Questions tagged [encryption]
Encryption is the process of transforming information to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge.
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Remove encryption setting
How to remove the encryption setting on my Motorola G play smart phone?
I have had a friend try to help but he doesn't understand it. Also I don't know how it was set in the first place so I can't ...
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No encryption on Samsung Xcover 7
On the Android smartphones I have used so far (e.g. devices from Sony, Motorola, Google or Nokia), there was always an option somewhere in the settings that allowed the smartphone to be encrypted. As ...
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How safe is factory reset if I didn't have a pin or password?
Some months ago I had to return a phone to the store and all I did was factory reset to erase everything (I did it two times too). Now I'm getting paranoid about how safe my information is and if it's ...
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In fastboot mode my phone appear locked
My phone is Huawei mate 8 when i try to install a twrp is appear locked in fastboot mode & i cant unlock oem.
I cant acces to my data.
Any one have an idea about recovery data from fastboot mode.
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Android 13 configuration stops on picking screen lock
tl;dr My phone has become "bricked". After wiping all the data it regain normal functionality, but I cannot complete Android initial configuration due to phone stopping on selection of a ...
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Recovering Whatsapp crypt8 file
I would like to re-read some old whatsapp chats that are in a .crypt8 file; I have put the database in my new phone after reinstalling the app and so on (I was already able to use this procedure for ...
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TWRP fails to mount data partition with error, says Invalid argument
I have a Fairphone 4 with /e/OS that I accidentally left a long download running overnight until the storage filled up. The phone also ran out of battery during this, and now it won't boot. The ...
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Force enable encryption for portable SD card
There should be an option to encrypt SD card (formatted as portable) in the settings, but some manufacturers disable it while some (e.g. Samsung) have it enabled. If that is a built-in Android feature ...
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How can I access my phone with a broken screen when TWRP decryption is unavailable?
Recently I broke the screen and digitizer of my phone and now want to be able to get my data off or even control it. While researching I stumbled upon scrcpy which gives you full access to your device ...
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"Your encrypted data is locked on this device" error message
The question is simple, I just want to know what does below message means?
Your encrypted data is locked on this device
For security, you can no longer access your encrypted data on this device. Try ...
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How to copy screen lock password from one device to another in Android11?
So I'm trying on copying the Android 11 screen lock password to another same device
our customer does not want to set the password one by one
and I find out a resolution: copying files
However it ...
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With magisk, how to bypass boot-time password input?
I have an phone with magisk and termux installed, and now functions as a mini server at home. Whenever I need to reboot the phone, I need to manually unlock the phone with GUI to get termux running, ...
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How do you decrypt EncryptedSharedPreferences on a rooted emulator
I'm trying to put together a PoC to show that a root user can decrypt any app data that relies on the keystore.
On a rooted emulator, I installed an app that uses EncryptedSharedPreferences.
I can see ...
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Disable Encryption without wiping data in Custom Rom
Does it possible to disable encryption in Android10+ without wiping data partition to access personal data?
(unlocked bootloader)
In other words, Can I trust custom roms to protect my data?
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Andriod encryption/decryption
My Android phone is dead, but I want to recover my data. I removed eMMC using chip-off and acquired the image/dump file (userdata.bin) using Easy JTAG. The phone had Andriod 9, which uses Full Disk ...
