Hi,
I am looking for a hacked email app for my Moto X. Had one on another phone earlier - my server policy requieres a PIN lock, which on the Moto X with voice activation is not very helpfull.
Any hints?
Tomi
Couple ways to handle that. If you're rooted, the easiest is to use the Xposed module (can't remember the name, but search modules for Exchange Security).
A better (but not free) way is to use an app that contains the Exchange security to just the app. Nine and Touchdown are the big two. You only get prompted for a pin when you open the app, so it doesn't mess with locks screens. Since the security is still enabled for the Exchange email, you're also less likely to pass off your email admins...
As explained above if you have rooted phone xposed module does the job. I am using this module for many months now
http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2013/1...-security-policy-for-nexus-4-android-4-3.html
Enhanced mail, best solution.
Mail wise works great too. Look up the exchange bypass code on their site's faq
i have been messing with that ExchangeNoPIN-v6.0 found in here
i am have a dev edition, rooted, on the 4.4.4 ota. i believe on 4.4.2 i had it working simply by flashing the zip on twrp but this was not the case with 4.4.4. i tried a bunch of different things by trial and error... eventually what i ended up doing the following get this to work (not sure which step was the key).
you have to make sure to clear data and cache in both email and exchange service apps first
i copied email.apk and exchange2.apk from the zip in the aforementioned thread into my phone.
interesting bit on 4.4.4 is that email.apk is in /system/priv-app and exchange2.apk is in /system/app
i took manually copied both apks into /system/app and /system/priv-app using root explorer, and set 0644 permissions for each, rebooted, didnt work, so then i simply manually installed both of them by clicking on the apks (from the original directory, before they were copied to the system folders). this installed them as an "update."
after I did this, everything was working.
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Guys, at some point, not sure when, my check boxes to select sync options on Google accounts is missing. If I go to Menu>>Settings>>Accounts and select my Google account, the options for checking/unchecking Calendar, Contacts, etc. is missing. Any idea why they went missing? Phone is rooted using Z4Root and I do have gmail.apk renamed to gmail.bak. Not sure why this is happening. There could be a few other files renamed to remove bloatware.
Any ideas? I want to add another Google account and turn off sync for everything except Reader.
Android Version: 2.2
System Version: Version.2.4.330.A956.Verizon.en.US
Thanks.
Being that you renamed one of the main programs it would sync to, it prob thinks that it has nothing to sync. I would suggest reinstalling the Gmail app, as it is not in any way bloatware.
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Being that you renamed one of the main programs it would sync to, it prob thinks that it has nothing to sync. I would suggest reinstalling the Gmail app, as it is not in any way bloatware.
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Do you know if the Gmail.apk package is used to sync contacts and calendar as well? Thanks for your advice. I will try it soon and report back.
negative, renamed Gmail.bak back to Gmail.apk with no success.
Any ideas?
Naming it back does not actually reinstall it. I found that out the hard way when I very first rooted my phone. You'll actually have to go thru the market and redownload and install.
As for it actually syncing, it there are other packages there that handle the syncing, how directly or indirectly I am not sure though. However, it is very likely that they still interact with each other, which means you just suddenly stripping it of something it expects to be there is quite likely to cause an array of possible problems.
Hi there,
I've got an Adayo AN6B01 head unit / car radio here that has Froyo running as OS but the contacts app is missing, this is by factory default.
Searching in /system/app, I at least found the ContactsProvider.apk. But no sync adapter and no contacts apk.
First, I installed the sync adapter from goo.im for Cyanogenmod 6 MDPI as usual by copying it to /system/app and changing the permissions to rw-r--r--.
Because I didn't find a Froyo contacts.apk, I've set up an Android build machine then and compiled Froyo myself, grabbed the compiled apk and installed it.
The installation was fine, the contacts app now opens, but there are no contacts. I tried adding a new account, but the only account type that I can add is Exchange, no google.
In the settings, under "Accounts&Sync", my google account is there but there are only entries for "Picasa Web Albums", "Google Reader" and "Google Music".
I have the same problem now with the calendar, there are no entries and the menu even doesn't open at all. I installed the calendar apk that I compiled and I now have a menu, but still no calendar entries. As the calendar was there by factory default, I assume that I've broke something, but I don't know what.
What is the problem here? Would be nice if someone could help me out here.
Regards,
Lyve
Same Unit
I have the same head unit. I am interested in getting the same things you are as well as unlocking the bluetooth for use with other devices.
I would also like to see a tablet jellybean rom for it, but I can wish in one hand and.... ya know.
I have not done any rom cooking, but am willing to start. I have been developing in vb.net so I'm not a total loss.
Interested in how far you have gotten if anywhere.
My employer just opened up Android native email capability (to receive work email, calendar, apps) for my Note i717. Problem is, they won't allow Rooted devices.
I know there's several (6 I think) security certificates that get installed, but I was wondering if there's a way around this no-root rule.
1. If I unroot, get all certificates installed and then re-root will it nullify the certs?
2. Does anyone know enough about certs to answer if they're something that can be backed up and restored if I move to a different ROM in the future?
I've scoured the forum and have found info on bypassing the credential logins, but not pertaining to these questions above. Answers would be greatly appreciated.
It isn't really a rule...depending on your environment
b3furuya said:
My employer just opened up Android native email capability (to receive work email, calendar, apps) for my Note i717. Problem is, they won't allow Rooted devices.
I know there's several (6 I think) security certificates that get installed, but I was wondering if there's a way around this no-root rule.
1. If I unroot, get all certificates installed and then re-root will it nullify the certs?
2. Does anyone know enough about certs to answer if they're something that can be backed up and restored if I move to a different ROM in the future?
I've scoured the forum and have found info on bypassing the credential logins, but not pertaining to these questions above. Answers would be greatly appreciated.
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Unless your company is using a type of MDM platform (Codeproof, Good, MobileIron, AppSense), they will not be able to detect that you have root access to your phone. Some companies instruct users to install a separate MDM application in order to access their email. Most Exchange servers can be connected to without installing the MDM software. If they don't force an MDM client, they won't know you are rooted.
Depending on the version of Exchange, you can use a 3rd party email app like K-9 to access the email which would also bypass the additional security policies that will be installed if you were using the built-in Exchange support. I use Touchdown, therefore the app is protected by a PIN but not my phone, so I can still unlock the phone without having to type a 6 digit number every, single, time.
The way I see it, the company's data is still protected, and I am not overly inconvenienced, it is a win-win.
Unless your company is using a type of MDM platform (Codeproof, Good, MobileIron, AppSense), they will not be able to detect that you have root access to your phone. Some companies instruct users to install a separate MDM application in order to access their email. Most Exchange servers can be connected to without installing the MDM software. If they don't force an MDM client, they won't know you are rooted.
Depending on the version of Exchange, you can use a 3rd party email app like K-9 to access the email which would also bypass the additional security policies that will be installed if you were using the built-in Exchange support. I use Touchdown, therefore the app is protected by a PIN but not my phone, so I can still unlock the phone without having to type a 6 digit number every, single, time.
The way I see it, the company's data is still protected, and I am not overly inconvenienced, it is a win-win.
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Apologies, I did forget to mention they instruct to install Mobile-Iron.
Their process is such:
1. Install Mobile-Iron
2. Encrypt Device & set 6 digit pin
3. Install Certificates
4. Email configuration
5. Sync email, calendar, clients to phone
They do note "If your device is rooted, this process will not complete successfully."
Reviewing the steps, it looks like the whole process is done within Mobile-Iron.
No dice so far
Still can't find anything on the net for this. If anyone can help answer this I'd greatly appreciate it.
I'd love to be able to check on emails without having to open and boot my laptop. Also, it would be great to have my calendar sync so I don't miss meetings.
Personally I think the contacts provider (and other providers)in Android is a huge security risk. Every app and it's brother wants full access to your contacts so they can mine them for usable information. This can be just to add easy links to friends or to spam them with advertisements or offers to identity theft.
I've started using a pim manager that does not access Androids contact provider, calendar provider , tasks or other providers in it's operations.(And I really wish it was open source)
I have already removed the Google sync apks from my device and have removed contacts, calendar in the past. But not the providers.
It might cause some badly written apps to crash.
But I can't forsee any other serious problems.
Ideas? Thoughts?
Honestly sounds like a good idea..
Myself I decided to go for a while without any gapps and any other "store" installed on my phone.
My contacts are imported from a .vcf file which i update manually when needed.
I also have installed AFWall+ and i blocked the internet access to pretty much all the other apps including the system ones.. (everything i could get away with basically )
This could be a solution as well but it's rudimentary one at the moment.
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Personally I think the contacts provider (and other providers)in Android is a huge security risk. Every app and it's brother wants full access to your contacts so they can mine them for usable information. This can be just to add easy links to friends or to spam them with advertisements or offers to identity theft.
I've started using a pim manager that does not access Androids contact provider, calendar provider , tasks or other providers in it's operations.(And I really wish it was open source)
I have already removed the Google sync apks from my device and have removed contacts, calendar in the past. But not the providers.
It might cause some badly written apps to crash.
But I can't forsee any other serious problems.
Ideas? Thoughts?
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I already don't have Google apps on my device.
Everything blocked with afwall+ using profiles so things only get net when I'm using them on the net.
Fdroid is where I get 90% of my software and from the internet for much of the other 10%
I have a old phone with nothing on it personal at all. Which has play store for the 3 or 4 paid apps I need, it does updates for them and a few free ones. I copy the apks over to my daily driver.
I constantly hound developers on play store to support offline devices and not to implement features that break the app when there is no internet. Even app I don't use lol.
(I have 2 tablets and far too many old phones.only two devices are online(some are local lan only))
Someone should start a offline foundation. But being online it might be ridiculous..
I too removed contacts by using /system/app mover from f-droid. It was unintended as I wanted them as a user application but they wouldn't work like this and the icon vanished, that was fine with me for a long time. The other day I wanted contacts for signal (and telegram also won't work without them). I restored the application files from a backup,
For reference in /system/app/ the missing files were
SecContacts.apk
SecContactsProvider.apk
Other contacts programs like Simple Contacts can't run without a system permission called com.android.contacts and without those files in /system/app the permission doesn't get created at boot. The result being that no contact creation is possible.
What I would really like is a modified version of the system app that passes contacts data to the calling program depending on individual contact entry permissions with regard to each calling app; one list for telegram, another for signal etc. I gather that recent android versions above 6.0.0 have functionality to check calling application certificates so something along these lines should be possible. For earlier versions it might be necessary to switch between multiple contacts databases before starting the messaging app and also removing it from the autoboot list.
https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/permissions/defining
I am running the latest stock COS 13.1 rom (the one with mods), but I choose to uninstall the mods, they are considered as bundled user apps, which can be uninstalled easily with android itself (no root required).
I uninstalled most of these apps, including Boxer mail, but this last one keeps popping among my installed apps every couple of days. all the others remain uninstall except Boxer (in addition to the boxer onenote mod).
anybody knows a way to remove it forever?
Same here... I managed to successfully uninstall all the unwanted mods&apps, but both Boxer Email and the onenote mod keep reappearing...
I finally found the way to make it disappear for good. I was also annoyed by these ghost apps appearances and kicked it !
Another strange thing was random halts of my One+ 1, some odd reboots, due to the infamous BoxerPluginOneNote trying to incite me to install MS OneNote !
For that you must delete/uninstall some Cyanogen apps located in system/priv-app (you may loose some functionality BUT one of it is responsible for respawn) :
AmbientCore.apk
AmbientUpdater.apk
CMLogger.apk
CyanogenStats.apk
DeviceManager.apk
Plus the ones you don't want in system/vendor/bundled-app
A reboot and that's done !
Anyway I ended installing Boxer which is a good Gmail and IMAP mail client with Boxer Calendar...
Deleting from bundled-app is obvious, but I don't want to alter the system partition, want to keep it stock for updates. I also tried decompiling them all, none of them contains any references for boxer.
the other apps doesn't seem to have any relation to boxer, they are just cyanogen apps that track stats and device, you disabled them for privacy more than just stop boxer from coming back.