Moto G4 not encrypted by default?!?!?

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I believe Google requires any phone that comes with Marshmallow and has 512mb+ RAM have encryption enabled by default when a user does the first time setup. However, I just setup a G4 fresh out of the box and the phone is not encrypted. Yes, I created a secure pin during setup. Pretty sure this is a big no no with Google.
 

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I believe Google requires any phone that comes with Marshmallow and has 512mb+ RAM have encryption enabled by default when a user does the first time setup. However, I just setup a G4 fresh out of the box and the phone is not encrypted. Yes, I created a secure pin during setup. Pretty sure this is a big no no with Google.
I don't think encryption comes turned on by default. Have you checked through the settings to see if it's an option?
 

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I believe Google requires any phone that comes with Marshmallow and has 512mb+ RAM have encryption enabled by default when a user does the first time setup. However, I just setup a G4 fresh out of the box and the phone is not encrypted. Yes, I created a secure pin during setup. Pretty sure this is a big no no with Google.

AFAIK, encryption is still not completely mandatory on new Marshmallow devices.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015...-mandatory-device-encryption-for-new-devices/

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Encryption support is required if the devices meets certain criteria, which the G4 does. Encryption must be enabled by default if the device can perform encryption above 50MiB/sec. Perhaps the G4 can't do over 50MiB/sec, guess I should have timed how long it took to encrypt my phone and done the math.