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[Q] Knox-Free Rom and SELinux Question

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If I flash a ROM which is "KNOX Free" (such as ExtremeDebloat Rom by elliwigy), will I be able to set SELinux to Permissive?
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Ultimately, I am trying to get my appradio 3 to be able to send touch screen input to my S5 (SM-G900V). I believe the reason I cannot get it to work yet is because SELinux is in Enforcing mode. There is an app called SELinux Mode Changer that allows you to toggle from Enforcing to Permissive by just tapping a button, but from what I have been able to find while researching the issue, it will not work on KNOX-enabled devices such as the Galaxy series. If I use SafeStrap on my rooted device (since the SM-G900V has a locked bootloader), flash a rom without KNOX, and install SELinux Mode Changer, will I be able to set SELinux to Permissive?
I apologize if this has been answered somewhere else on XDA. I searched but was unable to find an answer on here. Honestly, I'm a noob with this stuff so I might have even come across an answer and not recognized it haha.

I'm on a knox free ROM and just tried the selinux app and it didn't work.
Edit: there's a setting in the Wanam xposed module to turn off selinux but that doesn't seem to work either, just fyi.
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Thanks for the info. It saved me a lot of time trying to test that out myself haha.
So currently no one has found a way to set SELinux to Permissive on the SM-G900V variant of the S5?

Hmm... I'll try this on mine. I did this on the stock rom with Knox disabled, and SELinux installed fine, set to permissive, said it worked...I was just tinkering with trying to get Airwatch to work with root, and needed it in permissive mode to install Rootcloak. I got rootcloak installed and it seemed to be fine with the permissive setting in SELinux, but I never got Airwatch to work, so I just gave up.
Currently I am on SlimHyde, I'll try SELinux on it and see what it says.
EDIT: Well, it doesn't work now, so either I imagined it working, or...I dont know...sorry.

Thanks. Yeah the app always says it worked but if i exit and go back in it says it is enforcing again and the status under About Phone never changes.
Also, when Super User is first started, it asks if you want it to try to disable KNOX. I said yes and it said it was successful. What exactly did it do?

[Q] help: rooted galaxy s5 will not enable private move

I have a rooted galaxy s5 running dalvik runtime and private mode will not enable. I have knox disabled and that might be part of the problem. Is there any way to re enable Knox to to try and fox it that way? Or is there any way to pull my pictures from private mode without having to enable it? Please help!

Private mode working fine in my rooted S5 G900H.
Did you installed xposed? That crashes the private mode..
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cbergstrom1 said:
I have a rooted galaxy s5 running dalvik runtime and private mode will not enable. I have knox disabled and that might be part of the problem. Is there any way to re enable Knox to to try and fox it that way? Or is there any way to pull my pictures from private mode without having to enable it? !
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Nope. It doesn't sound like you read much before plunging in. You should have backed up your pictures beforehand. You will not be able to access your pictures without reenabling private mode. Presuming that you haven't incremented your Knox counter, revert your changes to enable Knox and backup your pictures. Then you can move forward from there.
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fffft said:
Nope. It doesn't sound like you read much before plunging in. You should have backed up your pictures beforehand. You will not be able to access your pictures without reenabling private mode. Presuming that you haven't incremented your Knox counter, revert your changes to enable Knox and backup your pictures. Then you can move forward from there.
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& how do you recommend reverting these changes? sorry i'm a newbie to this and i appreciate your help immensely!

cbergstrom1 said:
& how do you recommend reverting these changes?
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Ideally, you'd revert changes by restoring a backup of your working system that you made prior to running into problems. Presumably you don't have a backup though or you'd already have solved the problem (hence the value of backups).
If I was you, I'd first do a search to see if anyone has identified where the Knox container encryption keys are stored and back those up if at all possible as those keys will be essential in regaining access to your private mode photos or files.
Then make a list of what you have modified or what you have changed on your phone. And reverse each step until you get back to where your private mode was enabled. If you need help on any specific step, do a forum search first to see if there is an existing thread with details on how to revert a specific item.
If not, then post what you are trying to do and what keywords, etc you tried to find the answer with. There are a lot of knowledgeable people here that will try to help you. But they can't see your phone and can't help you a lot without details, so remember to describe in detail what you've done or attempted, the results, any error messages and so forth.
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I posed a new update of my module XSecureStorage it supports now SHealth and Private mode.

cbergstrom1 said:
I have a rooted galaxy s5 running dalvik runtime and private mode will not enable. I have knox disabled and that might be part of the problem. Is there any way to re enable Knox to to try and fox it that way? Or is there any way to pull my pictures from private mode without having to enable it? Please help!
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Sorry i dont spak Good ingles but i resolve the problem for the private mode i have sm g 900h rooted and i install the xposed mod the private mode his stop work and i going to Root explorer system bluid .Prop ro.securestorage.support=false writ ro.securestorage.support=true an goo to bluid .prop.apk ro.securestorage.support=false write ro.securestorage.support=true and restart your phone but you have to uninstal xposed mode befor all
Thank you have good jobe
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cbergstrom1 said:
I have a rooted galaxy s5 running dalvik runtime and private mode will not enable. I have knox disabled and that might be part of the problem. Is there any way to re enable Knox to to try and fox it that way? Or is there any way to pull my pictures from private mode without having to enable it? Please help!
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Sorry i dont speak Good ingles
i resolve the problem for the private mode i have
sm g 900h rooted
uninstal xposed mode
Root explorer
system
bluid .Prop
ro.securestorage.support=false
Modifeid ro.securestorage.support=true
and goo to bluid .prop.apk
ro.securestorage.support=false
Modifeid ro.securestorage.support=true
and restart your phone
Thank you have good jobe
ma37obi lebanon

[Q] fail to enable private mode in Samsung Galaxy Note 4

fail to enable private mode. try again.............help he out guy...using stock room+root.....
SM-N910G

sky0247 said:
fail to enable private mode. try again.............help he out guy...using stock room+root.....
SM-N910G
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There's an xposed mod that will fix it but it's because your rooted. Try setting secure storage to false in buildprop that might work

didn't work

SM-G900F Rooted, How To Enable Private Mode?

SM-G900F Rooted, how to enable Private Mode?
Since i have rooted my SM-G900F using CF Auto Root, i haven't been able to enable Private Mode. Using Google didn't help at all, and flashing the zip file found here did nothing. Is there any method to be able to enable Private Mode WITHOUT unrooting or installing Xposed Installer (We all know it is too buggy on Lollipop)

Works fine with my rooted G900F

How did you not trip the KNOX counter then?!?

I did trip KNOX, ages ago, and private mode never stopped working
Even froze all the KNOX apps and everything still works fine

Could you maybe send me a copy of your PersonalPageService.apk?
Maybe that will fix my problem

Galaxy S7 Edge Private Mode Is Not Working

Hello
This afternoon, I'm trying to activate the Private Mode for my S7 Edge. At first, it does not let me enable it after I turn it off.
Then I performed a factory reset. Right now, the phone does let me turn the private mode on and off, but there is no option for me to transfer video or pictures into private mode. I press and hold the file, but in the More Option, there is not anything which let me move the file into private mode.
Is there any solution for this? Please help

Have you rooted your phone? Rooting triggers knox which makes it useless and to my knowledge, private mode uses knox. I kniw for certain secret mode in browser does use knox. Once knox is triggered then these features become unavailable. The reason for this is because root drastically weakens knox security so samsung purposefully kill knox on root. Thats the risk you have to take if you root. If you havent rooted then i have no idea what is going on but this is my first thoughts based on what you have said

richhaynes said:
Have you rooted your phone? Rooting triggers knox which makes it useless and to my knowledge, private mode uses knox. I kniw for certain secret mode in browser does use knox. Once knox is triggered then these features become unavailable. The reason for this is because root drastically weakens knox security so samsung purposefully kill knox on root. Thats the risk you have to take if you root. If you havent rooted then i have no idea what is going on but this is my first thoughts based on what you have said
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i was rooted for awhile private mode did not work and then i unrooted my phone. private mode works just fine even with a tripped knox. so it root itself that disable private mode.

ecg803 said:
i was rooted for awhile private mode did not work and then i unrooted my phone. private mode works just fine even with a tripped knox. so it root itself that disable private mode.
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Now im really confused as I know for certain a tripped knox kills secret mode on the browser. I just assumed private mode would suffer the same fate....

richhaynes said:
Now im really confused as I know for certain a tripped knox kills secret mode on the browser. I just assumed private mode would suffer the same fate....
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here u go

ecg803 said:
here u go
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one more to show iam not rooted

ecg803 said:
not rooted
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Private mode is a Knox container. Knox CANNOT be tripped to use Knox containers.
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toastido said:
Private mode is a Knox container. Knox CANNOT be tripped to use Knox containers.
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well my knox is tripped

Yes, it "turns on" but cannot be used.
Edit: your didn't say that, OP did, my bad.
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the op probably is rooted and just did not put that information in their. i had my phone rooted and was testing private mode and it did not work but then i went back to all stock phone. i had private mode back.

ecg803, can you actually put anything in to private though? Switching it on or off doesnt mean its usable. For example, go to gallery, select an item, click more in top right, and is the 'move to private' option available? I agree with toastido that although you can switch it on and off, the actual ability to put anything in there should be, ahem, toast

yes i can.

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Im puzzled. You are the only person i have come across to have it working after tripping knox. Dont suppose you have any numbers for the UK national lottery tomorrow?

I had same problem with S5 which is unrooted but Twrp was installed which triggers Knox counter. Now Marshmallow 6.0.1 is not letting Samsung Browser to open private tab unlike on my S4 which is rooted and has 5.0.1 lollipop. It is a Marshmallow + Samsung scandal.