NEW ROM - Password screen keeps appearing

[bjashton]

I've installed the new ROM - so far mostly positive.

There is one thing driving me mad (no not the time on the today screen :-) )


I leave the Jasjar switched on and connected / charging via USB. It stays on OK but keeps going back to the password screen.

What I want is to enter the password when ever it switches on. If the device stays on then I don't want to have to enter a password.


Anyone got any ideas???

[Carnivor]

do you have push mail setup?? if so it could be exchange policy enforcing it.

[bjashton]

Originally Posted by Carnivor do you have push mail setup?? if so it could be exchange policy enforcing it.

No.

[scotjen1]

bjashton

If im correct in what im reading u want to turn off the normal password screen (1 with the big buttons) but just have a password as to say when you switch the phone on like a sim password

[bjashton]

Originally Posted by scotjen1 If im correct in what im reading u want to turn off the normal password screen (1 with the big buttons) but just have a password as to say when you switch the phone on like a sim password

More information...

The problem is with the device password - NOT the SIM password which works as expected.

Under...
Settings -> Lock
I have ticked "Prompt if device is unused for" and set the time to 0 minutes.

In the previous ROM this meant that when-ever the device is switched off / on it would prompt for the password. However if the device stays on, for example when it's connected to external power then it just stays on - the password screen never appears.

In the new ROM after 1 minute without being used it reverts to the password screen. If you change the "Prompt if device is unused for" time as above then you can make this longer but then you lose the benefit of the switch-on password for this ammount of time.


What I want...
If you turn the device off it prompts for password when you turn it back on.
If the device stays on it never prompts for a password.


I suspect this is a side effect of the new security features that allow IT administrators to set a password timeout. They probably wouldn't want the user bypassing this by leaving the device on. However they have chosen what to me is a strange behavior for "0 minutes" with a timeout of 1 minute when the device is on.

[Biso007]

Originally Posted by bjashton Originally Posted by Carnivor do you have push mail setup?? if so it could be exchange policy enforcing it. No.

even without push email ... once your administrator decides to install Exchange SP2 the e-mail sync won't work without password setup unless he manaully disable it (the default is simple PIN and time is 5 minutes).

[2manytoys]

Has anyone found a solution to this problem?

It's driving me nuts so I've had to turn the password feature off, but I'd really like to be able to turn it back on.

Thanks guys.

[gigino]

Hello everybody,

still no solution for this password problem.

I'm having the same problem since upgrading the rom on the tek 9000.

Even if you are using the TOM TOM the pda after about a minute it reverts back to the password screen.

Anybody??????????????????????

Ciao

Gigino

[ks2k]

try the new orange or jasjar rom.

[xanth]

Originally Posted by ks2k try the new orange or jasjar rom.

I can confirm the Orange UK 1.30.90 WWE ROM contains the same behaviour :-(