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Extra Security

How can I prevent my phone from being answered and displayed, unless a password is provided?
The current security, only prevents you from using the device, but if there is an incoming phone call, you are able to SEE it and ANSWER it.
Thanks

switch it off in comm manager then lock your device

LOL that would be a solution but i prefer to have the phone on.

By the time you put in your password, the caller will have been directed to voicemail.

You can try "slide 2 unlock"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=353008
It is showing your incoming calls too but you can set it to use the slider to answer this call.

You can still answer the phone with S2U on. Why would you want to do this anyway?
As one of the contributors has said, by the time you had entered a password to answer the phone the caller would have dropped off. Boyfriend/girfriend trouble perhaps?
WB

You Guys are incorrect about the call going to voicemail before entering the password. My Motorola Razor, has this type of security built in.
You cant view the caller, answer it or do anything with the phone until you put in the password. I put my phone down alot and people have a habit of answering my phone.

I got a question also about the security
I ONLY want to lock my sms/email/mms with a pass..
Most phones can do that but windows mobile not..
Help?

i guess no one knows how to do this

have you googled?
this one may fit the bill, I especially like the hard reset option, loads of fun to be had by finding ya mates device entering the password incorrectly a few times and then forcing a hard reset
http://www.totalpocketpc.com/PS_4.0_Website/default.html
http://classic.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=18993&associateid=17
All Hardware Buttons Become ‘Disabled’ While Device is Locked.

that program is no good, it still allows incoming phone calls to be displayed and answered while device is locked

is there any kind of help out there

Did you try the magical "SILENCE" function ? activated it, then no one will know when your phone is Ringing or new SMS are coming EVEN you left the phone at the meeting room . And the BEST of it, YOU CAN LEFT THE PHONE ON !!! ( Like I do when I'm sleep or at the gym).

i want to hear the phone but if i chose not to pick up, then i wont. The whole point of security is soo OTHERS cant get to your phone.

always put your phone in your pockets

ughhhh someone got to know

Hmmm ... sounds like what you're seeking is a very personal enhancement that nobody using a WM device has needed until now. If nobody has offered a usable suggestion, and you can't find anything with an Internet search, then, as I see it, you have only two options:
1) Go get that Razr
2) Take advantage of WM's extensibility, and write your own cutomized app. You can do it in PPL or MS C++ ... maybe a few other languages. If you do a good job, you might even be able to make a few bucks on it
-pvs

pvs said:
Hmmm ... sounds like what you're seeking is a very personal enhancement that nobody using a WM device has needed until now. If nobody has offered a usable suggestion, and you can't find anything with an Internet search, then, as I see it, you have only two options:
1) Go get that Razr
2) Take advantage of WM's extensibility, and write your own cutomized app. You can do it in PPL or MS C++ ... maybe a few other languages. If you do a good job, you might even be able to make a few bucks on it
-pvs
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
1)
2) Amen !!!

Incorrect Email Counter

Have done a search, found nothing and am posting on here for help.
For some time now the email ounter on my device has been out by 6 items i.e. when there are no emails downloaded the device reports that there are 6.
My guess is that windows mobile stores the email counter somewhere in the registry. If that is correct could someone please tell me which registry entry it is and how to reset it?
If that assumption is incorrect how does one permanently reset the email counter in windows?
Many thanks
WB
PS Device and ROM details are in my signature below.

I used to run k's rom, and never had that issue, but he hasn't posted anything in near/over a year. Same for that rom.
It might be time to try another rom, or do a hard reset and start over.
WM 6.1 has matured, try one and see how it goes.

Boog,
Thanks for the response. It's definitely not an issue to do with K's rom, which I have been using trouble free for nearly a year. I simply deleted a load of emails off my device recently and found the counter set at 6 instead of zero.
If someone can't come up with an answer then I know I can resolve by doing a hard reset. However I am loath to do this as it will take at least 3 days to rebuild my device back up from scratch, even though my essential data is backed up. Don't really want to do this unless I absolutely have to.
I am certain this is a registry problem; just need a pointer as to where to go looking to fix it.
Anyone else able to help please?
Thanks
WB

Well, my rlToday skin uses the following key to display the UNREAD email count.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\State\Messages\TotalEmail\Unread\Count
Also, you might want to check in your mail folder in \Windows (unless you've changed it). This folder holds the body of emails as text files *.mpb.

Thanks Degaud,
Cleared the registry entry, powered off the device to ensure changes saved, rebooted and same problem. Despite the counter being reset to zero it seems there must be another variable involved elsewhere.
Appreciate the help but it looks like a hard reset is the only way out.
WB

Before a hard reset
If you are willing to go for a hard reset, maybe you`d be willing to try this first this, it`s an old utility (freeware) but worked for me sometime ago.
http://home.comcast.net/~relmerator/
Good luck

Luiggi,
Thanks for the heads up. No joy either so I have bitten the bullet and rebuilt the device from the ground up.
In truth it was probably a good idea to rebuild as I now only have half the number of applications that I used to have on it, my device has a new look and feel and, above all, is miles quicker than it used to be.
Appreciate the help from everyone.
WB

Password Lock! Can't unlock =(

A friend of mine was trying to be funny and put a password on my Tmobile Touch Pro2. The problem is, he states he doesn't remember what he put in there.
I called T-Mobile and they want to send me a warranty replacement. But I don't want a refurbished phone when I just bought this a month ago!
Please, is there any way around the default security lock?

First I would Kill him...lol but the only way I know is to Hard Reset. Someone else may know of a way but I dont...sorry...Tj

I assume that is "a former friend" now?

Friend, relative, acquaintance, doesn't matter. You screw something up, break it, render it inoperable, you make it right. Period. So he either unlocks it, or he buys you a new one.

There are ways of disabling the lock feature, but without knowing you presonally I have no idea as to whether you may have stolen the device or not (no offence intended at all) and wish to gain access to someones personal info.
Hard Reset will remove the lock but you will lose all data on the device.
Hold the two call buttons in and press the reset button with the stylus (keep the call buttons held in until you see the message "this will delete "etc etc) follow the on-screen prompts to restore the device to factory settings.
Cheers,
Beasty

Probably not what you want to hear, but I think that the 'Reset Password' option from the menu will also wipe the device.

Simply Hard Reset It. Everything you have in your phone will be wipe out. Also if you had encripted your SD Card, also everything will be unreadable...

If you haven't synched since the happy moment your docs and PIM data will be on your PC if you back up to Windows & use outlook.

Hey Beasty,
Do you know someone I can speak to who can authenticate that I own my phone and give me the back door for the stupid password reset without wiping my data?
I screwed up the password somehow and can't get it unlocked. I don't have the phone backed up yet and it has three years worth of contacts and pics from a family weekend I was just started to take off the phone.
Talked to Telus, HTC(they directed me here, although not officially)
Any help would be appreciated.
Sherrie

Question

Hi I have a HTC TP 2 and since yesterday it says that my password for the phone is not correct so i cant do anything with the phone.My password always is/was 1989 so there is no possibility that i fil in a wrong pasword. does any one hase experiences with this ?
Is there a solution without a Hard reset ?

this has happened to me also... I woke up and my phone was frozen, then I took out the battery to restart it... It didn't help at all. I think I may have to hard reset. I may have to lose my tasks and calendar schedules. AND photos...
No one knows any solution to this?

1. Posts with "Question" as the title are not helpful. Almost everyone in here is lookeing for help and descriptive titles help us help you.
2. After a hard reset you can get all your appointments, tasks, contacts back by simply resyncing to your computer. Assuming you're using Outlook, of course.
3. You should always keep photos and e-mails on your SD card. It is unaffected by a hard reset. There are several thread in here on how to change where your phone stores these items.

Bypassing Pixel 2 XL lock screen for deceased family member.

So as the title says, I have a family member who recently passed away over the weekend. The family is trying to access his phone for any pictures and videos of him with everyone. As of right now, we don't have any info about his Google account info. We're afraid to keep trying passwords in case it ends up wiping the data after a certain number of tries. I tried using Dr. Fone but the unlock software doesn't support this phone. Not sure what to do from here but I thought you guys might be able to help. Thanks, guys.

perhaps contact the local police to inquire if they have the capability to unlock the phone? They will probably require that you prove your relationship to the deceased which I don't think anyone on this forum could do. It's not that I don't believe you, but any creeper/theif/etc could say the same thing.
GL and sorry for your loss.

Sorry for your loss. If he had 2 step verification where you can send a text message to his cell phone #, you could do a Sim swap, pop the Sim in a phone that you have access to. Trigger the 2 step verification for forgot password and it might work.
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

I'm so sorry for your loss, and Hope you'd recover the content without much of a hassle.
Good Luck!

You can force a factory reset...that will delete apps and texts and any unsaved pics from texts will be deleted....BUT....it will not delete any pics taken by the cam and saved to the phone.
Good luck and sorry for your lost.

Was he logged into Gmail on a computer? Could possibly go to Google Photos and check for backed up photos and videos.
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sorry for your loss, I hope you can recover the photos.
1st: was already mentioned. sim swap
2nd: Try to sign into their google account. If you know their gmail (you should be able to figure this out pretty easily) and know them pretty well you can probably guess their password especially if you can remember an "old" password they've used because people are creatures of habit and reuse the same or variations of the same passwords for years. Or you can do the "forgot password" option
3rd have the legal rep ask google.
Google lets third parties request the content from a deceased user's account, but this must be requested by the deceased person's legal representative. The legal representative must upload a copy of their government-issued ID and a copy of the death certificate. Even then, there's no guarantee the legal representative will gain access.
If this works, the legal representative would be able to access data from the deceased user's Drive, Gmail, Blogger, Google+, Google Photos, YouTube and other services. But again, if the deceased user didn't back up any photos in the first place, getting into the cloud backup won't do any good.
https://support.google.com/accounts/troubleshooter/6357590?hl=en#ts=6357650
4th: okay, this one is a little macabre and you said password but I have 2 methods to get into mine so I figure I'd say it......sigh.............somehow before the funeral 1) find a way to be alone with your relative and see if either of their index fingerprints will work to unlock the phone OR 2) I GUESS you COULD ask the funeral director to unlock their phone using their fingerprints but I'm not sure how agreeable they'd be on that one.. Look, I know it's creepy but if the photos/vids are important then......sigh.....damn it sounds even more eff'd up reading it than it did in my head. Okay, sorry, I'll stop now....
good luck

First of all, I'm sorry for your loss...
I have some inquiries, and then a suggestion...
First, do you know if the former owner had "unlocked" or "rooted" the phone/device? When you turn the device on, is there a warning in the powering up process that "warns" about having an "unlocked bootloader"?
If it is unlocked and/or rooted, there are more/further options that can be done, but only if it is in this "state"...
And as for my suggestion...
You might be aware of how Apple and iPhones/iPads have a sort of "find my iphone" or "find my device" type of connection and protocol on their devices... I've personally used the "Android"/Google version (called Android Device Manager [or ADM for short]) of this to find the last location of my phone and to also ring it. But I have also noticed that they (Google) are constantly evolving it and later added a "lock" option. So, taking it a step further, I checked if there was possibly an "unlock" option; and there is! Again, I personally have never used it and do not know much about it. After some cursory reading, there are certain criteria that has to have been met while the original owner was using the phone; but if, by some amazing circumstance or miracle, things have been set up properly (and you know the deceased google account information/login), there's a good chance you might be able to get the phone unlocked. You can find the information all about this here: https://one.comodo.com/blog/itsm/unlock-your-android-device-using-android-device-manager.php
One additional thought I just thought of while writing this, along the lines of talking to Google and explaining the situation, even if you don't have the google account information/login, you might be able to obtain that information from them if the situation is explained and they have protocols for this type of situation.
Again, I'm sorry for your loss, and I hope this helps. Good luck to you...