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Android

Posted by Ibrahim Khan
Ibrahim Khan
3,353 Points

Encryption Decryption

I have a samsung note 8 device which I recently reset. Using the option in the phone, I had encrypted the phone microSD card and didn't decrypt it before resetting. As a result my personal photos and videos stored in the card are there and exist, but unreadable. Ive tried decrypting the card on the phone that was used to encrypt the card, but the phone says it is is unable to do so "stating that the decryption can only be done via the original encryption device". I'm guessing that the encryption key was changed because of reset.

Is there a tool to identify the method of encryption, the encryption key and hence access my photos again?