The Android Email application enforces various security policies such as PIN/password lockscreen, device administration. remote wipe, blocked attachments, etc. based on your Exchange server security requirements.
The aim of this patch is to bypass those security enforcements and allow you to set up an Exchange account without any security restrictions. This is achieved through various code modification in the AOSP Email application where security policies are checked and enforced. These modifications bypass the creation of the various security policies and forcefully makes the application think that all the security policies are enabled. For example, one part of this modification completely bypasses the Device Administrator creation and forcefully returns a true every time the code check if the account is a device administrator.
This modification is based on AOSP (or AOSP derivatives) and should work on any stock Google ROMs or AOSP-based ROMs like CyanogenMod, AOKP, ParanoidAndroid, Evervolv, SlimRoms, Carbon. There, however, is no guarantee that this will work on all ROMs or devices, especially OEM ROMs like Sense, Touchwiz, Blur, etc.
IMPORTANT:
Since this modification disables the enforcement of Exchange security policies, it may be illegal and may violate your workplace/school policies. If you chose to install and use this modification, please remember that you are doing so at your own discretion. I, craigacgomez, cannot and will not be held responsible for any issues, legal, technical or otherwise, that may arise due to the use of this modification.
The latest version of this modification is based on AOSP android-4.4.2_r1 (KOT49H) and should work on Android 4.1+. However, should you encounter any issues, please use the previous version of this patch.
PLEASE READ THROUGH THIS THREAD PROPERLY, ESPECIALLY THE KNOWN ISSUES AND INSTRUCTIONS
CHANGELOG:
v6.0
1. Rebased to AOSP android-4.4.2_r1 (KOT49H)
2. Made some modifications to the bypass code to fix issues with storage encryption
3. Improved robustness of the bypass logic
4. Added backuptools script for custom ROMs like CyanogenMod, SlimRoms, etc. which will automatically restore the mod after re-flashes and/or updates to the ROM. Credit @BlackFang171
INSTRUCTIONS [RECOVERY VERSION]:
1. Download the zip file named ExchangeNoPIN-xxxx
2. Remove all existing Exchange accounts and wipe data for Email/EmailGoogle & Exchange2/Exchange2Google
3. Make a nandroid backup (optional, but recommended)
4. Flash the zip using ClockworkMod Recovery, TWRP or a similar recovery
5. Wipe cache & dalvik-cache
6. Reboot and set up you Exchange account(s)
INSTRUCTIONS [MANUAL USER APP INSTALL]: (UNTESTED)
1. Download the zip file named ExchangeNoPINNoRoot-xxxx
2. Remove all existing Exchange accounts and wipe data for Email/EmailGoogle & Exchange2/Exchange2Google
3. Make a nandroid backup (optional, but recommended)
4. Stock ROMs: Disable/freeze EmailGoogle.apk (com.google.android.email) & Exchange2Google.apk (com.google.android.exchange)
5. AOSP-based ROMs: Uninstall/remove Email.apk (com.android.email)
6. Stock ROMs: Extract the zip file and install Email.apk & Exchange2.apk
7. AOSP-based ROMs: Extract the zip file and install Email.apk
8. Reboot and set up you Exchange account(s)
INSTRUCTIONS [MANUAL SYSTEM APP INSTALL]:
1. Download the zip file named ExchangeNoPIN-xxxx
2. Remove all existing Exchange accounts and wipe data for Email/EmailGoogle & Exchange2/Exchange2Google
3. Make a nandroid backup (optional, but recommended)
4. Stock ROMs: Uninstall/remove EmailGoogle.apk (com.google.android.email) & Exchange2Google.apk (com.google.android.exchange)
5. AOSP-based ROMs: Uninstall/remove Email.apk (com.android.email)
6. Stock ROMs: Extract the zip file and copy Email.apk & Exchange2.apk to /system/app
7. AOSP-based ROMs: Extract the zip file and copy Email.apk to /system/app
8. Reboot and set up you Exchange account(s)
KNOWN ISSUES
None that I know of!
IMPORTANT:
1. For patch version 4.0 and earlier, you need to have a device with a custom recovery or a rooted device.
2. Root is not required unless you wish to apply this patch manually by replacing the files in /system/app.
3. After you flash this, make sure you DO NOT replace the Email or Exchange apks with themed versions or you will have issues.
4. If you use the ExchangeNoPIN-xxxx zip version, you may need to reflash this every time you update your ROM.
5. Before upgrading to a newer version of this patch (example v2.0 to v3.0), you need to remove all existing Exchange accounts.
CREDITS:
The base of this modification is the EmailPolicyPatch created by rustamabd. I have made these change to the AOSP source rather than smali patches to pre-compiled version and I have expanded the capabilities of the modification.
DOWNLOAD v6.0 (Android 4.1+):
ExchangeNoPIN-v6.0.zip
ExchangeNoPINNoRoot-v6.0.zip
SOURCE (Android 4.4.x):
GitHub
SOURCE (Android 4.3.x/4.2.x):
GitHub
The aim of this patch is to bypass those security enforcements and allow you to set up an Exchange account without any security restrictions. This is achieved through various code modification in the AOSP Email application where security policies are checked and enforced. These modifications bypass the creation of the various security policies and forcefully makes the application think that all the security policies are enabled. For example, one part of this modification completely bypasses the Device Administrator creation and forcefully returns a true every time the code check if the account is a device administrator.
This modification is based on AOSP (or AOSP derivatives) and should work on any stock Google ROMs or AOSP-based ROMs like CyanogenMod, AOKP, ParanoidAndroid, Evervolv, SlimRoms, Carbon. There, however, is no guarantee that this will work on all ROMs or devices, especially OEM ROMs like Sense, Touchwiz, Blur, etc.
IMPORTANT:
Since this modification disables the enforcement of Exchange security policies, it may be illegal and may violate your workplace/school policies. If you chose to install and use this modification, please remember that you are doing so at your own discretion. I, craigacgomez, cannot and will not be held responsible for any issues, legal, technical or otherwise, that may arise due to the use of this modification.
The latest version of this modification is based on AOSP android-4.4.2_r1 (KOT49H) and should work on Android 4.1+. However, should you encounter any issues, please use the previous version of this patch.
PLEASE READ THROUGH THIS THREAD PROPERLY, ESPECIALLY THE KNOWN ISSUES AND INSTRUCTIONS
CHANGELOG:
v6.0
1. Rebased to AOSP android-4.4.2_r1 (KOT49H)
2. Made some modifications to the bypass code to fix issues with storage encryption
3. Improved robustness of the bypass logic
4. Added backuptools script for custom ROMs like CyanogenMod, SlimRoms, etc. which will automatically restore the mod after re-flashes and/or updates to the ROM. Credit @BlackFang171
INSTRUCTIONS [RECOVERY VERSION]:
1. Download the zip file named ExchangeNoPIN-xxxx
2. Remove all existing Exchange accounts and wipe data for Email/EmailGoogle & Exchange2/Exchange2Google
3. Make a nandroid backup (optional, but recommended)
4. Flash the zip using ClockworkMod Recovery, TWRP or a similar recovery
5. Wipe cache & dalvik-cache
6. Reboot and set up you Exchange account(s)
INSTRUCTIONS [MANUAL USER APP INSTALL]: (UNTESTED)
1. Download the zip file named ExchangeNoPINNoRoot-xxxx
2. Remove all existing Exchange accounts and wipe data for Email/EmailGoogle & Exchange2/Exchange2Google
3. Make a nandroid backup (optional, but recommended)
4. Stock ROMs: Disable/freeze EmailGoogle.apk (com.google.android.email) & Exchange2Google.apk (com.google.android.exchange)
5. AOSP-based ROMs: Uninstall/remove Email.apk (com.android.email)
6. Stock ROMs: Extract the zip file and install Email.apk & Exchange2.apk
7. AOSP-based ROMs: Extract the zip file and install Email.apk
8. Reboot and set up you Exchange account(s)
INSTRUCTIONS [MANUAL SYSTEM APP INSTALL]:
1. Download the zip file named ExchangeNoPIN-xxxx
2. Remove all existing Exchange accounts and wipe data for Email/EmailGoogle & Exchange2/Exchange2Google
3. Make a nandroid backup (optional, but recommended)
4. Stock ROMs: Uninstall/remove EmailGoogle.apk (com.google.android.email) & Exchange2Google.apk (com.google.android.exchange)
5. AOSP-based ROMs: Uninstall/remove Email.apk (com.android.email)
6. Stock ROMs: Extract the zip file and copy Email.apk & Exchange2.apk to /system/app
7. AOSP-based ROMs: Extract the zip file and copy Email.apk to /system/app
8. Reboot and set up you Exchange account(s)
KNOWN ISSUES
None that I know of!
IMPORTANT:
1. For patch version 4.0 and earlier, you need to have a device with a custom recovery or a rooted device.
2. Root is not required unless you wish to apply this patch manually by replacing the files in /system/app.
3. After you flash this, make sure you DO NOT replace the Email or Exchange apks with themed versions or you will have issues.
4. If you use the ExchangeNoPIN-xxxx zip version, you may need to reflash this every time you update your ROM.
5. Before upgrading to a newer version of this patch (example v2.0 to v3.0), you need to remove all existing Exchange accounts.
CREDITS:
The base of this modification is the EmailPolicyPatch created by rustamabd. I have made these change to the AOSP source rather than smali patches to pre-compiled version and I have expanded the capabilities of the modification.
DOWNLOAD v6.0 (Android 4.1+):
ExchangeNoPIN-v6.0.zip
ExchangeNoPINNoRoot-v6.0.zip
SOURCE (Android 4.4.x):
GitHub
SOURCE (Android 4.3.x/4.2.x):
GitHub
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