How to encrypt an Android 5.0 Lollipop device

Google officially announced the Android 5.0 update for nexus devices. It's smartest mobile OS ever from Google.



Namely, all Lollipop devices will come from the factory with device encryption enabled by default. But therein lies the problem: device encryption in Lollipop is only enabled by default on a brand new device.

Meaning when updating an existing device, say, a Nexus 5 to Android 5.0, you'll have a two different options to go about encrypting the device.

1 Manually Enable : For most devices, this can be found by launching the Settings app then tapping Security.

Second Option :

2 Fectory reset :  Means you will lose your all data. completely wiping all of your data from the device and setting it up as brand new. During the factory reset process the device will encrypt itself, making your data harder to access. A factory reset can be done by launching Settings, tapping on Backup & Reset, followed by Factory Reset. Sit back and play a game of Candy Crush while the process completes.

Your android device is now encrypted.

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