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How to keep Outlook Exchange setup after upgrade

Hi,
My touch is used for work.
Everytime I do an upgrade that requires a hard reset, I have to wait until our IT person comes to the office once a week to get my emails setup again.
They will not give me the password as it's the exchange server password I guess.
Anyway to do a backup that will keep the setup/password for after I do the update so I don't have to wait until the guy is in the office?
Thanks.
LIP

Hmm. I have an exchange server at my home (I'm an MCSE/MCT). I don't have this problem.
I don't understand why he won't give you the password. That password should be unique to you. Personally, I don't know any of my client's passwords and I don't want to. Any administrator who knows their client's passwords has set themselves up for a legal mess.
Anyways. Are you connecting through a VPN?

Hi,
I don't understand this either to be honest but I'm not an expert with exchange (I know nothing about it to be honest).
He needed my password as well so I'm not sure what other password he is on about.
We use VPN but I don't know how this works with windows mobile devices.
Thanks.
LIP

There is not a server specific password with exchange, unless for some reason he has isolated exchange on it's own AD Structure and manually creates usersnames in that domain for your email. I've seen IT guys do weird things, so I never put anything to chance.
Here is something you can do before an upgrade.
Go into activesync, then menu->configure server.
Write down all the options and configured settings.
And pay close attention to the username\domain field in the second screen. If that is the same as what you sign in with at work, then there is not another password.
The only problem I see you running into if it is the same password you normally use, is maybe he did not use a trusted CA for the server's certificate.
If that is the case, you will get the yellow exclamation error saying there is a problem with the server's certificate.
Easy fix for that, go to the server's address on your laptop/desktop, and save the certificate to a file. Then import it on your phone and you should be good to go.
Now in regards to the VPN... You normally do not see a vpn in use unless they allow you to access the resources on the domain from your phone. (Sharepoint, and exch2007 shared folder access for example)
If they are, you would have some additional vpn software installed or are using the built in vpn configuration.
That would be under Start->Settings->Connections. Under "My Work Network" tap "Manage existing connections". At the bottom, tap VPN.
If you see something in here you are using a vpn. If you don't, you probably are not, unless you see some vpn client installed in your programs.
Hope this gives you enough info to give it a try yourself after the next upgrade.
Good luck, and best wishes.

How To disable unlock password?

Hi all,
When i have set up exchange emails i got prompted to enter an unlock password ( which pops up everytime i try to unlock the phone as well as the swipe to unlock)
is there any way to disable the password unlock and just keep the swipe to unlock? its quite frustrating having to hit the power button, slide to unlock then enter a password on top of it all..

lol how did u do it? i want to set up a password for the phone but duno how lol

it came up when i entered exchange settings for work emails - it said the domain or something of the sort needs a secure password for this mailbox..

try lockpicker, you can find it in the market. you have too enter a password because your company exchange server enforces it as a policy btw.
Sent from my HTC Desire using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk

abats said:
try lockpicker, you can find it in the market. you have too enter a password because your company exchange server enforces it as a policy btw.
Sent from my HTC Desire using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
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Thank you very much!! worked a treat!

Thx also from my side! Lockpicker, in addition, has brought back the lost-find details (my name address, etc.) which I have generated by using "Antivirus" (free) from the Market. They were not shown any more after the installation of Exchange. My phone is secured in addition by HTC's screenlock - that's sufficient protection, I think, and much easier than to enter a password.

cool info about LOCKPICKER, will have to try it out... did try TOUCHDOWN instead but did really like look&feel of it.
Just hope HTC exchange can handle multifolders outside of Inbox and even better can just show all UNREAD emails rather than having to flip between all the folders 1by1.

Exchange ActiveSync questions

I have just got my Desire and whilst it is great, there are some issues that I would love some help with.
I am syncing with my work Exchange server and it is running quite well. however, I cannot find a way to sync subfolders or indeed any folder other than the Inbox. It seems to render the conversation view in the Mail app useless really (which is a shame).
Also, the security policy at work is that I have to have a password set which is fine except that now everytime I unlock my phone, I have to enter the password. Does anyone know if there is a workaround for this or an app that can help?
Thanks

Search for "LockPicker" on market place or have a look here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6032322

That is great thanks. Now only the subfolders to fix.

If you want to use the lock pattern (Gesture) instead then you can do the following:
1. Delete your exchange Setup on the phone.
2. Go into Security and setup a lock pattern.
3. Once that is done and tested readd your exchange account.
4. Download the app called LockPicker from Market place.
5. Go into the program and enable the Override.
6. Enjoy the new way of unlocking your phone.
Looks like this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1HsLRBGvdw
Just did it on my Desire and it rocks

Froyo & Exchange - "Update Security Settings"

Hi,
i have Exchange setup & working. I get a notification each time I reboot the phone it says update security settings. If I click on it, it goes away & doeesnt bring any other information together.
Any ideas on what it wants? Its not terribly annoying but its strange.
Thanks,
Rich

I don't have an answer, but I do have a question??? Do you still need to enter a password every time you "un-lock" the phone??? I am currently running 2.1 but use LockPicker to get around this.

Hi,
I dont have to enter any codes into my phone. I have exchange set up twice on my phone.
The first time I set it up with the default app so my contacts will be populated & then I set it not to check my exchange again.
Then I use Touchdown for my exchange needs. It works great & I would assume it would bypass that issue. I like Touchdown better as it downloads subfolders (once selected) by default, so the email is always in sync.

Thx...I have Touchdown and will try that once 2.2 goes OTA.

toddasimpson67 said:
I don't have an answer, but I do have a question??? Do you still need to enter a password every time you "un-lock" the phone??? I am currently running 2.1 but use LockPicker to get around this.
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That's caused by a setting on your Exchange server from what I've heard. Basically its an enterprise level security feature. Without hacking it, like you have been doing, its not going to change in the software update. If anything, Google will make it harder to get around it, since they are trying to get enterprises to adopt Android, so they need to keep these kinds of settings around.

Lockpicker does not work with 2.2, you will have to enter a code but you can adjust the time for that code entry to up to 15 minutes, if you use Touchdown you will have to enter the code everytime you go into the touchdown app. its not to bad entering the code every 15 minutes, the screen for the code entry is huge with a big dialer, not so much of a pain as entering the code before.

Hi,
I am using exchange 2007 & Touchdown. I dont have to ever put a code in. Is this due to my exchange being a hosted exchange service vs a work corp email?
Thanks,
Rich

RichTJ99 said:
Hi,
I am using exchange 2007 & Touchdown. I dont have to ever put a code in. Is this due to my exchange being a hosted exchange service vs a work corp email?
Thanks,
Rich
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it's a setting on the Exchange server. it just depends if the Exchange nerd was told to implement it or not.

I found this while searching to find a fix. I think that I figured it out though.
This is referring to the security settings for your phone and I believe that the Exchange server is set to require a password be entered on the phone to satisfy it's security requirements.
I turned on the pattern lock on my phone and haven't received the message again... Yet.

There's also an issue that I know of with Exchange Server 2010
If this setting has been enabled by the sysadmin;
Via EMC:
Microsoft Exchange
- Microsoft Exchange On-Premises
- Organization Configuration
- Client Access
- Exchange ActiveSync Mailbox Policies
Under Default policy, Device Password Required - Yes
Then your Exchange client on Froyo will bounce around asking you to press it's buttons every boot, and sometimes every time your network status changes!
EVEN IF this setting is reverted, there appears to be a bug where the security settings are still passed to the client device.
I've tested this myself and Ninpo [[email protected]] can verify.

By pass security assigned by Microsoft Exchange email

Dears,
I just add my company exchange email and it force my phone enable the password protector. It's so crazy when I can not the face unlock...
So, do you know any Tips to by pass this security function ? I 'm using original ROM
Thank you!