I have a international and domestic unlocked sprint samsung galaxy s4 running stock rooted 4.4.2 NAE on straight talk. I've never touched the security setting in the 9 months I've had the phone but the other day I wanted to change it from swype to unlock to pin to unlock. It lets me go through the process of setting up a pin but after I enter the pin the second time it just goes back to the main menu and shows it's still on swype to unlock. Anyone else ever have this problem or no a way of fixing it?
Also I just notice when I select screen lock in settngs it shows Swipe, Face unlock, Face and Voice, Pattern and None as greyed out with "Turned off by administrator, encryption policy or credential storage"
Also forgot to add that I have earlier versions of philz recovery and Kt kernel but i'm going to update to their latest versions today.
Check out unknownforce's thread on stock rooted NAE. He talks about this issue in there and may have your answer.
Hello
I want to have swipe plus additional security on my lock screen for Note 3. Is this possible? I am rooted, and have xposed installed, but couldn't find any modules that supported this. I'm still on 4.4.2.
thanks
Hello
No one?
I tried using gravity box's swipe before pattern for this, but my phone stuck on lockscreen and I couldn't unlock it. After many tries, and prayers, I finally unlocked the screen and promptly unchecked this.
Any other way to use this?
Hi,
I have a N910C Exynos (oem) on Lollipop and i´m tryning to wipe my credentials but in the Security options the "Clear credentials" option is disabled/grayed out. How can i turn this option on??
Explain and Things that i already tried:
Problem starts after i tried to root my galaxy. It was already in 5.1.1 (OTA installed) and when i tried to root i got a boot loop.
- I did the factory reset wiping cache and data/factory reset and still got on boot loop
- Tried to return to original condition installing by Odin the 4.4.4 stock version but got sw rev check fail .... 2 binary 1 on android screen and Fail status in Odin
- Tried to install 5.0.1 and same thing
- Installed 5.1.1 normal.
- After boot up, Clear credentials (as some other features, like lock screen) was already grayed out
- Tried to do a downgrade and Fail
- Tried to do the encrypt and decrypt the SD card, but same thing
- Tried to unlock screen with samsung find my phone, change to pattern mode, choose a pin code after pattern, reboot, put the wrong pattern on porpouse but it never ask for the pin so i could try to use google account to reset
- Tried to uncheck and check every admin
I tried pretty much everything that everyone write on this forum and internet. Nothing seems to work.
Is there any third part app to clear credentials or anyone has any idea how can i fix this F#[email protected]# problem??
Plz, Help
exlows said:
Hi,
I have a N910C Exynos (oem) on Lollipop and i´m tryning to wipe my credentials but in the Security options the "Clear credentials" option is disabled/grayed out. How can i turn this option on??
Explain and Things that i already tried:
Problem starts after i tried to root my galaxy. It was already in 5.1.1 (OTA installed) and when i tried to root i got a boot loop.
- I did the factory reset wiping cache and data/factory reset and still got on boot loop
- Tried to return to original condition installing by Odin the 4.4.4 stock version but got sw rev check fail .... 2 binary 1 on android screen and Fail status in Odin
- Tried to install 5.0.1 and same thing
- Installed 5.1.1 normal.
- After boot up, Clear credentials (as some other features, like lock screen) was already grayed out
- Tried to do a downgrade and Fail
- Tried to do the encrypt and decrypt the SD card, but same thing
- Tried to unlock screen with samsung find my phone, change to pattern mode, choose a pin code after pattern, reboot, put the wrong pattern on porpouse but it never ask for the pin so i could try to use google account to reset
- Tried to uncheck and check every admin
I tried pretty much everything that everyone write on this forum and internet. Nothing seems to work.
Is there any third part app to clear credentials or anyone has any idea how can i fix this F#[email protected]# problem??
Plz, Help
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When the clear credential is grayed out means there aren't any credentials to wipe. Basically, what is your problem?
Jertlok said:
When the clear credential is grayed out means there aren't any credentials to wipe. Basically, what is your problem?
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In Security section some options are grayed out with this status "disabled by administrator, encryption policy, or credential storage"
The Encrypt device option have only Pin and fingerprint on, the rest is disabled... I saw that if i clear the credentials it would fix this problem...
exlows said:
In Security section some options are grayed out with this status "disabled by administrator, encryption policy, or credential storage"
The Encrypt device option have only Pin and fingerprint on, the rest is disabled... I saw that if i clear the credentials it would fix this problem...
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So, try to explain better your issue via posting some screenshot or writing more clearly.
Do you mean the Screen Lock Type?
-from Lock screen and security > Screen Lock Type
I think you previously encrypted your device and now you are having issues, have you tried to get access to your old files?
Jertlok said:
So, try to explain better your issue via posting some screenshot or writing more clearly.
Do you mean the Screen Lock Type?
-from Lock screen and security > Screen Lock Type
I think you previously encrypted your device and now you are having issues, have you tried to get access to your old files?
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I´m new here, can´t post any links to my photos. Sorry if i´m not been clear, my english is not that good. I´m from Brazil. But i will try to explain more clearly here:
1 - I go to the Settings > System > Security
2 - In Security tab i choose Encrypt device (codificar dispositivo)
3 - Then i click to choose the lock screen option
4 - The 3 options are grayed out, just the PIN (senha) and Fingerprint (Impressão Digital) are enabled
I just got the phone. Brand new. Then i tried to root but got stock in boot loop, so i installed the stock rom and then i saw this problem.
I have never encrypted the phone nor the SD. I can access everything in my phone but this options. Knox are diabled to, since i tried to root and got Knox status 1.
The only way to highlight the 5 screen lock options is if i go to samsung find my phone, click in unlock screen device. Then the phone gets unlocked and i got a pop up to choose a new screen lock. But if i choose, for an example, Pattern, i draw the pattern, choose a pin code, but as soon i finish it all options get grayed again.
And in the lock screen i can draw the wrong pattern as many times as i want but i don´t got the option to use de PIN to get into device.
exlows said:
I´m new here, can´t post any links to my photos. Sorry if i´m not been clear, my english is not that good. I´m from Brazil. But i will try to explain more clearly here:
1 - I go to the Settings > System > Security
2 - In Security tab i choose Encrypt device (codificar dispositivo)
3 - Then i click to choose the lock screen option
4 - The 3 options are grayed out, just the PIN (senha) and Fingerprint (Impressão Digital) are enabled
I just got the phone. Brand new. Then i tried to root but got stock in boot loop, so i installed the stock rom and then i saw this problem.
I have never encrypted the phone nor the SD. I can access everything in my phone but this options. Knox are diabled to, since i tried to root and got Knox status 1.
The only way to highlight the 5 screen lock options is if i go to samsung find my phone, click in unlock screen device. Then the phone gets unlocked and i got a pop up to choose a new screen lock. But if i choose, for an example, Pattern, i draw the pattern, choose a pin code, but as soon i finish it all options get grayed again.
And in the lock screen i can draw the wrong pattern as many times as i want but i don´t got the option to use de PIN to get into device.
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Oka, now i've got your problem. Try to check if all the Android Certificates are enabled. Settings > Security > Other Security Settings > View security certificates
Jertlok said:
Oka, now i've got your problem. Try to check if all the Android Certificates are enabled. Settings > Security > Other Security Settings > View security certificates
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Ok, the path is a a little bit different for me. I´m in the Security -> Trusted Credentials... Here i can see 2 tabs: System and User
In system there ar a lot of credentials and they are all enabled, in user i have none.
Just a heads up: I already tried to disable all of them one by one before. Didn´t help
Did you ever get this figured out? I have tons of certificates installed and turned on. Some are from China, Turkey and in other languages. I want to remove them all but Clear Credentials is greyed out. I'm using a Samsung S5 on v6.0.1 (not rooted).
Joe
exlows said:
Ok, the path is a a little bit different for me. I´m in the Security -> Trusted Credentials... Here i can see 2 tabs: System and User
In system there ar a lot of credentials and they are all enabled, in user i have none.
Just a heads up: I already tried to disable all of them one by one before. Didn´t help
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Hi all, first post. (long time lurker)
I've got a Samsung galaxy note 3 (SM-n900 - "ha3g")
I'm attempting to root the phone. (usually takes a minute or two) but I'm struggling here.
The problem I'm facing is the samsung re-activation lock on the phone.
It's not letting me flash any updates or firmware in download mode.
Whenever I try to disable the re-activation lock on the phone security menu, it asks for a username and password, then once I put in the correct password, it puts me back into security settings and the reactivation lock is still ticked on.
I updated from 4.4.2 to 5.0 last week and I'm just trying to re-root, but I can't turn off activation lock to let me flash packages.
Anyone heard of this before? Any fixes?
I've just this second tried a factory reset, it asks for my Samsung account info, I put it in, it resets the phone.
When it comes back up, tells me that I have done an unclean reset and I need to log into my samsung account to continue.
I log in, and reactivation lock is still ticked.
Halp please. App adverts are eating my data and I need root.
Model: Samsung J500F
Baseband: J500FXXU1BPF2 (Portugal)
Greetings to everyone.
My samsung j5 has a bug with the lock screen, which seems never ocurred with someone else.
It started when after i updated to Android Marshmallow after OTA updates and then i made a factory reset. After that i tried to put a Pin in lockscreen and after the pin was confirmed i locked the phone. When after a while i hit the button to turn the screen on it didnt asked the pin. In fact when i tried to change the pin in security settings it asked me a pin which wasn't the same that i put before.
To trying to solve this i though of doing a new factory reset, so i had to go to mysamsung.com to unlock the phone via remote controls and then i succefully reseted the phone.
The problem is that in the middle i forgot that and tried to do root but something went bad and i did lost the warranty but root didn't work. So a days after I tried to put a pass code and again the same error, this time asking for a password that didn't match mine.
I did some troubleshot:
-after Putting another pin the phone sends me to the previous page (security page) and instead of "pin" method to unlock screen it says "swip finger"
-it happens with passcode and pattern code too but when pattern code is choosed if i go to change it it firstly shows a pattern change screens but in a sec it dissapear being possible to put a new one and have the same bug
-I downloaded and installed a stock rom to my baseband and model (android 6.0 but my phone came with 5.1) and the error still exist.
-samsung support said to use smart switch initialization service but it says that my device doesn't support.
Notes: I didn't want to install a custom rom cause i like the samsung style.
Like i said: warranty is now voided (knox 0x1 (2)).
Any help would be apreciated.
Ps: I will provide screenshots and more info if needed.
Solved
Joylopes25 said:
Model: Samsung J500F
Baseband: J500FXXU1BPF2 (Portugal)
Greetings to everyone.
My samsung j5 has a bug with the lock screen, which seems never ocurred with someone else.
It started when after i updated to Android Marshmallow after OTA updates and then i made a factory reset. After that i tried to put a Pin in lockscreen and after the pin was confirmed i locked the phone. When after a while i hit the button to turn the screen on it didnt asked the pin. In fact when i tried to change the pin in security settings it asked me a pin which wasn't the same that i put before.
To trying to solve this i though of doing a new factory reset, so i had to go to mysamsung.com to unlock the phone via remote controls and then i succefully reseted the phone.
The problem is that in the middle i forgot that and tried to do root but something went bad and i did lost the warranty but root didn't work. So a days after I tried to put a pass code and again the same error, this time asking for a password that didn't match mine.
I did some troubleshot:
-after Putting another pin the phone sends me to the previous page (security page) and instead of "pin" method to unlock screen it says "swip finger"
-it happens with passcode and pattern code too but when pattern code is choosed if i go to change it it firstly shows a pattern change screens but in a sec it dissapear being possible to put a new one and have the same bug
-I downloaded and installed a stock rom to my baseband and model (android 6.0 but my phone came with 5.1) and the error still exist.
-samsung support said to use smart switch initialization service but it says that my device doesn't support.
Notes: I didn't want to install a custom rom cause i like the samsung style.
Like i said: warranty is now voided (knox 0x1 (2)).
Any help would be apreciated.
Ps: I will provide screenshots and more info if needed.
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Hey everyone.
Turns out that after almost two months Samsung relased an updated that fixed this error.
Joylopes25 said:
Hey everyone.
Turns out that after almost two months Samsung relased an updated that fixed this error.
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With installing the new update your phone baseband is still J500FXXU1BPF2 or something else?
saeid.1980 said:
With installing the new update your phone baseband is still J500FXXU1BPF2 or something else?
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Actually with this new update the baseband still the same but when I updated the Android 5.1 to 6.0 the baseband changed.