Modding the "lock"

[Felman]

And no, this is not another one of those.. " I locked myself out threads".

I used to have a Treo 700wx which worked wonderfully until I switched to ATT and bought a HTC tilt. The Tilt being way faster and everything I could ask in a phone there is 1 small problem..

With the Treo, when I went to "lock" I could enter any sequence of numbers, either being 1111 or 1234, or anything simple. With the Tilt, its not so simple.

When I try to enter a simple password, it says it must be more complex.. The exact error message is "Password Error. Please enter another password. The password must be at least 4 characters and not contain a simple sequence". That's nice and all HTC, but considering my phone is in MY pocket 90% of the day, I don't necessarily need a complex password.

Ive tried looking on xda, all the possible software sites that Google has thrown at me, and I couldn't find a single post or thread about this.

I do know there are programs out there like the iphone slider, which is amusing. and a couple of other ones with patters and whatnot.

So my question is Does anyone know of a way to make it so I could have a simple pin with the default lock program? And if not, does anyone know of a similar program that does the same thing?


The reason I ask is myself a few other windows 6.1 users have also asked the same question. If anyone knows, please share so this community will know!

Thanks

- Felman


*edit* I just realized that this thread belongs in the "Questions and answers" area*

[bouvrie]

I'd suggest editing the registry, and changing the policies (http://www.etenblog.com/2008/01/21/disable-exchange-security-policy-for-windows-mobile-devices/).

However, if you're synching with Office/Outlook Exchange servers and the server is actively pushing security restrictions to your phone periodically, you might have a hard time getting rid of said restriction permanently.

[Felman]

Thank you Bouvrie for your post, and I did find some useful information, but nothing to the lines of actually modding the registry to allow me to have custom passwords that are not complex.

Any more ideas?

[TheFloww]

So this part ain't of any help to you ?

Determining Password Complexity

Registry Key: HKLM\Comm\Security\Policy\LASSD\LAP\
lap_pw\PasswordComplexity
Value: 0 = Require Alphanumeric. 1 = Require numeric (PIN). 2 = No restriction.

~Flo

[brandall]

You didn't say if it was to do with enforced security settings?

If so, this little app will help

http://www.zenyee.com/2008/10/19/stay-unlock-goes-20-after-two-years/

[Felman]

So this part ain't of any help to you ?



~Flo I did think this part would work, but after looking into the registry, I found it was already set at 2. Because I do not have a password set.

[Felman]

You didn't say if it was to do with enforced security settings?

If so, this little app will help

http://www.zenyee.com/2008/10/19/stay-unlock-goes-20-after-two-years/ I just tried this app, and it did not work the way we thought. Thanks for the try!

[Felman]

anyone have any ideas.. I can't seem to find any regedit keys that deal with this issue.

[xconradx]

It's impossible BOB.