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Hi all, I'm looking to buy either the XDA IIs or the PDA2K. Firstly, which one would you all recommend?
Secondly, my main reason for wanting this is that I have a phone and a Blackberry today (connecting to my companies Blackberry email server). If I go with one of these, will I still be able to collect my company email or do I have to use O2's email service and forward my work mails to it?
For those of you who have used a Blackberry before, how does the BB features on these devices compare? Is it easy to use etc..
Thanks in advance.
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Hi all, I'm looking to buy either the XDA IIs or the PDA2K. Firstly, which one would you all recommend?
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There is no difference in the hardware between the XDAIIs and PDA2k except cosmetic differences. the PDA2K is silver and the XDAIIs is black
The differences are in the ROMs which are shipped with each unit, however if you read this site you can find ways of installing different ROMs onto different suppliers machines
saldous said:
Secondly, my main reason for wanting this is that I have a phone and a Blackberry today (connecting to my companies Blackberry email server). If I go with one of these, will I still be able to collect my company email or do I have to use O2's email service and forward my work mails to it?
For those of you who have used a Blackberry before, how does the BB features on these devices compare? Is it easy to use etc..
Thanks in advance.
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There are mixed reports regarding blackberry support. Some people report it as working fine with Blackberry Connect for Internet mail, whilst others report its not working. As long as your BES server supports the client, and your price plan will allow you to connect to a corporate BES server, then there should be no problem.
Personally, I've not been able to get it going, mainly due to having to convince the company to add me to the BES server and also with getting the software talking to the desktop manager.
Thanks for your reply. Yes my first question was mainly around the software but if you can install from one to another etc. then great as from what I have read the PDA2K has newer drivers etc.. for the radio.
The Blackberry piece is what concerns me the most as this is the main reason for getting it.
One final point, I urrently have an iPaq in the car with TOMTOM3 on. Can I put TOMTOM3 on the XDA ok as well?
From your experience, should I buy one of these devices or wait for something better to come out? I head there may be a smaller version of the PDA2K down the line?
Blackberry Attachment Limits (Caveat Emptor)
Just to add to the debate I am on the T-Mobile BB Instant Email flavour service not BES.
It has now become apparent that attachments received or sent using the BB Instant service on my MDA III (i.e. XDA 2s/PDA 2K etc) cannot be above 36kb or something like that. Also it cannot handle scanned documents etc. In my job I deal with 50 page plus word documents so this is a killer.
T-Mobile informed me that they weren't aware of this limitation when selling me my price plan. To be fair they are being very helpful and their customer service is excellent.
We have discussed putting me onto my corporate server (Vodafone BES) which can apparently easily be done (provided we have a licence at the Server level). I will have to see what our IT guy says about that ! :wink: There is also a charge though on the device side of £35 per month (the instant email is £10).
T-Mobile are also checking whether there are any inherent device/software restrctions on attachments on either the Instant Email or Enterprise service. I cannot believe this is an inherent device issue, as Rim hardware is much less sophisticated than the Pocket PC version.
The moral of the story is check the small print and the service very carefully.
Anyone's help and advice would be appreciated.
J
Can I put TOMTOM3 on the XDA ok as well?
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TOMTOM3 work fine on my XDA2s - that's why I bought one rtathaer than any other phone; I wanted a PDA & phone all-in-one that could support a SatNav system
Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 08:41 Post subject: Looking to buy, need advice on Blackberry features please
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Hi all, I'm looking to buy either the XDA IIs or the PDA2K. Firstly, which one would you all recommend?
Secondly, my main reason for wanting this is that I have a phone and a Blackberry today (connecting to my companies Blackberry email server). If I go with one of these, will I still be able to collect my company email or do I have to use O2's email service and forward my work mails to it?
For those of you who have used a Blackberry before, how does the BB features on these devices compare? Is it easy to use etc..
Thanks in advance.
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I currently have an xdaIIs, which I got a great deal on with O2, but in hindsight and if you can afford it, I would probably go with the PDA2K. Reasons? Well it appears that iMate are quicker to come out with ROM updates and fixes and it seems as a result these device are a bit more stable out of the box. The xda IIs with O2 Active interface on is particularly unstable and O2 (and most everyone on this forum) recommends using this device in 'corporate mode" This is simply done by selecting the corporate mode option when prompted toward the end of the set up process. This deactivates the O2 Active interface and makes the device more stable (i.e. less soft resets needed)
On Blackberry service, I had used it exyensively on my old xda II with T-Mobile USA. I was using the BWC rather than BES version and found it to be very fast and reliable. A couple of problems with it that I found:
1. Could not get any attachemnets to download form the T-Mobile Server
2. The "Sounds and Notifications" function was very poor. You could not set an audible, repeating alert on the device, as the blackberry client did not show up as an option in the sounds and notifications settings dialogue box..
There have been a lot of fos try to install the Blackberry CAB files on the XDA IIs, without much success of making them work. There are certainly some integration issues to ovbercome here with the device and the Blackberry client. Some sevice providers are including it in there ROM and supporting it now, but many are still not. O2 have been working for some time on a new ROM for the XDA IIs, but its release has been delayed again as there are still issues with the Blackberry client integration. Latest I heard is that it will not be out before July at this point... In the meantime, I use Smartners "Always on Mail" web client (www.alwaysonmail.com) as an alternative. You can try it free for 2 months and its $49 per year thereafter. It supports attachments and is almost as fast as Blackberry (18 seconds slower per message on random tests I have done). Also gives you the ability to set a repeating audible alert. I would say the service if pretty reliable overall, although some users have noted that it occasionally does not forward a message. I have had a couple like that and it appears that some spam filtering is going on somewhere. Altogether though a pretty good altrenative and a fair beit cheaper.
Hope this helps
Regards
Chris
T-Mobile BB Instant Email Attachments
See my mail above. Although I am speaking about the UK the same will no doubt apply to T-Mobile US.
What it comes down to is this - support for attachments is very limited on the BB Instant Email Connect Service. You need to do your homework very thoroughly before signing up.
In its favour - if you are just receiving emails without attachments or simple rtf attachments you will be fine.
As I keep saying learn from my mistakes and check out the usage restrictions on the service very carefully.
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J
My company has a BES server so I just need to connect it to that. Does that work?
I keep hearing people say that they have the Blackberry Connect for Pocket PC on these devices. Are any of them the English version and could you please post a link here?
Thanks a Bunch!
Raptor
For the xda II or xda IIs..??
XDA III iMate PDA 2K aka Siemens Sx66
No, sorry :-[ Latest I heard from O2 is that itwould be July, as they were still experiencing some issues with the integration of the Blackberry software with the xda IIs ROM...
It seems the T-Mobile MDA III in germany may have it now, so hopefully we won't be far away.
In the meantime try Smartners push mail (www.alwaysonmail.com) for siimilar functionality (free 2 month trial) Use this in conjunction with pocketmax AlarmToday, which has a WM 2003 wake up fix so the mail gets through even when the device is off.
Hope that helps
Regards
Chris
Thanks, but I need Blackberry, trying to turn my all in one device (iMate PDA 2K into an all in one device and quit carrying multiple devices on my belt...
Yes, thats what I do. All my group use Blackberry's. I keep that address and just have the e-mails forwarded to the account smartner uses and then respond from the PPC..
T-Mobile UK Released Blackberry months ago/News Rom Update
Just to clear up the confusion T-Mobile UK launched Blackberry Connect (called Instant Email in T-Mobile speak) on the MDA III months ago.
They have stolen a march on all the UK Operators on the MDAIII. The update is unofficial (in that they have been posting it out on request).
The Rom was uploaded to Wiki. As yet I don't believe anyone has it working with a non T-Mobile device.
I only wish they would be as frequent with the ROM updates. However I am told a new ROM update is imminent (my contact says end June).
Here's hoping as it is my birthday soon.... :wink:
We have a mix of Blackberry users and Good Technology users. Good Technology has a product that IMHO run circles around RIM. The server software works almost exactly the same as the BES (encrypted push technology), but the cost for the server is $0.00 (unlike the BES which can range from $1,500 to over $3,000) and it is specifically designed for PocketPCs with Wifi, PocketPC Phones and the Palm Treo. The client is a 1 or 2 year subscription which comes out to about $28.00 a month for 12 months. With my t-mobile umlimited data plan @$29.00 a month, it roughly comes out to around the same as the monthly blackberry service.
The Good client has it's own email, calendar, notes and tasks applications that is a wireless direct sync to your exchange server mailbox (no active sync required). You can tell it to add additional email folders to sync, not just the inbox, outbox and send items. It shows you every email folder in your mailbox, but will only show the emails if you either move the mail from the good client, or you have setup the folder for sync. My PDA2K phone app goes right into the good contacts or I can click on a phone number in an email or in my contacts and directly call the number. If you have any contact public folders, it will allow you to add them to your contacts application. It also lets you backup the client on to PDA storage or a card. If you do a hard reset, it takes minutes to reinstall using the recovery backup.
If your interested in this, you can go to www.good.com to get more information.
If your IT department has any reservations about this, let me know. I am the Director of IT for my company and swear by this. Their Customer Service and support are fantasic, the units are easy to setup and I have literally gone on to my Good Server twice in the last twelve months (the two times was to do the server upgrades which are also free AND easy)
Sorry if I sound like a sales rep, but this is a great piece of software.
Thanks for the info Tekhound. But my company has already invested in a BES server that has been running for some time and they won't change it.
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We have a mix of Blackberry users and Good Technology users. Good Technology has a product that IMHO run circles around RIM. The server software works almost exactly the same as the BES (encrypted push technology), but the cost for the server is $0.00 (unlike the BES which can range from $1,500 to over $3,000) and it is specifically designed for PocketPCs with Wifi, PocketPC Phones and the Palm Treo. The client is a 1 or 2 year subscription which comes out to about $28.00 a month for 12 months. With my t-mobile umlimited data plan @$29.00 a month, it roughly comes out to around the same as the monthly blackberry service.
The Good client has it's own email, calendar, notes and tasks applications that is a wireless direct sync to your exchange server mailbox (no active sync required). You can tell it to add additional email folders to sync, not just the inbox, outbox and send items. It shows you every email folder in your mailbox, but will only show the emails if you either move the mail from the good client, or you have setup the folder for sync. My PDA2K phone app goes right into the good contacts or I can click on a phone number in an email or in my contacts and directly call the number. If you have any contact public folders, it will allow you to add them to your contacts application. It also lets you backup the client on to PDA storage or a card. If you do a hard reset, it takes minutes to reinstall using the recovery backup.
If your interested in this, you can go to www.good.com to get more information.
If your IT department has any reservations about this, let me know. I am the Director of IT for my company and swear by this. Their Customer Service and support are fantasic, the units are easy to setup and I have literally gone on to my Good Server twice in the last twelve months (the two times was to do the server upgrades which are also free AND easy)
Sorry if I sound like a sales rep, but this is a great piece of software.
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Hi Tekhound
Sounds interesting... Does Good Server support showing messages as D delivered and R read, in the same way as the RIM pagers do?
Regards
Chris
Thanks Tekhound, I agree, GoddLink service is fantastic. I was using Good on my xda III when I worked @ Cingular and had only high remarks for it. Unfortunately when leaving for one of the parent companies they only use BES so GoodLink service is not an option.
And BTW, no no delivered, read, delete receipts as RIM devices.
Raptor
Chris...
I'm not sure exactly how the rim pager does it, but I will tell you how the goodlink works:
Since the client by default syncs the Inbox, Outbox, Deleted Items and Sent Items from the Exchange mailbox, it works EXACTLY like Outlook. Once you compose a message and hit send, it goes to the outbox and the client checks to see if it has a connection to the net (keeping in mind that the current version supports regular PocketPCs with WiFi as well as PocketPC Phones). When the message is successfully sent, it puts a copy of the message into the sent items folder of the PDA. While all of this is going on with the PDA, the good server is updating the mailbox itself. I tested one day and it normally updated the mailbox within 2 minutes of makes changes on the PDA, with as little as one signal bar.
If you read a message in the PDA, it marks it as read in Outlook and vice versa. Same goes for deleting messages, but unlike outlook, it does not have a permenant delete. It will go into the deleted items folder in both the PDA and outlook when you delete it from goodlink. The good thing though is that unlike the RIM, the goodlink server understands permenant deleted items and will not orphan messages like the RIM. My policy is that all of my staff have the checkbox for "empty deleted items folder" upon exiting outlook EXCEPT for my RIM users because the way the BES operates.
Options in a new goodlink email message includes the options for Delvery Receipt, Read Receipt, High, Normal and Low importance on version 3.7 up to the current version 4.0. Accept, Tentative and Deny options are available on goodlink for things like meeting requests. I have not checked whether a task request works the same way.
You have your Outlook contacts sync wirelessly as well as the ability to do a LDAP lookup in your exchange global address list. A nice feature is that it not only remembers those you lookup like the RIM, but it also remembers everyone you receive a message from kinda like the autocomplete feature in outlook, but it's also available in the contacts list and not just in the new message.
I will stop this book now in the hopes I have answered your questions. Please let me know if you want any further information. As I mentioned in the earlier post, the server is free, so your only investment is a machine that will run Windows NT, 2000 or 2003 and the OS license. It doesn't have to be this powerful machine. You could use a PIII with 512 of RAM if you wanted. I actually have both my BES and my Good Server on two VMs (Virtual Machines) running on a PIII single processor Dell Blade Server with 1GB of RAM. They run smooth as silk with no problems.
Has anyone managed to get the auto notify of messages working with a Blue Angel on the O2 network?
i've registered for email-to-sms and the device is definitely receiving some kind of notification, but the activesync isnt trying to connect to the server to resynch against the remote mailbox.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Num
Which email-to-sms service have you registerd with? I know O2 don't offer that.
JD
http://www.o2.co.uk/productsservices/mobileservices/mmail_service.html
This appears to offer what I'm looking for!
Very interesting!
I've been reviewing a whole host of 'push email' solutions available to O2 users here in the UK.
GoodLink, Smartner, Intellisync..... etc
I don't receive mail particularly often; hence I think the inbuilt auto-check would be an unnecessary waste of GPRS data bandwidth. Besides, it defeats the purpose of 'push mail'!!!
The service you've mentioned looks like it may make AUTD a viable option.
I have an O2 XDA IIs by the way, and have been waiting for the O2 Blackberry ROM update to be released (aaarrgh)!
Will give your suggestion a go.
carl, let me know if you get it going.
Like i said, mine seems to be working as I can track the message leaving the exchange environment and entering my sendmail scanner before being delivered to the mmail.co.uk mx gateways.
the device does appear to receive something, but i've got no idea what.
Suppose I should probably switch my SIM to a non-MS mobile and see what arrives.
as you said its not true push, and costing 10p to receive an SMS may seem excessive but it depends on usage, and apparently you can configure the sms notification to a timed period, say once an hour. This hopefully would mean that even if you dont have a mail in an hour, no sms will be sent thus you only actually sync when the server acknowledges receipt of new mail.
Look forward to hearing your results.
Num
numanoids said:
http://www.o2.co.uk/productsservices/mobileservices/mmail_service.html
This appears to offer what I'm looking for!
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Mmail has been around for years but this has nothing to do with AUTD on your exchange. Bit of a nasty compromise.
Much more interesting are rumours of Windows Mobile 5.0 and a service pack for exchange 2003 that will fully integrate push email.
JD
Hi,
I've tried that here in Germany with O2 and it didn't work either. Previously when I had a vodafone account it worked without problem.
After some investigation I found out that O2 is adding some kind of signature (or removing some characters, don't remember). There is nothing you can do about it, you need a different e-mail to SMS provider!
We are currently using GFI Faxmaker's SMS gateway with an account from an SMS provider.
Tried a number of different configurations!
No luck in trying to het the mmail.co.uk service to work with AUTD on exchange server.
Guess I'll have to hold out for the proposed Windows Mobile 2005/ Exchange Server SP2 solution!!!
carl578 said:
Very interesting!
I have an O2 XDA IIs by the way, and have been waiting for the O2 Blackberry ROM update to be released (aaarrgh)!
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I am holding off buying the device until this is available. Any idea on when and on what fixes it will have?
Latest update from O2:
" Blackberry for the xda2s is still on the way we are actually testing this in conjunction with RIM and our enterprise server support team. We still do not have a confirmed date for release as there are still some bugs in the system. I know it is frustrating but we have to be sure that it will integrate fully with the xda so as to provide a powerful piece of kit. "
They also denied that AUTD would work on O2 due to Microsoft's implementation of the notifications (nothing to do with how they mangle any messages).
To his credit, the analyst who mailed me back tried to appease me by describing the steps to get it synching on a schedule, but this isnt ideal as everytime is synchs, even if nothing has changed, thats data being used. The bonus of AUTD is the device only synchs when it KNOWS something has changed.
Still waiting and to be honest I'm in serious doubt if it will ever appear and might get rid of my device.
Oh no, that is bad news. I only want the device because it is supposed to support Blackberry so I don't have to carry around two devices. If it doesn't come out then they have lost a sale with me. Oh well. It is good to hear they are testing and won't release it until it works, doesn't always happen this way!
I've heard that this service will work with AUTD, but don't know myself as I don't use it:
http://www.winplc.com/products/textmail.aspx
There are a lot of e-mail-to-SMS services you can use. It's just O2's service that is causing the problems.
You could also install your own e-mail->SMS gateway
We are currently using GFI Faxmaker's SMS gateway solution, it works just fine with O2!
Hi All,
Has there been anyone that's successfully got WM6 working with DirectPush email using certificates to log-on to their Exchange 2003 mailboxes? And if so, I'd be really grateful for the steps to take in making this work.
Thanks a lot guys!
Cheers,
DAN
Me
Open Activesync.
Enter server, check use ssl.
Add user/pass/domain/
Get yur mail.
Otherwise, if your cert is not valid or shows expired, you will need to connect one time with Outlook on your PC (I use RPC/HTTPS, I'm fairly confident that this is why the cert was loaded into my PPC local store) and you'll sync.
Then, go into comm manager and enable direct push. It's the icon with the "envelope".
dnathan said:
Hi All,
Has there been anyone that's successfully got WM6 working with DirectPush email using certificates to log-on to their Exchange 2003 mailboxes? And if so, I'd be really grateful for the steps to take in making this work.
Thanks a lot guys!
Cheers,
DAN
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I had to install the certs before entering any information in AS. After I did that, it's worked flawlessly...
Didn't have to do anything but enter my exchange info
Yeah, this feature is no different than WM5.
Most times, its true
That you don't have to do anything but make the connection as I described above.
However, I've had occasions where it didn't "just work" and syncing with the PC corrected the issue.
You should not have to manually install a cert for ActiveSync to work.
Glad it worked the first time for you guys, though.
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You should not have to manually install a cert for ActiveSync to work.
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Hmmm.. I don't believe that's true if the server utilizes a self-signed certificate.
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Otherwise, if your cert is not valid or shows expired, you will need to connect one time with Outlook on your PC (I use RPC/HTTPS, I'm fairly confident that this is why the cert was loaded into my PPC local store) and you'll sync.
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Are you saying A/S will push the appropriate certificate to the device? If so, this is news to me, but maybe they changed A/S to do this. It'd be cool if they did, but probably a bit "unorthodox" security-wise.
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Hmmm.. I don't believe that's true if the server utilizes a self-signed certificate.
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This was the case with my employer. Also, the certs would not work if I had a server configured in AS, I had to first delete the server, install certs and then re-enter my Exchange info.
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This was the case with my employer. Also, the certs would not work if I had a server configured in AS, I had to first delete the server, install certs and then re-enter my Exchange info.
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Yeah, and furthermore some carriers lock their ROM's down quite tightly, thereby making it a royal PITA to install a self-signed cert.
Agreed... but
Like the VZ Q? One guy had a helluva time.
I'm referring to a Verisign cert from my company and with one of my customers. Self signed certs would indeed need to be installed. However, why don't some of the carriers have Verisign as trusted root authorities in their ROMS?
I'm still baffled why some companies would use self signed certs when they are a drop in the bucket. I can see doing it in your own "lab". When I had WM 5 on a K-Jam, I did have my own CA's issued cert for PEAP on WiFi. It was an unlocked device, I'll admit.
Since this forum is under Hermes Mobile 6, I also assume that the experience I had may not apply to everyone, but it worked for me. Sounded like the first post was having the issue I had. And they were signed by a MAJOR trusted root authority.
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Yeah, and furthermore some carriers lock their ROM's down quite tightly, thereby making it a royal PITA to install a self-signed cert.
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Like the VZ Q? One guy had a helluva time.
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Heh, yep, that's the very one I was thinking of... what total ***** those are. Sprint does it too. I hate 'em both for it.
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I'm still baffled why some companies would use self signed certs when they are a drop in the bucket. I can see doing it in your own "lab".
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I use them for my own company's servers because a) I'm a cheap bastard, b) I understand them, and c) I can deal with them easy enough. Granted, it was one of the stupider things M$ came up with and public certs are much easier to deal with. But still not foolproof, as you noted.
Cert Autoenrolment?
All, thank you very very much for your input and suggestion.
That's really weird. For some reason, I tried exactly what you all suggested and it just plain didn't work. Very frustrating. I am told that Cert AutoEnrol only works on WM5 and not in WM6.0? Is that true at all?
Bro,
Got it working,..... show you later .
You need to manually locate the cert using ActiveSync 4.5.
Cheers
dnathan said:
Hi All,
Has there been anyone that's successfully got WM6 working with DirectPush email using certificates to log-on to their Exchange 2003 mailboxes? And if so, I'd be really grateful for the steps to take in making this work.
Thanks a lot guys!
Cheers,
DAN
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By "certificate to log-on" you mean Client certificate on WM6 to log on exchange to avoid maintaining local user pwd in the device ?
If yes export your personal certificate with the private key, copy it to your device double click on it (Yes thanks WM6 this is a new feature). Configure your active-sync IIS virtual directory to require client authentification and it's done.
don't forget you need Root public key of your CA in your device and on your Exchange server.
ps : you will found informations about Direct Push here : www.httpsync.net
My procedure for configuring AS with my Exchange servers
I'm assuming that your Exchange Server's admin has already generated a self-signed certificate. On my PC I install the certificate by going to the server OWA (Outlook Web Access) site, for instance http://mail.myexchangerserver.com/exchange. You should get the certificate notification. View and install the certificate. Exit Internet Explorer and go back to the OWA site and it should go straight to the sign on screen which means you're golden. Exit Internet Explorer.
On XP click on Start, then Run and type mmc <enter> (Vista click on start and type mmc <enter>)
Now click on File / Add/Remove Snap-in. Double click Certificates and accept the default "My User Account" to add the snap-in.
Open the Certificates snap-in, go to Trusted Root Certification Authorities\Certificates and find the certificate that you installed earlier.
Right click, All Tasks and Export to a DER encoded binary X.509 (CER) and save.
Copy the certificate to your device (I put mine on the SC as I flash quite often) and install.
I know there are perhaps easier ways but this is pretty painless and is how I set up the 60 or so WM6 devices that I support.
@ Dr Puttingham: Thanks for posting that procedure. No, I don't believe there's any easier way to deal with a self-signed certificate, at present. Things get particularly interesting when you run into devices whose security is locked down tight (e.g., Verizon Q).
Things get particularly interesting when you run into devices whose security is locked down tight (e.g., Verizon Q)
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Man ain't that the truth.
Hello All,
I was looking for a software that could password protect sms so i came across a beautiful software that is worth installing but unfortunately it's not free. If you're interested, you could buy it. Here's a link to the software:
http://www.smartphone.net/software_detail.asp?id=3656
Also, here's a link for the Mobile Safety Suite by SKB
http://www.smartphone.net/software_detail.asp?id=3655
P.S: Google the " " for it if you'd like. Hint: PPC Version
I tried the software but could never get it to work. It just sat there trying to lock my SMS folder. I wound up uninstalling it. PPC crack I installed didn't work either.
Ok.. I have searched high and low and cannot find the answer.
I have a Sprint Touch Pro 2 I just received today for work. It is replacing my HTC Mogul. My work now has an Exchange 2007 server that they are able to lock down pretty much anything. I was able to get around these security measures with just a reg hack on my Mogul which had WM 6.0.
Now that I have my Touch Pro 2 I am unable to find out how to work around the issues. Here they are in no particular order:
1. I cannot install any CAB files or programs through active sync if the program does not have a trusted certificate.
2. I cannot launch Remote Desktop Client. It says I have been blocked from doing this.
3. I cannot make registry edits
I have hard reset the phone and then I am able to install anything and do anything. The second after I sync my phone to my work's exchange 2007, I cannot do anything listed above.
Here is what I have done:
http://www.etenblog.com/2008/01/21/disable-exchange-security-policy-for-windows-mobile-devices/
Everyone else with earlier versions of phones have reported some success with this, and the ones that did not received no advice. When I go to my registry, that specific key located at "HKLM\Security\Policies\Policies\00001023" Already has a value of 1, which would lead me to believe it is disabled. It is the same way when I freshly hard reset it. I would assume after the Exchange 2007 sync, that reg key would change to a value of 0 but it doesn't.
So this leads me here, asking if any of you have encountered the same problem. Does my company have me beat? I just wouldn't see why when my Mogul was reg hacked to not load their policy for the password.. which leads me to one last point that is very odd..
When resynced my Mogul to my company's Exchange, it specifically had me set up some sort of PIN to unlock the phone every time I wanted to use it. When I sync my Touch Pro 2, it does not ask me to set up a PIN and it doesn't even ask me for a previous PIN that I would have used on my Mogul. Any thoughts to all of this?
I lived with the Exchange policy of phone lock for few years and finally don't have this issue after installing Stay Unlock on my TP2
http://journal.zenyee.com/2008/10/19/stay-unlock-goes-20-after-two-years/
For certificates issue try Advanced Config Tool 3.3
Not sure about Remote Desktop one. Above might fix it, or try install another remote app that supports RDP
thanks for the help! Unfortunately I had to sync my phone back to exchange so when I run Advanced config (which I had installed before the sync) says it cannot be opened because it does not have a trusted certificate.. GRRR