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Root How to disable encryption

halon

hakuna matata
The encryption that Google has implemented does cause slow downs in certain area of use. This should help you turn it off if choose to do so.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/development/disable-forced-encryption-gain-root-t2946715

http://phandroid.com/2014/11/20/how-to-disable-device-encryption-nexus-6/

1.) Reboot to boot loader
2.) Unlock device if not already (fastboot oem unlock) – will wipe all data (http://androidforums.com/threads/how-to-unlock-the-bootloader-on-the-nexus-6.876149/
3.) I think unlocking the device will automatically run encryption jobs, so don’t boot android write your most important stuff down and then continue without backing it up.
4.) Download the boot.img noencrypt above(in the xda link)
5.) Flash it in the bootloader (fastboot flash boot boot_noforceencrypt.img)
6.) If still encrypted, run a factory reset
7.) If it doesn’t work, you can go back into the bootloader and flash the stock image.
8.) Run CF-Auto-Root for root, if desired. Flash TWRP, do wutever you want.
9.) Updates will overwrite this and turn encryption back on, you should probably update manually (or remove the boot.img from the update) if you don’t want encryption to get turned back on (turning it back on may be a PITA in the sense that you’ll have to factory reset to get it off again)
 
There a couple edits I have to do above but I don't have the edit option as of yet. The edits do not effect the disabling process.
 
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