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Author:  bos [ October 2nd, 2021, 11:12 ]
Post subject:  How to deal with encryption?
I do chip-off for my customers every now and then, for unencrypted media. However, nowadays most phones enforce encryption making recovery quite difficult unless you actually repair the damaged phone first. And if you do, recovery would be easier by going through the phone instead of a chip-off (which is time consuming).

So, because anything regarding encryption is way over my head, I have to ask out of curiousity: what's the game plan for you when it comes to chip-off recovery of a completely dead and unrepairable phone (say broken motherboard, or whatever)? You got a single NAND-chip in front of you with encrypted data and you need to extract it, how would you do?
Author:  einstein9 [ October 3rd, 2021, 2:22 ]
Post subject:  Re: How to deal with encryption?
bos wrote:
I do chip-off for my customers every now and then, for unencrypted media. However, nowadays most phones enforce encryption making recovery quite difficult unless you actually repair the damaged phone first. And if you do, recovery would be easier by going through the phone instead of a chip-off (which is time consuming).

So, because anything regarding encryption is way over my head, I have to ask out of curiousity: what's the game plan for you when it comes to chip-off recovery of a completely dead and unrepairable phone (say broken motherboard, or whatever)? You got a single NAND-chip in front of you with encrypted data and you need to extract it, how would you do?


Some of them are manageable (encrypted i mean depends on the phone android ver. for example. Apple IOS diff. story)

As an easier way >>>>> Swap Board = move nand to another pcb :wink:
Author:  HelpImNew [ October 29th, 2021, 18:30 ]
Post subject:  Re: How to deal with encryption?
@Einstein
I was recommended to contact you.
I have WD 1tb external hdd which is locked, but I have forgotten the password. But I need to recover my photos saved.
Author:  einstein9 [ October 30th, 2021, 1:17 ]
Post subject:  Re: How to deal with encryption?
HelpImNew wrote:
@Einstein
I was recommended to contact you.
I have WD 1tb external hdd which is locked, but I have forgotten the password. But I need to recover my photos saved.


You can go for the unlocking pcb (unlimited unlocks): http://unixgtc.com/wp/smartware-password-unlocking-pcb/

Or contact us for more details if needed for one case.
Author:  HelpImNew [ October 30th, 2021, 7:23 ]
Post subject:  Re: How to deal with encryption?
I’ve messaged you on FB messenger. Thanks.
Author:  einstein9 [ October 31st, 2021, 0:38 ]
Post subject:  Re: How to deal with encryption?
HelpImNew wrote:
I’ve messaged you on FB messenger. Thanks.


never used the FB messenger. not a big fan
Author:  Samir [ November 2nd, 2021, 21:30 ]
Post subject:  Re: How to deal with encryption?
einstein9 wrote:
HelpImNew wrote:
@Einstein
I was recommended to contact you.
I have WD 1tb external hdd which is locked, but I have forgotten the password. But I need to recover my photos saved.


You can go for the unlocking pcb (unlimited unlocks): http://unixgtc.com/wp/smartware-password-unlocking-pcb/

Or contact us for more details if needed for one case.
What exactly does this do? I'm trying to unlock some WD/HGST 10TB drives that originally were in external enclosures that used a board like one of those. (Drives worked fine until user tried to format them to 4kn from 512e--not drive is permanently locked and even secure erase doesn't execute.)
Author:  bos [ March 17th, 2022, 10:46 ]
Post subject:  Re: How to deal with encryption?
einstein9 wrote:
As an easier way >>>>> Swap Board = move nand to another pcb :wink:


That's it? The encryption keys are not taken from the hardware, like IOS does?
Author:  Cleanroom [ March 17th, 2022, 12:47 ]
Post subject:  Re: How to deal with encryption?
CPU and NAND need to be transferred to a working phone motherboard.
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