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[Q] How to wipe Data partition after it's been encrypted?

Hey guys,
My work switched to Google Apps for their email so i wanted to test it out on my phone. Doing so required them to encrypt my phone. What this appears to have done is encrypt the data partition. So now when i go into (TWRP) recovery and try to do a backup / wipe / or anything else, it says it is "Unable to mount /sdcard" I'm unable to do a factory reset of any kind so i'm essentially stuck on this rom (ARHD) until i can figure out how to wipe data and get the /sdcard to be not encrypted. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm imagining that with the modified recovery not being able to access the data partition that i'm going to have to do some adb type stuff?
Please help! I want to keep flashing new roms!

Anyone??

I think you can't decrypt your data partition...
Did you try to wipe your data partition with the latest TWRP?

Guich said:
I think you can't decrypt your data partition...
Did you try to wipe your data partition with the latest TWRP?
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That's the thing, the recovery can't mount /sdcard so wiping isn't an option from recovery

jrun said:
That's the thing, the recovery can't mount /sdcard so wiping isn't an option from recovery
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Hi! Only TWRP recovery can solve your issue just do this...
Boot to TWRP recovery->Wipe
From there there are 2 options the left is the advance wipe and on the right is Format Data
Just select the format data button and it should reformat the whole data partition.
1st one would prompt so many errors and reformat then reformat it again 1 time and it should fully reformat your phone.
In theory it should reformat data partition even when encrypted but just in case it fails and I won't be able to go back to this thread just boot in bootloader and type
"fastboot erase userdata"

Well none of that works. TWRP doesn't support decryption yet for this device.

sevenalive said:
Well none of that works. TWRP doesn't support decryption yet for this device.
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What I instructed basically doesn't decrypt the partition. It reformats it.

Riyal said:
What I instructed basically doesn't decrypt the partition. It reformats it.
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I know what you instructed, it doesn't work. Only way I got it to work. Flash the stock recovery. Boot into system. Take off the encryption, phone reboots and removes the encryption, data is formatted. Then flash TWRP again.

I basically ran into this exact problem. I was hoping that I'd still be able to back up the encrypted device, but forget about it. What a pain in the ass.
Someone should make add something to the guides about how encrypting your device makes nandroid backups impossible.

[Q] encryption unsuccessful?

So, I figured I'd set up the scenario first in hopes to help make this understood:
1. Got the device
2. Booted/Updated to 5.0
3. Rooted using CF Autoroot
4. Remained on Stock 5.0 + Root (Stock bootloader/recovery)
- 1st "OFFICIAL" ROM came out so like the gentle flash'aholic I am, I rushed and downloaded [ROM][Unofficial][5.0.2][alpha/wip] Resurrection Remix v5.2.6[victara]
1. I installed TWRP via the Google Play App, (I think i was on 2.8.3.0)
2. Rebooted into TWRP, and did a FULL BACKUP (saved locally)
3. Formatted Davlik, System, Data, Internal Storage, Cache
4. Rebooted into TWRP, pushed the ROM files ([ROM][Unofficial][5.0.2][alpha/wip] Resurrection Remix v5.2.6[victara])
5. Flashed the ROM, GAPPS, SuperSU, Rebooted.
After about a minute of booting into the new ROM (new red loading animation) I started to get "encryption unsuccessful", and the only option was to factory reset phone, after which nothing happened, my guess was because of the custom recovery.
What was my error, and how do I prevent this from happening again?
My thinking is that wiping the Cache/System/Data/Internal/Davlik partitions somehow messed up some function someplace?
To fix it I took steps in this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-2014/help/lollipop-update-failing-how-troubleshoot-t2961633) - thanks @randyklein
-Download "Official 4.4.4 Full Restore Images" from http://www.graffixnyc.com/motox.php# and extract. Move recovery.img, boot.img, and system.img into adb folder
-Boot into fastboot, plug in USB
-Using mfastboot v2, run the following commands:
mfastboot flash boot boot.img
mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
mfastboot flash system system.img
How do I avoid this in the future if I decide to try a custom ROM/Recovery again?

Same problem...

Format data in twrp to fix encryption error

CWick4141 said:
Format data in twrp to fix encryption error
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will i lose my twrp backup ?

marquesini said:
will i lose my twrp backup ?
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Data partition just stores your apps (if not pre-loaded into system partition via ROM), and any data associated with them, so it leaves the Internal SD Card partition alone.
What concerns me is that I already wiped data, and I think I formatted the data partition as well, and still had the issue.
I'll have to try again soon.

I did a full wipe and then formated the data, then installed the ROM,gaaps,and supersu beta.
Got it working with root.

Shemploo said:
Data partition just stores your apps (if not pre-loaded into system partition via ROM), and any data associated with them, so it leaves the Internal SD Card partition alone.
What concerns me is that I already wiped data, and I think I formatted the data partition as well, and still had the issue.
I'll have to try again soon.
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Formatting data in twrp is not the same as wiping data

CWick4141 said:
Formatting data in twrp is not the same as wiping data
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True, that is why I said in above post that I think I formatted it as well, but being as I'm not certain I'll have to do it again to be sure.

Shemploo said:
True, that is why I said in above post that I think I formatted it as well, but being as I'm not certain I'll have to do it again to be sure.
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You would know if you formatted data since it erases everything including internal storage

CWick4141 said:
You would know if you formatted data since it erases everything including internal storage
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Alright, I booted TWRP, and clicked "Data" then "Repair/Change File System" it's currently showing f2fs, my format options are EXT2, EXT3, EXT4, FAT.
I think I want EXT4 right?
UPDATE: I tried EXT4 as every partition seems to use it, and from past experience, and It's working!.
Thank you for nudging me in the right direction.

edit: wrong thread

Huawei p9 format Data from ext4 to f2fs fail

hi
i have a problem with formatting Data in twrp recovery on huawei P9 eva-L09C432B182
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67361401/IMG_20170309_174811.jpg
ive tried this ROM:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p9/development/rom-huawei-p9-newworld-7-tecalote-t3543296
and it installs, but i get message after boot:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67361401/IMG_20170309_180017.jpg
i can actually see navi bar for a sec and volume buttons still work(can set alarm and sound loudness)
and here is install image of Rom:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67361401/IMG_20170309_175844.jpg
only error is mount: failed to mount /dev/block/dm-0 at /dat: No such file or directory
so i can only use twrp recovery and fastboot to fix this.
mkfs.f2fs -t 0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p42 process ended with error: 255
unable to wipe Data.
error changing file system.
every other is good for format(System and Cache) to f2fs and ext4 just Data folder has problem with format but wipe works :crying:

Are you using the last version of TWRP? Twrp 3.0.3.0

henryco11 said:
Are you using the last version of TWRP? Twrp 3.0.3.0
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no i use 3.0.2.0
i think 3.0.3.0 is only for updated huwei with nougat and EMUI5?

Why you decrypted it?
It should work normal after you reset it.

dkionline said:
Why you decrypted it?
It should work normal after you reset it.
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reset what excatly? factory reset works but Data is in ext4 format. i can wipe it but cant format it.
what if i erase this mmblck0p42 file and then flash twrp in fastboot will the file be reinstalled or will it be after i flash ROM in recovery again?
i made a mistake by formatting it in first place from f2fs to ext4 but before even factory reset didnt work, now it works and only think is left is this encryption error.

jure482 said:
hi
i have a problem with formatting Data in twrp recovery on huawei P9 eva-L09C432B182
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67361401/IMG_20170309_174811.jpg
ive tried this ROM:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p9/development/rom-huawei-p9-newworld-7-tecalote-t3543296
and it installs, but i get message after boot:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67361401/IMG_20170309_180017.jpg
i can actually see navi bar for a sec and volume buttons still work(can set alarm and sound loudness)
and here is install image of Rom:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67361401/IMG_20170309_175844.jpg
only error is mount: failed to mount /dev/block/dm-0 at /dat: No such file or directory
so i can only use twrp recovery and fastboot to fix this.
mkfs.f2fs -t 0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p42 process ended with error: 255
unable to wipe Data.
error changing file system.
every other is good for format(System and Cache) to f2fs and ext4 just Data folder has problem with format but wipe works :crying:
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Why is your data partition ext4?
Normally it is on each p9 device f2fs.
This can only occur if you were on Nougat between and had installed the TWRP-n which has no Decryption Support and if you had by yourself formated data with this TWRP to ext4.
To install NewWorld Rom you must be on Marshmallow Firmware (because of Android 6 Bootloader) and your data partition must be f2fs.
In the meantime there's a new TWRP for Android 7, which has already Decryption Support.
But you cannot use this TWRP for installing NewWorld. You must have the one, which I have linked in my OP.
On which Firmware or Rom have you been, before you tried to install NewWorld?
If you were on Nougat, NewWorld could not flashed, cause you must be on Marshmallow.
Please answer my questions that I can realize in which situation you are.

i have Marshmallow Firmware and yes i formatted data to ext4 myself
the problem occured when i wanted to get nougat but OTA update failed but it booted back into 6.0 normally just root didnt work so i went in TWRP and flashed supersu 2.79 which i had before, then i was stuck in bootloop, manged to get to fastboot but Hisuite says no update packeg for this phone. i flashed back stock recovery and tryed to factory reset but didnt work, flashed twrp back and factory reset then it said data format error so i went and changed it to ext4 after factory reset worked but i cant put it back to f2fs.
aldo i wiped all cache, dalvik/ARTcache, Data, internal storage and system

jure482 said:
i have Marshmallow Firmware and yes i formatted data to ext4 myself
the problem occured when i wanted to get nougat but OTA update failed but it booted back into 6.0 normally just root didnt work so i went in TWRP and flashed supersu 2.79 which i had before, then i was stuck in bootloop, manged to get to fastboot but Hisuite says no update packeg for this phone. i flashed back stock recovery and tryed to factory reset but didnt work, flashed twrp back and factory reset then it said data format error so i went and changed it to ext4 after factory reset worked but i cant put it back to f2fs.
aldo i wiped all cache, dalvik/ARTcache, Data, internal storage and system
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Okay, you are now on Stock Marshmallow (which version?) and you maked factory reset after formatting data to ext4
Which phone EVA model to you have?
It is recommended to flash Stock Recovery with adb and flash latest official Marshmallow Full Firmware once again (downloaded and unzipped) with 3 Button (Force Update) from the folder dload on your phone (update.app and if present meta-inf must be in this folder only) Force Upgrade to Marshmallow Firmware should solve your problem (Bootloader get closed, data should be formatted to f2fs automatically)

Tecalote said:
Okay, you are now on Stock Marshmallow (which version?) and you maked factory reset after formatting data to ext4
Which phone EVA model to you have?
It is recommended to flash Stock Recovery with adb and flash latest official Marshmallow Full Firmware once again (downloaded and unzipped) with 3 Button (Force Update) from the folder dload on your phone (update.app and if present meta-inf must be in this folder only) Force Upgrade to Marshmallow Firmware should solve your problem (Bootloader get closed, data should be formatted to f2fs automatically)
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thanks soo much i did what you said on pm. went to bootloader and flashed your twrp then wiped again arpcache, cache, system, data, reboot to twrp then installed your ROM which still said that mount dev-0 error but i still rebotted and bam it booted longer with this very nice animation you have and showed emui and now im at select language page!
Flashing your twrp in bootloader fix the problem and formatted Data to f2fs thank you again.
also i used command recovery --wipe_data --set_filesystem_encryption=off before all above to make sure ecryption is off not broken.
im now on home screen it looks nice just 3 navigation buttons on bottom look smaller then i had before, thanks again.

(Guide) Convert EXT4 to F2FS on lavendar

Hi,
I made this guideline for those who want to convert filesystem from EXT3 / EXT4 to F2FS on lavendar, for amazing speed & performance.
I already had MIUI EU beta working on my phone.
Note: Internal data storage will be wiped. Make sure to have a backup.
Steps:
1. Install Orange Fox Recovery (latest one)
2. Reboot to recovery
3. Go to Manage Partition
4. Select "Cache" and click orange tick button, then choose F2FS as the file
system and proceed.
5. Again, select "Data" and click orange tick button, then choose F2FS as the file
system and proceed.
6. Reboot to Recovery again.
7. Install a custom kernel which support F2FS (i.e Evira)
8. Install Universal F2FS support patch file. (otherwise causing boot loop)
9. Reboot
Enjoy the speed.>>>>>>>>>>>

Hi! Filesystem F2FS keeps always even if you make full wipes + format data? For example, if i do the process but later i want to change my device's ROM, system will still have F2FS after wipes and format data? Sorry i've never changed my device's Kernel so i don't know if the system keep the new kernel (and the F2FS support patch file mentioned in this post) after a wipe + format data or they have to be re-flashed. Thank you in advance.

Did as instructed. got a boot loop : (
Are you sure that fstab flags are properly set? I don't see 'nofail' option or maybe there's some other option that substitutes?
I use miui eu 9.8.9
I reformatted back to EXT4 and it boots again.
If you are not so sure (neither am I, I will go research mount command options) then I recommend 3 separate zips
One that's F2FS only for cache and data
One that's all EXT4 for cache and data in case someone needed to revert without reflashing rom
And one that's F2FS cache and EXT4 data because migrating data partition can be a lengthy process for some people. But formatting cache is always easy.

Plast0000 said:
Did as instructed. got a boot loop : (
Are you sure that fstab flags are properly set? I don't see 'nofail' option or maybe there's some other option that substitutes?
I use miui eu 9.8.9
I reformatted back to EXT4 and it boots again.
If you are not so sure (neither am I, I will go research mount command options) then I recommend 3 separate zips
One that's F2FS only for cache and data
One that's all EXT4 for cache and data in case someone needed to revert without reflashing rom
And one that's F2FS cache and EXT4 data because migrating data partition can be a lengthy process for some people. But formatting cache is always easy.
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I had the same problem, to solve it do the partitions process, flash first evira, reboot to recovery again and flash the patch. It worked for me and booted succesfully into the rom. I use xiaomi eu 9.8.9 too.

jalzate94 said:
I had the same problem, to solve it do the partitions process, flash first evira, reboot to recovery again and flash the patch. It worked for me and booted succesfully into the rom. I use xiaomi eu 9.8.9 too.
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So I do it like this?
1- change partition fs
2- reboot into recovery
3- flash evira
4- reboot into recovery
5- flash fstab.zip
6- reboot into rom

Is there actually any benefit at all in using F2FS on Lavender since the flash type is not one of ones supported by F2FS?
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gardiol said:
Is there actually any benefit at all in using F2FS on Lavender since the flash type is not one of ones supported by F2FS?
Sent from my Note 5 / 5 Plus using XDA Labs
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What do you mean when you say that its flash type is not supported by F2FS?
also see these posts:
https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/...o-perfomance-after-formatting-to-f2fs.441177/
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2697069

Plast0000 said:
What do you mean when you say that its flash type is not supported by F2FS?
also see these posts:
https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/...o-perfomance-after-formatting-to-f2fs.441177/
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2697069
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See, F2FS works on NAND flash memories.... Lavender ilis NOT a NAND flash, so there is no advantage in using it. At least this is the rationale if I am not wrong.
As speed goes, F2FS is no benefit as your link said, but also for the wear and tear there is not much benefit
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gardiol said:
See, F2FS works on NAND flash memories.... Lavender ilis NOT a NAND flash, so there is no advantage in using it. At least this is the rationale if I am not wrong.
As speed goes, F2FS is no benefit as your link said, but also for the wear and tear there is not much benefit
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Hmm? according to mi website and wikipedia it uses eMMC 5.1 which is a NAND storage. why wouldn't it work?
As for my link they all agree that F2FS is a bit slower for read but hellalot faster for write. overall gain is considerable.

Plast0000 said:
Hmm? according to mi website and wikipedia it uses eMMC 5.1 which is a NAND storage. why wouldn't it work?
As for my link they all agree that F2FS is a bit slower for read but hellalot faster for write. overall gain is considerable.
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... Well, my info is wrong then... In this case it would be useful
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White_Lion said:
Hi! Filesystem F2FS keeps always even if you make full wipes + format data? For example, if i do the process but later i want to change my device's ROM, system will still have F2FS after wipes and format data? Sorry i've never changed my device's Kernel so i don't know if the system keep the new kernel (and the F2FS support patch file mentioned in this post) after a wipe + format data or they have to be re-flashed. Thank you in advance.
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No, the data partition will be converted back to ext4 everytime you do "format data".
Not formatting your data could keep the f2fs status, but it's risky to not formatting data when changing ROM in lavender due to it's strict encryption issue.
Plast0000 said:
Did as instructed. got a boot loop : (
Are you sure that fstab flags are properly set? I don't see 'nofail' option or maybe there's some other option that substitutes?
I use miui eu 9.8.9
I reformatted back to EXT4 and it boots again.
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Miui.eu ROMs doesn't fully support F2FS. The rom does, but the kernel doesn't.
You need to make sure both the ROM and kernel has F2FS support.
if one of them don't, you'll get bootloop.
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So I do it like this?
1- change partition fs
2- reboot into recovery
3- flash evira
4- reboot into recovery
5- flash fstab.zip
6- reboot into rom
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I've been on F2FS since.. April I think, and I've installed and tried so many roms without any problem.
here's what I normally do and it works all the time:
- Make sure data & cache are ext4
- format data
- reboot recovery,
- wipe cache, dalvik, system, data, internal,
- flash firmware
- flash ROM
- flash gapps (optional)
- flash magisk
- flash kernel that has f2fs support (optional, if the rom's kernel doesn't support F2FS)
- reboot system
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it's necessary to install the rom in EXT4 because automatic encryption doesn't work in f2fs partition (I think... based on my experience). granted, you can do the encryption manually from settings, but it's require to have 80%++ battery and the more stuff you have in your internal, the longer it'd take to manually encrypt the device. automatic encryption is just easier to do. You can leave your internal decrypted as well, but you won't be able to use your fingerprint or any screen lock methods. That's just how redmi 7 family works.
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- once you get into system, reboot to recovery once again
- convert cache & data to f2fs
- flash magisk
- flash universal f2fs patch
- reboot
now your /data and /cache are in f2fs.
If you're already on a rom and kernel that support f2fs, you can just do the later half of this tutorial without the need to reinstall rom and everything, but you'd lose all your data. good luck!

What's the benefit of changing cache into F2FS?

begging
Seeking flash tutorial videos

Thanks
thx for guide.

Which custom rom that support f2fs?

twrp 0 mb

hello.my phone is n950F i have problem. my problem is
when i flash stock rom w/odin
then set up twrp this app cant see my internal storage without apply format data or tap change file system ex4 exfat etc.
but i choose format data or repair file system button, mine system is formatting. so i must have flash stock rom odin again.
if i flash stock rom again, twrp cant see my interal storage, 0mb error. again again again. how i flash kernel in twrp on stock rom?

n0te8user said:
hello.my phone is n950F i have problem. my problem is
when i flash stock rom w/odin
then set up twrp this app cant see my internal storage without apply format data or tap change file system ex4 exfat etc.
but i choose format data or repair file system button, mine system is formatting. so i must have flash stock rom odin again.
if i flash stock rom again, twrp cant see my interal storage, 0mb error. again again again. how i flash kernel in twrp on stock rom?
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If you are using twrp from this thread, it's mentioned on the 3rd post
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FAQ / Further reading
Q: TWRP can't mount data partition, what to do?
A: Make sure you formatted data partition.
Q: Why do i need to format data partition?
A: Because old rom encrypted your data partition and new rom can't decrypt and use that content / root needs access to data partition to place misc files / phone not booting after flashing root until data partition gets formatted.
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or maybe try to disable data encryption which is mentioned on the 1st post
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After booting in TWRP download and flash no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.1 zip to disable data partition encryption
If for any reason you fail to install TWRP multiple times/different methods, make sure you check this thread
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You need to format /data with the "yes" confirmation.
The stock ROM will survive, because it's on /system and /preload.
After that you need to flash a fully patched kernel with removed forced encryption (like a2n kernel) before you reboot to the system. Otherwise the stock kernel will encrypt the /data partition once again.

ace2nutzer said:
You need to format /data with the "yes" confirmation.
The stock ROM will survive, because it's on /system and /preload.
After that you need to flash a fully patched kernel with removed forced encryption (like a2n kernel) before you reboot to the system. Otherwise the stock kernel will encrypt the /data partition once again.
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i know i tried this but mine stock rom installed after flashing with odin (turkey) and after apply twrp format data stock rom are very different. the second i said seems like global rom. it contains weird settings and apps I will do what you say and take a screenshot,1 2 hours later you will understand me better.