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(Q) Privacy Mode after xposed

First of all, I have uninstalled xposed framework to try and get back into my privacy mode. Secondly, for some reason my fingerprint scanner cannot recognize any of my prints anymore, it just stopped working all of the sudden. Only on the lock screen will my phone let me choose the alternative password. I have tried multiple times to change my fingerprint settings.
I am thinking about factory resetting, but I do not want to lose my images saved in privacy mode. Could I use root explorer to find those and move them to a folder on my SD card? Anything else I could do to try and get my fingerprint scanner working properly again so I don't have to factory reset?
Thanks

This is the message I get when trying to reset my alternative password. And yes, I have tried restarting but I still get the same error message.

Did you install SU?

Lockscreen broken all passwords wrong

So i was using my device today, and wanted to make glowing-bear work with my certificate, which required me adding it to my device's trusted certificates. Well, when i tried to install it, i was prompted to enter the credential storage password, which i never remembered setting, and i couldn't log in. Searching online i saw there were some solutions that involved setting your screen lock to password, and then some other steps, well i set it password, searched some more and decided i need to turn the lockscreen to none, but when i tried to change it i was presented with a password dialog as expected, but it said the password was wrong, so i was locked out. I tried letting the phone lock and then typing in random passwords so i could get the forgot my password button but found all i got was a timer saying i needed to wait 30 seconds, so no dice. Searching online further i found i needed to remove/rename some files in /data/app which were not there, one of them being cm_gestures.key, but i renamed gestures.key just for kicks and I was still locked out. I decided maybe the forgot my password button was not appearing because of an xposed module, so i booted into xposed safemode, but still no dice. At this point my only way of getting in to the device is renaming keygaurd.apk, i went in and reactivated xposed and rebooted, but now all but the back soft key do not function, not even the hardware homekey(which i was unable to disable) works. I went ahead and loaded android device manager and gace that a shot to no avail, i got a black screen with a small lock to come up once but nothing else, it sends the request and says "since your device is verified as locked the temporary password you set will not be needed". I've tried looking in settings.db with no luck, and i cant find any other way to clear the password. i am rooted, on 4.4.2, running xtreme dynamic kat 1.0 and i'm using a g900a. I'll try just about anything at this point, i didn't realize trying to do such a simple task such as installing a certificate would cause so many issues.

Forgot screen pattern on Moto X Style/Pure, but Smart Lock lets me in.

Hello all,
So in an absent minded spell I changed my screen pattern to a complicated one just to be more 'safe'. It hit me when i tried to unlock the phone seconds later that I had already forgotten the patter. . I know it is very stupid to **** around like that.
But silver lining is when the phone is paired with my Bluetooth headset the phone unlocks itself and I am able to go inside. This is due to Smart Lock feature which assumes my phone is safe when paired with Bluetooth headset.
But the main thing is I am not able to change the pattern itself as it asks for older pattern. I have read a lot of posts on how the pattern can be disabled by deleting gesture.key. It turns out getting super user permission to do that is very complicated. I have failed to change or disable the pattern so far.
Guys help!

kajang said:
Hello all,
So in an absent minded spell I changed my screen pattern to a complicated one just to be more 'safe'. It hit me when i tried to unlock the phone seconds later that I had already forgotten the patter. . I know it is very stupid to **** around like that.
But silver lining is when the phone is paired with my Bluetooth headset the phone unlocks itself and I am able to go inside. This is due to Smart Lock feature which assumes my phone is safe when paired with Bluetooth headset.
But the main thing is I am not able to change the pattern itself as it asks for older pattern. I have read a lot of posts on how the pattern can be disabled by deleting gesture.key. It turns out getting super user permission to do that is very complicated. I have failed to change or disable the pattern so far.
Guys help!
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Its the only way to do it, the other way is to do a backup and then factory reset
PS: What made it difficult for you?

if you have a custom recovery, it is easy to pick up any zip file that is, for example, a mod, decompresses and only removes the metainfo file and create a zip that file and flashing, ready will restart without lock pattern without losing anything

Deleting gesture.key
ExCuTioN said:
Its the only way to do it, the other way is to do a backup and then factory reset
PS: What made it difficult for you?
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Hi
I am able to go to adb shell and execute some commands. But not commands like delete which require Super user permissions. I am having hard time getting that. I am not well versed with command line.

Customer recovery
browcantor said:
if you have a custom recovery, it is easy to pick up any zip file that is, for example, a mod, decompresses and only removes the metainfo file and create a zip that file and flashing, ready will restart without lock pattern without losing anything
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I have tried installing Twrp recovery, but it gives an error while installing. I am forgetting the exact error. I could not follow rest of what you are saying. I am relatively inexperienced. What is metainfo? Are talking about flashing new ROM?

I strongly suggest that you factory reset your device. It'll be simpler for you that don't have all the knowledge to do other way. Beside, doing so demands a rooted device. Also beside, with the Google account sync it's very easy to setup the device again.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7C0PrsBvY69NU9JM0hJeEdQd2c/view?usp=drivesdk
Flashing

Why does my phone keep getting decrypted?

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.

[Help] Decrypt storage, locked out from device

Hi everyone,
so in my immense stupidity, I actually managed to set my phone password wrongly, and now I can't get in. Spent a day trying passwords to find the typo but that was unsuccessful.
I have crDroid Android 11, bootloader unlocked, rooted with magisk, and TWRP 3.5.0.
How can get my phone back? I would love to save the internal storage since I have important stuff, but you know, if wiping it is the only way I have to go for it.
Thanks in advance.

Use this method. I have seen many people online suggesting it works.
Remove /Bypass Lockscreen With Recovery
Recently when i restored my data using TWRP i faced a problem at lock screen. I was not able to unlock my phone with the pin i set Earlier..So after so many attempts i was able to find a solution for that problem.(works with pattern,pin etc)...
forum.xda-developers.com
You are essentially removing lockscreen settings completely and should work as you still have TWRP access.

madman said:
Use this method. I have seen many people online suggesting it works.
Remove /Bypass Lockscreen With Recovery
Recently when i restored my data using TWRP i faced a problem at lock screen. I was not able to unlock my phone with the pin i set Earlier..So after so many attempts i was able to find a solution for that problem.(works with pattern,pin etc)...
forum.xda-developers.com
You are essentially removing lockscreen settings completely and should work as you still have TWRP access.
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Thanks for the responce, but unfortunately that didn't work.
I deleted the files as explained in the thread you linked but now the lockscreen doesn't work at all, it's just a black screen. The power menu appears if I hold the power button, but nothing else. I tried swiping in some direction on the black screen but it doesn't unlock.
Also tried to sideload the rom again (dirty and clean flash), and magisk, still no luck.
Read the entire thread but nothing helpful.

DarkLudo77 said:
Thanks for the responce, but unfortunately that didn't work.
I deleted the files as explained in the thread you linked but now the lockscreen doesn't work at all, it's just a black screen. The power menu appears if I hold the power button, but nothing else. I tried swiping in some direction on the black screen but it doesn't unlock.
Also tried to sideload the rom again (dirty and clean flash), and magisk, still no luck.
Read the entire thread but nothing helpful.
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Is TWRP able to decrypt the data? I'm guessing that's a no as the password is not accepted by the lockscreen. If TWRP was magically OK with the password, you could have adb pulled the files.
But apart from reseting the lockscreen using TWRP, I don't know a way to fetch the files.

madman said:
Is TWRP able to decrypt the data? I'm guessing that's a no as the password is not accepted by the lockscreen. If TWRP was magically OK with the password, you could have adb pulled the files.
But apart from reseting the lockscreen using TWRP, I don't know a way to fetch the files.
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TWRP can decrypt if the correct passoword is provided. Tried pulling with adb the files anyway, even if they are encrypted, but the phone doesn't allow that either.
Thanks anyway