-        HeadMethod head = null;
-        try {
-            head = new HeadMethod(client.getWebdavUri() + WebdavUtils.encodePath(mPath));
-            int status = client.executeMethod(head, TIMEOUT, TIMEOUT);
-            client.exhaustResponse(head.getResponseBodyAsStream());
-            boolean success = (status == HttpStatus.SC_OK && !mSuccessIfAbsent) || (status == HttpStatus.SC_NOT_FOUND && mSuccessIfAbsent);
-            result = new RemoteOperationResult(success, status, head.getResponseHeaders());
-            Log.d(TAG, "Existence check for " + client.getWebdavUri() + WebdavUtils.encodePath(mPath) + " targeting for " + (mSuccessIfAbsent ? " absence " : " existence ") + "finished with HTTP status " + status + (!success?"(FAIL)":""));
+        AuthenticationMethod authMethod = AuthenticationMethod.UNKNOWN;
+        
+        RemoteOperation operation = new ExistenceCheckRemoteOperation("", mContext, false);
+        client.setBasicCredentials("", "");
+        client.setFollowRedirects(false);
+        
+        // try to access the root folder, following redirections but not SAML SSO redirections
+        do {
+            result = operation.execute(client);
+            client.setBaseUri(Uri.parse(result.getRedirectedLocation()));