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Hi all,
I've a Nexus S (Gingerbread) and I'm curious to know what actually happens if there are too many failed unlock attempts at the unlock screen?
Will it eventually wipe the phone as a security measure? (this would be ideal)
I'm concerned because I'm going to be travelling with it soon and didn't know whether it would be worth stumping up for third party security like - Lookout mobile or something (does anyone have any suggestions?)
Thanks very much!
Nothing happens you just have to wait 30 secs and try again
Or you could hit "Forgotten Password " or whatever it is and sign in with your gmail account.
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When my sisters tried to unlock my phone too many times, I had to log back into my gmail to unlock it myself.
So your data is safe unless they know your gmail address and password. If not, they will have to do a complete wipe (and I'm sure any thief wouldn't know how to do that)
If you want to be safer you could download Prey, it lets you lock, automatically send a text to a pre-defined number if the sim is changed and track your phone through the internet. It's free, that's the best part.
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Thanks a lot for your help guys. After a bit of investigation, I went for an app called AutoWipe:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vesperaNovus.app.Autowipe&feature=search_result
It's very simple and does exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks again.
How do you get in if you are using 2 step verification in gmail?
Joe-retired said:
How do you get in if you are using 2 step verification in gmail?
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I'd imagine you'd have to go through the ballache of finding out your backup codes, and all that stuff.
Sometimes i wonder why i turned 2 step verification on..... then i remember just how big a part google plays in my life and how many services i use.... so i am happy
Hey
So a friend of mine lost his phone. He texted me asking for help on retrieving it.
I obviously thought of Plan B. But the problem is that he signed into the same Gmail account on two phones so plan b may not go to the right phone.
Will resetting the new phone allow plan b to go to the lost pphone?
Any ideas?
Plan B will probably work of you just remove the Google account from the second phone, rather than resetting it.
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When you click install...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&hl=en
It gives you the option of which phone to install it to. The phone list is in chronological order. Send it to both if you have to. You will get 2 locations in your Gmail as long as your friends Gmail is still logged in. Obviously you'll know which one is the right one.
Thanks. I installed it remotely.
However Plan B still hasn't sent me a location.
Any ideas on imei tracking?
QuantumFoam said:
Thanks. I installed it remotely.
However Plan B still hasn't sent me a location.
Any ideas on imei tracking?
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When I log in, it still gives me the option to install to all my previous phones. They are all listed and I know I logged out.
Maybe whoever found the found already wiped it. Since that Gmail is no longer associated with that phone, the install won't go through. It just gets lost in cyber space.
Once the lost phone is reset / wiped. Chances of locating it slim down. I hope someone turns it in for your friend. Good luck.
ok so o hope this is in the right spot. i have a rooted SR on stock rom, unlocked on t mobile and all of a sudden i am having issues with the native email app not sending yahoo mail. i did nothing, down loaded nothing, no weird reboots nothing. all i get is that the email could not be sent and moved to my drafts. i have deleted and reset up my email and still nothing. i also rebooted my phone and nothing. has any one had or having issues or is it just me and my phone?
Try removing the account and setting it back up using the "other" option instead of choosing yahoo.
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sounds like you're not getting internet to the phone or the outgoing settings are wrong. verify internet. and check the outgoing mail server settings haven't changed on yahoo's end.
ctalcant said:
sounds like you're not getting internet to the phone or the outgoing settings are wrong. verify internet. and check the outgoing mail server settings haven't changed on yahoo's end.
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How would I go about doing this? It's seems all the other functions that require Internet work fine. I also have no problems, well few problems receiving email. I have it set to push and for the most part get email regularly. It's just the sending that's become an issue. It sends every once in a while but usually get the error.
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I just tried "other" and it won't let me set it up. I Googled the settings but they must have changed since March? I can find any settings newer than that, maybe some one has some newer settings they can provide?
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ok it seems there is a new protocol on the yahoo servers, adding "android.imap.mail.yahoo.com" and some other changes. if i set it manually it works. the only thing is that i need it to be pushed not poled. the only option in "other" is to check every 15 mins. how would i go about getting the automatic email set up to recognize this new change and let me set up my email as push?
Try adding it back under yahoo and see if there is any option to modify server settings. I don't think you can choose manual set up like with other but may be able to modify settings after its added. If not, could try the yahoo mail app in the playstore it may have a push option. I don't have a Yahoo account so I've never used it but might be worth checking out.
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Luckily I remembered I have a friend that works for yahoo, son had some inside help. Guess it was a spamming issue. Seems that if you reply to the same person too many times in the same email thread the system makes it as spam and requires a captcha for sending. Well since a phone can't see that, it fails to send. So now I have to wait 24 hours to reset and see if that fixes things. Thanks guys
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I have some trouble with emails on my Verizon edition Droid Maxx that Verizon nor Motorola can explain or fix. If I try to send over 10 megabytes whether it's PDF or pictures it tells me I can't do it until I connect to WiFi. I'm a realtor I send PDF files and I send pictures all the time. I'm in a rural area with no WiFi to be had. My phone is my WiFi most of the time so therefore I cannot send emails because of the data saver mode. There is no way to turn this off any thoughts or help would be greatly appreciated....
Here is the link to the Droid X that had the option to turn it off.
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-20077747-285/how-to-enable-data-saver-mode-on-your-droid-x/
I searched for answers and here is some links
https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/781311
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/18433-how-do-i-turn-off-data-saver-mode/
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/77323
http://www.android.net/forum/android-forum/89635-help-data-saver.html
Here's A Bonus for checking this post out.
http://store.griffintechnology.com/droid-maxx
BTW you can enable Car Dock Mode by using a Launcher like Apex. Hold home screen for two seconds then select Shortcuts. Now select Activities then scroll down to Motorola Car dock, expand then select ".main.CarDockMainActivity"
This is the Picture of how it stops my sending of emails on my Droid Maxx
mikevipsr said:
I have some trouble with emails on my verizon edition droid Maxx that verizon nor Motorola can explain or fix if I try to send over 10 megabytes weather a PDF or pictures it tells me I can't do it until I connect to wifi. I'm a realtor I send PDF send pictures all the time I'm in a rural area with no wifi my phone is my wifi most of the time so therefore I cannot send emails because of the data saver mode. There is no way to turn this off any thoughts or help would be great
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I don't think there is a data saver on 4.2.2 you can disable data you can set data limits if your not unlimited and you can have apps update over wifi only. But I can not find anything in settings that says data saver.
that's exactly my point. Verizon and Motorola didn't know how to turn it off. Go to the factory email app and tried to send something 12 megabytes in over pictures or anything and watch it stop you. And didn't have this trouble with the HTC droid DNA so I don't think it's Android I think it's Motorola. I really need some help with this because the Droid Maxx is hands down the best advice I've ever owned and I've had them all. If I can't get emails out then using this as a business device is going to be extremely hard to do
Are you using a gmail account?
Do you get the same behavior using the email app as the gmail app?
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I get the same warning, but it gives me the option to either wait until on WiFi or send now. It goes through when I hit send now.
mikevipsr said:
I have some trouble with emails on my verizon edition droid Maxx that verizon nor Motorola can explain or fix if I try to send over 10 megabytes weather a PDF or pictures it tells me I can't do it until I connect to wifi. I'm a realtor I send PDF send pictures all the time I'm in a rural area with no wifi my phone is my wifi most of the time so therefore I cannot send emails because of the data saver mode. There is no way to turn this off any thoughts or help would be great
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Are you sending to individuals or to your office?
If you just need to upload stuff to a place where others can find it, you could use Dropbox. You can even set it up so your photos are uploaded automatically. Use the link below to get an extra 500 megs for a new account: 2.5 gigs instead of two.
http://db.tt/ezBadSBZ
I would just let Gmail do the syncing of the other email account.
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jfriend33 said:
I would just let Gmail do the syncing of the other email account.
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That doesn't make sense?
jfriend33 said:
I would just let Gmail do the syncing of the other email account.
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It's not a Gmail account. It's my IMAP account for work.
rlmesq said:
Are you sending to individuals or to your office?
If you just need to upload stuff to a place where others can find it, you could use Dropbox. You can even set it up so your photos are uploaded automatically. Use the link below to get an extra 500 megs for a new account: 2.5 gigs instead of two.
http://db.tt/ezBadSBZ
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I send Contracts to the over 1000 different agents in Northwest Louisiana. Motorola and Verizon dont have a clue to how to turn this Data Saver Mode off. I let them both remote operate this phone and they are clueless.
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I get the same warning, but it gives me the option to either wait until on WiFi or send now. It goes through when I hit send now.
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Try receving a 12mb+ file and then try sending some.
Here is an example.
Listen. Try getting on a pc. In settings there's a way to add any email account and let Gmail manage it. Try this then send a test email from Gmail. Make sure the correct account is selected.
Best
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have you found a way to disable data saver mode
I recently got a droid ultra and am having nearly the same problems - Verizon is my wireless carrier. I send large attachments in emails from my phone - documents and pictures. I can only send at the very most 1 picture or about 1 to 1.5 mb. Verizon claims there is a limit set in my company exchange server. The administrator has removed all limits for all users and has restarted the server and we are still having the same problem. However I have been able to get a few messages to go through by constantly opening and closing outlook and resending it several times from the out box. However this doesn't always work - no consistency. I am also having nearly the same problem with MMS/SMS message's. If someone else sends me an email that has multiple large attachments I can forward it with no issues and no warning messages. At this point I have to use my gmail to send the email with large attachments to my company exchange email, then I can forward it without issue. This is not very handy.
Using K-9 mail, I do not have this problem. Tested with a 11MB file. I can test larger if you would like.
I use K-9 for both my gmail account and my account I host myself (imap).
Update: Went ahead and tested with a 39mb file attachment. Still goes through without prompting. Mail got bounced for being too large though (account I sent to bounced it, not my phone).
mikevipsr said:
I have some trouble with emails on my Verizon edition Droid Maxx that Verizon nor Motorola can explain or fix. If I try to send over 10 megabytes whether it's PDF or pictures it tells me I can't do it until I connect to WiFi. I'm a realtor I send PDF files and I send pictures all the time. I'm in a rural area with no WiFi to be had. My phone is my WiFi most of the time so therefore I cannot send emails because of the data saver mode. There is no way to turn this off any thoughts or help would be greatly appreciated....
Here is the link to the Droid X that had the option to turn it off.
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-20077747-285/how-to-enable-data-saver-mode-on-your-droid-x/
I searched for answers and here is some links
https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/781311
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/18433-how-do-i-turn-off-data-saver-mode/
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/77323
http://www.android.net/forum/android-forum/89635-help-data-saver.html
Here's A Bonus for checking this post out.
http://store.griffintechnology.com/droid-maxx
BTW you can enable Car Dock Mode by using a Launcher like Apex. Hold home screen for two seconds then select Shortcuts. Now select Activities then scroll down to Motorola Car dock, expand then select ".main.CarDockMainActivity"
This is the Picture of how it stops my sending of emails on my Droid Maxx
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Hey Mike did you ever figure out how to disable "data saver mode?" I am having the exact same issue...
reyxlp said:
Hey Mike did you ever figure out how to disable "data saver mode?" I am having the exact same issue...
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Couldn't find a workaround. Install email app from the nexus
mikevipsr said:
Couldn't find a workaround. Install email app from the nexus
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You mean sideload the Nexus email app onto my Droid Maxx?
reyxlp said:
You mean sideload the Nexus email app onto my Droid Maxx?
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That's correct
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That's correct
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Where can I get it?
Hi all,
Just got the nexus 5 and live everything about it except one thing, the email app. I can't tell if it's exchange services or the app itself, but "unfortunately email has stopped" keeps popping up randomly and will not stop. Another wrote thing is that the so manager will not let me wipe data (screenshot). Things I tried:
*rebooting
*deleting the apk through titanium, wiping data and reinstalling
Any ideas? I really need exchange email for work and it's driving me crazy.
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Seems you screwed up something with titanium so do a factory reset and flash back to stock and test it out then and see if it all works fine. After that then do some changes slowly to see if it comes back again to narrow it down?
I have this problem with my Nexus 5 as well. It's been this way since I got it. Really, really annoying. This has been an ongoing problem for a while. I wish there was a fix....
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shotta35 said:
Seems you screwed up something with titanium so do a factory reset and flash back to stock and test it out then and see if it all works fine. After that then do some changes slowly to see if it comes back again to narrow it down?
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I just wiped, flashed factory image and factory reset the phone and still getting these crashes and it is still not letting me wipe data from the app manager...
Any other suggestions? Right now, I'm going to try to delete the exchange accounts but it's not even letting me delete accounts!! I'm going to try to switch to ART to see if that helps at all, and will give an update.
Any other email clients for android that support exchange?? I'm lost at this point and I really tried everything I know before posting.
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This is total stock? As if factory image?
I don't think there's much you can do to fix the problem. There are a lot of people in the same boat. If you search Google, there are several posts about the same issue. Last time I checked, there's no fix.
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Yeah, factory image and it still didn't work.
I just ended up flashing twrp and cataclysm ROM and that fixed it.
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skyo12 said:
I just wiped, flashed factory image and factory reset the phone and still getting these crashes and it is still not letting me wipe data from the app manager...
Any other suggestions? Right now, I'm going to try to delete the exchange accounts but it's not even letting me delete accounts!! I'm going to try to switch to ART to see if that helps at all, and will give an update.
Any other email clients for android that support exchange?? I'm lost at this point and I really tried everything I know before posting.
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I'm using Touchdown (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nitrodesk.droid20.nitroid) from Nitrodesk.
Works perfect for my needs
Had battery drain issues with the stock exchange app, so I switched to Touchdown
Hope this helps for you as well
EDIT:
Just read your later post that you switched ROM
cheers
I m experiencing another issue..!!
I get couldnt sign-in error!!
Any solutions for this!!
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Just an update, the new ROM solution was working for a few hours but starting to have issues again with "unfortunately email app has stopped working" errors.
I think it has to be how my exchage accounts are setup:
- One gmail account on IMAP
- 3 Exchange accounts on push notifications and sync all mails
Outside of that setup, nothing special. Anyone experiencing the same?
SamBG said:
I m experiencing another issue..!!
I get couldnt sign-in error!!
Any solutions for this!!
Dont frget to press the THANK button!!!
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Can you elaborate your issue?
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Can you elaborate your issue?
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Now frm some hours i didnt get this error....now workin cmpltely fine!!
Thanks
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One last update (unless it creeps up again). I switched the syncing of emails to date back 30 days instead of "All" and that fixed the "unfortunately email has stopped" messages completely. The HTC One email client never had that issue so I assumed that wasn't the problem but I guess the email client on this phone is a bit more sensitive.
Ok, the problem crept back up again... the error message keeps coming back, and in the app manager, the "clear data" button is greyed out so you can't even start over unless you remove all the accounts.
I would like to ask anyone that has working exchange accounts (multiple) on the native email client share their setup and the app versions etc.