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[Q] How to enable Fingerprint Scanner with full device encryption??

Hi,
I bought the Samsung Galaxy S5 and the fingerprint reader works reasonably well (as in it works, nothing in comparison to apple though, so don't buy it for the fingerprint reader ) for unlocking the screen...
However its a work requirement that my phone has full device encryption, as phones are regularly stolen where I travel.... it seems when I enable encryption I lose the ability to use the fingerprint reader to unlock the phone .... I bought this hoping that I could avoid having to type in my complex password just to unlock the screen, as I got so tired of doing that with my S2
Is there any mods to enable finger print reader screen unlock + full device encryption at boot time for the Galaxy S5 yet? ... I saw some references to pattern unlock / pin with device encryption... but I would think the fingerprint reader is different...
Thanks!

S5 Full disk encryption with fingerprint unlock
I also have this question. I believe on the Nexus 5 it at leasts lets you use face unlock with full device encryption. And I read on one article that you should be able to do this but i do not think the author actually tried this. I will say from my own personal experience that you can infact decrypt the device after encrypting it without doing a complete wipe of the device and you can restore the use of fingerprints to unlock your phone. It seems like for security minded people this would be a great feature but if it is unable to be used with full device encryption it seems a little pointless to me. Being forced to use a PIN or password to use encryption is a big pain point for android users who want some type of security.

Yes I can't believe that no one has really complained about this yet - but I guess encryption isn't' that important to people as I imagined

androidpleb said:
Yes I can't believe that no one has really complained about this yet - but I guess encryption isn't' that important to people as I imagined
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I am having the same pain, as I use my S5 for BYOD.
It makes no sense when you can use fingerprint to make payments with paypal but not unlocking the phone when it is encrypted.
Hope Samsung can enable this feature in next update.

I'd like this too.. as well as, the iPhone has a cydia app (that a friend of mine showed me), that you can basically disable the power button from turning off the phone while it is fingerprint locked. That would definately be nice to have on the S5 (since it's done through an app). That would have stopped the person who stole my wife's S4 from turning it off when it was blasting the locator ring at them!

sorphin said:
I'd like this too.. as well as, the iPhone has a cydia app (that a friend of mine showed me), that you can basically disable the power button from turning off the phone while it is fingerprint locked. That would definately be nice to have on the S5 (since it's done through an app). That would have stopped the person who stole my wife's S4 from turning it off when it was blasting the locator ring at them!
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I can't believe that the fingerprint sensor can't be used if encryption is enabled whatsoever. I could understand the iPhone model, requiring a pin before a fingerprint can be used, but by disabling fingerprint lockscreen, boot unlock, and SD unlock, the fingerprint sensor is now wholly useless for convenience.
It's too trivial to extract data from an unencrypted Android. By not supporting encryption with a measure of covenieve, I don't see the point in including a fingerprint sensor whatsoever given the current software limitations.
Please, someone, figure out what sqlite/settings need to be changed so we can make decent use of our phones fingerprint sensor.

After some experiments, i found out a procedure to enable FDE and fingerprint lockscreen. Root is required (or at least I guess, I didn't try with a non-rooted system...).
These are the steps:
1) set up fingerprint lockscreen
2) with a root explorer, go to /data/system folder, and backup locksettings.db, locksettings.db-shm and locksettings.db-wal to sd card
3) set up password lockscreen
4) encrypt the device
5) when encryption is done, restore the backed-up files to /data/system: you should have fingerprint lockscreen again (no reboot needed, just turn the screen off, and magically the password should be vanished )
CAVEAT 1: with my system configuration, I wasn't able to encrypt the device directly: the encryption procedure started, but after reboot nothing happened, the device just booted normally. I don't know the exact reason, in some forums they suppose that it happens on kitkat when the device is rooted. I was able to bypass the problem only adding these steps to the procedure:
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3b) with TWRP, backup the /system partition, and restore the stock non-rooted /system
4) encrypt the device
4b) restore the original rooted /system partition
...
I don't know if steps 3b) and 4b) are always necessary, let me know...
If you need these steps, don't worry if before restoring your custom /system partition the encryption password isn't recognized, just restore the partition and all will work fine
CAVEAT 2: once encrypted, I didn't find a way to unencrypt the device, because the unencrypt ion procedure starts, but after reboot the device is still encrypted, similar to what described in caveat 1. I tried to replace the /system partition with the stock one, but the encryption password was no longer recognized.
CAVEAT 3: the current TWRP (2.7.1) isn't able to mount S5 encrypted data partition, and restoring an image made with online nandroid backup doesn't seem to work either. So, if you want to make an image of your phone (and I suggest to do it ), do it before encryption

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fabiokino said:
After some experiments, i found out a procedure to enable FDE and fingerprint lockscreen. Root is required (or at least I guess, I didn't try with a non-rooted system...).
These are the steps:
1) set up fingerprint lockscreen
2) with a root explorer, go to /data/system folder, and backup locksettings.db, locksettings.db-shm and locksettings.db-wal to sd card
3) set up password lockscreen
4) encrypt the device
5) when encryption is done, restore the backed-up files to /data/system: you should have fingerprint lockscreen again (no reboot needed, just turn the screen off, and magically the password should be vanished )
CAVEAT 1: with my system configuration, I wasn't able to encrypt the device directly: the encryption procedure started, but after reboot nothing happened, the device just booted normally. I don't know the exact reason, in some forums they suppose that it happens on kitkat when the device is rooted. I was able to bypass the problem only adding these steps to the procedure:
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3b) with TWRP, backup the /system partition, and restore the stock non-rooted /system
4) encrypt the device
4b) restore the original rooted /system partition
...
I don't know if steps 3b) and 4b) are always necessary, let me know...
If you need these steps, don't worry if before restoring your custom /system partition the encryption password isn't recognized, just restore the partition and all will work fine
CAVEAT 2: once encrypted, I didn't find a way to unencrypt the device, because the unencrypt ion procedure starts, but after reboot the device is still encrypted, similar to what described in caveat 1. I tried to replace the /system partition with the stock one, but the encryption password was no longer recognized.
CAVEAT 3: the current TWRP (2.7.1) isn't able to mount S5 encrypted data partition, and restoring an image made with online nandroid backup doesn't seem to work either. So, if you want to make an image of your phone (and I suggest to do it ), do it before encryption
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I get samsung boot loop using the above instructions

Pierreseoul said:
I get samsung boot loop using the above instructions
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Hi guys! Did someone try this solution? I unfortunately have the same issue and unlock my device each time make me crazy!
Thanks in advance.

Same problem
I purchased a Galaxy S5 and I have the same problem, unfortunately I cannot root my phone due to security policies in my company. :crying:
I hope Samsung will solve the issue. :fingers-crossed:
Have anyone contacted to Samsung Support Center?

Pierreseoul said:
I get samsung boot loop using the above instructions
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What is the consequence of boot loop if you are using stock boot loader? Odin mode required to recover? Something less drastic? What device model are you using?
I found a possible solution that involves deactivating SuperSU and running encryption from there. Still investigating. I am thinking that the solution from @fabiokino will work in this case too.

I'm curious about this aswell.

Doesn't anyone know a working solution?...
It is really frustrating the very least. I can't believe there isn't a way (or if there is, a guide) to do this (with or without root access).
I have also heard it is doable on the Note 4. See this post for example http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57103664&postcount=7.

I just flashed the stock Lollipop ROM and guess what: It works!!
Samsung finally did it. No tweaking needed and it also works without root access.

How?
healpowah said:
I just flashed the stock Lollipop ROM and guess what: It works!!
Samsung finally did it. No tweaking needed and it also works without root access.
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Can you explain how please? I'm on stock lollipop as well and cannot use fingerprint scanner with FDE. Wondering if there's a process to it?
Thanks!

healpowah said:
I just flashed the stock Lollipop ROM and guess what: It works!!
Samsung finally did it. No tweaking needed and it also works without root access.
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Nice to see this, hope it will work on my Galaxy tab S too
Did you see this?
https://www.jethrocarr.com/2013/12/29/encrypting-disk-on-android-4/

GermanDoerksen said:
Can you explain how please? I'm on stock lollipop as well and cannot use fingerprint scanner with FDE. Wondering if there's a process to it?
Thanks!
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Unluckily the trick showed in the previous link only encrytps the main device and not the micro SD

Joker87 said:
Unluckily the trick showed in the previous link only encrytps the main device and not the micro SD
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Well for me that really wouldn't be a problem. I don't have an SD card so I'm okay with just FDE. Thing is I really really don't want to root my phone... No particular reason other than every older android device I've done it on always ends up slow and buggy after a few months use until I reflash with stock ROM. I would like my phone to stay buttery smooth for once..

GermanDoerksen said:
Well for me that really wouldn't be a problem. I don't have an SD card so I'm okay with just FDE. Thing is I really really don't want to root my phone... No particular reason other than every older android device I've done it on always ends up slow and buggy after a few months use until I reflash with stock ROM. I would like my phone to stay buttery smooth for once..
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You could root then unroot it after you have encrypted it

Joker87 said:
You could root then unroot it after you have encrypted it
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you're right... plus it's not really the "rooting" process that makes it slow, it's installing another ROM. Having a rooted phone doesn't necessarily have any performance impact... just opens up a few things for me. Interesting. Thanks! Unfortunately I've already encrypted so now I have to find that thread about how to decrypt lol.
Thanks!

[SOLVED] - Moto G4 Plus - Encrpytion PIN/PATTERN/PASSWORD Problem

Hi all,
I have encrypted my device and using PATTERN as the security. I do restart device once in a week and it asks encryption pattern to start Android. Today when i restarted, it asked me PASSWORD instead of PATTERN. I tried Google password here but it does not work. I dont understand y its asking for PASSWORD when i have selected PATTERN.
I cannot start my device now. I cannot afford to factory reset as the data is imp to me
Please help/advice/guide.
SOLUTION - http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4-plus/help/phone-password-instead-pattern-solution-t3424457

Guys, Do not encrypt your phone. Motorola dont have any resolution for this problem.
Infact their Engineer told there is no such option which enables pattern/password at the boot up (Can u believe it?). They have such ppl on their support.
My only options are:
1. Delete all data
2. Install custom recovery to access encrypted data. But i believe that will void my warranty.
If anybody has any other solution, please advise.

Solved it
Guys i have solved the issue
Saved my data too. no need for custom recovery.

Fir3lordZuk0 said:
Guys i have solved the issue
Saved my data too. no need for custom recovery.
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how didyou? i have same problem, my moto g4 plus is locked, and i cant afford to delete data, so what you did? please guide me too.

losthopelessly said:
how didyou? i have same problem, my moto g4 plus is locked, and i cant afford to delete data, so what you did? please guide me too.
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@losthopelessly
follow these steps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4-plus/help/phone-password-instead-pattern-solution-t3424457

@losthopelessly
Did it work?

Fir3lordZuk0 said:
@losthopelessly
Did it work?
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no bro my problem is bit different, my niece locked the phone with pincode only which she forgot, now phone is locked for many days, though internet is on but usb debugging disabled, i cant find any way to unlock my phone except to factory reset :[
if you have any solution then do inform.

Encrypting Phone

I've added my lockscreen pattern, but I'm not seeing an option for encrypting the phone anywhere in the settings. I've added the pattern to needed at startup, but again, not seeing anywhere to encrypt the phone, unless it's set that way as default and I'm missing it. Anyone know of a way to find out for sure what the encryption status is?

scottricketts said:
I've added my lockscreen pattern, but I'm not seeing an option for encrypting the phone anywhere in the settings. I've added the pattern to needed at startup, but again, not seeing anywhere to encrypt the phone, unless it's set that way as default and I'm missing it. Anyone know of a way to find out for sure what the encryption status is?
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I'm fairly sure it's encrypted by default.

Make sure you encrypt your sd card.
Sent from my LG-H872 using Tapatalk

Saythis said:
I'm fairly sure it's encrypted by default.
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It looks like it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/lgg6/comments/6a0tbb/encryption/

My US997 is not encrypted, I can boot into TWRP and see my files without typing in the PIN like I had to on my Nexus 6P.
No option in settings that I can find besides encrypting the SD Card.

Anyone get this figured out?
Does anyone have the option to encrypt their phone (not sd card)?

cory733 said:
Anyone get this figured out?
Does anyone have the option to encrypt their phone (not sd card)?
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I just got a used/refurbished US997 the other day. From what I remember, it came with Android 7.0 and the first time I booted it up it asked me to create a pattern to start the phone (encrypt like our old 6Ps). Once setup it downloaded a major system update and restarted, and asked me for the pattern to start the phone. Once it booted up again it installed another major system update and when THAT rebooted it no longer asked for a pattern to start the phone.
I wonder if it is just the most recent version of 7.1.2 that removed the encryption? I'm pretty sure there is a way to unpack the boot images to see (I was doing this trying to revive my 6P bootloop). I too would like to encrypt my phone given that it doesn't seem to impact performance any more. Perhaps once we get Android 8.0 it will be brought back.
How do you like the G6 compared to the 6P? I'm still getting used to a few items but installing the Google Now Launcher really helped. I find the fingerprint scanner/power button combo to be really lacking (ergonomics and usability) compared to the 6P and I really miss the power button short cut to launch the camera.
Also, what's the point of TWRP? When I was trying to revive my 6P everyone kept mentioning it, but I don't quite understand why I should install that.

Thanks for the detailed response, I'll probably just leave it alone then until we get an update.
For TWRP, I installed it flash Magisk, and whatever else I might want to flash later. Always good to have an efs backup somewhere safe also. If you had a complete backup from twrp of your 6p, it may have helped you fix whatever you were having a problem with.
Compared to the 6p I love it because it fits in my pocket and has an sd card slot. The lack of mods/ dev support for this phone amazes me though.

After some more research, trying some more stuff, I came across some more info:
I turned off OEM unlocking in developer options then turned it back on. This message appears when enabling OEM unlocking: "Warning: device protection features will not work on this device while this setting is turned on."
Then I came across this thread about an S7 where someone mentions that if you enable OEM unlocking, you will lose access to Secure Startup:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/help/root-secure-startup-t3729184
Edit: looking through the fulmics thread, which i believe currently uses 7.0? There are posts in there about encryption/secure start not working either.
Can someone with a locked bootloader check to see if they have this setting? Should be settings - fingerprints and security - encryption / secure start.

cory733 said:
After some more research, trying some more stuff, I came across some more info:
I turned off OEM unlocking in developer options then turned it back on. This message appears when enabling OEM unlocking: "Warning: device protection features will not work on this device while this setting is turned on."
Then I came across this thread about an S7 where someone mentions that if you enable OEM unlocking, you will lose access to Secure Startup:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/help/root-secure-startup-t3729184
Edit: looking through the fulmics thread, which i believe currently uses 7.0? There are posts in there about encryption/secure start not working either.
Can someone with a locked bootloader check to see if they have this setting? Should be settings - fingerprints and security - encryption / secure start.
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Ah, you may be onto something there. I did enable unlocking in the developer options, but if I remember correctly I need to perform an ABD or Fastboot command to actually unlock it, right?

u.of.ipod said:
Ah, you may be onto something there. I did enable unlocking in the developer options, but if I remember correctly I need to perform an ABD or Fastboot command to actually unlock it, right?
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Yes, the fastboot command is what unlocks it. I think the oem unlock setting just allows you to be able to unlock it with fastboot.

cory733 said:
Edit: looking through the fulmics thread, which i believe currently uses 7.0? There are posts in there about encryption/secure start not working either.
Can someone with a locked bootloader check to see if they have this setting? Should be settings - fingerprints and security - encryption / secure start.
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Yes I have and use that option on my stock ROM, it's available with unlocked bootloader as well. I understand that on stock the G6 is encrypted by default.
TWRP cannot mount the encrypted /data or at least couldn't when I last tried. So when you flash TWRP and try to install a custom ROM that currently works only after formatting /data (where you have to confirm with "yes") and that kills the encryption.
The custom ROMs set Force Encryption = off so that the bootloader does not complain.
The combination of an unlocked bootloader and unencrypted /data is a no go for me, because anyone who knows how to boot into recovery can simply use the TWRP file manager to get/reset fingerprint and password data and can turn off the lock screen. Everything is plain open, I've tried.
I was not able to re-enable encryption on either Fulmics or LOS. Fulmics shows the Secure Boot option but on the next start the keyboard to enter the password crashes (loop) and never comes up so I got stuck and had to reinstall. On LOS official the option to encrypt is available but not functional (yet, they say).
So I'm back on stock. My main interest with alternative ROMs is to get security updates where LG fails badly but I hope it gets better once Oreo is out given that the G6 has been registered for Google's business programme. I'd love to use LOS once it encrypts.
It's a bit sad because e.g. LOS encrypts a Samsung I have just fine but there you go - I'm not bright enough to improve LOS for the G6. The Fulmics guys are simply not interested in encryption, never got a reply when I raised the keyboard issue even though I sponsored quite a sum. I assume Fulmics cannot re-enable encryption, because it's based on stock. Stock (contrary to LOS) has no dedicated encryption option for /data and does not need it normally because it comes encrypted. Fulmics install has to format not just wipe the partition so encryption gone and no way back.
I got encryption back by returning to stock using LG Bridge.

Thanks for that reply, that clears things up a lot.
So now that you're on stock, you didn't flash TWRP? You mentioned that formatting data is what kills the encryption, but do we need to format data to flash magisk? Could I flash stock, unlock, flash twrp, leave data encrypted, then flash magisk? Then just install the app manually after booting?
I only need twrp for efs backup, which I now have, and to install magisk.
Rooted/encrypted stock is all I'm looking to achieve right now.

Moldeb said:
Yes I have and use that option on my stock ROM, it's available with unlocked bootloader as well. I understand that on stock the G6 is encrypted by default.
TWRP cannot mount the encrypted /data or at least couldn't when I last tried. So when you flash TWRP and try to install a custom ROM that currently works only after formatting /data (where you have to confirm with "yes") and that kills the encryption.
The custom ROMs set Force Encryption = off so that the bootloader does not complain.
The combination of an unlocked bootloader and unencrypted /data is a no go for me, because anyone who knows how to boot into recovery can simply use the TWRP file manager to get/reset fingerprint and password data and can turn off the lock screen. Everything is plain open, I've tried.
I was not able to re-enable encryption on either Fulmics or LOS. Fulmics shows the Secure Boot option but on the next start the keyboard to enter the password crashes (loop) and never comes up so I got stuck and had to reinstall. On LOS official the option to encrypt is available but not functional (yet, they say).
So I'm back on stock. My main interest with alternative ROMs is to get security updates where LG fails badly but I hope it gets better once Oreo is out given that the G6 has been registered for Google's business programme. I'd love to use LOS once it encrypts.
It's a bit sad because e.g. LOS encrypts a Samsung I have just fine but there you go - I'm not bright enough to improve LOS for the G6. The Fulmics guys are simply not interested in encryption, never got a reply when I raised the keyboard issue even though I sponsored quite a sum. I assume Fulmics cannot re-enable encryption, because it's based on stock. Stock (contrary to LOS) has no dedicated encryption option for /data and does not need it normally because it comes encrypted. Fulmics install has to format not just wipe the partition so encryption gone and no way back.
I got encryption back by returning to stock using LG Bridge.
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I have my LG G2 encrypted with LineageOS and TWRP can decrypt the data, in fact it asks for password just after entering recovery.

G2? Why should that be relevant for G6? Totally different hardware...
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cory733 said:
Thanks for that reply, that clears things up a lot.
So now that you're on stock, you didn't flash TWRP? You mentioned that formatting data is what kills the encryption, but do we need to format data to flash magisk? Could I flash stock, unlock, flash twrp, leave data encrypted, then flash magisk? Then just install the app manually after booting?
I only need twrp for efs backup, which I now have, and to install magisk
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I don't have TWRP right now, used to have it of course. I've not tried to just root but you can try using Zefie's unofficial version (the official can cause corruption). You'll see whether TWRP can mount the required volumes rw. If TWRP cannot mount or asks a password and yours doesn't work, you have run into LG's ex works encryption...

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G2? Why should that be relevant for G6? Totally different hardware...
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Maybe you are running a different version of TWRP or unofficial build?
On my LG G2 D802 I've installed twrp-3.2.1-0-d802-bump-blastagator-signed.zip and it prompts for decrypting password. Try this same version in case it helps on your LG G6. It should look something like this:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

I know what it looks like, will certainly not install any G2 (D802) software on a G6 (H870) and don't recommend anyone does unless they want to brick their G6.

Moldeb said:
I know what it looks like, will certainly not install any G2 (D802) software on a G6 (H870) and don't recommend anyone does unless they want to brick their G6.
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Look for the version for your G6, I'M NOT TELLING YOU TO USE THE G2 VERSION OF COURSE YOU SHOULDN'T DO THAT WHERE DO I SAY SUCH THING.

All the time basically. The positive experience on your G2 is as irrelevant as on my Samsung where encryption also works. Not on the G6 and I've tried the official TWRP as well as Zefie's. The problem is not that the password dialogue is missing but that your password will not work because LG seems to use something else for stock encryption.
Which is why all ROMs ask to format and not just wipe /data.

Moldeb said:
All the time basically. The positive experience on your G2 is as irrelevant as on my Samsung where encryption also works. Not on the G6 and I've tried the official TWRP as well as Zefie's. The problem is not that the password dialogue is missing but that your password will not work because LG seems to use something else for stock encryption.
Which is why all ROMs ask to format and not just wipe /data.
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I think I have the same problem. So basically, it's not possible to use a custom ROM with encryption? I

Lock bootloader after root and ROM custom

Hello, guys.
Recently, i wanted to install the fulmics ROM (which is awesome) on my LG G6 H870.
So, i've done it, the bootloader has been unlocked, it's rooted right now, and i've got the Fulmics ROM which works perfectly.
But, i still have a question. When i boot up my phone, i've got this message :
"Your device software cannot be checked for corruption. Lock the bootloader. etc..."
This isn't a problem, because i can boot up my phone.
But i just wanted to know if i can remove this message, and how ?
Thank you all for your answers and your help.

This is normal and cannot remove that message. Just ignore it, how many times do you actually reboot for it to be an issue? If you ever need send phone off for repair just flash stock and lock bootloader again.

normal bro don't worry

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basicreece said:
This is normal and cannot remove that message. Just ignore it, how many times do you actually reboot for it to be an issue? If you ever need send phone off for repair just flash stock and lock bootloader again.
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dude I've got a question: if you wanted to get your bank's app working again in a custom rom/recovery is it possible to relock the bootloader in order to get older compatibility (mario kart, spotify options, bancoestado) but in a system like PA Quartz 3 or PixelExperience ? Or bootloader wont boot locked another system than LG?
I seriously need those apps but also need Android 10

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dude I've got a question: if you wanted to get your bank's app working again in a custom rom/recovery is it possible to relock the bootloader in order to get older compatibility (mario kart, spotify options, bancoestado) but in a system like PA Quartz 3 or PixelExperience ? Or bootloader wont boot locked another system than LG?
I seriously need those apps but also need Android 10
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Magisk manager and use the magisk hide feature.

Samsung Knox VS LG Gate..?

Hello, on my Galaxy, the encryption function is gone and i was told it's because i rooted the device. Other function aren't working and few troubles comes in. I need to know if this is the same with the LG G6. Let me know, thanks

You can root LG G6 without losing any function, you van even keep encryption (although there are some problems with the recovery)
I'm not sure if you may not be able to see DRM protected content, as I've never used it

Actually, i said wrong : it's not that encryption is gone, it's here. What's gone is the option to have your pattern/pin asked during boot. That's a security i can't live without. So after rooting, is this option still available on the G6 stock rom (wether it's nougat, oreo..)?

goja said:
Actually, i said wrong : it's not that encryption is gone, it's here. What's gone is the option to have your pattern/pin asked during boot. That's a security i can't live without. So after rooting, is this option still available on the G6 stock rom (wether it's nougat, oreo..)?
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On G6 if you set a pattern, you need it to unlock the phone after booting, always. Also, there is another extra option (see image)
I would say that the option is still here on unencrypted phones, but I can't confirm 100% since I have the phone encrypted. (on nougat)