Nabi 2 "Type password to decrypt storage"

CU

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My son's Nabi 2 Android table now says "Type password to decrypt storage" when you turn it on. This just started this morning. It was fine yesterday. I have not loaded any custom roms or anything. Is there any way to recovery from this that doesn't involve losing all the data on it, ie. a factory reset?
 

CU

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I should have updated my post. Over the weekend I did a factory reset. The direction are on the nabi site. That seems to have worked. Lost all my son's data though. Hopefully the memory isn't going bad in it and it continues to work for a few more years.
 

CU

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LOL. They are 2, 5, and 8. All three have Nabi 2 tablets. Greatest thing Santa has ever got them.

The middle one was the one with the encrypted tablet. I did ask him if he did anything because he is not scared to go looking around on computers/tablets.
 

bunker

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My daughter's still got the original Nabi and hasn't had an issue in over 2 years. Do you leave it in Nabi mode or Mommy/Daddy mode? If it's left in Nabi mode he shouldn't have been able to do anything.
 

marcplante

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My 6 year old son got into my wifes computer and bought Pokemon cards on eBay using her account... Already a hacker.
 

marcplante

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Our kids use plain old android tablets. 6 and 8. They have Google accounts with parental controls for YouTube, and we have no payment info for the playstore
 

CU

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My daughter's still got the original Nabi and hasn't had an issue in over 2 years. Do you leave it in Nabi mode or Mommy/Daddy mode? If it's left in Nabi mode he shouldn't have been able to do anything.

They stay in Nabi mode. I am pretty sure he didn't do it. From reading if the /data mount cannot be read then Android thinks it is encrypted. I am hoping it just became corrupted and the memory isn't going bad. The two oldest's tablets are 2 years old. The youngest ones is only 6 months on.