Please help

[Adrian_Salinas]

I encrypted my phone decrypted it and it doesn't let me change the password to the Pattern but I dont know how can someone help?

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[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! How did you decrypt your phone? I thought that phone encryption was irreversible, unless you do a full factory reset. What phone do you have?

 

[Adrian_Salinas]

I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 and after I encrypted it I whent back to the settings to try to change the password setting to the latter lock but I couldn't all it said was decrypt

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[Adrian_Salinas]

Pettern not latter

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[B. Diddy]

Yeah, phone encryption means you have to unlock with a password or PIN--no pattern or slide unlocks. And as far as I know, encryption is irreversible.

 

[Adrian_Salinas]

Thanks for the help I didn't know it was irreversible il just stick with the password

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[B. Diddy]

Just curious--did you encrypt it yourself, or did the phone come encrypted? Is it provided by your work? There's usually no compelling reason to encrypt your personal phone unless you have some very sensitive material stored on it. I have read posts where people have complained about encryption causing a small but perceptible decrease in performance.

 

[Adrian_Salinas]

I encrypted it myself i was curious about it and by then I couldn't cancel if or anything so I just went along with it i ended coming here for help

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[B. Diddy]

Well, at least you know you have a really secure phone!

 

[Adrian_Salinas]

Haha yes thank you again for the help

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