[Q] Stuck on encrypted DNA - HTC Droid DNA

I had to encrypt my device for work email and now I can't go back. I've tried everything I could find through Google so I don't need the CIGTFY links. I've tried RUU through windows, flashing stock recoveries through Fastboot, factory reset through the OS, recovery and 'fastboot erase userdata.' All of these have yielded the same result: reboot into the same state with the phone still encrypted. Is there anything to be done or is this device stuck in this state?
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Is it unlocked and rooted or stock?
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CharliesTheMan said:
Is it unlocked and rooted or stock?
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I believe his should be stock. If it's the same process as my gf's company, you encrypt it right when you get the phone.

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I did, fortunately, manage to unlock and root before I set up work email. Now I'm in the situation described above.
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robocop1010 said:
I did, fortunately, manage to unlock and root before I set up work email. Now I'm in the situation described above.
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Is it preventing you from doing something, like flashing roms or getting S-Off? Just curious in case I can get my grubby hands on my girlfriend's One X+

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It's preventing me from flashing any more mods, ota updates or even accessing the memory from any recovery. I've tried everything but trying a hard reset through the stock recovery but I can't find a way to get it back. Everything I try to flash using fastboot returns a successful indicator but nothing ever sticks.
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I think I found the answer!!!!
You need to copy everything from the sdcard onto the computer.
Then format data manually. The factory reset wipe won't touch encryption but on the transformer prime when you go to format data it warns you that any encryption will be lost.
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So just to clarify: I first plug the device into my computer via USB then through my computer OS choose to format the internal memory? If so, will I then need to reinstall the DNA's OS? Will the computer choose the right format (ext, FAT, etc.)? Can I use RUU after this procedure?
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robocop1010 said:
So just to clarify: I first plug the device into my computer via USB then through my computer OS choose to format the internal memory? If so, will I then need to reinstall the DNA's OS? Will the computer choose the right format (ext, FAT, etc.)? Can I use RUU after this procedure?
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No I'm sorry didn't mean to be as vague. In recovery like in TWRP, there's the option for "factory reset" wipe which I'd the normal rom flashing wipe. But there's also an option in recovery that says "format data", I'm on a different device but when I get home I can list exactly the steps to get to format data instead of factory reset.
The factory reset is there because it allows only wiping part of data to prevent completely wiping the internal storage. The technical working is something like factory reset = wipe data and cache excluding media
That option doesn't truly wipe the data partition and for 99 percent of people they don't ever need to do a true data wipe and format which includes wiping the internal storage completely.
One of the warnings I saw on a different device that TWRP states with the complete "data format" is that this option will completely wipe all internal storage partitions and will delete or undo the devices encryption.
There's no computer involved and hboot and recovery and boot shouldn't be touched only the data partition. I believe that the system partition with the rom stays intact, so it will reboot into the new rom setup screen. But you need to have the Everything from the sdcard copied to a folder on your desktop, and the rom zip file handy in case you do need to transfer it to the phone and reflash.
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That did it!!! I should note that I had some issues flashing the TWRP recovery back on (kept getting weird color striped patterns on my screen whenever I would boot into recovery) so I flashed the Clockwork Mod recovery. Fromm there I went to 'mounts and storage' then to 'format /data and /data/media.' I tried just format /data but that didn't work. It worked when I formatted them both. Thank so very much.

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robocop1010 said:
That did it!!! I should note that I had some issues flashing the TWRP recovery back on (kept getting weird color striped patterns on my screen whenever I would boot into recovery) so I flashed the Clockwork Mod recovery. Fromm there I went to 'mounts and storage' then to 'format /data and /data/media.' I tried just format /data but that didn't work. It worked when I formatted them both. Thank so very much.
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This info should come in handy down the road for me. Good thread

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Great info but any suggestions for my problem
UrGuardian999 said:
This info should come in handy down the road for me. Good thread
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I am trying something very similar on my Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH-i777 and so far even formatting the data in CWM hasn't yielded results. I have actually formatted everything including the second ROM. Any ideas you can offer me is appreciated. When I did my encryption I didn't encrypt the whole device just the sections that were being used. Of course my device is totally different but I did find this thread two days ago and thought it was very interesting.
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