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Lollipop - Enabled encryption. Not sure if it worked

Hey guys
I flashed the factory images last night effectively wiping my Nexus 5 and starting from scratch. I did not restore apps and settings either. After I manually installed a bunch of my apps back and changed around a few settings, I decided to enable encryption. However, I don't think it enabled properly.
First, I had not set a PIN lock on my phone yet at the time.
When I decided to enable encryption and go through the process, it didn't ask me to enter a PIN.
It seemingly completed encrypting the phone. When I go back to the security menu, it says "Encrypted".
However, I am not prompted to enter a PIN upon booting the phone (not talking about the lock screen PIN).
So, it seems like it didn't work but I'm not sure. Has anyone else enabled encryption yet?
and yes, I saw the performance degradation that comes with enabling encryption but I'd rather have the security.

definitely sounds like there's an issue there. Do you have a custom recovery? If so, you could boot into that, pull some data and see if it opens. If it does, yeah its not encrypted.
Not worth mentioning degradation. All encryption always has and always will have performance degradation. It's par for the course

That sounds like a good idea. If it's not encrypted, then I guess the only method is to wipe and reinstall again.

mattkroeder said:
That sounds like a good idea. If it's not encrypted, then I guess the only method is to wipe and reinstall again.
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I think so. You can't reverse the encryption flag without a wipe I dont think

mattkroeder said:
Hey guys
I flashed the factory images last night effectively wiping my Nexus 5 and starting from scratch. I did not restore apps and settings either. After I manually installed a bunch of my apps back and changed around a few settings, I decided to enable encryption. However, I don't think it enabled properly.
First, I had not set a PIN lock on my phone yet at the time.
When I decided to enable encryption and go through the process, it didn't ask me to enter a PIN.
It seemingly completed encrypting the phone. When I go back to the security menu, it says "Encrypted".
However, I am not prompted to enter a PIN upon booting the phone (not talking about the lock screen PIN).
So, it seems like it didn't work but I'm not sure. Has anyone else enabled encryption yet?
and yes, I saw the performance degradation that comes with enabling encryption but I'd rather have the security.
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Not sure, but i think it's designed to works just like that, the encryption key is not the PIN anymore but something (random?) that is stored somewhere on the phone.
that would protect the data in case someone tries to read it directly from the phone's memory, but useless if you don;t have a PIN/PASSWORD.
I avoided encryption before for exactly that reason (requiring a password to boot). If I lose the phone I want the person that found/stole it to be able to at least boot it. if the person is not a thief there's a contact number so they can call me to give it back. if he/she's a thief well, as long as it's on I can call it, track it, wipe it. even brick it.
by not being able to boot it, the chances of getting it back are 0 if the battery dies or is dead!
http://readwrite.com/2014/10/28/google-android-lollipop-encryption-issues
there isn't much info out there about it.

kenshin33 said:
Not sure, but i think it's designed to works just like that, the encryption key is not the PIN anymore but something (random?) that is stored somewhere on the phone.
that would protect the data in case someone tries to read it directly from the phone's memory, but useless if you don;t have a PIN/PASSWORD.
I avoided encryption before for exactly that reason (requiring a password to boot). If I lose the phone I want the person that found/stole it to be able to at least boot it. if the person is not a thief there's a contact number so they can call me to give it back. if he/she's a thief well, as long as it's on I can call it, track it, wipe it. even brick it.
by not being able to boot it, the chances of getting it back are 0 if the battery dies or is dead!
http://readwrite.com/2014/10/28/google-android-lollipop-encryption-issues
there isn't much info out there about it.
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I went ahead and wiped the phone again. I reinstalled lollipop and made sure to enable a lockscreen PIN before I enabled encryption. It seems to have encrypted properly. It prompts me for my PIN at boot up now.
You make a good point about encryption making it more difficult for someone to get a hold of me if I lose the phone though.

Same problem here, with Nexus 5 and Android v5
My work Exchange server enforces a security policy to the phone which forces you to enable encryption. So I went ahead and did that, and the email app is still saying that encryption needs to be enabled. When I reboot the phone I never get prompted for a PIN to decrypt the device, yet in the settings screen it says it is encrypted.
I'm going to have to re-flash. Is it possible the issue is caused by leaving the bootloader unlocked? or is this is a bug?
EDIT: Update. Reflashed, but first thing I did was relock the bootloader and enable a security screenlock PIN, *then* encrypted the phone. Now it's prompting me for a PIN on boot and looks like it's worked. Hope the Exchange email policy stays happy this time, as it worked before for about a day before it complained about the lack of encryption

this worked for me also
I did what was stated below and it worked....
1. reflashed,
2. locked bootloader
3. created lock pin
4. encrypted, THEN
5. added MDM control (MAAS360) and exchange email.
It seems to work OK now.
Thanks!
JoyrexJ9 said:
Same problem here, with Nexus 5 and Android v5
My work Exchange server enforces a security policy to the phone which forces you to enable encryption. So I went ahead and did that, and the email app is still saying that encryption needs to be enabled. When I reboot the phone I never get prompted for a PIN to decrypt the device, yet in the settings screen it says it is encrypted.
I'm going to have to re-flash. Is it possible the issue is caused by leaving the bootloader unlocked? or is this is a bug?
EDIT: Update. Reflashed, but first thing I did was relock the bootloader and enable a security screenlock PIN, *then* encrypted the phone. Now it's prompting me for a PIN on boot and looks like it's worked. Hope the Exchange email policy stays happy this time, as it worked before for about a day before it complained about the lack of encryption
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mattkroeder said:
Hey guys
I flashed the factory images last night effectively wiping my Nexus 5 and starting from scratch. I did not restore apps and settings either. After I manually installed a bunch of my apps back and changed around a few settings, I decided to enable encryption. However, I don't think it enabled properly.
First, I had not set a PIN lock on my phone yet at the time.
When I decided to enable encryption and go through the process, it didn't ask me to enter a PIN.
It seemingly completed encrypting the phone. When I go back to the security menu, it says "Encrypted".
However, I am not prompted to enter a PIN upon booting the phone (not talking about the lock screen PIN).
So, it seems like it didn't work but I'm not sure. Has anyone else enabled encryption yet?
and yes, I saw the performance degradation that comes with enabling encryption but I'd rather have the security.
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If you set up a screen lock pin the phone will ask you then if you would like the PIN to be enabled or not at boot.

kenshin33 said:
Not sure, but i think it's designed to works just like that, the encryption key is not the PIN anymore but something (random?) that is stored somewhere on the phone.
that would protect the data in case someone tries to read it directly from the phone's memory, but useless if you don;t have a PIN/PASSWORD.
I avoided encryption before for exactly that reason (requiring a password to boot). If I lose the phone I want the person that found/stole it to be able to at least boot it. if the person is not a thief there's a contact number so they can call me to give it back. if he/she's a thief well, as long as it's on I can call it, track it, wipe it. even brick it.
by not being able to boot it, the chances of getting it back are 0 if the battery dies or is dead!
http://readwrite.com/2014/10/28/google-android-lollipop-encryption-issues
there isn't much info out there about it.
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Sorry for OT, but how can you remotely brick your phone? Just curious in case I ever need to. Don't live in the best of neighborhoods. I can remote wipe, track, take pics. The normal lost/stolen stuff, but I haven't heard of remotely bricking a phone ever.

Nexus 5 still looking to be encrypted
Only a temp fix---Both my Nexus 7, and Nexus 5 just started asked to be encrypted again....
This is still a problem with Lollipop
thegasmaster said:
I did what was stated below and it worked....
1. reflashed,
2. locked bootloader
3. created lock pin
4. encrypted, THEN
5. added MDM control (MAAS360) and exchange email.
It seems to work OK now.
Thanks!
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wipe efs partition (I do have a backup on my computer) and the phone is no longer a phone.

Just to be clear, you can enable encryption on Android 5.0, and it will not force you to lock the phone. (Like the PIN screen and boot lock). When you buy a Nexus 6/9 the data partition is encrypted but there's no lock set. The following is from this article;
First, the encryption doesn't help much if you haven't set a passcode. Ludwig said studies have shown that roughly have of users don't set passcodes on their devices, largely because they find it inconvenient to keep entering them dozens of times a day. Lollipop will still encrypt your data, but it will also automatically decrypt it in normal use. So if you don't have a passcode, much of your information will be available to anyone who picks up your phone.
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So if you've enabled encryption, and gone through the process, you're phone data partition is encrypted. It's just not locked down until you use some kind of phone lock too. BTW, the article goes on to describe the limited usefulness of having an encrypted data partition and no phone lock;
Lollipop's encryption still offers some limited protection even under those circumstances—for instance, by protecting stored data against anyone who tries to read it directly from the phone's memory. That could shield user passwords and other sensitive data from attackers.
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As to why Exchange policies don't see the phone as encrypted is probably due to another issue.

Setting PIN to be required at startup after encryption possible fix
I now have my Nexus 5 & 7 working with exchange on Lollipop using this-
1. Reflashed Lollipop
2. Let phone reinstall all my apps
3. Locked bootloader.
4. Set a screen lock PIN
5. Encrypt phone
6. Set screen lock PIN to be required on start up (this was missing before!)
7. Installed MDM control via Mass360-all policies look to be met, including encryption
8. Installed my exchange account via Gmail
//code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=79342

Updated thread with solution
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* It used to be that when I did a reboot or shutdown and restart, I would have to enter a password before the system fully started.
* But now the phone boots into the phone without putting in my password. I can reboot the phone and it will boot all the way to the Lock screen, and I can unlock the lock screen with my fingerprint or my backup password.
* I am concerned that somehow my device is either no longer encrypted or that there is some setting which has stored the boot password.
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Solution :
For those of you who find they have this problem and have not solved it, I found a solution that works, related to a bug (feature?) in Accessibility.
Apologies if this was suggested further in the thread, and that I'm replying to an old post. But I recently had this problem and figured out a solution.
- Accessibility was enabled and for some reason this cached the boot password. So- when I removed the app (rights) and turned off accessibility, and changed (reset/reentered) the password in security settings... On next boot the phone correctly asked me for password.
YMMV.

subs said:
I posted this elsewhere... But I'm having the same problem. Any thoughts? I can post more details, but don't want to repost this everywhere that I see people having the same unresolved problem.
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* It used to be that when I did a reboot or shutdown and restart, I would have to enter a password before the system fully started.
* But now the phone boots into the phone without putting in my password. I can reboot the phone and it will boot all the way to the Lock screen, and I can unlock the lock screen with my fingerprint or my backup password.
* I am concerned that somehow my device is either no longer encrypted or that there is some setting which has stored the boot password.
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Hi, please try not to bump threads almost a year old. I realise that it might have taken you a while to actually reach this thread, but hear me out.
Opening a new thread is always better, since software versions, features and devices are most likely different, along with different device usage habits/users.
You say you're having "the same problem"... as.. who exactly? There's a bunch of different specific "issues" that relate to encryption. Be specific.
For instance, you mentioning fingerprint sensor leads me to presume that you are not using a Nexus 5.
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Reversing Pattern/Password/PIN encryption on Lollipop

Hi all,
Everywhere I looked online said that the only way to reverse encryption is to factory wipe. Yet, today, when I went to change my lock screen pattern, I was offered the option to choose whether I still wanted to encrypt my phone with this pattern. I chose no, for the heck of it, and on reboot, it didn't take me to the decryption screen. Went straight to Android.
I'm guessing that the encryption is still there, but it's somehow just bypassing it. Any ideas on how to verify that it's still encrypted?
This is on Stock Lollipop 5.0.1 with no root
EDIT : My phone's encryption status still says "Encrypted" even though it doesn't ask me for a pattern

First, take a pencil and draw an outline of your phone on a plain piece of cardboard paper. Second, this isn't helpful goodnight.

Wrong section dude, you wont get answers here. Go to the Q&A section.

Thank You, bor3d2damax for pointing out the incorrect section! Now that it's in the right section and NolenUmar has shown how childish he can really be - Any ideas as to how to verify that it's still encrypted?

xyancompgeek said:
Any ideas as to how to verify that it's still encrypted?
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In Lollipop it lets you encrypt without a security method (its even enabled by default on a Nexus 6). A little pointless since it'll just slow down read/write and hardly provide any security, as well as having the usual encryption issues, but whatever.

Lethargy said:
In Lollipop it lets you encrypt without a security method (its even enabled by default on a Nexus 6). A little pointless since it'll just slow down read/write and hardly provide any security, as well as having the usual encryption issues, but whatever.
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I see. So it simply goes back to that method. Thank You for clearing that up.

Settings>Security>[encrypted]-[encrypt phone]

Enter password to decrypt

Hi!
I've gotten my new HTC One A9 last Friday on the release-date here in Denmark. Everytime i restart the phone, it asks me to enter my 4 digit pincode (from the Android security settings) to decrypt the phone (which doesn't happen actually) - it then shows a green Android and boots up to Android. I've sent a mail to HTC Support but haven't recieved an answer yet (still waiting), but thought I would ask you guys if you know what it could be

Tobseren said:
Hi!
I've gotten my new HTC One A9 last Friday on the release-date here in Denmark. Everytime i restart the phone, it asks me to enter my 4 digit pincode (from the Android security settings) to decrypt the phone (which doesn't happen actually) - it then shows a green Android and boots up to Android. I've sent a mail to HTC Support but haven't recieved an answer yet (still waiting), but thought I would ask you guys if you know what it could be
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The encryption is probably enabled in settings --> storage --> phone storage encryption. If its like the previous HTC models, the only way to remove encryption is with a factory reset. Afaik, Encryption is know enabled by default on all 6.0 phones that are fast enough to support it without a noticeable performance drop.

alray said:
The encryption is probably enabled in settings --> storage --> phone storage encryption. If its like the previous HTC models, the only way to remove encryption is with a factory reset. Afaik, Encryption is know enabled by default on all 6.0 phones that are fast enough to support it without a noticeable performance drop.
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Well, I got an explanation from HTC Denmark. The rep. said it's enabled as an extra security feature, when I've enabled finger-print + pincode as a lockscreen security. If I turn the extra security off and delete the fingerprints saved in the phone, it doesn't ask me to put in the pincode to decrypt the phone when booting it. It's apparently something new on HTC phones, the rep. said.

Tobseren said:
Well, I got an explanation from HTC Denmark. The rep. said it's enabled as an extra security feature, when I've enabled finger-print + pincode as a lockscreen security. If I turn the extra security off and delete the fingerprints saved in the phone, it doesn't ask me to put in the pincode to decrypt the phone when booting it. It's apparently something new on HTC phones, the rep. said.
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interesting, thanks!

Tobseren said:
Well, I got an explanation from HTC Denmark. The rep. said it's enabled as an extra security feature, when I've enabled finger-print + pincode as a lockscreen security. If I turn the extra security off and delete the fingerprints saved in the phone, it doesn't ask me to put in the pincode to decrypt the phone when booting it. It's apparently something new on HTC phones, the rep. said.
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I believe it's a security feature of Marshmallow 6.0, not specific to HTC all Android 6.0 phones are encrypted by default, they also must provide a secure erase feature when factory resetting the phone from the settings menu. Progress, if you ask me

gheymann said:
I believe it's a security feature of Marshmallow 6.0, not specific to HTC all Android 6.0 phones are encrypted by default, they also must provide a secure erase feature when factory resetting the phone from the settings menu. Progress, if you ask me
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Hardware encryption(supported by almost all decent smartphone)=strong key pair
If the private key is deleted, then no way to decrypt. So it will be OK even if you don't erase the flash with garbage data.

[FRP] [Samsung Reactivation] Bypass - Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920V 7.0

FRP Samsung Reactivation Lock
I'm doing this on a Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920V Android 7.0
Hard Reset Phone.
Boot into Android.
Goto emergency dialer and dial 112.
As soon as it starts dialing click bluetooth and pair a headset.
After this go and enable wifi.
Next push the button on your headset and select the bottom left G icon for google.
Now you can access the web / apps etc.
Goto settings by saying "settings" and if it doesn't show then scroll over right to "in apps" (bar below the URL on the browser) and select settings..
Then Settings> Backup and Reset> click Factory Reset and follow through with it. You should end up on a Samsung account entry screen. Put a Samsung account in and then go to Accounts and make sure it is there. Reboot your phone.
When the phone has rebooted go through setup to the end then to Settings> Accounts and remove the Samsung account. You'll notice you get an error saying invalid id or password.
Go to the browser and type in https://www.4shared.com/s/fG7xZS8Rfgm download and install and run. Search for Samsung Account, click and expand it, scroll down to you see the string ending in .EmailUpdatesView and click on it. Click Try it.
Okay now were almost done. It should bring up a screen titled Change Email ID. Look at the bottom of this screen and you will notice a delete account link. Click this, enter your password and remove your account.
Done. Successfully removed.
I haven't yet figured out a way to totally remove it so this is just a temporary bypass. If you reset your phone you will have to do the whole process over again. I will post additional info to completely remove it or new steps once i figure it out.

I don't have a bluetooth headset but, do you think this method would work for my situation? I would buy one if so.
G920A Reactivation Lock
Thanks in advance.

Lennvy said:
I don't have a bluetooth headset but, do you think this method would work for my situation? I would buy one if so.
G920A Reactivation Lock
Thanks in advance.
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I did this on the Verizon variant. Shouldn't be much different. What i would do is buy a bluetooth headset and give it a try and if it doesn't work you can always take it back. =]
I can remove it completely for a small fee if interested. Different method than above and for sure completely gone when i'm done. Just pm me.

phonecapone said:
I did this on the Verizon variant. Shouldn't be much different. What i would do is buy a bluetooth headset and give it a try and if it doesn't work you can always take it back. =]
I can remove it completely for a small fee if interested. Different method than above and for sure completely gone when i'm done. Just pm me.
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I updated my post. I bought these, and it doesn't work. Does it have to be a bluetooth headset? Or will bluetooth headphones with a mic work? I am on 7.0 now.
Also, I would be willing to pay. How much and what's the process? Do I have to send the phone or is it something you can do over teamviewer or something? Thanks man.

Lennvy said:
I updated my post. I bought these, and it doesn't work. Does it have to be a bluetooth headset? Or will bluetooth headphones with a mic work? I am on 7.0 now.
Also, I would be willing to pay. How much and what's the process? Do I have to send the phone or is it something you can do over teamviewer or something? Thanks man.
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Those would work but I am not sure about 7.0 the manual way. Things are different a bit i believe. You'd just have to give it a try. As for me doing it for you I will PM you.

4 Shared Link Not Work
phonecapone said:
FRP Samsung Reactivation Lock
I'm doing this on a Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920V Android 7.0
Hard Reset Phone.
Boot into Android.
Goto emergency dialer and dial 112.
As soon as it starts dialing click bluetooth and pair a headset.
After this go and enable wifi.
Next push the button on your headset and select the bottom left G icon for google.
Now you can access the web / apps etc.
Goto settings by saying "settings" and if it doesn't show then scroll over right to "in apps" (bar below the URL on the browser) and select settings..
Then Settings> Backup and Reset> click Factory Reset and follow through with it. You should end up on a Samsung account entry screen. Put a Samsung account in and then go to Accounts and make sure it is there. Reboot your phone.
When the phone has rebooted go through setup to the end then to Settings> Accounts and remove the Samsung account. You'll notice you get an error saying invalid id or password.
Go to the browser and type in https://www.4shared.com/s/fG7xZS8Rfgm download and install and run. Search for Samsung Account, click and expand it, scroll down to you see the string ending in .EmailUpdatesView and click on it. Click Try it.
Okay now were almost done. It should bring up a screen titled Change Email ID. Look at the bottom of this screen and you will notice a delete account link. Click this, enter your password and remove your account.
Done. Successfully removed.
I haven't yet figured out a way to totally remove it so this is just a temporary bypass. If you reset your phone you will have to do the whole process over again. I will post additional info to completely remove it or new steps once i figure it out.
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My friend found a Galaxy S6 edge phone somewhere at town hall, he wait about 3 days and nobody call the phone. Phone is locked by fingerprint and password. He did factory reset and locked to Samsung Account Log in. He gave the phone to me about a month ago. Long time I did not play with phone and after reading pages of android forums and articles, i just know about FRP. I have tried nomorous method and nothing success. I can register with google account on set up. Landed on this page and 4 shared link above is not work. Tried to flash what named combination rom to get boot into factory binary. Can not get thru due to blocked by R/L (Reactivation Lock).
I own and used daily S7 flat, happy knowing that not easy to bypass this samsung anti-theft feature. But this also trapped many people who bought used samsung phone and the previous owner did not reset properly and uncontactable LOL

x1123 said:
My friend found a Galaxy S6 edge phone somewhere at town hall, he wait about 3 days and nobody call the phone. Phone is locked by fingerprint and password. He did factory reset and locked to Samsung Account Log in. He gave the phone to me about a month ago. Long time I did not play with phone and after reading pages of android forums and articles, i just know about FRP. I have tried nomorous method and nothing success. I can register with google account on set up. Landed on this page and 4 shared link above is not work. Tried to flash what named combination rom to get boot into factory binary. Can not get thru due to blocked by R/L (Reactivation Lock).
I own and used daily S7 flat, happy knowing that not easy to bypass this samsung anti-theft feature. But this also trapped many people who bought used samsung phone and the previous owner did not reset properly and uncontactable LOL
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The 4shared link I believe was for "quick shortcut maker" you can google this and find it. This was also not a 100% method of bypassing. I think I did another tutorial somewhere on here explaining the full method. You might try searching my posts for it. I'd link you but I am working and don't have the time to search.

Question Disable secure boot (pin necessary for connecting at startup)

Hello everyone,
sorry if it's a common issue, here and not, but i can't find a way to do a thing i'm trying to do since months........
I bought 3-4 months ago a Nord CE 2 and i still haven't found a way for disabling the need to insert the pin when i turn it on, so it can connect to radio capability and all the connections.
I'm not talking about the sim block, but the entire connectivity. In my last phone (Lenovo P2) it was called "secure boot", and i disabled it.
I followed a tutorial for obtaining it: i removed the sequence pin, and re-setted it, but the option of disabling at boot what i need did not appear in my phone.
Any help or direction to follow?
Many thanks in advance.
Greetings.

mbrancalion said:
Hello everyone,
sorry if it's a common issue, here and not, but i can't find a way to do a thing i'm trying to do since months........
I bought 3-4 months ago a Nord CE 2 and i still haven't found a way for disabling the need to insert the pin when i turn it on, so it can connect to radio capability and all the connections.
I'm not talking about the sim block, but the entire connectivity. In my last phone (Lenovo P2) it was called "secure boot", and i disabled it.
I followed a tutorial for obtaining it: i removed the sequence pin, and re-setted it, but the option of disabling at boot what i need did not appear in my phone.
Any help or direction to follow?
Many thanks in advance.
Greetings.
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I'm not sure about what secure boot you're referring too

ko_hi said:
I'm not sure about what secure boot you're referring too
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When i turn on my actual phone and the former one, you can only make emergency call and nothing else, until you insert the sequence pin. Then the phone unlock, and so the normal screen appear, data connection starts, etc.
With my former phone, the Lenovo, there was a way to disable this "secure boot mode", so when i turned on the phone it connected to the web, etc, for downloading messages, email etc, and only the screen remained blocked, as the normal behaviour when phone is already on.
I'd like to obtain this with the Oneplus, but i can't find a way. A maybe a way does not exist....

mbrancalion said:
When i turn on my actual phone and the former one, you can only make emergency call and nothing else, until you insert the sequence pin. Then the phone unlock, and so the normal screen appear, data connection starts, etc.
With my former phone, the Lenovo, there was a way to disable this "secure boot mode", so when i turned on the phone it connected to the web, etc, for downloading messages, email etc, and only the screen remained blocked, as the normal behaviour when phone is already on.
I'd like to obtain this with the Oneplus, but i can't find a way. A maybe a way does not exist....
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Are you referring to sim pin
Just search sim card lock
If you mean
The extra security for the device (that breaks the decryption in custom recovery that might be called as you say) i haven't seen that option on this device

ko_hi said:
Are you referring to sim pin
Just search sim card lock
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No, it's not the sim card pin. I always disable it, in all phones.
ko_hi said:
The extra security for the device (that breaks the decryption in custom recovery that might be called as you say) i haven't seen that option on this device
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I'm started to think that, as you say, in the stock rom it's not possibile to disable it in the Nord.
BTW: this phone has too many things that i don't like. I strongly suspect that it will be my first and last oneplus phone........

mbrancalion said:
No, it's not the sim card pin. I always disable it, in all phones.
I'm started to think that, as you say, in the stock rom it's not possibile to disable it in the Nord.
BTW: this phone has too many things that i don't like. I strongly suspect that it will be my first and last oneplus phone........
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I don't think it's enabled at all

Sim card lock was enabled by default, as in all the phones i've seen.
I'm talking about another thing.
I'm very thankful for your replies, but they are not on topic.

I think newer phones like my phone oneplus 9 pro and above - you cannot disable secure boot. If you boot into bootloader menu, you will see it say something like "SECURE BOOT - YES".
I believe qualcomm processors have it forcibly enabled.

I'm not going to mess up with unlocking it, etc.
I don't use Windows, too......
I'm starting to be very disappointed with this phone. I can't record calls...... It does not update.....Assistants at Oneplus go on replying to me uninformed and unuseful emails.

mbrancalion said:
I'm not going to mess up with unlocking it, etc.
I don't use Windows, too......
I'm starting to be very disappointed with this phone. I can't record calls...... It does not update.....Assistants at Oneplus go on replying to me uninformed and unuseful emails.
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I wouldn't unlock it either mainly because TWRP is not available for this oneplus nord ce 2 phone and rumors have it there is no known working MSM tool for this phone. Without proper safety measures, I would stay on stock.

immortalwon said:
I wouldn't unlock it either mainly because TWRP is not available for this oneplus nord ce 2 phone and rumors have it there is no known working MSM tool for this phone. Without proper safety measures, I would stay on stock.
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TWRP is available for Android 11.
And an update will come today or tomorrow for android 12.
regarding staying safe, i've found a way to be able to play it safe with this phone

ko_hi said:
TWRP is available for Android 11.
And an update will come today or tomorrow for android 12.
regarding staying safe, i've found a way to be able to play it safe with this phone
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TWRP may officially support A11, that does not mean it supports every device. If you go on official TWRP website, the device the OP is talking about is not on the supported list.

immortalwon said:
TWRP may officially support A11, that does not mean it supports every device. If you go on official TWRP website, the device the OP is talking about is not on the supported list.
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Sorry i meant it is unofficially supported for our device, and by on A11 i didn't mean any other device then ours