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[Q] Encrypting a Galaxy Note 3

I have a new Galaxy Note 3 (having bricked one trying to understand why it wouldn't encrypt) and now with a full stock rom I still find that the phone is impossible to encrypt.
I have an encrypted SD card in it. (only thing I can think of that might be causing problems)..
Settings > General > Security > Encrypt Device keeps stopping after a single shutdown,
How the heck do I encrypt this thing?? - Am I missing the blindingly obvious..
Thanks

tahnoonp said:
I have a new Galaxy Note 3 (having bricked one trying to understand why it wouldn't encrypt) and now with a full stock rom I still find that the phone is impossible to encrypt.
I have an encrypted SD card in it. (only thing I can think of that might be causing problems)..
Settings > General > Security > Encrypt Device keeps stopping after a single shutdown,
How the heck do I encrypt this thing?? - Am I missing the blindingly obvious..
Thanks
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I'm having the exact same issue. Encryption is requited to get my work email and I can't get it to go.

Finally got mine to encrypt
Took me a bunch of tries.. and finally once i opened a chat with samsung support it finally worked.. i was at 100% charge, plugged into the wall and if finally worked. not sure if thats a bug in its detection if your over the stated 80% or not... good luck.. i finally got it working though.. only did a fast encryption as it didn't work on previous tries either way... so i just chose one and tried it again.

tahnoonp said:
I have a new Galaxy Note 3 (having bricked one trying to understand why it wouldn't encrypt) and now with a full stock rom I still find that the phone is impossible to encrypt.
I have an encrypted SD card in it. (only thing I can think of that might be causing problems)..
Settings > General > Security > Encrypt Device keeps stopping after a single shutdown,
How the heck do I encrypt this thing?? - Am I missing the blindingly obvious..
Thanks
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I have the Google Policy Manager and Encryption is required for me too. I started at 81% and the first time I did it, it just rebooted. The second time I did it it worked like it was suppose to. Try it again right after it reboots and see if it works.

Make sure the phone is charged and keep trying over and over.
It will work eventually.

I gave up. I'm using touchdown now for work email which will allow me to skip full device encryption
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Same problem here, it will not encrypt
....help please

This is the answer I found doing a couple of root and unroot
1.If you encrypt the device and then root it you will net get past the passcode in the phone (black screen)
2. If you root the phone first and ten try to encrypt you will get the problems mentioned in this thread
..any tips how to get the phone rooted and then encrypted?

greffel said:
This is the answer I found doing a couple of root and unroot
1.If you encrypt the device and then root it you will net get past the passcode in the phone (black screen)
2. If you root the phone first and ten try to encrypt you will get the problems mentioned in this thread
..any tips how to get the phone rooted and then encrypted?
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Bump. I'm looking for this answer too.

digittante said:
Bump. I'm looking for this answer too.
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anyone at all? im stuck. Bump!

was having a similar problem on nexus 4 but safe mode helped there.
dind't help on my new n3. shouldn't have rooted before encrypting.
tried pressing encrypt about 10 times.
tried boot into recovery + wipe . also tried safe mode. also tried unroot + factory reset (pretty sure recovery + wipe /data is the same as reset user data from settings).
waiting for the firmware image to download - decided to try a firmware reflash

and then before flashing it I tried rebooting to recovery and powering off and encrypting and it worked. or maybe it was that random 12th time it worked because of an unrelated reason.
and after trying to root it again it just booted to a black screen after cf-root and enter encryption password screen.
*sigh*

My Work-Around
svyr said:
and then before flashing it I tried rebooting to recovery and powering off and encrypting and it worked. or maybe it was that random 12th time it worked because of an unrelated reason.
and after trying to root it again it just booted to a black screen after cf-root and enter encryption password screen.
*sigh*
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I'm an AT&T customer, but I bought a T Mobile Note 3 off of Craigslist, unlocked it, rooted using Chainfire's ODIN thread, and then used the RegionFree Lock Away app. I was unable to encrypt just like you guys until I did the following. Flashed TWRP tar file from the TWRP site using ODIN. Rebooted into recovery and made an image, backup up everything, just in case. Rebooted and went in the SU Superuser application that Chainfire originally installed and uninstalled through the settings in the program. Once I rebooted I was able to encrypt the device (without fast method), I already had my SD Card encrypted. Once I encrypted the device I downloaded Kingo Root at the advice of DesignGears and used the one click root application from the Kingo Root site (google it.) After I did that, I now have full root access back, encryption, and never had to uninstall the region lock, so I didn't lose phone connectivity, applications, or anything else during the process. I recommend using TitaniumBackup and syncing via Google Drive or Dropbox before you start the process so you can restore your apps and data, once again, just in case.

encrypted ATT Note 3 not able to root
I was able to unroot my ATT Note 3 and then encrypted it. But Kingo Root failed to root the device. (I used it to root the phone once previously)
Now I stuck in a status with encrypted phone not able to root anymore.
Any suggestions please?
GHolbrook4 said:
I'm an AT&T customer, but I bought a T Mobile Note 3 off of Craigslist, unlocked it, rooted using Chainfire's ODIN thread, and then used the RegionFree Lock Away app. I was unable to encrypt just like you guys until I did the following. Flashed TWRP tar file from the TWRP site using ODIN. Rebooted into recovery and made an image, backup up everything, just in case. Rebooted and went in the SU Superuser application that Chainfire originally installed and uninstalled through the settings in the program. Once I rebooted I was able to encrypt the device (without fast method), I already had my SD Card encrypted. Once I encrypted the device I downloaded Kingo Root at the advice of DesignGears and used the one click root application from the Kingo Root site (google it.) After I did that, I now have full root access back, encryption, and never had to uninstall the region lock, so I didn't lose phone connectivity, applications, or anything else during the process. I recommend using TitaniumBackup and syncing via Google Drive or Dropbox before you start the process so you can restore your apps and data, once again, just in case.
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I was able to get mine to encrypt after killing the bloat apps. All Google sync, amazon, and Verizon services. I can't say which one was killing it since it stopped pretty much every app or service that wasn't critical to the device.

Can anyone confirm that Encryption will never work once we root our phone ?

nlatifolia said:
Can anyone confirm that Encryption will never work once we root our phone ?
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Same question here... Anyone was able to encrypt after being rooted???

Same question, rooted can't encrypt.

Just got a note 3 and this is an old thread. So wanted to update this question.
To encrypt device after root all that is needed to do is run the following command from terminal or adb shell as root. You must have the latest busybox installed.
pkill -KILL daemonsu
After running this command you should be back at the "$" prompt and out of root. Do not run su again.
Then encrypt your device. Encryption should work fine. Once rebooted you will have root again.
I had to repeat the above steps because I ran su again. Running su restarts daemonsu.
Good luck

Hi,
I was able to root and encrypt my sm-n900 note3 using the steps mentioned on this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2791587
Just make sure that you have your backups ready case something goes wrong
I've installed the bloatwares after rooting and encrypt.

Backup dilemma

I have a problem transferring all of my data to my replacement 6P. My charging port burnt up and broke the data connection. My phone will still charge though even though I do not trust it. My problem is that I cannot find a way to conveniently restore all apps and data to my replacement phone. ADB is not an option since the data lines are fried and all of the ADB over WiFi options I know of require me to set it up with the cable first. I am not rooted. My bootloader is currently locked. Native Android backup only has like 9 apps backed up and won't restore anything else but those 9 apps and my contacts. I cannot get the native back up to sync anything besides those 9 apps (not sure why this is happening). I could download all of my apps manually and use my NAS to transfer individual files but that will take forever. I want to lose as little data as possible. I do have an ADB backup from right before I updated to Nougat on the official release day so I might just have to lose a month of data (which isn't horrible but not ideal). Does anyone have any other suggestions besides manually reinstalling everything or using my old ADB backup?

AJZ12 said:
I have a problem transferring all of my data to my replacement 6P. My charging port burnt up and broke the data connection. My phone will still charge though even though I do not trust it. My problem is that I cannot find a way to conveniently restore all apps and data to my replacement phone. ADB is not an option since the data lines are fried and all of the ADB over WiFi options I know of require me to set it up with the cable first. I am not rooted. My bootloader is currently locked. Native Android backup only has like 9 apps backed up and won't restore anything else but those 9 apps and my contacts. I cannot get the native back up to sync anything besides those 9 apps (not sure why this is happening). I could download all of my apps manually and use my NAS to transfer individual files but that will take forever. I want to lose as little data as possible. I do have an ADB backup from right before I updated to Nougat on the official release day so I might just have to lose a month of data (which isn't horrible but not ideal). Does anyone have any other suggestions besides manually reinstalling everything or using my old ADB backup?
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I realize this doesn't really help you now, but you have articulated the best argument for rooting, as Titanium Backup would fix your issue. Second, what about TWRP and a nandroid? You don't need root but you do need an unlocked bootloader. Your only good option would be to manually reset up your apps IMHO.
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Lol. I know. This is the first device I haven't rooted and the only one that absolutely needs root. I was happy with stock on this so I never got around to it then when I did have time, I didn't want to restore everything after unlocking the bootloader. I'm the only one to blame for this. I just can't figure out why the native backup won't back anything up. If I could figure that out, I could easily solve this problem.
I can't unlock the bootloader without losing everything. Looks like I have a long day to look forward to tomorrow.

AJZ12 said:
Lol. I know. This is the first device I haven't rooted and the only one that absolutely needs root. I was happy with stock on this so I never got around to it then when I did have time, I didn't want to restore everything after unlocking the bootloader. I'm the only one to blame for this. I just can't figure out why the native backup won't back anything up. If I could figure that out, I could easily solve this problem.
I can't unlock the bootloader without losing everything. Looks like I have a long day to look forward to tomorrow.
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Google backup is OK for apps but your settings and data don't get backed up properly anyway. At this point just suck it up, unlock your new BL, custom recovery and root it, then set it up from scratch. After that you can have nandroid and TB app backups and be in good shape.
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Nexus 6p - 3 years of photos please help

Hello All,
I did an OTA update on my phone recently and I am getting this message that states "Android Recovery google/angler/angler 8.0.0/OPR6.170623.019/4299446 user/release_keys Use volume up/down and power. Can't load Android system. Your data may be corrupt. If you continue to get this message, you may need to perform a factory data reset and erase all user data stored on this device.
Try again Factory data reset."
My phone is 100% stock. Never modified in any way.
Things I have tried. 1 ) Clearing the Cache 2 ) Heating up the back of the phone to get it to go into LIMP mode 3 ) Hitting try again multiple times
Problems 1 ) I never unlocked the Bootloader 2 ) I do not have USB debugging enabled 3 ) I do not have any of photos synced with Google Photos 4 ) After hitting Try again a few times my phone was stuck in a bootloop but that fixed itself and now it is at this exact same screen
All I really want is my Photos, I am fine if the device does not work afterwards. Is there potentially a service that I can pay them to retrieve my data of this phone? Looking for any advice or help. Thanks for your help.

nexus6pHELP99 said:
Hello All,
I did an OTA update on my phone recently and I am getting this message that states "Android Recovery google/angler/angler 8.0.0/OPR6.170623.019/4299446 user/release_keys Use volume up/down and power. Can't load Android system. Your data may be corrupt. If you continue to get this message, you may need to perform a factory data reset and erase all user data stored on this device.
Try again Factory data reset."
My phone is 100% stock. Never modified in any way.
Things I have tried. 1 ) Clearing the Cache 2 ) Heating up the back of the phone to get it to go into LIMP mode 3 ) Hitting try again multiple times
Problems 1 ) I never unlocked the Bootloader 2 ) I do not have USB debugging enabled 3 ) I do not have any of photos synced with Google Photos 4 ) After hitting Try again a few times my phone was stuck in a bootloop but that fixed itself and now it is at this exact same screen
All I really want is my Photos, I am fine if the device does not work afterwards. Is there potentially a service that I can pay them to retrieve my data of this phone? Looking for any advice or help. Thanks for your help.
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How long have you had google photos on your phone? I am pretty sure it has been saving them. Check google photos on the web. Just see if any photos have been saved.

lucky_strike33 said:
How long have you had google photos on your phone? I am pretty sure it has been saving them. Check google photos on the web. Just see if any photos have been saved.
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I have had google photos on it since the beginning. However, when I log into google photos there's only 10 photos there from various times. Not even close to all the photos I had on the phone.

nexus6pHELP99 said:
I have had google photos on it since the beginning. However, when I log into google photos there's only 10 photos there from various times. Not even close to all the photos I had on the phone.
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That's strange. Not sure what to do about the phone. Have you tried reflashing the firmware with out wiping the phone?

lucky_strike33 said:
That's strange. Not sure what to do about the phone. Have you tried reflashing the firmware with out wiping the phone?
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I can't flash anything since I never enabled USB debugging mode. Is there a way to flash without enabling USB debugging? or is there a way to enable USB debugging without turning the phone on?

nexus6pHELP99 said:
I can't flash anything since I never enabled USB debugging mode. Is there a way to flash without enabling USB debugging? or is there a way to enable USB debugging without turning the phone on?
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Maybe adb sideload ota will work. You will need to be in recovery. Otherwise you may be SOL with those pics since you can't boot it up without wiping.
Do you have another Android phone? Have you tried logging in the new phone with nexus 6p backups? When you first setup your phone, it will ask you if you want to load a backup from a previous phone.

lucky_strike33 said:
Maybe adb sideload ota will work. You will need to be in recovery. Otherwise you may be SOL with those pics since you can't boot it up without wiping.
Do you have another Android phone? Have you tried logging in the new phone with nexus 6p backups? When you first setup your phone, it will ask you if you want to load a backup from a previous phone.
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I will try the adb sideload ota when I get home from work today and let you know if it works. The really stupid thing is I've never made a backup of this phone. Since it came with a USB-C to USB-C cable and my PC did not have any USB-C ports.

nexus6pHELP99 said:
I will try the adb sideload ota when I get home from work today and let you know if it works. The really stupid thing is I've never made a backup of this phone. Since it came with a USB-C to USB-C cable and my PC did not have any USB-C ports.
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Google automatically backsup your phone using the email address you used to setup your phone with.
https://www.androidcentral.com/how-restore-your-apps-and-settings-new-android-phone

Is there any way to pull/view my Quick Memo notes from a boot-looping LG?

To start:
The phone is not rooted.
It used to be able to enter recovery mode (I tried to fix the boot-looping by deleting the cache) but it now reboots through it.
The phone itself is irrelevant--I only care about the data on its internal storage now.
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I've got an old Lg Stylo 3 that's boot-looping and I really need the notes from Quick Memo. I've had it looked at professionally, but they couldn't do anything. So, now I'm at an impasse--I'm betting that a factory reset would fix it, but I would like to re-aquire my notes first. I've seen lots of obvious BS about programs that can recover data (including memo pad files) after a factory reset, and some less-obvious BS, too. Can anyone confirm this as possible and programs that can do it?
I've also read that's it's possible to factory reset, then turn off the phone to access it via USB and use data recovery, but this supposedly no longer works since the change to MTP. Is there any confirmation of this?

Stuck on 'Phone is starting' after updating to Android 12

Hello!
I tried to update my phone (SM-G975U) via Odin from Android 9 to Android 12, got the firmware from SamFw.com. Everything went fine until the phone rebooted, after unlocking the phone gets stuck on 'phone is starting'. I CAN access the Set Up Menu, Uninstall apps, move some settings here and there, connect to Wifi/Bluetooth, receive calls, install apps using ADB. Also, theres a notification all the time that reads 'Phone restarted Unlock your phone to get app notifications', I'm assuming that the phone thinks it is not unlocked and that's why it doesn't fully boot up.
Some things that I've already tried:
Intalling another Launcher (Pixel Launcher)
Reinstalling the firmware (ver G975USQU6IVC7) / Trying with different CSC with no results
Wiping Cache in Recovery Mode
Deleting/Adding Fingerprints
Changing from Lock Pattern to NIP to Password
I don't really want to do the full wipe, I would like to keep my data or be able to export the photos (Device not Recognized by Smart Switch also)
Is there anything else I can do?, has anyone been through the same issue?

Is your phone rooted?

Vatt`ghern said:
Is your phone rooted?
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No, it's not rooted

Hi !
@DannOsnaya have you found a solution to the phone problem other than restoring to factory settings?
I have the same problem at the moment, almost identical to what you experienced.
If anyone has some advice on how to fix this problem, please share your advice.
My phone is not rooted.

Racer512 said:
Hi !
@DannOsnaya have you found a solution to the phone problem other than restoring to factory settings?
I have the same problem at the moment, almost identical to what you experienced.
If anyone has some advice on how to fix this problem, please share your advice.
My phone is not rooted.
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Sadly, I have not
My phone is still like that, I tried updating to the newest security patch but didn't work either, haven't lost hope in avoiding factory reset tho

Hi. Did u find any solution to it. Am facing the same issue. Although I tried to factory reset but doesn't work.

DannOsnaya said:
Sadly, I have not
My phone is still like that, I tried updating to the newest security patch but didn't work either, haven't lost hope in avoiding factory reset tho
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Any way to factory reset. I tried every possible way following YouTube but nothing works. It's just stuck. I've a backup of my data so not worried.

No, I still have the same issue.
Have you tried to install a launcher?

DannOsnaya said:
No, I still have the same issue.
Have you tried to install a launcher?
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Nothing works. Now decided to show it to anyone. I guess the mobile shops have an option to erase everything. I don't understand how did it happen because it's usually with my toddler, he might have done something.

DannOsnaya said:
Hello!
I tried to update my phone (SM-G975U) via Odin from Android 9 to Android 12, got the firmware from SamFw.com. Everything went fine until the phone rebooted, after unlocking the phone gets stuck on 'phone is starting'. I CAN access the Set Up Menu, Uninstall apps, move some settings here and there, connect to Wifi/Bluetooth, receive calls, install apps using ADB. Also, theres a notification all the time that reads 'Phone restarted Unlock your phone to get app notifications', I'm assuming that the phone thinks it is not unlocked and that's why it doesn't fully boot up.
Some things that I've already tried:
Intalling another Launcher (Pixel Launcher)
Reinstalling the firmware (ver G975USQU6IVC7) / Trying with different CSC with no results
Wiping Cache in Recovery Mode
Deleting/Adding Fingerprints
Changing from Lock Pattern to NIP to Password
I don't really want to do the full wipe, I would like to keep my data or be able to export the photos (Device not Recognized by Smart Switch also)
Is there anything else I can do?, has anyone been through the same issue?
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I followed a video and wiped out. Finally successful. I wasn't worried about data as Google has a backup.

I followed this method and finally it's factory reset.