Just got a new HTC 10 a few weeks ago, updated to Nougat, factory wiped, flashed Elemental X kernel, then went about setting up the phone. I'm coming from a Nexus 6P where in the Security settings, it shows if the phone is encrypted or not. I do not see the same encryption status in the HTC 10's security settings. How can I see if my HTC 10 is encrypted or not?
tibere86 said:
Just got a new HTC 10 a few weeks ago, updated to Nougat, factory wiped, flashed Elemental X kernel, then went about setting up the phone. I'm coming from a Nexus 6P where in the Security settings, it shows if the phone is encrypted or not. I do not see the same encryption status in the HTC 10's security settings. How can I see if my HTC 10 is encrypted or not?
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Have you flashed a custom rom? Or are you on stock nougat?
tibere86 said:
Just got a new HTC 10 a few weeks ago, updated to Nougat, factory wiped, flashed Elemental X kernel, then went about setting up the phone. I'm coming from a Nexus 6P where in the Security settings, it shows if the phone is encrypted or not. I do not see the same encryption status in the HTC 10's security settings. How can I see if my HTC 10 is encrypted or not?
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When you boot your phone, does it ask for a password to decrypt? Or another way to tell is to boot to recovery. If encrcrypted, it'll prompt you for a password (don't enter one, just select cancel if it does ~ PW will not work here)
Go to settings, then click on storage, then click on phone storage, and scroll to the bottom, if it is checked you are encrypted. Don't listen to canadians they are evil.
rwallhtc said:
Have you flashed a custom rom? Or are you on stock nougat?
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I'm on stock Nougat with Elemental X kernel.
xunholyx said:
When you boot your phone, does it ask for a password to decrypt? Or another way to tell is to boot to recovery. If encrcrypted, it'll prompt you for a password (don't enter one, just select cancel if it does ~ PW will not work here)
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Nope, it doesn't ask me for a password. So looks like I'm decrypted :good:
Mikee4fun said:
Go to settings, then click on storage, then click on phone storage, and scroll to the bottom, if it is checked you are encrypted. Don't listen to canadians they are evil.
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Awesome. Thanks for the answer. Just checked and the check box is greyed out which I assume means I'm decrypted :good:
tibere86 said:
I'm on stock Nougat with Elemental X kernel.
Nope, it doesn't ask me for a password. So looks like I'm decrypted :good:
Awesome. Thanks for the answer. Just checked and the check box is greyed out which I assume means I'm decrypted :good:
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If you are on stock nougat then you will be encrypted. All stock roms like yours have force encryption enabled. It is an added feature to have a non-encrypted data partition. You will only be de-crypted if you choose that as an option whilst flashing a custom rom.
If the option is greyed out then this would mean to me that you don't have a choice. This would follow the assertion that force encryption is enabled. That would mean it is encrypted as I stated. Mine which is de-crypted looks like this. I chose the option when flashing my custom rom to not have an encrypted partition.
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If you are on stock nougat then you will be encrypted. All stock roms like yours have force encryption enabled. It is an added feature to have a non-encrypted data partition. You will only be de-crypted if you choose that as an option whilst flashing a custom rom.
If the option is greyed out then this would mean to me that you don't have a choice. This would follow the assertion that force encryption is enabled. That would mean it is encrypted as I stated. Mine which is de-crypted looks like this. I chose the option when flashing my custom rom to not have an encrypted partition.
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Correct. Mine is grayed out and selected. Encrypted.
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Aurelius99 said:
Correct. Mine is grayed out and selected. Encrypted.
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Absolutely. No doubt about it. If you wish to have an un-encrypted data partition then you need to flash a custom rom and choose the option to have it un-encryped. That said our friends who make twrp (a custom recovery) are on the job working on decryption when using twrp. They even have a test version out which they call "hacky" which can handle an encrypted partitions. That said my feeling is this doesn't matter to you in the slightest.
If you found my post helpful click thanks.
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If you are on stock nougat then you will be encrypted. All stock roms like yours have force encryption enabled. It is an added feature to have a non-encrypted data partition. You will only be de-crypted if you choose that as an option whilst flashing a custom rom.
If the option is greyed out then this would mean to me that you don't have a choice. This would follow the assertion that force encryption is enabled. That would mean it is encrypted as I stated. Mine which is de-crypted looks like this. I chose the option when flashing my custom rom to not have an encrypted partition.
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Yep. Noticed that. I ended up booting into TWRP, formating data partition, and rebooted into the OS, and the encryption check box is now unchecked
To determine whether your phone is encrypted or decrypted, you can follow these steps:
On Android devices:
1. Open the "Settings" app on your Android device.
2. Scroll down and tap on "Security" or "Security & privacy."
3. Look for an option called "Encryption" or "Encryption & credentials" and tap on it.
4. If your device is encrypted, you will see a message indicating that the device is encrypted. It may also display additional information about the encryption status.
If you don't find the "Encryption" or "Encryption & credentials" option in the settings, it's likely that your device is not encrypted.
On iOS devices (iPhone):
1. Open the "Settings" app on your iPhone.
2. Tap on "Touch ID & Passcode" or "Face ID & Passcode" (depending on your iPhone model).
3. Enter your device passcode if prompted.
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen.
5. If your iPhone is encrypted, you will see a message that says "Data protection is enabled" or "This iPhone is encrypted."
If you don't find any mention of data protection or encryption on the passcode settings screen, it indicates that your iPhone is not encrypted.
Note that encryption is an optional security feature, and not all devices may have it enabled by default. Additionally, the exact location of the encryption settings may vary slightly depending on the device manufacturer and Android/iOS version. If you're unable to locate the encryption settings, you can refer to your device's user manual or perform a web search specific to your device model and software version to find the exact instructions.
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Hello,
As Google has decided to turn encryption on as a standard in the upcoming Android 5.0, I thought I would give it a test on my CosmicCM 5.4.
I started the encryption and it prompts you that you for a passcode that will be used from now on, so far no problem.
It started encrypting my device and it was running for some time(I left it alone for an hour) and reboots a couple of times.
After he's finished the annoyance came.
first you will have to type twice your password with a reboot, one time do decrypt your device the second time to enter your device.
Be aware that performance can be slowed through encryption, and it can negatively impact battery life too.
So I decide to go back.
The Problem: Once encrypted, you can't decrypt it easily.
When encrypting the phone android will tell you you can only decrypt it using a factory reset. Naturally you assume it's talking about the "Factory Data Reset" option found in Settings --> Backup and Reset and this works.
Now I wanted to try a rom (TW 4.2.2 based) and see how this worked and after installing and booting.
I got prompted to enter the decryption and of course this didn’t work anymore as there is no data for the password.
So I assumed you can wipe everything from your custom recovery mod (CWM, TWRP, or one of those).
Wrong! You'll get beautiful "can't mount /data" messages and more.
After some hard time I got everything working again, by flashing CosmicCM again.
The phone booted al clean again without asking for encryption and when you check the menu it also mentioned encryption is deactivated.
Trying the previous rom again just triggerd the encryption again.
So It seems that there is still somewhere a hidden encrypted protection that will be activated when I flash a different rom.
So be warned and don’t play with encrypting your device as you could brick it.
Didn't have time to investigate further on how I can remove it completely, but my guess is I have to redo all the partitions.
I was on the same boat a month ago
akiratoriyama said:
I was on the same boat a month ago
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I wish you told me sooner
Did you redo all the partitions to get the encryption completely removed?
RichyE said:
I wish you told me sooner
Did you redo all the partitions to get the encryption completely removed?
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I think I had to wipe my data via Philz, CWM and stock to remove encryption.
akiratoriyama said:
I think I had to wipe my data via Philz, CWM and stock to remove encryption.
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Thanks for the info, will try to flash stock this week and see if this helps
Hello.
I search for a way to hold my HTC 10 safe if someone sholud take my phone.
Actually i am able to read all my data over the TWRP, doesn't matter if i use the safest security things, like the phone goes back to facroty reset after to much wrong password tries.
No one should be able to Flash a recovery oder take my data out, actually you just need to flash TWRP to uncrypt the Data Partition.
Is there any way to make my phone with root really safe?
Does it affect something if the Option "Unlock OEM" in the Developer Settings ist checked or not?
Thank you
You have to go to Settings->Security->Screen lock
Here you select what you want (pattern, pin, password,..) and then enter yours security, then it will show another screen and just select "Require pattern to start device" and then re-enter security again.
Now after factory reset if someone wants to use the phone he/she will have to enter your gmail credential to use the phone... it will not work without google account. This is as much as we can do. Also you can flash stock recovery and disable USB debugging
CrazyCypher said:
You have to go to Settings->Security->Screen lock
Here you select what you want (pattern, pin, password,..) and then enter yours security, then it will show another screen and just select "Require pattern to start device" and then re-enter security again.
Now after factory reset if someone wants to use the phone he/she will have to enter your gmail credential to use the phone... it will not work without google account. This is as much as we can do. Also you can flash stock recovery and disable USB debugging
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I guess though, if phone is stolen and you have twrp installed, your in trouble, if they know what they're doing. Cause your phone is decrypted once in recovery, afaik. If someone can correct me, I would like to know. Always assumed all bets are off once twrp installed.
purple patch said:
I guess though, if phone is stolen and you have twrp installed, your in trouble, if they know what they're doing. Cause your phone is decrypted once in recovery, afaik. If someone can correct me, I would like to know. Always assumed all bets are off once twrp installed.
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Follow what I wrote in my previous post. If you do so, TWRP will ask you for security (pattern, pass, etc) to decrypt data otherwise it will not bi able to
CrazyCypher said:
Follow what I wrote in my previous post. If you do so, TWRP will ask you for security (pattern, pass, etc) to decrypt data otherwise it will not bi able to
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Oh OK thanks. So when i use encrypted system but choose not to use a password to start phone as you mentioned, twrp is just using a default password to decrypt?
purple patch said:
Oh OK thanks. So when i use encrypted system but choose not to use a password to start phone as you mentioned, twrp is just using a default password to decrypt?
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I think so, yes. If you correctly enabled security so it appears before phone turns on and also to be enabled in TWRP, you will every reboot get this window before you can use the phone:
http://www.androidcentral.com/sites...2/decrypt-screen-htc-one-a9.jpg?itok=56N6fDJE
I get this window, but I have pattern..this is picture from web
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I think so, yes. If you correctly enabled security so it appears before phone turns on and also to be enabled in TWRP, you will every reboot get this window before you can use the phone:
http://www.androidcentral.com/sites...2/decrypt-screen-htc-one-a9.jpg?itok=56N6fDJE
I get this window, but I have pattern..this is picture from web
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Yes, I've seen that before phone boots. But did not realise it stops you from decrypting in twrp. I have always been able to get in to twrp without pin/pattern. Now you mention though, wipe data in twrp was the only way to remove that security screen, so it's probably still encrypted until that is done. Thanks, makes sense now.
purple patch said:
Yes, I've seen that before phone boots. But did not realise it stops you from decrypting in twrp. I have always been able to get in to twrp without pin/pattern. Now you mention though, wipe data in twrp was the only way to remove that security screen, so it's probably still encrypted until that is done. Thanks, makes sense now.
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Try to boot in TWRP... I am being asked to input pattern to decrypt data before I can enter TWRP... I wasn't always being asked, before I selected the setting in "Settings->Security->Screen lock" TWRP just said it decrypted data with default passowrd... now that I enabled in "Settings->Security->Screen lock", also TWRP ask me to input before it can decrypt.
ALSO be sure you have latest TWRP installed, previous version were not able to decrypt data no matter what setting you had.
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You have to go to Settings->Security->Screen lock
Here you select what you want (pattern, pin, password,..) and then enter yours security, then it will show another screen and just select "Require pattern to start device" and then re-enter security again.
Now after factory reset if someone wants to use the phone he/she will have to enter your gmail credential to use the phone... it will not work without google account. This is as much as we can do. Also you can flash stock recovery and disable USB debugging
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Thank you for this Information, if this is really safe it would be really nice.
I will try it as soon as possible after i backed my device up.
And it is still save, doesn't matter which TWRP version (or maybe other recovery) you will flash?
I like the idea to still use TWRP. Could it be still possible to have root with the strok recovery?
USB Debugging is still off since i got my device and i flashed it already back to stock recovery for the OTA and again to TWRP, i never enablet USB Debuging, i think this option does not affect anything?
Or do you mean i shold disable "OEM Unlock" or what will happen if you set disable to this option?
Nobody who steals a phone is too interested in your data unless that is the sole reason why they took your phone.
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Thank you, it seems like it works if you choose "Require pattern to start device"
Actually i didn't try to flash, wipe, format or something else but i guess whatever you will do, its not possible to decript the internal storage again?
@Android The Greek.. yes this is the reason for this thread, because if you took a rooted phone, i guess you always will be able to flash them so that you can use it again?.. If its not rooted, you should not be able to use this phone again if you choose this security.
I actually got another question. What is if someone does flash another backup to system and more, but just let "data" stay.
Is the encryption still save and all the keys stored in the "data" partition or its possible to get access to data?
Hey Guys,
When I got my OP3 I unlocked the bootloader right away and installed FreedomOS to get rid of the bloatware. As this is my first device, which comes with a locked bootloader and decryption, I have some questions about this topic. I was wondering that the encryption does not make any sense when you unlock your bootloader, because if somebody steals your phone, he can just enter twrp and access all your data. Then I flashed CM and after that TWRP was asking me to set a pin or pattern to lock my phone. Now I've to unlock my phone every time I want to enter the recovery or boot the system with a pattern, which is great, because now the encryption is not worthless anymore. Now I'm asking myself if this feature is somehow integrated into CM or was it just random that I found this feature? Is there any way to get this also with OOS installed? What things do I have to note to not accidentally make my phone unencryptable with the pattern? Is this even possible, maybe by flashing a new recovery or so?
Thanks in advance
Gerrit507 said:
Hey Guys,
When I got my OP3 I unlocked the bootloader right away and installed FreedomOS to get rid of the bloatware. As this is my first device, which comes with a locked bootloader and decryption, I have some questions about this topic. I was wondering that the encryption does not make any sense when you unlock your bootloader, because if somebody steals your phone, he can just enter twrp and access all your data. Then I flashed CM and after that TWRP was asking me to set a pin or pattern to lock my phone. Now I've to unlock my phone every time I want to enter the recovery or boot the system with a pattern, which is great, because now the encryption is not worthless anymore. Now I'm asking myself if this feature is somehow integrated into CM or was it just random that I found this feature? Is there any way to get this also with OOS installed? What things do I have to note to not accidentally make my phone unencryptable with the pattern? Is this even possible, maybe by flashing a new recovery or so?
Thanks in advance
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If your phone is encrypted, TWRP has to prompt you to decrypt the /data partition before it can be mounted. This isn't a CM feature, it should act like this with any ROM if phone encryption is enabled. I've flashed most every rom and version of twrp in this forum and they all seem to work fine with the encryption enabled. I have not flashed multiboot yet as that requires your phone to be completely unencrypted. Not sure if that answers your question.
If security is your concern though, I would recommend switching to a passphrase instead of pattern for encryption unless your pattern is very long and complex. I recommend a passphrase of at least 16 characters.
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If your phone is encrypted, TWRP has to prompt you to decrypt the /data partition before it can be mounted. This isn't a CM feature, it should act like this with any ROM if phone encryption is enabled. I've flashed most every rom and version of twrp in this forum and they all seem to work fine with the encryption enabled. I have not flashed multiboot yet as that requires your phone to be completely unencrypted. Not sure if that answers your question.
If security is your concern though, I would recommend switching to a passphrase instead of pattern for encryption unless your pattern is very long and complex. I recommend a passphrase of at least 16 characters.
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Ok I see, than I was getting something wrong there, thank you. The thing is FreedomOS stated that the phone is encrypted but I was never asked for the pattern by TWRP...
Gerrit507 said:
Ok I see, than I was getting something wrong there, thank you. The thing is FreedomOS stated that the phone is encrypted but I was never asked for the pattern by TWRP...
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When you first booted up your stock phone and went through setup it asks if you want to secure the phone using pin/pattern/passphrase. I think that is where it is created then that key is written somewhere, not on the data or system partitions because is persists between wipes, and that is where TWRP and all future roms are authenticating you.
kennonk said:
When you first booted up your stock phone and went through setup it asks if you want to secure the phone using pin/pattern/passphrase. I think that is where it is created then that key is written somewhere, not on the data or system partitions because is persists between wipes, and that is where TWRP and all future roms are authenticating you.
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Ok, I can not remember this... Then I guess the phone just stated it was encrypted and wasn't... And how can I change this pattern or unencrypt the phone?
Gerrit507 said:
Ok, I can not remember this... Then I guess the phone just stated it was encrypted and wasn't... And how can I change this pattern or unencrypt the phone?
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Here is how to decrypt without losing data. http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/how-to/unencrypt-oxygenos-loosing-data-t3412228
There is another article I think I saw it on the OnePlus forums about how to decrypt and wipe which will let you change the passphrase I think.
Basically if you decrypt, then flash Oxygen or Hydrogen without SuperSU it will force you to re-encrypt. At least that is my understanding as I haven't decrypted yet.
Good luck
kennonk said:
Here is how to decrypt without losing data. http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/how-to/unencrypt-oxygenos-loosing-data-t3412228
There is another article I think I saw it on the OnePlus forums about how to decrypt and wipe which will let you change the passphrase I think.
Basically if you decrypt, then flash Oxygen or Hydrogen without SuperSU it will force you to re-encrypt. At least that is my understanding as I haven't decrypted yet.
Good luck
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As far as I understood it, it's all about wiping userdata, which I did before flashing Freedom OS. This might explain why I had no encryption... Still strange that it did not prompt me again to set a new one...
edit: FreedomOS has supersu, but systemless... I also flashed supersu right after CM which is even more strange...
Gerrit507 said:
As far as I understood it, it's all about wiping userdata, which I did before flashing Freedom OS. This might explain why I had no encryption... Still strange that it did not prompt me again to set a new one...
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Yeah I have wiped userdata and system and clean reflashed like 20-30 times in the last few weeks and I've never been prompted to recreate the initial passphrase I set for encryption.
kennonk said:
Yeah I have wiped userdata and system and clean reflashed like 20-30 times in the last few weeks and I've never been prompted to recreate the initial passphrase I set for encryption.
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But I never had to decrypt in TWRP... It's mysterious As far as I understand the guide he just wipes userdata and the encryption is gone... Is there somebody who knows for sure where the key is located actually?
edit: Seems like the encryption key is coupled to your password
When a user elects to change or remove their password in settings, the UI sends the command cryptfs changepw to vold, and vold re-encrypts the disk master key with the new password.
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https://source.android.com/security/encryption/
I can confirm that. I changed my pattern and unlocked the phone with it at booting.
If I remove my password it still says "encrypted" in security but I don't have to enter any pattern at boot.
Mine says "Encrypted" under Settings > Security & Fingerprint > Encryption but I can boot into TWRP and browse the entire file system without ever entering my pin code.
dcdruck1117 said:
Mine says "Encrypted" under Settings > Security & Fingerprint > Encryption but I can boot into TWRP and browse the entire file system without ever entering my pin code.
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Sounds like you have the same issue like I had. It seems to me like an issue in OOS.
This is awesome. I thought rooting and unlocking the bootloader to install custom ROMs would need the phone to be decrypted -- great, great news!
So without knowing the passphrase a possible attacker can't get to the data even when the bootloader is unlocked and OS rooted?
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This is awesome. I thought rooting and unlocking the bootloader to install custom ROMs would need the phone to be decrypted -- great, great news!
So without knowing the passphrase a possible attacker can't get to the data even when the bootloader is unlocked and OS rooted?
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Yes, all your data is being decrypted after your enter the passphrase.
Does anyone have any idea how I can encrypt my phone if it already says Settings > Security & fingerprint > Encryption > Encrypt phone = "Encrypted"? It's clearly not actually encrypted because I do not have to enter any pin to boot or read data in TWRP.
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Does anyone have any idea how I can encrypt my phone if it already says Settings > Security & fingerprint > Encryption > Encrypt phone = "Encrypted"? It's clearly not actually encrypted because I do not have to enter any pin to boot or read data in TWRP.
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Go to lock screen settings and set it up again. You will be prompted if you want to enter pin every reboot.
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Go to lock screen settings and set it up again. You will be prompted if you want to enter pin every reboot.
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Hey, thanks! The "require PIN to start device" screen doesn't make any mention of encryption, so I was under the impression that it was far more basic and wasn't at all related to encryption. I tried it though and now TWRP does ask me to decrypt my data partition, so it does work. Thanks for the assist!
been following this thread and i had a quick questions - so it looks like if you unlock BL and run a custom ROM, you can still have the security of encryption, but does this ONLY apply to the USERDATA partition?
for example, could someone launch TWRP recovery on your phone and flash something into the SYSTEM partition without ever touching your userdata partition (ie, a keylogger or malware)?
It seems to me that only the data partition is encrypted, but someone correct me if I'm wrong. I looked at the Android full disk encryption page and I only see mentions of the data partition.
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It seems to me that only the data partition is encrypted, but someone correct me if I'm wrong. I looked at the Android full disk encryption page and I only see mentions of the data partition.
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so system is never encrypted? i guess at that point the stock recovery stops you from flashing malware but \TWRP wont
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It seems to me that only the data partition is encrypted, but someone correct me if I'm wrong. I looked at the Android full disk encryption page and I only see mentions of the data partition.
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Your internal storage is mounted into your data partition actually. I think this means it's also encrypted.
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so system is never encrypted? i guess at that point the stock recovery stops you from flashing malware but \TWRP wont
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I see no reason behind encrypting system, it's used read-only anyway as long as you don't flash something to it.
edit: Ah I see now what you mean. But if you have stock recovery you can also simply flash twrp over it or flash something to system via adb... I don't know if it would even be possible technically to encrypt system. Anyway I think the only solution would be to lock the bootloader I think. I don't know what actually happens if you lock your bootloader again while on twrp and custom rom, might brick your device
I am trying to encrypt but there is a bug in the firmware. It simpy reboots.
Is it a problem in the rom (latest xiaomi.eu miui 10) or am I doing something wrong?
THank you
Afaik all current MIUI custom ROMs have encryption disabled
I hope we'll eventually get some working AOSP/LineageOS ROM instead of MIUI crap
you mean for Mi Max 3, right?
In other xiaomi phones, it is possible.
Yep
I've tried multiple available ROMs several weeks ago, none had it, so I had to stay on chinese miui 10. They are probably using this script https://build.nethunter.com/android-tools/no-verity-opt-encrypt/
I'm not sure why they had to use it. I know, currently TWRP cannot manipulate encrypted data partition on latest Android versions because of dm-verity thing, but that doesn't look like sufficient reason to disable encryption for me. Maybe they have some other reasons when making custom ROMS idk.
Are you asking about "Additional Setting > Privacy > Encrption & credentials" , mine shown as 'Phone encrypted'
I'm on CN ROM 8.8.3 with EU MIUI 8.8.9_v10-8.1.
pinxda said:
Are you asking about "Additional Setting > Privacy > Encrption & credentials" , mine shown as 'Phone encrypted'
I'm on CN ROM 8.8.3 with EU MIUI 8.8.9_v10-8.1.
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Yes, but it is not.
The phone needs to be charged at least al 95% and be connected to power. Then the button is enabled. It restart, and nothing happens.
I need to install a MDM to access my company email and agenda. The MDm tries to apply the encription and doesn't let me progress. The result: I have the Max 3 in a drawer
Ok;
YES YOU CAN.
It took me two days to find out why and how. but here is the fix: you need to resize your data partition so that it will have 32kb of free space.
Instructions here:
https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/146081/how-to-resize-the-data-f2fs-partition
it does work for me; and I suggest you try it. I am running BenzoROM with Android Pie, unlocked bootloader and the 6GB variant. YMMV.
jonklinger said:
Ok;
YES YOU CAN.
It took me two days to find out why and how. but here is the fix: you need to resize your data partition so that it will have 32kb of free space.
Instructions here:
https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/146081/how-to-resize-the-data-f2fs-partition
it does work for me; and I suggest you try it. I am running BenzoROM with Android Pie, unlocked bootloader and the 6GB variant. YMMV.
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Everything working on Benzo?
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Everything working on Benzo?
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Well, mostly. Meaning: I'm not sure quick-charge works (haven't tried it), bluetooth calling is meh (worked once and failed once) and screen flickers at brightness changes.
You do need to replace the stock camera with open camera. But apart from that? well, you get clean android 9.0 experience with no other flaws.
Hello!
Anybody tried this with xiaomi.eu roms ?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77814314&postcount=8
Not working for me on the latest xiaomi.eu build.
Even though it said encryption was fixed in the change log.
GEoMaNTiK said:
Not working for me on the latest xiaomi.eu build.
Even though it said encryption was fixed in the change log.
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When I try to encrypt device, screen just is going black for a 2-3 seconds and back to home screen. Doesn't even reboot.
Have you got the same issue?
Encryption also works on xiaomi.eu 8.12.13
Here is what I did (to the best of my memory, try at your own risk!):
- Reset to "fastboot ROM" Global 9.6.6 (the version my phone was shipped with).
- Flashed TWRP
- Wiped data, dalvik, and cache
- Flashed eu 8.12.13
- Flashed Magisk
- setup phone, etc
After that, I encrypted the phone via the settings menu (search for encrypt). Works just fine.
However currently there is one problem. All TWRP versions for Mi Max 3 can not access the data partition, because TWRP does not know how to decrypt the data partition in Pie. So you won't be able to flash anything that needs access to the data partition But a future TWRP will fix this, hopefully soon ...
palmdude said:
Encryption also works on xiaomi.eu 8.12.13
Here is what I did (to the best of my memory, try at your own risk!):
- Reset to "fastboot ROM" Global 9.6.6 (the version my phone was shipped with).
- Flashed TWRP
- Wiped data, dalvik, and cache
- Flashed eu 8.12.13
- Flashed Magisk
- setup phone, etc
After that, I encrypted the phone via the settings menu (search for encrypt). Works just fine.
However currently there is one problem. All TWRP versions for Mi Max 3 can not access the data partition, because TWRP does not know how to decrypt the data partition in Pie. So you won't be able to flash anything that needs access to the data partition But a future TWRP will fix this, hopefully soon ...
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So, it's better to wait for new TWRP. But what with ARB? Is any possibility to check it on Mi Max 3? getvar anti in fastboot doesn't work. I know Xiaomi.eu roms have ARB. I bought my phone (6/128) flashed with Global rom 10.0.1.0. Is anywhere list which versions of anti are in roms? I wonder if flashing Global dev 8.12.13 with fastboot method and after that flashing xiaomi.eu 8.12.13 could resolve problem with encryption. Maybe I'l try.
shadowpk1 said:
So, it's better to wait for new TWRP.
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Developer @nijel8 has released a new TWRP which can decrypt user data now
Dear All,
I'm a happy owner aof a brand new OP9Pro. Just upgraded from an older OP3.
I already installed LineageOS on it, the latest one with Android 12.
I noticed, that in Settings-Security-Encryption and credentials the Encryption status says Encrypted. This is good, it is just like my old OP3 used to be. However, unlike in the case of the OP3, when booting up, the OP9Pro doesn't ask for a password or pin or anything, just boots fine. What is going on here? If it is not encrypted, then why does it say encrypted. If it is encrypted, then what is the password/pin and why does it auto decrypt.
More importantly, how can I correct this issue? (to be clear, I would like to create my own encryption password and want to enter it every time the system boots)
What am I missing?
viktak said:
Dear All,
I'm a happy owner aof a brand new OP9Pro. Just upgraded from an older OP3.
I already installed LineageOS on it, the latest one with Android 12.
I noticed, that in Settings-Security-Encryption and credentials the Encryption status says Encrypted. This is good, it is just like my old OP3 used to be. However, unlike in the case of the OP3, when booting up, the OP9Pro doesn't ask for a password or pin or anything, just boots fine. What is going on here? If it is not encrypted, then why does it say encrypted. If it is encrypted, then what is the password/pin and why does it auto decrypt.
More importantly, how can I correct this issue? (to be clear, I would like to create my own encryption password and want to enter it every time the system boots)
What am I missing?
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Go into settings/security and lock screen/lock screen passcode
I have done that, but no matter which one I set up, it wouldn't ask for it when the phone boots.
viktak said:
I have done that, but no matter which one I set up, it wouldn't ask for it when the phone boots.
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Then I don't know what the answer would be. All I know is that I see so many users having issues with custom roms. That is why I stay with stock rom.
I'm too old for cherry picking and starting fresh each round. F all that. C-63 is pretty damn righteous. And Ob1 is awesome so ob2 is gonna be a dd I feel.
viktak said:
Dear All,
I'm a happy owner aof a brand new OP9Pro. Just upgraded from an older OP3.
I already installed LineageOS on it, the latest one with Android 12.
I noticed, that in Settings-Security-Encryption and credentials the Encryption status says Encrypted. This is good, it is just like my old OP3 used to be. However, unlike in the case of the OP3, when booting up, the OP9Pro doesn't ask for a password or pin or anything, just boots fine. What is going on here? If it is not encrypted, then why does it say encrypted. If it is encrypted, then what is the password/pin and why does it auto decrypt.
More importantly, how can I correct this issue? (to be clear, I would like to create my own encryption password and want to enter it every time the system boots)
What am I missing?
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Every time you reboot your phone, you must enter your password/PIN if you set one to get past the lock screen, it's called Before First Unlock. It doesn't ask for a password to turn on your phone, just to get past the lock screen. Also, the keys are not in memory, so this is the encryption part.
ok, thanks. Something must have changed though since Android 11. Thank you for the clarification!