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 not use to factory reset in recovery wiping internal storage. Because of this I had wipe all my titanium backups prior (now I know to keep it on the external storage).
But this means every time I install a new rom my internal storage will be wiped (unless I backup to external storage) ?
mxl180 said:
I'm not use to factory reset in recovery wiping internal storage. Because of this I had wipe all my titanium backups prior (now I know to keep it on the external storage).
But this means every time I install a new rom my internal storage will be wiped (unless I backup to external storage) ?
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internal storage doesn't get wiped when you factory reset. i'm using CWM from the toolkit (the universal CWM). what are you using?
na7q said:
internal storage doesn't get wiped when you factory reset. i'm using CWM from the toolkit (the universal CWM). what are you using?
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really? I'm using the same CWM from toolkit. I remember doing a factory reset in recovery and install new rom. I noticed all my files were gone. I'll do it again and see what happens..
I just wipe/factory reset from CWM and internal storage all gone.
mxl180 said:
I just wipe/factory reset from CWM and internal storage all gone.
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Get off of cwm and use twrp. It definitely doesn't wipe internal storage.
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Yea cwm was the issue... wth? Oh well got twp now.
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mxl180 said:
Yea cwm was the issue... wth? Oh well got twp now.
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As a heads up, I had an issue with the latest TWRP not wiping anything for me, verified it twice. I reverted back to 2.3.1.1, keep an eye on that though.
I think they released a new twp to fix that
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cherylbaker said:
I think they released a new twp to fix that
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twrp-2.3.1.4 zip. To update it do I just boot into recovery and flash that zip?
mxl180 said:
twrp-2.3.1.4 zip. To update it do I just boot into recovery and flash that zip?
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Use goo manager, menu, tap install openrecoveryscript.
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Was looking for this thread because I'm having the same problem. I flashed 2 roms with cwm and didnt have any issue with backups, the 3rd time I lost everything on internal sd. Is there anyway to get TB to recognize extsd? I know it did on my evo, but I can't get it to on the note...of course TB is to busy t9 help
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As the title says, I am trying to mount the system as writable, however it fails everytime. Any suggestions? I am stock koodo rom, rooted with busybox installed.
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hello folks I'm on stock rooted. wanted to delete some system apps, I got the system app remover installed on my tablet but the problem is it shows my system is not mounted unable to delete system apps. any idea why? take a look at the screen shot, on the status it shows root yes busybox yes but system not mounted
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anyone?
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I think the app is confused. Root is installed in /system, so if it found root, then /system is mounted. Lots of things wouldn't work if /system isn't mounted
sfhub said:
I think the app is confused. Root is installed in /system, so if it found root, then /system is mounted. Lots of things wouldn't work if /system isn't mounted
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yes im having problem with adaway too it build the host file then fail to write them or replace because system isn't mounted
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I ran into a similar problem when trying to root where recovery said system wasn't mounted. Fixed by stock restore and starting over
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mixalot2008 said:
I ran into a similar problem when trying to root where recovery said system wasn't mounted. Fixed by stock restore and starting over
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how did you do stock restore?
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Flash stock recovery and do a system restore from there. Will bring it back to stock. Then use a kit to root and install recovery. Works lots better
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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?
TheRicolaa10 said:
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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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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