Questions tagged [boot]
Use this tag for issues with the "boot-process" of your Android device.
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Help trouble shoot audio driver
So my audio stopped working after the upgrade to android 10.
And I can not roll back to Android 9.
Phone Samsung Note 9.
Android 10.
Need help understanding the start-up process in android. Which file ...
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Run only an app when i start device [closed]
I want to make a system, when i reboot my device, start an app, deactivate task bar and navigation menu.
How can I do that?
Thanks.
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Galaxy Note 4 “boot loop”?
I'm guessing it's called boot loop from research over the past few hours.
I switch it on, it loads the logo and phone introduction screen, the screen goes dark, it resets and then repeats.
Charges ...
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Galaxy A50 won't boot up or even try to
I was on my phone looking at twitter and then it just suddenly stopped working, i thought it was some app crash but my whole phone wasn't working, not even the power button.
I force restarted my phone ...
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Help, I Accidentally Corrupted my MediaTek Preloader
Please help me, I have an Ulefone Note 7P and I wanted to upgrade my firmware, so I downloaded the latest of this ROM and I got the SP Flash Tool and followed the guide on that forum.
So after loading ...
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Lenovo phone won't turn on once the screen sleeps
I have this Lenovo Vibe K5 which runs Android 5.1.1. Once it sleeps or say the screen turns off (just the screen not the phone), it won't turn on again. It shows no response even to long pressing the ...
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Dropped phone into water and shut down automatically after the logo is displayed
I dropped my phone(Asus Zenfone max pro m1) into water then I took the phone out from the water and turned off and cleaned the phone surface with a dry cloth. Then kept my phone in a pouch with ...
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Grub menu not showing in boot menu (Prime OS)
So I already installed primeOS with installer file. And when they're done installing, "PrimeSwitcher" is showing on my windows 10 desktop. So i clicked and it restarting. But after ...
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If I generate my own custom key and sign a custom ROM, then will I be able to have root access after locking the bootloader?
So what I want to do is boot into my own custom ROM with a locked bootloader. I have a OnePlus 6T so it's possible, but can I have root access after I boot with a locked bootloader? If I replace my ...
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Android x86 Will Not Boot
I cannot get this thing to boot for the life of me. I have replaced the efi config file with Ubuntu just to get to the setup menu and can now install it or my partitioned drive. However, when I try to ...
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Is there a way to save this tablet from bootloop?
I have several generic tablets running Jelly Bean 4.2.2. Recently one of them started bootlooping out of the blue. Unfortunately, the tablets have proprietary, stripped versions of android and ...
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OnePlus 3T stuck on options menu with Power Key Damaged
i want to get it on/Started. But its stuck on the options menu. and my power key is not working . Is there any another way around this Instead of me waiting for its battery to get completely drained (...
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System re-install?
After lending spare phone to a friend it was only displaying this, not sure how to proceed. Does it need the system re-installed? Or something else? And how would I fix this?
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Starting shell script at boot in SELinux enforcing mode [closed]
I am building Android Pie (tag android-9.0.0_r46, branch android-msm-marlin-3.18-pie-qpr2) from source. I am testing on a Pixel XL (marlin). I want to have a custom shell script run automatically when ...
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Fastboot recovery flash FAILED (Status read failed (Too many open files in system))
I'm trying to flash a magisk-patched boot image onto a device with an unlocked bootloader (but without a custom recovery).
I've patched the boot image without issue, but when I go to flash, this ...
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Phone stuck in fastboot mode, can't boot into OS or Recovery mode and flashing stock rom doesn't help
When I tried to reboot my phone a few days ago, it booted into CSC fastboot mode and it couldn't boot into the OS. I tried Vol down + power off combo to boot into recovery but that doesn't work and ...
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Boot on Charger, power down on charger remove and autostart app
I am looking to do the following:
Auto boot device on charger connection.
Auto start an app on boot.
Auto power down on charger disconnection.
It looks like I'll need at least one app to do this, ...
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Asus zenfone 6 E:failed to mount/ cache
Phone stucks on boot loading.
wipe data/factory reset gives
E:failed to mount/ cache error
wipe cache partition
also fails.
abd sideload also give
E:failed to mount/ cache
Can't open vs..
Many ...
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How to multiboot 2 Android-X86 distro? (for instance PrimeOS and Bliss OS)
How to multiboot 2 Android-X86 distro?
I tried to make a dual boot with Bliss OS and PrimeOS.
I installed Bliss OS to its dedicated partition on my hard drive.
It was perfectly booting and working....
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Boot Loop Philips 55PFS8153 - UART Logfile
My TV is stuck in a boot loop.The classic tips don't help, I can't get into the Recovery Menu or the Service Alignment Mode. I connected it to the service interface and this is what I got:
=~=~=~=~=~=...
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PrimeOS not booting up
I'm trying to install PrimeOS on a device that already contains Ubuntu + Windows 10. I tried two ways to install a bootable USB and copying the files the ISO to a folder in Ubuntu file system and make ...
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How do I troubleshoot the boot process ending up in the fastboot menu after LineageOS 17.1 upgrade?
I have an OnePlus6 (enchilada) which was working fine with LineageOS 16. I've just upgraded it to 17.1 following the official upgrade doc and using OpenGapps.
Now, after the whole procedure, I am ...
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Stuck on Logo during Android-X86 Boot
Hi can i please get some help, im trying to install Android x86 on usb, for my new hp laptop
i have followed the instructions on android x86.org
my issue is that after initial install it never ...
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Reakme c2 stuck at orange state
I tried rooting my phone but its stuck at orange state and saying your device is unlocked and cant be trusted and it is stuck at that endless boot loop someone please help
it is REALME c2
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TWRP bootloop with no recovery mode
I have a Samsung J7 Prime model SM-G610M, earlier today I got TWRP working perfectly after many other issues, however, when I tried to flash SuperSU from the sd card, it got stuck in a bootloop, the ...
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Waiting for boot, but getprop sys.boot_completed is not defined
Want to know when a emulator device is ready to run tests.
Unable to use the guidance given in how to adb wait-for-device until the home screen shows up?
Mainly because the Android/SDK level of the ...
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Use AOSP generated boot.img with Android 10 factory images
Is there a way to use a boot.img generated by AOSP sources with factory images of lets say sailfish (Google Pixel)?
I used to do this in the past, but now this results into a bootloop. logcat haven't ...
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can't pass / unlock Secure startup with PIN code
I have a problem with my LG G5 (but saw it happens in other LG phones)
I have a PIN screen lock and I changed it a couple of days ago.
I was talking on the phone when it restarted (I remember the ...
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Moto E 6th Gen want boot up
It say's boot image missing and want boot up or go into recovery mode i've tried using ADB but it say's device null not found. Please i need HELP can anyone help me
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Recompile kernel: no errors but it doesn't work
I'm a beginner, and at the moment I'm trying just to repack original boot image. I've discovered that boot partition is on the "/dev/block/mmcblk0p7", so I pulled it with adb pull /dev/block/mmcblk0p7 ...
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Android system cant start because of “No space left on device”?
I ran my app, which communicated with my server in every 5 minutes. 2 days later I can't turn on my tablet, because it stops at the boot image.
I'm getting all kinds of error in logcat like this.
My ...
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After pressing Android (Samsung Tab A SM-T580) power up button is it possible to boot to certain user?
I have since created a second account on my android tablet for my 9 year old niece which she will be using most of the time however if it has been powered off it initially boots back to my accout and ...
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z3 play not starting
I have a motorola z3 play used for about 12 months. It has worked fine and all of a sudden it crashed. It does not start on pressing power button. I am able to charge it and also take it to fastboot ...
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Can I root android by booting from an sdcard?
Digging for that, I found various resources on the net to boot Android from sdcards.
Doing that would make possible many things what are generally unavailable in phones. For example, it would be ...
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Samsung J5 stuck in boot loop after factory reset
Phone was rooted and working fine
I did a factory reset
Now, it seems to just boot into the Samsung animating logo that does not go away...
I'm able to boot into the recovery mode and view the logs. ...
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Unlocked boot loader ADB issue
So I’m trying to downgrade my nexus 6P from Oreo 8.1 to 7.xx. I’ve unlocked the boot loader and can communicate with the device through Google’s adb fast boot command line which works fine (up to a ...
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Android boot.img installing BusyBox with Dropbear
I have installed TWRP on my device, extracted boot.img.
Initially I just wanted to build Dropbear for Android and make it run from boot.img.
I don't need any app to have root access.
What I would ...
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Is there any way to recover from an over-written android system recovery, or what else might cause a Pixel XL not to enter fastboot from recovery?
This is an attempt to sideload an update to a Google Pixel XL stuck in a boot loop.
Following this answer from the official Google forums, I tried this procedure as linked in the chosen answer. ...
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Unlock bootloader with PIN using ADB
My phone screen has shattered, and is not at all visible. I made the mistake of rebooting the phone via ADB, and now it is stuck at the boot lockscreen.
I am interested in copying the files off the ...
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How to see the boot progress messages (akin to dmesg) when booting LineageOS?
After the last OTA update my phone (OnePlus 3) seems to be stuck for about half an hour on the boot animation.
Since updates usually take ages to install, how do I know that the update process is ...
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Is it possible to boot a Android smartphone without battery with charging wire on?
Problem
The title of this post seems a funny challenge. But frankly, there are a lot of worthy points involved in this question.
If a Android phone support rapid charging. If its battery is removed, ...
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Samsung Tab A6 won't leave battery screen or turn on
I'm currently having issues turn my A6 on, in that it simply won't start up.
I have tried: Holding the Power and Volume Down button, Holding the Power button for 30 secs, changing cables, changing ...
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Android device can't boot
I have this device Samsung A5 2016 which has not booted for a while, wanting to repair it, I went into recovery mode however no option seemed to work, recurring error which appeared: "can't find misc/"...
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Android Pie Remove Startup Sound
I want to remove startup sound from a samsung A10 and samsung A40 (both with android PIE on it).
I could find an option to do that on other Android Version (Nougat for instance), but not on PIE.
On ...
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Unable to Unpack android 10 boot.img properly
Devices : sanders & rolex
Unpacking/Repacking boot.img was fine upto android 9 on most roms.
But, Unable to Unpack "boot.img" of android 10 roms,
tried boot.img from Android 10 based Havoc, ...
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What config file specifies which services load on startup? [duplicate]
I'm using ADB and have full access to the filesystem.
I run ps and see a process running called com.Something.Service. I can kill the process but it restarts most of the time.
It's not a visible app,...
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Are there (developer) tools to remove files from Android “Rom” cache, if the smartphone doesn't start properly?
(I have also asked on stackoverflow, as I assume the use of developer tools is neccessary, but I would be very glad to get any working help on here also.
The Google Photo App filled up the 16 GByte "...
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Set a password at boot before recovery mode on Android Q Huawei P30 Pro
on my old cellphone, I could set a password that was asked at startup to protect it I did not find any similar setting in Android 10
I need help to properly secure my cell phone in case I lose it
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What does Kindle Fire Optimizing Storage and applications actually mean?
Every time I boot my Kindle fire 10 7th gen, it does this. Sometimes displaying "Optimizing Storage and applications" with progress bar for up to 10 minutes.
The flippin thing runs out of battery ...
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How to create without sparse flashable.img through adb shell?
Created an image of /system/ by the command
dd bs=4k conv=sync,noerror if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21 of=/sdcard/system.img
it created a 2.2 GB file
when i flashed it by command
fastboot -S 500M ...
