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Howto disable Device Lock via registry?

Hi there,
my company forces every WM user to activate the WM6 default Device Lock with a cab you have to install, which changes some registry parameters, I guess. But this cab also includes certificates (WLAN and VPN-access) that I really need, so I have to install it.
But I don't want to have my device locked every 15 minutes (especially if using Navigon...). If I try to disable Device Lock in the Settings menu, the field is greyed out. But is there any registry parameter which disables this device lock?!?
Is there another way to disable it?
Thanks in advance!

First enable the box again to untick it:
HKLM\Security\Policies\00001023
0 = Enabled; 1 = Disabled
Then install Zenyee.com Stay Unlock.cab and soft reset your device.
This program will prevent the lock to be activated again.

Great! Works just perfect for me!

This might just be what i'm after Last week I was using an ipaq on wm2003 but since the weekend I've bought myself a Sony E X1 and logged onto the works network this morning and it installed some security polices and then it started locking the phone every 5mins.
Quick search and I find this thread, hope it works, let you all know .
Ta
Update, it has given me the option and I have disabled it rather than setting it to say 24hours and also ran the keep unlocked cab file. See how it goes at work tomorrow.

well i can confirm that no further locks have appeared since logging back onto the work network can see i'm going to enjoy this forum. ta

phoenix3dfx225 said:
well i can confirm that no further locks have appeared since logging back onto the work network can see i'm going to enjoy this forum. ta
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It works yes, but i found that the app absolutely wiped out my battery which ran very hot. I removed the app and this solved the problem, although unfortunetly device locked appeared once more. Does it wipe out yours?

WM 6.1 VPNLockingmy device
Thanks very much gang!!! I have installed Zenyee.com Unlock cab. It solved the goddamn issue, and allowed me to untick the password request in Setting, Lock.
before Icould not untick it.
now the device is not locking itself every time i turn the screen off

The manual registry cleaning worked very well. Thank you for the tip.
I haven't installed the .cab so we'll see how long it takes until it gets locked again...Maybe it won't I don't have much faith in our IT Group

Not wanting to spoil anyones fun, and i can see why periodic locking of the device is a pain, it is obviously being done for a reason. Bear in mind that it may well be considered a breach of employment contract to circumvent said security measure.
For information i am a BlackBerry Admin and so have a "vested" interest in device security. Just think what "sensitive" detail may be on the device and so open to anyone if it gets lost and this hack is running.

deedee said:
Not wanting to spoil anyones fun, and i can see why periodic locking of the device is a pain, it is obviously being done for a reason. Bear in mind that it may well be considered a breach of employment contract to circumvent said security measure.
For information i am a BlackBerry Admin and so have a "vested" interest in device security. Just think what "sensitive" detail may be on the device and so open to anyone if it gets lost and this hack is running.
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Very true deedee,
Personally I dont use the hack on my company mobile, but on my personal one which i used to use via exchange, the policy lock is still enforced even after removing server details, which is a proper pain. The only real way is a hard reset in my experience. The app does work but wiped out my battery daily (and breaking the said security policies, which you are correct can end in your p45 in the post!!!)
Great words of wisdom as usual!

Been looking for a way to get ride of the pain in the ass device lock.... And this just made my day... thanks alot....

I agree as well. However, isn't there a possibility (via Mortscript or whatever) to disable the locking when running some application (a navigator as mentioned in this message) and to enable it again after quitting?
This way, you don't have the lock while navigating, and the policy is still upheld (unless of course, your mobile gets nicked out of the car while in navigation mode).

THANK YOU!
omg so nice to get rid of that damn phonelock thanks!!

All information on this device will be erased after the next unsuccessful password at

Hi,
several persons in our company (including me), who are using WM 6.5 (cooked ROM) and connecting to company's Exchange server via Exchange active sync (e-mails are on server) reported that suddenly this message appears on the phone:
"All information on this device will be erased after the next unsuccessful password attempt"
It is not possible to enter password and do anything with phone (just reboot). Funny is, that nobody did any attempt to enter password before - phone was just lying on table and this happened.
After reboot hard reset on device is performed and also memory card was wiped.
If somebody has same experience - just write here, maybe there will be some solution in future.
And note - if this happens to you, before reboot remove your storage card - it will be erased
Info:
IPAQ 614c, ROM WWE 21215(5.01) from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=496283
Company policy - forced password.

This has happened to me twice now, once when i was about to go on holiday, of course wiping the 8GB's os music on my card, and again last night.
It really is a problem, at first i thought it was some malicious b*stard at work, but now i think it's an issue with the rom.
I'm going back to 6.1, can't handle this happening every other week.
Artemis P3300 running different 6.5 cooked roms.
Cheers!

There is possible solution - when such message appears, do not press anything just remove batery - we have simulated it once and phone remained unerased.
If anybody can confirm this just give me a message.
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I can confirm workaround - it worked for several my cloeqes.
Why is this happening still remains secreat.

Maybe solution to mysterious "...unsuccessful password attempt"
I was having this issue exactly as described in the first post frequently. I may have stumbled across a solution. Turn-off Showaco's TitaniumWeather.
Go to TitaniumWeather Options;
- check "Use On/Off Time:" set "On Time" and "Off Time" to 0
- uncheck "Enable Auto Updates"
- Save/Exit, then soft reset
It's been 3 days and I haven't experienced this issue since. It could be a coincidence, but worth a try... maybe others can help verify.

Hi,
this may be a solution for you, but not for us, because nobody is using Showaco's TitaniumWeather. We (3 phones) are using SPB Weather and there is no such settng.
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I've been experiencing this problem on almost every cooked 6.5 rom I've tried on my Raphael/Touch Pro. As far as I know the exchange server has to be configured for remote wipe and enforce hard security for this to happen. Unfortunally most of the chefs arent working for companies which are as paranoid as mine (and yours) which meens they are quite unaware of the problem.
This problem might be connected to the Activesync "85010013" error when trying to sync for the first time. The "85010013" problem has to do with some security registry settings that are wrong in most 6.5 roms used by the chefs.

Mine has happened twice in the last three days. I'm syncing with a BETA Exchange 2010 server which is pushing typical security settings (wipe threshhold, mandatory screenlock...) Both times occured after the phone was lying around locked (auto screen lock set at 15 minutes) for a while. When I attempted to unlock the first time, the PIN keypad would only take two digits then I'd get a wrong PIN message before entering the reaminig digits or even hitting enter. After 8 attempts at this, the device wiped. The second time, the phone wouldn't even let me enter in the PIN, but said it was going to wipe because I had exceeded the maximum incorrect entries. I'm starting to think the TF3D2 keypad is part of the problem when the device wakes and asks for the PIN. I've set the PIN keypad to classic as opposed to default and set the auto lockout to 24 hours. Once I finish backing up the Exchange sync settings and setting up my spare SD card, I'm going to set the lock time back to 15 minutes and see what happens.

Any solution to this problem?
Is there a solution to this problem? I am getting this about once a day. Thankfully it still allows me to enter the 10th password attempt, so I haven't experienced any data loss yet.
I am running a cooked rom with TitaniumWeather integrated and Exchange forced password. I disabled TitaniumWeather updates; it didn't have the On Time/Off Time options.
KriekV said:
I was having this issue exactly as described in the first post frequently. I may have stumbled across a solution. Turn-off Showaco's TitaniumWeather.
Go to TitaniumWeather Options;
- check "Use On/Off Time:" set "On Time" and "Off Time" to 0
- uncheck "Enable Auto Updates"
- Save/Exit, then soft reset
It's been 3 days and I haven't experienced this issue since. It could be a coincidence, but worth a try... maybe others can help verify.
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Twice this has happened to me. One time it happened in the middle of me using the internet, the second time it was just laying on the table. I believe the issue is a 6.5 issue, since it never happened before I upgraded. I also use Microsoft Exchange. That also seems to be part of the issue. PLEASE HELP!

Set Password for HARD RESET

Hi folks
Is there any app or way to assign password for hard reset.
I mean that, is there any software or registry edit that requests password when try to hard reset?????
For safety reasons.
thanks in advance.

I thought you needed to type in 1234 when you used clear storage. Pretty much all pda's have a way to hard reset with hardware buttons, anyway. Won't the code get wiped during the reset? I guess I don't get the point. If you're afraid of randomly losing data, backup frequently.

I would not suggest having a password, because sometimes your device can get stuck and you won't be able to type your password. It's happened to me a few times that I installed a program that caused my phone to stop responding to anything I pressed and all I could do was a hard reset.

The only reason i can see for having a pwd is to make the device totally useless to a thief. Trouble is by the time he discovers that even hard resetting requirers a pwd it's too late, you have already lost the device.
As for requiring one to actually hard reset to protect against accidentally doing it, personally i agree with the previous poster, not a wise thing as HR is a "get out of jail free" means of recovering an otherwise unuseable device. Been there and done that more than once.

So is there any way to do that????
i know the consequences of setting password while device dies but i need to answer some one and he doesn't care about this matter
so pls guide me if this possible
thank

deedee said:
The only reason i can see for having a pwd is to make the device totally useless to a thief. Trouble is by the time he discovers that even hard resetting requirers a pwd it's too late, you have already lost the device.
As for requiring one to actually hard reset to protect against accidentally doing it, personally i agree with the previous poster, not a wise thing as HR is a "get out of jail free" means of recovering an otherwise unuseable device. Been there and done that more than once.
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I agree with Dee here (although your friend isnt interested) i ctually forgot my login pwd on my works comp after a weeks holiday, so for that reason its not a good idea
Gettin back OT, ive never seen or heard of this, although nothing is impossible, it will mean a serious reg hack. For that reason we'll leave this thread open and see if someone comes up with a solution

How can I disable Sprint hands-free-activation after boot??

How can I disable Sprint hands-free-activation after boot??
every time I boot ot hard reset I get this message of trying to activate then fail
how can I stop this from starting
thanks

What exactly is sprint hands free activation? I'm on sprint & I've never heard of this. But check your startup folder & see if that program is in there.

Hi,
Same thing here. I bought an unlocked sprint phone. I'm using it on another carrier. Each time I make a soft reset it boots up, starts Flow 3D, and then launches a screen with the title Sprint hands-free-activation.
Because I am on another carrier it can't connect, so after a minute or so, it displays an error message, with the instruction that if you want to reattempt connection you should go to All settings => System => Update Profile
In my startup folder I got the following items:
\Windows\BTTrayCE.exe
\Windows\HTCStartUp.exe
\Program Files\S2U2\iLock2.exe
\Windows\PKG.exe
poutlook.exe
\windows\voicecmd.exe
Any ideas? Thank you in advance!

Sorry for bumping a really old thread here, but I'm having troubles with this as well. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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This came up for the first time for me last week. My phone kept on rebooting and then attempting "hands free activation". Eventually my phone told me that it had attempted too many times and that I needed to do hard reset it. I am using the stock wm 6.5 with sense and had not installed any new apps in months. It started while driving and using google maps. If I hit "cancel" while hands free activation is attempting i am able to regain control of my phone but it was sluggish. I was not able to find a fix and eventually I hard reset my phone and the problem went away.

I had this problem after I provisioned my Telus phone using the Sprint setting by accident after flashing a custom rom.
After a bunch of searching I found that going into the registry and deleting HKLM\Services\LaunchOMC the pop up never came back again.
I don't know if it has any adverse effects if you are actually on the Sprint network but it worked for me anyways.
Other then that the only thing I found that would fix the problem is a hard reset.
Here's the threads that pointed me in the right direction.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/htc-touch-pro/50148-touch-pro-services-guide.html
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/htc-touch-pro-2/85027-please-help-explain-build-database-services-apps-auto-run-tp2s.html

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frank0 said:
This came up for the first time for me last week. My phone kept on rebooting and then attempting "hands free activation". Eventually my phone told me that it had attempted too many times and that I needed to do hard reset it. I am using the stock wm 6.5 with sense and had not installed any new apps in months. It started while driving and using google maps. If I hit "cancel" while hands free activation is attempting i am able to regain control of my phone but it was sluggish. I was not able to find a fix and eventually I hard reset my phone and the problem went away.
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Ironically, a hard reset never fixed it for me. I have thought that it might be because I am on Boost Mobile and my configuration and information might be a bit different.
trevoroni said:
I had this problem after I provisioned my Telus phone using the Sprint setting by accident after flashing a custom rom.
After a bunch of searching I found that going into the registry and deleting HKLM\Services\LaunchOMC the pop up never came back again.
I don't know if it has any adverse effects if you are actually on the Sprint network but it worked for me anyways.
Other then that the only thing I found that would fix the problem is a hard reset.
Here's the threads that pointed me in the right direction.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/htc-touch-pro/50148-touch-pro-services-guide.html
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/htc-touch-pro-2/85027-please-help-explain-build-database-services-apps-auto-run-tp2s.html
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I probably should've told ya'all this last week, but I might have found a fix for the problem: In Caulkin's/OMJ's/OAT's Kitchen, uncheck "carrier - sprint", and select the "Carrier - Generic" instead. I've been running for the last few days now like that and have had zero problems with this, and I think I have finally escaped the elusive "hand free activation problem. And no, this is not an April first joke either.
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frank0 said:
This came up for the first time for me last week. My phone kept on rebooting and then attempting "hands free activation". Eventually my phone told me that it had attempted too many times and that I needed to do hard reset it. I am using the stock wm 6.5 with sense and had not installed any new apps in months. It started while driving and using google maps. If I hit "cancel" while hands free activation is attempting i am able to regain control of my phone but it was sluggish. I was not able to find a fix and eventually I hard reset my phone and the problem went away.
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Same problems here. Sprint cdma touch pro 2 with stock ROM.
I would find the phone keeps shutting itself off.
Finally able to do backup of contacts and hard reset. Restore contacts and lost all my text messages. Also lost all addresses with-in the contacts.
Hopefully this last.

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newuser02 said:
Same problems here. Sprint cdma touch pro 2 with stock ROM.
I would find the phone keeps shutting itself off.
Finally able to do backup of contacts and hard reset. Restore contacts and lost all my text messages. Also lost all addresses with-in the contacts.
Hopefully this last.
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If a hard reset doesn't help, you'll need to try to either make that adjustment in the kitchen that I was talking about earlier, or try that registry tweak. I've flashed more ROMs that I had cared to have counted to my Diamond (the equivalent of a hard reset every time), and it never fixed it for me. Hopefully you have better luck though.
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Password/pin security issue!

I already posted here about an issue where both my wife's and my GS7E's had a login issue where our pin/password would not be accepted, but with new info thought this should stand alone. It happened again this morning. I awoke to a request for my password to "protect" my fingerprints. The password like the pin in the previous 2 incidents is not accepted. My phone is locked and it seems after contacting both Sprint and Samsung? The only option is a factory reset. I spoke to a rep at Sprint and she said this is a known bug and they are receiving many calls about it. Sometimes, after rejecting the password/pin repeatedly it will suddenly work, but I'm already at the 1hr between tries point. I even tried to use the google dashboard but it will not replace the password because the phone is already locked with a password. I have removed security from my wife's phone to prevent this. I will do the same with my phone when I gain access. After loving the phone, I'm now at a point where I'm considering returning both for either G5's or holding out for the HTC 10 which should be released within my 30 day window. I don't know if this is specifically fingerprint related or pin/password? If you don't want to face a factory reset? You may want to consider turning off login security till a fix is found. Waking up with a locked device and no way of fixing without completely wiping the same is not conducive to a good day.

Why not just use Fingerprint with pattern backup?

its the update APC thats warned about in this forum
it breaks all kinds of stuff

(I posted this in the other topic but will post it here as well to help further discussion)
Yeah, it's the strangest thing. This happened to me as well only it was a password and not a pin. I honestly thought it was a mistake on my part. About a day after initially getting the device and setting up the fingerprint and password, my phone died ( I was using Gear VR and it didn't alert me that battery was even low), and when I rebooted it said something like " enter password for storage encryption" or something of the sort. I assumed it was my unlock password but it wasn't working....
So I looked all over the internet and all I could find were recommendations to try your normal unlock password. I tried and tried until I got the dreaded "you have 9 attempts remaining before factory reset" popped up. That's when I thought back to when I first set up the password and how I wasn't used to the edge of the screen yet. So I kept accidentally hitting keys on the edge while I was typing (because normally you can rest your hand on the edge, but on this if you do that you're pressing the edge of the screen). So I tried my exact password with one of the characters as a common "typo" that I kept making for that letter. And voila! It worked! Now the weirdness continues.
At this point I'm happy I figured it out but found it SO odd that I typed that password so many times and input a typo.... I must had used that password at least 15 times over that day....the odds of me doing a typo every time..slim. So the whole thing felt extremely sketch so I immediately went to change the password (and just turn off security in general, don't need it, just was playing around with fingerprint and needed password) after it booted up. And, of course, even with the typo the pass no longer worked. I tried it until the wait time between each try was an hour, heh. I tried all sorts of typo variations of the password, but to no avail. But, at least the phone was now ON. So I was able to backup my SMS, Apps, Settings, Themes, etc and prepare for the factory reset. What a wild ride.
I have no idea why it even happened in the first place. I never turned on any encryption and I never turned on "require password on boot up." Those settings were even toggled off when I checked while the phone was still on. (couldn't see all settings without password though).
Even weirder, I have no idea why the password with the typo even worked that one time to get it to boot. That same password never worked again.
IDK how widespread this is, but be CAUTIOUS and back up the things that you need to. Also, sign up for a Find My Mobile type service to unlock your phone and give you remote access should happen to you. Or just disable the security altogether until they announce a bug fix for this issue. I thought I was the only one with this issue and chalked it up to a weird freak occurrence. So thanks for the topic as I now know it wasn't just me.

corey52 said:
(I posted this in the other topic but will post it here as well to help further discussion)
Yeah, it's the strangest thing. This happened to me as well only it was a password and not a pin. I honestly thought it was a mistake on my part. About a day after initially getting the device and setting up the fingerprint and password, my phone died ( I was using Gear VR and it didn't alert me that battery was even low), and when I rebooted it said something like " enter password for storage encryption" or something of the sort. I assumed it was my unlock password but it wasn't working....
So I looked all over the internet and all I could find were recommendations to try your normal unlock password. I tried and tried until I got the dreaded "you have 9 attempts remaining before factory reset" popped up. That's when I thought back to when I first set up the password and how I wasn't used to the edge of the screen yet. So I kept accidentally hitting keys on the edge while I was typing (because normally you can rest your hand on the edge, but on this if you do that you're pressing the edge of the screen). So I tried my exact password with one of the characters as a common "typo" that I kept making for that letter. And voila! It worked! Now the weirdness continues.
At this point I'm happy I figured it out but found it SO odd that I typed that password so many times and input a typo.... I must had used that password at least 15 times over that day....the odds of me doing a typo every time..slim. So the whole thing felt extremely sketch so I immediately went to change the password (and just turn off security in general, don't need it, just was playing around with fingerprint and needed password) after it booted up. And, of course, even with the typo the pass no longer worked. I tried it until the wait time between each try was an hour, heh. I tried all sorts of typo variations of the password, but to no avail. But, at least the phone was now ON. So I was able to backup my SMS, Apps, Settings, Themes, etc and prepare for the factory reset. What a wild ride.
I have no idea why it even happened in the first place. I never turned on any encryption and I never turned on "require password on boot up." Those settings were even toggled off when I checked while the phone was still on. (couldn't see all settings without password though).
Even weirder, I have no idea why the password with the typo even worked that one time to get it to boot. That same password never worked again.
IDK how widespread this is, but be CAUTIOUS and back up the things that you need to. Also, sign up for a Find My Mobile type service to unlock your phone and give you remote access should happen to you. Or just disable the security altogether until they announce a bug fix for this issue. I thought I was the only one with this issue and chalked it up to a weird freak occurrence. So thanks for the topic as I now know it wasn't just me.
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FYI, find my mobile services will allow you to lock an unlocked device with a new password, but will not allow you to lock an already locked device. So far, it appears that using a pattern as the fingerprint backup is immune to the issue, pin and password are not. ALSO, the issue can go away and your pin/password is accepted, even after many tries. The worst case scenario is when this happens after a restart, when you must use your backup method (pin, password or pattern) instead of a fingerprint.