Exchained was a communication app developed by Adam Biko. It was removed from Google Play Apr 15, 2024 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
Exchained had been downloaded 2.8 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
Exchained was rated 4.55 out of 5 stars, based on 110 ratings.
App Information
Exchained cost $1.99 to download. The APK download size was 339.56 kB. The last available version was 3.2.4. The last update was on May 28, 2019.
Technical Requirements
Exchained required Android 4.4+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play August 2016.
Description
This app will unbind you from Exchange ActiveSync policies and bypass them. This means that you will be able to access your Exchange mailbox via ActiveSync using unmodified native android mail apps without granting remote administration permissions to the Exchange server and without rooting the device. The app lets you also customize some of the device info data exposed by the email client.
The app supports multiple accounts on multiple Exchange servers. You need a valid account and prior access to your Exchange server as Exchained cannot obtain that for you, also it won't work with Exchange accounts that require a client certificate which is typical when the device is controlled by an MDM solution, such as Microsoft Intune.
Currently tested mail clients: - Android AOSP native client - Gmail app - Samsung's "E-mail" app and Samsung Focus - BlackBerry Hub - Nine, Boxer, Mail Wise,
Other mail clients may or may not work: the app should work with most Exchange ActiveSync clients that are based on the Android Exchange libraries and that let you configure the scheme/server/port of the Exchange server (which excludes the "Outlook" Android app as it always uses an https scheme). It can also be useful, when using multiple Exchange ActiveSync client apps, to limit the number of active partnerships seen by the server.
PLEASE NOTE that, if you don't have access to your Exchange server via ActiveSync, Exchained cannot magically obtain that for you. If you have access and can get the emails, Exchained can hide the ActiveSync policies. However if you don't have a valid account, or Exchange has been configured to require a portal or MDM pre-authorization or allow only some specific devices, or block e.g. your mail client, or the ActiveSync protocol, or HTTP authentication, etc..., all these things are outside Exchained's control. While these can be generally seen as "policies", they are not the "ActiveSync policies" that Exchained can handle.
The app doesn't provide or implement any part of the Exchange ActiveSync protocol itself (either server or client), it doesn't even decode the Exchange XML messages, it just performs smart search&replace actions on the traffic flow between a third-party mail client app and the Exchange server. Therefore the app is tiny and uses negligible resources on your mobile device.
Tested Exchange server versions: 2016 [v15.1] (including Office365), 2013 [v15.0]; Exchange 2010 and earlier are NOT supported.
Tested ActiveSync versions: 14.1, 16
Customizable device info: DeviceType, DeviceId and UserAgent.
Please read instructions at https://sites.google.com/site/bikomobi/exchained before purchasing the app.
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★★★★★
Works seamlessly between the Gmail app and my school's enterprise 365 service. Email, calendar, etc. sync no problem with no demand for Big Brother control of my device. Mine. I bought it. It belongs to me. Keep your filthy obsessive security policies on your own hardware. I do what I want with my own property. (Pro tip: If your organization uses the 365 mail service, Google search "365 app password" if the mail client you wish to use does not support modern auth.)
★★★★★
My first time being on an Exchange server - always been a GApps user previously. Saw Gmail want device administrator with no workaround - hold up, you're telling me my Exchange administrator can just wipe my device. That's gonna be a no from me dawg. Exchained does exactly what it says and worked perfectly for me. Was able to spoofy my sent phone nunber to Google Voice as well, since that's the number I wish them to see (if any). All in all, solid stuff and works perfectly! Free yourself from draconian policies!
★★☆☆☆
Unfortunately, this did not work with the latest Gmail version. It immediately goes to "something went wrong blah blah blah contact your IT admin," then it resets the port number to 80. I might ask for a refund before the day is over, if I couldn't get it to work.
★★☆☆☆
Not sure what's going on but it seems that this apps does not work on s8+. I emailed exchained team with no luck so far
Technologies used by Exchained
Exchained is requesting 5 permissions and is using 2 libraries.
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