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Reset Private Mode password?

Hi guys, can this be done without a factory reset? I simply forgot my password.
If it cannot be done without a reset, what is the most painless and quickest way to accomplish this? Is there any way to backup everything in one tidy package and rewrite it after a reset?
I can root if needed. 910T.
Thanks in advance.

I'm forget note edge private mood password

I forgot mine and had to do a factory reset. I could not find anywhere how to reset without a factory reset
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Phone won't boot since I encrypted the storage

I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505 (unlocked version). It was using the stock v4.4.2 but it was rooted and the bootloader was unlocked, I also had a different Recovery installed (Can't remember which one but it wasn't Clockwork). I am no longer using the phone so it doesn't contain any data that I need. I was preparing the phone to sell it so I decided to encrypt the storage as I read that that doing this would remove any possibility of old data being taken off.
During encryption setup, I had to enter a PIN before I could have it encrypted so I entered one. Once it finished encrypting (took quite a while), it rebooted and asked me for the PIN to decrypt the device, I entered the PIN. It seemed like it accepted this but then it rebooted. It kept doing this so I thought no big deal as it probably already achieved what I wanted. So I did a factory reset via the Recovery. However, the encrypted partition still persisted after the factory reset.
So then I decided to use Odin (v3.09) along with the latest stock ROM (v4.4.2 I9505XXUGNG8) to write over the whole phone thinking this would reset it. But the encrypted partition still persists and it keeps rebooting after I enter my PIN.
How can I completely factory reset the phone including removing the encrypted storage? I don't need any data on the phone, just need to reset it completely back to factory.
TIA

Probably flash a custom recovery and then:
In TWRP, under "Wipe" menu, there is "Format Data" function, which will effectively remove the encryption from the device
(alongside with all the data of course).
ps the information you had about encrypting your device is wrong. Basically when you delete a file from you phone, there is no way currently possible to get it back. That is caused by TRIM. Not even professional companies can restore it as of yet. So once you delete it, it's really gone.

Lennyz1988 said:
Probably flash a custom recovery and then:
In TWRP, under "Wipe" menu, there is "Format Data" function, which will effectively remove the encryption from the device
(alongside with all the data of course).
ps the information you had about encrypting your device is wrong. Basically when you delete a file from you phone, there is no way currently possible to get it back. That is caused by TRIM. Not even professional companies can restore it as of yet. So once you delete it, it's really gone.
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Ok, I'll give that a go.
This is a similar article to what I read about needing to encrypt the device to truly remove your personal data: http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/fea...elete-all-data-from-your-android-phone-603731
What about files that haven't been explicitly deleted? Say for example if I left all the files undeleted but I just did a factory reset, will those files be recoverable? That's what I want to protect against.

Techno79 said:
Ok, I'll give that a go.
This is a similar article to what I read about needing to encrypt the device to truly remove your personal data: http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/fea...elete-all-data-from-your-android-phone-603731
What about files that haven't been explicitly deleted? Say for example if I left all the files undeleted but I just did a factory reset, will those files be recoverable? That's what I want to protect against.
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That articel is mistaken. As of Android 4.3, files that are deleted can't be recovered. A factory reset should be enough. It will also wipe your internal storage.

Thank you. Phone is all sorted now and back to a factory reset

Wiping process before selling

I've been offered a decent price on my note 3 and due to upgrading to the note 5 in October I'm interested.
I want to encrypt before wiping but had some questions.
If i encrypt then do a factory reset, then input his sim in and start it up, will it then ask for the encryption key before he can use it? Or does wiping it also remove the request for a key while still keeping the original data scrambled?
Also something i can't remember from before. When i have done the reset, does it give the option to turn off ready for the first boot being when his sim is in? Or does it automatically restart so i have to allow it to boot then tell it i dont want to log in my details?
Thanks guys

marc.knuckle said:
I've been offered a decent price on my note 3 and due to upgrading to the note 5 in October I'm interested.
I want to encrypt before wiping but had some questions.
If i encrypt then do a factory reset, then input his sim in and start it up, will it then ask for the encryption key before he can use it? Or does wiping it also remove the request for a key while still keeping the original data scrambled?
Also something i can't remember from before. When i have done the reset, does it give the option to turn off ready for the first boot being when his sim is in? Or does it automatically restart so i have to allow it to boot then tell it i dont want to log in my details?
Thanks guys
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Why would you encrypt the phone? [emoji33]
Factory reset means you need to set up everything from beginning.

kenny1991 said:
Why would you encrypt the phone? [emoji33]
Factory reset means you need to set up everything from beginning.
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I realise the reset starts from the beginning which is fine because I'll be selling to someone else. I needed to know whether it can be turned off right after the reset so i can turn on for the first time with the new persons sim in and he can start inputting his account details from the first boot.
I want to encrypt as apparently just resetting still enables someone to recover data.

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marc.knuckle said:
I realise the reset starts from the beginning which is fine because I'll be selling to someone else. I needed to know whether it can be turned off right after the reset so i can turn on for the first time with the new persons sim in and he can start inputting his account details from the first boot.
I want to encrypt as apparently just resetting still enables someone to recover data.
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If it was me, I will reset my phone. Copy some random files like Movies or audios and Reset again.
Which rewrites the data table..
and I have never tried this Encryption

nijom said:
If it was me, I will reset my phone. Copy some random files like Movies or audios and Reset again.
Which rewrites the data table..
and I have never tried this Encryption
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Do it 3 times or get an app for that.
I would never buy an encrypted phone without pass.

Found out why sRGB mode keeps resetting after reboot

If you have the security feature Secure startup enabled, which requires you to enter your password/pin/pattern before your phone boots up, sRGB mode will reset every time. After turning secure start-up off, sRGB mode will stick and you won't need to re-enable it after every reboot. You can disable/enable this feature by going into security and resetting your password

Thanks for the tip, seems to work :good:

Any idea why I can't disable the secure startup feature? I've tried turning password on/off repeatedly, and it never gives me that option again.

amirfk12 said:
Any idea why I can't disable the secure startup feature? I've tried turning password on/off repeatedly, and it never gives me that option again.
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You need to change it to another security type. For example if you have a PIN change it to pattern and back or vice versa

tried that. didn't work. any other ideas?

I never set secure startup and mine reset every reboot. Since I reboot every day.
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I can't turn off the secure reset feature as well. I tried changing from pattern to pin to password and still no dice. I even factory reset to see if that would help and it didn't. Maybe a bug that will get fixed in a future update.
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Can not remove the secure startup

uknowme4me said:
I can't turn off the secure reset feature as well. I tried changing from pattern to pin to password and still no dice. I even factory reset to see if that would help and it didn't. Maybe a bug that will get fixed in a future update.
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Did you factory reset through recovery mode or through backup and reset setting?

I did it through both. I just got my 64gb frost 6P yesterday and it does the same exact thing. I'm thinking a software bug.
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uknowme4me said:
I did it through both. I just got my 64gb frost 6P yesterday and it does the same exact thing. I'm thinking a software bug.
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yeah, was chatting with Google CS....wiped cache, didn't work and so they suggested factory reset. if it didn't work for you, i don't think i'm going to do it

My 6P requires patern before boot up and sRGB does not reset by itself.
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That did the trick! Thank you!
For those of you still having issues, here are the steps: Settings > Security > Screen Lock (top option on this page) > confirm your password/pattern/etc. > choose a new one (can be the same as before) > THEN you choose the "Secure Start-up" yes or no. CHOOSE " No Thanks" ...Problem solved. Well, for me at least.
Absolutely 100% stock
Non rooted
Build number MDB08K

enhancedcollagen said:
If you have the security feature Secure startup enabled, which requires you to enter your password/pin/pattern before your phone boots up, sRGB mode will reset every time. After turning secure start-up off, sRGB mode will stick and you won't need to re-enable it after every reboot. You can disable/enable this feature by going into security and resetting your password
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if you disable Secure startup doesn't that make device encryption useless?

I'm having this issue too with my Nexus 6p running Nougat. I'm unable to turn off secure startup. I've tried a factory reset through recovery and that didn't help. I wonder if it's some kind of issue with the OTA. I wish they would hurry up and make the factory image available so I could try flashing it to see if that somehow fixes it. The odd thing is that while running marshmallow I had secure startup in place, but sRGB stuck during a restart. I'm also wondering if decrypting would resolve the issue since that would basically disable secure startup, but I'm reluctant to do that because I'm getting tired of setting up my phone again and again. The other reason I'm reluctant is because my phone was decrypted until I pushed the nougat OTA. If I'm going to go to the trouble of decrypting my phone just to have another OTA encrypt it in the future, I'd rather not bother. Does anyone know whether flashing factory image (not necessarily an OTA) always encrypts the device? (Sorry for my wordiness)

chaddesch said:
I'm having this issue too with my Nexus 6p running Nougat. I'm unable to turn off secure startup. I've tried a factory reset through recovery and that didn't help. I wonder if it's some kind of issue with the OTA. I wish they would hurry up and make the factory image available so I could try flashing it to see if that somehow fixes it. The odd thing is that while running marshmallow I had secure startup in place, but sRGB stuck during a restart. I'm also wondering if decrypting would resolve the issue since that would basically disable secure startup, but I'm reluctant to do that because I'm getting tired of setting up my phone again and again. The other reason I'm reluctant is because my phone was decrypted until I pushed the nougat OTA. If I'm going to go to the trouble of decrypting my phone just to have another OTA encrypt it in the future, I'd rather not bother. Does anyone know whether flashing factory image (not necessarily an OTA) always encrypts the device? (Sorry for my wordiness)
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Yes. Every OTA will force encryption due to the "forceencrypt" flag in the boot.img. Flashing SuperSU, modified boot.img, or custom kernel will turn that off and keep you decrypted, if you are decrypted.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Yes. Every OTA will force encryption due to the "forceencrypt" flag in the boot.img. Flashing SuperSU, modified boot.img, or custom kernel will turn that off and keep you decrypted, if you are decrypted.
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Thanks for the quick reply, SlimSnoopOS. Can I infer that as long as I'm not flashing an OTA and just the system image from the factory image (not the boot image) then it won't screw with the decryption?

chaddesch said:
Thanks for the quick reply, SlimSnoopOS. Can I infer that as long as I'm not flashing an OTA and just the system image from the factory image (not the boot image) then it won't screw with the decryption?
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It won't but there's nothing wrong with ADB Sideload the OTA zip or manually flashing boot, system and vendor. Just make sure to go directly into TWRP (do not boot into the rom) and flash superuser/custom kernel before booting up to stay decrypted. I've manually installed each OTA and kept decrypted doing those steps.
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Trying to recover files after flash

The phone is the Galaxy S8 G950FD (exynos). Today I have tried to root it using TWRP, but I didnt make a backup of my files, so I have not wiped my data in TWRP. The phone would turn on normally but it show the message about verification failed and asked to do a factory reset, but I didnt. Then I have flashed the original ROM though odin, but only the AP (about 5,1GB). Now the phone boots up and everything is fine, but it is factory reseted. It only show 10GB of total space, so I think my data is stored in another partition. There is a way to recover this data?

If you did a factory reset already, I don't think you will be able to recover your files anymore.
However, you should check by using a Data recovery App.

RossTeagan said:
If you did a factory reset already, I don't think you will be able to recover your files anymore.
However, you should check by using a Data recovery App.
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They are gone, no possible way to recover.

partcyborg said:
They are gone, no possible way to recover.
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Sorry about that...