4.4 KitKat still has the same bug as previous releases as far as encrypting the phone goes. I had to attempt the process 4 times before the phone would actually encrypt. The first 3 times the Green Android popped up, but the phone didn't reboot to the "Encrypting Phone..." progress screen, it just went back to the lock screen. 4th time was a charm, so keep trying if it doesn't work for you.
Ronaldo Forenucci said:
4.4 KitKat still has the same bug as previous releases as far as encrypting the phone goes. I had to attempt the process 4 times before the phone would actually encrypt. The first 3 times the Green Android popped up, but the phone didn't reboot to the "Encrypting Phone..." progress screen, it just went back to the lock screen. 4th time was a charm, so keep trying if it doesn't work for you.
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You using a custom recovery or stock?
Mine encrypted on the first try ...
Encrypting naturally makes the phone a tad bit slow though no? And to decrypt you have to do factory reset
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secondclaw said:
Mine encrypted on the first try ...
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Stock recovery?
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Stock recovery?
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Yes, rooted only, but no other changes.
I've never had a problem encrypting with any recovery (CWM, TWRP, or stock), probably because it never boots to recovery while encrypting. It's probably a ROM issue.
Hey guys,
did you notice any significant performance impact after encrypting your N5?
How does an (stock) update work on encrypted N5? Do I have to wipe the phone prior to any update?
Just so you guys know there is a bug with kitkat encryption that will wipe your entire phone. Make backups of all the data you're keeping on your phone if you're going to encrypt. There's been a few users that have reported loosing everything due to encryption wiping out their phones. Just a friendly warning to whoever wants to encrypt.
Encryption does not slow down the performance. Only boots up slightly slower. Once you go through the password or pin, everything is decrypted until you lock your phone again.
I remember once you encrypt though...can't decrypt or need to reinstall stock.
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my n5 was very picky about which cable and charger I was using before it would start the encryption process, with a N7 and a asus T100, it was hard to figure out which charger goes with which device.
Haven't noticed any particular slowdown since encrypting, except at boot.
The only thing I hated was not being able to use pattern unlock, using a PIN sucks. I worked around that by making a twrp backup right before the encryption process, change the security to PIN so encryption will work, then once it's done, boot into TWRP (which makes you enter the PIN to read inside the encrypted container), then restore the backup without wiping. So now I have a good length pin at bootup or entering twrp, pattern unlock for daily use. Maybe trading a little bit of security for convenience, but entering a 10+ character pin multiple times per day just isn't very usable.
I think it's the battery. The os shows another percentage than the recovery calculates. After some additional minutes of charging i hadn't that problem anymore. Thats just my opinion
I know that it is not possible to decrypt the data and that a factory reset is necessary to remove encryption.
I am just wondering if I can still update my system if I encrypt my phone?
What exactly is encrypted? Only /data?
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Encryption does not affect the OTA update or any kind of updates that push out offically. Phone itself decrypts once you go through personal lock screen. Since you can only update during unlocked stage, you won't have problem updating. It does encrypt everything except the media files such as videos, music's and etc. Correct me if I'm wrong though...
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How long do you use the encryption now?
Do OTA updates still work?
Does adb work from TWRP recovery?
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FuMMoD said:
Just so you guys know there is a bug with kitkat encryption that will wipe your entire phone. Make backups of all the data you're keeping on your phone if you're going to encrypt. There's been a few users that have reported loosing everything due to encryption wiping out their phones. Just a friendly warning to whoever wants to encrypt.
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Wish I had seen this!
[email protected] POS wiped EVERYTHING on my phone when I tried to encrypt.....EVERYTHING.
Was on latest TWRP, KangaKat and ElementalX
FAck U GOOGLE!
Globespy said:
Wish I had seen this!
[email protected] POS wiped EVERYTHING on my phone when I tried to encrypt.....EVERYTHING.
Was on latest TWRP, KangaKat and ElementalX
FAck U GOOGLE!
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Ye when your phone running custom recovery, rom and kernel doesn't behave as intended, it's obviously Google's fault...
Seriously, if you change anything software related, you lose the right to blame the manufacturer.
I've heard of random passwords being generated so the user has to factory reset. Is this true????
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I have a verizon dev edition Moto X running 4.4.2 and I can't encrypt it. I want to keep it rooted, but encrypted. How can I encrypt it?
Thanks
I encrypted first then rooted and it worked (then wiped to stock and unencrypted since twrp can't see the encrypted space).
Are you trying to add work email with a security policy? If so Exchange Bypass for xposed (1.6) works great to bypass the encryption.
Restola said:
I encrypted first then rooted and it worked (then wiped to stock and unencrypted since twrp can't see the encrypted space).
Are you trying to add work email with a security policy? If so Exchange Bypass for xposed (1.6) works great to bypass the encryption.
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That seems to have worked. I restored the system partition and it looks like android stores all apps and settings on /data (yay!). However now that I am encrypted, how do I root the device? I can no longer flash zips.
Thanks
Edit: Also the reason I want the phone encrypted is because I just like knowing my personal data is relatively safe if the phone is stolen.
Check out this link for the twrp recovery file http://www.elementalxdesigns.com/ec...our-Moto-X-Developer-Edition-and-install-TWRP
Also I have concerns about being unencrypted as well. Especially since ADM can't remote wipe a device with TWRP.
Restola said:
Check out this link for the twrp recovery file http://www.elementalxdesigns.com/ec...our-Moto-X-Developer-Edition-and-install-TWRP
Also I have concerns about being unencrypted as well. Especially since ADM can't remote wipe a device with TWRP.
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Interesting. I managed to get it to work mounting /sdcard and /data as a tmpfs.
ADM never worked for me stock or not. I just use cerberus but I don't trust the remote wipe to function after having this much trouble with the encryption.
Doesn't the encryption slow your phone down a decent amount?
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Doesn't the encryption slow your phone down a decent amount?
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I haven't noticed a slow down on it yet. Full disclaimer: I don't play games though on my phone. It's possible they could be affected.
Having some real performance issues and I miss flashing ROMs so I wanted to give it another shot.
Problem is my employer requires device admin powers and full device/sdcard encryption in order for me to have my work exchange account (emails/calendar) on the device.
If I root the device and put on a custom ROM, will I have problems encrypting it, or will it just work like it did on stock?
Thanks!
I'd advise AGAINST using a custom ROM as you won't be able to access the native file system through a custom recovery (once encrypted). Rooting (alone) would be OK though.
So this is almost the best phone in existence, except for one thing. It cannot be encrypted using the normal procedure. Choosing the encryption option simply restarts the phone. I have tried unrooting my phone then encrypting, I had the same issue. This same issue happened with MoFo'ed images before we had bootloader unlock. We got around it by loading an unrooted image, setting it up enough to encrypt the phone, then reloading the rooted image with MoFo root. Does anyone know if this could work again? Does anyone know if their is a way to "side encrypt" the phone by connecting it to a computer? I am currently running CM 12.1 with the newest update. Thanks for the help!
Couldn't find solution on XDA or any other place regarding the way to encrypt ROOTED Galaxy S6 running 5.1.1 or higher. Anybody can help with this? Would be really nice to have all perks that rooting give you with security level of the encrypted device.
I could only encrypt before I rooted. Couldn't do any backups except in flashfire because the data portion couldn't be read since it was encrypted.
If you flash a rom that required a data wipe...then all bets are off.
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