Wait until your device is fully rebooted before opening apps [REWARDED]

[Adi H.]

Hello friends!

I need a lot help.
If I fail to repair the operating system and work as before, I am impetuously interested in recovering at least the data on the /sdcard (internal phone storage) because I HAVE NO BACKUP and I need that data lke the air.

I have a Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 (Ginkgo) with stock ROM MIUI India/Global (11.0.6.0.PCOINXM), TWRP (3.3.1.0) and Magisk (v20.1 or 20.3 - I don't remember exactly).
About two days ago Revolut no longer allowed me to use the application because the phone is rooted. I needed to make an immediate transfer, so I started playing with Magisk because it didn't pass the SafetyNet test. Until then I had installed only Magisk, I updated to the latest version v21.2, I also installed two modules: MagiskHide Props Config (latest version) and Universal SafetyNet Fix v1.1.0. Plus the latest version of TWRP (3.5.0_9-0).
After running "props" in the terminal, I followed the steps (1, f, Xiaomi, 71 ...) and selected my phone from the list I managed to pass the SafetyNet test, but Revolut still did not work.
After that I tried to disguise the Magisk application with another name to hide it (that's how I saw it through some tutorials), but without success because I didn't activate install applications via USB (something like that).
I left the phone for about half an hour, and then the PROBLEMS BEGUN.

For each application I want to launch I receive the following message "wait until your device is fully rebooted before opening apps". I restarted the phone countless times and nothing. I noticed that TWRP does not decrypt user 0 or 999, so I changed TWRP to the previous version, uninstalled Magisk, deleted the modules from /data/adb/modules, upgraded to MIUI v11.0.6.0 and then MIUI v12.0.1.0 - and the problem persists.

I mention that using TWRP File Manager all the content from /data/data and /sdcard is encrypted (files and folders have unintelligible names). The rest of the files are ok.
Although developer mode is enabled, I don't have USB debugging enabled, and the default USB connection is set to charging and as I constantly get the error "wait until your device is fully rebooted before opening apps" I can't change them.

When I open the phone, at the lockscreen, I have a pattern that I successfully insert and the phone opens. The same pattern in TRWP does not decrypt the data.
Given the fact that it accepts the pattern password, I think that if I had a USB connection I would have managed to recover decrypted content from the internal storage space of the phone. Or is the error I receive exactly due to the fact that the applications no longer have access to the content because it is encrypted?
If so how can I recover all the encryption keys to backup them and then how can I try to fix this problem? Or if the keys have been altered, can they still be generated again (if the phone is the same, as well as the IMEI or serial number, etc)?
I understand that if I solve this problem I will either recover my phone as before or at least I can decrypt and access the data and make a backup.
It is very frustrating to see that the necessary information is still there, but I cannot access it.

Because I have access to the system with TWRP, I think I can attach logs.

I hope no one feels offended, but I am so desperate that I am willing to pay a reward.

Please help me!

 

[Adi H.]

Here is my video for a better understanding.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ob235116jpnbj/ginkgo.mp4?dl=0

 

[Adi H.]

When I used MagiskHide, it changed my default.prop
Is it possible that the above problem is due to this fact?
How can I copy default.prop (original from wife's phone - same model) from SD card to phone?
Nothing changes with TWRP File Manager copy/paste. Can a script be used to be flashed with TWRP?

 

[Didgeridoohan]

Any prop changes that were made with MagiskHide or MagiskHide Props Config did not touch any of your actual prop files. Your default.prop (and any other prop files) are going to be exactly as they were before enabling MagiskHide or changing prop values with MagiskHide Props Config.

Magisk does these things systemlessly, which means it doesn't actually alter the files. This (default.prop) is not your issue... How did you come to the conclusion that Magisk had changed your prop file anyway?

Since you've uninstalled Magisk and the modules, and even updated your OS and the problem still persists it is unlikely that it's directly related to Magisk. I know very little of MIUI though, so I'll leave the rest of the troubleshooting to those that do.

 

[Adi H.]

Thanks for the help and for the reply!

 

[Adi H.]

Any prop changes that were made with MagiskHide or MagiskHide Props Config did not touch any of your actual prop files. Your default.prop (and any other prop files) are going to be exactly as they were before enabling MagiskHide or changing prop values with MagiskHide Props Config.

Magisk does these things systemlessly, which means it doesn't actually alter the files. This (default.prop) is not your issue... How did you come to the conclusion that Magisk had changed your prop file anyway?

Since you've uninstalled Magisk and the modules, and even updated your OS and the problem still persists it is unlikely that it's directly related to Magisk. I know very little of MIUI though, so I'll leave the rest of the troubleshooting to those that do.

I see a difference between my file and my wife's, although the phones are identical and had the same version of the operating system.

Originel - ro.bootimage.build.fingerprint=xiaomi/ginkgo/ginkgo:9/PKQ1.190616.001/V11.0.2.0.PCOINXM:user/release-keys
Actual - ro.bootimage.build.fingerprint=Xiaomi/omni_ginkgo/ginkgo:16.1.0/PQ3B.190801.002/5:eng/test-keys

Maybe I'm wrong, I'm trying different options...

In the end, I'm only interested in being able to access the decrypted content from /data and /sdcard (the internal phone storage) to backup them. Later I will reinstall everything.

Please help me with some tips, ideas, what else can I do?

 

[Adi H.]

If I reinstall the same version of MIUI, TWRP and use the same pattern can I decrypt the data (If I finally manage to backup them).

 

[Adi H.]

I'm already trying without success for about 2 days, do you think there is any chance to recover the DATA and/or internal storage (most important)?
Or to transfer it encrypted and then set the same pattern and eventually restore the data after I format and reinstall everything?
If I reinstall the same version of MIUI, TWRP and use the same pattern can I decrypt the data?

 

[Didgeridoohan]

I see a difference between my file and my wife's, although the phones are identical and had the same version of the operating system.

Originel - ro.bootimage.build.fingerprint=xiaomi/ginkgo/ginkgo:9/PKQ1.190616.001/V11.0.2.0.PCOINXM:user/release-keys
Actual - ro.bootimage.build.fingerprint=Xiaomi/omni_ginkgo/ginkgo:16.1.0/PQ3B.190801.002/5:eng/test-keys

Maybe I'm wrong, I'm trying different options...

In the end, I'm only interested in being able to access the decrypted content from /data and /sdcard (the internal phone storage) to backup them. Later I will reinstall everything.

Please help me with some tips, ideas, what else can I do?

That fingerprint wasn't set by Magisk... Looks to me like you've been running a third-party/custom ROM and then didn't do a clean install of MIUI when going from the custom ROM. If so, that's a very likely source of the issues. I'm just guessing wildly though...

 

[Adi H.]

That fingerprint wasn't set by Magisk... Looks to me like you've been running a third-party/custom ROM and then didn't do a clean install of MIUI when going from the custom ROM. If so, that's a very likely source of the issues. I'm just guessing wildly though...

Until 14.01.2021 when Revolut no longer worked on rooted phones, I had the MIUI India 11.0.2.0 version installed. Nothing else. Later in trying to make it work I kept switching between various official versions 11.0.2.0 / 11.0.6.0 and 12.0.1.0, flashed thru TWRP or Mi Flash (with save user data method).

It worked perfectly until I made those settings described in the original post. The problem is elsewhere, I think.

 

[Adi H.]

Based on the information in the attached file are the system encryption keys generated based on software or hardware?
Because if is hardware, I still have a chance to recover something, but if it's software, the fact that I tried to switch between versions decreases my chances to recover something.
What do you think?

 

[Adi H.]

That fingerprint wasn't set by Magisk... Looks to me like you've been running a third-party/custom ROM and then didn't do a clean install of MIUI when going from the custom ROM. If so, that's a very likely source of the issues. I'm just guessing wildly though...

After I upgraded to MIUI 12.0.1.0 with MiFlash now I can't downgrade to 11.0.2.0. In logs everything seems to be ok, but the phone don't boot entering in recovery.

Trying to flash any other custom ROM, do you thing may be a solution? Or I will make things worse?

 

[Adi H.]

How can I resolve this situation?
If the fingerprint is the problem of FBE decrypting, how to restore the correct prop.default file?
Is any recovery that allow me to edit this file like text?

I have a copy of original prop.default.