Exchange email - Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Does anyone know of a emal app that shows how many unread email you have in a sub folder? I am using the email that came with my dinc and it does not show you the subfolders you have to actually go into them. I also am trying out Touchdown and it does not show how many unread you might have in a sub folder either.

I use K-9 Mail, and it has this functionality. Be aware that this client has many configuration options (perhaps too many for the average user), but with tweaking, it should be able to do what you're looking for. If you want that behavior for all folders, you'll have to edit their folder options to push them into a first class folder, or change your push email rules, etc. I can't really say for sure what you'll want to change because there are so many options, but you'll find a configuration that will work to your liking, I'm sure.

jonesh said:
I use K-9 Mail, and it has this functionality. Be aware that this client has many configuration options (perhaps too many for the average user), but with tweaking, it should be able to do what you're looking for. If you want that behavior for all folders, you'll have to edit their folder options to push them into a first class folder, or change your push email rules, etc. I can't really say for sure what you'll want to change because there are so many options, but you'll find a configuration that will work to your liking, I'm sure.
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I tried K-9 but could not get it to connect to my exchange server as I did not see a place to put in the domain name so I gave up on that.

Have you tried specifying your username as [email protected]?

jonesh said:
Have you tried specifying your username as [email protected]?
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Yes but still does not work.

How about specifying your user name as domain name\user name?

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How can you view other folders when using exchange active sync

Hi
I'm using the stock desire 2.1 rom (update 1) with sense and am connecting to mty work's exchange server via active sync. However, I am unable to access any folders that I have created on the server other than the 'standard' list
deleted items
sent items
drafts
outbox
junk e-mail
sync issues
sync issues/conflicts
sync issues/local failures
sync issues/server failures
I do, however, have other folders that I have created for things like hotel/ train bookings and for keeping a record of online orders.
If I use the standard mail client and set the account to IMAP I can subscribe to the additional folders, but I need many of the features that come with activesync, so I was wondering if there is any way to get to see my additional folders when getting my mail via activesync?
Any help greatly appreciated.
Spud
With the default app "mail" i can see subdirectories in the same menu you see the original subdirectories.
We have Exchange 2010 if it helps.
hmmm... that's intereseting. Thank you for your reply. Will try to find out what version our exchange server is, but have just checked again and no sub folders other than those listed in my earlier post are visible
I don't quite understand where you said "other folders that I have created for things like hotel/ train bookings and for keeping a record of online orders" - what's different about these folders to the ones you can't see? Perhaps it's to do with at what 'level' you created them? (i.e., were the ones you can see sub-folders within the main mail folders and the others outside of them). I've got a few subfolders on mine (Exchange 2007) at the same 'level' in the tree as Inbox, Sent Items, etc. and I can see them fine on my Desire.
alanjrobertson said:
I don't quite understand where you said "other folders that I have created for things like hotel/ train bookings and for keeping a record of online orders" - what's different about these folders to the ones you can't see? Perhaps it's to do with at what 'level' you created them? (i.e., were the ones you can see sub-folders within the main mail folders and the others outside of them). I've got a few subfolders on mine (Exchange 2007) at the same 'level' in the tree as Inbox, Sent Items, etc. and I can see them fine on my Desire.
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The list of folders that are in my mailbox shoud be as follows
inbox
deleted items
sent items
drafts
outbox
junk e-mail
sync issues
sync issues/conflicts
sync issues/local failures
sync issues/server failures
Holiday bookings (x)
Online orders (x)
Football tickets (x)
contacts
calendar
journal
notes
All of the folders are at the same level (i.e. they are not a sub folder of another folder). The ones marked (x) are ones created by me many years ago that I cannot see when I go to folders in exchange active sync.
However, If I set the account up as IMAP I can subscribe to all of these folders, but I obviously lose some of the features that I need from active sync.
Hope that does a better job of explaining it
Soud
Ah OK - I was getting confused as to whether you could/couldn't see these other folders The ones that I've created (e.g., 'Old Messages') are at the same level as the ones you marked with an x and they DO show up on mine. I'd love to hide the Sync Issues ones as they seem pretty pointless, but can't see a way of doing so. Is it worth trying to create a new folder and see if it shows up? (in case there's some problem when your data has perhaps been migrated across before) - at least if this worked you could just move the messages to the newly created folders. Also perhaps worth deleting the sync partnership on Outlook Web Access as well as on your Desire then recreating it?
alanjrobertson said:
Ah OK - I was getting confused as to whether you could/couldn't see these other folders The ones that I've created (e.g., 'Old Messages') are at the same level as the ones you marked with an x and they DO show up on mine. I'd love to hide the Sync Issues ones as they seem pretty pointless, but can't see a way of doing so. Is it worth trying to create a new folder and see if it shows up? (in case there's some problem when your data has perhaps been migrated across before) - at least if this worked you could just move the messages to the newly created folders. Also perhaps worth deleting the sync partnership on Outlook Web Access as well as on your Desire then recreating it?
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Thank you very much for your reply.
Creating new folders on my PC at work then copying the material acrosss has worked perfectly whereas if I create the folders at home via outlook they don't show up. All very weird, but great that it got sorted in the end.
Thanks again for your kind help
Spud
Brilliant, glad to hear you go it sorted Spud!

Best Email App?

Hey everyone, I'm new to Android and just looking to get situated with everything.
I use Gmail for my email and I've found the stock Gmail app to be ALMOST exactly what I need. Major flaws are zooming in and out and selecting text are impossible and it really annoys me.
Basically the features I want are:
Push or IMAP, I like the delivery speed of the Gmail App
Label support, or if folders are used then the ability to Star/Flag/COPY to folders instead of just moving
Zooming out for viewing large emails
It would be nice to have a unified inbox, but not a big deal for me
I'm pretty disappointed with the Gmail app missing some of these key usability features. Is the HTC mail program better in any way? Are there any other options that work well?
Thanks.
Pretty sure the GMail app has label support. You can star and label things as is since "folders" are just labels in GMail anyways. Push for GMail is a FroYo feature, afaik. Looking forward to that instead of having an active connection for my GMail.
Zooming out would be nice but on the Evo's screen it doesn't seem like it would be really needed unless you have people e-mailing you that don't know how to press the enter key every now and then. I haven't tried zooming in/out in the HTC e-mail app but I doubt it's present there. Seems like a low priority feature, imo.
The non-GMail e-mail program is pretty good. Supports POP, IMAP and Exchange ActiveSync. Unified Inbox, no. Personally, I dislike a unified inbox as I like to know who is sending me stuff where and with what address I should be replying with. I've yet to setup folders and such but I expect you can since folders are a pretty basic function for e-mail. I know the Exchange ActiveSync will sync folders, contacts, and calendar so you probably can.
cosine83 said:
Pretty sure the GMail app has label support. You can star and label things as is since "folders" are just labels in GMail anyways. Push for GMail is a FroYo feature, afaik. Looking forward to that instead of having an active connection for my GMail.
Zooming out would be nice but on the Evo's screen it doesn't seem like it would be really needed unless you have people e-mailing you that don't know how to press the enter key every now and then. I haven't tried zooming in/out in the HTC e-mail app but I doubt it's present there. Seems like a low priority feature, imo.
The non-GMail e-mail program is pretty good. Supports POP, IMAP and Exchange ActiveSync. Unified Inbox, no. Personally, I dislike a unified inbox as I like to know who is sending me stuff where and with what address I should be replying with. I've yet to setup folders and such but I expect you can since folders are a pretty basic function for e-mail. I know the Exchange ActiveSync will sync folders, contacts, and calendar so you probably can.
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Yea, the Gmail app does have Labels, which are essentially folders.
The Gmail app is perfect IMHO except zooming and selecting text. The zooming is an issue for emails I get that are HTML formatted. Like Gamestop or Best Buy, etc... They usually have big headers and text with padding on the left. This makes the text all out of my view. The only way to read then is to turn my phone sideways and/or scroll left to right as I read... A little anoying. I noticed this issue in the HTC mail program too.
I also noticed today that I can't select text or copy it from emails in the Gmail application. I'm not sure if this is an issue in other clients as well or what.
not to thread jack by any means, but this seems relevant to my question, somewhat. does anyone know how to (when you have multiple accounts linked) have it send from a specific account or am i limited to the one i have synced with my phone?
thanks and i hope you get your problems resolved, i wish i could select text too, its a bit annoying that that feature isnt there.
Gmail app works perfectly for my purposes but you are right that it doesn't have zoom or the ability to cut and paste. If you come across an email where you need either of these two, just open up your browser and go to Gmail from there. Both of those functions work perfectly on the mobile gmail site.
Yea, that's what I've been doing. Just a little tedious considering they are pretty basic features. Not really dealbreakers for me though.
Might I suggest K-9 mail, it's and open source solution that has imap/pop support and integrates seamlessly.
psych2l said:
Might I suggest K-9 mail, it's and open source solution that has imap/pop support and integrates seamlessly.
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I'll try it. It can't hurt right.
I'll throw in a vote for k9. I use it to manage 3 emails, two IMAP emails through godaddy and my gmail. It works great for me.
ViViDboarder said:
Yea, that's what I've been doing. Just a little tedious considering they are pretty basic features. Not really dealbreakers for me though.
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Oh I agree. I am all for decreasing keystrokes/screen presses. That's the reason I have Camcorder and Camera on my home screen. I should only need one but if I'm in a hurry to capture something, the fact that it takes an extra three screen presses to switch between video/still means that I might miss it.
I think it's quite likely that Gmail will be updated to include those basic features in the near future.

WP7 Email Client Issues / Missing Features

The WP7 email client has mostly worked fine, but it seems to lack a lot of features. Here are a few issues I've come across so far:
Sent Mail folder (for IMAP) hardcoded as "Sent Items" - not configurable (unlike iPhone and any modern email client), and different from desktop Outlook (which defaults to "Sent"); incompatible with most Linux email servers -- same problem as WM6.x had
Cannot edit quoted text when forwarding emails
Cannot select text (unlike other WP7 Office apps)
Cannot set port numbers for IMAP/POP/SMTP - auto-config works fine for most configurations, but sometimes not
Email status changes (e.g. delete, keep-as-new, etc.) not updated until sync interval or manual sync - iPhone and others instantly sync status changes
amb9800 said:
Sent Mail folder (for IMAP) hardcoded as "Sent Items" - not configurable (unlike iPhone and any modern email client), and different from desktop Outlook (which defaults to "Sent"); incompatible with most Linux email servers -- same problem as WM6.x had
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On this first point, turns out all the other email folder names are also hardcoded. When you delete emails, they have to go to "Deleted Items"-- otherwise they just disappear. (Outlook on the desktop defaults to "Trash" and is, unlike WP7, configurable)
amb9800 said:
Cannot set port numbers for IMAP/POP/SMTP - auto-config works fine for most configurations, but sometimes not
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You can change port like this :
Code:
In server name just enter : xxx.myserver.com:port
What about attaching multiple files to one email?
doministry said:
What about attaching multiple files to one email?
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not a problem for me, opened new email, clicked on the paperclip, added file, clicked on the paperclip, etc.
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not a problem for me, opened new email, clicked on the paperclip, added file, clicked on the paperclip, etc.
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Ok so how you attach different files on WP7?
You see a file system? With all docs and all pics?
doministry said:
Ok so how you attach different files on WP7?
You see a file system? With all docs and all pics?
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No, you cannot attach files to emails, as WP7 does not expose its file system to apps (outside of isolated storage).
The only things you can attach are photos from the phone's photo library. It's like what the iPhone 1.x email client was like in 2007 (minus all the features listed above).
amb9800 said:
No, you cannot attach files to emails, as WP7 does not expose its file system to apps (outside of isolated storage).
The only things you can attach are photos from the phone's photo library. It's like what the iPhone 1.x email client was like in 2007 (minus all the features listed above).
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Ok, thanks for clarifying.
You can attach documents to emails. You have to goto the Office hub, press and hold the document, hit send, then choose the email address you want to send from. Although it should be an option when you hit attach to attach a document or a picture.
Aturayd said:
You can attach documents to emails. You have to goto the Office hub, press and hold the document, hit send, then choose the email address you want to send from. Although it should be an option when you hit attach to attach a document or a picture.
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Yes, I was asking about Multiple attachements.
It's so idiotic you cannot create multiple attachement emails.
Of course you cannot send video neither music.
Aturayd said:
You can attach documents to emails. You have to goto the Office hub, press and hold the document, hit send, then choose the email address you want to send from. Although it should be an option when you hit attach to attach a document or a picture.
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You can send from within the Office app, but the email client UI itself is unable to attach anything but images. The iPhone has a similar limitation, but loads of apps can send email, and copy-and-paste alleviates at least a few of the challenges.
For instance, if I draft an email, then finish a document and want to attach it, in WP7 I'm SOL, as you have to first go to Office, select the finalized document, and then email, which creates a blank email, and you can't copy-and-paste the text from the message drafted earlier.
One solution might be to have a system whereby apps can register to have their file stores open to the email app to use for attachments.
Microsoft will kill all of us with wp7.
I do not know why????
Many disadvantages .
doministry said:
Yes, I was asking about Multiple attachements.
It's so idiotic you cannot create multiple attachement emails.
Of course you cannot send video neither music.
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u can too send video, and u can also send music by using the share feature from the player.
arses said:
Microsoft will kill all of us with wp7.
I do not know why????
Many disadvantages .
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satisfied after saying that?
Do you not even realize that the first post you just quoted was from over a year ago?
WP7 Email Client Issues / Missing Features
How about updating acrobat reader so we can email pdfs...

Exchange Email Client

Thinking about getting the phone - but just have one question as this has been holding me back for a while now from getting an Android phone.
Could anyone confirm if folders and sub folders for TouchWiz email Exchange client are all on one level or have a tiered structure as per Outlook ie:
Folder 1
¦
------ Sub Folder 1
Thanks.
That woul be a very important information for me too!
Looking forward to detailed answers!
TIA
+1
Thanks!
I can't confirm the folder structure but can confirm that Activesync works.
Thanks!
Could you confirm some other things, too?
- bi-directional contacts sync
- bi-directional calendar sync
- bi-directional sync of recurring appointments
- html mails
- confirming appointments
Hmmm. Folder structure depends on the view you look at it in. It shows all my Exchange folders in a list in the main view (there's a quick dropdown to change folder) but in folder view, it shows in hierarchy.
Bi-directional contacts and calendar have been working since the original SGS and all synced to my phone fine. Not sure about recurring appointments but it syncs all of mine from Exchange to the phone fine. HTML mail works fine too (would be a bit ****ed up if it didn't!). Never tried confirming appointments so I can't say anything about that.
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Hmmm. Folder structure depends on the view you look at it in. It shows all my Exchange folders in a list in the main view (there's a quick dropdown to change folder) but in folder view, it shows in hierarchy.
Bi-directional contacts and calendar have been working since the original SGS and all synced to my phone fine. Not sure about recurring appointments but it syncs all of mine from Exchange to the phone fine. HTML mail works fine too (would be a bit ****ed up if it didn't!). Never tried confirming appointments so I can't say anything about that.
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Thanks for the information. That's interesting because the default Android email client on 2.3.3 does not seem to include an option for folder viewing hierarchical folders...
I'm on my first full day so can report on this a bit now.
I'm trying out the stock client with an ES 2010 server. Some nice surprises:
- Full folder structure accessible
- Server search
- Task sync (!)
- Decent interface (don't love the dark background for the email list...)
- Syncs faster than my Atrix running Froyo
- Nice little widget icon showing unread emails
- it's got a crazy 2-pane inbox view w/preview when in landscape mode (think tablet view or desktop Outlook) - this is really cool!
- Out of office setting
On the downside, the email list widget sucks - it doesn't scroll and only shows 3 most recent (not even unread) emails so that's a bit of a disappointment. Also the calendar widgets are nice but they're too large and not resizable. Thankfully Calwidget works fine.
I'm going to try to live with it. I have a paid TD license and I had gotten used to their widgets on my Atrix, but I suspect stock is more battery friendly.
Thanks for the info. Would you mind posting some screenshots of the email client. I used Froyo, and I can't even do a search on my emails. I ended up using TD as well. Do we have search now? Is there pinch to zoom on emails? If not, can we resize font size? and How? sorry too many questions.
Thanks in advance.
I use sgs2 as my primary business phone., exchange 2010 support is the best ever, on windows mobile or android.
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yatbond said:
Thanks for the info. Would you mind posting some screenshots of the email client. I used Froyo, and I can't even do a search on my emails. I ended up using TD as well. Do we have search now? Is there pinch to zoom on emails? If not, can we resize font size? and How? sorry too many questions.
Thanks in advance.
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Here you go...I've been using it for a few days now and NO need to employ TD which is saying a lot for a native Exchange client! The only thing missing is Notes sync which I can live without (don't change notes that often and can just drag them into Evernote).
The client actually blows me away...to answer your question, we have search as you'll see in the screenshots, as well as pinch to zoom, font resizing in both the Inbox view as well as the message body. Let me know if you have any other q's.
https://picasaweb.google.com/mickliq/SGSIIExchangeClient#5604039643374091746
Is it possible to sync multiple exchange-calendars?
bill340 said:
Is it possible to sync multiple exchange-calendars?
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Yes, the option to add another account is still there after one is already present
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Yes, the option to add another account is still there after one is already present
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I don't need to sync multiple exchange-accounts, but I have several calendars in one single exchange-account.
Is it possible to sync all calendars, that are present in my exchange-account, or can I only sync one?
bill340 said:
I don't need to sync multiple exchange-accounts, but I have several calendars in one single exchange-account.
Is it possible to sync all calendars, that are present in my exchange-account, or can I only sync one?
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No options there for the "calendar folders" so I don't think so. Then again, I don't have any sub-folders so I can't be 100% sure.
rdy2go said:
I use sgs2 as my primary business phone., exchange 2010 support is the best ever, on windows mobile or android.
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Could you explain it a bit more and are you still missing something?
Thanks in advance!
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No options there for the "calendar folders" so I don't think so. Then again, I don't have any sub-folders so I can't be 100% sure.
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Actually I do not work with sub-folders in calendars, but I have several calendars in Outlook under the main-folder, that are synced to exchange.
Can you try to add a new calendar in outlook and see if you can sync that second calendar to the phone via exchange?
mickliq said:
Here you go...I've been using it for a few days now and NO need to employ TD which is saying a lot for a native Exchange client! The only thing missing is Notes sync which I can live without (don't change notes that often and can just drag them into Evernote).
The client actually blows me away...to answer your question, we have search as you'll see in the screenshots, as well as pinch to zoom, font resizing in both the Inbox view as well as the message body. Let me know if you have any other q's.
https://picasaweb.google.com/mickliq/SGSIIExchangeClient#5604039643374091746
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Thanks!
Sounds and looks fantastic!
Hey Thanks a lot....
One more question. From the screenshot, I can see the search is "search server" and not local search.. is that true, because if so, then I need internet service to search and also it would be slower.
Thanks again
Hi can anyone check if attachments can be opened if they are received as part of a calendar invite? Say a pptx or something similar...
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[XAP] [Source] IDswitch

Just picked up a request from the DEV IDEA POOL
danchar4 said:
I have a very simple app request to target unlocked phones. Basically a one button switch between primary LiveID accounts based on sensboston's work: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335240
1. Launch app
2. app asks for email address
3. user types in email address or selects email from list of last-used addresses
4. app asks "Are you sure?" with suitable warning
5. app writes selected email address to following regkeys:
Code:
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\ActiveSync\Partners\{B2830118-7BC6-4A74-8C9A-3D8B9CEF88E0}]
"Email"[email protected]
"User"[email protected]
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\IdentityCRL\Environment\Production]
"DefaultID"[email protected]
6. app automatically reboots phone
Simple enough, right?
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Here it is!
Because I made no test on myself please give me feedback if the registry values get applied
ne0cr0n, unfortunately, "my" method has some important cons (you should list 'em) - after that change you'll be not able to upload pictures to SkyDrive, also some accounts like Twitter will be non-functional I've tried to find some workaround but without success...
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ne0cr0n, unfortunately, "my" method has some important cons (you should list 'em) - after that change you'll be not able to upload pictures to SkyDrive, also some accounts like Twitter will be non-functional I've tried to find some workaround but without success...
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but you can revert it back, right?
The new LiveID could be associated to a different market zone, which you could use to buy some apps with your correct credit card infos, then revert back to your main LiveID, and regain all regular functionalities like auto uploads to skydrive, twitter integration, etc.
Am I right?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25500576#post25500576
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Am I right?
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I'm so sorry but I can't confirm - just never tested this way. I've researched that hack 'cause damn Verizon blocked and deleted my very-very old email ( @verizon.net) what I've used during 11 years, and also as my LiveID email.
Wow dude thanks for writing the app so quickly. What is the etiquette for sharing apps? Are you supposed to share source code too? I don't want to be rude by asking you for the source
I don't use twitter, but I was able to upload a photo to skydrive just fine after swapping LiveID's. Steps:
reset my phone with my own liveID
download bunch of apps from appstore
dev unlock/interop, etc
manually edit registry and change to my wife's LiveID (she has zunepass on her ID which is why I wanted to swap to hers)
reboot phone
take picture
upload to skydrive
login to skydrive app and see that picture is there on *my* skydrive account, not my wife's
So skydrive integration with picture hub/camera obviously stored my liveID and credentials somewhere other than the regkeys I edited. Most likely Twitter is the same way.
I presume the credential data is stored encrypted in some weird GUID key with no obvious pattern. Too bad there is no regmon/procmon tool like on Big windows, otherwise I could figure it out in a few seconds... Although somehow I doubt that you can use provxml to import export those keys to re-write encrypted credentials. That would be a pretty bad exploit.
So I ran IDSwitch and it gave me the error "no root access". Hmm. So I went into WP7 Root tools and switched on "trusted" for the app.
So a pre-requisite for running the app is to have WP7 root tools? I'm kinda new at this so perhaps that is an assumption of any app that is going to do interop/native stuff? In order to get it to work you have to set it to "trusted"?
Anyway the app let me type in the new liveID and rebooted the phone, but upon booting up, it appears that the old LiveID is still there in the 3 registry settings. I ran it a second time and the app remembered the address I typed in so thats cool. BUt again after rebooting, it failed to modify the registry entries.
Can you post up a debug version with some breakpoints or console spew? I could try to attach a debugger on my end (not sure I know how to do that, but I can try to figure it out)
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ne0cr0n, unfortunately, "my" method has some important cons (you should list 'em) - after that change you'll be not able to upload pictures to SkyDrive, also some accounts like Twitter will be non-functional I've tried to find some workaround but without success...
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Thanks for the info. I will add a warning and how to use message when launching the app for the first time.
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Wow dude thanks for writing the app so quickly. What is the etiquette for sharing apps? Are you supposed to share source code too? I don't want to be rude by asking you for the source
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I will do that, but the code is kind of ugly xD
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Can you post up a debug version with some breakpoints or console spew? I could try to attach a debugger on my end (not sure I know how to do that, but I can try to figure it out)
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I uploaded the source. Should make things much easier
I tried it on Samsung Focus Mango updated with WP7 Root Tools. Even though it reboots but it does not change the primary id. After reboot when I open the app again, it shows the primary id as the old id and not the id to which I wanted to switch.
Found the bug. I used the content from to current ID textbox not the new ID textbox -.-
I guess nobody tested it or I am getting a different result. Here is what happens :
1. ID A which is primary ID in my Account with No CC.
2. I switch from ID A to ID B. ID B does not have a CC.
3. When I access Marketplace, The region used is according to ID B.
4. Next I Move to buy an App and it asks me to signin with ID A instead of ID B.
5. For free apps, I can easily download it without going to login page ever which is pretty obvious.
Today Evening I will try out to buy app by signing with ID A when it sends me to login page of ID B by first sigining out and then signing again.
Few things I noticed :
1. Facebook, Twitter, Skydrive all was working.
2. It takes a while for the OS to realize the ID is new and hence may take around a minute or more to change marketplace.
3. I downloaded a free app with the swtched id and used it without any issues.
4. I even updated a free App which was bought using the primary ID with the new ID.
5. Email ID A stopped working. It did not show any email nor it gave an error of wrong password which is pretty odd.
My Thoughts :
1. This will be useful for parents who have kids carrying a Windows Phone who do not want to give them credit card access but using this they might buy apps for kids.
2. I still need to test but this will work for IDs which are in same region. For example I have a US id to which if I want to add a CC, the country is fixed and hence I cannot use an Indian CC with it.
wpxbox said:
1. Facebook, Twitter, Skydrive all was working.
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Try to share pictures from camera to SkyDrive...
wpxbox said:
2. It takes a while for the OS to realize the ID is new and hence may take around a minute or more to change marketplace.
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Try to reboot after LiveID change.
Just tried it out and it worked. The file was uploaded to Skydrive account of the primary Live id.
Wait... What "primary Live id" and what are you tried? New one or the old one? Have you tried:
- change LiveID to new one
- reboot handsets
- go to pictures hub and share picture to the SkyDrive ?
When I said Primary Live Id I mean the ID with which the phone was configured.
1.Phone configured with ID A
2. Change to ID B using the app, Reboot
3. Upload to Skydrive and it was stored in ID A Skydrive Account.
He-he, it's exactly what I mean by "not working". For example if you change first (original) LiveID email to the new one (as I had to do), you'll be not able to upload pictures to SkyDrive, and can't login to the Twitter account. So please do not confuse people.
sensboston said:
He-he, it's exactly what I mean by "not working". For example if you change first (original) LiveID email to the new one (as I had to do), you'll be not able to upload pictures to SkyDrive, and can't login to the Twitter account. So please do not confuse people.
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Oh Ok I understand now what you said by breaking. The new ID cannot be used for Skydrive or Facebook or Twitter etc in short, anything connected with old Live id.
Basically its not a true switcher and can only be used to buy apps with the new account connected with CC
Hi all
The whole idea of this app is JUST to let you assign an account that will give u the ability to buy apps from marketplace using CC, if your original ID have problem with adding CC information. So it is not to change you ID permanently. You can read my thread if u want. Anyway thanks op for making the app.
I can confirm this works. Just bought an app using a different account and it works. Editing a video on this so will be up in couple of hours.
As promised, Here the link to the video we made http://youtu.be/2H7dr7ZzJZs

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