[Help] Why does my phone's boot screen look like this?

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oldmaize

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Mar 31, 2023
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I got a pixel4a phone, but the startup screen looks like a factory mode screen. how can i remove this screen, thanks a lot

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Qwerty_in_me

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that's not a lot of info to go by. what did you do prior to getting this screen? since when has this screen been showing? is it rooted? did you do low level stuff with it, and if so, did you do it through a computer or on the phone directly?

the first thing you would want to do is to check if you can enter recovery mode (stock will do if you don't have an aftermarket) and see if you can do something with that, like, say; factory reset.

the next thing you could try is to first backup your flash, and I mean from sector 0 to EOF, and a second backup per partition, then flash a stock rom you could get online.

I WOULD preffer to just diagnose the problem and fix it non-destructively but phones and their OSes are not built to accomodate repair beyond changing the screen/batery and resetting/flasing the ROM

P.S. throw in the chipset type while you're at it I.E. MTK or QLM
 

oldmaize

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Thank you for your response, bro! This phone is a second-hand phone. When I received it, it only had the factory mode. I flashed Android 11 through the website flash.android.com, but every time I boot up the phone, the screen will display for a few seconds before entering the system. I searched online and it seems that the phone is still in factory mode and needs to be activated to normal mode, but I haven't found a way to switch to normal mode.
 

xXx yYy

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1. Enable ADB ( AKA USB Debugging ) on phone
2. Connect computer and phone via USB-cable
3. On computer run ADB command
Code:
adb reboot
 

Qwerty_in_me

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Thank you for your response, bro! This phone is a second-hand phone. When I received it, it only had the factory mode. I flashed Android 11 through the website flash.android.com, but every time I boot up the phone, the screen will display for a few seconds before entering the system. I searched online and it seems that the phone is still in factory mode and needs to be activated to normal mode, but I haven't found a way to switch to normal mode.
well, taht just sounds like the ROM didn't come with a boot animation/logo so I suggest if you want one you can well... there's not much you can do without tripping tamper triggers I.E. install rootkit & modify system partition (can't be done post pie) or unpack system image, insert the animation/logo and repack, but then you have an orange state device and that's not much better than that factory logo, or you lock it without image verification enabled and hope that something doesn't rely on it

android isn't built to be moded, so you have to mod it before building an hoo boy is that a wild ride

P.S. on second read, the ROM might be in eng mode instead of userdebug or user
you could check it by either terminal emulator, issueing the command `getprop` and search for build variant or do so through adb