I'll try to write some docs yes. Waiting for that moment, note that data is not the only part to backup, /sdcard should also be before reinstalling since some app save user data inside.
- Fil Lupin. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Wednesday, September 1st, 2021 at 10:02 PM, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <gnu...@cyberdimension.org> wrote: > On Wed, 01 Sep 2021 11:31:47 +0000 > > Fil Lupin via Replicant replicant@osuosl.org wrote: > > > Hello, > > Hi, > > > after reading the docs, especially NIST and Samsung, I realized that > > > > encryption follows the same standard described so it should be seen > > > > the same way other phone are seen. I tried again to decrypt the phone > > > > and it works! > > > > I'll look at the few apps I installed before the crash to identify if > > > > one of them causes the crash. > > > > Thank you again for the docs links, > > Thanks a lot for all these infos on how to do it and for reporting the > > fact that it works!!! > > It's super important as before we didn't know if it was even possible > > for users with the password to actually recover their data if they > > encrypted it, we only hoped / supposed that it was possible. > > For instance I personally didn't use encryption and even advocated > > against it in this case precisely because of that issue as I was worried > > that users (me included) could end up in situations where we would > > completely loose access to our data. > > Even without encryption I sometime had to recover data because I > > messed up with system application signing keys, and it took me quite > > some time to get familiar with the Android security model (hopefully I > > wrote some wiki articles about it along the way). > > So we know know it's at least possible to recover, and we know a way > > that could work, as it worked for you, though it seems to still be quite > > technical and not that reliable (as you had to try twice). > > With Replicant >= 11 we need to switch encryption to something way more > > standard that works with cryptsetup and if possible udisks2 too to avoid > > all this mess. > > In any case I also think that It would be super useful if someone (you > > or someone else reading this mail) would create a wiki article with at > > least a pointer to this thread or some information on how to recover > > that data if time permits that. > > Thanks again for the report about it and trying ways to recover your > > data. > > Denis. _______________________________________________ Replicant mailing list Replicant@osuosl.org https://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant
