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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I have 5.0 lollipop rooted on galaxy s5 at&t, how can install custom recovery like safestrap on it?
As far as I am aware it isn't doable at the moment.
Unable to at the moment. I tried installing TWRP, big mistake as it brought a screen saying there was software installed not approved by att and to shut the phone off and take in to a store. Just had to reflash the rooted lollipop and it went away.
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I have tried so many things also. I'm rooted and 5.0 at&t. It has to be possible to do. It has to be possible. If we could downgrade and install and upgrade. I been scratching my head about this for weeks. Needs to be solved. Haha.
I recently updated my Galaxy S6 to OF8 (G920TUVU2COF8), and still haven't rooted the phone. I was searching for a method to use, to root my phone; however I was unable to find one after spending about an hour. I am trying to find a root method for G920TUVU2COF8, and I don't care about tripping knox as I have already. I would also like to keep my finger print reader intact, that way it's usable to unlock the phone.
Thanks in advance for the help guys!
Flash a custom kernel with Odin. unikernel/unibase or aou's
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I did a couple of searches and came up empty but I am wondering if any ROM developers are working with encryption and root?
When I had my Galaxy S5 (Tmobile) it was first encrypted. I recall then once I rooted it I was no longer able to encrypt the device. I think there may have been some workarounds but they were pretty cumbersome to say they even worked at all.
I'm wondering if any developers are working that angle and if so should my inquiry be presented to developer of said ROM?
I also realize that encrypted devices do tend to read a bit slower than those no encrypted but I think I can live with that.
Please advise.
Best,
Hiatt
cwhiatt said:
I did a couple of searches and came up empty but I am wondering if any ROM developers are working with encryption and root?
When I had my Galaxy S5 (Tmobile) it was first encrypted. I recall then once I rooted it I was no longer able to encrypt the device. I think there may have been some workarounds but they were pretty cumbersome to say they even worked at all.
I'm wondering if any developers are working that angle and if so should my inquiry be presented to developer of said ROM?
I also realize that encrypted devices do tend to read a bit slower than those no encrypted but I think I can live with that.
Please advise.
Best,
Hiatt
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Hello Hiatt,
Thanks for using XDA Assist. What specific device do you currently have? There are so many devices here and each might deal with your question differently. I moved your other thread to off topic since it was referring to iPhones, but this one seems to have a more specific device in mind.
Thanks,
coal686
I presently have a Tmobile Galaxy S6 which is rooted and running Sick as Hell (version X).
From what I have read and heard it seems as though root and encryption together don't always play well together.
Also, it was the other post of mine that mentioned iPhones (the one about factory resets and eDiscovery).
cwhiatt said:
I presently have a Tmobile Galaxy S6 which is rooted and running Sick as Hell (version X).
From what I have read and heard it seems as though root and encryption together don't always play well together.
Also, it was the other post of mine that mentioned iPhones (the one about factory resets and eDiscovery).
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Lol, that's what I said. The other post was more about the iPhone issue so I moved it to off-topic. Since you have a Galaxy S6, I'll move this thread there so people with that device can give you a more personalized answer.
I don't think that having root is an issue with encryption. I Had my S5 encrypted only problem was a ui crash when entering the boot password. That was specific to the rom I was using and simply had to enter password 1 or 2 characters at a time between errors.
But I do think there may be a problem with custom recovery and encryption.
My S5 was verizon, thus still locked bootloader and used safestrap to get to a custom recovery which wasn't always active.
I would talk to someone with a lot more knowledge then I about this further. But pretty sure just having root is not a problem the recovery is where you can have issues
cwhiatt said:
I did a couple of searches and came up empty but I am wondering if any ROM developers are working with encryption and root?
When I had my Galaxy S5 (Tmobile) it was first encrypted. I recall then once I rooted it I was no longer able to encrypt the device. I think there may have been some workarounds but they were pretty cumbersome to say they even worked at all.
I'm wondering if any developers are working that angle and if so should my inquiry be presented to developer of said ROM?
I also realize that encrypted devices do tend to read a bit slower than those no encrypted but I think I can live with that.
Please advise.
Best,
Hiatt
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Hi there,
Root + Encryption can work together as long as no custom recovery involved, so if you get your root by exploit instead of installing custom recovery almost 99% chance you can have your phone encrypted while preserving the root privilege.
My case explained here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/general/success-root-encryption-t3372958
I didn't have a problem with encryption and root. The only problem that I had was that my Galaxy S6 Edge needed to be encrypted before root. I could not encrypt my phone with the "stock" rooted kernel. Once I was encrypted, I could install TWRP and root via supersu systemless root.
Once I had root, I would use flashfire to back up and install because TWRP could not read the DATA partition since it was encrypted. For some reason, it seems once the phone has been decrypted, the data partition could be backed up with flashfire, and I would be able to restore a backup as well.
This is where I ran into issues. If you are flashing a custom rom that will require you to wipe data, your device will lose encryption. Because I can be somewhat of a crack flasher at times, and that I am too lazy to deal with having to re-encrypt and reinstall all my settings, I just opted to stick with an unencrypted phone.
Hopefully at some point, TWRP will be compatible with encryption so that lives will be easy for us crack flashers..until then, I will probably stick with an unencrypted device unless I just want to stick with a stock rom, or a custom rom that I can load up and not have to wipe data every time there is an update.
Do any of you use the encryption mode from settings? Lollipop
Are there any downsides of encryption when one flashes roms and uses root?
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One downside is most custom rom are incompatible with encrypting, as encrypting the data stops most custom roms being able to be flashed.
However I do not believe it affects root, as long as you rooted it before you encrypted it.
Here is the problem, when I root my encrypted tab s2 (T815) black screen (dm-verify) fired and block my tab. I manage to fix it by removing root. no way to use both! i tried all kind of root trying to fix it and still no way to get both root and encryption. I would like to keep my tab encrypted as it will protect my data from begin restore after selling my tab.
my tab rom is latest Touchwize firmware (I5) which is 7.0
hope someone can help.
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Here is the problem, when I root my encrypted tab s2 (T815) black screen (dm-verify) fired and block my tab. I manage to fix it by removing root. no way to use both! i tried all kind of root trying to fix it and still no way to get both root and encryption. I would like to keep my tab encrypted as it will protect my data from begin restore after selling my tab.
my tab rom is latest Touchwize firmware (I5) which is 7.0
hope someone can help.
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Find solution if anyone want to know let me know.
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I have the same problem my Samsung Galaxy Tab S2. Please let me know how you fixed it. Thanks.
I am having difficulties with rooting & encrypting a Tab S2 T719. I would love to know the solution you found.
Thanks.
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Find solution if anyone want to know let me know.
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i'm trying to figure it out too. i would like to know for next time so i am able to root and perform a full backup of stock