I need my work email but it requires I encrypt the phone when I setup gmail. I hate that cause if my phone reboots while I am asleep then it prevents it from booting back up. I used the boot.img that is supposed to disable the check to force encyption but it's not working. I even tried the one from wug noforce_encrypt_angler_npd90g.img. Prior to this I was on another rom and it didn't require I force encrypt my phone when setting up gmail but last time I installed the noforce encryption from wugs tool. This time I am trying from twrp and selecting "boot" as the option. Any idea on how to bypass it besides not using gmail?
I know it's not the answer you are looking for but have your tried inbox by gmail? It works great on my decrypted device. Not to mention IMO it's a superior mail app for my gmail.
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Hi Folks,
So, something weird is happening to my phone--every time I attempt to enter the "Security" settings in my phone, the Settings app crashes.
Observations:
1. This happened when I attempted to add my company e-mail via the Email app.
2. Initial sync failed, so I removed the account and added it again.
3. Tried to add it again, success! It asked my to enter a 4-digit lock screen pin (for security).
4. Removed it again, but still can't open "Security".
This results in me not able to set (a) a new lock screen pattern (stuck with "Slide"), and (b) I cannot modify "Device Administrators".
Tried wiping data/cache/davlik cache, still no dice
I'm running stock everything. Rooted. 4.2.2.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
gamercado said:
Hi Folks,
So, something weird is happening to my phone--every time I attempt to enter the "Security" settings in my phone, the Settings app crashes.
Observations:
1. This happened when I attempted to add my company e-mail via the Email app.
2. Initial sync failed, so I removed the account and added it again.
3. Tried to add it again, success! It asked my to enter a 4-digit lock screen pin (for security).
4. Removed it again, but still can't open "Security".
This results in me not able to set (a) a new lock screen pattern (stuck with "Slide"), and (b) I cannot modify "Device Administrators".
Tried wiping data/cache/davlik cache, still no dice
I'm running stock everything. Rooted. 4.2.2.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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So were you rooted when you did the 4.2.2 ota update and used OTA rootkeeper?
You need to flash system.img and reroot.
There is a thread already about the security not working after OTA
DXM31 said:
So were you rooted when you did the 4.2.2 ota update and used OTA rootkeeper?
You need to flash system.img and reroot.
There is a thread already about the security not working after OTA
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Yup i was rooted before flashing 4.2.2.
After flashing 4.2.2 I added my corporate e-mail, then removed it again.
Was stuck at the PIN lockscreen. Couldn't change it so i had to wipe data.
So I will flash system.img of 4.2.2 right?
Creating a duplicate thread won't improve your chances of getting the answer.
Closed.
I love having my phone rooted. I am grateful to all the work by the devs on this board making my S5 run the way it should.
However, I try to keep my phone as secure as possible. I have my S5 set to use Fingerprint identification at login. I also have Google Location set up so I can locate my phone or wipe it remotely if it is lost or stolen.
However, with Safestrap, it is very easy for someone to get past the security. They can boot my phone, see the message for SafeStrap Recovery mode, push recovery and wipe my phone. Then they can then use any gmail account and reconfigure my phone for their own use. Of course, this disables me using Google Locate to find or wipe my sdcard.
Also, since SafeStrap does not support encryption, they can pop out my sdcard and read all of my data in any computer.
Is there a way to secure a rooted phone? Perhaps, SafeStrap could have an optional stealth mode that does not show on boot without a keypress combination? Maybe a third party encryption app that secures the sdcard?
Is there any way around these security issues (besides not rooting the phone)?
Hey,
my OnePlus 2 was driving me crazy so I had to factory reset it.
After that I was asked to log in to my old Google account, which I did, but it wasn't accepted. It said I have to use the account that was used before. I'm a 100% sure that I used the correct account, though.
I tried to bypass the authentication by using the keyboard settings method. I've also tried to flash a ROM via recovery and fast boot, but the bootloader wasn't unlocked, so that didn't work either.
Does anyone know what the problem is and how to solve it?
I'm using a OnePlus 2 A2001 with the newest OxygenOS version.
Thank you in advance!
/EDIT: Okay, the problem is fixed, but I don't really understand how. After rebooting the phone I was able to configure the settings, but after that I was asked to log in to my old Google account again. After I tapped the button to log in the same message popped up over and over again. I decided to reboot the phone again and got to the home screen immediately, everything works fine now.
So I'm using androman's pre-rooted firmware for my G-361f, and have been able to install the fixed twrp. (Thanks guys!) I have oem-unlocked and adb-debugging selected in developer options, and have toyed with the seandroid-permissive boot.img from the androman thread. If I put my device into download-mode, it says frp-unlocked. However, if I register a gmail account to access google-play, then turn my device off, it will not boot because the 'custom binary frp-lock' is back again. (even though settings were unchanged)
No problem-flash stock rom with odin and start from the beginning, but to get the twrp recovery to work requires a factory reset, and so it's inconvenient to have to keep repeating the process.
My solution has been to delete my gmail account from the phone immediately every-time, as soon as I have whatever I need from google-play, but it seems like a cumbersome solution. I havn't found any other mention of this issue, so I'm wondering if I've missed something obvious? Is there a more permanent fix?
Thanks
I'm very confused by the behavior of my Nexus6p right now. I would like my phone to be fully encrypted, IE, you pick up the phone and can access absolutely none of my data without typing in a password. So I've clean flashed it several times, usually whenever a new update comes out. And each time I do this, the phone behaves how I want, when it boots, I get a password screen that says "enter a password to continue boot". It goes on this way for a day or so usually, and then suddenly this password screen stops showing up and I get the "you must enter a password after restarting" screen that clearly has already decrypted my data because I can see notifications and even play music through bluetooth without entering the password.
After each clean flash, I have been installing various mods. This time around, I have the things I've flashed down to TWRP 3.1.0, Magisk 12, and ElementalX 4.08. In the security settings, the phone still reads as encrypted, so I'm very confused. Is this normal behavior for this device, or is it one of the above things I have flashed? Either way, how do I fix this so that my data actually stays encrypted when the phone boots?
I have had similar issues to fix I formated everything and then installed the rom installed newest vendor image and then kept on eye on what I allowed special access to my phone
Keeper was wanting special access so I stopped using them and switched to last pass I have not lost decryption on phone boot
Also decided to pay for esexplorer pro to get ride of any possible infected ads
Your phone data is still encrypted, but your security settings are not optimized for what you want to accomplish. Make sure your Lockscreen has a password/PIN/Gesture set. There is the password on BOOT when encrypted, a password on Lockscreen when the screen is off, and In Settings>>Notifications>>Gear Icon>>"On the lock screen"- there are three settings. Default is set to "Show ALL notification content". Set it to NOT show notifications for now until you set which ones you want to show or hide. TWRP and EX are not causing your issue. Magisk might be but I don't use it. Uninstall just to be sure and/or check in the dedicated Magisk thread. This is on the stock 7.1.2 ROM. If you are running a custom ROM, YMMV.
So if I understand the issue correctly, you clean flash and you have the prompt to enter your credentials before booting finishes. Eventually you get set up and upon a reboot you notice that the prompt is gone?
Check your apps. You're using an app that requires an accessibility service (see Settings / Accessibility / Services). Granting an app accessibility service will do away with the boot entry of your pin/pattern/password. Set up your apps again and either don't use the app in question or just don't grant it the accessibility service for whatever feature requires it.
Known issue, btw. I forget why it happens, Google may turn up the results you're looking for.
Edit: Despite it not asking for that prompt on boot, your phone is still encrypted, by the way. This also has absolutely nothing to do with TWRP, EX, Magisk or how you choose to have your notifications hidden on lock screen.
2nd: Sadly, just revoking the service won't usually restore the prompt while booting. You'll need to clean flash again and not grant it in the first place.
That makes sense, I was looking in the wrong place. That's a really irritating design decision, there's no sense in having the encryption at all if you're just going to store the material necessary to decrypt the data in the clear.
For now, changing my password seems to have returned the encryption prompt while leaving the accessibility services working to the best of my observation.
It will probably go away again shortly​, most likely after the app uses the accessibility service. If it does, revoke the service and change your password again or clean flash. I don't believe there is a way to keep both 100% of the time.