So I restored a backup of pure romance that I had and when I rebooted I'm being asked for the unlock code. I swiped my pattern but its not working. Is there any way to unlock the phone or am I going to have to do a restore??
Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=64373409
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I was planning on giving my evo to my mom. Been sitting on the shelf, so I dusted it off and tried to unlock it. Used up all the pattern attempts and its not recognizing the email I used on it for some reason. Not sure if the password is stored locally or not.
Phone is rooted and running cyanogen mod 7. I can get into CWM v5.0.2.0. Wasn't sure if I could reset it through boot loader or not. Thanks for any help.
Boot to recovery and wipe data/factory reset. It will remove all apps and accounts but you will be able to access the phone.
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So I wanted to use my phone at my new job instead of being forced to be use an Iphone!! In order for me to use the phone, I had to set a password and encrypt it. I set the password for the lock screen. Then started the Encryption. Once I started it, I saw the droid bot and I left for lunch. When I came back the phone was done and when I picked it up. It asked for a password to decrypt the phone. I was never prompted to enter a passwd. So I tried to use the lockscreen password. That didnt work. I then tried to get into do a hard reset, the hard reset completed, but it still asked to decrypt. I then reflashed and it still doesnt work...I'm completely out of ideas. I need some help. FYI I'm using CWM 6.0.4.5
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I have a Nexus 5x that I rooted. For a brief time, whenever I booted into TWRP, it would ask for my pin to decrypt the phone and access data. Now however, it does not. Under security settings, it still says the phone is encrypted. I'm not sure if it's still encrypted or not at this point, and I'm not sure what I might have done to disable the encryption. I used to have to enter a pin when I turn it on before it fully boots, like it wouldn't even get to my proper lock screen before I entered it. Now it'll boot to my lock screen, but if I try to use my finger print scanner to unlock it, it'll prompt me for my pin the first time.
Any advice on finding out if it's truly encrypted or not, and if not, how to renable the encryption? If there's any other info needed please let me know.
EDIT: Issue was solved by turning off Taskers accessibility service.
Boot into twrp. Does it ask for your pin? If so, encrypted. If not, unencrypted.
My phone is unencrypted and requires me to enter my password at the lockscreen on a cold boot. In pretty sure that is expected behavior.
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PiousInquisitor said:
Boot into twrp. Does it ask for your pin? If so, encrypted. If not, unencrypted.
My phone is unencrypted and requires me to enter my password at the lockscreen on a cold boot. In pretty sure that is expected behavior.
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It doesn't ask for my pin... but it does say it's encrypted under the security settings. How do I go about reactivating encryption this case? Any ideas? Thanks for the reply.
Flashing the stock boot image will then encrypt data on next boot.But I have no idea if your rom works with stock kernel.
Search your rom's thread
PiousInquisitor said:
Boot into twrp. Does it ask for your pin? If so, encrypted. If not, unencrypted.
My phone is unencrypted and requires me to enter my password at the lockscreen on a cold boot. In pretty sure that is expected behavior.
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So the phone showing a status of "Encrypted" inside android security is inaccurate if we're on the PureNexus ROM?
IamFuzzles said:
I have a Nexus 5x that I rooted. For a brief time, whenever I booted into TWRP, it would ask for my pin to decrypt the phone and access data. Now however, it does not. Under security settings, it still says the phone is encrypted. I'm not sure if it's still encrypted or not at this point, and I'm not sure what I might have done to disable the encryption. I used to have to enter a pin when I turn it on before it fully boots, like it wouldn't even get to my proper lock screen before I entered it. Now it'll boot to my lock screen, but if I try to use my finger print scanner to unlock it, it'll prompt me for my pin the first time.
Any advice on finding out if it's truly encrypted or not, and if not, how to renable the encryption? If there's any other info needed please let me know.
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I would guess that you are encrypted with the default password. If you change the password, TWRP would probably ask you for a PIN/password.
So I looked into it some more, and it seems that because I granted Tasker accessibility access, it prevented proper encryption. Turning off Taskers accessibility access fixed the issue. Thanks for the help all.
Hi guys, first, sry for my bad english.
I have a huge Problem. I did a Twrp Backup from my Viper rom. After Backing up, i installed cm13. After that, i would go back to my backup from Viper. The Problem is, i can restore the Backup but ive got a bootloop. How can i go back to my Backup ?
Next Problem is, everytime i start into twrp i got asked for the Decrypt password. How can i deactivate that ?
Which TWRP version are you currently on? Sounds asbif it is an older one. If so, try the latest 3.0.2-6 and report back.
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hi, im on 3.0.2-6.
Now i restored my Viper backup. It Boots normaly.
Then i have type my Pin, that works. But after that, i have to unlock the Pattern lock. But it says my Code is Wrong.
I know it is the right code. I can try 1000000 different times, i cant unlock
pboden83 said:
hi, im on 3.0.2-6.
Now i restored my Viper backup. It Boots normaly.
Then i have type my Pin, that works. But after that, i have to unlock the Pattern lock. But it says my Code is Wrong.
I know it is the right code. I can try 1000000 different times, i cant unlock
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directly from twrp FAQ:
"After I restored my Data backup and boot back to Android, I'm entering the correct PIN/password, but it's telling me the password is wrong. What happened, and how do I fix it?
It appears that sometimes after restoring a backup of Data where security was enabled (such as a PIN or password lock), the device does not recognize the correct password. There are two ways to avoid this issue:
Disable security in Android before making a backup of data.
After restoring Data, while still in TWRP, use the TWRP File Manager to navigate to /data/system and delete all the locksettings.* files (such as locksettings.db, etc). When you reboot, the password will be gone."
pboden83 said:
hi, im on 3.0.2-6.
Now i restored my Viper backup. It Boots normaly.
Then i have type my Pin, that works. But after that, i have to unlock the Pattern lock. But it says my Code is Wrong.
I know it is the right code. I can try 1000000 different times, i cant unlock
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adb into the phone via TWRP or live system and rm -rf /system/data/*.key and locksettings* this will reset the security. no one currently knows why twrp is doing this but it seems to only happen to me when flashing a different rom then going back. it does NOT does this if restoring a previous backup of my current rom.
really the only file you need to delete is the locksettings.db file. I've never had issues deleting just that one.
I also tried this way to delete the locksetting.db and can bypass the suck lockscreen!
BTW, highly recommend you that in addition to whole system backup in TWRP, also use Titanium Backup to backup all user apps. In case of restore failure, you still can preserve your user apps and restore in newly installed system.
So I gave my mother my note 4 rooted Ultimate Note7 Hybrid SM-N930P and I wiped everything before I gave it to her. But when setting up her phone it asks for pin number for screen lock so I make one. Then when trying to unlock it it won't allow it. It looks to go to the next screen but flashes then goes back to lock screen.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you
Willyb211 said:
So I gave my mother my note 4 rooted Ultimate Note7 Hybrid SM-N930P and I wiped everything before I gave it to her. But when setting up her phone it asks for pin number for screen lock so I make one. Then when trying to unlock it it won't allow it. It looks to go to the next screen but flashes then goes back to lock screen.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you
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Maybe a little late to reply but what did you wipe?
Recommended way to turn phone over to another user is to remove fingerprint(s) and accounts while booted. And make sure the reactivation lock isn't enabled.
You can factory reset after the above.
Maybe you can still factory reset but if that doesn't work, I don't know why it wouldn't unless reactivation lock is enabled.
Did you try the factory reset? Did that work or no?
Edit: if it's just a persistent fingerprint issue, try this but read the whole thread.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63327098&postcount=1
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Willyb211 said:
So I gave my mother my note 4 rooted Ultimate Note7 Hybrid SM-N930P and I wiped everything before I gave it to her. But when setting up her phone it asks for pin number for screen lock so I make one. Then when trying to unlock it it won't allow it. It looks to go to the next screen but flashes then goes back to lock screen.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you
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Flash this zip file from twrp or any custom recovery and it will bypass any lockscreen security lock. pin/pattern/password/fingerprint.
https://mega.nz/#!fQ03xarS!Rmik-8KQSxvnZ9AYFsU_t03RdmjZeqwF-ahnXLQi41s
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Maybe a little late to reply but what did you wipe?
Recommended way to turn phone over to another user is to remove fingerprint(s) and accounts while booted. And make sure the reactivation lock isn't enabled.
You can factory reset after the above.
Maybe you can still factory reset but if that doesn't work, I don't know why it wouldn't unless reactivation lock is enabled.
Did you try the factory reset? Did that work or no?
Edit: if it's just a persistent fingerprint issue, try this but read the whole thread.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63327098&postcount=1
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I wiped it from recovery mode with the TWRP
It isn't a finger print issue. It's the 4-12 digit pin number
Willyb211 said:
I wiped it from recovery mode with the TWRP
It isn't a finger print issue. It's the 4-12 digit pin number
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Trying to help so I won't debate the issue. It's important to recall if you went back through setup wizard and were prompted for original user and account password.
I still don't know what partitions you wiped. You likely need to root again if you wiped data or factory reset. I thought a factory reset would remove fingerprints.
The reason I think it's a fingerprint issue is the prompt for pin after reboot. I think that still applies since it asks for one and won't unlock. On initial prompt after you wiped it, did you input your personal backup pin to unlock and set another pin? Original pin should be wiped but if not your accounts and likely prints still exist.
I may be wrong but you may have to restore a stock backup or go back to stock tar in Odin if the two suggestions given aren't helping. I'd suggest the same stock tar as before in case it is factory reset protection causing the issue. You may have use your original Google or Samsung account user and password to unlock it.
But before following through with Odin, one important thing to look for in phone's display is reactivation lock while phone is booted to download mode (for Odin). If enabled, factory reset protection is applied. I wouldn't flash but pull battery and factory reset and sign in with original user and password. The prompts should direct just that. After setup wizard, remove anything of yours like fingerprints and accounts and factory reset within system Settings app.
As I said in my initial reply, you need to remove your accounts and check for fingerprints and remove those if applicable. Then factory reset. I didn't mention it before but factory reset in system Settings app is recommended to avoid issues handing phone to another user. Not sure but it may be a more sanity check to ensure you've removed accounts and fingerprints and encrypted data. I forgot to mention encrypted earlier.
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