I encrypted my SD Card, but now I can't read any files with my computer which are in my SD Card...
So this is not practical if we can not get ourselves to our own data.
Now I think SD Card is useless especially for security.
Furthermore we can't use Schema or Knock Code for the lockscreen...
Anyone know why we can't read any files from the computer ?? even after the password, the files are still encrypted.
That's the point in encrypting it. To read from an outside source you will have to decrypt it.
With regards to knock code are you on V20A? I believe there was a bug where knock code was missing in that release but brought back in V20B, however it is minimum 6 knocks now instead of 3 :/
Why is that normal ? that's stupid I think, I encrypted my files ok but I unlocked my phone when I plug it to my computer... so I can read all my files in the internal storage, but why I can't in my external storage ?
That's not normal at all
When you encrypted your SD Card, you can't have Knock Code or Schema anymore, always use a password or code pin.
No one care if you get your phone stolen or lost ?
Sorry I misunderstood what you were saying. I don't bother encrypting so can't speak from experience but yes I guess you should be able to see it after password entered, can't help anymore on this.
The knock code was a missed feature in Polish first release I believe. I think the bug was found and fixed before the rest of Europe release and they then released 20B to fix the Polish one. This is what I think the situation is. I believe the PIN / pattern etc is still there? Check on LG Bridge if there is update if not rooted or flash one of the fixed things if you are still on 10A
I still have Knock Code, but you can't use it when you crypted your external storage, you only have code pin or password.
Anyway Knock Code is useless now because we need to tap at least 6 taps !
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Hi,
what happens if I encrypt the full phone (including sd card?) and I just update my mod? Is everything lost, or does ICS recognize the encrypted SD card and asks for the correct pin code?
Best,
Blubberor
I have the c2004 with CM11(12/3/14 version) and no custom kernel(3.4.0-CM+), I've encrypted the phone and I was certain that the mSD would be encrypted too, but it was not, I've googled how to do so, and there was a guide saying that in security there would be an option to encrypt the SD card, but it isn't there, then I came to xda where I found everything that I needed to put CM in my phone(Thanks!) but I didn't found it either, so, if there is a way to encrypt the mSD could you please tell me or show me a topic where it is explained?
Hi there,
Having a bit of a stressful problem. My HTC m8 (Marshmallow) is encrypted, as well as the external SD card. All my photos are on the SD card. I have lots backed up but I'm having a great trip to NYC that didn't backup to google because I was roaming (it seems). Anyway, today my phone crashed (I think the battery is failing, it turned off instantly at 14%). When it turned on, all my photos are showing a gray icon (like they are corrupted). I cannot imagine how every single photo (of thousands) in multiple folders has corrupted.
Now, I noticed that when I go into Storage options the "Encrypt SD Card" box is UNTICKED. Implying the phone has forgotten the card is encrypted and thus cannot read the images. Though I thought it was weird that it can read the directories at all, implying its doing a file by file encryption rather than a full card encryption.
Anyway, obviously I know my PIN number that I need to decrypt the phone at boot up, is there any tool I can use to decrypt the images using this PIN? My fear is that (upon some research) that this is "encFS" encryption, which uses an encfs6.xml file to read the data and consequently the crash has deleted/corrupted this file. If so, this seems like a very delicate encryption mechanism.
Something else, when the phone started up again, it had reset a few other things. My default keyboard was no longer SwiftKey, I'm getting Android "tips" for scrolling etc. Also, I used to have a DND (Do Not Disturb) button in my pull down menu which is gone. Is it possible a carrier update occurred and wiped the encryption key file? Or the crash reset it and other default settings? Does Android by default use encFS to encrypt SD Cards? If this is encFS, is it a file I should be able to find on the internal storage called "encfs6.xml"? I did it as so (months ago, without issue until today... on holiday sigh)
Settings -> Storage -> SD Card (SanDisk) -> Encrypt SD card content.
As mentioned, it's currently unticked
Anyway, please, anyone, help me get my photos back
Many Thanks, WA
Spec:
UK Carrier - Vodafone.
Phone isn't rooted.
Version 6.12.161.4
HTC Sense 7.0
HTC M8
Hello, my phone is probably dead, in any case I can't boot and unlock the phone, is there a way to put the SD card in my linux computer and decrypt it from there (I have the unlocking lines drawing thing in mind) ? I've seen NO info about this on the web.
I have pretty good knowledge of linux so it's no issue for me the use obscure tools from wherever/whoever.
Thanks for any info about this !
anabis0 said:
Hello, my phone is probably dead, in any case I can't boot and unlock the phone, is there a way to put the SD card in my linux computer and decrypt it from there (I have the unlocking lines drawing thing in mind) ? I've seen NO info about this on the web.
I have pretty good knowledge of linux so it's no issue for me the use obscure tools from wherever/whoever.
Thanks for any info about this !
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I think, you have no chance with an adopted encrypted storage. Especially if you cant get the phine to eject the sd savely. A shutdown does not eject.
Please is it possible to recover my files, Moto g6 play XT 1922-5. The phone no longer recognizes the unlock pattern. I was using a 256GB SD card as internal memory, which was slowing it down and also had two cracks on the display. I believe that for one of these two reasons the phone stopped recognizing the unlock pattern. I had an emergency situation with my Daughters and I tried to unlock the phone until it went into factory reset mode. The phone started working again and I was able to use it to call but all my files were lost. I also forgot to remove the card so as not to affect it. The phone went from Android 8 to Android 9. I just retrieved my calendar from google. I had gone to two conferences and recorded audio of classes, company qrcodes, photos of equipment and stands. Sorry for the long text and the translation by google translator. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me solve this problem.
If the SD card wasn't encrypted you should be able to either read or recover the files.
Internal memory is much harder. Consider using a data recover company.
blackhawk said:
If the SD card wasn't encrypted you should be able to either read or recover the files.
Internal memory is much harder. Consider using a data recover company.
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Thanks for listening. The SD card is as encrypted internal memory, I can't read the files. Here where I live there is no data recovery company. Only in bigger cities. anyway thanks for the help.