Disable MSFP's Mandatory Device Lock?, Damn Corporate Policy |
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 Apr 17 2006, 14:52
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When I installed the MSFP/AKU2 upgrade on my SP5 over the weekend then tried to connect to my Exchange server for the first time, it enforced a mandatory security policy of having my device automatically lock out every hour (and must be unlocked with a PIN at the very least). I find this terribly annoying! When I go into the security control panel, I cannot uncheck "Prompt if device unused for".
Is there a hack to remove this security restriction? |
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Apr 17 2006, 18:21
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 Hardcore  Group: MoDaCo Ad Free Posts: 2,725 Joined: 4th November 2003 From: London Member No.: 20,052 Device(s): HTC Diamond |
QUOTE(jminiman @ Apr 17 2006, 15:52)  When I installed the MSFP/AKU2 upgrade on my SP5 over the weekend then tried to connect to my Exchange server for the first time, it enforced a mandatory security policy of having my device automatically lock out every hour (and must be unlocked with a PIN at the very least). I find this terribly annoying! When I go into the security control panel, I cannot uncheck "Prompt if device unused for". Is there a hack to remove this security restriction? I think you will have to grovel to your IT people... -------------------- HTC Diamond running Dutty's V1.6 rom.
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Apr 17 2006, 19:17
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 11 Joined: 16th February 2003 Member No.: 2,856 |
QUOTE(jimbouk @ Apr 17 2006, 18:21) I think you will have to grovel to your IT people... Even when I delete my Exchange profile, I still cannot disable the PIN Lock. |
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Apr 18 2006, 07:43
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Hardcore Group: MoDaCo Ad Free Posts: 2,725 Joined: 4th November 2003 From: London Member No.: 20,052 Device(s): HTC Diamond |
QUOTE(jminiman @ Apr 17 2006, 20:17) Even when I delete my Exchange profile, I still cannot disable the PIN Lock. Thats by design. Whilst most users find the AKU2 (MSFP) rom's really good (especially if you sync with a hosted exchange server), one the of the major updates that the rom update brings is increased corporate security. Your IT people have set mobile access to server to the highest security settings and that includes the mandatory lock that can only be reset by them changing your account settings. They may not be able/willing to change only yours as they may have set a policy for all mobile devices. The update also gives them the option to wipe your device's memory if it gets lost/stolen. -------------------- HTC Diamond running Dutty's V1.6 rom.
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Apr 18 2006, 10:41
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 Did I say that out loud? Group: News Team Posts: 4,527 Joined: 20th August 2003 From: Kent, England Member No.: 13,469 Device(s): Kaiser, Touch |
QUOTE(jimbouk @ Apr 18 2006, 07:43) ...The update also gives them the option to wipe your device's memory if it gets lost/stolen. So dont p1ss them off! |
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Apr 19 2006, 09:02
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 Regular  Group: Posters Posts: 74 Joined: 6th April 2004 From: Derry, N.Ireland Member No.: 38,967 Device(s): Qtek 8310 - 1GB MiniSD |
I have the same problem. Driving me nuts. Thinking of a hard reset if nobody can answer.
-------------------- "It Wasn't Me"
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May 8 2006, 21:11
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 4 Joined: 2nd December 2005 Member No.: 161,091 Device(s): qtek9100 |
QUOTE(Kaka @ Apr 19 2006, 09:02) I have the same problem. Driving me nuts. Thinking of a hard reset if nobody can answer. F#ck me! After 2 months of using pushemail for work they suddenly introduced this PIN! And even after deleting the exchange server it still bugging me!! 
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May 22 2006, 10:00
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 22nd May 2006 Member No.: 191,063 Device(s): HTC Universal (SPV M5000) |
QUOTE(N!co @ May 8 2006, 21:11) F#ck me! After 2 months of using pushemail for work they suddenly introduced this PIN! And even after deleting the exchange server it still bugging me!! It's damn annoying, I've put myself in as an excluded user, but the definition of "after 0 minutes" has changed, it used to be that it never locked unless I pressed the power off, which is exactly what I wanted, now it locks after about 30 seconds in that mode, but at least I can change it to an hour if I'm driving so the GPS software doesn't get locked out. I'll see if I can use one of our support tickets to log a call with Microsoft about this unless anybody has done it? |
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Jun 6 2006, 09:17
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 2 Joined: 11th March 2005 Member No.: 116,366 |
It is just a setting in the Active Directory server, any administrator can easily turn it off, if you ask them to.
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Jun 6 2006, 15:04
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 7 Joined: 4th May 2006 Member No.: 188,413 Device(s): HTC Typhoon |
QUOTE(Qapf @ Jun 6 2006, 05:17) It is just a setting in the Active Directory server, any administrator can easily turn it off, if you ask them to. If your policy is set to lock after an hour that is not so bad. Many companies lock at 20 or even 10 minutes. There is an option to add a user to an exception list so the policy is not applied but that would probably require going through a security exeption process. The policy is not evil as it does help protect the device if it is lost or stolen but it is pain in the *ss when you are using GPS navigation and I would like to see the OS modified so that if GPS is active the device does not lock. On the HP iPaq the GPS can only be activated via the GPS enabled SW (Camera, TomTom etc) and GPS is a drain on the batery so people would probably not leave it on just to defeat the policy so I think that is a reasonable compromise. |
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Sep 7 2007, 18:12
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 6 Joined: 14th September 2003 Member No.: 16,074 |
I put together a post a while back at xda-developers that summarizes how to remove/modify the forced device lock, I think it may be what you all are looking for...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=317107 |
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