[HTC Rezound] SquireSCA:
Ok, I am just going to lay it out there because I know for a fact that this effects other people. I am not in any way trying to be a ****, I am not being ungrateful, so please, the usual jumping in and getting all pissy because someone critiqued a "free ROM" is not needed, and it doesn't help.

I am critiquing this in an effort to get it fixed, and to make people aware of something that they may not be, so just take it for what it is, ok?

Now that the disclaimer is out of the way, let's proceed... :-)

Exchange is still an issue. The problem is that unlike the iPhone and older versions of Android, the newer AOSP Exchange app has some extra built in security in an effort to appeal to the corporate world that for years BB has dominated.

What it has, is a feature that allows an Exchange Server to be setup as an Admin of the device, and it forces the entire device to be encrypted.

Here is where it becomes a pain... If your Exchange Server has this setting enabled, where it requires the Admin privileges, then you CANNOT set up that email account without granting those permissions. So you will have to allow your IT department to take over COMPLETE control of your phone. This means they can lock it down from remote, wipe it, etc, and you have no way to stop them. It also encrypts your storage and SD card, so that from that moment on, any picture or video you take, any email attachment or file you download to that device, is ENCRYPTED. If you plug in your phone to the USB cord, you cannot copy off your pictures to your desktop or laptop, the files are encrypted and can only be accessed from that phone. If you later on remove the email account and turn off the encryption, any files that were encrypted, STAY encrypted.

See the problem here? Anyone that has a personal phone but wants to access a work account that has that feature turned on, is screwed with the AOSP app. It can completely hose your phone, and I don't know what it would do if you want to flash ROMs and things, it could brick it.

The irony is that if your phone doesn't have this feature, then the Exchange Server won't stop you from accessing, which makes no sense. It only forces you to use it if the app supports it. An iPhone or older Android version sails right on through! LOL

Now, I have been pointing this out and explaining it since the day I came to XDA. It is a WELL KNOWN ISSUE, and I don't understand why people keep putting it into ROMs. I cannot be the only person to be using a work email account with Exchange. hehe

So, in an effort to help people understand the issue, and prevent it, I made this post, for like the 12th time... haha

And the fix is simple, so I would make the recomendation that this file be added to the future versions of the ROM, or any ROM for that matter. It's a modded Exchange.apk file that gets rid of the encryption requirement. It says it will set it up and then it ignores it and the Exchange Server is none the wiser. You just have to install it and reboot and it will work every time.

It's a simple fix, and I guess I just don't know why everyone isn't using it. I am not ragging on the OP or Dev, just pointing them in the right direction on an issue that has been documented and well known for a long time now, and that while it may not effect everyone, it can be a deal breaker for anyone who wants to use a really nice ROM like this, but is turned off by it not supporting a very core and needed feature.

The fix is a simple file, but I have seen a lot of people that don't even know that there is a fix, so they just give up on a ROM and move on.

So my critique, is to help people who run into this problem. Attached is the file that you need, and I am sure it will be a simple matter to simply incorporate it into any future versions so that it works properly straight out of the box.

Grab the file, unpack it with WinRAR or whatever to get the .apk, and just browse to it and install it, reboot. Don't do it in Recovery, just install it with a file browser within the OS like you would side-load any other app.

Enjoy.