When I set up the HD7 phone the first time coming from the box, I don't recall of entering any WP7 activation key. I think it only asked for the windows live ID and after that everything went smooth. I gave this phone as a b-day gift to my daughter. She is out of town now for college.
My question, what if happen if for some reason she requires to hard reset the phone. I am reading a lot from forums that once you hard reset the phone or other WP7 phone in general you'll need to enter the activation key again. I understand that I can get the key from Microsoft by calling anytime for that key.
I could be wrong and I totally forget it but during the initial setup process did the phone really ask for that activation key? If yes, where do you think I found it? In the box? I need to tell my daughter to look for it so I can save it for future use.
you don't need an activation key. you only need the key for the hd2 because its not registred as an wp7 phone.
You don`t need activation key but your a lost all data make you first sync wiht you computer and do hard reset
Yes, I understand that I will lose all my data once hard reset. The contacts probably got saved in the windows live account. I can just export to csv and import to load it back.
Thank you!
gasanpride said:
Yes, I understand that I will lose all my data once hard reset. The contacts probably got saved in the windows live account. I can just export to csv and import to load it back.
Thank you!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
once you hard reset, when you turn the phone on it will ask you to setup your windows live account, my contacts are on my windows live account so at the first sync it will load all my contacts back, you do not need to export to CSV format anymore... i beleive its goes same for the google address book if you are keeping your contacts there..
Related
Does anyone know how to disable the password request needed to unlock the phone ? I can't figure out how to do it.
oh my god... maybe settings -> lock should do the work ...
Not sure, but is this not covered in the manual?
Does anyone know how to disable the password at phone startup ? I set a password but I want to disable it again. The "lock" settings doesn't offer this option and the manual doesn't mention it. Please help.
Look at the tabs within owner's information.
If you go to start/settings/lock
don't you get an option with a tick box saying "prompt if device unused for"
just untick that and your lock password will vanish
Yes this box appears but I cannot uncheck it as it cannot be highlighted. Please help ! Doesn't anyone else have this problem ?
It would be helpful to know:
1)do you have plain htc diamond or one of the orange/O2 etc variants
2)what rom are you on
3)Do you sync with an exchange server (work email)
sometimes syncing with an exchange server for work email involves them doing something that means you HAVE to set and use a password for security reasons
4)was it always like this? Would a hard reset cure the problem?
1)do you have plain htc diamond
it's a plain HTC Diamond
2)what rom are you on
1.35 something (stock rom)
3)Do you sync with an exchange server (work email)
I had installed an exchange server where I was indeed requested to setup this password. However I deleted it again. The password to unlock the phone is still requested.
4)was it always like this? Would a hard reset cure the problem?
No only since I installed the Exchange Server. What's the risk with a hard reset I mean what kind of informations will thenbe gone (installed applications,settings,...)
Hard Reset - err.. everything will be gone. Your phone will be back to basic factory settings. The way it was when you pulled it out of the box.
(unless you flash it with a better (read cooked) rom.. in which case, it will be better that what it was when you pulled it out of the box)
You've probably set the lock after first use. When initializing WM it asks you if you want to set a password, or skip the step. As far as I know, once set, you cannot disable this password feature in one of the menu's. The only option is a hard reset. Be sure to SKIP the password step of course.
eurofan said:
1)do you have plain htc diamond
3)Do you sync with an exchange server (work email)
I had installed an exchange server where I was indeed requested to setup this password. However I deleted it again. The password to unlock the phone is still requested.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think there's where the problem lies. I think you have 2 choices, you can try to find the registry key which prompts the device to ask you for a password for activesync. It's probably set to 1 and you would need to change it to 0. I don't know it myself, or I would of course tell you.
The other option is to do a hard reset.
A hard reset wipes all your stuff from the device, but what you could try is first do a full backup using either Spb Backup or Sprite. (if you want to keep your sms messages you might want to back those up too, maybe with one of the Jeyo products).
Then do a hard reset, then restore, but don't restore any of the messaging stuff.
That should get your device back to where it was, but you would have to redo your email settings, and it should get rid of this pesky password request.
Of course, if you're like most people on here you've probably installed and uninstalled lots of 'stuff' which has left behind lots of crud, so you might like to hard reset and then reinstall all your software etc.
Good luck!
For some reason when i try to delete my window live account the only option i get is sync and not delete like my facebook account.
I can't buy games now since i registered the account overseas and now i'm back in my home country. I can't download any games because it says i need an account registered to the country i'm currently in.
After registering i tried to buy games but i can't change the email address.
Is there any solution to this problem?
Just do a quick hard reset. Takes about 20 seconds with this phone.
You can't delete the main Live ID on the phone, as you must have at least one connected to it at all times. Try adding another one and then deleting the first one. Otherwise a hard reset will do the trick (at the expense of wiping your phone).
The thing is if i hard reset it i'll lose all my apps and it took me ages to download.
I tried making a new live one but it would only let me delete the new one and not the old one
As was said earlier, you cannot delete the live account, on which is your phone registered. It is not possible. The only way is to hard reset your phone and register it on different live id. But not even that you will have to download all apps again, but also, if you already bought some apps using the previous live id, you will have to buy them again because they are connected with the live id, not the phone itself.
For some reason when i try to delete my window live account the only option i get is sync and not delete like my facebook account.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
the reason is simple: You can track your phone with your live-id, as well as delete or lock the phone, if your phone is stolen or lost. This is a security feature.
If it were just that simple to delete your live-id from the phone like your facebook-account, this feature would be unnecessary.
I already checked out the other suggested thread but I have other questions so I thought I might start another thread...
I've lost the password, as said in the title, because I'd changed countries once and had to change my phone.
Now I'm back and have absolutly no idea as to what my password was........
But I'd always failed to synch my phone's contacts with outlook
so if I hard reset I will lose all my contacts, the messages and the photos.
1. Is there a way to hack my way through the password?
2. Or, is there a way to back up the contacts without having to hard reset?
If there is no other way, then..
3. I am absolutely sure I'd put in a password hint to help me remember, and I'd seen the hint appear the second last time I tried typing the password,
but this time I just can't seem to find the hints. How can I find it?
of which kind of password are you talking about?
Posibilities to Backup Contacts, Calendar,....
1. You can setup a exchange server for a gmail account, so you can sync your data with your google account, or microsoft exchange server
2. You can install MyPhone and synch witch your live account.
Thanks for the reply!
Oops I didn't specify the type of password.. my bad. sorry.
It's the password to the X1 that appears when I start up the phone!
Since I lost the password, there's nothing I can do right now,
no syncs, no nothing... and the contacts and such in it are really important to me.
Do the solutions you suggested still work if the password I lost is the one that unlocks the phone during the start up of the xperia X1?
do you mean the password of the sim card?
or the password you can activate in winmo for security reasons?
But i think you cannot find out the password.
if it is the sim password maybe my solutions could work. when you imported the contacts to phone.
Hello everybody!
I have a big Problem. Currently i am using 2 Windows phones (Windows 7 and 8) with the same Microsoft account.
Yesterday i lost my omnia 7. I am very worried about my saved accounts there in particular the Microsoft account. I imediately changed the password. What i do not understand though is why i do not get a notification on my 8x regarding the changed password. It synchronizes as nothing had happened.
Did anyone have the same problem or knows a workaround for this?
Thank u so much for your help in advance!
Best Katti
Make sure you have definitely changed the password using a PC, I run a WP7.8 and WP8 on the same account and if I change one it affects the other, However I didn't get any notifications other than an email, But check in your email settings on the phone to make sure everything is synced and up to date, You may well find after syncing that it identifies the password has been changed,
You can always go into your windows phone account on a PC and erase all data on your lost phone or even ring it, or find where it is on a map.
This might have been asked before, if so please pardon me. Long story short, The email that I created my Microsoft\live account has changed, the question is; how do I get my new account on my Windows Phone without having to do a hard reset and without loosing my apps, settings and so forth? Is this even possible or am I out of luck? Please advise. Thank you.
127
sinister1 said:
This might have been asked before, if so please pardon me. Long story short, The email that I created my Microsoft\live account has changed, the question is; how do I get my new account on my Windows Phone without having to do a hard reset and without loosing my apps, settings and so forth? Is this even possible or am I out of luck? Please advise. Thank you.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i had same problem however i was lucky only having the new wp8.1 phone for 2 days. so didnt have much on it so far... i had to hard reset.
next time you hard reset dont login with "Microsoft Account" login under "Other..." or "Advanced" with your hotmail email... becausae that "Microsoft account" is useless ****. it drains battery by constantly checking for new email. cause you only have one option which is " daily" at longest to check emails again. where on normal hotmail or google account you have " manual" check for emails.... and if you sign in using "Other..." or "Advanced..." with your hotmail account it will be same thing and you will be able to set "manual" "daily" "weekly" "1hour" so on... good luck bro ! back your stuff up to onedrive or something
That's what i was afraid of, I guess I will also have to sign up for a developers preview again with the new account and I will loose whatever games and or apps that I bought Why??????
There is only one way can change the default email id for the device without hard reset, through REGISTRY EDITOR.
Which is your device ?