This looks very interesting, but please help me figure out if it will solve my problem:

I have complete security enforced by my work Exchange account.
I need to sync email and calendar with that account.
I want to be able to set a timeout delay to the PIN lock engagement (now it is on immediately as the screen goes black), and it would be nice to use swipe unlock instead of PIN/password.

Will this hack do the trick for me? If so, even with calendar sync?

Thanks!

/Edit: I use the standard email app and calendar om my SGS2

too bad

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Hi,

in general I was searching for a long while for this!!!!
Now I have all done as decribed and once I try to create the exchange account it comes back with: "the server requires security settings which your phone dosn't support"

too bad...any ideas?

update:
now it's working...I'd to be patient..:)

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!

Just to clarify the instructions here (I am noob):

After installing Android SDK, do I unzip the attachement on my PC or phone?
The shell commands, I type them in the adb shell with the phone in recovery mode, or what?

Thanks!

I've been using this hacked app in the past week or so, and it does great what it is supposed to do.
BUT: lately I wanted to see what is draining the battery so fast, and imagine the surprise when I saw that the biggest drainer by far is email.apk, far above the display itself, which is supposed to be the main consumer!!!

Is anyone else seeing this? Do you know about any resolution to this? For now, I just froze the application, but that's not acceptable, since one of the main uses of the phone is to sync up mail, calendar, etc with the corporate one.

Originally Posted by catastrat

I've been using this hacked app in the past week or so, and it does great what it is supposed to do.
BUT: lately I wanted to see what is draining the battery so fast, and imagine the surprise when I saw that the biggest drainer by far is email.apk, far above the display itself, which is supposed to be the main consumer!!!

Is anyone else seeing this? Do you know about any resolution to this? For now, I just froze the application, but that's not acceptable, since one of the main uses of the phone is to sync up mail, calendar, etc with the corporate one.

Do you have push enabled on the account? Try disabling it (setting it to a pull every 15 mins for example).

I had the same issue (without this hack though!) on one of my Exchange accounts, and not using push fixed the issue. It must be an Exchange provider issue, because my work account uses push with no issues.

I don't use push - I have it set for every 1h check during the workday and every 12h for off hours.
I even have disabled all notifications from it...

Originally Posted by catastrat

I don't use push - I have it set for every 1h check during the workday and every 12h for off hours.
I even have disabled all notifications from it...

Hmm I see. Well, if this hack introduces another possible battery draining culprit, I'm not so sure I want to try it. I've spent too much time identifying battery draining apps/processes on my new phone already.

Has anyone else experienced email.apk battery drain after applying this hack?

Me. My phone also slowed down!

There are many factors that may cause a slowdown, which I have no way to reproduce. I can only say that my company's Exchange server is 2003 and that it is the only non-google mail account that I have configured on my phone. I have push enabled. The hack works great with this setup, i.e. no slowdown of the phone, no extra battery drain.

If someone who is experiencing issues can post more details about the version of exchange, sync mode, and any other pop/imap mail accounts configured, I may be able to investigate the issue further.

Originally Posted by rustamabd

If someone who is experiencing issues can post more details about the version of exchange, sync mode, and any other pop/imap mail accounts configured, I may be able to investigate the issue further.

I am running your modded Email.apk in a Galaxy Tab with Gingerbread (Overcome Hermes) and I have no problems with slowdowns or battery drain either. However I am always getting a FC from the mail application when rebooting the Tab. Afterwards it works correctly. I guess it's natural since it is not the native mail application.

I have tried to mod myself the native Gingerbread Email.apk from the Galaxy Tab using your posted code, but it does not work (FC continuously). Although very similar to the Galaxy S II mail application, there must be some differences that make it impossible to just blindingly use your modifications.

Would you be so kind as to have a look at the original Email.apk from the Tab Gingerbread Overcome firmware and suggest a possible mod? Thanks in advance.