Hi,
My friend's phone isn't reading SD cards, and we'd obviously like to get the data off of the card he's been using as adopted storage. However, the phone is not rooted and the bootloader is locked, so we likely can't copy the encryption key at all. Is there any way of recovering the data (i.e. rooting the phone without factory reset)? We'd really prefer not to lose the data on the card. The phone is a Moto G3 running the latest firmware.
(Just realised I posted this in the wrong section, my apologies! Is it possible to get this moved?)
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Dear Experts,
Device - Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300
Android Version - 4.0.4
Scenario
1. Encrypted the device for Corporate Exchange Access
2. After few days device prompted for an upgrade
3. Decrypted the device for performing upgrade
4. Upgrade performed successfully
5. Performed backup and kept the data in SD card
6. Performed a factory reset
7. Now unable to access contents on SD card
Tried re-encrypting the device with same password.. it worked fine, but still unable to access memory card data.
Please advise how to get out of this situation.
Regards,
Satish.
Isn't this how it is meant to work? A factory reset breaks the encryption in place. Restore your backup and unencrypt first.
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The problem is that the backup was stored on External SD card.. which is now un readable. Please advise
Hi Experts,
I am having the exact same issue with my S III
Any possible to retrieve my precious media files on the SD?
Any help is very appreciated
I believe if you encrypt the SD card you need to decrypt it as well before performing a FW update. Now your files are stored on an encrypted and unusable sd card which means you have to format it. I think you need to decrypt both device and extremfall storage before doing a fw upgrade. Sorry.
Edit: this is because the key store for the encryption key gets cleared during the fw update. That key would be needed to access your sd card content together with your pass code.
Recreate the keys?
So I got the same problem, my 5y/o reset the phone and left my SD unreadable because it was encrypted. I saved the data in the SD into an .iso image hoping that someday I will recover the media recorded there.
Is there a hacker out there who could produce the keys again and restore the files? I could send over the image file... I have a T-mobile Samsung Galaxy S II.
Thank you!
So when I joined my phone to the corporate network, it insisted on (amongst other things), encrypting the SD card. After some annoyance with that, pins etc, I decided to revert back. I successfully removed the accounts etc and unchecked the encrypted SD card option.
However, when I did so, it said something about only applying going forward and I still keep getting asked for the pin to decrypt the SD card. So it seems that stuff is still decrypted on there? I have done some searching but have had little luck finding any definitive answers, most seem to be related to problems with people losing whatever key to decrypt items which is obviously not the case here since once I enter the pin, I can access items with no problem
So what's the deal? Do I have to save everything off and reformat the SD card to get back to normal? Seems kind-of wonky to me but that's Android, I guess.
Oh, I have tried reencrypting and unencrypting the SD card again and the Android version is 4.1.2 if that's any help.
Hey there,
I was reading about encrypting my SD card via settings > storage, but am turned off by the thought that flashing a rom or doing a factory reset will render the sd card useless because the encryption key would be bad. What is the best alternative for securing the SD card say, if the device was stolen? Can this be avoided by "keeping the previous Android device ID" in titanium backup when prompted?
As for the device itself, I am putting some trust into the Android Device Manager, which finds the phone much like Apple's 'Find my iPhone' via the google dashboard, but worry about the feature working when the time comes (if ever!)
Ammi doing it rite? What are some security advices you can give an android user, or perhaps a worthy article on the topic?
EDIT: After looking into the security > storage screen for my phone(HTC One M8), the process only encrypts new files, not currently existing files- which seems to be ineffective and a pain for encrypting all files. I am assuming files transferred to the SD card via USB connection on a PC is never encrypted? Only files loaded onto the SD card through the OS?
Since I have had no luck fixing my hotspot problem I'm going to try a factory reset. I've backed up the phone using the phones back up procedure in settings to my internal SD card. The concern I have now is I've seen other post's that mention the phone notafter factory reset NOT recognizing the password. Some mention this happening after encrypting the card? I'm not sure but my question is: Since I've added a password when I put the SD card in after the reset will I still be able to get the files back on my phone? Is backing up to the SD card a reliable way to do this or should I use another method.? Thank you
Yesterday night, after experiencing a hard crash, I found myself with a softbricked 2016 Samsung Galaxy Tab A.
Earlier today, while attempting to get it working again, I did a factory reset and a firmware flash in that order. Yes, in retrospect, I could have saved a lot of trouble if I hadn't done that factory reset, but hindsight is 20/20 and I'd never dealt with an android issue like this.
Anyway, I got the tablet working again, but I've lost all my data, and worse, since my SD card was encrypted, I have no access to the files on there either. I figure the data on the internal storage is as good as gone, but just in case, I've kept the tablet off since then.
Is there any way I could potentially extract the encryption key from the memory of the main tablet, and use it to decrypt my SD card? The majority of my files were on there, and while I'm fine losing most of the stuff on the tablet itself, I'd really like to salvage the SD card. It has about 10 gigs worth of pictures and videos on it.