Encrypted and Unencrypted Data

Device: ginkgo

Recovery: OrangeFox

Unencrypted data: same as plain data.

Encrypted data: transformed data to make it unreadable for unauthorized users.

Decrypted data: transformed data that has been rendered unreadable through encryption back to its unencrypted form

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Encrypted data:

• If you want to change MIUI based to AOSP based or vice versa, do:

Format data - Reboot to recovery - Flash ROM - Reboot to system.

• If you want change ROM but in same base (ex. AOSP to AOSP), no need to format data (just wipe). Tested myself by changing PE Plus 9 to PE 10 and stock MIUI to Xiaomi.eu with wipe data, dalvik, and cache.

Unencrypted data:

• If you want to change encrypted data to unencrypted, do this ONCE:

Format data - Reboot to recovery - Tick "Disable Force Encryption" - Flash ROM - Reboot to system.

• If you want to change to any ROM and prevent ROM to encrypt your data, do this:

Wipe data, dalvik, cache (if clean flash) - Tick "Disable Force Encryption" - Flash ROM - Reboot to system.

Beware, format data will lose all your data in Internal Storage!

This note's content is updated at 2020-01-12.