will not hassle me over it. Still though its a bunch a crap to enter it every 5 minutes.