I tried to encrypt my device without any success. The encryption took forever (more than 13 hours), so I restarted the phone in the middle of the process. Now the phone works fine and I did not lose any data but the device is not encrypted. What am I doing wrong? Some technical information is below.
Encryption method: settings -> security -> encrypt device
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Android 6.0.1
Rooted
Don't try to encrypt a rooted phone or you'll have trouble. You can encrypt your rooted phone, but...
- first you’ll have to unroot it.
- then go through the encryption process.
- and finally, re-root it again.
I hope that helps you.
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Hello, I have a little problem with my n4. I unlocked bootloader, after i rooted my phone, all data on phone was erased, so I wanted to encrypt my phone again, it was weird because it lasted 5 minutes. I think its to short to encrypt phone, but the phone in setting show "encrypted". It is possible to encrypt all system in 5 minutes? I am using android 5.0.1 , root,bl made by Nexus Root Toolkit. Thanks for all answers
Fellow XDA buddies...please help me on this one!
My colleague is locked out of his Galaxy S4 running Lollipop that has a pin / password lock that he inadvertently set and doesn't know what it was set to
We've Tried:
- Android Device Manager: After getting on the phone with a Samsung Mobile Tech and having them conference in a Google Tech... getting out of a pin lock screen is no longer compatible with ADM on Lollipop as it doesn't display the password input without first unlocking the phone via pin ...
- Samsung Find My Mobile: He never setup the Samsung Account/App on his phone before the forgotten pin issue ...
- Lollipop doesn't seem to have any vulnerabilities / workarounds to get past the lock screen when pin locked ...
- I have tried to use the Stock Recovery to apply the files suggested here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2308130 and here http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/general/bypass-t3035553 and cann't get past the Signature Verification ...
- USB Debugging was never enabled so the adb exploits I found that involve SQLite or removing the key file do not work ...
- I have exhausted all the methods here because it doesn't have have root access or a custom recovery installed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2620456
So without USB Debugging, Root or a Custom Recover (which requires root it seems), we are stuck!
I think the best bet would be to enable USB Debugging somehow while locked or from an upload we can make through the Stock Recovery or ODIN...
We would greatly appreciate if anyone can help!
Thank you,
-Chris
Usually the only option is a reset from recovery. Which will erase all user data. Pics, files... Etc.
That's the point of the pin lock... To protect your privacy mostly.
I have not heard of any other way to bypass the pin lock. Well, flashing firmware again works on most devices, but same result. All user data gone.
Flashing a new ROM through Odin I don't believe will work. If I recall correctly Odin doesn't wipe data when installing. Therefore, the only real option is a factory reset if you don't wish to root or install a custom recovery.
The only thing that you can save is files stored on the internal storage.
Apps, sms, contacts etc are gone. That is if you didn't make any backups.
If you want to save the files on your internal storage:
- Flash custom recovery (twrp)
- Wipe /system partition.
- Reflash a rom.
I just got an OTA update for Nougat (BTU) on my S7 edge.
68MB, small update, so I let it install
I've had Secure Startup enabled on my device all along, never had an issue, but after this latest update had finished installing, device rebooted, asking for my device pin as usual, but it will not accept my PIN! I've been very very very careful in entering the 4 digit device pin correctly, but it just won't verify! Please help, I'm desperate, have 4 attempts left before it resets the device!
My last reboot was about 2 or 3 days ago, same pin worked, but broken after the OTA update.. I don't want to factory reset if I can help it, haven't done a Smart Switch backup in about 2 months, so my app data will be well out of date if I do
So I eventually gave in and did a factory reset (no choice)
Samsung Cloud FTW - restored my apps, home screen settings (even folders and shortcuts) from the nightly cloud backup! All I missed was this morning's WhatsApp texts (also nightly backup to Google Drive - WhatsApp detected that backup without any prompting, awesome!)
So all that I lost in the end was a good chunk of my day (letting nearly 200 apps reinstall is a slow process, and then anything with TFA needed to be re-logged-in, and my code gen app for TFA reconfigured, but overall it was pretty painless, all considering!
AngelaRI said:
I just got an OTA update for Nougat (BTU) on my S7 edge.
68MB, small update, so I let it install
I've had Secure Startup enabled on my device all along, never had an issue, but after this latest update had finished installing, device rebooted, asking for my device pin as usual, but it will not accept my PIN! I've been very very very careful in entering the 4 digit device pin correctly, but it just won't verify! Please help, I'm desperate, have 4 attempts left before it resets the device!
My last reboot was about 2 or 3 days ago, same pin worked, but broken after the OTA update.. I don't want to factory reset if I can help it, haven't done a Smart Switch backup in about 2 months, so my app data will be well out of date if I do
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Is anyone else having this issue?
What I read from the stock FW thread, if a firmware is flashed using odin (not OTA) there are a lot of comments to have Secure PIN enabled because a PIN is required afterwards?!
So what to do when updating with OTA? pin enable? disable?
I have an LG Stylo 2 MS550 running the stock Metro PCS Android 7.
The bootloader is unlocked, and my phone is rooted.
Also, I have TWRP flashed onto the recovery partition.
I'd like to fully encrypt the entire phone.
I've looked everywhere within the phone's settings menus, but can't find any options for full phone encryption.
The closest I've come is under Settings -> General -> Privacy -> Fingerprints & security -> Encryption there is an option to encrypt the SD card.
I've encrypted the SD card, and run my phone through ADB to check its encryption status.
The status is unencrypted.
So, is there a way to fully encrypt my entire phone?
Thanks.
Any help, guys?
Hi!
I have issue with app on my S7 Edge that demands me to unroot. I rooted my phone 5 years ago or more and I don't remember a thing about it. I did this to permanently remove bloatware. Only way I know to unroot is to flash stock-rom again but I don't want to loose my hard effort on debloating + data and so on. Is there any tricks for that? Like hide/remove su binary? I really don't remember where to start. Also with factory reset or something I cant remember I lost root access partially - that is apps can still tell that phone is rooted (root checker tells that root access is available but then also orange warning that root access is not properly installed on this device). But they can't request root privilege for some reason. But I still have this custom recovery rom installed where I have basically root access to phone - do you think I could use this to somehow hide temporarily root from my app that is complaining about it and then later restore root to the full - that is to make apps able to request root access again? I would like to keep my apps/data and I remember them getting lost in process of rooting due to some samsung encryption crap - not sure how to check data/app loss would be case now since I did it so long time ago. Could anyone help me out?
For documentation purposes. So in my case I had lost root with factory reset. I had to boot into TWRP and re-flash super su. Difference from official tutorial: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...ial-twrp-for-galaxy-s7-edge-hero2lte.3334084/ was that in step 9 my phone did not complain about dm-verity,. I did not have to disable encryption and I did not loose my data. Someone may correct me but it was because I had already rooted in past and the most likely cause for "loosing" root was doing factory reset. PS I have european model so I am not sure how much it makes this tutorial different.
Now what is left to do is come up with ideas how to hide root from 1 specific app in Android 7.