If you use device encryption, do you then have to enter a password each time you turn the screen on, or only each time you power the phone on after it had been powered down?
And can you later decide to undo the encryption?
After further searching, I've discovered that the device-encryption password is only entered when the device powers up (reboots). However, the UI forces the same password to be used for the unlock screen as for the device encryption, so it's just as though the device-encryption password has to be used for each unlock. (There are hacks to work around that restriction, but they require rooting.)
New question for anyone using device encryption, please: Are you still able to set a long delay (up to one hour) before the lock screen engages, or does it always engage immediately when the device is encrypted, requiring password entry each time you pick up the phone?
Also, still wondering if anyone who's tried it knows whether device encryption can later be reversed/disabled. If so, I'll just go ahead and experiment. But I'd rather not do so if I'd have to factory-reset in order to undo it.
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If so, would you be so kind as to answer two questions for me?
(1) Do you have to enter your password each time you unlock the screen, or does the phone still let you set a delay of up to an hour (during which time you only need to swipe to unlock)?
(2) Is there an option to revert to a decrypted device, or is factory-reset the only way?
I went ahead and enabled device encryption, so now I can report the answers:
(1) The password-delay setting still works.
(2) There is indeed an option that offers to decrypt the device (though I haven't tried using it).
Somehow my password pattern is suddenly not detectable and it shows as wrong password. As there is no more option in lollipop for "forgot password" and using the gmail account to log in. How do I reset the password on a HTC M8 without doing a reset? I've tried logging into the google account, and I can use the "find" option in the device manager to locate the device, but if i press the "lock" button and try to enter a new password, for a split second it says "We have sent a lock request to the device", but then it says "Since Google has verified that a screen lock is already set, the password you entered won't be needed." Wtf is going on? I am stuck with a pattern locked phone of whose password i know but the phone doesnt detect it anymore. Is there another way to reset the password?
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Let me start by saying that this is a delicate matter, what if the device is stolen and somebody wants to get the info or device to work without wiping it. I know that this is probably not your intention and that it is hard to prove otherwise. But the possibility could be there in the worst case scenario !
Now don't get the above personal, it's written from another point of view, as i am running HTC phones for the past 6 years and never encountered this all of a sudden at any point. So from my point of view i find it difficult to believe.
To get to your point ...... not sure if it can be done otherwise but to reset the device. Depends if it's rooted or not for instance ?
Cheers
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According to the story, looks like either : 3rd party apps are interfering (can also be malware/virus) OR someone physically got hold of the device and changed the password(perhaps he thinks its his own)
Try restarting the device while holding the volume up button only, android will go into safe mode and disable all 3rd party apps. If the password still doesn't work, then you have 2 options:
1) if S-ON : factory reset and lose all user data
2) if S-OFF or bootloader unlocked: remove password (this is the most details I can give without being an accomplice)
This device had a messed up screen for a few months (the fade-out/black screen issue), and I now have been able to apply a temporary fix (paper wedge behind the mobo) so I can get to the screen again. I have found that I've actually forgotten the recovery PIN and the pattern lock I setup on the device.
I know I had enabled ADB at some point previously, but at this time it does not show up when I connect it to my computer (Linux system). I need to recover the data on it, if at all possible. Can anyone offer some insight on ways to get around this?
Thanks in advance
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.?
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.