Hi all,
Yesterday for fun some friends of mine chose to put a numerical password on my phone, I said it was not a problem since I thought there was an option to unlock it if password was forgotten with Google account (I remembered doing it sometimes in the past).
But it looks like there is not this option anymore.
I know a factory reset will remove the password but I actually have some very importants messages that I can not lost.
So I would like to know if there's a way to avoid the password or at least backup messages to my computer or something like that.
Thank you very much for your understanding.
Im no expert but heres what i would do:
First enter recovery Mode and BACKUP
Now dumped the backul to ur pc
Now comes the part i do not know spe ifics about...? Seach Google for the boot security loader for ur android version.. There should be a configs file that sets the lock level modify that to no security and it should work im swaeching for a good link now
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Hello. I have a Nexus 7 2012 running cyanogenmod. So it's rooted. I created a user for my daughter and she made a passcode (number code) but now she has forgotten the password. I got aroma manager installed and I was able to find my own password and delete it using this method (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2225695). But this did nothing to my daughter's user passcode. Can anyone help?
Hi,
I just bought Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and want to setup it like my old Galaxy Nexus. Also I want to stay with fully stock ROM for a while so I need to perform everything without root.
I need encryption set on my phone. Problem was that for some reason Samsung ROM does not allow PIN unlock on encrypted device. Password wasn't convenient so I searched for workaround for this.
Solution was to install Tasker+Secure Settings and change lock type to PIN just once. Everything was perfect, PIN lock was set permanently. BUT, when I rebooted the phone I wasn't able to decrypt storage with old password. My device can be only decrypted with new PIN now.
How the hell that could be? I believed that when I set encryption password it will be used for decryption. Obviously for me now, it's not.
My question is: what encryption key is used for data decryption in Android? You can change password or PIN and decrypt device with it easily. In other words: what data (encryption key) should be hacked in order to decrypt the phone and where is it?
Hi Everyone!
I am running latest version of Resurrection Remix (7.1.2) on my HTC One M8 and somehow, the Pattern unlock Sequence i have set during Boot (using it since Months!) has changed to a Password entry Box without any reasons.
I have never set any Password or PIN for the Device, so i have been locked out.
Just to make sure, i have also tried any PIN and Password that i could remember.
Disc Encryption is active , but i can access System and SD Partitions in TWRP without entering a Pattern/PIN.
I have read some Guides wich describe how to delete pass and pattern key-files to bypass the Boot Security, but without success yet. Any Ideas, what might have changed the Pattern Protection and how to revert it?
Thanks in advance!
br
Qudo
qudo said:
Hi Everyone!
I am running latest version of Resurrection Remix (7.1.2) on my HTC One M8 and somehow, the Pattern unlock Sequence i have set during Boot (using it since Months!) has changed to a Password entry Box without any reasons.
I have never set any Password or PIN for the Device, so i have been locked out.
Just to make sure, i have also tried any PIN and Password that i could remember.
Disc Encryption is active , but i can access System and SD Partitions in TWRP without entering a Pattern/PIN.
I have read some Guides wich describe how to delete pass and pattern key-files to bypass the Boot Security, but without success yet. Any Ideas, what might have changed the Pattern Protection and how to revert it?
Thanks in advance!
br
Qudo
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Deleting a Few Files In /Data Will Unlock Deactivate any Password.Try Finding the Locksettings.db in /Data/system or Somewhere.
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Atifbaig786 said:
Deleting a Few Files In /Data Will Unlock Deactivate any Password.Try Finding the Locksettings.db in /Data/system or Somewhere.
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Atifbaig786,
already did this.
files i have removed:
password.key
pattern.key
locksettings-db-shm
locksettings-db.wal
locksettings.db
no effect. still requests a password.
qudo said:
Atifbaig786,
already did this.
files i have removed:
password.key
pattern.key
locksettings-db-shm
locksettings-db.wal
locksettings.db
no effect. still requests a password.
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I can't say For Sure But.There are more Files Than That In Version Above MarshMellow.Those Guides were for Android 4.4.4 and low.
Or Someone Just Took your Gmail Account and Locked It.
It's The Most Possible Reason For Auto-Locking Devices That Someone Accessed your Device and Did Some Bad S,H,I,T to you.
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Atifbaig786 said:
I can't say For Sure But.There are more Files Than That In Version Above MarshMellow.Those Guides were for Android 4.4.4 and low.
Or Someone Just Took your Gmail Account and Locked It.
It's The Most Possible Reason For Auto-Locking Devices That Someone Accessed your Device and Did Some Bad S,H,I,T to you.
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Google Account is safe and definitely not hacked.
Secured by 2-step-authentication and i still have access to it. there is also nothing wrong in phone management there. already checked this.
And to get this straight, the device is not auto locked as you may from device management in your google account.
Disc has been encrypted and a pattern has been set for decryption. this pattern has changed to Password entry.
same password entry that you have when encrypting with a password.
i had this behaviour before on some older cm versions on my samsung i9305...
i have started creating a current backup and will restart everything from scratch.
seems more like an error in android, than <<s,h,i,t>>
all hail to titanium backup!
thanks anyways.
Qudo
OK, this bug is reproducable.
i have tested it twice.
- clean install from scratch
- disc encryption
- creating a nandroid backup
- reboot afterwards
-> pattern set before is not available, but a password prompt asking for a password that i had never set.
System details:
Phone 1:
HTC One M8
resurrection remix ROM 5.8.5
TWRP Recovery Version 3.1.1-0
Phone 2:
Google Nexus 5
resurrection remix ROM 5.8.5
TWRP Recovery Version 3.1.1-0
Anyone else? :/
EDIT:
This does ot happen, if i don't create a nandroid backup. seems linked somehow ...
I have an old HP TouchPad. Years ago I installed ClockworkMod and CyanogenMod Android on it (4.2.2). Eventually I removed original WebOS all along.
I've been using it for some time as my main Android Tablet, but eventually it became old and slow, so it went back into the drawer. Today I turned it on again. My initial plan was to perform factory reset and then manually install some APK to turn it into off-line media player.
Unfortunately, something went wrong. After performing factory reset from Android settings it didn't reboot again. Instead it keeps asking me for password ("Type password to decrypt storage"). I am still able to boot ClockworkMod. I tried to clear data and caches from there, but id didn't help.
If there is some way to restore it? I know it is not usable in 2022, but it holds some sentimental value.
marekw1986 said:
I have an old HP TouchPad. Years ago I installed ClockworkMod and CyanogenMod Android on it (4.2.2). Eventually I removed original WebOS all along.
I've been using it for some time as my main Android Tablet, but eventually it became old and slow, so it went back into the drawer. Today I turned it on again. My initial plan was to perform factory reset and then manually install some APK to turn it into off-line media player.
Unfortunately, something went wrong. After performing factory reset from Android settings it didn't reboot again. Instead it keeps asking me for password ("Type password to decrypt storage"). I am still able to boot ClockworkMod. I tried to clear data and caches from there, but id didn't help.
If there is some way to restore it? I know it is not usable in 2022, but it holds some sentimental value.
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The Tablet can be set up as a streaming device, it has great speakers and perfect size to stream videos, no need to use old Android version.
You could follow this guide:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...all-android-roms-with-swap-partition.3901773/