Hi,
Is there any issue about installing different email applications, so that each handle separately the various email accounts ?
To be more specific, I'd like to install a specific email application to handle a Exchange email account -application like Libre Email, which bypasses the pin lock security enforcement . While I would keep standard email application from android ICS to handle my other email accounts. And of course, target is to avoid that my Infinity gets "pin locked" due to the Exchange account.. Or is there a risk that the standard ICS email client detects another email app has an exchange account and would thus enforce the pin lock ?
NB: if any one knows an app which would restrict the pin lock to only when opening the Exchange email account, without forcing me to enter a pin every time I want to access my tablet, I'd be glad..
ricorico94
You can lock specific applications with Asus app that comes preinstalled with Infinity tablet..i don't know what the name of the app is as i don't have a tablet with me right now, but it is there. App locker or something. Does pretty much what you would like...
But if I lock the usual email app, will I be able to still use it ? I mean that my plan would be to used a specific email app for my exchange account but still use the standard email app for my usual accounts.
I think that is true.
Every app has its own settings, don't see a problem here.
I think you can safely use E-mail app that comes with android for one type of account and TouchDown for exchange account..
At least i think that's a way it works. Both have different settings and accounts of course.
Thanks for the clarification.
I found this topics http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117452 in the samsung threads. Could the patch work on my TF700T (9.4.5.22) ? Or are email.apk different on the various devices ?
Yeah you can. That is a simple android feature they have had since day one.
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Hi all.
I've recently bought my very first smartphone which is running Android 2.1. I'm absolutely loving it so far but I have a couple of questions regarding security.
Soon after setting up Android I configured the Google Mail app to sync with my Google Mail account, which is my primary email address.
I've noticed that whenever I open the Google Mail app it displays thousands of my emails, some of which contain very personal and sensitive information. My concern is that if somebody was to steal my phone and get passed the pretty basic key lock, they will have access to all of my emails over the past few years!
I've been told that it's not possible to password protect it or log out of the account; is that true?
I've tried to remove my Google Mail account from the app but it gives me the message:
This account is required by some applications. You can only remove it by resetting the phone to factory defaults (which deletes all your personal data). You do that in the Settings application, under Privacy.
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Surely I don't have to do a factory reset just to remove my Google Mail account?
Any help would be appreciated.
Clear data for gmail in manage applications.
May I know why u want to delete ur gmail account ?
XperiaX10iUser said:
Clear data for gmail in manage applications.
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I've done that already but as soon as I reopen the Google Mail app all of my messages reappear.
I've now archived all of my emails in Gmail and removed them from my inbox so they have now stopped showing in the Google Mail app but any new messages will appear.
I just don't understand why it's not possible to remove my account from the application.
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May I know why u want to delete ur gmail account ?
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I only want to remove it from the Google Mail application on Android so that if my phone was stolen or got into the wrong hands they don't have access to thousands of personal and sensitive emails.
I've had a GMail account for years, and never once had a problem. I recently got an Android phone, and started getting GMail delivery failures for emails about "acai berry" slimming, which obviously is spam I didnt send. As a developer, I can understand that servers can be hacked, and nothing is perfect.
Earlier in the week I couldn't check my GMail email from my Android phone. I then logged in from my PC & was told there was suspicious activity. I got an access code sent by SMS & reset my password. I then checked the suspicious activity & found 2 accesses to my account from Poland. Definately not me. I still thought someone had hacked the server.
But last night alarm bells started ringing. I was running some API example code in Eclipse through the debugger on the emulator, and saw in the LogCat window some messages about permissions being requested by the app. One of them being requested was "ACCESS_GMAIL_PASSWORD" (may not have been the exact wording - I forgot to make a note of it) but it definately said GMAIL & PASSWORD in the permission name.
Now it was only in the Emulator, which didnt have any personal info in it. But when installing apps from the Marketplace on my real phone, I always check the permissions very carefully & wouldnt have installed anything that requested my GMail password. I cant believe Google would have provided API methods to access my GMail password ? Is this right ? Is it possible for an app to do so without me knowing it has permission to do so ? If its possible, I may have to reconsider using GMail.
Thanks for any feedback.
Well some apps do actually require the Google login credentials. Like appbrain for example. And I've been using appvrain forever with no problem.
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Yeah, but shouldn't we be aware of these permissions when we are installing. I know I haven't installed any apps that explicitly said they would access my GMail account.
Well I've checked for the following applications I've got on my phone and that use Gmail password:
- Android Market
- Chrome to Phone
- Gmail
- Google Reader
- GTasks
- Google Maps
and for all of them in the Authorisations list it is clearly written "Use an account authentification information" (I've translated from what I read in French so it may not be the exact wording in English).
So IMO if you use at least Android Market and Gmail application you have inevitably given access to your Gmail password.
On that list I have
- Android Market
- GMail
- Google Maps
All were pre-installed on the phone. Also, I trust the authors of these pieces of software. The problem is my GMail account has been accessed by a spammer sending "Acai berry" slimming emails. I dont think Google would misuse my GMail password for this purpose.
I am more concerned that I have been downloading apps from the Marketplace & one of them got my GMail password. I realise that apps have "Full internet access" when they are ad sponsored, I suspect a rogue app accessed my GMail password & then used its internet access to send the password to a spammer.
I have several apps from sources I dont fully trust, with "Full Internet Access". But I dont have any that asked for Account Authorisation when installed.
Is there any way I can recheck what apps can access my GMail password ?
Thanks.
There is an app on the market called task identifier that should help you out.
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Looks exactly what I'm after. Thanks.
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Looks exactly what I'm after. Thanks.
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No problem. Good luck with it all.
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We recently changed email providers and I am trying to update the new server info on my Galaxy Note 2. Not a rooted phone and am using the stock email app with existing email accounts (4 accounts) already setup on the phone. The user names and passwords are not changing, so I am entering only the new incoming and outgoing server info. for each account. After entering the new server info and teh account tries to setup, I get a message "incorrect username or password," which hasn't changed. I think what is happening is the user name in the field is only part of the email addess. The user name field is grayed out so I cannot edit it. All of the other fields can be edited. I contacted Samsung mobile tech support, but they said it is an Android app so they can't do anything. How can I change the user name without deleting the account and adding it again? Thank you.
I think it would have been actually quicker to delete the account & add it as you want it than it was to come & ask this question.
Its very quick to add an account.
Particularly if you let it set up in auto mode.
Why are you so against doing it that way.
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I think it would have been actually quicker to delete the account & add it as you want it than it was to come & ask this question.
Its very quick to add an account.
Particularly if you let it set up in auto mode.
Why are you so against doing it that way.
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I dislike deleting the accounts, because I will have 4 of them to setup again. Yeah, it's quick to setup an account, but there are a lot of setting features to tweak for each one. I would like to avoid having to tweak everything. I used to use K9 email, which does allow access to edit the username, but the Note 2's username field doesn't which is odd. K9 started to give me polling issues which drained the battery really fst so I had to stop using it. Also, K9 doesn't setup exchange accounts, and I need that for my work email. That's why I am using the stock app. Was hoping someone would know a workaround.
Yes I know what you mean with all the tweaking.
So much easier if you have two phones/devices with all your personal setup so you can reference quickly from one to other.
I've been using EE for a long time and decided to give the JB Sense mail app a shot. I tried to set up Gmail as an Exchange service (just as I did with EE) and it won't work. It appears that Google made it so that you can't use the Exchange service with new apps starting Jan 31st (unless you're on Windows Mobile, which is extended to July). Since EE was already set up, it continues to work.
I want to use Gmail as an Exchange service because of three reasons: push email, all email accounts in one app, and the Gmail app sucks.
My phone is rooted, unlocked, and s-off. Since I've got a functional Gmail Exchange connection via EE, is there any way to get it working with the Sense mail app?
Only new users can't set up Exchange server settings on the JB Sense mail app. This applies to all clients. Existing users, in an effort to reduce inconvenience, will continue to be supported.
If you pay for GApps, this doesn't affect you.
I can set up my gmail account exchange style using Enhanced Email without any problem. I'm guessing it's because EE sends some kind of identifier to Google during account configuration that Google okays because I've been using EE for gmail (exchange style) for a long time. I'm assuming the sense mail app gets rejected because it's identifier is different and Google rejects it.
Assuming I'm right about the identifiers, is there any way to trick the sense mail app to use the same identifier as EE so that Google won't reject it?
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I can set up my gmail account exchange style using Enhanced Email without any problem. I'm guessing it's because EE sends some kind of identifier to Google during account configuration that Google okays because I've been using EE for gmail (exchange style) for a long time. I'm assuming the sense mail app gets rejected because it's identifier is different and Google rejects it.
Assuming I'm right about the identifiers, is there any way to trick the sense mail app to use the same identifier as EE so that Google won't reject it?
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I need this work around too. I want to use the stock email app not the weak GMAIL one.
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I need this work around too. I want to use the stock email app not the weak GMAIL one.
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The stock sense email app works perfectly with exchange, at least on ICS. I am not touching JB unless HTC or Google fixes the navigation crash. And since that will never happen I guess I will be using ICS until my contract runs out and I get a new phone.
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The stock sense email app works perfectly with exchange, at least on ICS. I am not touching JB unless HTC or Google fixes the navigation crash. And since that will never happen I guess I will be using ICS until my contract runs out and I get a new phone.
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This thread isn't about the sense mail app working or not working. My corporate email (exchange) works just dandy. This thread is about Google disallowing the use of their exchange service for free accounts. If you've had gmail exchange working with the sense mail app in the recent past, it seems that Google will allow you to continue to use it (just as it allows me to use EE with gmail exchange because I've been using it in the recent past).
One way around this is to put up with IMAP.
Another way around this is to use the crap Gmail app.
Another way around this is to pay Google $50/year for Google Apps (that allows gmail echange use).
Another way is to jump ship on Gmail and use a different service that allows exchange (like Outlook.com).
I'm wondering if there is a way to have a fifth option (for me at least): have my sense mail app mimic my EE app to the point that Google will allow me to set up gmail exchange style.
Dear all,
After several weeks of exchanging e-mails with IT department and in-depth search over Web, I turn to experts here. I have Galaxy Note 10.1 Stock ROM with Android 4.1. installed, without any after market SW customization.
I am trying to sync my corporate Exchange email account (Exchange version 2010) but after complete procedure adding new account, the stock email app from Samsung is stacked on sync screen syncing without any progress. From web sites and forums, this is common trouble with not only this device, but I've tried endless possibilities to solve this problem. From factory reset with clean device, without any other accounts, with Mobile data sync on and off, Security levels with encryption, pin, password, screen pattern, without any security, with many 3rd party EAS Android apps, but on the end, I am stuck with non working sync. If I try with wrong password, there is message for error with credentials, so there is somehow the connection between device and server, but without working sync and any email coming to my Samsung Note.
On the other hand, the part from my company's IT settings, everything should be OK, since I am using my smartphone LG Optimus 2x with Android v 4.0 and stock email app. It works without any problems from beginning with same settings from my side and at Exchange Server Side. During my testing, no security settings, levels or any other settings had been changed.
From analysis in past weeks there is one possible solution. On my working LG phone, stock email app is added to Device administrators list after I add my Exchange account and on the end of procedure there is also a well known pop-up asking me for permissions for remote wipe for different kind of data. When I add my Exchange account to my Samsung Note, there is no sight of this pop-up for allowing remote wipe and also after this procedure, Samsung note's stock email app is not added to Android device administrator's list (Settings-security-device administrator). And I cannot find any way to manually add this app to device admin list.
So, from this description, do anyone have some clue what to do?
can't help you with the stock mail client, but I found that one lacking lots of features anyway, plus I didnt want to hand over complete control of my devices to some admin anyway. So I can only recommend Touchdown, costs money but worth every cent (or penny )