(Hopefully this is the right place.)
Those who have installed @hsbadr's CM13 port for the 910V might have found that fingerprints can't be deleted from Settings. Well, after not finding much on Google and having to resort to searching my filesystem, I believe I have found the two files that deal with fingerprint data and configuration. Since there seems to be nothing online about this, I want to share what I did.
To remove fingerprint and lock data, delete these two files:
Code:
/data/validity/template.db
/data/system/users/0/settings_fingerprint.xml
Reboot once they've been deleted, and then set up your lock settings again.
I was in a situation where I had only deleted template.db. That just screwed everything up and made it so I couldn't even set a pattern or PIN unlock without Settings crashing. Deleting the second file as well fixed it for me.
It could also be helpful to delete /data/system/locksettings.db, but I'm not entirely sure if it will have any effect other than resetting every setting under Lock Screen.
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Hi,
I have managed to lock myself out of my Samsung S5. The fingerprint sensor is now locked and I can't remember my alternate password.
As I have data I really want to keep, is there a way to either bypass the alternate password or dump the entire memory so that I can dig out the info I need to keep?
I've tried both with Android device manager but the unlock option seems to been removed and I did not set up the 'find my mobile' functionality either?
thanks
I received my Nexus 6P today, which is running Android 6.0.
By default, the device is encrypted. But it seems most apps that I try to run that require encryption don't realize that my device is encrypted and I'm getting errors and loops: Gmail, Sunrise, Mailwise, Outlook.
Is there something I can do to get these apps to work?
I don't seem to be able to disable and re enable encryption.
Is this happening to anybody else?
6P has hardware encryption. You need to encrypt it through software also.
They want this
papi92 said:
They want this
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Thank you. That seems to fix it. For those people googling this you get there from Settings > Security > PIN Lock > Secure Start-up
Not a very intuitive fix and should probably be bundled with the encryption settings.
I skipped through the startup to unlock and root the phone immediately when I got it and I didn't get the option for secure startup afterwords, took me forever to find that setting.
Hello Everybody,
I've the Pure Nexus custom Rom installed on my Nexus 6p and a strange event is happening every time I change the security settings:
1) Deleted the localsecuritysettings.db file from /data/system
2) set up the PIN as main security access method for the phone
3) setup 4 fingerprints for unlocking the phone
Once that is done, if I try to access the fingerprints settings again an error occurs and Settings system app crashes. The same thing happens with the smart lock setting. As soon as I tap on smart lock, the system settings app crashes.
Anyone having the same issue?
Thanks for the help. Luigi
Are you using a substratum theme? If so disable it, reboot and try again.
You might get a better response in the pure nexus thread.
You need to delete
gatekeeper.password.key
gatekeeper.pattern.key
locksettings.db
locksettings.db-shm
locksettings.db-wal
And delete your fingerprint because those is saved.
So I'm having this issue where my SM-G950F looses ALL known Networks when Wifi gets toggled.
I installed the update which came on the 21.04 but since I'm rooted I can't recieve OTA Updates anymore
Wlan driver is: Wlan v1.0 Release 1
Is there any fix for this?
Exactly the same issue with root here
I'm also rooted and having the same issue
Still happening .... does noone have a clue how to fix this ?
I've got the very same issue. It's very annoying. Hope someone finds a fix soon.
I'm also on a rooted Samsung S8+.
I think I have the same problem, but only when the WiFi-network has a password. It will remember the networks without password but as soon as I reboot or toggle Wifi it will have forgotten the network and password.
I also noticed the information disappears from the wpa_supplicant.conf-file.
I tried to solve it by:
- Deleting cache and data of google backup transport
- Deleting the DHCP-folder in /data/mics/
- Deleting the network-info in wpa_supplicant.conf
- Setting ro.secure.storage=false to false in BuildProp
- Deleting the ss_data-folder in /efs/
Nothing worked.
I have a Galaxy S8 (SM-G950F), Android 7.0 rooted with Magisk. To make room for Open GApps I had to remove some system-apps.
- Any of you installed Open GApps as well?
- I also noticed I had to enter a bluetooth passkey today. Although I previously connected my phone to my car. Could it be bluetooth is also affected?
Verplrke said:
I think I have the same problem, but only when the WiFi-network has a password. It will remember the networks without password but as soon as I reboot or toggle Wifi it will have forgotten the network and password.
I also noticed the information disappears from the wpa_supplicant.conf-file.
I tried to solve it by:
- Deleting cache and data of google backup transport
- Deleting the DHCP-folder in /data/mics/
- Deleting the network-info in wpa_supplicant.conf
- Setting ro.secure.storage=false to false in BuildProp
- Deleting the ss_data-folder in /efs/
Nothing worked.
I have a Galaxy S8 (SM-G950F), Android 7.0 rooted with Magisk. To make room for Open GApps I had to remove some system-apps.
- Any of you installed Open GApps as well?
- I also noticed I had to enter a bluetooth passkey today. Although I previously connected my phone to my car. Could it be bluetooth is also affected?
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I've also rooted with Magisk but I haven't removed any apps/installed GApps.
I've noticed the same with Bluetooth, my Zenwatch3 will ask me to confirm the passkey on my phone before pairing.
Did you by any chance enable 'unified hosts adblock' in Magisk? It was the cause of my problems. Disabled that and it worked.
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Did you by any chance enable 'unified hosts adblock' in Magisk? It was the cause of my problems. Disabled that and it worked.
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Hmm interesting...
I've enabled "systemless host" in magisk but I'm using AdAway app rather than the "Unified Hosts Adblock" module.
I'll mess about with these and see if it resolves.
Same issue here on 955f, rooted with magisk, dhcp folder and file changed, systemless host off and still no wifi in memory. Has someone performed wipe to see if the issue has been resolved this way? Thanks
Hi.
I need guidance on how to decrypt and mount my phone's encrypted "sdcard" storage so I can take a backup. (Alternatively, I would like some form of statement saying that even if I dirty flash, and then log into my Google account, I would be able to access my encrypted data. I doubt this is possible; I believe encryption to be unique per installation.)
My beloved OP5 was beginning to get sluggish (and sometimes wouldn't store photos I would take without having unlocked the phone), so after ~1.000hrs uptime I rebooted it. And now, it's stuck at "Phone is starting" displayed over my lock screen wallpaper. It can't seem to get past this stage, it will stay that way even if left overnight. My daily alarm seems to function normally, and I can access the notification drop-down -- and through that the Settings app.
It's running OxygenOS 10.0.0, with the latest OTA update. It is rooted and has the latest TWRP recovery and Magisk (solely for root, no Magisk modules installed).
Through the Settings app, I can see that the Default App registered for "Home app" is "None" -- wtf? Clicking it gives me no options (pretty much just a blank screen), although there is the stock launcher as well as ADW launcher (which I prefer, and had as default prior to the reboot).
I have tried wiping the cache and Dalvik. I have tinkered with turning lock screen settings (code, pin, pattern, etc) on and off, but found that anything other than the pattern would not allow me to access TWRP because that one either shows a pattern input, or a password input that accepts neither a pin, a password, nor my Google password. That is to say, using the pattern code, I can make full use of TWRP but apparently to no effect.
I have read that a factory reset "should" fix this, but I am running with an encrypted file system and thus I cannot simply make a data dump from TWRP. Also, although I can access the "USB preferences" setting (which I have set to default to "File transfer" anyhow), I cannot get it to mount on my Linux workstation (which has not been a problem before) -- I do get a device named "20160907_11062618" with the autorun.inf and such files, but the "OnePlus" device will not mount via MTP.
What else can I try to recover my encrypted data, before I inevitably re-flash this device? Can I use fastboot to decrypt and mount the phone's "sdcard" storage on my workstation, if so with which commands?
Ahr well ... I did not find any way around this...
I did a factory reset ---losing all my encrypted data in "/sdcard"--- and started over.