How to de-crypt the phone?

[Snappy Phoenix]

So I noticed the phone is encrypted.

I then Googled how to decrypt the phone and found this:

How to Disable Force Encryption and Decrypt Nexus 6P - Androiding.how

Seems like I am going to have to wipe/factory reset the phone heh?

now let me ask you this, if I use that custom boot loader, will I not be able to receive OTA updates anymore? similar to when you root the phone you won't get OTA updates?

 

[dty06]

Out of curiosity, why do you WANT to decrypt the phone?

 

[dmcman73]

The only benefit I see of decryption the phone, and it's really not a big benefit, is that your phone will boot up from a power down/restart faster.

Having an encrypted phone secures your data especially after wiping the phone.

 

[bjrosen]

If you root your phone you'll have to download and install the updates by hand, you won't get OTAs. However anyone who can root a phone will find that directly installing the updates is trivial. That said I don't see a reason to disable encryption. The only reason to do it would be if it significantly impacted performance, but the performance of the 6P is just fine so there is no reason to disable encryption.

 

[Snappy Phoenix]

right, I guess it's not worth it then, I thought it would make a night and day difference. The phone is snappy as it is

 

[CobaltDragon]

Buddy of mine has a 6p also, he unencrypted his... Doesn't seem any faster to me than my encrypted 6p

 

[tech_head]

So I noticed the phone is encrypted.

I then Googled how to decrypt the phone and found this:

How to Disable Force Encryption and Decrypt Nexus 6P - Androiding.how

Seems like I am going to have to wipe/factory reset the phone heh?

now let me ask you this, if I use that custom boot loader, will I not be able to receive OTA updates anymore? similar to when you root the phone you won't get OTA updates?

Yes, you will need to reset the phone.
With a custom bootloader you won't be able to take an OTA but when Google releases images which is faster than them pushing you can just flash them without wiping. No big deal.
Also if you have and unlocked bootloader, your data isn't safe anyway, encrypted or not.