[Q] phone storage decryption - One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

i have encrypted my phone storage and i was happy with it but i want to install busybox and i think the phone storage encryption is not letting to install it. so i went to settings>storage>power and the option to decrypt the phone is greyed out. i thought its because the battery is not fully charged so i charged it to 100% and kept the power cable connected but still the option is greyed out. i also cannot install new 4.2.2 roms.
any help on this matter please?
i am currently on v4.1.2 bootloader unlocked, cwm installed and rooted with stock rom .

still no progress
i have tried clearing the credentials and then tried to reset the phone through recovery too but that also fails, it says cannot mount data...and other things
so am i stuck with this v4.1.2 without anything more to do? no reset, no upgrade ??
i should have never enabled encryption in first place,

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[Q] Phone stuck on boot by himself

Before I startת I tried to find this problem also search on Google and here but could not find any information about this problem.
This night I did not put the device to a charger because he had already 90% battery, so I left it disconnected,in the morning I got up I saw the phone is turn off, I tried to turn the phone light up and the ATT screen turn on,
I went and when I came back after 10 minutes I saw that the phone is still stuck on the "Galaxy S" screen.
I removed battery, changed, and it's still stuck.
I'm running version CM7.1,
The phone can get into the recovery menu.
Can anyone help me?
I do not understand in the android system and I don't have any backups of my pictuers...
Any chance to save the phone?
update: I search for a solution, and found on the CWM the option of "Mount USB storage" and I copied my pictures to my computer...
so now my new question is how can I get the phone to turn on again? only format and install new rom?
I can use CM7.2 zip file and install via the recovery menu?
you can go to cwmr and can do a data wipe which will uninstall all your apps and data but will not touch your sdcards
You won't lose your pictures on the sd card. If you are still stuck, try wiping dalvik cache from recovery
Sent from my ICS Samsung Captivate
I have a similar problem. Like eidoll32, I did not plug in my cappy and when I went to turn it on the next day, I was only able to get a boot loop at the AT&T screen. Currently, I cannot get into recovery, but only download mode.
I originally rooted the phone with the Galaxy_One_Click_Root tool, and installed CyanogenMod 7.1 for the captivate, when CM7.2 went to RC1, I flashed that from CWM, doing a full wipe. Later I wanted to try ICS, so I flashed AOKP - captivatemtd - M5 b30, doing a full wipe (twice).
That's where I was when this happened, and where I am now.

Internal SD card behaving strangely - Please Help

In short: Canceled Factory Reset, Now my SD card is not being detected properly and I am unable to format/mount it in recovery
Hey Everyone,
I've recently created quite a frustrating problem on my HTC Vivid that I'm unable to figure out. While attempting to go into CWM Recovery to check what version I have I accidentally selected Factory Reset from the bootloader. I quickly pulled the battery, as my back cover was off, within a second or two of this selection, and to my knowledge the phone was still on the bootloader screen and hadn't begun the process. After rebooting into my ROM and I attempted to install TWRP Recovery via Goo Manager in preparation for flashing a new ROM. After the download timer expired my Goo Manager crashed. Any attempt to install via Goo Manager since then is giving me this error, or it just hangs at the download web page. I suspect that this is because of the botched Factory Reset I mentioned earlier, and I'm worried I've somehow messed up the internal SD. My internal sd card is not detected by the camera app nor correctly seen in my file manager, in settings it is reported at the correct size, but apparently all my media has been deleted. I'm unable to format/mount ext sd or emmc in Recovery. My questions are: Has my sd card been corrupted, and If so, why did all my apps and user data remain? Secondly, how can I remedy this situation? I should mention that my phones data port is basically unusable, so I am unable to connect my device to a PC and use adb/fastboot.
My recovery is CWM 5.5.0.4 and my ROM is CM-10.2 | AOSP 4.3.1 Jellybean [KANG] [Oct-31] My phone is unlocked and S-OFF
Update: I tried to Factory Reset, thinking maybe what got me into this mess would get me out, but that option just takes me into recovery. This leaves me even more puzzled. I followed that up with a factory reset/davlik cache wipe from recovery but that hasn't done anything either. My conclusion thus far is that I need to somehow reformat my internal storage, is that possible without connecting my phone to a pc?
Thank you for any responses, and taking the time to read this.
I inadvertently hit the factory reset once from the boot loader and it did the reset in just a few seconds. It hosed my internal memory and unfortunately had to run the ruu to fix it. I know that is not what you want to hear if you can't connect it to a computer.
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Seriously?
I have answered this question literally 100 times...
Please use the search feature...
Or at least scroll down and read thread titles...
And if your port is borked... Replace it
Sent from my Vivid 4G using Tapatalk
I did a forum search, I was unable to find a satisfactory answer so I started my own thread. (All were referring to using some method of connecting the phone to a PC)
If anyone is wondering, I solved my problem by simply doing a reset/data wipe via recovery and reflashing my ROM. During setup it prompted me to format my internal storage and now my phone is behaving as normal.
Mods feel free to lock and delete this thread.

Encryption with root

Are you not supposed to be able to encrypt the device when it is rooted? I tried but it just reboots, never doing anything.
You can encrypt a rooted phone, but I think you need the stock recovery for it to work (or it did with my Nexus phones, I haven't tried it on my Moto X 2014 yet). You could try flashing the stock recovery, encrypting then flashing TWRP/CWM back again.
Azarin said:
You can encrypt a rooted phone, but I think you need the stock recovery for it to work (or it did with my Nexus phones, I haven't tried it on my Moto X 2014 yet). You could try flashing the stock recovery, encrypting then flashing TWRP/CWM back again.
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I'm on stock recovery
km8j said:
I'm on stock recovery
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Sometimes Android can get confused and not encrypt your device - lots about it on googles issue tracker, but ensure your phone is fully charged, and plugged in at the time. Sometimes it takes people quite a few times, along with connecting/disconnecting the charger.
As a P.S. My moto x encrypted without issues, but it isn't rooted.
Azarin said:
Sometimes Android can get confused and not encrypt your device - lots about it on googles issue tracker, but ensure your phone is fully charged, and plugged in at the time. Sometimes it takes people quite a few times, along with connecting/disconnecting the charger.
As a P.S. My moto x encrypted without issues, but it isn't rooted.
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I had a similar experience with my old phone - had to attempt encrypt multiple times, then it finally worked. Haven't encrypted this one yet, but I may have no choice for work.
What I did for my original Moto X was:
1) Unlock bootloader
2) Flash TWRP
3) Root the phone
4) Restore the phone to factory default but leaving the /data and /sdcard partitions in place
5) Encrypt the phone (you have no root at this point)
6) Flash TWRP
7) mount /sdcard and /data as tmpfs filesystems
8) Push the root.zip to one of the tmpfs using adb
9) TWRP can read the tmpfs /sdcard so I used root.
Step 9 fails to write files to the encrypted partition as /data is a tmpfs and the real /data is encrypted, but the files required are still there from the original rooting in Step 3. Now you have a rooted and encrypted phone. I forget the commands to do the tmpfs stuff and adb push, and I don't have an android phone at this time, but Google will help with those I'm sure.
This is a convoluted and annoying process, but it was the only way I could get root and encryption. I hope this helps.
I tried everything and still am not able to encrypt the phone with unlocked boot loader and root. I disabled supersu, rebooted into safe mode and turned on airplane mode.
edwardgtxy said:
I tried everything and still am not able to encrypt the phone with unlocked boot loader and root. I disabled supersu, rebooted into safe mode and turned on airplane mode.
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Has anyone got some resolution on this? Rooted on the latest Lollipop build here. I've tried safe mode, fully charged, on the charger and every time it gets to the green android screen and then goes black on me.
I just did it yesterday. It didn't seem to be doing anything, but I left it alone and then suddenly it woke up to the encryption PIN entry screen. I'd say leave it alone longer than you think you should, and see what happens. I have stock recovery, BTW.
cbasse said:
I just did it yesterday. It didn't seem to be doing anything, but I left it alone and then suddenly it woke up to the encryption PIN entry screen. I'd say leave it alone longer than you think you should, and see what happens. I have stock recovery, BTW.
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Any idea how long you left it alone (couple of minutes, 15-30 minutes, 1+ hours)? My device came with Lollipop; I unlocked the bootloader for my device using Motorola's instructions, then installed root according to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-2014/general/lollipop-root-achieved-t2937154. I didn't install any custom recovery. I tried encrypting the phone multiple times, but each time it seems to get stuck at the black screen after shortly showing the android logo.
Edit: I finally got encryption to work; it looks like the device can't be encrypted with the rooting method that I used. In order to encrypt my phone, I flashed the stock ROM, did a factory reset, then encrypted it and installed root after that.

NEED HELP - Android gone black

Moto X 2014: unrooted with bootloader unlocked. It's running Stock 5.1 and I haven't messed with anything on it. I gave it to my Dad after a few months of using it, so I factory reset it and gave it to him, 2 weeks later he tells me it has stopped working. It boots up normally, but from then on it is black, I can access minor parts of the OS such as the power off menu, the camera (by shaking) and Moto Display, but everything else doesn't work. I have never seen anything like this before, and I am well accustomed to flashing custom ROMs and rooting Android. If it comes down to it I will factory reset it or flash stock, but I can't even plug it into my PC and retrieve any files. Anyone have any idea whats gone wrong?
I have attached a video demonstrating what's happened to help diagnose the problem.
thomaswilloughby said:
Moto X 2014: unrooted with bootloader unlocked. It's running Stock 5.1 and I haven't messed with anything on it. I gave it to my Dad after a few months of using it, so I factory reset it and gave it to him, 2 weeks later he tells me it has stopped working. It boots up normally, but from then on it is black, I can access minor parts of the OS such as the power off menu, the camera (by shaking) and Moto Display, but everything else doesn't work. I have never seen anything like this before, and I am well accustomed to flashing custom ROMs and rooting Android. If it comes down to it I will factory reset it or flash stock, but I can't even plug it into my PC and retrieve any files. Anyone have any idea whats gone wrong?
I have attached a video demonstrating what's happened to help diagnose the problem.
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If you search the forum here for "black screen" it has happened to other people as well on stock 5.1. Supposedly the fix is a factory reset.
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AGISCI said:
If you search the forum here for "black screen" it has happened to other people as well on stock 5.1. Supposedly the fix is a factory reset.
Sent from my XT1095 using Tapatalk
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Ok, It was just really surprising thats all. I will factory reset then. Thanks
I am having the exact same issue. Have you had a luck resolving it short of a factory reset?
My phone battery died last night. I plugged my phone in, let it get about 15% charge, then tried to turn it back on. The phone boots like normal, but after the boot animation goes away, the screen is black. Active notifications still seem to work, and I can hold the power button to get the Power Down option. I can boot into the bootloader & access recovery just fine. However, my phone is fully stock (no root, no bootloader unlock, no anything). I can't seem to access ADB when the phone is powered normally (ie, when I'm at this mysterious black screen), but it's possible that USB debugging isn't even enabled.
So far, I've found a few people who've said a full factory reset will fix the problem, but I'm looking for another solution, or at least a way to grab my data before I reset. Since my bootloader's still locked, I can't seem to use fastboot boot to boot into TWRP, and I can't find any other way to access my data to copy it off the phone. I've tried wiping the cache using the stock recovery to no avail. Any suggestions?
bjg222 said:
I am having the exact same issue. Have you had a luck resolving it short of a factory reset?
My phone battery died last night. I plugged my phone in, let it get about 15% charge, then tried to turn it back on. The phone boots like normal, but after the boot animation goes away, the screen is black. Active notifications still seem to work, and I can hold the power button to get the Power Down option. I can boot into the bootloader & access recovery just fine. However, my phone is fully stock (no root, no bootloader unlock, no anything). I can't seem to access ADB when the phone is powered normally (ie, when I'm at this mysterious black screen), but it's possible that USB debugging isn't even enabled.
So far, I've found a few people who've said a full factory reset will fix the problem, but I'm looking for another solution, or at least a way to grab my data before I reset. Since my bootloader's still locked, I can't seem to use fastboot boot to boot into TWRP, and I can't find any other way to access my data to copy it off the phone. I've tried wiping the cache using the stock recovery to no avail. Any suggestions?
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Unfortunately I couldn't retreive any data from the phone, I can confirm however that a factory reset does fix the issue. The Android automatic backup does work in the broken state so I did manage to restore my settings and apps. But the internal sd card was wiped upon factory reseting. Just an idea of the top of my head: Try running adb backup and see if that works, and then unlocking the bootloader, flashing twrp, restoring the backup, and finally transfering the internal sd card data to a mounted drive using twrp. Thats just a stab in the dark and i dont have the phone on me to test it. Give it a try and lets hope Motorola will fix this bug soon.
Ok, thanks. I did try adb backup, but adb won't recognize the device when it's "booted" & sitting at the blank screen, and the stock recovery doesn't give full adb access. I'm currently looking into the various data recovery options to maybe pull some stuff off after reseting. It's really only a few files that I need, so maybe that will work?
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Ok, thanks. I did try adb backup, but adb won't recognize the device when it's "booted" & sitting at the blank screen, and the stock recovery doesn't give full adb access. I'm currently looking into the various data recovery options to maybe pull some stuff off after reseting. It's really only a few files that I need, so maybe that will work?
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Unfortunately the internal SD card mounts using MTP and not like a flash drive, so using the usual methods through Windows to recover wont work. However you could try and restore your internal sd card using this solution: http://goo.gl/OKdV14
As for accessing adb through recovery, you could try this method: http://goo.gl/5T7bhq
Hopefully one of these methods should work, so you can at least recover some of your files.
I had the same problem today. I tried to backup a twrp backup I have made few weeks ago but I still had the black screen. The only solution is to factory reset...
Happily I could have saved my data when I was on TWRP. Anyone knows how to restore sms from the data I have saved ?

[Q] Stuck in bootloop, cant access recovery

Post in wrong section, its 1st gen. Please move
So recently I decided to unlock my bootloader and flash CM12 on my Moto G 1st gen
Everything went fine till a friend told me to download and install Xposed. As I launched the app and hit frame work it mentioned creating a backup before installing so I did using TWRP. From there I rebooted the phone and thats where I ran into problems, it started to bootloop. After many hours (3 days to be exact) I still cant get it out of this state.
I thought I fixed it by reflashing, but apparently it just flashed it onto a seperate partition and the new ROM didnt work well (Notification bar didnt pull down right, no home button or multi-task). Since it didnt work I tried to wipe it and reflash but that apparently wouldnt boot, then I lost the ability to access recovery.
ADB doesnt find the device, I think usb debugging got disabled at some point.
I need some help on how to unbrick this, I'm 4 days in and still out of luck. Please!
Nobody?
You can´t access the recovery at all? When i get into a bootloop i need to do a little trick to enter recovery; hold down the power button for several seconds until it reboot, then as soon as the screen turns black hold the power button and volume down for 5 seconds to enter into bootloader. Then enter recovery from the bootloader, do a full wipe and install a stable rom. If you can´t connect the phone to the pc, take the sd card out and put it on another phone so you can connect it to a pc to transfer a stable rom for flashing on your phone.
Sorry this is late, completely forgot I post this. I can now get into recovery although some features dont work as the phone has nothing else on it. Got a USB OTG cable today and going to try mount cm12 that way.
Update : Using TWRP mount I now have files on the device (Data, boot, sys, system) which I didnt have before. Although I'm now getting a E:unable to mount '/system' but TWRP says Successful. Any thoughts?
Update 2 : Flashed it another 2 times, that seemed to fix it. Now no SIM detected.

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