Whenever I try to flash a new ROM, TWRP asks for a pattern unlock. It again asks for a pattern lock to boot in the system although I never turned on "require pattern to start device". Please help. I need a solution. I'm on FreedomOS Oreo.
How old if the current installed ROM? I seem to remember this problem happening when there was a mismatch between the installed ROM or firmware versus the TWRP version. So possibly try another version TWRP.
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Hello all,
I have recently been asked to use email on my work phone (instead of my preferred web-app option). My device (S4 i9505 running a Cyanogenmod 12.1 nightly) was/is rooted but after the (standard) encryption process the phone was stuck on a black screen/bootloop/problem.
This was resolved by re-flashing the CM 12.1 rom using TWRP which booted and the device was encrypted with my work email on the phone. SuperSU is installed but the binary needs to be updated and the phone is saying it's not rooted when checking the root using Root Checker.
I want to reinstall/reinstate SuperSU, but I am wondering if this will freeze the phone again, as it is encrypted. What are the known problems with rooted phones/SuperSU and encryption?
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Hi all,
Solved it by simply flashing the latest SuperSU zip via TWRP in recovery. It seems that you can use a rooted phone with encryption enabled. However, when I encrypted it (via the standard way) it was stuck in some kind of bootloop problem where the screen was black but the phone was on. To solve this, I presume the problem was with SuperSU. I would first make a backup of your ROM before encrypting then I would temporarily disable SuperSU, or uninstall it, then encrypt the device. Afterwards re-enable or re-flash SuperSU from recovery. If you do get a boot problem, you can flash a ROM or recover your old one and start again.
My steps were: encrytp, then got the boot problem so I flashed a new CM 12.1 nightly. Afterwhich the phone booted normally and the phone was encrypted, but "not" rooted. I then downloaded the latest SuperSU zip and flashed it from the recovery leaving me with an encrypted, rooted phone.
By the way, encryption is annoying as you must enter a pin everytime you use the phone, after it is locked. My S4 only lets you use a pin, no pattern allowed. However, it is preferred by employers/IT.
Background info: OnePlus 3T 128 gb, OOS 3.5.4.
I'm trying to upgrade to OOS 4.0.1 using this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/how-to/rom-oxygenos-3-5-4-mm-ota-update-t3519074, but whenever I boot into the experimental version of TWRP, it asks for my decryption password. I enter my PIN (which worked in the previous versions of TWRP), and it gives me the error message: "Password failed, please try again!" Does anyone know how to fix this? Thank you so much!
The only way I was able to get rid of TWRP asking for a password was flashing TWRP through their app. I haven't had to input a password since
I installed official twrp app from playstore.
From within that app I flashed official TWRP 3.0.3.
Rebooted to TWRP with no problem, and followed according instructions to upgrade.
All is well, now on 4.0.1
Hope it works for you too
While trying to go from a custom ROM to the official global stable, I'm having issues. I used Mi Flash to install the rom with no issue, but when I boot into TWRP with fastboot, it tells me the data is encrypted. I have no lock screen on and I can't decrypt it because default_password didn't work. I'm going to try to explain to the best of my ability exactly what I was trying and what I did to get here.
Starting point: Epic Rom
I used mi flash tool to install official Nougat Global Stable ROM.
I accidentally lock my bootloader doing this, but no big deal, I unlock it again with the tool xiaomi provides.
I guess the official ROM has it's own recovery, since it overwrote TWRP.
I reflash TWRP, and use fastboot to boot into it.
I wanted to install magisk, so I boot the phone, download it, and boot back into TWRP from the command line.
Here's where I notice the data is encrypted and I can't access internal storage to install magisk.
I start over and reflash the global rom and twrp, this time not setting a lock screen at all.
Still encrypted.
Wipe userdata and repeat.
Still encrypted.
I'm lost at this point. I can't even flash a custom ROM because I again can't get into my internal storage in TWRP to install it. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm a bit desperate at this point
After a little bit more searching, it seems it automatically encrypts if supersu isn't installed. Is there a way around this for magisk?
I recently had the same issue with the global stable rom, twrp wouldn't show anything in my internal storage. How I fixed it was miflashing the latest global stable developer rom instead an then twrp , an that did it..... I was able to see internal storage. For some reason the global stable doesn't allow you to see the storage. Hope that helps
kjm2323 said:
I recently had the same issue with the global stable rom, twrp wouldn't show anything in my internal storage. How I fixed it was miflashing the latest global stable developer rom instead an then twrp , an that did it..... I was able to see internal storage. For some reason the global stable doesn't allow you to see the storage. Hope that helps
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Brilliant, this worked! My issue now is that, as far as I can tell, developer ROM isn't on MIUI9? That seems strange, but I guess I may go back to a custom ROM in this case.
master565 said:
Brilliant, this worked! My issue now is that, as far as I can tell, developer ROM isn't on MIUI9? That seems strange, but I guess I may go back to a custom ROM in this case.
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I know I'm on the latest an it is miui8, which I'm fine with... The device runs great an has everything I need. Just a heads up I didn't shut the updater off an left my phone on wifi. When I woke up in the morning it auto updated to the newest rom an I lost twrp, SU, xposed.... Had to re-do all that. Everything worked but just a pain. You don't get that auto update running a custom rom.
I was finally able to get past the issue with the password encryption whenever booting into twrp by mr.raines. All I had to do was downgrade to MIUI 8, and then reinstall everything. I am trying to flash roms now using twrp by mr.raines but, it keeps failing to install the rom. Is this still the best verison of TWRP to use?
Hi all,
I encrypted the official lineageos on my Pixel 5 with a pattern and then installed a new version via TWRP.
Unfortunately, that does not seem to work with encryption, so now LOS no longer start and TWRP freezes at the logo and no longer asks for the pattern.
Is there a way to decrypt the internal memory with TWRP? I have previously made a backup, but now I no longer have access to it because it is on the encrypted storage.
I already tried to reinstall TWRP but it doesn't work, it freezes at the logo and therefore can't be used anymore.
If anyone has an idea what I can do, I would be very grateful.