Even if the Android platform is improving over time, it still happens to encounter bugs... Some are not completely problematic and will only have a very little impact on your daily life when others will on the contrary completely prevent you from using your Fairphone 4. In this guide, we are going to tell you about a bug which, despite everything, only affects a few devices, but which is nevertheless very disturbing. This is a startup bug, when you turn your phone back on, it gets stuck on the logo.
So in this guide we will show you how to fix Fairphone 4 stuck on logo on startup? In this context, we will first try to understand with you the cause of this bug, after that, to expose all the solutions at your disposal to unlock your Fairphone 4 stuck on the Android logo.
The reason why my Fairphone 4 gets stuck on Android logo on startup?
We therefore begin this article by seeing why your Fairphone 4 is stuck on Android logo on startup? This bug is really disabling because it prevents you from performing the slightest action on your phone and moreover you will not even be able to finalize the start-up process, your Fairphone 4 will therefore be completely unusable.
The causes of this bug can be numerous, although often it is following an update that a Fairphone 4 hangs on the logo at startup. It is in most cases a problem during the installation of the data that will cause this bug. Sometimes, it is following a fall, immersion in water that the bug can happen. In these cases, it is unfortunately not possible to do much except to take your Fairphone 4 to a repairer Since it is surely components that are damaged that are the cause of the problem. The battery is sometimes the component that causes concern, do not hesitate to check the battery status of your Fairphone 4.
That said, we have already studied cases for which the cause is less obvious to distinguish, no recent update installed, no drop... In these cases, as for a problem following an update, our solutions can help you, discover the following ones.
How to fix my Fairphone 4 stuck on Android logo when turning on?
We now move on to the solutions part of our little file, and we will show you three different alternatives, from the simplest to achieve to the most complicated for fix your Fairphone 4 stuck on Android logo.
Force stop your Fairphone 4
First of the procedures, the simplest. You have probably tried to restart your Fairphone 4 by holding down the "Power" button on the latter for a few moments. In the event that this manipulation does not work, you will have to use the forced restart. You may not know this solution, however it is very simple and aims to restart a phone even if it bugs. If ever this solution does not work, you can try another technique to force your Fairphone 4 to shut down, the objective being to turn it off so that the bug disappears during the restart:
- To force restart your Fairphone 4, keep your finger pressed for 10 seconds on the "Power" key
- If it ever doesn't work, wait for the battery of your Fairphone 4 to drain to try to restart it once turned off
Perform a Wipe Cache of your Fairphone 4
If the first solution did not work, we will move on to advanced solutions. We will go through the recovery mode of your Fairphone 4 to unlock it. This mode is really useful if you are ever the victim of a bug, if you ever want to reset your smartphone... In this part, we are going to perform a Wipe Cache which corresponds to cleaning all the cache memory of your Fairphone 4 and therefore repairing any bugs:
- Turn off your Fairphone 4, or wait for the battery to completely discharge
- Recharge it more than 50%
- Hold the key "High Volume" and the button "Power" pressed for several moments until you see this very basic menu appear on the screen
- Navigate with the volume keys to "Wipe Cache Partition"
- Confirm the procedure with the "Power" key
- Select now "Reboot System Now" to restart your Fairphone 4
Perform a Factory Reset of your Fairphone 4 to unlock it
If ever the first technique did not work, we will be even more radical, you will still lose all the data stored on your Fairphone 4, however if it is unusable, you will not be able to recover anything anyway. It's up to you to decide whether you prefer to try to go see a repairer or carry out the procedure yourself if you have already backed up all your data:
- Turn off your Fairphone 4 or wait for it to turn itself off when the battery is depleted
- Make sure it has more than 50% battery
- Access recovery mode with the procedure explained in the previous part
- Go to the option "Wipe Data / Factory Reset" with the volume keys, and confirm the procedure with the power button
- Finish the procedure by choosing the option "Reboot System Now"
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