I am going to decrypt my phone by flashing user-data
How do i make sure that my phone does not get encrypted again so it saves me hassle of formatting my phone
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Flash a kernel that has force encrypt disabled (pretty much any of them). Then format data in twrp. No need to flash userdata.
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I encrypted my phone the other day. How do I unencrypt it? I need to do it because I want to change rom.
If you are already rooted with a custom recovery installed you can "decrypt" your device by formatting your /data partition.
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I'm looking to sell my galaxy nexus and I was just wondering if its okay to just make a backup of my internal storage and wipe the whole thing. I'm not sure if there would be any hidden files that could be looked at (Google Wallet/other secure app files) if I just do a factory reset and wipe my pictures. All I'm asking is if it is okay to wipe the whole internal storage of my Gnex. Thanks for any help.
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Factory Reset is enough!
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Factory reset only deletes user data. If you want tot delete everything you can just lock and re unlock the bootloader.
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mrgnex said:
Factory reset only deletes user data. If you want tot delete everything you can just lock and re unlock the bootloader.
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Factory reset only wipes /data in a CUSTOM recovery. In stock recovery it handles the storage partition also
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Hello,
I've a short question.
When I make a backup with TWRP and wipe my device (factory reset). Is my backup still available?
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Hello,
I've a short question.
When I make a backup with TWRP and wipe my device (factory reset). Is my backup still available?
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Yes.
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To clarify, yes, because twrp backups are placed on your SD card/internal storage. Factory resets won't wipe your internal storage.
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Just don't wipe the storage!
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Is there a way to avoid going back to stock in order to flash Android N? I was hoping there was a way to flash it through TWRP. Any possibilities?
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I don't know about TWRP, but shouldn't you be able to download the image and flash it through fastboot?
Yes I can flash it through fast boot, just not near a computer currently.
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What all am I risking doing an internal storage wipe? I know whatever pictures and passwords will be gone but what else? haven't done that with a phone that had root and unlocked bootloader.
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rmc198501 said:
What all am I risking doing an internal storage wipe? I know whatever pictures and passwords will be gone but what else? haven't done that with a phone that had root and unlocked bootloader.
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You will lose all your data. It wipes it clean.
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Will it lock my bootloader back and loosey root that's theain focus
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If you're unlocked and rooted, that will not effect it. Only data.
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rmc198501 said:
Will it lock my bootloader back and loosey root that's theain focus
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No. Wiping internal storage has nothing to do with bootloaders or root.
It's a good idea to do so after unlocking a bootloader. Whether or not there are cooties from Kingroot/Kingoroot left, it made me feel better to format internal storage after the unlocking process.
It's probably best to do this in conjunction with flashing a ROM.
OK thanks for the responses back. I jumped on the band wagon when we first got the bootloader unlock method. And have been flashing back and forth between ROMs and its just been piling up unneeded data
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