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Microsoft Exchange Server – Remote wipe on iphone 3Gs

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Remote Wipe – on iPhone

This feature is available on Mobile Me for iPhone, but you have to subscribe this account…if you have exchange server in your organization/company….below article is for you guys…!!!

Mobile phones can store sensitive corporate data and provide access to many corporate resources. If a device is lost or stolen, that data can be compromised. Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 / 2007 provides a remote device wipe feature. You can issue a remote device wipe command from the Exchange Management Shell. Users can issue their own remote device wipe commands from the Microsoft Office Outlook Web App user interface. (For users to do their remote wipe from Outlook Web Access->log into their Outlook Web access->on the right top, there will be a menu called “Options”->click Options–>on the left pane…you will find “Mobile Devices”–>click and select “Wipe all Data from Device…”)

The remote device wipe feature also includes a confirmation function that writes a time stamp in the sync state data of the user’s mailbox. This time stamp is displayed in Outlook Web App and in the user’s mobile phone properties dialog box in the Exchange Management Console.

So to test this feature, i’ve done the remote wipe from my Exchange server  to my iPhone 3Gs…(This server should be mailbox store where the mailbox properties of each user displayed) as displayed below.

Select the user whom you want to do the remote wipe, Click on Manage mobile device…

From the “Managed mobile device for….” area, select the iPhone, which is listed for this particular user, and at the bottom area where “Action” pane….select “Perform a remote wipe…” and then click “Clear” button.

IF YOU ARE DOING THIS AS A TEST, MAKE SURE THAT YOU TAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR IPHONE FROM ITUNES FOR LATER RESTORE MODE…VERY IMPORTANT.

Once this action is done, the next sync from the mobile to the server, Wipe command executes on the iPhone device..and screen goes blank….cool..No tention about the contacts or data.

Now the hardest part is …this sounds great on, when you lost your iPhone and your IT team secure your data safe…!!!! but if you are doing a test on your own iPhone…errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

After the remote wipe…iPhone just hung and display only Apple logo….for a very long time…(i never had a patient to wait…so i hard boot it…still the same logo smiling at me…and my colegues are telling me…”I told you…i told you…)

Next step is to take the iphone to the next level….First Switch off the phone.. take it to DFU mode!!!! What is this? DFU (Device Firmware Upgrade) mode is not the same as restore mode. DFU mode bypasses the current OS installed and allows you to upgrade or downgrade your OS.

  • Attach the iPhone to the PC/MAC (make sure that your USB bay on your computer is working and the cable from apple too)
  • Turn the iPhone power off
  • Hold power and home together for *exactly* 10 seconds
  • Release power but keep holding home button in your phone until the PC/MAC beeps as a USB device is recognized.
  • At no point will the display come on with a USB symbol and iTune. Now your restore should work…iTunes will turn on and will ask you to upgrade the firmware and it starts downloading the firmware from apple site and once it is done,
  • Your restoress starts on the iphone…
  • After it is done, Device will get activated…but make sure that all the sync you should choose to “NONE” (There is a reason for this…believe me)…NO NEED TO CONFIGURE ANYTHING…BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO RESTORE IT.
  • When we are doing all these stuff, there must be a mail from Exchange server to the selected user, in that user name.. in his/her inbox…a cool one like below..(i did not get this pic so i choose one from the net..instead of Device Type as PocketPC…our case it will show iPhone)
  • Read the red line…cool is’nt it…now you go back to Exchange server where you initiate the wipe..remove the device from the user list…and then clear the data….now your iphone is ready to sync
  • If you don’t do it, in my case..i was busy with restore option and did’nt saw the mail and once i restore from my backup…syncing contacts….gone again…thats a real pain…i’ve to do all from scratch…!!
  • Now connect your newly restored iPhone…it will show you on the iTunes area..Rightclick on the iPhone name and click Restore from Backup…and select the time you did last backup.
  • Now you iPhone is back as it was before….HOPE YOU WILL FIND A LOT OF MISSED CALL NOTIFICATION..

    • ENJOY…!!!!

    iPhone OS 4!!!

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    iPhone OS 4 will work with iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS, and with iPad. Not all features are compatible with all devices and multitasking is available only with iPhone 3GS.

    iPhone OS 4 introduces new features for business. Multitasking, enhanced security, new device management capabilities, and improved enterprise integration to bring iPhone into your company … more into Click here http://www.apple.com/iphone/business/preview-iphone-os/

    Buyer’s Guide: 33 things you don’t need if you have an iPhone

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  • Telephone
  • Calculator
  • Personal Organizer
  • Calendar
  • Wall Clock
  • Alarm Clock
  • Watch
  • Rolodex
  • Dictionary
  • Voice Memo Recorder
  • Pen/Paper
  • Digital Photo Frame
  • USB Drive
  • Wireless Mouse
  • Remote Control
  • 3G Modem/Dongle
  • Maps/Atlas
  • Compass
  • GPS Nav Unit
  • Digital Camera
  • Digital Audio Player
  • Portable DVD Player
  • Amazon Kindle
  • The Complete Works of Shakespeare
  • Any classical novel with an expired copyright
  • Portable Game Player
  • Pedometer
  • Flashlight
  • White Noise Generator
  • Guitar Tuner
  • Netbook

    • More info Click here Courtsey “Buyer’s Guide: 33 things you don’t need if you have an iPhone” by Chris Rawson

    Apple – Few more hours and the secret will be reveiled

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    McGraw-Hill’s CEO confirms that their textbooks will be on the Apple Tablet and it will be an iPhone OS based machine. When asked about rumors that their textbooks will be on the Apple tablet, Terry McGraw responds (2m 50s):  Watch the video on Mac Rumors..”Yeah, Very exciting. Yes, they’ll make their announcement tomorrow on this one. We have worked with Apple for quite a while. And the Tablet is going to be based on the iPhone operating system and so it will be transferable. So what you are going to be able to do now — we have a consortium of e-books. And we have 95% of all our materials that are in e-book format on that one. So now with the tablet you’re going to open up the higher education market, the professional market. The tablet is going to be just really terrific.”

    Google launch new smart phone – NEXUS ONE

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    Google has just unveiled its own smartphone, the Nexus One, upping the stakes once again in the smartphone arena. Unveiled at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California earlier this morning, the Nexus One is powered by a new version of Android (Google’s operating system for smartphones) and the hardware has been designed by Taiwanese handset maker HTC. Earlier online leaks were pretty accurate on the phone’s form factor, technical specifications and pricing details. You can pore over the technical specifications here. There’s plenty of features that will make geeks happy. Like its fast 1GHz processory, roomy 3.7-inch LED-based touchscreen display and 5-megapixel camera. The updated Android OS looks very slick with its animated and interactive background wallpapers and 3D-like user interface. More info and video, click here

    The smartphone’s ubiquitous speech recognition feature is a surprise feature addition, allowing you to do a Google search or enter text, whether it’s for an e-mail or a note, simply by speaking into the phone. The double-microphone feature that cancels out background noise for clearer calls sounds promising too. Thanks to its cutting-edge software and hardware, Google has even dubbed it a “superphone”.

    iPHONE 3GS – my love

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    iPHONE 3GS – i really love this phone..especially beautiful support to  Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.  Other features including 3-megapixel autofocus camera ,Video recording, Voice Control, Digital compass, Cut, Copy & Paste, Spotlight Search, Landscape keyboard, Voice Memos etc..you need to know more, click here