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Updated on January 16, 2026
Genelia
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January 16, 2026 at 6:05 am
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Stuck in bootloop after update… phone won’t stay on

My phone restarted after a system update and now it’s stuck in a bootloop. Logo shows, vibrates, restarts. Can’t get past it. Any hope without factory reset?

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Genelia
Participant
January 16, 2026 at 7:07 am

Yeah, photos matter more than the phone honestly. I’ll try pulling what I can before resetting. Lesson learned… updates aren’t always friendly.

Ezra Flint
Participant
January 16, 2026 at 6:59 am

Worst case: factory reset fixes the bootloop, but data’s gone. If you want to try saving files first, this is where android data recovery tools sometimes help, depending on model and Android version.

Silas Vane
Participant
January 16, 2026 at 6:54 am

If data matters, stop rebooting it nonstop. Every boot writes logs and overwrites stuff.

 

Genelia
Participant
January 16, 2026 at 6:50 am

Not sure about USB debugging… phone was working fine before this.

Isla Voss
Participant
January 16, 2026 at 6:41 am

If USB debugging was enabled earlier, you might pull some data via ADB before resetting.

Kael Rowan
Participant
January 16, 2026 at 6:38 am

<p style=”text-align: left;”>Then it’s probably a broken system file from the update. Happens more than it should.</p>

Genelia
Participant
January 16, 2026 at 6:26 am

Did that twice. Still looping.

 

Orin Thorne
Participant
January 16, 2026 at 6:24 am

Good. Try wiping cache partition only. Don’t touch data reset yet.

Genelia
Participant
January 16, 2026 at 6:19 am

Yeah, recovery opens. Haven’t wiped anything yet.

Mira Lennox Lennox
Participant
January 16, 2026 at 6:11 am

Classic post update bootloop. First thing: can you get into recovery mode at all?

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