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.
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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!
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.
Unfortunately my OnePlus is no longer able to function and would like some assistance/suggestion from the community.
OnePlus has TWRP installed
- installed Paranoid Android rom = no issues
- enabled encryption
Now here is where the issue occurs.
When I start the phone I am able to see the PA bootup screen, it prompts me to enter the password. Once the password is entered "bugdroid" appears on the screen for a quick flash and then disappears. The screen continue to stay blank/black with no further progress, I have left the phone in this state for at least 20mins but it still doesn't proceed further. It should also be noted the the soft keys STAYS lit once the password has been entered for decryption.
I am still able to boot into recovery, enter my password to decrypt and use the standard TWRP functions. It should be noted that unfortunately I haven't done a backup on the phone at all {something that I totally regret right now), plus there is no rom left on the phone for me to attempt a install.
Any help is appreciated
note: the phone as able to complete its bootup process when I initially activated encryption but has failed ever since the first reboot
There are multiple threads discussing this in the very section you posted this thread in. Have a look, you'll find what you need.
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Last week I encrypted my phone, and the process went as designed. I've been using it now for a week, and anytime I completely power off the phone, and want to turn on, it goes through two phases:
the first takes about 30 seconds, reaching a screen where I must enter my passcode/pin, and then secondly, the phone takes about another minute, or so, and gets to the boot screen, where I must (again) enter my pin and then I am in the system. Ok.
This afternoon, after turning off the phone completely, and later turning on the phone, it went straight to the boot/login screen. The first step is gone. I've re-checked this 3 times now, and step one no longer appears.
When I check settings/security, it shows as 'encrypted".
If I boot into recovery, and use the encryption password, it says:
failed to decrypt, password failed!
I am running Sultana's CM 13.0 from Feb.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
Yea format the data, it will wipe storage too but will let you use the phone next time.
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JeffDC said:
Last week I encrypted my phone, and the process went as designed. I've been using it now for a week, and anytime I completely power off the phone, and want to turn on, it goes through two phases:
the first takes about 30 seconds, reaching a screen where I must enter my passcode/pin, and then secondly, the phone takes about another minute, or so, and gets to the boot screen, where I must (again) enter my pin and then I am in the system. Ok.
This afternoon, after turning off the phone completely, and later turning on the phone, it went straight to the boot/login screen. The first step is gone. I've re-checked this 3 times now, and step one no longer appears.
When I check settings/security, it shows as 'encrypted".
If I boot into recovery, and use the encryption password, it says:
failed to decrypt, password failed!
I am running Sultana's CM 13.0 from Feb.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
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Change pin from lockscreen
And check pin to boot
Twrp does not decrypt without this choice
Your phone will have again two phases again
geowolf1000 said:
Change pin from lockscreen
And check pin to boot
Twrp does not decrypt without this choice
Your phone will have again two phases again
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Thanks folks. I formatted data and restored before reading this. If it happens again Ill try your idea.
Has anyone else had this happen to them? Phone stopped responding, so I tried to force a reboot; it wouldn't recognize my pattern anymore, so I booted into TWRP and deleted locksettings.db, whereupon system hung up on "Android is Starting". So, went back to TWRP to attempt to wipe data, and phone would not let me set up; just stayed on "Just a sec" progress bar.
I'm at the point where I'm about to install a factory image and start fresh. Ideas?
Mine told me that the pattern wasn't correct, so my first move was to boot to twrp. Since that took my pattern, I knew that it wasn't incorrect, so I just booted straight without altering anything. It ended up accepting my pattern that time. I've had it happen a few times that it didn't recognize my pattern, then after a reboot, it was fine.
lightningdude said:
Mine told me that the pattern wasn't correct, so my first move was to boot to twrp. Since that took my pattern, I knew that it wasn't incorrect, so I just booted straight without altering anything. It ended up accepting my pattern that time. I've had it happen a few times that it didn't recognize my pattern, then after a reboot, it was fine.
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I unfortunately didn't get it that easy...had to do a factory reset.
Oddly, this happened right after I got locked out of my Facebook account...