Access TWRP Recovery in Oreo possible? Encryption - Xiaomi Redmi 5 Questions & Answers

Hi,
atm i have a Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus with Miui 9.6.4 and Android v7.1 Nougat.
I want to flash the new Miui 9.6.5 with Android 8.1 Oreo.
The problem is, it is always encrypting after installing TWRP. So i can not access the internal storage in TWRP after the first boot and can not do backup or flash roms.
I tried formatting the whole phone and with lazyflasher too. I doesn't work, it keeps encrypting after boot.
And my password doesn't work for TWRP afterwards.
Is there any possibility to access TWRP on Oreo?
Ask if you have further questions. My english is not that good.
Thanks

i also face the same problem.. i have try many solutions.. but nothing works.. flash disable dm verity force encrpt by @Zackptg5.. it works.. no encrypting message after format data in twrp.. but twrp and orange recovery still cannot see the data.. sorry for my english.. anyway revert back to miui 9.6.4.0.. :crying:

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TWRP won't decrypt my Phone

I have unlocked bootloader officially. Have the latest TWRP available for Kenzo, latest firmware, using Aroma Gapps from opengapps.com, NitrogenOS Oreo 8.1 latest build.
I encrypted my phone from the privacy settings in the settings app due to obvious reasons. Now while booting into android, it asks for encryption password and the set password works here, but when i reboot into recovery, TWRP asks me for the encryption password. Here starts the problem, even if i put the correct password, it won't decrypt my data saying that the password is wrong. Previously when i was coming from miui, the decrypt function of twrp worked flawlessly.
How to fix it, please help !
Just full wipe and format internal and reinstall custom Rom.
rifai_loop said:
Just full wipe and format internal and reinstall custom Rom.
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You don't understand, i need my phone encrypted.
amritesh3011 said:
I have unlocked bootloader officially. Have the latest TWRP available for Kenzo, latest firmware, using Aroma Gapps from opengapps.com, NitrogenOS Oreo 8.1 latest build.
I encrypted my phone from the privacy settings in the settings app due to obvious reasons. Now while booting into android, it asks for encryption password and the set password works here, but when i reboot into recovery, TWRP asks me for the encryption password. Here starts the problem, even if i put the correct password, it won't decrypt my data saying that the password is wrong. Previously when i was coming from miui, the decrypt function of twrp worked flawlessly.
How to fix it, please help !
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Due to oreo 8.1's security twrp can't work here. You need to use latest version of twrp. May be it solve ur prblm. Encryption is unique way to encript data. U have encrypted ur phone by ur phone's default encript option. So, try to decrypt by using default option. If you haven't found that, you need to format to decrypt.
Sharath Mane said:
Due to oreo 8.1's security twrp can't work here. You need to use latest version of twrp. May be it solve ur prblm. Encryption is unique way to encript data. U have encrypted ur phone by ur phone's default encript option. So, try to decrypt by using default option. If you haven't found that, you need to format to decrypt.
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1) iam using the latest official twrp for kenzo
2) the official way to decrypt my phone is to reset it, that is loose all data.
Btw i did use an encrypted lineage os 15.1 and twrp worked back then and i don't remember doing anything different.
P.S. i do miss blackberry playbook OS
You can try flash redwolf twrf and remove security rom
Idoy_tea said:
You can try flash redwolf twrf and remove security rom
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Okay will try and update later.
P.S. link plz

Data Encrypted - Pixel Experience Android 9

Hello Everybody,
I have so following problem with data encrypted in twrp:
I installed latest version of twrp
! Used MIUI 10 developer version and data was encrypted according Twrp (according to settings device is not encrypted.
To flash no new OS from Twrp I had to format all data.
After that I installed second latest (08.11) Pixel Experience and Magical latest version.
I rebooted system.
! No Twrp and magisk APK installed.
Manually installed Twrp and magisk APK
I can install adaway also (superuser is installed)
Problem:
System mentioned that there is a new version of Pixel experience (15.11) and I wanted to install it. But it didn't work -> Twrp stopped installation, because data is still encrypted.
To install latest version I formated everything again and did above steps. But again with same result... I can install everything (manually) and everything works without to install new versions of Pixel Experience or anything else from Twrp recovery.
I tried to encrypt my phone over settings, but after encryption the system freezes after putting in pin code at the start. In twrp recovery I have to put in the code too, but again encryption is still available...
I have no further idea. Could you help me? Don't want to loose all data Everytime an update appears
Magisk "force encryption" manually enabled. The other setting is not enabled.
Thank you very much for your help!!!!!
StephanWiD said:
Hello Everybody,
I have so following problem with data encrypted in twrp:
I installed latest version of twrp
! Used MIUI 10 developer version and data was encrypted according Twrp (according to settings device is not encrypted.
To flash no new OS from Twrp I had to format all data.
After that I installed second latest (08.11) Pixel Experience and Magical latest version.
I rebooted system.
! No Twrp and magisk APK installed.
Manually installed Twrp and magisk APK
I can install adaway also (superuser is installed)
Problem:
System mentioned that there is a new version of Pixel experience (15.11) and I wanted to install it. But it didn't work -> Twrp stopped installation, because data is still encrypted.
To install latest version I formated everything again and did above steps. But again with same result... I can install everything (manually) and everything works without to install new versions of Pixel Experience or anything else from Twrp recovery.
I tried to encrypt my phone over settings, but after encryption the system freezes after putting in pin code at the start. In twrp recovery I have to put in the code too, but again encryption is still available...
I have no further idea. Could you help me? Don't want to loose all data Everytime an update appears
Magisk "force encryption" manually enabled. The other setting is not enabled.
Thank you very much for your help!!!!!
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use this treble support twrp https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=746010030569971854
What is it good for? Don't have to wipe storage first or can I install it from the Twrp app? Can I flash other Twrp versions later?
But the most important: thank you for helping me
Screenshot please...i think i might have g had same problem..i think i can help..
StephanWiD said:
What is it good for? Don't have to wipe storage first or can I install it from the Twrp app? Can I flash other Twrp versions later?
But the most important: thank you for helping me
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yes you can flash other twrp later ,,,, i have also latest twrp with treble support i can upload it if u want.
u can flash the above twrp via fastboot or you can flash the latest version
http://www.mediafire.com/file/a2m1jx502qijnbg/twrp-3.2.3-1-vince-treble.img/file
Thank you!!!! It took me 4 complete reinstallations before it worked for me now I have access to data in twrp !!! Thank you again!!! Thank you :good::good::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
StephanWiD said:
Thank you!!!! It took me 4 complete reinstallations before it worked for me now I have access to data in twrp !!! Thank you again!!! Thank you :good::good::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
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Finally Encrypted MI 8!

I have been struggling to encrypt MI 8 as without encryption, I feel like I am walking naked
After lots of trial and error, finally got it working. Here are the steps:
Prerequisites: Flash TWRP (TWRP-3.2.3-1110-XIAOMI8-EN-wzsx150) by @gulp79 - https://goo.gl/scMQwd
1. Copy the following files to the phone:
a. Vendor/firmware from @infrag - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BJKthOJrWaWevaxus7rYkJNc95icIOsD
b. Copy Havoc (Dipper Update 25-11-2018) by @ZeNiXxX + Gapps to the phone.
c. Titanium Backup all the user apps and copy the backup to your PC. You will have to format data and you will lose everything on the phone.
2. Reboot to TWRP.
3. Flash vendor/firmware + Havoc + Gapps.
4. Wipe - Format Data (where you have to type "yes"). This will wipe everything from your /data partition, including /sdcard.
5. Reboot to System.
6. Setup the phone and add fingerprint/PIN (important).
7. Restore the user apps from Titanium Backup by copying the backup from the PC.
8. If you need Magisk, copy it to /sdcard and reboot to TWRP and flash it. When you boot to TWRP, you will be prompted to enter PIN to decrypt data.
Voila!
Phone is encrypted and you can sleep happy.
PS: Big thanks to @ZeNiXxX (for an awesome and feature rich Havoc ROM), @gulp79 (for converting the latest TWRP to English), @infrag (for providing the flashable vendor/firmware), @milouk (default kernel in Havoc), and OpenGAPPS team.
What exactly does it do?
By.TRabZonLu™ said:
What exactly does it do?
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It encrypts your phone. If you ever lose a phone, no one can access your data.
Without encryption, if you give me a phone which has a PIN or Pattern setup with/without fingerprint, I can easily remove the PIN/Pattern in TWRP and boot your phone and look at all the data.
Without encryption, it's analogous to walking naked.
You should specify that it is for AOSP & LOS in title, MIUI Stock Global & China has built in System & Data encryption already. ( .EU multi ROM has only system encryption)
RainGater said:
I have been struggling to encrypt MI 8 as without encryption, I feel like I am walking naked
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My phone is on global stable. Do I use the same steps if I want to keep my phone encrypted? Thanks a lot!
What if you want to have encryption using MIUI ROM ?
pmatthew said:
What if you want to have encryption using MIUI ROM ?
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This thread is outdated, encryption works well now.
nfsmw_gr said:
This thread is outdated, encryption works well now.
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I would not say that; yesterday I turned on the Phone encryption on xiaomi.eu stable rom (MIUI 10.2), and after that the phone booted only to Recovery. I had to format data, reinstall the ROM, and modify fstab.qcom, to have encryption...
pmatthew said:
I would not say that; yesterday I turned on the Phone encryption on xiaomi.eu stable rom (MIUI 10.2), and after that the phone booted only to Recovery. I had to format data, reinstall the ROM, and modify fstab.qcom, to have encryption...
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I still can't find a way for GLOBAL ROM (latest PIE) to have DATA & SYSTEM encryption while keeping ROOT. Boot loops to recovery every time.... If anyone has this or can achieve this, please share. The closest i've been is I can get root, and have DM Verity with Optional encryption just fine -but as soon as i choose to encrypt the phone from the menu, it errors trying, then continuously boot loops.
pmatthew said:
I would not say that; yesterday I turned on the Phone encryption on xiaomi.eu stable rom (MIUI 10.2), and after that the phone booted only to Recovery. I had to format data, reinstall the ROM, and modify fstab.qcom, to have encryption...
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Agimax said:
I still can't find a way for GLOBAL ROM (latest PIE) to have DATA & SYSTEM encryption while keeping ROOT. Boot loops to recovery every time.... If anyone has this or can achieve this, please share. The closest i've been is I can get root, and have DM Verity with Optional encryption just fine -but as soon as i choose to encrypt the phone from the menu, it errors trying, then continuously boot loops.
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Umm, I flashed latest global myself a couple of days ago through fastboot.
I admit I didn't root the clean booted global rom, but mi-globe and xiaomi.eu variants got rooted just fine for me with Magisk V18.0.
nfsmw_gr said:
Umm, I flashed latest global myself a couple of days ago through fastboot.
I admit I didn't root the clean booted global rom, but mi-globe and xiaomi.eu variants got rooted just fine for me with Magisk V18.0.
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Of course, Root without encryption is fine. Try running ROOT with DATA & SYSTEM encryption. That is the issue i am finding. Xiaomi.eu doesn't come with encryption out of the box for DATA. GLOBAL ROM defaults to encryption for SYSTEM & DATA on first boot. If it's not encrypted or flashing the DM-Verity/FEC remover first, running Magisk root is fine. As i stated, GLOBAL ROM with ROOT and FULL system & data encryption is where the issue lies.
Agimax said:
Of course, Root without encryption is fine. Try running ROOT with DATA & SYSTEM encryption. That is the issue i am finding. Xiaomi.eu doesn't come with encryption out of the box for DATA. GLOBAL ROM defaults to encryption for SYSTEM & DATA on first boot. If it's not encrypted or flashing the DM-Verity/FEC remover first, running Magisk root is fine. As i stated, GLOBAL ROM with ROOT and FULL system & data encryption is where the issue lies.
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No I mean I was encrypted as well.
I'd try again just to be sure about what I said but I've finalized my LOS setup right now haha.
I'm almost 100% certain I was encrypted because I never formated data from twrp, just flashed stock, twrp, xiaomi.eu, magisk.
This shouldn't remove the encryption, and besides without the remover zip the rom enforces encryption, and I didn't flash the remover zip.
nfsmw_gr said:
No I mean I was encrypted as well.
I'd try again just to be sure about what I said but I've finalized my LOS setup right now haha.
I'm almost 100% certain I was encrypted because I never formated data from twrp, just flashed stock, twrp, xiaomi.eu, magisk.
This shouldn't remove the encryption, and besides without the remover zip the rom enforces encryption, and I didn't flash the remover zip.
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- you said you flashed twrp, xiaomi.eu and magisk. Xiaomi.eu isn't encrypted by default without editing the values manually......Soo.... No you didn't have encryption and root in that scenario.
Agimax said:
- you said you flashed twrp, xiaomi.eu and magisk. Xiaomi.eu isn't encrypted by default without editing the values manually......Soo.... No you didn't have encryption and root in that scenario.
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If I didn't format data after flashing xiaomi.eu the encryption has no reason to be gone.
If it had gone then the internal storage on my device would be blank. But all the files were there.
So yeah the encryption remained.
In any case believe what you will, I'm not gonna flash everything again just to prove my point.
If I need to go back to miui for any reason I'll do it and post back, otherwise give it a go yourself.
nfsmw_gr said:
If I didn't format data after flashing xiaomi.eu the encryption has no reason to be gone.
If it had gone then the internal storage on my device would be blank. But all the files were there.
So yeah the encryption remained.
In any case believe what you will, I'm not gonna flash everything again just to prove my point.
If I need to go back to miui for any reason I'll do it and post back, otherwise give it a go yourself.
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I've tried xiaomi.eu in the past. The latest build i tried is dec 22, 2018, but the phone never encrypted. Contrary to LOS it always encrypted when i flashed it.
So, if your phone encrypted, then you need to decrypt it by entering the pattern/security when booting to recovery right?
To make sure if my phone encrypted, i boot to twrp and security pattern will appear. If its not encrypted, there will be no security pattern in twrp boot. I double checked it with connecting the phone with usb cable, An encrypted phone will always displaying random text/folder file, while not encrypted phone always display the real file.
So, i formatted data and flash xiaomi.eu (magisk etc) to see if it encrypted, its not. And i wipe everything again, i flashed LOS (etc), but it still not encrypted. So, i formatted data, and flash LOS (etc) right away, and the the phone was encrypt.
I think the fault was xiaomi.eu dec 22 build???
So, my final conclusion atm xiaomi.eu encryption is still fail.
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Yes MIUI ROM encryption is still fail
Just to confirm post above.
This eu rom encrypt only if you trip Fstab or you flash before an official Miui rom and encrypt it. then you can flash custom miui rom or miuirum and encrytion stay.
I don't explain why but I tested it on my old MI5.
Totally an unnecessary effort, but useful for those FBI agents. It's also hard to remove the encryption tho, I flashed a thousand times to remove the encryption and I won't mess with it again, but still an useful thread for FBI agents.
Finally figured out how to Root MIUI Global Stock AND keep DATA/Storage encryption
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78988313&postcount=4
Does this have something in relation with the bootloop when I try to flash any ROM that's different than MIUI? I'm very curious because my Mi 8 started to have bootloop problems when the Android Pie came out. Only one version of TWRP works for me, PixelExperience gives me bootloop when I flash it, xiaomi.eu works only following very specific steps (and this is the only one I've succesfully installed).

Stuck on poco by xiaomi boot screen

Im stuck on poco boot screen and after few seconds it reboots to fastboot.
I did a twrp backup (system, vendor, data and boot) when everything was working but now after i try to restore the twrp backup, it still doesnt fix the problem.
before this, i flashed a new PE build and that had a boot loop for some reason.
wtf?
How does my twrp backup restore doesnt fix it ?
Do i have to miflash a fastboot rom ? is it the only fix for me now ?
You may find your solution here : https://forum.xda-developers.com/poco-f1/development/recovery-twrp-3-2-3-decryption-t3853004/page42
You can also install latest ROM and restore data only.
fmcheetah said:
You may find your solution here : https://forum.xda-developers.com/poco-f1/development/recovery-twrp-3-2-3-decryption-t3853004/page42
You can also install latest ROM and restore data only.
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i dont have a firmware zip in my storage and i cant push it through adb because i didnt have debugging enabled. So i cant cleanflash because i dont have the firmware zip. Looks like i will need to use the mifash method.
flash the original Vendor image!
if you have flashed PE over MIUI10.2.x
, this mean you have used MODIFIED VENDOR IMAGE
poco supports Treble!
you cannot flash PE/ or any other custom rom over modified vendor image
take the latest vendor image from mirror.akhilnarang.me/MIUI/beryllium/
and flash it view twrp
and reboot
you wil lbe fine
i fixed the problem. I put firmware - vendor zip in sd card and flashed it through sd card. All good now. Thanks for trying to help my dumb ass.
i guess there might be some magisk module thats causing the bootloop after i flash a new build of rom . Maybe.
If thats the case. There's a flashable zip file that lets you disable a magisk module via TWRP.. ehehehe.. happened to me too. I flash gl tools via magisk systemless then it got stuck on pocofone f1 loading screen.. so i flashed that magisk module disabler.. hit some commands via TWRP TERMinal emu.. then it boot right away..
KabalLV said:
Im stuck on poco boot screen and after few seconds it reboots to fastboot.
I did a twrp backup (system, vendor, data and boot) when everything was working but now after i try to restore the twrp backup, it still doesnt fix the problem.
before this, i flashed a new PE build and that had a boot loop for some reason.
wtf?
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Always uninstall Magisk before flashing new update if you are on official twrp cuz it doesn't support ota, update then reinstall it. If you have did so wipe encrypted internal storage , wait a bit it will boot .
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Always uninstall Magisk before flashing new update if you are on official twrp cuz it doesn't support ota, update then reinstall it. If you have did so wipe encrypted internal storage , wait a bit it will boot .
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Thanks. Didn't know about this.
Tell someone to call you, it was glitchy for me for the first 2-3 mins after the call but later works fine.

After P.Experience Rom TWRP is gone and everything is encrypted

Hi. I installed Android 12 Pixel Experience rom and my TWRP gone after this. After installing the rom, TWRP replaced with Pixel Experience's own recovery mode. Currently, the ROM is installed and I can use it without any problems, but I cannot switch to a different ROM in any way. When I install TWRP with ADB, I cannot install the file named "DM Verity & ForceEncrypt disabler" because everything is encrypted. I do not use any passwords on the ROM (fingerprint, screen lock, etc.). I want to install new ROM so I need to make TWRP permanent and remove encryption on TWRP, because i can't see my files. As I said, the phone is can open and I can use it without problems. Looking forward to your help, thank you.
1) Backup everything
2) Install twrp and sideload the PE rom but don't boot into it
3) Flash the DFE (disable force encryption ) zip from twrp
4) Boot into the rom
Remember you won't get the ota updates if you disable the encryption and have to manually update the rom
easdasd617 said:
Hi. I installed Android 12 Pixel Experience rom and my TWRP gone after this. After installing the rom, TWRP replaced with Pixel Experience's own recovery mode. Currently, the ROM is installed and I can use it without any problems, but I cannot switch to a different ROM in any way. When I install TWRP with ADB, I cannot install the file named "DM Verity & ForceEncrypt disabler" because everything is encrypted. I do not use any passwords on the ROM (fingerprint, screen lock, etc.). I want to install new ROM so I need to make TWRP permanent and remove encryption on TWRP, because i can't see my files. As I said, the phone is can open and I can use it without problems. Looking forward to your help, thank you.
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You need to read the instructions before you flash anything. PE A12 is encrypted by default and because TWRP can't handle the decryption of A12 ROMs, PE replacing the TWRP with PE Recovery, so to be able to get OTA updates. This is a workaround until TWRP fix the decryption issue.
To flash another ROM, take backup of the files you want from your Internal Storage, flash TWRP via ADB, wipe everything and format data. Then connect your device to PC and transfer the ROM and the files you want to flash into your Internal Storage and proceed with flashing.

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