I just installed Mailwise to be able to receive e-mail on my Android phone without having to accept restricted company security settings. There are many e-mail clients that support Exchange without enforcing company security settings.
I was wondering if there are also Android applications that can just make the Exchange calendar available? I've been randomly trying calendar apps on the play store and am not having luck. They ask want to add the entire work Google account to the whole phone. I would pay for an app at this point!
Thanks for any help or suggestions!
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Hi,
I am currently with a company that has an exchange server and I use it to sync with my phone. However, I am moving to another company that doesn't. I am therefore forwarding email into a gmail account until I sort myself out and can filter my email into another account for mobile use.
I am after software that allows me to sync in a exchange kind of way. I don't mind paying for the software, but I do not really wish to pay a service charge as they usually seem a little expensive imho.
I have looked at windows live (10.6.0034.0800), but the contacts and calendar don't seem to sync properly, so I might as well use imap to collect email, and Google doesn't currently seem to have a WM client.
Any ideas or suggestions welcome.
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It's not software per se but check out mail2web, they will offer you the full ActiveSync OTA experience for free. Just forward everything to this account and they push it to the phone. Sign up for the free live account. This will give you OTA sync of mail, contacts, calendars and tasks.
Hello,
first time Android user here. I know people in my company that use Android phones and I was told that anything over 2.1 would work for our exchange. When I try to set up the account, it tells me that the server requires security features the phone doesn't have. No one at my IT department, TMO support, Samsung Support, or anyone else could get it working. I know it has something to do with the password protection and remote wipe security that my companies exchange server requires. Can someone help me or will i have to go back to the blackberry ? I don't want to go back to that berry.
Try installing K9 and see if it works with your company's exchange system.
bsage said:
Hello,
first time Android user here. I know people in my company that use Android phones and I was told that anything over 2.1 would work for our exchange. When I try to set up the account, it tells me that the server requires security features the phone doesn't have. No one at my IT department, TMO support, Samsung Support, or anyone else could get it working. I know it has something to do with the password protection and remote wipe security that my companies exchange server requires. Can someone help me or will i have to go back to the blackberry ? I don't want to go back to that berry.
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Touchdown works well with exchange as well (although it's not free). There is a free trial.
I was using touchdown untill android 2.2 came out then it started supporting remote wipe.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.2-highlights.html
Once you setup your phone it should force you to password lock it from the home screen. Don't know what else they would require other than remote wipe in the event you left the company. I need to make sure I use ssl as well.
Could be a problem with the SSL cert
I use exchange with no problems on all my android projects.
I still have not gotten this to work. N1kkI6, that is exactly what i need on this. I would assume that 2.3 would have this if 2.2 has it right?
from the link you provided:
Exchange support
Improved security with the addition of numeric pin or alpha-numeric password options to unlock device. Exchange administrators can enforce password policy across devices.
Remote wipe: Exchange administrators can remotely reset the device to factory defaults to secure data in case device is lost or stolen.
Exchange Calendars are now supported in the Calendar application.
Auto-discovery: you just need to know your user-name and password to easily set up and sync an Exchange account (available for Exchange 2007 and higher).
Global Address Lists look-up is now available in the Email application, enabling users to auto-complete recipient names from the directory.
bsage said:
I still have not gotten this to work. N1kkI6, that is exactly what i need on this. I would assume that 2.3 would have this if 2.2 has it right?
from the link you provided:
Exchange support
Improved security with the addition of numeric pin or alpha-numeric password options to unlock device. Exchange administrators can enforce password policy across devices.
Remote wipe: Exchange administrators can remotely reset the device to factory defaults to secure data in case device is lost or stolen.
Exchange Calendars are now supported in the Calendar application.
Auto-discovery: you just need to know your user-name and password to easily set up and sync an Exchange account (available for Exchange 2007 and higher).
Global Address Lists look-up is now available in the Email application, enabling users to auto-complete recipient names from the directory.
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It should work fine. It could possibly be ssl certificate related, or maybe they don't have ActiveSync enabled on your account.. who knows. What sort of error do you get if any? I use Android on Exchange. Is it Exchange 2003/2007/2010?
PLEASE - HELP TESTING on exchange account - birthday
i know, that the nexus have some small problems on using excahnge account
(bday, aniversary, etc..)
i would like to fix it, but therefore i need YOUR HELP !
i would need to see, how the nexus send the birthday to exchange server.
if someone wants to test an exchange account - please send me a PM, and i will create an exchange account on my server, so that i can see how nexus send it.
(maybe you have skype or icq, please add it on the PM)
thanks cu camel
Let me start by saying I do nto want to spend 20$ on Touchdown.
Has anyone used this email app for their corporate emails? I am just wondering how secure it is and how I would talk my director into letting is be used if it keeps getting blocked my gmail as coming from Israel? I did email their support and here is an answer I received.
Dear Customer,
Please login to your Gmail account from PC browser and see if there is a warning about suspicious login attempt. Allow access from our server.
The instructions are inside Google warning.
Then long press on account record on main application screen and choose Send / Receive.
This is not a hacking attempt - it is an attempt of our service to communicate with your account.
Emoze designed to work as client - server. We do not save any information on our servers.They work as smart routers only. All data transferred only when device connects to collect new mail through encrypted tunnel.
If you have additional questions do not hesitate to ask.
I do like some of the options it gives me in Emoze, such as the ability to be notified when i get an email in one of my folders that is under my inbox...I have many folders set and I have rules set to send emails to them, in the stock email app it will not send me a notification when I get emails to those folders.
So, my question is, what are your thoughts on this app and would you use it for work?
Why not use K9 mail with APG encryption?
So I've been away for a while and things have changed a bit with the accounts tab. It used to be in settings under account you could add all your email addresses and they would auto load to the email app. Well it seems thats not the case now. anyway I added all my accounts to the accounts tab, so it has my work email, my yahoo address, and the google account I used to sign in to the phone. Then I went into the native email app and added my yahoo and work emails. The gmail app auto loaded the gmail I have attached to the google account from logging into the phone, however I don't like the gmail app and wanted to use the native email app only. So I disabled the Gmail app in settings and went back to the native app. When I attempt to add the gmail email that is attached to the phones google account it tells me I have a user name and password issue. I have checked and rechecked and I know I'm typing it right and that the info being use is right. I'm not sure why this email won't add. any ideas???
Have you tried simply adding the account from the Mail app? Remove everything first if some stuff are already listed.
Newcron said:
Have you tried simply adding the account from the Mail app? Remove everything first if some stuff are already listed.
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yup same issue occurs
aceman0455 said:
So I've been away for a while and things have changed a bit with the accounts tab. It used to be in settings under account you could add all your email addresses and they would auto load to the email app. Well it seems thats not the case now. anyway I added all my accounts to the accounts tab, so it has my work email, my yahoo address, and the google account I used to sign in to the phone. Then I went into the native email app and added my yahoo and work emails. The gmail app auto loaded the gmail I have attached to the google account from logging into the phone, however I don't like the gmail app and wanted to use the native email app only. So I disabled the Gmail app in settings and went back to the native app. When I attempt to add the gmail email that is attached to the phones google account it tells me I have a user name and password issue. I have checked and rechecked and I know I'm typing it right and that the info being use is right. I'm not sure why this email won't add. any ideas???
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Cite from Google Play : Allowing less secure apps to access your account"
Allowing less secure apps to access your account
Google may block sign-in attempts from some apps or devices that do not use modern security standards. Since these apps and devices are easier to break into, blocking them helps keep your account safe.
Some examples of apps that do not support the latest security standards include:
The Mail app on your iPhone or iPad with iOS 6 or below
The Mail app on your Windows phone preceding the 8.1 release
Some Desktop mail clients like Microsoft Outlook and Mozilla Thunderbird
Change account access for less secure apps
To help keep Google Apps users' accounts secure, we may block less secure apps from accessing Google Apps accounts. As a Google Apps user, you will see a "Password incorrect" error when trying to sign in. If this is the case, you have two options:
Option 1: Upgrade to a more secure app that uses the most up to date security measures. All Google products, like Gmail, use the latest security measures.
Option 2: Change your settings to allow less secure apps to access your account. We don't recommend this option because it might make it easier for someone to break into your account. If you want to allow access anyway, follow these steps:
Go to the "Less secure apps" section in My Account.
Next to "Access for less secure apps," select Turn on. (Note to Google Apps users: This setting is hidden if your administrator has locked less secure app account access.)
If you still can't sign in to your account, the "password incorrect" error might be caused by a different reason.
It seems to be caused by Google Play Account Policy.
Would you try to low down your account security level or try to sign-in on different android device to check again?
Hope the information can help you.
That's interesting info. HTC Mail just had an update yesterday (or maybe the day before). If I were you I would try removing all mail accounts, clear data/cache for the mail app, uninstall update, reboot, install update, and try again.
OK, so Google in all it's wisdom has trashed their native gmail app with a "feature" that is supposed to secure mail connections but, in practice, is a bug that I presume they do not intend to fix. WoopDdoo. Unfortunately, the mail server I use does not maintain such certificates and does not plan to.
So now I need a different email client. Any suggestions for one of the smaller mail freeware apps, ad-free?