[Q] Unable to encrypt /data - Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble

Hi,
If I try to turn on android disk encryption I get a logcat saying unable to get the block device size.
I accidentally found that if I turn on selinux enforcing it starts but immediately after boot I get the infamous 'encryption unsuccessful'.
I tried shrinking the filesystem by a few MB but same outcome.
Anyone successfully managed to turn on encryption in cyanogenmod?
I tried doing it in the stock rom and it worked but TWRP/CWM can't mount the data (likely stock rom is using another encryption method?).
Thanks.

Looks like encryption is somewhat successful as I can decrypt the data in CWM (vdc cryptfs ...) and even more, with a stock kernel I get the enter password prompt (can't enter as I get a com.android.phone process has stopped all over again).
Looks like a kernel bug in CM.

Yes, it's definitely a kernel bug as I flashed the kernel from this image (http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...pment/cm-11-port-galaxy-tab-pro-10-1-t2850042) and everything works as expected.
I'll try and extract the initrd from both kernels and see of any diffs.

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[Q] Cannot encrypt Tab S 8.4

I would have posted this in the thread for the ROM in question, but due to new user restrictions I cannot post in the development forum.
I have flashed the NF9 ROM to my GTS 8.4. I'm now wanting to encrypt the device. I've set a password (not a pin, but a password). I select the option to encrypt, enter the password, and up comes the black screen with the green android. It stays this way for about 5 - 10 minutes and then the device reboots.
No warning, no error message. Just a normal reboot. And the device is not encrypted. I've tried to select the fast encrypt option, however this has no effect and the same behavior ensues.
Anyone else seen this before? I'm not sure if it is ROM related...
After flashing a stock, unrooted ROM, I found that I was able to encrypt no problem. As soon as I rooted using CF-Auto root, encryption failed. Even worse, if you try to encrypt first and then root afterwards, the root appears to work but the device gets soft bricked. I tried multiple different root methods, but currently only CF-Root works.
Some searching indicates that this problem with encrypting the device when rooted happens on other Samsung devices
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2487018
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2769248
A further search showed that member bruzzy recently came up with a workaround that also works for the SM-T700:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2791587
I followed bruzzy's procedure with a stock rom, but it would probably work with any ROM given that the cause is SuperSU. The procedure on a stock ROM would be
flash stock rom with odin
root with cf-auto root
run supersu - say no to knox disable as it hangs and doesn't seem to disable properly
either on the host pc run adb shell then su or do the same with terminal emulator
disable knox by typing the command "pm disable com.sec.knox.seandroid"
temporarily disable supersu by unchecking the "Enable Supersu" option in settings
reboot
encrypt the device
reboot the device into odin mode
flash twrp
boot into recovery
mount /system
open the console
cp /system/xbin/daemonsu /system/xbin/su
/system/xbin/su --install)
restart
Now, be aware the TWRP does not see the encrypted data partition, instead throwing errors, so you cannot access your internal storage from within recovery. Furthermore, using different roms, whenever I made a nandroid to external sd, on reboot the backup was deleted. As a result, I was forced to make a backup to usb otg. Overall, having an encrypted device just seems like a lot of trouble. A factory reset of the encrypted device will require you to reflash stock recovery as twrp does not do the reset properly.

Encryption fails??

Hi
Anyone have an idea, why after installing a custom rom eg. blispop/excodus or whatever, after flasjing and booting the first time (whit or whitout gapps) i get a encryption fail . saying this was interrupted and not done....try factory resetting (button at middle off screen, says reset) and doing so don´t change anything, manual wiping also changes nothing...??
I´ve never seen this prompt before and not sure what it exactly means?
It happens after flashing cos official 2.14, with twrp 2.8.7.2 , all flashed just fine and working...in cos.
Flashing custom roms gives no errors and seems fine, it boots to the point where this encryption thing shows up?
Tried fastboot oem unlock, which adb says went ok, but no changes whit this error!
Oh and i merged internal sd when i was in cos 2.14 recovery and it works just fine
thx in advance guy´s
spoonymoon said:
Hi
Anyone have an idea, why after installing a custom rom eg. blispop/excodus or whatever, after flasjing and booting the first time (whit or whitout gapps) i get a encryption fail . saying this was interrupted and not done....try factory resetting (button at middle off screen, says reset) and doing so don´t change anything, manual wiping also changes nothing...??
I´ve never seen this prompt before and not sure what it exactly means?
It happens after flashing cos official 2.14, with twrp 2.8.7.2 , all flashed just fine and working...in cos.
Flashing custom roms gives no errors and seems fine, it boots to the point where this encryption thing shows up?
Tried fastboot oem unlock, which adb says went ok, but no changes whit this error!
Oh and i merged internal sd when i was in cos 2.14 recovery and it works just fine
thx in advance guy´s
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Had the same issue with CM12 on my Find 7a, eventually had to reflash Oppo's stock recovery which has a SD Mass storage option, toggled this and then the boot was able to complete. I then couldn't use the camera or download as the phone said I had no SD card - corrected by reflashing TWRP and changing to ext3
rniblett said:
Had the same issue with CM12 on my Find 7a, eventually had to reflash Oppo's stock recovery which has a SD Mass storage option, toggled this and then the boot was able to complete. I then couldn't use the camera or download as the phone said I had no SD card - corrected by reflashing TWRP and changing to ext3
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Thx a lot, but only stock recovery i can find is v1.0 which only has usb mass storage option, been inside this option toggled exit usb mass storage option, but same 0, encryption fails...
do you remember or have a link to recovery you used?
edit:flashed 1.2v and there´s no such option
Thx
Edit again:Lol, after fiddling around with getting non unified storage etc, formatting and flashing sahara tool , i totally forgot about new modem/security update necessary and made by cyanogenmod team, (This will give the encryption fails error else) when flashing nightly with updates all was working great!!
So easiest way to switch between unified/non unified is by installing cos 2.14 and use recovery to chose layout, then flash a cm nightly and all is great.

Phone still encrypted after reflash/factory reset?

Hello,
I hope someone will be able to help with this, although it is very much a case of user error! I upgraded my G3 to Marshmallow using the steps detailed here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/stock-d855-30b-images-kdz-flashables-t3282012
It all worked perfectly until I decided to encrypt the handset. The encryption process worked as expected, but as I always did on previous Android versions, I used the CryptFS Password app to change the encryption password. The app advised that it was unable to change the password and that I should run the command via shell, which I did and it seemed to work. The problem is, I changed it to an alphanumeric password and my lock screen is just a numeric PIN, so upon reboot it prompts me to enter the password to decrypt but only allows me to enter numbers.
So, I kicked myself for not changing the lockscreen from PIN to password before rebooting, but figured I could just wipe/reflash and start again. However, when I reflash, I still get prompted for the encryption password at boot. So I figured I'd just enter the password wrong 30 times and factory reset the device that way, except that doesn't work either. It says it's going to reset, reboots to recovery (TWRP 2.8.7.0) and says it has reset, but then boots back to the encryption screen again (which now advises that I am -5 of 30 attempts!!).
Flashing CM13 or 12 works fine. I have settled on CM12 at the moment because it seems to be a bit more stable, but I'd ideally like to get back to stock Marshmallow. Is this possible?
I have tried wiping all partitions and data from within TWRP, and formatting partitions, all to no avail.
Is there any way I can reinstall stock Marshmallow?
Trying flashing marshmellow KDZ and it should reset everything
Let me know how things go
TTib said:
Hello,
I hope someone will be able to help with this, although it is very much a case of user error! I upgraded my G3 to Marshmallow using the steps detailed here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/stock-d855-30b-images-kdz-flashables-t3282012
It all worked perfectly until I decided to encrypt the handset. The encryption process worked as expected, but as I always did on previous Android versions, I used the CryptFS Password app to change the encryption password. The app advised that it was unable to change the password and that I should run the command via shell, which I did and it seemed to work. The problem is, I changed it to an alphanumeric password and my lock screen is just a numeric PIN, so upon reboot it prompts me to enter the password to decrypt but only allows me to enter numbers.
So, I kicked myself for not changing the lockscreen from PIN to password before rebooting, but figured I could just wipe/reflash and start again. However, when I reflash, I still get prompted for the encryption password at boot. So I figured I'd just enter the password wrong 30 times and factory reset the device that way, except that doesn't work either. It says it's going to reset, reboots to recovery (TWRP 2.8.7.0) and says it has reset, but then boots back to the encryption screen again (which now advises that I am -5 of 30 attempts!!).
Flashing CM13 or 12 works fine. I have settled on CM12 at the moment because it seems to be a bit more stable, but I'd ideally like to get back to stock Marshmallow. Is this possible?
I have tried wiping all partitions and data from within TWRP, and formatting partitions, all to no avail.
Is there any way I can reinstall stock Marshmallow?
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try booting into twrp, go into command terminal, manually format data partition using command line, then reflash cm12 and wipe cache and dalvik (you may not need to reflash it but why not if you are going back to mm)
if your partitions are the same as mine this is the command you want to run.
mke2fs -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p44
make sure you don't format the wrong partition check that your variant has the same partition (grab an app called diskinfo and click on data partition then alter the last parameter to w/e ur data partition is)
mmcblk0p44 is the paramater you want to change if yours isn't identical. this should reset encryption as data is the partition that gets encrypted.
after all of this use a guide to install marshmallow (kdz or something)
(when i encrypted my data partition twrp could no longer mount the partition to format it, but if you use command land format it formats the partition without mounting it.)
i'm assuming this is your issue as well.
KronicSkillz said:
try booting into twrp, go into command terminal, manually format data partition using command line, then reflash cm12 and wipe cache and dalvik (you may not need to reflash it but why not if you are going back to mm)
if your partitions are the same as mine this is the command you want to run.
mke2fs -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p44
make sure you don't format the wrong partition check that your variant has the same partition (grab an app called diskinfo and click on data partition then alter the last parameter to w/e ur data partition is)
mmcblk0p44 is the paramater you want to change if yours isn't identical. this should reset encryption as data is the partition that gets encrypted.
after all of this use a guide to install marshmallow (kdz or something)
(when i encrypted my data partition twrp could no longer mount the partition to format it, but if you use command land format it formats the partition without mounting it.)
i'm assuming this is your issue as well.
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Hi, thanks for the advice, I gave it a try last night. My /data partition was named /dev/block/mmcblk0p43 according to DiskInfo, so I made sure the partition was unmounted in TWRP and formatted it via the terminal following your instructions and then reflashed the MM zip from the original link and... still encrypted.
I haven't tried flashing the kdz yet, as I use Linux and I don't believe there is a way to flash kdz files using *nix. I'll have to wait until the weekend and I'll try and do it via a VM.
I don't understand how this encrypted partition is still even there. I have CM12 installed and working, it's showing the full amount of disk space available, I've done multiple wipes, formats and resets, yet the minute I put MM on it, the phone thinks it's encrypted again.
I do actually know the encryption key, is there any way I can unlock the phone via ADB or something similar?
Not sure if it's relevant, but my phone model is D855. I don't think I mentioned that before.
Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it!
TTib said:
Hi, thanks for the advice, I gave it a try last night. My /data partition was named /dev/block/mmcblk0p43 according to DiskInfo, so I made sure the partition was unmounted in TWRP and formatted it via the terminal following your instructions and then reflashed the MM zip from the original link and... still encrypted.
I haven't tried flashing the kdz yet, as I use Linux and I don't believe there is a way to flash kdz files using *nix. I'll have to wait until the weekend and I'll try and do it via a VM.
I don't understand how this encrypted partition is still even there. I have CM12 installed and working, it's showing the full amount of disk space available, I've done multiple wipes, formats and resets, yet the minute I put MM on it, the phone thinks it's encrypted again.
I do actually know the encryption key, is there any way I can unlock the phone via ADB or something similar?
Not sure if it's relevant, but my phone model is D855. I don't think I mentioned that before.
Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it!
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very strange when i did that it got rid of my encrypted partition... i'm not sure what else to say except maybe see if someone will lend you a windows pc to do kdz flash.
KronicSkillz said:
very strange when i did that it got rid of my encrypted partition... i'm not sure what else to say except maybe see if someone will lend you a windows pc to do kdz flash.
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I flashed the kdz via LGUP and... now the phone won't boot to anything except TWRP. Have tried restoring two previous nandroid backups, installing CM12 and MM, all install without reporting errors. LGUP detects it as an unknown device, so can't flash kdz again. Might have bricked this one. :crying:
Phew. Okay, solved! I followed the following guide to flash an old version of the stock firmware: http://www.androidrootz.com/2014/07/how-to-unroot-lg-g3-all-variants.html.
Then, I upgraded, rooted, flash TWRP and finally installed MM again and it seems to be back to normal ("Android is starting" screen as we speak. Fingers crossed!). Thanks to everyone who helped me out with this one!

Device stuck in "Encryption Unsuccesful" screen

I was having issues with wifi after 3.2.1 upgrade. So i went for a downgrade to 3.1.2 and then to check if it worked well there. Am using TWRP multirom. I wiped system,data and dalvik and flashed the 3.1.2 official rom. After the phone booted, it showed that the device encryption was unsuccessful and to go for a reset.
When i clicked reset, it went to multirom TWRP which asked for a password to decrypt the phone. By googling i found that the password was "default_password". Then I enter it, TWRP proceeds for decryption and does it successfully (although data doesnot get mounted). But once the phone boots I again get the same " encryption unsuccessful" message.
Please help. It is my daily driver and have to leave for offfice....:crying:
Hey, I'm just here cause I'm researching multirom encryption which I know very little about just yet, but the last thread that came up in my google results mentioned something that might help you. The developer of multirom was explaining that you will always be asked twice for the encryption password, because it's needed once to decrypt and mount the kernel and then later it is needed again to decrypt and mount the data partition. Saving it in memory in between uses would be a security flaw that would make encryption useless. So my guess is you need to enter the password a second time to get data to mount.

OnePlus 7T Android 12 TWRP?

Hello! I'm very new to building custom recoveries, and haven't even completed a successful build yet. I have a OnePlus 7T model HD1905 (aka North American model/Global) running OOS 12. I've tried to find guides on how to make a TWRP recovery, but nothing has worked for OOS 12. I am able to extract the OOS 12 stock recovery.img with Payload Dumper, and am able to create a basic TWRP device tree for android 12.1 using the official TWRP 12.1 Github manifest, but I'm not able to find a good guide to create a TWRP-ready device tree from my stock recovery.img I mentioned earlier. I've tried updating to OOS 11, and using the twrp-keep module on the magisk modules github to keep the official TWRP installed. (It support OOS 11, but not OOS 12). I've also tried flashing the unofficial build made by Mauronofrio, but none of the specified methods have worked. Can someone please either make a OOS12-compatible version of TWRP for the OnePlus 7T, or if they can't do that, guide me in a step-by-step process on how to do i myself? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Oos12 does NOT support twrp nor does A13
I compiled it but i didn't test it with oos12 (fbe) and custom rom a13 (erofs). I hope it will work..
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rabilgic said:
I compiled it but i didn't test it with oos12 (fbe) and custom rom a13 (erofs). I hope it will work..
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I just flashed it, and it booted successfully! I'll let you know if I can format /data.
Format /data works.
For confirmation, I flashed the .img of the OOS12 version to the recovery partition.
rabilgic said:
I compiled it but i didn't test it with oos12 (fbe) and custom rom a13 (erofs). I hope it will work..
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So... upon further inspection, there's an issue with decryption. I can successfully flash the image to the recovery partition, and it boots just fine. When I tap on "Mount", all of the options are unchecked. One of the buttons is called "Decrypt Data". I currently don't have face unlock, fingerprint unlock, password or PIN set up, and it still promts me for a password when I tap on "Decrypt Data". I've tried entering "default_password" and "password" (but without the quotation marks), but neither of them work. Is there a way to solve this? This is on the OOS12 TWRP, btw.
SiegeDaBoss said:
So... upon further inspection, there's an issue with decryption. I can successfully flash the image to the recovery partition, and it boots just fine. When I tap on "Mount", all of the options are unchecked. One of the buttons is called "Decrypt Data". I currently don't have face unlock, fingerprint unlock, password or PIN set up, and it still promts me for a password when I tap on "Decrypt Data". I've tried entering "default_password" and "password" (but without the quotation marks), but neither of them work. Is there a way to solve this? This is on the OOS12 TWRP, btw.
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I just tested the non-OOS Android 13 TWRP file, and it has the same issue.
Can u back up all partitions except data? At least that would be helpful
HueyT said:
Can u back up all partitions except data? At least that would be helpful
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Nope. Even when I de-select Data, and select everything else, it still fails with the "Failed to mount /data" error.
Yeah, I was afraid of that. No one has cracked twrp for oos12 yet
HueyT said:
Yeah, I was afraid of that. No one has cracked twrp for oos12 yet
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I mean, at least both of them boot.
rabilgic said:
I compiled it but i didn't test it with oos12 (fbe) and custom rom a13 (erofs). I hope it will work..
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Hi again. As I've mentioned, both TWRP images boot just fine. However, I am unable to mount /data, as when I enter the "Mount" section of TWRP, nothing except the Cache partition is checked. It doesn't ask me for a password upon booting into TWRP, however it DOES ask for one when I tap on the "Decrypt Data" button in the "Mount" section. I've tried entering "default_password" (without the quotation marks), "password" (again, without the quotation marks), and also my password that I set up when I flashed LineageOS 20. I'm curently running LineageOS 20 on the device. I'm able to access USB OTG in TWRP, but I'm not able to flash anything from there. I'm also unable to change boot slots, or backup any partitions. Formatting Data doesn't allow me to access the data partition on rebooting, and the only fix I've been able to find is changing the data partition format from ext4, to ext2, and then back to ext4. This only works temporarily, and only with OxygenOS installed. Even then, after I change the data partition's format like I mentioned above, it resets my data, as is expected. After setting up the device again, and rebooting into TWRP, the /data partition goes back to being un-selected, and I have to repeat the process over again, and once again lose my data. I am unable to carry out the process described while running LineageOS, and its respective TWRP file that you have made. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and if you know the password that TWRP is asking for in the Mount section (when I select "Decrypt Data"), I'd like to know what it is so that I can hopefully get the rest of TWRP to work. Even with these issues, I'd like to give MASSIVE thanks to you, because you were able to do something that my inexperienced self was able to: That is, create a TWRP file that boots, made from the latest custom rom files, and the latest OxygenOS versions' files.
SiegeDaBoss said:
Hi again. As I've mentioned, both TWRP images boot just fine. However, I am unable to mount /data, as when I enter the "Mount" section of TWRP, nothing except the Cache partition is checked. It doesn't ask me for a password upon booting into TWRP, however it DOES ask for one when I tap on the "Decrypt Data" button in the "Mount" section. I've tried entering "default_password" (without the quotation marks), "password" (again, without the quotation marks), and also my password that I set up when I flashed LineageOS 20. I'm curently running LineageOS 20 on the device. I'm able to access USB OTG in TWRP, but I'm not able to flash anything from there. I'm also unable to change boot slots, or backup any partitions. Formatting Data doesn't allow me to access the data partition on rebooting, and the only fix I've been able to find is changing the data partition format from ext4, to ext2, and then back to ext4. This only works temporarily, and only with OxygenOS installed. Even then, after I change the data partition's format like I mentioned above, it resets my data, as is expected. After setting up the device again, and rebooting into TWRP, the /data partition goes back to being un-selected, and I have to repeat the process over again, and once again lose my data. I am unable to carry out the process described while running LineageOS, and its respective TWRP file that you have made. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and if you know the password that TWRP is asking for in the Mount section (when I select "Decrypt Data"), I'd like to know what it is so that I can hopefully get the rest of TWRP to work. Even with these issues, I'd like to give MASSIVE thanks to you, because you were able to do something that my inexperienced self was able to: That is, create a TWRP file that boots, made from the latest custom rom files, and the latest OxygenOS versions' files.
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Thank you for testing the builds and for the feedback . I've been on oos11 for a long time, but today I'm going to flash oos12. Because i would need recovery log files to fix errors.
I don't have no time for some fixes, i will try to fix errors whenever possible.
did you not ttry to use the twrp and the twrp installer builds that are on official twrp site for one plus 7t
then how are folks then flashing roms to one plus 7 t devices if there is or isnt a working twrp .
SiegeDaBoss said:
Hi again. As I've mentioned, both TWRP images boot just fine. However, I am unable to mount /data, as when I enter the "Mount" section of TWRP, nothing except the Cache partition is checked. It doesn't ask me for a password upon booting into TWRP, however it DOES ask for one when I tap on the "Decrypt Data" button in the "Mount" section. I've tried entering "default_password" (without the quotation marks), "password" (again, without the quotation marks), and also my password that I set up when I flashed LineageOS 20. I'm curently running LineageOS 20 on the device. I'm able to access USB OTG in TWRP, but I'm not able to flash anything from there. I'm also unable to change boot slots, or backup any partitions. Formatting Data doesn't allow me to access the data partition on rebooting, and the only fix I've been able to find is changing the data partition format from ext4, to ext2, and then back to ext4. This only works temporarily, and only with OxygenOS installed. Even then, after I change the data partition's format like I mentioned above, it resets my data, as is expected. After setting up the device again, and rebooting into TWRP, the /data partition goes back to being un-selected, and I have to repeat the process over again, and once again lose my data. I am unable to carry out the process described while running LineageOS, and its respective TWRP file that you have made. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and if you know the password that TWRP is asking for in the Mount section (when I select "Decrypt Data"), I'd like to know what it is so that I can hopefully get the rest of TWRP to work. Even with these issues, I'd like to give MASSIVE thanks to you, because you were able to do something that my inexperienced self was able to: That is, create a TWRP file that boots, made from the latest custom rom files, and the latest OxygenOS versions' files.
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Hi again, i updated my repo and download links.
-OOS12 decryption working.
-Flash zip working . "I installed with zip by the Magisk and copy partititon, i flashed los20 & stock oos12 .)"
-Adb sideload working, i tried stock oos12 flashed successfully.
-Format data working.
-Mtp working.
-Otg working.
-Adb working.
-Vibration working.
* Backup data working, but restore data on oos bootloop
* i use swift backup instead of nandroid backup
When i have free time, i will work on twrp a13 fbev2.
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then how are folks then flashing roms to one plus 7 t devices if there is or isnt a working twrp .
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Every ROM comes built-in with its own recovery. So you'll have to flash the ROM via that recovery's ADB Sideload feature.
lets hope you can get a working twrp going for both andrid 12 and 13 .as my one plus 7t is just been put away in my drawer after seeing that one plus has given up on these older devices. when there is a working twrp i would probably want to flash something down the road. my primary driver unfortunately is a samsung S21 plus .
rabilgic said:
Hi again, i updated my repo and download links.
OOS12 decryption working.
Mtp working.
Adb working.
Vibration working.
I installed with zip by the Magisk and copy partititon.
Backup/restore boot.img working.
I haven't tested: flash rom, format data, needs some testing
When i have free time, i will work on twrp a13 fbev2.
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All works until I tried to restore. Then it got stuck at red dot going around in circle. When I tried to go back in twrp again to format data, it won't mount data after that. Ended up having to restore all over using msmtool.
It mounted data fine before I tried to restore the data part, then it messed up decryption of data despite not having a lock code, no fingerprint, no pattern-lock, or lock screen enabled.

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