Exchange - phone unlock shows password

[mrbofus]

I have an Exchange account that requires a password; with the newest firmware update as of June 29, that works fine. However, when I input my password on the unlock screen, it shows it in plaintext and doesn't mask it as I enter each letter as most phones do. Under the Security settings, I do not have "Visible passwords" checked, so the password shouldn't show, but it does.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

 

[nRRe]

close the keyboard when you goto type it. might be a checkbox under the keyboard you can't see that says "show password"

 

[mrbofus]

close the keyboard when you goto type it. might be a checkbox under the keyboard you can't see that says "show password"

Unfortunately, on the phone unlock screen, the two buttons are "Emergency call" and "Unlock"; there are no options to hide the password.

 

[ldbobby]

I'm seeing the exact same problem... I think this might be a bug.

 

[Kelmar]

Is this the exchange security password and NOT the password for the exchange email account password??? If this is what I think it is, you can have them as 2 separate passwords or "bypass" the unlock password with lockpicker from the market.

If this isn't what you are referring to, I'm not sure what you mean.

 

[ldbobby]

That is what I'm referring to Kelmar, but that just hides the issue. It is definately a nice app as I hate entering my pass every time I unlock my phone. But I don't want to be the one responsible for losing any company information should I lose my phone. Thanks though!

 

[st0921]

I replaced my Exchange password with the Pattern lock using lockpicker.

download lockpicker (do not activate) > remove Exchange account > set up pattern lock (in setting) > add Exchange account > activate lockpicker

now you don't have to worry about ur password being shown...