Use this tag for issues with the "boot-process" of your Android device.
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How can I stop applications and services from running?
When my phone starts up there are several application/services running in the background that I would rather not. And when I press the Home button while using an app, that app usually goes into the ...
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What's the name of the protocol that android devices use in debug mode?
I have a strange Android prototype what we got from a customer. Said customer has forgotten about it, and I'm now fiddling with it to see if I can make it do anything interesting. The device appears ...
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How can I run a script on boot?
I'm accustomed to running scripts on boot in Linux, but I'm not sure how to do this in Android. I'd like to start my SSH daemon on start, so I'll always be able to connect. How can I run an arbitrary ...
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How to speed up Android during bootup time?
I'm looking at the bootup time of Android on my embedded device and I'm trying to get a sense for where I can save some time.
1) What are some things that you've done to really help speed up the ...
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Can somebody explain the boot process of an Android device?
From the user's perspective when switch on the phone, I see two boot animations in my LG P500 running CM10. The first animation is from LG and the second animation is from CM10. Then it settles in ...
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What is my phone doing when the boot takes a long time?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S with stock Android 2.3.3 (with carrier modifications, regretfully).
Usually, when I reboot the phone, it shows the boot animation for a few seconds, then goes to the lock ...
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Why does adb work only while the tablet boots?
I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab. When I type "adb devices" or "adb shell", it works while the tablet is booting up - showing the Samsung logo or animation - but once the orange lock screen shows, the ...
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Does android keep a log of when it starts?
I'm making a parental control/accountability app for android. It consists of a monitoring service that runs in the background and starts when the phone is booted.
Unfortunately, I have found that ...
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Atrix will boot up but unlock screen is unresponsive
I'm having my first major issue with my phone, the Atrix (not Atrix 2). The phone is stock Gingerbread, not rooted, and I don't download any dubious or non-Market apps. While using my phone today it ...
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Start services at boot
How to make applications start at boot? I have at least 2 which I'd like to start automatically but they don't (I need to manually start them to have services run in background):
Skype
Lookout
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Galaxy S GT-I9000: how to fix boot to recovery with Volume up+Power?
I have Samsung Galaxy S (GT-I9000) and I've installed Cyanogenmod 10 M2. I can reboot into recovery from Cyanogenmod (Hold Power button, select Reboot and Recovery). However, I cannot boot directly to ...
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Turn phone on with ADB or Fastboot?
My power button seems to have busted, is there a way I can boot my phone using ADB or Fastboot or some other command line interface?
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Phone boots very slow and restarts by itself
My problem is when I turn on the phone, the Google logo stays stuck and after unknown minutes boots in with the software animation, but very slow and then starts over again! First a little history of ...
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Does Android support the single-user mode runlevel?
Since Android is powered by a Linux kernel it should support booting in single-user mode.
Which version of Android supports single-user mode and how is one able to start an Android device in this ...
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How does the typical Android boot process work? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can somebody explain the boot process of an Android device?
Windows follow some specific way to boot:
Start System > BIOS > Load Boot loader > Load WIN Kernel > Load WIN ...
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How to see what applications do some actions when I power on my phone?
I believe there's some set of “hooks”, which get executed when I power on the phone. I want to see it to figure out the reason why my phone sometimes doesn't wake up properly (wakes with black ...
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Flash boot.img without using fastboot USB
So I've recently rooted my phone and tried a ROM or two. I find it really handy that you can use TWRP recovery to install another ROM from the SD card, you don't need to have it connected to a PC.
...
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G1 Unable to get past android boot logo
I have a T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream), this morning it vibrated once and then restarted, it then went to the android boot logo went through that and stopped at a black screen.
I've tried pulling the ...
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How does one disable the media scanner? (obviously on a rooted device)
Running a rooted Galaxy S2 with DarkyROM2 2.3.5 & SuperCore kernel. I have a 32 GB microSD card in addition to the 16 GB internal storage, and it takes ages to scan both when the phone boots. At ...
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Is it possible to boot an Android phone from a USB drive?
Is there any way to boot an Android phone* from a bus-powered USB drive**? If so, what are the steps to achieve this?
* E.g. one with USB OTG functionality.
** E.g. a flash drive.
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Problem with updating CyanogenMod - Phone will no finish booting up
TL;DR Updated CyanogenMOD with ROM Manager and when it rebooted it is stuck on this screen:
I have an EVO with cyanogen 7. The ROM Manager app notified me of of an update. I clicked through ...
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How do I fix my boot-looping Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1?
I have a Google IO Samsung Galaxy Tab that has decided it no longer wants to boot properly. It just constantly goes from the 'SAMSUNG' logo that flashes a couple of times to the stars and lines ...
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How to enable adbd to listen to a port at boot time in Android?
I have a rooted HTC Hero, and what I want to do is to enable the adbd
to listen to a port at boot time.
I tried some code found here:
setprop service.adb.tcp.port 5555
stop adbd
start adbd
in an ...
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How to determine cause of boot halt in Samsung logo screen?
The apps kept crashing on my phone (even MIUI Home) so I shut it down using the long power press and selecting shut down/power off option.
When I powered it back on, it just stays stuck on the ...
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Device always boots in recovery mode, but apparently there is no recovery partition
We have a BSNL Penta IS709c (cheapest tablet currently available / Oct 2012) running Android 4.0.
Feeling adventurous, I issued reboot recovery through adb and the device tried to reboot in recovery ...
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Android tablet booting issue (Sanei n80)
I bought Sanei N80 android tablet two months back(android 2.3).I tried to root using z4root app.It stuck in the middle so i switched off and switched on the tablet.Now the tablet is not booting up ...
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LG Optimus P690 - how to launch silently
Is there a way (without rooting) to skip the startup sound on LG Optimus P690 if sound was not disabled before turning the phone off?
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Samsung Galaxy S3 not booting up, just shows ”Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-19300” black screen
This morning I woke up to my Samsung Galaxy S3 which just “hung” during the start-up screen with the white text “Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-19300” on a black background. It never comes to the “Enter ...
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Android Nexus S Boot Freeze
My Android Nexus S does not boot anymore.
If I start it normally, I get a screen like the following and it won't ever change (tried for hours):
I can still go into the boot loader with PowerOff + ...
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Android restore bootstrap nandroid backup after a failed rom flash
I was trying to flash my Droid X2 to CM7, but it failed. Before I attempted the flash, I did a nandroid backup using an app called "system recovery" (MOTODX2_Bootstrap_signed.apk).
I want to restore ...
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Long boot time in Honeycomb
I just got a motorola xoom, love it so far, but it surprises me that the initial boot of the device takes so long (approx 1 minute). I figured with less RAM than my PC, a less "hoggy" OS (honeycomb ...
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Android 2.2 - How to see applications that run at start-up [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I prevent applications from running on startup?
Hello!
Is it possible to see which applications are set to run at startup?
For example, the idiots at Yahoo made ...
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How do I turn off the power-on sound and camera sound in a Galaxy S II?
I have followed several guides and can't get any of them to work on my Galaxy S II. How do I disable these sounds?!
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Very long boot time on my Galaxy Nexus
My Galaxy Nexus 4.0.2 takes over three minutes to boot. Is this normal? Is it supposed to take this long to boot? Why does it take so long?
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Access root directory?
Assuming that I am not able to start up my phone due to a file that is missing on the file system. Would it be possible to get to my phone's root directory on my computer and to place the missing ...
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Can't boot my Htc Wildfire S after deleting Sense
I wanted to free up some internal space.
So I decided to delete some pre-installed apps.
Then I accidently removed an app called HtcSense.apk.
As I rebooted it didn't manage to start anymore.
I would ...
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Launch app on start (even SD card apps)
I'm pretty sure (despite of haven't seen them) that there are a few question about running some app when you turn on the phone. But I want a something a little more complex here. I have a few apps to ...
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HTC One X Does not charge or turn on
A day ago my HTC One X would not turn on. When I booted into developer mode it said at the top "**LOCKED**" and "Security Warning" (or something similar). It also said "cpu-bootmode: disabled". I was ...
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Phone takes a long time to boot after installing Darky 10.2.2 EE
I took the plunge and installed Darky 10.2.2EE on my SGS. Now it takes a few minutes to boot, when before (stock + voodoo) it took less than a minute.
Is this normal? If not, what can have caused ...
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If I flash a custom recovery img, will I be able to boot the normal old system?
Can I flash a custom recovery (say, the one from Replicant with heimdall flash --kernel path/to/recovery.img, or ClockWorkMod) and then be able to boot the old system?
Without reinstalling the main ...
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T-Mobile Prism won't boot
My t-mobile prism, will not turn on. It is unrooted. The only thing that happens is the backlight for the screen comes on and the buttons light up. When I try and boot it into recovery mode. Nothing ...
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Is it possible to keep track when my Android phone is startup and when it is shutdown?
Where can I get the information about when and what time my Android phone is being shut down and also being start up. (shut down / start up - meaning that someone press the Power button to cause it to ...
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Galaxy Mini hangs at boot - how can I fix it?
My Galaxy Mini powers on, but then hangs on the "Samsung Galaxy Mini" splash screen.
How can I re-install Android, or get it booting again?
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Samsung Galaxy S stuck in boot loop when 100% charged
Before we start I should mention that I have not messed with the firmware in any way. But it seems that whenever I put it on charge and it reaches 100% capacity I turn it on and it gets stuck in a ...
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Extract boot.img
I have pulled boot.img from my phone's CWM backup. How do I extract it? I tried split_bootimg.pl. But throws an error -
Android Magic not found in boot.img. Giving up.
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Samsung GT-I5500 hangs after boot
After booting I receive this message:
Process system is not responding:
1. Close
2. Wait
Whatever I choose I got only black screen.
I'm using official unbranded latest rom -> 2.2.
List of installed ...
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How to disable manufacturer logo in uboot
I have an Android tablet and I want the manufacturer logo not to display on powering up. It has something to do with the uboot-*.bin in NAND flash memory. The logo is stored in the bin file in GUNZIP ...
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My xperia x10 is booting again and again
I just installed busybox and then my phone is rebooting again and again!!
What can I do to stop it?
I don't know how to boot it into recovery. I did it once (before I installed busybox) by clicking ...
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Why does the Ebay application automatically startup at boot?
I can't find a good reason that this application must always be running on my phone. However, it starts at boot and I'm constantly getting error traces in Logcat about the Ebay application.
Why does ...
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Autoplay video on device boot
I have a Noontec A9 Android Smart Box TV thingy that needs to play a video on loop for a very long time.
I found multiple apps that can do this but I am looking for one that will start playing the ...
