Hey,
so up to now every time i restarted my HTC I had to enter the phone PIN, and then decryption PIN and then SIM PIN, before the phone started up. But now, I noticed that the decryption PIN seems to be gone. Why? Has my phone decrypted itself? Was this done by malware? How do I check?
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iZver said:
Noone knows?
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Just go to Settings->Security and setup your password/pin/pattern again and ensure you check the option that its required on boot.
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With Samsung devices, turning on device encryption force you to use 6 characters password (alphanumeric), which is troublesome if you use your phone often.
What I found out is that after I set such password, complete the device encryption and go back to the Lock Screen setting, I can change the password to 4 digits.
Going back to encryption setting, it said I can now encrypt the device, but must use 6 characters password. But isn't my phone already encrypted? AFAIK, there is no turning off encryption once it's done.
So at this point, is my phone encrypted or not?
lanwarrior said:
With Samsung devices, turning on device encryption force you to use 6 characters password (alphanumeric), which is troublesome if you use your phone often.
What I found out is that after I set such password, complete the device encryption and go back to the Lock Screen setting, I can change the password to 4 digits.
Going back to encryption setting, it said I can now encrypt the device, but must use 6 characters password. But isn't my phone already encrypted? AFAIK, there is no turning off encryption once it's done.
So at this point, is my phone encrypted or not?
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The phone is encrypted but like you said you cannot permanently decrypt the phone once the process is completed.
DConrad2010 said:
The phone is encrypted but like you said you cannot permanently decrypt the phone once the process is completed.
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Thanks for the info.
I am curious why initially the device requires alphanumeric passwords (which I created), but once encryption is done, I can go back to the "Lock Screen" and change it to just numeric password. I believe this will NOT remove encryption, but for confirmation, want to check if the encryption is still there.
lanwarrior said:
Thanks for the info.
I am curious why initially the device requires alphanumeric passwords (which I created), but once encryption is done, I can go back to the "Lock Screen" and change it to just numeric password. I believe this will NOT remove encryption, but for confirmation, want to check if the encryption is still there.
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I had to un-encrypt my phone by unrooting via Oden. Once i Odened then you have to do a factory reset and you are un-encrypted for good.
Hi,
i already thank you for all answers. There's a big problem with my device.
It's an OnePlus 3 with the MarshROM. Everything worked completely fine until i wanted to install SuperSU via recovery. It showed up that it needs a password. But i never did this password! It's none of my known passwords, so what should i do now?
Thanks for your answers and I apologize for my english.
did u make a nandroid backup, also is it asking for the pw in twrp or when trying to get into the OS
Yes, i can't enter TWRP and yes i did a nandroid backup
If you set up fingerprints, it also means you had to set up a backup PIN. Your partition is encrypted, so try the PIN to unlock
castironpuppet said:
If you set up fingerprints, it also means you had to set up a backup PIN. Your partition is encrypted, so try the PIN to unlock
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Tried it, also doesn't work..
It happened me once, it asked for my password and not the fingerprints to unlock the screen. But my password didn't work. I rebooted the OP3 and as I activated the option to ask password at boot, it asked for a password before booting and my usual password worked (that same password that I tried before rebooting if I didn't made myself clear).
For flashing supersu, yes it ask a password and it's the password that you set up when you register your fingerprint. At first I used a pin code but I could not remember the pin because I only remember the position I input on the numerical keyboard and in twrp it use a full keyboard. So I changed for a password and it worked fine.
The device is encrypted so you need a password if you need to flash something.
If you can still boot your device, choose 1234 as a pin. If it's asking you for a password at boot, then you are screwed.
So no returning?
Le_Zouave said:
It happened me once, it asked for my password and not the fingerprints to unlock the screen. But my password didn't work. I rebooted the OP3 and as I activated the option to ask password at boot, it asked for a password before booting and my usual password worked (that same password that I tried before rebooting if I didn't made myself clear).
For flashing supersu, yes it ask a password and it's the password that you set up when you register your fingerprint. At first I used a pin code but I could not remember the pin because I only remember the position I input on the numerical keyboard and in twrp it use a full keyboard. So I changed for a password and it worked fine.
The device is encrypted so you need a password if you need to flash something.
If you can still boot your device, choose 1234 as a pin. If it's asking you for a password at boot, then you are screwed.
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So no returning?
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Okay i did it. Going to make a tutorial
you mean chosing a password in the phone resolved your problem?
Hey guys,
I have always had my op3 encrypted and I've become used to always entering the pin when booting up, accessing twrp etc. but today when I rebooted into twrp I didn't have to enter any pin to use twrp. When booting up the system I didn't have to enter a pin either.
When I check the settings under Security & Fingerprint it looks as in the attached screenshot, I don't have any options to decrypt or anything either
I'm running OOS 4.1.3, FrancoKernel #23 , Magisk 12, twrp-3.1.0-x_blu_spark_v27.
Is this something that anyone has experienced and know how to fix?
I want to keep my encryption but then, of course, you should have to use the pin.
Cheers!
Then the pin is defaulted and thus you don't need any. I don't need one, too and never did, but all is encrypted (Even locked down with a pin on bootup and fingerprint otherwise)
I believe this is an option you need to setup during the wizard when you initially set up the device. It asks you whether you want to require a pin on startup or not.
But, you can also turn this on by going to settings>security>screen lock.
From there, you click on the area where it says PIN. Confirm your pin, then click PIN again, and there should be an option to require pin for startup. Other than that, you are still encrypted, but it is all bypassed in order for quicker startup.
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noobtoob said:
I believe this is an option you need to setup during the wizard when you initially set up the device. It asks you whether you want to require a pin on startup or not.
But, you can also turn this on by going to settings>security>screen lock.
From there, you click on the area where it says PIN. Confirm your pin, then click PIN again, and there should be an option to require pin for startup. Other than that, you are still encrypted, but it is all bypassed in order for quicker startup.
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Ah that was it! it had somehow disabled itself, simply going in and enabling "require pin to start device" solved it.
Thanks!
Try removing the lock screen password and setting it up again and it will be back again in twrp.?
booted TWRP
then flashed magisk and removed AVB and force encryption (running decrypted now)
i set up a pin and that works fine at unlocking my screen however - when i go in settings to change the pin it says incorrect pin
also the option to add a fingerprint is gone...
whats going on?.
Same issue here but also on lockscreen.
Did you find a way to fix it?
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Same issue here but also on lockscreen.
Did you find a way to fix it?
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Mount system and delete locksettings.db from /system/data via twrp.
This will reset locksreen pin. Restoring Twrp backups and other modifications are known for causing this issue.
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Mount system and delete locksettings.db from /system/data via twrp.
This will reset locksreen pin. Restoring Twrp backups and other modifications are known for causing this issue.
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This is not the issue as it was the first thing I tried of course. But thanks. It must be some issue with decryption/dm-verity/forceencrypt/magisk...
Once I set a new PIN, it is wrong. But actually, it detects that it is correct when entered since I can enter it as often as I want without being locked out. When I enter a truly incorrect PIN it locks me out.
Logcat says that the GatekeeperHalDevice returns the response code -30 or -24.
Did you resolve the problem? I have something similar. No lockscreen PIN and no fingerprints. I tried to set a PIN but it didn't seem to take.
Now I am in some in-between land. Still no lockscreen PIN still but when I try to set one, it asks for a PIN. I enter the usual number but it says invalid.
It doesn't help that I am on a non-rooted beta for Q so I don't know how to delete the locksettings.db either.
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Did you resolve the problem? I have something similar. No lockscreen PIN and no fingerprints. I tried to set a PIN but it didn't seem to take.
Now I am in some in-between land. Still no lockscreen PIN still but when I try to set one, it asks for a PIN. I enter the usual number but it says invalid.
It doesn't help that I am on a non-rooted beta for Q so I don't know how to delete the locksettings.db either.
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I have the same problem and i rooted...pls someone can help us
I did something stupid just now. I tried to soft-reboot my OP9P for the first time, and it stuck at the boot animation going round and round forever. So I hard-rebooted it by holding down the power button. Now when I power it up it's asking me for a password. Thing is, I don't even remember setting a password. But it will be factory reset if I say "forgot password", and that will be a total disaster.
Is there any way to bypass this?
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Don't set screen locks, don't encrypt internal memory, never set bios passwords and never ever encrypt data drives...
or you will suffer, eventually.
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Don't set screen locks, don't encrypt internal memory, never set bios passwords and never ever encrypt data drives...
or you will suffer, eventually.
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None of those works for me, because I'm at the recovery stage, not the Android lockscreen. But thanks for trying.
Sorry, sort of thought as much.
The password thing may indicate a hardware failure in the flash memory or a rootkit.
A complete reflash maybe the only cure if possible. Even if that works other issues may reoccur if it's a hardware failure.
Flash memory data shouldn't mutate by itself.
Have you tried your pincode?
Guys, I was able to unlock my phone. It was the license plate of my first car. Must have set it in my sleep. Thanks to everyone who tried to help.