Negative effects of Android's onboard file encryption?

[k3n]

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[Ravynmagi]

I have a Nexus 5 and am using the stock Android encryption.

I very rarely have to boot up my phone, so I don't know if it made the boot up time any longer or not. Seems fine to me. During boot up though I do need to enter the encryption password and this is the only time that's required.

Background activity such as music playing work fine with the screen locked.

When I plug the phone into a computer, I see the phone in Windows Explorer, but nothing shows up unless I unlock the phone. When the phone is unlocked and plugged in, then I'm able to access the files from the PC. And by the way, if the phone locks after I've opened the Phone in Windows Explorer, I'm still able to see the files.

So encrypting the phone has been pretty painless for me in my everyday use of the phone.

 

[Graze]

When I plug the phone into a computer, I see the phone in Windows Explorer, but nothing shows up unless I unlock the phone. When the phone is unlocked and plugged in, then I'm able to access the files from the PC. And by the way, if the phone locks after I've opened the Phone in Windows Explorer, I'm still able to see the files.

This is normal behaviour for any modern Android phone without external storage. My non encrypted Nexus 4 does the same thing.

Why give you the ability to lock your phone if the contents can be read by just connecting it to a computer?

 

[k3n]

Can phone still be charged while it "locked" due to encryption?

 

[Ravynmagi]

Yes.

 

[k3n]

Alright, therefore it seems encrypting the phone is the best course of action then.

I've already activated a SIM card from an independent carrier, hopefully encrypting it AFTER doing that, won't affect it.

 

[A5]

You can activate the filesystem encryption at any time.

You can't turn it off without doing a full wipe of the phone, though.

 

[k3n]

You can activate the filesystem encryption at any time.

You can't turn it off without doing a full wipe of the phone, though.

The program says in order to de-activate the encryption a full wipe and recovery will be needed.

And I'm guessing alarm clock will still work? Sorry for the tedious questions.

Edit: Sorry, I misread your post. You're correct.

 

[tsupersonic]

The program says in order to de-activate the encryption a full wipe and recovery will be needed.

And I'm guessing alarm clock will still work? Sorry for the tedious questions.

Yes, your alarm will work.

Our work requires us to encrypt phones - meh. Rather than do that, I just purchased Touchdown to handle emails (and no need to encrypt phone). Granted, I could've gone with xposed, and downloaded a bypass exchange module. I see no benefit in encryption - it just adds unnecessary overhead to the phone, not to mention unencrypting is a PITA - a full recovery/wipe? No thanks