Questions tagged [boot]
Use this tag for issues with the "boot-process" of your Android device.
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GS4 not turning on, battery full, no screen activity or rumble
(Keyboard finicky, sorry for any errors!)
Alright, so I have this GS4 that I got secondhand. It worked fine for a while, but now there is no activity AT ALL. I have tried Recovery Mode, normal boot, ...
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Stock LG-D500 Bootloop. Factory Reset only temporarily fixes
I checked a few of the other links/threads. Mostly it seems like people changed something (ROM, or went in a did something to permissions) whereas my phone has no changes made by me. There are/were ...
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ZTE Score only booting to recovery
I have a ZTE N788 MTS352 CDMA Mobile unlocked to use any CDMA in India. Rooted it perfectly. Deleted unwanted APP, by mistake deleted one sys app "wall paper change"- after that mob. not working. when ...
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Netcat udp listener upon boot
My goal is open a UDP listener on port 5555 upon booting my device. It's suppose to be looking for a specific message that will tell it to do some updates. I have a service started upon boot that has ...
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Recovery mode on android netbook?
2 years ago I was given a netbook for Christmas and it came with the Android 2.2 OS. Since then I haven't used the netbook much but recently I decided to put Linux Mint on the netbook. But I didn't ...
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Samsung Galaxy y does not boot even after factory-reset
Suddenly my Samsung Galaxy Y start to stuck at Samsung screen (not the initial Galaxy Y screen) and keep on restarting after that point. The situation is verymuch similar to this.
I did a factory-...
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How do i copy the boot.img without rooting phone?
I want to get the boot.img of my android phone (mobile/model doesnt matter i want a general one) without rooting the phone. I have ADB installed and using a linux machine in which i can communicate ...
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android box stuck at boot logo
I have an android box which is a no name chinese one RK3066 cortex A9 8GB android 4.1. it's been stuck on boot logo and since there is no reset or power or volume button on it I couldn't get it to ...
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Nexus 4 screen got hung until battery drained and on restart stuck on flying dots
I have nexus 4 with lollypop installed on it. Yesterday while operating its screen just went to hung state and stopped responding. I could not even power off the phone. Therefore, I let the phone to ...
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Nexus 5 won't start stuck on loading screen
My Nexus 5 has been stuck on the loading screen. After turning it off it wouldn't start and after showing the "Google" logo would just spin the 4 coloured dots for hours on end.
I tried a few things ...
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Wi-fi turns on when I boot my phone
For the past few days the wi-fi on my phone has been automatically turning on whenever I boot up my phone (Samsung Galaxy Light, SGH-T399) when it's fully turned off or restarted. To address the last ...
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Modify boot.img of Moto G 2014 ROM
Starting from the Titan Prime ROM I would like to make some modifications to the boot.img. But if I try to unpack and repack the boot.img the phone jumps immediately into the bootloader after the ...
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Nexus 5 stuck in the start up screen
After running out of battery and turning off, I charged my Nexus 5 (which is running lollipop and not rooted) until the battery was full, but when I was going to turn it on it got stuck in the "flying ...
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Android 5.0.0 on Nexus 5 stuck on boot logo
I just recently received the 5.0 update for my Nexus 5 and now my device fails to boot. All that happens is the Google logo gets displayed on the screen and then the device does nothing else. I am ...
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White screen on Samsung i9105p
The other day I sideloaded an application and my screen froze, then turned white. After I restarted my device, it just showed white lines on a black screen. Sometimes it turns white, sometimes it ...
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Phone on, No Display
So my aunt told me to fix her android phone and here's the problem. After the android logo and text splash screen during the boot up, the screen is all black but I can still open applications ( just ...
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Samsung Galaxy S4 only boots for 5 seconds, then dies
Yesterday I was using my phone, and suddenly it shut off. I tried the power button, but it wouldn't turn on again. I then took the battery out, and put it back in. Immediately, the phone vibrated, and ...
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Secure boot while still being able to keep up with nightlies
Following this great answer, I've secured the bootloader on my Nexus 7 deb by using fastboot oem lock and installing the original Google-provided recovery image.
However, I now have a dilemma. Here's ...
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Tablet stuck in boot animation
I have this tablet, MSI Primo 91 and just recently I booted into recovery mode in order to wipe the cache. On restart the tablet gets stuck in the manufacturer boot animation and refuses to boot up.
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Allwinner A13 tablet stuck on boot screen
Okay, here's the deal- I received a generic Chinese tablet from a friend in early January, and it worked well for about two-and-a-half months. Then, just recently, I discovered rooting and the ...
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Android can't boot -- displays booting splash until battery drains
My Android can't boot. It displays the booting splash (a sci-fi planet-like image) until the battery drains.
Is this condition what's referred to as a boot loop? Is there any chance to recover?
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Samsung Galaxy S Captivate stuck at the boot screen
I have a Galaxy S Captivate and it has been problematic ever since. I flashed various stock roms (with and without bootloaders) in download mode and the phone always gets stuck at the boot screen (AT&...
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Android crashes in a Bak BK-NB711G
I have a netbook device running Android, Gingerbread 2.3.x, but it does not load.
Upon boot-up, it is forever stuck on the familiar splash screen with Android written on it.
Can someone help me?
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Prestigio MultiPhone 5430 and nonexistant boot/recovery partitions
I've got the Prestigio MultiPhone 5430. It's built on Intel Medfield platform. The phone isn't popular as it was released about 6-7 months ago.
Because (as far as I know) nobody before me has tried ...
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Can't boot because of deleted com.android.launcher2
Stupid me deleted the com.android.launcher2 apk file (located in system/app) thinking that my tablet will boot with another launcher I installed and now it doesn't boot up (gets stuck in loading ...
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why my htc status goes back to its rom defult settings after restart?
i have HTC status
i had unlock and root my phone
and also i created a 2nd ext3 partition which i linked it with Link2SD in order to improve internal memory.
then i installed a bunch of different ...
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Exotic case of Galaxy Nexus not booting
Symptoms :
Put battery into Galaxy Nexus (tried with two different including a brand new one)
Plug cord to USB host or charger
Large battery charge indicator icon appears in the middle of the screen
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Snapshots suffer from Short Term Memory Loss?
I have seen that despite repeatedly saving to snapshot, periodically (once in about 3 attempts to launch from snapshot) I get the error:
emulator: ERROR: Unable to load VM from snapshot. The ...
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Can't boot phone or access recovery mode
I tried updating a custom ROM on my Samsung Galaxy S: Semaphore Version 9 (Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean). The update was successful except that it produced an error after completion saying the process "...
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how to lower boot up time? (many apps 122, rooted device)
[old subject: link2sd not mounting second partition, "quick restart"
fails too]
[IMPORTANT: boot time took 20 minutes, see at the end...]
My phone suddenly reboot (while I was sleeping), ...
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Samsung Galaxy tab 10 does not start up
My tablet won't start. With the USB cable connected I can start my tablet using the "power & volume" trick.
When in prompt menue for various reboot options it says in yellow text
Can't access ...
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Extract boot.img issues
I have been having a lot of trouble trying to extract a boot.img. Its one of Samsung's with the funky headers so none of the scripts work. I tried HEX editing it so it is a gzip (1f 8b 08) and ...
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Android X86 and Grub
So I've installed Android X86 on my wetab tablet, using the corvus mod files found here, but for some reason, my tablet now boots right into a grub 0.97 command line (I suspect it does this because ...
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Device Can't Power Down
I have an Android device which had a custom os..It was for educational purposes and I could not even open another app on it. After the end of the subscription period I thought of using the device. I ...
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my Xperia l not starting
I tried to install a custom rom on my Xperia L,but it aborted.
Now my handset isn't booting up, when powered on it just shows SONY logo.
What should I do now ?
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There is a cable that takes the phone to recovery mode?
There is a cable to take the Samsung phone to recovery mode. Like the jig cable that takes the Samsung phone to download mode.
The tp cable automatically takes the Huawei phone to recovery mode. The ...
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Data Acquisition/Live Boot/Flashing What Can I Run using USB on a Boot Looping Android Device?
I am wondering if there might be a way for me to get some to "live boot" my bootlooping Samsung Galaxy S7 G930A (AT&T model, qualcomm snapdragon with locked bootloader) for data recovery ...
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How can I fix a broken os?
I don't actually know if it's a broken OS, but, when I try to turn it on, the Motorola logo keeps flashing (the device is an Motorola G6). But it never actually turns on.
When you press vol down ...
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What do I do when my Android phone is stuck on a screen saying "select boot mode" but not allowing me to use the volume buttons to select anything?
I have a Cloud Mobile Stratus C7 and the device at first was dead so I plugged it up before powering it on. Once I did, it began showing a screen saying "Select boot mode" with the options ...
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How to restore stock boot image on uleFone Armor X6 Pro via fastboot?
I have a uleFone Armor X6 Pro on which I intended to install twrp, but made a mistake. Instead of giving the command
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
I said
fastboot flash boot twrp.img
which, I ...
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Samsung Galaxy J1 shuts down after "Optimizing Android" on startup
I have an old Samsung Galaxy J1 20W that when it restarts, it goes to the 'Optimizing Android', and whenever it gets to '13 out of 13', it just shuts down and won't turn on again unless I take out the ...
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Galaxy A51 stuck in ODIN mode after OTA update
Samsung Galaxy A51 received an OTA update last night - installed it, auto-restarted, loaded the Samsung welcome page, then loaded a bright blue screen with:
ODIN MODE (AVB fail)
SUPER: Build-id does ...
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How can I save a Google Pixel 4a stuck during boot?
I got a Google Pixel 4a that is stuck during boot without obvious reason (maybe it did an automatic update and restart during the night). Whenever I start the phone, it only shows the "Google ...
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Persisting "Unfortunately, Keyguard has stopped." error pops on HP Slate 8 Plus
HP Slate 8 Plus displays
Unfortunately, Keyguard has stopped.
The tablet is somewhat active: it displays in the background the visible WLANs. When I hit OK in the message, it returns immediately.
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Samsung Galaxy A32 stuck at 'Phone is starting..."
My Samsung Galaxy A32 restarted itself and now is stuck at this 'Phone is starting...'.
I googled ways to resolve this but none work, The last option\resort is to factory wipe, but I have images on ...
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How to boot an android TV box from a usb drive containing armbian image
So I have adb access to my android TV box, the device is rooted.
I want to install armbian onto emmc.
Both official and community tutorial tells me to flash the armbian img onto a usb drive and boot ...
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My phone stuck on OS boot animation but I can use adb to connect to it, how to fix it without losing data?
I have a Samsung s10e g9700 flashed with Corvus OS gsi (seems based on phh's gsi), which worked basically fine for almost a month. But when I flashed a modified system.img based on Corvus OS gsi, the ...
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Samsung Galaxy A3 - stuck on empty battery boot screen after total battery drain
So, the battery on my Samsung Galaxy A3 drained completely. Then I plugged in USB cable, and the empty battery logo appeared - and nothing else, to graphics to indicate it was charging:
I left the ...
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Create boot.img from compiled kernel
I am trying to install Magisk on a RePhone. The only operating system related download I found (on the company's website or anywhere else) is this: https://myrephone.com/opensource.7z
That seems to be ...
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Choosing correct OTA
Android OS crashed. Error Message
Android Recovery
TCL/REVL_2_5052w/A30ATMO
8.1.0/OPM1.171019.011/VAR4A-0
user/release-keys
Think that means 8.1.0 = Oreo API level 27
https://developers.google.com/...
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