Hello,
I'd like to have a hardware button assigned to program that activates the wm6-locked state, requiring the regular PIN to unlock the device again.
Can anyone help?
Thanks
Chris
Hold down end call button. Is this what you looking for ?
Hi,
thanks, but this does not enable the PIN-Window. I can still unlock just without entering the device pin.
try this one: pLock
tried it - it does not enable the PIN requirement either.
I'd like something like this too
DLD
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Hello,
I just received my new Kaiser two days ago and I have a problem with the phone application.
Whenever I'm on a call and the screen backlight turns off, after the call the Start button and some of the "upper menu" buttons stop working and the backlight never turns on again. To fix this problem I have to press the power button to turn off the device and turn it on again.
Any ideas?
This has been discussed several times here. It is a bug in the HTC ROM caused by the password protection of the device.
Workaround: either the one that you already discovered yourself, or disable the password.
If you can´t disable the password because it is forced on by your company´s exchange server, there´s is a small utility called "StayUnlock" which disables the lock for you.
Just do a simple search - it´s either here or on www.modaco.com
Worked!!! Thanks a lot... I'm now using Pocket Secure for password protection...
I have no problem with company exchange servers yet i can't seem to find the way to delete the password. help pls. tks
Hi all
Now I've set the device to ask a pin code to lock the device after 30 minutes of being not used. Isn't there an option/way so the pin lock is immediately active when I want it to be (like pushing some seconds on the end button), using another hardware button or by executing some file?
I've tried to map '"\Windows\Keylock.exe" /toggle' to a hardware key (with an timeout of 0 minutes in settings - lock), but that just prompts the way the/which keys should be locked, as if you would execute keylock.exe without the '/toggle' parameter.
The question is.. what invokes the pin unlock screen to appear?
PS: best wishes for 2008!
hold end call for 3 seconds!
ekw, thanks for you answer but
pushing the end call button:
- doesn't activate/show the pin lock screen,
- any "child who can read" knows howto unlock the device.
the thing is that if it gets stolen, they need to do a hard reset so sensitive data (putted on the device instead of the SD) will be erased
I already tries S2U2 but that locks the device in the same 'security' level as pushing the end call button for some seconds and it mentions howto unlock it
fyi: having the HTC TyTN II with HTC stock ROM (dutch)
Instant PIN Security
As noted in the first post, is there a way to get the phone to security lock on command, where you have to enter the pin to use it again?
I know you can hold down the end call button and get it to screen lock, but is there a way to get it to go into security lock?
I would like to turn the automatic settings off, so that the phone ONLY goes into security lock when I say it does, or, set it so that it only does it automatically like every three hours. That way, I can set it to go into security lock more often if I wish to.
Thanks!
if you turn the screen off using the power button,m and back on, does the lock not activate?
Or have you not told it to lock when waking from standy?
flashy said:
if you turn the screen off using the power button,m and back on, does the lock not activate?
Or have you not told it to lock when waking from standy?
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That works if you set auto lock on 0 minutes, but then you have to enter the PIN each and every time you turn the thing on. He wants it to lock only when he presses a lock key.
I unfortunately don't know of anything that does it.
kilrah said:
That works if you set auto lock on 0 minutes, but then you have to enter the PIN each and every time you turn the thing on. He wants it to lock only when he presses a lock key.
I unfortunately don't know of anything that does it.
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Exactly. Thank you for your comments.
I don't want to have to enter the PIN every time I turn it on. Well, I know I can set it for an hour or longer and that would be fine.
But I want to be able to put it down, with the PIN code enabled, without worrying about random prying eyes looking into it or using it.
Anyone else have any thoughts??
Hi,
perhaps there's a very simple answer to my question. After booting my DIAMOND, there's the original dialpad for a very short time. I couldn't enter the pin. Then it shows "network unreachable". Ok, without Pin, it's ok. But why i can't enter my pin after booting?
CU, dc7os
im not sure if the problem i have is related, but about 50% of the time when i reboot the phone it goes to windows home screen without asking for a PIN.
It does not load TF3D its just a plane black today screen with calander at the bottom.
If i go comm manager and turn off then on "phone" or "airplane mode" this forces the device to ask for the PIN
after successful PIN entry the phone works as normal!!! bizzare
This has happened with every ROM i have tried so i can only assume its a problem with my device or the 3rd party software i introduce to it after i flash the ROM.
rumpleforeskin said:
im not sure if the problem i have is related, but about 50% of the time when i reboot the phone it goes to windows home screen without asking for a PIN.
It does not load TF3D its just a plane black today screen with calander at the bottom.
If i go comm manager and turn off then on "phone" or "airplane mode" this forces the device to ask for the PIN
after successful PIN entry the phone works as normal!!! bizzare
This has happened with every ROM i have tried so i can only assume its a problem with my device or the 3rd party software i introduce to it after i flash the ROM.
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I have this too. But I just press the "Phone call" hardware button and then the screen where you can enter the PIN appears.
ZuinigeRijder said:
I have this too. But I just press the "Phone call" hardware button and then the screen where you can enter the PIN appears.
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Ok, that works, but my question is: why it shows the screen "Enter pin" and i can't entering it?
CU, dc7os
Hi there,
Wondering if this is happening for all Diamond2 users or whether my playing around and initial configuration setup for the phone has somehow caused this situation.
When I hold down the Hang-Up/Home key it locks the screen. To enable the screen again I press the first Unlock button on the bottom left and then the Unlock button that pops up to re-enable use of the phone. This is of course normal.
However as my company forces Password protection as part of our Exchange Email policy, a Password is now enabled on the phone. Now holding down the Hang-Up/Home button locks the phone and instantly displays the Password screen (and not the Home screen with any information).
Being a previous Touch Cruise, then Touch Diamond user this has always driven me mad so I install SPB Mobile Shell so whenever I lock the phone it still shows the Home screen with all the information I want to see.
However on the Diamond2 this does not work and any locking of the phone simply displays the Password screen and no information. All I can do is enter the Password to enable phone use again.
I've installed registered versions of SPB Mobile Shell 3, and PocketShield but neither of them get around this problem.
Is anyone else having this problem? I'm trying to work out whether it's something I've done or whether it is all Diamond2's that demonstrate this frustrating behaviour? I've done a number of hard resets and gone back to scratch trying to see if I could get a combination that worked with this...
Appreciate any help so I can get this phone configured to my liking and actually start 'using' it. I know WM6.5 fixes this poor design in the OS.
Cheers.
Its an exchange thing...
The new version of Exchange 2007 forces all information to be hidden. As far as I am aware, there is no way anymore to show this info, especially as TF3D is so tightly integrated now.
Its pretty pointless having Exchange mobile policy on a device designed to protect the mobile information, and then being able to deactivate it, and show all that information you are supposed to be protecting when the device is locked.
BTW, the "versions" of wimo 6.5 that are floating around have been tampered with to remove this limitation. The official versions of ANY 6.1 rom will always hide that info when using exchnage mobile, if the group policy has restricted it.
You could always ask your sysadmin to disable it for your device.
Thanks for the reply and the info here.
I'm not trying to remove the password screen and that's fine with how it is intended to work.
But on my HTC Touch Cruise and my Diamond (both running 6.1 Pro) if I hold down the hang-up key it 'locks' the keys and dims the screen but still shows the home screen. Then after 15mins timeout I'm required to enter the password to access the phone again. During this the screen is always still displaying the home screen with the time, calendar etc.
But on the Diamond2 when I hold down the Hang-up key it locks the phone keys and displays the Password logon screen instantly. To use the phone again for anything, or to see the Home screen - I need to enter the Password.
This can't be the right way the phone is meant to work...?
Basically the 15mins timeout requiring password is 'instant' if I hold the hang-up key.
On my Samsung i600 which runs WM 6.1 I also have Exchange Sync with group policy enforcement of the password protection, but I can just chose "Unlock => Menu => Cancel" and the home menu shows.
But I can write back when my TD2 arrives and see if mine also does the same or if it is only yours.
mine does exactly the same
elmalote said:
On my Samsung i600 which runs WM 6.1 I also have Exchange Sync with group policy enforcement of the password protection, but I can just chose "Unlock => Menu => Cancel" and the home menu shows.
But I can write back when my TD2 arrives and see if mine also does the same or if it is only yours.
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The rom did this out of box. I just flashed the HTC latest diamond rom onto my original diamond as well, and it doesn't show any info either.
thats interesting.
madstyle69 said:
Thanks for the reply and the info here.
I'm not trying to remove the password screen and that's fine with how it is intended to work.
But on my HTC Touch Cruise and my Diamond (both running 6.1 Pro) if I hold down the hang-up key it 'locks' the keys and dims the screen but still shows the home screen. Then after 15mins timeout I'm required to enter the password to access the phone again. During this the screen is always still displaying the home screen with the time, calendar etc.
But on the Diamond2 when I hold down the Hang-up key it locks the phone keys and displays the Password logon screen instantly. To use the phone again for anything, or to see the Home screen - I need to enter the Password.
This can't be the right way the phone is meant to work...?
Basically the 15mins timeout requiring password is 'instant' if I hold the hang-up key.
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The answer there lies with the GPO triggering the simple pin lock from WIMO, rather than a 3rd party lock program.
A little progress...
Think I may have worked something out with this after a bit more playing around.
If I disable TouchFlo 3D and enable just the Device Lock option to show on the standard Today screen, then when I press Device Lock it locks the phone keys and dims the display (but still displays the Today screen info).
So the Device Lock can actually function on the phone as desired - however it appears that the ROM by default has the long press End key mapped to display the password logon screen (and not mapped to the Device Lock function).
Now it comes down to whether the long press End key can be re-mapped in the registry somehow to point to the standard Device Lock function and not the password screen.
I thought I had a way around it by mapping the long press Send key to Device Lock - however this button can only be mapped to installed applications (and not functions) from what I can see.
So any registry experts know of the key I'd need to modify to either re-map the long press End, or map the long press Send to the Device Lock function?
Resolved
Just closing the loop on this thread.
Zenyee Stay Unlock tool can be downloaded which resolves this problem.
It removes the need for a Password prompt for Exchange Group Policy (whilst not affecting the functionality of Exchange email working on the phone).
be VERY carefull!
madstyle69 said:
Just closing the loop on this thread.
Zenyee Stay Unlock tool can be downloaded which resolves this problem.
It removes the need for a Password prompt for Exchange Group Policy (whilst not affecting the functionality of Exchange email working on the phone).
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Modifying the GPO at all on the phone causes a send home signal and can trigger the remote wipe! TRUST me on this.. i triggered the remote wipe and wiped my diamond and the storage card playing around with a few settings in the registry...
Juggles said:
Modifying the GPO at all on the phone causes a send home signal and can trigger the remote wipe! TRUST me on this.. i triggered the remote wipe and wiped my diamond and the storage card playing around with a few settings in the registry...
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I've read countless messages from people using this tool on XDA and on other WM sites I've not yet read anything negative.
But thanks for the info in case I notice something unusual happen with the phone...
My One is encrypted and PIN locked as a function of my employer's Exchange policies. I've had the phone for a week or so and have had no issues entering the appropriate PINs on both the decrypt and the lock screens.
Now, after an intentional restart of the phone, I can decrypt it but the unlock screen is defaulting to voice input and I'm completely unable to enter the PIN. It takes voice input but there is no way to get the phone to unlock because there is no "go" or "unlock" button. Just the voice input screen with the encircled microphone in the center. If I pause voice input, a small keyboard icon shows up on the voice input control pane, but it isn't registering taps.
Anyone run into this? If I can't get past the lock screen, I'm guessing the only option is a factory reset which I'd really like to avoid.
Thanks.
zend said:
My One is encrypted and PIN locked as a function of my employer's Exchange policies. I've had the phone for a week or so and have had no issues entering the appropriate PINs on both the decrypt and the lock screens.
Now, after an intentional restart of the phone, I can decrypt it but the unlock screen is defaulting to voice input and I'm completely unable to enter the PIN. It takes voice input but there is no way to get the phone to unlock because there is no "go" or "unlock" button. Just the voice input screen with the encircled microphone in the center. If I pause voice input, a small keyboard icon shows up on the voice input control pane, but it isn't registering taps.
Anyone run into this? If I can't get past the lock screen, I'm guessing the only option is a factory reset which I'd really like to avoid.
Thanks.
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I'm having the same issue. Did you ever get a solution?
malimal said:
I'm having the same issue. Did you ever get a solution?
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Sorry to hear it.
I didn't get a solution. I ended up hard resetting.
I'd installed Swype prior to hitting the issue. I still wonder if that's what caused the issue. In any case, I didn't install Swype after I had the problem and it hasn't recurred. It would be helpful to know if you've got Swype on your device.
Hope you find a solution but I'm skeptical that you will.
I was just able to get back in to the system by wiping the cache in recovery.
Upon reboot It bypassed the lock screen. Hmmm..that could be a security issue.
went to type an email and voice came back up again. When I went to set a default keyboard it had forgot my default.
By chance did you car keayboard installed?
zend said:
My One is encrypted and PIN locked as a function of my employer's Exchange policies. I've had the phone for a week or so and have had no issues entering the appropriate PINs on both the decrypt and the lock screens.
Now, after an intentional restart of the phone, I can decrypt it but the unlock screen is defaulting to voice input and I'm completely unable to enter the PIN. It takes voice input but there is no way to get the phone to unlock because there is no "go" or "unlock" button. Just the voice input screen with the encircled microphone in the center. If I pause voice input, a small keyboard icon shows up on the voice input control pane, but it isn't registering taps.
Anyone run into this? If I can't get past the lock screen, I'm guessing the only option is a factory reset which I'd really like to avoid.
Thanks.
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Not sure if anyone else has had this issue but it happened to me yesterday. Tried getting into recovery to clear the cache like malimal suggested but no luck. Ended up doing hard reset after folks at Sprint store said they had no idea how to fix issue. Somehow, someway HTC needs to be made aware of this bug.
The Harrington said:
Not sure if anyone else has had this issue but it happened to me yesterday. Tried getting into recovery to clear the cache like malimal suggested but no luck. Ended up doing hard reset after folks at Sprint store said they had no idea how to fix issue. Somehow, someway HTC needs to be made aware of this bug.
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Not certain what causes this, however I was able to get around it. I used adb and the ime command to set the input method.
To do this:
1. start an adb shell
2. run "ime list" (This will bring up all your input methods installed, ie. keyboards)
3. identify the keyboard you want to set as the input method and look for a line that begins with mId=
4. run "ime set" with the info after mId= for me this was "ime set com.jlsoft.inputmethod.latin.jelly.pro/.LatinIME" as I have the Jellybean Pro keyboard installed.
Try your lock screen and you should now see your keyboard and be able to get in.
Hope this helps so someone else doesn't have to hard reset their phone. I agree, HTC needs to figure out why the phone decides to default to Google Voice as the default input method after a reboot.
jgburke said:
Not certain what causes this, however I was able to get around it. I used adb and the ime command to set the input method.
To do this:
1. start an adb shell
2. run "ime list" (This will bring up all your input methods installed, ie. keyboards)
3. identify the keyboard you want to set as the input method and look for a line that begins with mId=
4. run "ime set" with the info after mId= for me this was "ime set com.jlsoft.inputmethod.latin.jelly.pro/.LatinIME" as I have the Jellybean Pro keyboard installed.
Try your lock screen and you should now see your keyboard and be able to get in.
Hope this helps so someone else doesn't have to hard reset their phone. I agree, HTC needs to figure out why the phone decides to default to Google Voice as the default input method after a reboot.
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plz help when i type "adb shell"...~ # appears...then when i type "ime list" it says
ime list
/sbin/sh: ime: not found
what should i do...what is the problem...kindly help me
I have my phone configured to block connections, so the adb option wasn't available for me (though my PC has been dead for a couple weeks anyway so it didn't matter), but I was able to get into mine with a USB OTG adaptor and keyboard. You have to use ctrl+enter to log in (might need tab or ctrl+tab first; I was experimenting with various key combinations when I found ctrl+enter worked). Enter alone inserts a carriage return if you still have the PIN box selected and either does nothing or takes you to emergency call screen outside the PIN box.
nerdymurdy said:
but I was able to get into mine with a USB OTG adaptor and keyboard.
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I confirm it
Thanks a lot for this tip ...
zend said:
My One is encrypted and PIN locked as a function of my employer's Exchange policies. I've had the phone for a week or so and have had no issues entering the appropriate PINs on both the decrypt and the lock screens.
Now, after an intentional restart of the phone, I can decrypt it but the unlock screen is defaulting to voice input and I'm completely unable to enter the PIN. It takes voice input but there is no way to get the phone to unlock because there is no "go" or "unlock" button. Just the voice input screen with the encircled microphone in the center. If I pause voice input, a small keyboard icon shows up on the voice input control pane, but it isn't registering taps.
Anyone run into this? If I can't get past the lock screen, I'm guessing the only option is a factory reset which I'd really like to avoid.
Thanks.
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same here but my phone is a samsung s8