Can someone give me info regarding the "Encryption" program included with most Roms?
It allows encrypting the contents of the microSD card, so that if someone steals it from you he can't read it.
Beware this means the files on the card can then only be read by your phone, if you want to insert it in a card reader hooked to your PC the files will be unreadable, and if you forget to / can't disable encryption before hard resetting your phone, all the card's contents will be lost.
HTC Encryption
kilrah said:
It allows encrypting the contents of the microSD card, so that if someone steals it from you he can't read it.
Beware this means the files on the card can then only be read by your phone, if you want to insert it in a card reader hooked to your PC the files will be unreadable, and if you forget to / can't disable encryption before hard resetting your phone, all the card's contents will be lost.
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Thanks much.
What method of encryption? ie 256 blowfish ect...?
How does is work, ie can you remove the encryption ect...?
Any site for additional info?
TIA!
Hey guys, I think this should be a pretty simple question to answer but I can't find anything specific when I search google. I've been having trouble running different builds of Honeycomb on my nookColor: v2, 2a, and honeybunches all would not let me connect to wifi. Everytime it would go to connect, the signal would drop to zero and nothing would happen. Any thoughts on this?
Also, since I only have 2 microSD cards I would use Easeus to delete the partitions on the disks and then use SD formatter to reformat the cards so I could install a new build of Honeycomb to check the wireless. However, the capacity of my 8GB card has gone from ~7.6-7.8GB to 7.46GB when i am trying to format it for the next time. Easeus shows a 7.647GB unallocated partition, but the formatter wants to format it to 7.46GB. I don't understand why it has gone down, and it makes me worry that I unwittingly lost space on my SD card. Have I screwed up my cards, or can I get this mystery space back? Please help!
Remove SD card from Nook and boot into stock. Insert SD card, go to settings, Device Info, SD card, unmount sd card, then format sd card. This will/should delete all partitions, format and restore all usable space on the sd card. From here, download and burn the honeycomb image to your sd card. (I recommend ubuntu, dd command. Open terminal, navigate to the directory that contains your nookhoney image. Once there type; "sudo dd if=nookhoney02.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=1M" without the quotes. Note that nookhoney02.img could be nookhoney02a.img or the honeybunches image depending on which you are using and mmcblk0 could be mmcblk1 etc. depending on what the name of your sdcard drive is.) After the image is done writing, power Nook down, insert sd card and boot Nook. Also, the burning process can be done from windows using winimage and what not, the whole ubuntu thing was just my recommendation. Hope this works for you, any more questions, just feel free to ask. Also, I apologize if this is repeat information, just giving the full experience.
just use dd command in linux or osx will erase all the partition, don't need format or erase the card first.if you do so the sd size will not decrease.
RileyGrant said:
Remove SD card from Nook and boot into stock. Insert SD card, go to settings, Device Info, SD card, unmount sd card, then format sd card. This will/should delete all partitions, format and restore all usable space on the sd card. From here, download and burn the honeycomb image to your sd card. (I recommend ubuntu, dd command. Open terminal, navigate to the directory that contains your nookhoney image. Once there type; "sudo dd if=nookhoney02.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=1M" without the quotes. Note that nookhoney02.img could be nookhoney02a.img or the honeybunches image depending on which you are using and mmcblk0 could be mmcblk1 etc. depending on what the name of your sdcard drive is.) After the image is done writing, power Nook down, insert sd card and boot Nook. Also, the burning process can be done from windows using winimage and what not, the whole ubuntu thing was just my recommendation. Hope this works for you, any more questions, just feel free to ask. Also, I apologize if this is repeat information, just giving the full experience.
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I'm having issues deleting the partition on the SD. You were successful using the instructions above?
RileyGrant said:
Remove SD card from Nook and boot into stock. Insert SD card, go to settings, Device Info, SD card, unmount sd card, then format sd card. This will/should delete all partitions, format and restore all usable space on the sd card. From here, download and burn the honeycomb image to your sd card. (I recommend ubuntu, dd command. Open terminal, navigate to the directory that contains your nookhoney image. Once there type; "sudo dd if=nookhoney02.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=1M" without the quotes. Note that nookhoney02.img could be nookhoney02a.img or the honeybunches image depending on which you are using and mmcblk0 could be mmcblk1 etc. depending on what the name of your sdcard drive is.) After the image is done writing, power Nook down, insert sd card and boot Nook. Also, the burning process can be done from windows using winimage and what not, the whole ubuntu thing was just my recommendation. Hope this works for you, any more questions, just feel free to ask. Also, I apologize if this is repeat information, just giving the full experience.
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Nevermind I got it to work.
Thanks!
ok so anyone have any ideas about the wifi problem? I have tried 4 different builds of honeycomb and whenever I go to connect to a network, the reception drops to zero and it gets stuck on connecting. IDK whats up. I type in my password and everything but it just doesnt work.
DZ469 said:
ok so anyone have any ideas about the wifi problem? I have tried 4 different builds of honeycomb and whenever I go to connect to a network, the reception drops to zero and it gets stuck on connecting. IDK whats up. I type in my password and everything but it just doesnt work.
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Have you tried turning WiFi off and then on again? This seems to work for me when wifi is acting weird.
by turn off, do you just mean press the wifi button in "Wireless & Networks" or the enable disable buttons in the dev tools? i've tried the first solution to no avail. I guess I could try messing around with the dev tools.
The nook doesnt have to be rooted for me to run this off my SD card right?
EDIT: I just went over to B&N to check if their wifi works. It does, so i don't know what the issue is. Possibly because my university uses 802.1x EAP for their network? The only thing that is fishy is that my nook at stock would connect fine.
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by turn off, do you just mean press the wifi button in "Wireless & Networks" or the enable disable buttons in the dev tools? i've tried the first solution to no avail. I guess I could try messing around with the dev tools.
The nook doesnt have to be rooted for me to run this off my SD card right?
EDIT: I just went over to B&N to check if their wifi works. It does, so i don't know what the issue is. Possibly because my university uses 802.1x EAP for their network? The only thing that is fishy is that my nook at stock would connect fine.
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Answer to your first question yes turning off and back on in Settings>Wireless.
I know I had mine working on my uni's network which has 802.1x but can't remember if it was stock, Froyo, or HC. Not currently on campus so I can't try it for you.
Google "SD formatter" and download the application. It's free and very easy to use and will format your SD cards.
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Google "SD formatter" and download the application. It's free and very easy to use and will format your SD cards.
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That's what I was using, but the size seems to keep getting smaller and smaller. I'm losing about .01GB per format.
EDIT: Okay now the wifi is working in the dorms, and i hate to say this, because it's so humiliating, but I think i was using the wrong password to log into my wireless network. Which is probably why it hung on connecting. Which makes me feel dumb.
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That's what I was using, but the size seems to keep getting smaller and smaller. I'm losing about .01GB per format.
EDIT: Okay now the wifi is working in the dorms, and i hate to say this, because it's so humiliating, but I think i was using the wrong password to log into my wireless network. Which is probably why it hung on connecting. Which makes me feel dumb.
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Well at least the wifi is working for you.
Have you tried formatting the SD with the Nook itself (assuming you're running off stock ROM?
Settings>Device Info>SD Card> Unmount SD Card>Format SD Card
My Z3+ was acting strange after OTA to android 6.0, so decided to repair with PC companion.
I did backup but didn't backed up SD card, at that moment I thought it wouldn't be necessary because repair doesn't delete anything.
And it's true but I completely forgot that my phone was encrypted, also the SD card.
So now I can't use my SD card files. Any one know if I can get encryption key from my backup? I know the unlock password but I suspect it uses another one that was on my old system
Thanks!
Hi to all,
got the problem on my P9, that after i switched it on, the SD-Card wants a Password.
There is no Password given under Security and the only choice is, to cancel the pop-up, but this results in no SD-Card.
I tried the Card on the PC under Windows 7 and it works well. I tested it, copied a few things and all is okay.
Back inside the Handy and switching it on, the Pop-Up shows up again.
After a Restart the Card will be accepted, sometimes i need to restart it for 3-4-5 times, before the Card is recognized.
Any one a Clue?
Handy
Huawei P9 - EVA-L09
Build EVA-L09C432B378
Android 7.0
EMUI 5.0
Excuse my german English
Thanks a lot
Doc
Backup all the data on the MicroSD card onto a computer.
Reformat it on computer then reformat on phone and put data back in again.
See if that helps.
i have the same problem but my Pc doesn't see the SD-card so i can't format or do anything with that sd-card.
even if i try to format it in my phone, it give error couldn't format the card
anyone have idea what to do?
Any solution found for this issue? Was driving yesterday using google maps then popup message saying sd card needs password, so restarted device and gone is my sd card, pc does not pick up sd card either.:crying:
Huawei p10 lite
I'm having the same issue. I don't even recall putting a password on the sd card.
All my daughters photos are my sd card.
Please advise on a fix.
Thanks
I have a Verizon branded Note 8 that I got from Verizon directly. I run an MDM (Mobile Device Management) application for work and was setting up policy for Android devices when I discovered this. I required external SD cards to be encrypted. MDM software kept reporting that my phone's external SD card was not encrypted, after I had gone in and encrypted it. So I reformatted the external SD card via the Note 8 itself. Android notification says that SD card is encrypted, just as it did before. However the MDM software throws a warning that it is not encrypted. I contact the Vendor of the MDM software and they have me pull the card out and check the contents from my PC. (why didn't I already think of that, I assumed it was the MDM falsely reporting the card as not encrypted). Once in my windows 10 PC, I am able to open and browse all files on the SD card. Damn. The phone is reporting the SD card as encrypted but it is not. This was a brand new SanDisk 200GB Micro SD, never used in anything other than the Note 8 and now my Windows PC for the encryption verification test I ran. I did a chat with Samsung support and they told me to try another card but either way the phone is still falsely reporting that the SD is encrypted when it is in fact not. I tried the process 3 or 4 times with the same result. Anyone notice this same issue? Anyone verify that their device is in fact encrypting their SD card by placing the card into another system? Seems like a big deal for a company that touts KNOX as a Secure implementation for Android phones.
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I have a Verizon branded Note 8 that I got from Verizon directly. I run an MDM (Mobile Device Management) application for work and was setting up policy for Android devices when I discovered this. I required external SD cards to be encrypted. MDM software kept reporting that my phone's external SD card was not encrypted, after I had gone in and encrypted it. So I reformatted the external SD card via the Note 8 itself. Android notification says that SD card is encrypted, just as it did before. However the MDM software throws a warning that it is not encrypted. I contact the Vendor of the MDM software and they have me pull the card out and check the contents from my PC. (why didn't I already think of that, I assumed it was the MDM falsely reporting the card as not encrypted). Once in my windows 10 PC, I am able to open and browse all files on the SD card. Damn. The phone is reporting the SD card as encrypted but it is not. This was a brand new SanDisk 200GB Micro SD, never used in anything other than the Note 8 and now my Windows PC for the encryption verification test I ran. I did a chat with Samsung support and they told me to try another card but either way the phone is still falsely reporting that the SD is encrypted when it is in fact not. I tried the process 3 or 4 times with the same result. Anyone notice this same issue? Anyone verify that their device is in fact encrypting their SD card by placing the card into another system? Seems like a big deal for a company that touts KNOX as a Secure implementation for Android phones.
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Yikes - I'll check mine when I get home!
- R. Kruse Ludington
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How did you format the card?
Maybe try removing card, putting in Winblow$ PC and running diskpart...
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list disk
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select disk (x)
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clean
and thats it.
No new partitions or anything. Just put it in Sammy Note and let it take it from there.
Worth a go?
The card was formatted in the Note 8 itself, then the encryption utility in Settings was used to attempt to encrypt the card. After the attempt, all appears to have been successful from the perspective of the phone. However the card is fully readable in my Windows PC, using the laptop's built in card reader. I could try all of those things but it still doesn't resolve the issue that my Note 8 gives an Android notification after boot up that my SD card is encrypted when in fact it is not. Thanks for your response.
Hmmm... Will try on my Exy and report back...
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Bump for you.
I feel your pain in the opposite way. I encrypted my phone and keeps turning off when booting up phone again.