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City ID... Can we remove it?

I just woke up to a white screen telling me it wants to charge me 2 dollars a month to tell me where a call is from...
I tried to go to applications and uninstall it but I didnt see any uninstall option...
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Without access to the /system (ie root) then no...no we can't! ****..this lame as application is gonna ruin this phone isn't it?

I saw that too and wasn't happy. I hate to have to root my phone and image it just to get rid of that application. It hasn't asked again since the first time. Hopefully it wont ask again!

noelk01469 said:
I saw that too and wasn't happy. I hate to have to root my phone and image it just to get rid of that application. It hasn't asked again since the first time. Hopefully it wont ask again!
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same here it only has asked me once!! so... hopfully its done!! verizon how could u do this put shareware with a 2 day trial on such a great phone!!

I knew it was too good to be true when they said no verizon bloatware in the reviews... i didnt plan on rooting the phone for 6 months if I ever do at all...
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two_cents said:
I knew it was too good to be true when they said no verizon bloatware in the reviews... i didnt plan on rooting the phone for 6 months if I ever do at all...
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Its not verizon i had it on my alltel touch pro and i think it just puts the city name when someone you don't know calls you. It never stopped doing that for me after the trial was up and it never popped up saying i need to pay. So it might just be an extra icon you have ti live with.

It is defiantly always running in the background!

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Its not verizon i had it on my alltel touch pro and i think it just puts the city name when someone you don't know calls you. It never stopped doing that for me after the trial was up and it never popped up saying i need to pay. So it might just be an extra icon you have ti live with.
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Just because it isn't exclusive to Verizon, doesn't mean its not crappy bloatware.
+1 on getting rid of this when root is achieved.

I'm new to Android to so I apologize if this is totally out there. CityID is part of the ROM so it is protected. But I imagine that Cequint must be able to push out an update for CityID or their libraries from time to time.
What if we made our own version of CityID with the same manifest that did nothing and installed it using "Unknown sources"? Would Android see our newer version and use that instead?
Is this possible or do we need to wait for root access?

If you ForceClose it the trial returns to 15 days LOL.
There are some reverse lookup apps that show the name of the caller. Skydeck is well reviewed and I'm testing it.

When my trial period ended it asked if I wanted to keep my subscription and I hit no. It then allowed me to uninstall. Has anyone else had this happen for them?
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shwayzee said:
When my trial period ended it asked if I wanted to keep my subscription and I hit no. It then allowed me to uninstall. Has anyone else had this happen for them?
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I guess I have 1 day before it expires, hope your right.
I wander if the idiot that designed the program actually gets money from people.

I have been trying to get rid of this piece of crap since I made the mistake of installing it . Dont think that I've bewn. Billed yet
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Ok my free trial ran out last night, but this lame excuse of a program still runs for no reason, but to spy on my phone.
I was not able to remove the program.
This is a good reason to root this phone.

Ok so im new here and im new to the smartphone user crowd but I am pretty good with computers and think I may have found a way to remove City ID (and any other apps preloaded or not) from the Incredible. I was playing around last night and found an "Uninstall" button for City ID but I being a new user to Smartphones and honestly not yet willing to destroy my baby hehe was afraid to press it. Anyways for those (if any) of you out there are willing to try it and see what happens (im not held liable for anything if it goes wrong this is strictly your decision)..here is how you find the button:
1) Enter Astro File Manager (by default it takes you to your SD Card)
2)Hit the "UP" button, it will take you to your phone storage directory.
3)Choose the "System" folder.
4)Choose the "app" folder.
5)Scroll to "City ID". Click on it.
6)Choose "Open App Manager".
7)Voila..there is your button.
Please post if this works..alongside with any side effects etc..it would be greatly appreciated. Hope this helps someone.

Also posted this on XDA-Developers. Look there for replies too if it works. i sure hope so anyways. Search "City ID... how do you uninstall?".

EDIT: Also posted this on androidforums.com. Look there for replies too if it works. i sure hope so anyways. Search "City ID... how do you uninstall?".

No, it doesn't work. We have root now, so you can uninstall it. Someone posted directions somewhere. You just use the rm command from the terminal.

With this removed, do you still get city/state information (I imagine you would as Verizon advertises "Caller ID" as one of it's services). Was this just some moot/redundant app left in to try and make some money off of suckers?

CityID
DeeBG said:
With this removed, do you still get city/state information (I imagine you would as Verizon advertises "Caller ID" as one of it's services). Was this just some moot/redundant app left in to try and make some money off of suckers?
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Caller ID is name and phone number.
The translation from phone number to City/State is what CityID does. When removed, there is no display of City/State, but you still get Name and Phone number. As the translation of phone number to City/State for mobile phones is patented by the makers of CityID, Verizon can't provide that service without using the CityID application.

[HTC] Touchxplorer release

http://forum.touchxperience.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=582&p=2310#p2308
julian schapman has just released touchxplorer there are some limits
it seems to only work on htc devices. Non htc devices will have to wait a bit...
The device is only meant for chevron unlocked/developer unlocked devices that are HTC
Have fun with it

As a matter of fact, tried it on Samsung Omnia 7 and it didn't work. Very promising

Hi there, I couldn't find it on Martket PLace ... so, how did u install it ? thanks.

ngphucok said:
Hi there, I couldn't find it on Martket PLace ... so, how did u install it ? thanks.
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maybe you should read the post before commenting...theres a link and a set of instructions.
Anyhow, already had it loaded on my phone since earlier. Been monitoring his site. It works as advertised. Can't wait till we get some more functionality =D

I like it. Work very well. Top!
One wish I have:
In the folder "Windows", if I mark one file, open this and go back,
its a litle bit sad, that open after from the begining "Windows", and begin not at the last opening.
You have after to scroll a long way down, till you are at the last file you see.
But its only a detail. ;-)
Very good work!

Here we go again.
Some apps in the legit market place and others in the grey market. Yay?

Is it possible to copy WP7 to PC?

works outstandingly! very fast, very smooth on my device. got a custom ringtone!!!!! thanks so much

I actually had this installed for the past week on my HD7 which is what I am typing this post on but just 10 minutes ago a message came up and stated that Touchxplorer has be revoked by Microsoft and it would not let me do anything TILL I uninstalled it. Anyone else getting this problem? Looks like I will have to reinstall it somehow.

JukEboXAuDiO said:
I actually had this installed for the past week on my HD7 which is what I am typing this post on but just 10 minutes ago a message came up and stated that Touchxplorer has be revoked by Microsoft and it would not let me do anything TILL I uninstalled it. Anyone else getting this problem? Looks like I will have to reinstall it somehow.
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Zune likes to relock the device which causes that error... you just need to unlock it again to get it working.... very fun game of unlocking all the time...

There's one bug: sometimes after backing to the previous folder the list displays each item twice. Except that, the app works perfectly.

Just got an error. This app has been revoked by m$hit please uninstall. Should i reinstall it and will it work?

nuclear said:
Just got an error. This app has been revoked by m$hit please uninstall. Should i reinstall it and will it work?
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read up 2 posts. re-unlock your phone.

nuclear said:
Just got an error. This app has been revoked by m$hit please uninstall. Should i reinstall it and will it work?
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m$hit? Really? You purchased and use a product by a company you refer to as m$hit? You don't seem like the brightest person in the world and definitely not the most mature. I have to hope you're 12 years old, I would prefer to not believe an adult would be so lame.

Work fine on HTC HD7!

antoniomistretta said:
Work fine on HTC HD7!
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How do you transfer files/ringtones from PC to HD7? using touchxplorer.

JryAcr said:
How do you transfer files/ringtones from PC to HD7? using touchxplorer.
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You don't. Use Chevron WP7 Ringtone Installer.

eternalemb said:
maybe you should read the post before commenting...theres a link and a set of instructions.
Anyhow, already had it loaded on my phone since earlier. Been monitoring his site. It works as advertised. Can't wait till we get some more functionality =D
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Hi I also really tried but I can not find how to install this on my HD7
Can you or somebody please explain how ?

Did any one had success in copying files from WP7 to PC or the other way around?
I used the zune storage hack and copied some word documents on to the device, in the same folder I have put 2 ringtones I know work using ringtone installer from chevron, some photos and other files.
Sadly I can not find them anywhere on the device via Touchxplorer?
Any ideas?
The same the other way around. Found all the folders holding my music/videos (albait not with original file names) and tried copying other files in there including wp7 ringtones. I can see all items that were there when zune added them but none of the one's I copied.
Any solution?

how can i install it on my phone?

Simple Restart Application

I own a TMobile hTC HD7 and I have been waiting patiently for a "Restart/Soft Reset" Application to hit the Marketplace. I am actually quite surprised that not more people are interested in a simple app like that. There are countless times when my phone will start acting up or not loading applications properly, so I am constantly restarting my phone. A soft reset app would be a great addition to my phone app collection. This is more of a request as opposed to a rant. While I'm not as talented as some of the developers here, but I am quite sure that a simple restart application wouldn't be insanely hard to develop. Is there anyone out there that is willing to help me out? Or anyone else who thinks this would be a good idea? Or am I alone in this? Lol
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yeah Me too.. I agree with you.. I hope someone will make a restart software or a task manager software...

Well its nice to know that I wasn't the only one who would like to see a Soft Reset Application with the Windows Phone 7 theme and feel as the UI. I hope someone amazing comes across this thread and makes this a reality.
Sent from Projekt hTC HD7

ProjektFuze said:
Well its nice to know that I wasn't the only one who would like to see a Soft Reset Application with the Windows Phone 7 theme and feel as the UI. I hope someone amazing comes across this thread and makes this a reality.
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Does it actually need a UI? Wouldn't a tile pinned to start do just fine? I mean, what would be included in the UI apart from a "reboot" button?

Well i guess it wouldn't need some crazy elaborate UI.... Just an icon nice enough to put on my home page.
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Has a skilled developer heard my plea? And is willing to develop this totally useful application?
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i am with you on this one, we need soft reset!
yes lets make the developers aware!

+1 on this.

ProjektFuze said:
Well i guess it wouldn't need some crazy elaborate UI.... Just an icon nice enough to put on my home page.
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I personally don't see a need for such an app but I'll knock something together over the weekend. So basically just an icon you place on your home screen that, when pressed, reboots your phone? right?

Yes something along those lines.... Obviously something that kinda fits the whole Windows Phone 7 Metro Theme... But the reason why I thought a UI would be necessary... Would be a Settings page... To have the icon that is placed on the homeacreen able to do different functions that each user could specify on their own. But definitely a way to simply Restart the phone...
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And yea man.. Thanks a lot for attempting this.... Like I have stated before... I am not a developer myself otherwise I would've made something like this a while ago... But I am quite sure that this wouldn't be an insanely difficult task.... But regardless your efforts are well appreciated... Looking forward to seeing this evolve.
Sent from Projekt hTC HD7

ProjektFuze said:
Yes something along those lines.... Obviously something that kinda fits the whole Windows Phone 7 Metro Theme... But the reason why I thought a UI would be necessary... Would be a Settings page... To have the icon that is placed on the homeacreen able to do different functions that each user could specify on their own. But definitely a way to simply Restart the phone...
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Well, that just confused me again
Either you want a tile which will reboot your phone (for which I personally see no use - as it's easy enough to just press the power button for 2 seconds) or you want ... err, well ... something completely different
In any case, I've written an app that will do just this - clicking it will ask you if you want to reboot or shutdown the device. No bells or whistles - this is all it does. Will have to tidy up the code a bit, but I'll get it attached here later tonight or tomorrow.
ProjektFuze said:
But I am quite sure that this wouldn't be an insanely difficult task
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You'd be surprised
There are no APIs available for this so I've had to write native code to get it working - which means it will never be available in the marketplace and will only run on developer-unlocked devices.

Yes, this will be a handy tool. Another added feature I've missed on WP7. This & a screen capture app are all I'm really missing, app-wise that is.

O man.. That kinda sucks for me... I don't have a unlocked device... Mine is Tmobile hTC HD7... but whatever then... I'm glad someone out there tried.. And allowed others to benefit from it... Thanks
Sent from Projekt hTC HD7

Hi all have used the DLL Import work here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1006331
To create a simple restarter. Click the app and restart your phone. As it uses the native API's it can't be put on the marketplace but for anyone with a dev unlocked phone simple deploy the XAP and all is good.

emigrating said:
In any case, I've written an app that will do just this - clicking it will ask you if you want to reboot or shutdown the device. No bells or whistles - this is all it does. Will have to tidy up the code a bit, but I'll get it attached here later tonight or tomorrow.
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This would be great, nice and simple.
Please attach soon, looking forward to it.
mupets_revenge said:
Hi all have used the DLL Import work here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1006331
To create a simple restarter. Click the app and restart your phone. As it uses the native API's it can't be put on the marketplace but for anyone with a dev unlocked phone simple deploy the XAP and all is good.
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Really good. Thanks.
But a simple warning message would be welcomed. Now i have to be very careful not to tap the app even by accident.

mupets_revenge said:
Hi all have used the DLL Import work here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1006331
To create a simple restarter. Click the app and restart your phone. As it uses the native API's it can't be put on the marketplace but for anyone with a dev unlocked phone simple deploy the XAP and all is good.
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Thanks man. Works perfect. And you at least added an icon to it

mupets_revenge said:
Hi all have used the DLL Import work here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1006331
To create a simple restarter. Click the app and restart your phone. As it uses the native API's it can't be put on the marketplace but for anyone with a dev unlocked phone simple deploy the XAP and all is good.
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Absolutely perfect and wonderful! Just what I was looking for!

mupets_revenge said:
Hi all have used the DLL Import work here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1006331
To create a simple restarter. Click the app and restart your phone. As it uses the native API's it can't be put on the marketplace but for anyone with a dev unlocked phone simple deploy the XAP and all is good.
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This works perfectly! Thanks for your efforts. By the way, the original poster should attach this to his original post so people don't have to go digging for the XAP.

i cant tell if it works?
when i touch it the hourglass shows up and then takes me back to the hubs. I am using an hd7 nodo developer unlocked

For you linux users out there.

Nothing we didn't know but. I was so dissapointed I wrote samsung to tell them UNACCEPTABLE. As I'm sure you know . Samsungs mtp mass storage doesn't interface with linux. I was reading some fixes and I atleast got the drives to mount from the phone installing MTP libs but any transfer too or from results in error. So I just wanted to share samsungs response. Basically.... " Sorry pal . we doubt were ever going to fix this . Pound sand "
"Dear Joseph,
Thank you for your inquiry. We understand that you can't connect your Samsung phone in a computer running with Linux Operating System. We apologize for the inconvenience that this may have caused you.
Samsung doesn't have a configurable option to connect a Samsung Device to a Linux computer. The process for the mass storage settings is tested to work only with Microsoft Windows and Macintosh computer. We apologize for the inconvenience that this may present.
We are unable to speculate when/if a software revision with this feature might be available due to the fact that this might lead to inaccurate information and confusion.
Thank you again for your comments, understanding and patience.
Do you have more questions regarding your Samsung Mobile Phone? For 24 hour information and assistance, we offer our new FAQ/ARS System - Automated Response System at http://www.samsung.com/support. It's like having your very own personal Samsung Technician at your fingertips.
Thank you for your continued interest in Samsung products.
Sincerely,
Chris
Technical Support "

Some_dude36 said:
Nothing we didn't know but. I was so dissapointed I wrote samsung to tell them UNACCEPTABLE. As I'm sure you know . Samsungs mtp mass storage doesn't interface with linux. I was reading some fixes and I atleast got the drives to mount from the phone installing MTP libs but any transfer too or from results in error. So I just wanted to share samsungs response. Basically.... " Sorry pal . we doubt were ever going to fix this . Pound sand
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Sounds like you enjoy drag and drop. Try windows.

konceptz said:
Sounds like you enjoy drag and drop. Try windows.
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Is there another way ? I been using Airdroid but that only does individual files no folders. Any ideas?

I use swiFTP on the device with Filezilla on the laptop. You can transfer whatever you want.

konceptz said:
Sounds like you enjoy drag and drop. Try windows.
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Nah I will never use apple or microsoft spyware ever again. It just sucks samsung left us linux users out in the wind.

baka2x said:
I use swiFTP on the device with Filezilla on the laptop. You can transfer whatever you want.
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Found and installed filezilla but the swiFTP Isnt compatible with my note play says

Sorry, I can't even find it on the play store. I just restored it from a TB I had on my GNEX.
Try searching XDA for an official apk of swiFTP or try another ftp app on the play store. I saw a couple highly rated ones that are free.

there is a solution for mass storage its on http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/how-to-mount-android-40-ubuntu-go-mtpfs.html have not tested it yet though.I am using airdroid and chromium since I need stable ac power while sharing the data connection.the issiue is because of Android, but samsung could have been done something I agree
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Some_dude36 said:
Is there another way ? I been using Airdroid but that only does individual files no folders. Any ideas?
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adb push and pull from cli.

portis said:
there is a solution for mass storage its on http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/how-to-mount-android-40-ubuntu-go-mtpfs.html have not tested it yet though.I am using airdroid and chromium since I need stable ac power while sharing the data connection.the issiue is because of Android, but samsung could have been done something I agree
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" Error: Unable to open ~/.mtpz-data for reading.
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Is what I get after following instal directions for go-mtpfs the windows for sdcard and ext sd card open and mount but again get a error when I try to transfer to or from and the gui seen on the go mtpfs link provided does not show up :/

did u use root?I still rather use airdroid instead.it can works with multiple files and folders.its fast too and is using zip to compess the files in real time like google drive.
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portis said:
did u use root?I still rather use airdroid instead.it can works with multiple files and folders.its fast too and is using zip to compess the files in real time like google drive.
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No no , I'm stock unrooted. How do you tranfer folder on air droid ? I could only get it to open folders not transfer. :/ I not so bright sometime .

Some_dude36 said:
No no , I'm stock unrooted. How do you tranfer folder on air droid ? I could only get it to open folders not transfer. :/ I not so bright sometime .
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its ok i was talking about root under linux
here is a screenshot that might help you

portis said:
its ok i was talking about root under linux
here is a screenshot that might help you
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Oh yea , I was referring to uploading . Sorry I didn't make that clear. Whatever . I bought a drive and windows 7 just waiting on them to get here. kind of a bummer I need a whole OS over this . Android and Samsung really dropped the ball here. :/

[TW] Bypass Exchange Security Policy on Galaxy S4 Android 4.2.2

Hello All,
I've been searching how to bypass the Exchange security policy on our device and was unable to really find anything.
This is a MOD that exists for Vanilla roms easily, and is also available for many other ROMs in the form of modified APK's.
After a bunch of searching I was able to find a MOD that would patch up the APK's on many ROMs, including TW ROMs.
I have nothing to do with this work, and all credit goes to its creators in the link below.
You will have to download this to your computer, and have Java SDK (JDK) installed on your machine.
When you run it - it will say that it cannot identify the EMAIL APK and ask you to type the APK name.
On our phone it is: SECEMAIL_J.APK
(It is located in /systems/app folder, if you care, though you don't need to know this)
The program will also create a backup of this APK file, as well as the SecExchange.APK which it modifies as well.
Good luck to you all!
LINK:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117452

Everything seems to line up just fine except it seems the security policies were applied anyway...
Note: FRESH BRAND NEW PHONE
1) Rooted device.
2) Setup my exchange mail settings, device asked me to accept policy changes, I closed it (not agreeing).
3) Downloaded the attached file (on that thread) "email-policy-patch-3.3.zip"
4) Extracted it...
5) Plugged up my phone.
6) Ran apply-patch.cmd
7) Said "Can't find Email app. Enter the name of your Email apk or press <Enter> to exit:"
8) Typed in "SECEMAIL_J.APK"
9) Finished patch successfully.
10) Phone rebooted and I open the mail app accepting the security policies. Then it made me set a PIN instead of my pattern.
Note: I did try to delete the email account and re add it with no success..
Now I'm confused... Why do I have to use a 7 char PIN? I thought the whole point of this was to avoid the security settings.
Ideas?

I hope this did not work. otherwise it is a huge security risk for the exchange server.
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skesseks said:
I hope this did not work. otherwise it is a huge security risk for the exchange server.
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It's been working for a lot of people... I have said it before and I'll say it again...
If you want to control the data fine... But NO ONE, will control my phone but me. To give a single company access to my entire phone is ludacris! There is no reason they need access to remote wipe my entire phone. If they need the ability to wipe the exchange account and all the relevant data with it fine, i'm ok with that... Now if they want to pay the $600 for my phone then we will talk ...

It worked!! I can't believe it. Thank you so much.

Apollo Eldon said:
It worked!! I can't believe it. Thank you so much.
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What device Apollo?

arvo.bowen said:
It's been working for a lot of people... I have said it before and I'll say it again...
If you want to control the data fine... But NO ONE, will control my phone but me. To give a single company access to my entire phone is ludacris! There is no reason they need access to remote wipe my entire phone. If they need the ability to wipe the exchange account and all the relevant data with it fine, i'm ok with that... Now if they want to pay the $600 for my phone then we will talk ...
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True enough. But then I don't have to let you use my exchange server if you don't abide by the policy I set forth, do I? This is not about your phone.
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skesseks said:
True enough. But then I don't have to let you use my exchange server if you don't abide by the policy I set forth, do I? This is not about your phone.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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hehe, if you want me to work on my off hours you do.

arvo.bowen said:
Now I'm confused... Why do I have to use a 7 char PIN? I thought the whole point of this was to avoid the security settings.
Ideas?
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Got it working fine at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47125823&postcount=1189, includes patched apks.

I thought I saw xposed modules for this.. why dont you guys use that? Its much cleaner and will survive rom flashing and it gets updates too

Don't enable security during offwork
Pretty simple. If you're not paid during off, then don't enable security on your phone. Or create an app that disable your security during off hours.