I'm new to the whole fingerprint reader thing on phones, but I have read that HTC and Samsung both had the data for fingerprints stored somewhere un-encrypted.
1. Does anybody know if the G5's fingerprints are encrypted or not?
2. If my phone is not encrypted (following the rooting, decryption, and twrp install method) is my fingerprint scan vulnerable(not encrypted, or accessible)?
Thank you,
David
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Yup!
ryanpm40 said:
Yup!
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What about if my phone is not encrypted? Is the fingerprint data not as well?
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Hm, I'm not sure, my phone came encrypted from Verizon for whatever reason. Hopefully someone else can shed some light!
I'm still not totally sure what encrypting my phone does, though.
ryanpm40 said:
Hm, I'm not sure, my phone came encrypted from Verizon for whatever reason. Hopefully someone else can shed some light!
I'm still not totally sure what encrypting my phone does, though.
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Well, all G5's by default come encrypted. I have rooted it and removed the encryption. Encrypting your phone protects your data. If you wish to read more about it here is a link.
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/encryption
Is there a reason people should unencrypt their phone?
Simmster said:
Is there a reason people should unencrypt their phone?
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I think you have to to make TWRP backups
Related
Did anyone see this?
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It is all over the forum.
ICS?to old move on ,sorry to be rude but jelly bean is better!!!!!
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Yep. ..
I returned to stock and took the update to test it.
Come to find out that during the process, I've taken damage to my EFS file. .....ugh
I don't know what caused it. ..but im suffering lock screen issues and other problems.
Im not wanting to blame the update, but unless i can fix it. ..i may have lost my device due to an official update.
My phone was fine after the restore to stock, but now. ...broken. ..g
Edit: i do have a backup of my EFS file. ..but it's a folder copy, and i honestly don't know what to try in order to fix it. ..g
chicanowpride said:
ICS?to old move on ,sorry to be rude but jelly bean is better!!!!!
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Yes I know JellyBean is better. the only reason I went back to stock was cause phone wasn't booting after I flashed latest TWRP
Mods Close Thread Please, Thank you
there are people who will sell the phone at a low price, but with the following conditions (as in the photo)
whether they can be fixed / serious problems?
I am a layman in this field, thanks for the answer
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febriasm said:
there are people who will sell the phone at a low price, but with the following conditions (as in the photo)
whether they can be fixed / serious problems?
I am a layman in this field, thanks for the answer
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I don't see why flashing a new ROM over it wouldn't clean the slate.
civicsr2cool said:
I don't see why flashing a new ROM over it wouldn't clean the slate.
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whether it can bypassed?
febriasm said:
whether it can bypassed?
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I don't think so!
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febriasm said:
whether it can bypassed?
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Yes. There are lots of ways to do it. I've done it in a Samsung.
I'm sure that flashing a new rom via Flashtool will resolve this issue. But ofc these devices are stolen (or eligible for refund/return), so no warranty and/or possible law-related consequeces. Just buy the phone at full price
Personaly, I can't imagine buying a used phone. All I need to think of is the things I do with my own devices >_>
Hey guys
need help unlocking my old phone with pattern unlock which conveniently has a wallpaper that says "do a bun"
thanks in advance:fingers-crossed:
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Dovahkin69 said:
Hey guys
need help unlocking my old phone with pattern unlock which conveniently has a wallpaper that says "do a bun"
thanks in advance:fingers-crossed:
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Just do Factory reset which will wipe all data on your phone
Simple instructions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrYoN7j2JIs
Before you do a factory reset, I would try to flash something like TWRP and then delete the keyguard files.
What kind of phone is it?
Teddy Lo said:
Just do Factory reset which will wipe all data on your phone
Simple instructions
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Is there anyway i can keep the data?
Akti88 said:
Before you do a factory reset, I would try to flash something like TWRP and then delete the keyguard files.
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Its an LG G Stylo
Dovahkin69 said:
Its an LG G Stylo
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Sorry late reply
But what I would do in your situation is search around for TWRP for that device and a way to flash it.
Then I would use TWRP to browse the /system directory and delete the files associated with the key pattern.
Typically they'll be like:
Gatekeeper.password.key
gatekeeper.pattern.key
locksettings.db
locksettings.db-shm
locksettings.db-wal
Here's a guide that might help https://appuals.com/delete-android-security-pin/
As a topic, right now i can't unlock my huawei mate20x
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Do you have Google's device manager enabled? You could change your's password there https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager
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Do you have Google's device manager enabled? You could change your's password there https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager
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The last version of Android where you could remotely change the device password if you got locked out of your phone was Kit Kat.
The only time I've heard of an update making the device stop recognizing the correct password is when a custom recovery is being used that can't properly decrypt data in which case the owner could boot back into TWRP and reformat the device memory.
In this case it sounds much more like somebody with a stolen phone trying to bypass the security set up by the legitimate owner.
As far as I know helping somebody do that still gets you banned from XDA.
If the OP here is the legitimate owner then there is probably a hardware problem with that phone and he should get it serviced under the warranty.
It's probably a script that's poorly written. Not necessarily the update.
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Mate 20 pro wrong pin after update
Hi. I have the same problem. After the software update it ask for the pin.entered it but it says wrong. I dont want to do a hard reset because of my pictures and documents. Pleade help
I have some bad news for you, since your problem is (in fact) similar to this one : https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-20-pro/help/annoying-issue-mode-official-update-t3900123
There is a known issue with Huawei updates and any "password-lock" function
Just checked for updates and seen this.
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after update Sprint bands showed up (Sprint was always much stronger inside house). Non-wifi calling now works inside house.
Can someone on .39, .40, or .41 tell me their baseband version listed in settings please?
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Can someone on .39, .40, or .41 tell me their baseband version listed in settings please?
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.41
dermann said:
Just checked for updates and seen this.
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This update keeps on failing on my device
yeah, i've got the same issue too. if i had to guess, i bet its a similar one to the issue that was preventing firmware updates a while ago, but i dont know.
so here, take a bump.
The most common reasons for the error installing are the reserve.img missing from unlocking or rooting. There is a thread for reserve.img. If you're rooted, use Magisk Manager to uninstall Magisk. Restore Images worked for me, no need to remove manager or anything.
I didn't get a prompt to reboot on this version. It just did it. So you will likely need a PC to re-root. The thread here lists all the commands.