I got new info thanks to Reddit User: DenyTheFlesh Copy and paste: It's the swipe up to upgrade screen but in Chinese. Basically Stockholm (that's your Apple Pay/NFC chip with the Secure Element) took a firmware update and iOS needs to do encryption stuff to the entire storage contents, but first it needs to decrypt what's already there by getting the correct passcode from you. Each attempt is a 15+ minute operation even if the passcode is wrong. If you know FOR SURE that the passcode you entered is 100% correct, then perhaps Stockholm took a bad update or there is something seriously corrupt in userland. If it can't decrypt for this operation, then it can't decrypt to access your stuff, and a full restore is your only option.
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App & System Services
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Core OS
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