Help Can't use phone after encrypting

[devmountain]

Hi all,

Just got a SII as a warranty replacement for an S and the first thing I did was an OTA update to 4.0.3.

Now I want to encrypt the device (to comply with my company's IT policy). I've set an unlock password that complies with the rules (6 chars and at least 1 number), and gone through the two options "encrypt device" and "encrypt sd card".

The phone reboots, encrypts (take about 30 mins) and then reboots again, however, when I am prompted to enter the password to decrypt the device so I can use it, the password I've set doesn't work!

I've reset the phone to factory defaults and formatted the storage three times now and each time I encrypt I get the same issue!

Has anyone else got this problem? Any ideas what I can try?

 

[DaveSyd]

Don't have an answer for you I'm sorry - but curious on the reply because i was considering doing the same.

 

[devmountain]

No responses from anyone having the same issue (sadly) - Samsung have offered to re-flash my device for me, although I'm not convinced that it will help. Once I get it back and try again, I'll post an update.

 

[devmountain]

OK - so my phone arrived back today

I switched it on - without a SIM card in.
Set a screen lock password.
Asked it to encrypt.

Phone reboots, encrypts and reboots again, but still the password is not recognised.
:-(

Not a happy bunny!

 

[esnertov]

I know it's been a while since the thread started, but I just had that same problem yesterday.

I started the encryption process on my new Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and when it was finished the phone rebooted and then requested the password. I obviously used the only password I put on the phone and the system kept telling me the password was wrong (when I was sure it was the correct one). After several unsuccessful tries, the phone automatically wiped itself, deleting more than 200 pictures I had there. I know it was my fault for not backing up the pictures before, but still I lost all the information on the phone for something that wasn't my mistake.

I am 100% sure the password I was entering was correct, but still never worked. I then encrypted the phone again and exactly the same problem appeared.

What the hell is wrong with this system?! Why does this happen?! A system bug like this shouldn't even be out there. Google must correct this now!

I don't know why more people haven't complained about this. Would it be a random thing?

I obviously tried a lot of ways to get the photos back but none of them worked. They're gone forever :'(

 

[gp_android]

Courious if you could solve the problem, as it was already a few month ago.

I went into the same issue last week. I have to run the encryption to be able to access the corporate email account.

Did an upgrade of my Samsung Galaxy S2 to 4.0.3.
After a factory reset I started the encryption. Before that I had to set the screen lock password that is obviously also used for the encryption. Did set a 8 digit password including numbers and special characters.

After finishing the encryption and restarting, the phone requested the encryption password, but the password wasn't accepted.

 

[devmountain]

In the end I managed to get our policy changed to not enforce encryption for my device (a benefit of being in the IT department!)

I now have an SGS 3 and that is perfectly fine after encryption. I believe it to be a bug in 4.0.3 on the SGS 2, but have seen no confirmation of this.

Sorry that I can't help any more!