I’m assuming this is the Marshmallow update. I used the self updater and the phone burned through 70% of battery within an hour while booting and optimizing/recompiling the apps again and again. I’ll try later to apply a fresh flash so be warned this might not work as intended! important: BEFORE …

Troubleshooting wiki: If you haven’t upgraded yet Follow these steps to avoid the boot loop: Perform a #dic:backup Undo system and boot modifications (like rooting) or be prepared to do a #dic:hardreset Re-Enable the Google App if it’s disabled. According to @ChuckMorris other GAPPS don’t have t…

[image] SimonM: the operation succes and i have had the possibility to manage the phone (install app, turn off the google apps, …) Please read the second post which is marked as the solution of this thread.

Ok, Thanks, it’s all good :slight_smile:

[image] Mikaciu: I disabled some google apps (google play games, google play music, youtube). Since when disabling apps caused a system to bootloop ? They are not even system apps ! I think they are, as usually GMS are system apps (though I can’t check as I don’t have them installed) Anyhow,…

I confirm Youtube is indeed installed in /system/app. I don’t remember about the others. What I meant was that Youtube, although installed in /system/app, is not per se an app that requires system privileges … Plus, I disabled the applications using the application list, and not using the usual sh…

Hello everyone, I am stuck in the bootloop as well because I turned off the google app. Now I tried to hard reset my phone. I get to the ‘resting’ android but pressing the power button (or any other botton) does not open the menu. Thank you for your help in advance

[image] fsartori: I get to the ‘resting’ android but pressing the power button (or any other botton) does not open the menu. Recovery changed a bit. You have to: [image] Dictionary Entry: Recovery Mode hold the power button, then press the volume up to display the recovery mode

Ah, I jumped to the extended Guide and didn’t see the new quote. Thank you very mutch!

Hi there. Thank you for all the great comments! Did anyone manage to restore their backups and/or copied data + apps? I ended up in bootloop but managed to do a backup with twrp in fastboot after that. I also copied all the data on the internal storage. However, every time I put the backup on the…

Hello! I am having Problems with my fairphone 2 after the upgrade as well. It basically seems to have broken my phone completely. There’s three aspects of the Problem and only one is the bootloop but I cannot solve it the way it’s described here. 1st: when it upgraded, at some Point it just complete…

[image] Konterfei: I cannot Access recovery mode. You can try to flash the binary images manually (method 4) . This does not require recovery mode. (BTW, the easiest way to get fastboot is to download the Android SDK Platform Tools . It’s a small package and doesn’t require installation.)

Bootloop after Marshmallow Update

Help Fairphone 2

paulakreuzer April 27, 2017, 2:57pm 112

Recovery changed a bit.

You have to: