[Q] S4 asks for password, but is not encrypted - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have a problem and I hope somebody can help me. My phone can't boot into a TouchWiz ROM because it asks for an encryption pin or password, even though it is not encrypted.
Here is some history and more information:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 that had Cyanogenmod installed on it. Suddenly it was charging slow on my normally fast charger (even draining when the screen was on), so I was looking for a kernel with fastcharge enabled. I went through a few of them that worked and ended up with Mahdi ROM which I really liked until I read that the development stopped two weeks ago. I then decided to try out a TouchWiz rom but I tried three of them and all of them ask me for a password during the first boot. It's a TouchWiz screen that states something like: "Enter your pin or password to use the encrypted device memory".
I removed the external SD cart, did a full wipe in TWRP including internal storage and data partition format, but the problem persists. I can go back to Cyanogemod, Slimrom and Mahdi rom, but when I try Insane ROM or Wicked ROM I get the same password request popup. I through I would try ODIN to flash stock and see what happens, but the phone is not recognized by any computer I tried (MacBook Pro, DELL laptop or iMac). Since it has problems charging I think there is a problem with the USB port.
Anybody has a clue how I can disable this 'encrypted' bit / flag without using a USB connected computer? Because it is clear that the data on the phone is not encrypted. It is like something left over from a previous ROM.

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Lockscreen and Password Change

I powered off and powered on my Nook color running 7.1.0 off the internal memory, and i noticed that my lockscreen style had been changed, and my password does not work anymore. How do I get back in without doing a factory reset?
You've probably forgotten your password.
Not possible, I set it only 5 minutes ago.
Also, it will not let me recover using gmail, and when i click emergency call, it asks which launcher I should use (from a list of only half the launchers) but clicking on one does nothing.
I have a feeling there are some corrupt files...
EDIT:
Well, I ended up resetting it using Clockworkmod
This may be a bug, because I reflashed the stable rom, and the same password error occurred. I was still unable to access the nook after restarting
EDIT:
I flashed a different ROM on, and the same thing happened, any ideas?

Device permanently encrypted

I encrypted my phone using cyanogen mod 10.2, got fed up with my 3g not working so decided to go back to stock. Now it says device storage encrypted. wtf?
Phew. Installed stock using odin and still got the device encryption problem. Enter pin which fails, phone reboots and sorts itself out.
The lesson here is don't use encryption if it cant be undone, which is the case in cyanogenmod 10.2.
First prob i noticed was i couldn't backup in cwm/philz; data partition would not mount. This was not a problem in cyanogenmod 10.1/ samsung stock.
Be warned; this scared me silly. No more messing with encryption for me.

[HELP] HARDBrick - yep, I'm the first one !

Hey guys
Just got a S5 (previously owned a S2 and S4 Active, which I have rooted and put custom ROMs so many times. Hence I'm familiar with Odin, Recovery, etc etc).
About a week ago, I installed Shohat v5 ROM, everything went fine. I was quite happy with it.
I installed back my app from my S4 Active through a big update.zip (backed up with Titanium paid version) thanks to custom recovery.
And just now, when my battery was like 5% left, I decided to make a hard reboot (as Xprivacy warned me that I needed to restart to have my changes into effect).
I charged my phone and THEN I push the reboot button (not the hot boot).
While charging, the screen went normally black, but stayed black with the blue LED notification ON (not sure if that info is important).
Then, black screen stays forever:
- no logo
- no download mode
- no recovery
- When phone is connected through USB to my laptop, I hear the usual "tadaam" sound from Windows, but no "USB notification".
It seems a JIG would be the solution, but no idea if that would work for a S5 (I guess Samsung has now worked to avoid that solution)
Well, if anyone can help, that would be cool
Obvious I know but you have pulled the battery for a while and tried again right?
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Goldie said:
Obvious I know but you have pulled the battery for a while and tried again right?
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Hello
Indeed, I just removed the battery for a few hours a tried, no success.
But is it normal that a hardbrick can occur 1 week after installing a custom ROM?
Right now I can't bring it to Samsung store for repair...
(Adding a new post as editing is not working properly)
Isn't there a way to use ADB with commands through Windows (as there is the "tadaam" sound when I connect it through USB)?
A friend of mine bricked his Nexus tablet and went through such solution to remove the brick ...
OK ............
Here's the magic
After removing on and off the battery many times, trying to boot in recovery or download (trying about 15 times)
Now I managed to boot in recovery (I was like "huh?" and "wooohoooooo")
Did Wipe cache
Did Wipe Dalvick
No Factory reset
Fixed root (seems like I lost it, no idea why)
Let's see if I can reboot it
I think maybe the issue came from the huge update.zip created from my S4 Active (i9295) with Titanium backup (I was in Android version 4.2.2).
Maybe the reinstalled apps, messed up something as the ROM was in version 4.4.2...
Desanusseur2porc said:
OK ............
Here's the magic
After removing on and off the battery many times, trying to boot in recovery or download (trying about 15 times)
Now I managed to boot in recovery (I was like "huh?" and "wooohoooooo")
Did Wipe cache
Did Wipe Dalvick
No Factory reset
Fixed root (seems like I lost it, no idea why)
Let's see if I can reboot it
I think maybe the issue came from the huge update.zip created from my S4 Active (i9295) with Titanium backup (I was in Android version 4.2.2).
Maybe the reinstalled apps, messed up something as the ROM was in version 4.4.2...
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OK ... bad news again
I performed a hard reboot to check that everything was stable, and phone rebooted fine.
then I turned off and removed to battery to put back the SD card and the SIM card, and now the phone is not being turned on again.
And now the phone is not able to be turned ON again...
What's going on, any idea?
*** EDIT ***
I managed to reboot in custom recovery totally randomly after playing with the battery (removing, putting it back, trying to boot)
I made a full factory reset and reinstalled the custom ROM Shohat.
After rebooting, it went directly to ODIN as it was displaying error messages "ddi: MMC_read failed"
I guess the internal SD card is dead.
Questions:
1/ Is warranty OK if
- KNOX counter is at 0 (no idea why it is at zero)
- Current Binary is set to OFFICAL
- BUT SYSTEM STATUS is set to "CUSTOM"
2/ Can a custom ROM do this or is it a hardware failure?
Did you try with another sd card did you have apps installed on this sd card for me this sounds like a dead sdcard issue with some apps on it. I had the same issue with my X8 when a lot of apps ware running from the sd card btw sd cards are totally unreliably for storing important data as they usually die after some writing on them.
Change the SD Card and I think your phone will come back to normal.
SD Card Reader
Desanusseur2porc said:
After rebooting, it went directly to ODIN as it was displaying error messages "ddi: MMC_read failed"
I guess the internal SD card is dead.
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I don't know if this helps but I had an GS-900H (S5 octacore version) and struggled with it for a week trying to debug this problem, ordered new memory cards, installed different ROMs, etc. only to find out that the card reader was bad.
In my case it would corrupt the card every time so that my PC would need to 'repair' it before I could begin using it in the PC.
Maybe the card reader is a common point of failure?
EDIT: I also had issues with different cards working and not working based on the speed of the SD card (different S5). I know for a fact that it will switch you over to main memory when taking pictures that require advanced features -- I got a popup telling me that my memory card wasn't fast enough.
alex_tytn said:
I don't know if this helps but I had an GS-900H (S5 octacore version) and struggled with it for a week trying to debug this problem, ordered new memory cards, installed different ROMs, etc. only to find out that the card reader was bad.
In my case it would corrupt the card every time so that my PC would need to 'repair' it before I could begin using it in the PC.
Maybe the card reader is a common point of failure?
EDIT: I also had issues with different cards working and not working based on the speed of the SD card (different S5). I know for a fact that it will switch you over to main memory when taking pictures that require advanced features -- I got a popup telling me that my memory card wasn't fast enough.
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Hello guys
Thanks for your input.
Unfortunately I do not have an external SD card, the issue is with the Internal memory
So i can not request new ones or try to replace it, or work on the card reader...
Amazing that you are about to lose your phone forever and you don't even consider installing the original Samsung firmware.
What da f*** are you doing?
100%. Numb nut doesn't deserve the great phone It's like he got OCD.
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lcmazza said:
Amazing that you are about to lose your phone forever and you don't even consider installing the original Samsung firmware.
What da f*** are you doing?
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Hello
Well, not sure that ODIN will work as the internal MMC is not recognized, so where would that be installed?
Furthermore, I'm waiting for the feedback from Samsung (as knox counter is at 0, Binary is set to OFFICIAL and only status is set to Custom).
I did not want to change these counters with manipulating ODIN.
If Samsung gives it back to me with a new one, then wooohoooo
If Samsung says "f*** off, you manipulated it, warranty is off", then I'll use ODIN with STOCK ROM from Samfirmware + PIT file (they are ready for use on my computer)
If you can't get to download mode how do you propose to use Odin to flash stock ??
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[Q] Restore TWRP Backup - Now Get Incorrect PIN on Lock Screen

Background details:
- I had a good working Galaxy S4 running Stock 4.4.4, with Root/Safestrap/TWRP (Phone was not encrypted)
- I rebooted into Safestrap and did a full TWRP backup to my ext SD card [fat32]
- I tried to install CM-12 zip via Recovery Mode, but I think I missed a step and something didn't work out. So I,
- Rebooted back into Safestrap and selected "Restore" from the options. Restore ran for a while, rebooted and restarted successfully.
Now here's the strange part. Restore appears to have completed successfully because I can now see my original wall paper and the unlock screen. BUT my 4-digit numeric PIN doesn't work to unlock the screen. And it looks like wifi and cell phone service aren't connecting. So I"m stuck. I've tried the known-good PIN multiple times, but same results.
I guess I could Odin back to stock and go through the process of installing all my app's and setting them up, but I really don't want to do that.
Any idea why my PIN would not work or would have changed?
Which Version of TWRp do you use?
I remember that it's a known problem with some Version and the only way to prevent it, is to reset the PIN before backuping.
But you could try to delete the /data/sytem/locksettings.db to reset your PIN
If that not works try to delete the .key files in /system/data and create a new PIN after rebooting

HELP: Encryption Unsuccessful TB-X104F

I i had to reflash the firmware the correct one TB-X104F_S000024_180930_ROW_DCC. Anyway it wasn't booting at all before i flashed. Now it boots, shows the logo etc and constantly says Encryption unsuccessful!, so i reset it and factory reset it but nothing changes.
I have no idea where else to go, bootloader is locked and all i can do is flash the firmware. Would there be a way to remove this from the files within the firmware?. It seems like android is there in the background but i can't get away from that encryption unsuccessful screen!
Sorry if none of this makes sense.
Yo. I got the same tablet bro. Been trying to figure out a custom recovery for her. A stock ROM would be great to have and I haven't been able to find one anywhere. Might I inquire as to where you found yours? It would be a huge relief to know I can fix it if I break it lol.
encryption
If you download the Lenovo MOTO smart assistant from Lenovo support it has a resque option. I also used that to root my tb-x104f. It downloads the original everything and if you take the boot image from the file it downloads and replace it in one that has been modified from magisk it will rescue it and you will have root also thatd what I did with mine
same problem here, reflashed with stock rom. and not resloved
frankieuk said:
I i had to reflash the firmware the correct one TB-X104F_S000024_180930_ROW_DCC. Anyway it wasn't booting at all before i flashed. Now it boots, shows the logo etc and constantly says Encryption unsuccessful!, so i reset it and factory reset it but nothing changes.
I have no idea where else to go, bootloader is locked and all i can do is flash the firmware. Would there be a way to remove this from the files within the firmware?. It seems like android is there in the background but i can't get away from that encryption unsuccessful screen!
Sorry if none of this makes sense.
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Did you fix this issue?
I am having the same problem.
Thanks
Same problem here (my error reads "Decryption unsuccesful", but I think it's the same as yours).
After a few tries, I believe that it is a problem with the internet connection. After the factory reset, if I skip the wifi connection step, it starts normally. And it is completely usable. I can load pdf documents or apks by the usb from a computer and it runs correctly. But whenever I try to set the wifi connection, it updates something and it causes the tablet that the next time I turn it off, I find the error on the picture when turning on. It asks for a password and no matter which password you enter, then it delivers this message.
In resume, right now it is a completely functional tablet if you NEVER connect it to the internet and load anything you need via usb or bluetooth.
I tried to reset it with Lenovo Smart Assistant, but the result is the same.
I am looking for custom roms to try if it's something about the stock rom, but I haven't found any. Can anyone reccomend me a rom for Lenovo E10 X104F 2GB?
Solution: (Worked for me)
Format Data as F2FS in TWRP. (Advanced Wipe)
Then reboot and wait.

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