Exchange in stock mail app in 5.1 - X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I was running one of the mofo 5.0 images on my xt1096 until recently, and everything worked as expected (including exchange email). Recently I flashed the 5.1 mofo image from mikeoswego's thread on the topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-2014/development/img-xt1096-victara-mofo-image-root-t3100145
(Can't post there, since the forum forces new users to start new threads instead of participating in existing conversations)
Since the move to the 5.1 image, my exchange accounts in the stock email app has stopped working. Looking around I see lots of chatter about Google's move away from the stock app in Lollipop. BUT...
Why did it work in the 5.0 image and not the 5.1?
And, more to the point, is there a way to get it working like it was in the 5.0 image??

claylong said:
I was running one of the mofo 5.0 images on my xt1096 until recently, and everything worked as expected (including exchange email). Recently I flashed the 5.1 mofo image from mikeoswego's thread on the topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-2014/development/img-xt1096-victara-mofo-image-root-t3100145
(Can't post there, since the forum forces new users to start new threads instead of participating in existing conversations)
Since the move to the 5.1 image, my exchange accounts in the stock email app has stopped working. Looking around I see lots of chatter about Google's move away from the stock app in Lollipop. BUT...
Why did it work in the 5.0 image and not the 5.1?
And, more to the point, is there a way to get it working like it was in the 5.0 image??
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There was a request to have Exchange3 instead of Exchange2 in the rom. You can setup your Exchange email accounts in GMail and things will be basically the same as with the old stock email app.

mikeoswego said:
There was a request to have Exchange3 instead of Exchange2 in the rom. You can setup your Exchange email accounts in GMail and things will be basically the same as with the old stock email app.
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Does the switch from Exchange2 to Exchange3 eliminate the possibility of using the stock email app for exchange?
I have a few reasons why I want to use a separate email app for Exchange. The Exchange account is for work, gmail for personal, and so it is nice to keep them visually separate. Additionally, I want to be able to manage my Moto ActiveDisplay notification options differently (no notifications for Exchange emails, but yes for Gmail).
Is there a way to accomplish this with the current image I am using?
I do plan to S-OFF my device soon, and I assume that might open me up for more extreme options to get this working...
I've been using the Outlook app to supplement this functionality. It's not idea, and it seems to consume 10%-15% battery, which is much much more than the stock app used to.

I have absolutely no issues using an exchange account in the stock e-mail application. I am on stock 5.1 on my XT1095.

imaginaryenemy said:
I have absolutely no issues using an exchange account in the stock e-mail application. I am on stock 5.1 on my XT1095.
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Thanks, imaginary, this confirms that the functionality was probably changed by the addition that mike made to the image. It's not a problem, necessarily, just unexpected.
imaginary, would you mind confirming the versions of your stock email app an Exchange Services (if you have it installed, it would be under Settings -> Apps -> All). Thanks!!

No problem. It's 5.1-5
Sent from my XT1095 using Tapatalk

claylong said:
Does the switch from Exchange2 to Exchange3 eliminate the possibility of using the stock email app for exchange?
I have a few reasons why I want to use a separate email app for Exchange. The Exchange account is for work, gmail for personal, and so it is nice to keep them visually separate. Additionally, I want to be able to manage my Moto ActiveDisplay notification options differently (no notifications for Exchange emails, but yes for Gmail).
Is there a way to accomplish this with the current image I am using?
I do plan to S-OFF my device soon, and I assume that might open me up for more extreme options to get this working...
I've been using the Outlook app to supplement this functionality. It's not idea, and it seems to consume 10%-15% battery, which is much much more than the stock app used to.
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Unfortunately, Exchange2 for the stock email and Exchange3 for GMail didn't coexist so the old stock email is out. And the old Exchange2 can cause weird problems depending on how your Exchange admin set the server up. The new GMail has basically merged the old GMail and old pop3/imap/exchange program into one.
You ought to try setting up your Exchange account in GMail. While Gmail can combine everything into one inbox, it can be set to keep everything separate. You can select whether to sync or not for each account, whether to delete or not from the server when deleting from the phone for each account, notification on/off for each account, signatures, etc.
As a last resort, I could make you a patch that would restore the old Exchange2 and email but there is nothing the old email program did that GMail can't do in an almost if not completely identical way.

mikeoswego said:
Unfortunately, Exchange2 for the stock email and Exchange3 for GMail didn't coexist so the old stock email is out. And the old Exchange2 can cause weird problems depending on how your Exchange admin set the server up. The new GMail has basically merged the old GMail and old pop3/imap/exchange program into one.
You ought to try setting up your Exchange account in GMail. While Gmail can combine everything into one inbox, it can be set to keep everything separate. You can select whether to sync or not for each account, whether to delete or not from the server when deleting from the phone for each account, notification on/off for each account, signatures, etc.
As a last resort, I could make you a patch that would restore the old Exchange2 and email but there is nothing the old email program did that GMail can't do in an almost if not completely identical way.
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I've been chewing this over. I don't doubt the gmail will provide the functionality, but I was really hoping to have different notifications, different icons, etc. Clear visual indicators between business and personal.
Been trying to make Outlook work, but yesterday it sucked up 25% of my battery. That's crazy, I don't even know what it's doing that whole time.
I hate to ask you to do anything like a patch. You've already done so much for the Verizon Moto X community (I know that I as convinced that we'd never get root and therefore any kind of decent dev community, but look where we are now!) and I'm sure you are busy.
At the point that I can S-OFF, maybe there a way that I can control my own Exchange2 / 3 fate. I'll have to start looking into that.
Thanks, mikeoswego, keep up all the good work!

claylong said:
At the point that I can S-OFF, maybe there a way that I can control my own Exchange2 / 3 fate. I'll have to start looking into that.
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I don't know if you follow my thread but I did post yesterday a TWRP flashable zip that restores the stock mail and exchange2, removing exchange3, for the current stagefright patched rom. If you tell me exactly which mofo rom (and patch) your running, it really isn't a big deal to make a patch to put back the email and exchange 2 and I'll post it for others who might want it.

mikeoswego said:
I don't know if you follow my thread but I did post yesterday a TWRP flashable zip that restores the stock mail and exchange2, removing exchange3, for the current stagefright patched rom. If you tell me exactly which mofo rom (and patch) your running, it really isn't a big deal to make a patch to put back the email and exchange 2 and I'll post it for others who might want it.
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I don't follow it, but I will now.
I still haven't taken the Sunshine plunge yet (have a question about needing to uninstall XPosed), so I'm not ready to use the TWRP images yet.
I think I have to break down and see if you are still willing to create a patch for the 5.1 mofo image... I am using the xt1096-5.1-v3.1g-pkg.7z (base image) with no patches.
For anyone interested, the use of the Outlook app has reduced my battery runtime from ~24 hours to about 10 hours.

claylong said:
I don't follow it, but I will now.
I still haven't taken the Sunshine plunge yet (have a question about needing to uninstall XPosed), so I'm not ready to use the TWRP images yet.
I think I have to break down and see if you are still willing to create a patch for the 5.1 mofo image... I am using the xt1096-5.1-v3.1g-pkg.7z (base image) with no patches.
For anyone interested, the use of the Outlook app has reduced my battery runtime from ~24 hours to about 10 hours.
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I've made the patch but didn't read your post closely. The patch I made is for the current mofo image with the Stagefright patch, xt1096-5.1-23.32-25-5-mofo rather than 3.1g. If you can't upgrade to the latest for some reason, I can make you a patch for 3.1g later tonight.
The instructions to upgrade to the current version are here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62791915&postcount=783
I posted the Exchange2/Email patch for that version here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62966407&postcount=836
There is also a patch to removed Xposed in the xt1096-5.1-23.32-25-5-mofo archive if that is an issue when/if you decide to use Sunshine.

I can totally switch to the proper image then apply patches. It will be my first time, but I'm sure I'll manage.
Thanks so much for all your help! This is a most pleasant and refreshing community and you are a large contributor to that. Keep up the great work.

mikeoswego said:
I've made the patch but didn't read your post closely. The patch I made is for the current mofo image with the Stagefright patch, xt1096-5.1-23.32-25-5-mofo rather than 3.1g. If you can't upgrade to the latest for some reason, I can make you a patch for 3.1g later tonight.
The instructions to upgrade to the current version are here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62791915&postcount=783
I posted the Exchange2/Email patch for that version here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62966407&postcount=836
There is also a patch to removed Xposed in the xt1096-5.1-23.32-25-5-mofo archive if that is an issue when/if you decide to use Sunshine.
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@mikeoswego, you are a lifesaver! I got the newer mofo image patched and flashed, and now I'm back in business with exchange through the stock email app. I am going to a theme park with the family tomorrow, and this means I won't be stuck with a dead phone by 3pm tomorrow but can still check in on work from time to time.
Thanks for everything!

Related

Thinking about getting Nexus One

I just recently bought (as in a week ago) an AT&T Pure. It's still in perfect condition, but I promptly installed a custom HSPL, Radio, and Rom since I love customization. It's actually a great phone, the tie in with Facebook is amazing as well, but what bothers me is the speed. It lags too much for my tastes (which was one of the reasons I gave my AT&T Xenon to my girlfriend, it lagged too much). I love customization and I know how to work Linux (played with many distros in virtual machines and I have experience deploying Linux based servers).
I have a couple of questions before I buy yet another phone and try to hopefully recover the cost of my AT&T Pure. Does the Nexus One combine Facebook accounts and contacts? Meaning put the Facebook picture as the contact picture, etc.?
Can you put HTC Sense on the phone without unlocking bootloader (rather not invalidate my warranty so quickly)?
I have looked at two backup solutions, MyBackup Pro and Sprite Backup. Which one is better or can you even recommend a much better backup solution?
Can you sync the phone with Outlook backing up contacts and calendar entries?
Is there a field for birthday/anniversary and does those get automatically entered into the calendar?
Is there a calendar widget? An animated weather widget (like the HTC one)?
Can the phone convert into a toaster? Can I use it to travel into the past and kill myself, but survive? Will it tell me the secret to life?
Is there a way of getting root access, without invalidating warranty? Is root access worth it?
If I get the charging dock, when the phone is fully charged, does the dock bypass the battery and provide power straight to the phone, so the battery does not overcharge? The reason for this question is because I want to dock it in the night and essentially use it as an alarm clock to wake me up for work.
Is the phone worth paying over 500$ for when I have the Pure already?
Does it lag at all? Will updates come one after the other as it did before? From what I understand, the Nexus One get it OTA, so we don't have to wait a year to get the update.
Thank you for your time,
Mario Lopez
Yes, you can combine Facebook accounts and contacts - either importing all your facebook contacts onto the device, or merging those entries with the ones already present on your SIM card or with your Google account.
The only option for getting Sense on this phone (if you really really really really really really really want it, for whatever reason) is to flash a custom ROM - which would require unlocking the bootloader, and thus invalidate your warranty.
I think most everyone on this board uses Titanium Backup - it's a very tasty piece of software, but most of the backup options (with any application) will only have full functionality for settings and data if you are rooted - again with a voided warranty.
Supposedly the latest Android 2.2 update allows syncing with Outlook out of the box, and there are third-party apps that I believe will do the same on the 2.1 builds as well. I can't comment for sure as I haven't used these features yet.
I haven't yet encountered a Birthday/Anniversary field in the stock contacts program - could be there, but I don't know.
There is a calendar widget to display your next appointment, and there are weather widgets. As far as the full up Sense animated weather, nothing included in the stock rom has all those pretty touches, but I imagine there are third-party apps that will.
If you leave the phone running some very CPU-intensive tasks, it can indeed turn into a toaster and get quite warm Traveling to the past and killing yourself would interrupt the fabric of the space-time continuum and is therefor discouraged. That said, it's open-source, so you're free to do what you want. The answer to the question of life, the universe, and everything is 42. You don't need a phone to tell you that.
There are no ways to get root access without voiding the warranty. For me, it's worth it.
Can't answer for the charging dock as I haven't used mine yet (lol), but I imagine it would only trickle-charge once the battery is already charged fully. I leave my phone charging overnight when it needs to, and it hasn't combusted yet. To my knowledge.
The phone is worth it if you're looking for a stupid-fast device with lots of community support and quick updates. Keep in mind it's less expensive than an unlocked iPhone
The interface is very quick and snappy. I see occasional lags, but those are few and far between - especially running the leaked test build of Froyo. The NexusOne will get its Android updates straight from Google and a lot faster than anything HTC-branded (where the base code has to be optimized for Sense).
Hope this helps!
Keep in mind, as well: unlocking the bootloader only voids your software warranty...HTC has numerous times done hardware warranty work on rooted phones - a simple search will pull up several results of this, I'm sure.
MaximReapage said:
Keep in mind, as well: unlocking the bootloader only voids your software warranty...HTC has numerous times done hardware warranty work on rooted phones - a simple search will pull up several results of this, I'm sure.
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The language of the waiver you agree to when unlocking the bootloader DOES NOT specify "software only". I just states that your warranty is void if you continue with the unlocking.
HTC *has* been reported to perform warranty work on phones with unlocked bootloaders and obviously defective hardware, but they are not obligated to do so. They would be well within their rights to charge you for any repairs after you knowingly void the warranty.
I wouldn't send an unlocked phone back to HTC unless you're willing to pay for it - they may not make you pay, but it's much better to be prepared to do so.
codesplice said:
I haven't yet encountered a Birthday/Anniversary field in the stock contacts program - could be there, but I don't know.
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Yes, there is one.
Jack_R1 said:
Yes, there is one.
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How do you get to it? I looked briefly before I made that post and didn't see anything.
Jack_R1 said:
Yes, there is one.
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wtf? really?
codesplice said:
Yes, you can combine Facebook accounts and contacts - either importing all your facebook contacts onto the device, or merging those entries with the ones already present on your SIM card or with your Google account.
The only option for getting Sense on this phone (if you really really really really really really really want it, for whatever reason) is to flash a custom ROM - which would require unlocking the bootloader, and thus invalidate your warranty.
I think most everyone on this board uses Titanium Backup - it's a very tasty piece of software, but most of the backup options (with any application) will only have full functionality for settings and data if you are rooted - again with a voided warranty.
Supposedly the latest Android 2.2 update allows syncing with Outlook out of the box, and there are third-party apps that I believe will do the same on the 2.1 builds as well. I can't comment for sure as I haven't used these features yet.
I haven't yet encountered a Birthday/Anniversary field in the stock contacts program - could be there, but I don't know.
There is a calendar widget to display your next appointment, and there are weather widgets. As far as the full up Sense animated weather, nothing included in the stock rom has all those pretty touches, but I imagine there are third-party apps that will.
If you leave the phone running some very CPU-intensive tasks, it can indeed turn into a toaster and get quite warm Traveling to the past and killing yourself would interrupt the fabric of the space-time continuum and is therefor discouraged. That said, it's open-source, so you're free to do what you want. The answer to the question of life, the universe, and everything is 42. You don't need a phone to tell you that.
There are no ways to get root access without voiding the warranty. For me, it's worth it.
Can't answer for the charging dock as I haven't used mine yet (lol), but I imagine it would only trickle-charge once the battery is already charged fully. I leave my phone charging overnight when it needs to, and it hasn't combusted yet. To my knowledge.
The phone is worth it if you're looking for a stupid-fast device with lots of community support and quick updates. Keep in mind it's less expensive than an unlocked iPhone
The interface is very quick and snappy. I see occasional lags, but those are few and far between - especially running the leaked test build of Froyo. The NexusOne will get its Android updates straight from Google and a lot faster than anything HTC-branded (where the base code has to be optimized for Sense).
Hope this helps!
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It really does help, you answered all of my questions, even the fun ones.
codesplice said:
The language of the waiver you agree to when unlocking the bootloader DOES NOT specify "software only". I just states that your warranty is void if you continue with the unlocking.
HTC *has* been reported to perform warranty work on phones with unlocked bootloaders and obviously defective hardware, but they are not obligated to do so. They would be well within their rights to charge you for any repairs after you knowingly void the warranty.
I wouldn't send an unlocked phone back to HTC unless you're willing to pay for it - they may not make you pay, but it's much better to be prepared to do so.
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Ah okay. So basically, they may or they may not, so it is up to their discretion.
Jack_R1 said:
Yes, there is one.
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Where is it, because I played with the emulator and didn't show any birthday fields.
Now, one last question before I put in my 700$ order. If I buy today, will I get it tomorrow? It says overnight shipping, but then it says it will be shipped out the next business day?
mariolopezjr said:
Now, one last question before I put in my 700$ order. If I buy today, will I get it tomorrow? It says overnight shipping, but then it says it will be shipped out the next business day?
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Overnight shipping applies to after it ships I imagine if you order early in the day, it might ship out that day and get to you the following day. Otherwise, you're probably looking at two days.
codesplice said:
Overnight shipping applies to after it ships I imagine if you order early in the day, it might ship out that day and get to you the following day. Otherwise, you're probably looking at two days.
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Thanks for the quick reply, thanks to you guys, you know have a new Nexus One owner. Now I am selling my AT&T Pure on Craigslist. XD
Now, any suggestions on reading I should do? I've read all the rooting tutorials, it's actually very easy to do, anything else I should read? I am currently in the process of reading the Nexus User Guide.
Lastly, I understand Titanium Backup is the best, but root privileges is needed to fully use it. Does that mean that it can do everything MyBackup Pro and Sprite Backup can do? Because supposedly they can backup quite a bit of stuff. What is the difference?
mariolopezjr said:
Thanks for the quick reply, thanks to you guys, you know have a new Nexus One owner. Now I am selling my AT&T Pure on Craigslist. XD
Now, any suggestions on reading I should do? I've read all the rooting tutorials, it's actually very easy to do, anything else I should read? I am currently in the process of reading the Nexus User Guide.
Lastly, I understand Titanium Backup is the best, but root privileges is needed to fully use it. Does that mean that it can do everything MyBackup Pro and Sprite Backup can do? Because supposedly they can backup quite a bit of stuff. What is the difference?
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Most people use titanium because the interface is more useful. Titanium allows you to create more than app back up but the interface displays the versions and not just the date you decided to back up like mybackup pro. I havent used Sprite Backup but both titanium and mbp backup apks+data, system settings and system data. Both have schedulers. What I like about titanium is that it is usually cooked into roms so its easy to jump roms if its installed but its not like its hard to hop onto the market and get it
I'm not terribly familiar with MBP or Sprite, and have only been using Titanium for the past few days. Basically, pretty much any backup program should be able to make backups of most of your applications, but they're generally going to need root privileges to access some of the system data and settings. At least that's how I understand it... could be wrong. It's happened once or twice.
As for reading.... just stick around here lol. Take a look at some of the sticky threads in each of the N1 subforums - lots of good information there.
Glad to have you on board. I've gotten several of my buddies here to purchase N1s as well
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How do you get to it? I looked briefly before I made that post and didn't see anything.
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It's funny, I never bothered to take a look myself if I can enter it on the phone, I just saw (more than once) Birthday field when looking at the contact of my darling wife.
Now I checked, and you can't change that field from the phone. But the really funny thing is - enter Gmail, load the contact, it has "birthday" field, change the field, and you'll see it on the phone
One more thing - on Froyo there is full integration of Outlook contacts, but they're different from Gmail contacts - they have different fields and different options. I was quite surprised to see it (it's shown easily - Gmail supports multiple mobile numbers under the same category "mobile", Outlook doesn't, so when you try to enter multiple mobile phones to Outlook contact - you discover that it can't be done). Maybe in this respect it's also different - Outlook-derived contacts might allow editing Birthday while Google contacts don't (not from the phone).
And since I'm running Eclair (CM5.0.7.1), I'm not sure what's going on with Gmail contacts on Froyo.
That's for seeing birthdays on calendar:
http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/2010/03/android-contacts-birthdays-in-your-calendar/
what the heck are you talking about?
he asked where to put in the birthdays @ stock contacts app... we all know there is a birthday calendar...
you can only add the birthday @ contacts.google.com, unfortunately not in the contacts app
Maybe I don't read well, and maybe I do. Read this quote:
mariolopezjr said:
Is there a field for birthday/anniversary and does those get automatically entered into the calendar?
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Well, there IS a field, in stock contact app. You can't enter anything there from the phone - oh well, that's the situation (today, and tomorrow it might be fixed, and I didn't even check for market apps that might already do it). You can make it appear automatically in the calendar, too - link above. Now, what the heck was I writing here? Answering his question, most probably. You want a screenshot of a birthday showing up in stock contact app when viewing a contact? I thought it's trivial to try.
and read this quote , your reply to this quote was "yes there is one"
Originally Posted by codesplice
I haven't yet encountered a Birthday/Anniversary field in the stock contacts program - could be there, but I don't know.
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ok, understood now. There IS a field but you can not edit it...
I am quite sure codesplice is referring to a field where i can type in a birthday.. not just see it.
think i am the one with reading disabilities..
miketlo said:
Most people use titanium because the interface is more useful. Titanium allows you to create more than app back up but the interface displays the versions and not just the date you decided to back up like mybackup pro. I havent used Sprite Backup but both titanium and mbp backup apks+data, system settings and system data. Both have schedulers. What I like about titanium is that it is usually cooked into roms so its easy to jump roms if its installed but its not like its hard to hop onto the market and get it
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Yeah, I understand what you mean, that makes sense.
codesplice said:
I'm not terribly familiar with MBP or Sprite, and have only been using Titanium for the past few days. Basically, pretty much any backup program should be able to make backups of most of your applications, but they're generally going to need root privileges to access some of the system data and settings. At least that's how I understand it... could be wrong. It's happened once or twice.
As for reading.... just stick around here lol. Take a look at some of the sticky threads in each of the N1 subforums - lots of good information there.
Glad to have you on board. I've gotten several of my buddies here to purchase N1s as well
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Thank you for the information, hopefully it'll be able to backup most of my settings without me having to go root just yet.
Jack_R1 said:
It's funny, I never bothered to take a look myself if I can enter it on the phone, I just saw (more than once) Birthday field when looking at the contact of my darling wife.
Now I checked, and you can't change that field from the phone. But the really funny thing is - enter Gmail, load the contact, it has "birthday" field, change the field, and you'll see it on the phone
One more thing - on Froyo there is full integration of Outlook contacts, but they're different from Gmail contacts - they have different fields and different options. I was quite surprised to see it (it's shown easily - Gmail supports multiple mobile numbers under the same category "mobile", Outlook doesn't, so when you try to enter multiple mobile phones to Outlook contact - you discover that it can't be done). Maybe in this respect it's also different - Outlook-derived contacts might allow editing Birthday while Google contacts don't (not from the phone).
And since I'm running Eclair (CM5.0.7.1), I'm not sure what's going on with Gmail contacts on Froyo.
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That could be a little annoying, I wonder, does that mean if I have a contact John Doe, and I have him in Outlook and GMail, he will appear twice? Maybe I just will not sync with Outlook but the thought of having to type in my 100+ contact list with multiple numbers, emails, etc. make me shudder....
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That's for seeing birthdays on calendar: snipped
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Actually, I already knew about the Google Calendar, I just didn't think of applying it on the phone! Thanks for the information!
Had to delete the URL because I guess new users are not allowed to post them.
EDIT: I just want to put it out there that you guys have been EXTREMELY helpful. I love helpful communities. Makes me feel welcome.
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ok, understood now. There IS a field but you can not edit it...
I am quite sure codesplice is referring to a field where i can type in a birthday.. not just see it.
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Yes, I see your point. That option, unfortunately, is missing (what would be the reason for it - escapes me, really, they already have a field and it syncs, it's VERY weird that it can't be edited). I'm a bit puzzled that I didn't even see it missing until I tried to change it, being asked in this thread Sorry if I mislead you.
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That could be a little annoying, I wonder, does that mean if I have a contact John Doe, and I have him in Outlook and GMail, he will appear twice? Maybe I just will not sync with Outlook but the thought of having to type in my 100+ contact list with multiple numbers, emails, etc. make me shudder....
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If I remember right from playing with Froyo, it also merges contacts based on name, and you'll see one contact with data from both places. If you'll try to edit, though - you'll have to choose, what contact to edit.
You also have options to import contacts from Outlook to Gmail, or to have them sync-ed between Outlook and Gmail by some free SW (one of the pre-Froyo solutions for Outlook contacts).
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If I remember right from playing with Froyo, it also merges contacts based on name, and you'll see one contact with data from both places. If you'll try to edit, though - you'll have to choose, what contact to edit.
You also have options to import contacts from Outlook to Gmail, or to have them sync-ed between Outlook and Gmail by some free SW (one of the pre-Froyo solutions for Outlook contacts).
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Yup. The phone will bring in contacts from all your synced accounts (google, facebook, outlook, twitter, whatever) and merge them based on name. You can then manually correlate any contacts that didn't do it automatically ([email protected] is also Jane Doe).

FROYO and Exchange security not really there yet

Hello,
i am running Froyo on my nexus one.
When configuring a new Exchange support, i get:
""SETUP COULD NOT FINISH.
This server requires security features your phone does not support""
Touchdown is working fine and reports the following securities features:
Allow simple password
Password/PIN required
Failed attempts 10
Min length 5
Min Complex 3
Timeout 1800 sec.
Password recovery
So the question are:
1) Which of this securities is not yet implemented natively in froyo?
2) Will it make it in the final froyo release?
If any of you has some inputs, it would be nice to share.
Thanks in advance!
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dico
Sorry I cannot help with your problem other than to say that I have exactly the same issue. I am really shocked that Google have not got this fully working. We are hardly talking about a new protocol here!
Whilst I have Touchdown and have done since moving to Android last year, this single problem has stopped my company giving everyone Android phones. Come on Google, get it sorted!
Maybe because the foryo we got is not final? Ever thought of a unfinisched product that you use, is not finisched?
jaapschaap said:
Maybe because the foryo we got is not final? Ever thought of a unfinisched product that you use, is not finisched?
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I think the point is that proper exchange support should really have been there from day one.
You just don't build a serious, high end smart phone with out proper integration to corporate mail (read exchange ).
Unless you're Google apparently.
badomen said:
I think the point is that proper exchange support should really have been there from day one.
You just don't build a serious, high end smart phone with out proper integration to corporate mail (read exchange ).
Unless you're Google apparently.
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Well, I work and live in the corporate world and use my phone as such a device. I guess I sort of agree with you there about the exchange support, I can't really legitimize why they didn't incorporate this almost-brainless sync method.
Does the security policy of your works exchange server require to have a screen lock pin, specifically mobile device security policies? I noticed, after wiping from Froyo(with screen lock pin prior to EX acct) to CM and then back to Froyo(no screen lock when configuring), that I received an error that setup could not finish, I assume this is because without having a screen lock policy set up on the phone the exchange server will not authenticate to my device. Check that out. Also, this is not a finalized product.
Mine works fine...and I manage the Exchange system here...no problems.
My biggest issue is that Google has provided half-ass support for Exchange, and this version is no different.
You can't even move an item to another folder from the inbox with the stock Froyo.
The Desire Rom has the functionality and ability, best interface and options compared to the stock Android.
The stock Rom sucks honestly...if it weren't for Desire...I would still have my iPhone, even they figured out, licensed and got working properly the Exchange support 18 months ago. Windows mobile devices have had this for 3-4yrs.
My first post! May as well make it contributory.
It is interested to note that one may need a PIN lock set up first *before* adding an exchange account that requires one... I know I haven't been able to get our 2.2 Nexus One's to connect to our corporate Exchange Server for my girlfriend and I.
Let me go change to a PIN lock and see what happens when I try to add the exchange account...
Yep, no go still. "Unable to open connection to server."
They really need to add a Verbose button to these error messages.
still not working
Hello,
I tried setting up a PIN code before starting up the email application.
Does someone knows where to find the email app log file to see what is not good?
Thanks in advance!
best
CJ
To be honest, I tried using touchdown (which as great as it is, still lacks a lot of features), then tried using the Froyo Email/Calendar apps... Nothing has ever worked smoothly with Exchange + Android. I ended up migrating my email server (luckly it is only a personal email server) to Google Apps, and I have never been so happy with the performance and stability.
It is a tough cookie to swallow, but gmail is much better then Exchange on Android...

[Q] Can I use 2 different email clients ?

Hi,
Just wondering, I want to bypass the exchange policy (annoying pin lock), so thinking of using those modified AOSP email.apks.
However I would like to retain use of the original email client provided by Samsung.
Anyway to say setup and sync with the modified email.apks but then use Samsung's read/compose ? Do they share same database?
Ideally of course would be a modified Samsung email.apk.
Cheers
fy
fylim said:
Hi,
Just wondering, I want to bypass the exchange policy (annoying pin lock), so thinking of using those modified AOSP email.apks.
However I would like to retain use of the original email client provided by Samsung.
Anyway to say setup and sync with the modified email.apks but then use Samsung's read/compose ? Do they share same database?
fy
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My initial response was: no. But thinking about it, there is a chance this actually might work. AFAIK, the way that the modified email apks work is that the creation of a "security device admin" is surpessed when defining an exchange account (don't know the exact name in english, but it's a device wide pin lock because you have to enter it every time you wake your phone from sleep). But apart from that a modified email apk creates accounts & databases exactly the same way as the original. One question remains open, and that is that an original email app might check for a policy also every time the account is actually used.
Also, a problem with the modified email apks is that they want to replace the existing email system app. If there is a way to keep the exisiting email app in place, and install a modified second one to just create the exchange accounts, this might work. I have been installing system apps manually through Root Explorer before, surpressing replacements, i will try tonight with email apps
Thanks. For your feedback. It is not exactly clear how the modified apks work. I would think that it would be easier to 'inform' that the policy is applied but does nothing to trigger the pin lock setting.
In this case it may work. Also head that Autostarts can disable this device administrator on some phones but sadly the 1.6.1 version on mine doesn't. It says do not have sufficient permission although already given rooted permission.
Appreciate if you could let me know how did your tests go.
Cheers

[Q] 2 Brand New NC and one won't autonooter

I had 2 Nook Colors I bought Friday. Today I have successfully set up one with 1.1.0 and autonooter'd using 3.0. Followed instructions and everything works as assumed.
On the second nook (wife's), I can load Autonooter, but when I get to the YouTube part, it has a network issue. I then try and go to GMail and it says the account is not set up to sync, but where it wants me to set this up is not a settings option in Nook Color Tools or anywhere I know.
I've had to reset this device twice back to factory settings. Can someone give me an idea on what I can try to do this differently?
I tried a third time by setting up the Google Account at the account setup screen during setup, but still have the problem. Seems that there is some GSM settings popping up on this device.
Wife is not happy that my NC can be rooted and her's cannot. I'm to the point of returning hers and getting a new one.
So, her device works fine as-is before trying to root it? Wireless is fine, connections are okay, browser works, etc?
I'd say double-check that you're actually on 1.1.0 if you're using the noot for 1.1.0, or maybe wait for the real Auto Nooter to see if that works better.. Should be out in a day or two hopefully.
Yeah, her device works fine stock. I have flashed it back to stock 1.0, stock 1.0.1, etc. each time doing a sideload update to 1.1.0. I then used the Autonooter for 1.1.0 and I keep getting some issue with setting up her gmail account on the phone.
If I try and set it up during the Android Setup, it loops and simply makes me set it up again. Otherwise, if I skip...I get asked to set up gmail account when trying the YouTube My Channel portion of the setup. I get the network error there.
What I have noticed is that when setting up the account on the Android Start-up section, it gives me a notification of sync/connections, but the account does not setup to sync. This is the problem - I can't find where to make the account sync or complete setup with the Autonooter I guess.
Like I said, my Nook works fine and was the first one I did. I followed the same procedures on her's and it is the same issue each time.
Disclaimer: She doesn't use the Gmail account much, but I logged into on PC. Not sure if that is a factor.
Thanks for your feedback!
lxadoz104 said:
Wife is not happy that my NC can be rooted and her's cannot. I'm to the point of returning hers and getting a new one.
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Best advice I can give (though it seems one device may have something goin on for sure) is that you earn some brownie points and give her yours and get yourself a new one! Amazing the future favors returned by an action like this, hehe.
Great idea. Where can I adjust the account settings for her account in place of mine? (Google account)...Thanks.
lxadoz104 said:
Great idea. Where can I adjust the account settings for her account in place of mine? (Google account)...Thanks.
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Both my wife and I use same account for the Market (really don't like paying twice for apps...we do the same for purchased books from kindle / B&N)...you can add / remove google mail accounts from inside google mail settings. Just click ADD ACCOUNT, and disable yours (or at least disable sync).
**Disclaimer** Sharing apps across multiple devices in the same household is smart, and not a slight to developers at all. We purchase apps and books, and both use them...that's called economical
Oh also.be sure to check out these cases for your new toys! We both have them, and they're perfect!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=934081
Have you tried just doing it from 1.0.1? Is there a specific reason you want to be on 1.1.0?
lxadoz104 said:
.I get asked to set up gmail account when trying the YouTube My Channel portion of the setup. I get the network error there.
Disclaimer: She doesn't use the Gmail account much, but I logged into on PC. Not sure if that is a factor.
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Is her G-Mail account linked to YouTube? This is a pre-requisite. Good Luck!
The easy (but time consuming) fix for this is to downgrade to 1.0.0 or 1.0.1 (make sure the downgrade was successful via settings-device info-about or whatever it is.) Then use one of the older auto-nooters to noot that version. From here, if you still would like to have a rooted 1.1 ROM, install rom manager from the Market and use it to flash the 1.1 pre-rooted ROM from the dev section. This would be the best way in my opinion.

Marshmallow Exchange Security Bypass

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Is anyone aware of how to bypass the pushed pin policies from exchange on Marshmallow? There was an Xposed module that accomplished that on Lollipop, but I'm wondering if some of the APKs could be modified to do the same thing. I'm not a developer but I'm willing to help a developer if they would like to take a look at it. Thanks.
Another option is the email app Nine. It allows you to isolate the pin to just the app.
Probably you are aware of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1749921 - let's hope it will be ported to Marshmallow.
There's got to be a way. I can't stand having to have a PIN on my phone, and Nine doesnt support anything but exchange, so that's a no go. I actually use CloudMagic for email, but I need my exchange account on my phone for calendar and contacts.
now why would there bean easy way around the security? its security, if there was an easy way around, what would be the point to the security??? lol..
MailWise
I use the MailWise app on my phone. You can bypass the exchange security when setting up your account using code 27182.
Since I dont have enough posts, you'll just have to google it, but just search for MailWise Exchange Bypass Code and they have a FAQ on it.
I use the cm12 nopin zip for lollipop with no issues. Just need to be rooted.
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I use the cm12 nopin zip for lollipop with no issues. Just need to be rooted.
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Can you post the link? Also, what ROM are you on? I'm on pure nexus and use the stock exchange apk. The only cm12 bypass I could find was for boxer.
Bypass code worked for me thanks a bunch!!
I feel it is my duty to advise you guys that if you are caught getting around this you can be terminated from your job.
With that out of the way glad you found something that works.
I just port the lollipop one to marshmallow
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.hanchenli.ebpformm

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