Hello Everyone!
After a few months I've updated my phone from Android 5 to Android 6. I had already activated system encryption on android 5. All worked well until a few weeks, now the system encryption isn't available anymore and i can't activate it. I made no firmware update or anything else. On android 6 is no point to activate system encryption. When I set a pin or password for screen lock I am not able to check it for start up. The only thing I do is to switch between two SIM cards (Single Sim) but this should not be a reason to deactivate the encryption without any message. Has anybody similar problems?
Single-Sim
Android 6.0
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Thanks in Advanced!
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box90
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Hi guys,
Downloaded the Note 3 UK Kitkat update today via OTA
Ever since, when I go to unlock my phone, there is no lock. The pattern/pin I set works for 1 "unlock" and from then on I don't need it and only get asked for it again when I reboot.
Has anyone else ever encountered this and how might I fix it? Tried everything and nothing at all works - and my phone isn't secure at all.
Any ideas, I'm nearly out of them
Go into Security in settings and double check your lock time settings.
Hello all,
Although not clearly encrypted upon receipt of the device from VZW, I located the setting and encrypted the device.
After the last security update from Google/VZW I noticed that the option to encrypt/decrypt device is no longer present, and after rebooting my phone, I am no longer prompted to enter my PIN at boot. Note that I did have the setting as discussed/shown here and here after receiving the device.
The explicit feature I'm speaking of is discussed in this review:
Samsung now supports the PIN to decrypt on boot feature. It must be enabled manually in the lock screen and security settings area under “protect encrypted data.” Also, the S7 and S7 edge are full-disk encrypted by default, and cannot be decrypted.
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These two things lead me to believe that the "whole-disk" encryption on the device has been removed completely or... is it just the PIN on boot feature? What does it all mean? What is the world coming to?
Am I just paranoid/silly and just forgot where the option was? Or is there a vast global network of government organizations trying to get my cat pictures?
Thanks,
Matt
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Hello all,
Although not clearly encrypted upon receipt of the device from VZW, I located the setting and encrypted the device.
After the last security update from Google/VZW I noticed that the option to encrypt/decrypt device is no longer present, and after rebooting my phone, I am no longer prompted to enter my PIN at boot.
Matt
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One thing I can tell you for sure...based on a diff Samsung device: would WOULD KNOW if it got decrypted somehow as it factory defaults the phone.
Could be just different behavior regarding the PIN or even a bug.
Hi guys, so ive had a couple roms in the past on my nexus 6p like pure nexus which i believe kept the encryption of my phone and i very much loved that.
I am now on megapixel rom and when i set the rom up it never asked me if i wanted pin on startup i love the pin on startup AND the pin on TWRP and it decrypts data after the pin only! I would like to encrypt my phone again, how do i do that?
Could someone please guide me on the procedure?
Thank you IN ADVANCE!!!
AFAIK, you just go to Settings / Security / Encryption / Encrypt Phone.
If it says Encrypted under it, you're good to go. If you're encrypted and it isn't asking you for PIN on boot, certain accessibility services will disable the pin on boot.
Hey, I installed Nougat B360 on my P9 lite and the only issue I found so far is that if I have a PIN lock active, if I reboot the phone the PIN doesn't work to unlock it, and there is no other way to access the phone.
I read a few topics and finally found that the pin requirements for first boot is because of the device encryption Android uses. I read that I can go for file based encryption and the problem is solved, but I cannot find that option in developer options.
I don't want to disable PIN lock because I wanna use the fongerprint, and rolling back to MM is not worth it.
So anyways, is there another workaround for this, or a fix for the problem itself?
It's not possible on stock ROM. The PIN for the first boot it's an Android security thing.
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.