Hi,
Lately, I got a Marshmallow update for my Moto X Play to which I upgraded and as I wasn't quite aware of the Encryption Policy for the same, I tried mixing my 64 GB Samsung MicroSD with my internal storage. It worked fine until I started having problems using the new Marshmallow upgrade. I decided to downgrade, did not bothered about decrypting the card before downgrading.
As soon as I downgraded the device to Lollipop, I found that I was no longer able to use the MicroSD in the same way I used to do it earlier. It was write protected and I was not able to decrypt in any way.
Googling didn't quite helped, and it looks like very few people have had similar problem.
Anyone having same issue? And any solution to this?
I think if you reformat the card you can start using it again, but you will lose all data.
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Hi all,
after a good few weeks of no issue whatsover the adopted SD card in my play began failing - to the extent that it now gets checked by the system then disappears - i can see the card in linux but obv need the key to decrypt - cant get the key without rooting, cant root without wiping device.
before i bite the bullet and wave goodbye to all my stuff and start again i wanted to at least ask xda to see if there is any way to get this key otherwise
and my advice is never use the adopted storage feature
Thanks
Is your bootloader allready unlocked? If so, you can get root without wiping your data.
And yes, adopted storage is still very buggy
no boot loader not unlocked - device was relatively new so was waiting to unlock until i had a good reason :crying:
Hello all.
I am using Moto G4 Plus Indian variant and manually updated to NPJ25.75-2 and everything is find expect few bugs.
Now I tried to check flashing the latest OTA NPJ25.9 3-11 (even though it will not work) I come to realize some thing unusual when I selected apply update from SD card I am getting the following message
"Internal and external memory cannot be mounted"
Is this the problem with my phone or something problem with the soak test.
Is any solution for this. Just to clarify I am on Nought Soak Test not even unlocked bootloader.
Thanks in advance
Did you search and read that thread...? On 2 or 3 page clearly mentioned new update will not get flashed over old soak version, you will have to be on MM 139-63....!!
Hi Maddy
I knew that we can't flash latest update on Nought. But my question is why I am getting the above mentioned message as soon as I selected apply update from SD card from recovery.
I read about that mounting issue somewhere else also after flashing soak, i don't remember clearly where, little search can help you, i haven't tried soak so didn't have that issue and don't know what to do...
Has anyone who was not on the Nougat Beta been able to get adoptable storage to work on Nougat?
A little back story: I was on the beta and the other night I got the small update to go to Nougat. Unfortunately something went bad and my phone was stuck on the white Sprint screen. I took it to a Sprint corporate store and they flashed Marshmallow back on it. I got home and the phone immediately updated to the full 1.4gb Nougat. I've tried the adb commands that used to work and it no longer works. My SD card only shows half of what it is, so the old adoptable storage is still there, but not recognized. I know I can use disk management in Windows to delete that partition, but thought I'd start a thread on it if/when someone figures out how to do it on Nougat.
Hello All,
I have a Galaxy S5 that I must keep encrypted because it is a work phone and my workplace requires that it be encrypted.
I recently tried to add an SD Card (tried 3 different sizes and 3 different brands) and got the dreaded cannot mount cannot encrypt error loop.
I searched the net and found numerous complaints that all seem to point to the Android OS rather than a specific phone. I am using 6.0.1 on my phone.
I did not find any solution posted anywhere.
I am wondering though, has anyone tried to decrypt the phone, unlock the screen, add the sd card, then re-lock the screen, and re-encypt the phone ?
I did not see anyone post anywhere that they tried this.
Any helpful hints appreciated.
It Is Not Fixed
I have tried every method I have found from searches including ones from later Samsung unit forums and none of them work.
The only thing I have not tried is factory reset because it is a work phone and it will blow away all of the work apps and getting them restored will take weeks.
I cannot even try to decrypt the phone because it is Marshmallow 6.0.1 and decrypt does not work. You have to factory reset the phone to start all over.
I have decided to leave the micro sd card in the phone in the hopes that next OTA update will see it and apply some fix to allow it to work.
This Encyption stuff is really a doomsday. I have an identical phone slightly older but still a Samsung Galaxy S5 with Marshmallow 6.0.1 unencrypted and it takes the micro SD card with no problems and works great.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ENCRYPT YOUR PHONE, JUST DO NOT!!!
The encryption does not really work anyway. If you connect your phone to a pc and enter your password for the lock screen, all of your internal files are visible once you tap file transfer from the notification pull down.
So encryption does nothing beyond the lock screen. If someone can bust your lock screen password, they've got everything.
Hello,
So I managed to brick my samsung s7 edge, Not a big deal i tought. I found the stock rom and proceeded to flash using odin.
When I went to decrypt my sd card the phone wouldn't let me as it tought that I was on another device.
Is there anything I can do or did I just lose 5 years worth of photos and videos? Please help, i'm desperate.
Thanks
Hate to be the bearer of bad news but your data on the SD Card is useless. I went through the same issue years ago. Data is gone.
Sorry, man.