I have an HTC One S running Candy ROM 4.4.4
When I run the encryption process it asks for my pin, reboots and goes through the encryption process,
but when it boots up it asks for a password that i didn't set.
When I try to set a password and encrypt my phone it doesn't let me,
it just goes through a normal reboot.
Could there be a built in password that it is looking at and if so is there a way to change it?
ogre55 said:
I have an HTC One S running Candy ROM 4.4.4
When I run the encryption process it asks for my pin, reboots and goes through the encryption process,
but when it boots up it asks for a password that i didn't set.
When I try to set a password and encrypt my phone it doesn't let me,
it just goes through a normal reboot.
Could there be a built in password that it is looking at and if so is there a way to change it?
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The password is your PIN. The android system uses the lock screen pin for the encryption process.
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Hi,
I have for the first time rooted my HTC Desire. And for the first time also just installed a ROM, LeeDroid 3.0.6-R2. Everything works fine, so I think, but one thing.
I've set up my Exchange account to my work and entered a new pin code. The pin code works every time when the phone locks and I need to enter the pin to unlock it. But as soon as I go into Clockwork Recovery mode and then do nothing but restart the phone, it doesn't accept my pin code. After 8 failed attempts it wipes my phone automatically.
When it happened the first time I thought I messed up with the pin code. So I wiped the phone and started over (not reflashing the ROM), setting up Exchange with the same pin code. But it didn't accept the one I used previously. So I choose a new one, simple, 0000. Tried several times to unlock with the pin after the phone had locked. Then just now I rebooted again with Clockwork Recovery and just restarted the phone and it again won't accept my pin code.
I don't want to disable the policy and not have a pin code via some app.
Has anyone had this issue before? It's like my pin code isn't saved once I go into Recovery mode. But it still enforced the policy.
This will be the 4th time I have to wipe my phone and start over -.-
TIA
Ok, so I tried after my last wipe last night to not configure Activesync and just go into security and set a regular pin. Let the phone lock, worked. Restart phone into recovery, restart again. Doesn't work.
So I think I've managed to solve the issue. Reboot the phone completely (not into recovery) after I've set the pin code. Try to see if it works, which it did, then boot into recovery and again reboot to normal. Pin code still works. Odd....
Sigh.....nope. Still the same problem when I rebooted the phone. I still need help :'(
Someone must have some ideas?
Bumping. Halp!
Hi all,
I'm running CM11 on a Moto G. Due to work requirements I encrypted my phone via the security settings. It all went as expected, until I got to the screen where I have to enter my password to decrypt storage...
Once I enter the correct password, it loads a screen with an android on (I think it was similar to the one from the encryption screen) very briefly, then goes blank. I presume it turns off as it doesn't do anything else for quite a while. If I reboot and try enter an incorrect code, it prompts for the right code, so I'm definitely entering the correct pin.
My questions is - is there any way around this (without wiping the phone)? Any idea what's gone wrong?
I can still access recovery, but obviously it's rather limited as it's all encrypted. Is there any way I can connect via PC to get my files and decrypt them as I know the password?
I have had my phone encrypted for a while now. The other day I decided to install the Google Screenwise app since I take part in the panel. During the setup process it said I had to enter my pin because it "affected" encryption. Well I entered it and went about my business.
Now for the weird part. I needed to restart my phone later on and as it booted up, where it would ask me for my pin before it would boot Android, it now flashes a grey screen really fast and continues booting to the lockscreen where I can enter my pin. When I check under settings it says that my phone is still encrypted, and yet never ask me for my pin during boot up.
Anyone know what's going on here? Am I going to have to do a factory reset to get encryption working correctly again?
I am on Cyanogen OS 12.1 build YOG4PAS3JL.
BluGuy said:
I have had my phone encrypted for a while now. The other day I decided to install the Google Screenwise app since I take part in the panel. During the setup process it said I had to enter my pin because it "affected" encryption. Well I entered it and went about my business.
Now for the weird part. I needed to restart my phone later on and as it booted up, where it would ask me for my pin before it would boot Android, it now flashes a grey screen really fast and continues booting to the lockscreen where I can enter my pin. When I check under settings it says that my phone is still encrypted, and yet never ask me for my pin during boot up.
Anyone know what's going on here? Am I going to have to do a factory reset to get encryption working correctly again?
I am on Cyanogen OS 12.1 build YOG4PAS3JL.
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You need to re-enable the pin from lockscreen options
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cloudx720 said:
You need to re-enable the pin from lockscreen options
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I think you misunderstood. The lockscreen still ask for a pin. When the phone has encryption turned on, when you either restart or turn the phone on you will receive a prompt on a grey screen to enter you pin. At this point Android hasn't fully booted yet. It then checks the pin and then boots Android. My phone is no longer brining me to this grey screen, it flashes grey but seems to just skip that screen. It is just fully loading android all the way.
BluGuy said:
I have had my phone encrypted for a while now. The other day I decided to install the Google Screenwise app since I take part in the panel. During the setup process it said I had to enter my pin because it "affected" encryption. Well I entered it and went about my business.
Now for the weird part. I needed to restart my phone later on and as it booted up, where it would ask me for my pin before it would boot Android, it now flashes a grey screen really fast and continues booting to the lockscreen where I can enter my pin. When I check under settings it says that my phone is still encrypted, and yet never ask me for my pin during boot up.
Anyone know what's going on here? Am I going to have to do a factory reset to get encryption working correctly again?
I am on Cyanogen OS 12.1 build YOG4PAS3JL.
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If you set up pin code again will ask if you want pin to boot.
You have two option
One is pin to boot
Other pin after boot
I do not use screenwise for related issues
But i am familiar with encryption
Encryption will exist unless do factory reset
geowolf1000 said:
If you set up pin code again will ask if you want pin to boot.
You have two option
One is pin to boot
Other pin after boot
I do not use screenwise for related issues
But i am familiar with encryption
Encryption will exist unless do factory reset
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I didn't even know it had the other option in it to ask for the pin during boot up. I would have thought if there was an option for that it would be in the Security menu with encryption rather than the lockscreen menu. Thanks.
Hi,
I had full disk encryption on my Moto G 3rd Gen (osprey), running stock Android 6.0, stock and locked bootloader.
Initially I had it with a PIN lock. It worked fine.
Then I removed PIN lock and I had "naked" full disk encryption, it didn't ask for any PIN on boot. Worked fine.
Now I added a PIN lock again. After rebooting my phone it is stuck with the "Decryption unsuccessful" message. The thing is it doesn't ask me for my PIN, but says "The password you entered is correct, but unfortunately your data is corrupt".
Might this be a bug with this Moto ROM that after entering a PIN it still tries to unlock with "default_password"?
Since I have a locked bootloader, do I have any way to run vdc and try do decrypt it manually with my PIN?
There is really no reason to think the decryption key is lost or corrupted, so I believe this is ROM bug triggered by adding a PIN lock.
Thanks!
soo yesterday i flashed twrp and everything went smoothly, i then proceeded to format the data to remove encryption. later, when i was setting up a lock screen password it literally wouldnt set the password
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the lock screen password was still off even after setting a password
is there any way to fix this?
This happens when you try to format data via TWRP in order to remove encryption. The only way to get the lock screen back is to flash the stock image via fastboot