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I decided to install Switchroot to be able to play Pokérogue on the Switch, following this guide:
https://wiki.switchroot.org/wiki/android/11-r-setup-guide
...and got stuck on step 5d. When I pressed "reboot to recovery", it is stuck on a light-blue screen with both the LineageOS and Switchroot logos.

I heard that first boot might take very long, but it's been 30 minutes, should I wait more or do I have a problem with this?

I made sure to select "Legacy" when partitioning to make it compatible with Android 11, so that's not the issue.
 
Ondrashek06 said:
I decided to install Switchroot to be able to play Pokérogue on the Switch, following this guide:
https://wiki.switchroot.org/wiki/android/11-r-setup-guide
...and got stuck on step 5d. When I pressed "reboot to recovery", it is stuck on a light-blue screen with both the LineageOS and Switchroot logos.

I heard that first boot might take very long, but it's been 30 minutes, should I wait more or do I have a problem with this?

I made sure to select "Legacy" when partitioning to make it compatible with Android 11, so that's not the issue.
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It definitely shouldn’t take 30 min

That being said I recommend the newer version of Android. Pokerogue runs much better on it

https://xdaforums.com/t/official-li...oled-android-tv-tablet.4676854/#post-89563380
 
TheStonedModder said:
It definitely shouldn’t take 30 min

That being said I recommend the newer version of Android. Pokerogue runs much better on it

https://xdaforums.com/t/official-li...oled-android-tv-tablet.4676854/#post-89563380
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I've repartitioned my SD card to the dynamic one for the Android 14 version, done almost identical steps (i.e. put the files in the correct places) and it still gets stuck on the boot screen.

PS: Yes, the Android partition is set to 16GB (the recommended size).
 
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Ondrashek06 said:
I've repartitioned my SD card to the dynamic one for the Android 14 version, done almost identical steps (i.e. put the files in the correct places) and it still gets stuck on the boot screen.
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Sounds like your SD card could be too slow.

Did you boot into Android recovery menu yet? Or is that the step you’re stuck on and I misread ?

If not you need to make sure your holding volume up while booting. You could be holding volume up for a minute

I.e. as soon as you select Android / lineage OS start holding that volume button until you see the Android recovery screen. It won’t appear automatically

Once there you have to do a factory reset and flash your zip file, than it should boot like normal
 
TheStonedModder said:
Sounds like your SD card could be too slow.

Did you boot into Android recovery menu yet? Or is that the step you’re stuck on and I misread ?

If not you need to make sure your holding volume up while booting. You could be holding volume up for a minute

I.e. as soon as you select Android / lineage OS start holding that volume button until you see the Android recovery screen. It won’t appear automatically

Once there you have to do a factory reset and flash your zip file, than it should boot like normal
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I can't get into recovery menu at all, it doesn't matter if I hold volume up or not, the menu won't show, it's just the boot screen.
 
Ondrashek06 said:
I can't get into recovery menu at all, it doesn't matter if I hold volume up or not, the menu won't show, it's just the boot screen.
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It could be volume down I can never remember

But if you still can’t access it, that mean you’re not holding the button down early enough or letting it go too early

That or you flashed the wrong version of Android for your partition.
 
TheStonedModder said:
It could be volume down I can never remember

But if you still can’t access it, that mean you’re not holding the button down early enough or letting it go too early

That or you flashed the wrong version of Android for your partition.
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If you're talking about flashing the zip file, I couldn't do that because that's done from the recovery menu which I cannot access.

But the other copied files (like bl31.bin/bl33.bin) 100% correspond to the Android version I want, I got the ones for 14 from your link and the ones for 11 from the guide I linked in the OP.

I tried with both buttons and held them for at least a minute each, no dice, won't do anything but just display the boot screen and shut down when I long-press the power button.
 
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YoureALoser said:
Why not recommend the only guide that is officially recommended by the developers? https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/#nintendo
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Thank you, I'll try using this guide then. I assumed that the same .ini file is usable for both versions as there wasn't a new downloadable one, but there are instructions for creating it yourself.
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YoureALoser said:
Why not recommend the only guide that is officially recommended by the developers? https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/#nintendo
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Tried doing this, followed the guide EXACTLY step-by-step (not skipping over anything), and it still freezes at the boot screen (without the USB3 enabled message). And yes, I followed even the repartitioning steps, making 100% sure to choose Dynamic.

My microSD is exactly the same card as shown here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-microSDXC-Adapter-Performance-SDSQUA4-128G-GN6MA/dp/B08GYKNCCP

It has also been checked by h2testw with no errors.
 
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i remember having this exact issue, its been a hot minute since i thought about it but i'm prettyyyy sure the issue was that some older modchips' firmware weren't compatible with switchroot. if its a really really old modchip it might not have a compatible firmware update available, but if its ur standard picofly chip you should be able to update it following the "picofly toolbox" section about halfway down the second page of this linked pdf.

I don't really remember exactly how i did everything and i ended up deleting switchroot anyway so unfortunately i can't be of much more help, but i definitely had this exact issue where it would freeze on the light blue screen with the lineageos icon indefinitely, and i definitely solved the issue somehow. no gaurantees it'll fix your issue but this is the only thing i remember trying so its worth a shot! good luck ^^
 

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TheStonedModder said:
That’s the developers official XDA post for this Android build and the same guide is hyperlinked within

Just figured the actual post might be helpful as well since the dev could help with more troubleshooting if need be
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The developers really won't offer any type of support unless you use the guide on Lineage.
 
autumns said:
i remember having this exact issue, its been a hot minute since i thought about it but i'm prettyyyy sure the issue was that some older modchips' firmware weren't compatible with switchroot. if its a really really old modchip it might not have a compatible firmware update available, but if its ur standard picofly chip you should be able to update it following the "picofly toolbox" section about halfway down the second page of this linked pdf.

I don't really remember exactly how i did everything and i ended up deleting switchroot anyway so unfortunately i can't be of much more help, but i definitely had this exact issue where it would freeze on the light blue screen with the lineageos icon indefinitely, and i definitely solved the issue somehow. no gaurantees it'll fix your issue but this is the only thing i remember trying so its worth a shot! good luck ^^
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I do not have a modchip. It's a v1, unpatched Switch with AutoRCM.
 
linuxares said:
Can you try the Android TV version just in case?
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Hi, I've exactly the same issue with Oled model with hardware ship.

Lineage 18.1 works like a charm, but impossible to install the new version. After flashing Android, bootloader doesn't start, only USB3_enabled messages appears.

I've tested official and unofficial / nx and android tv builds.


Thanks for help.
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linuxares said:
Can you try the Android TV version just in case?
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Hi, I've exactly the same issue with Oled model with hardware ship.

Lineage 18.1 works like a charm, but impossible to install the new version. After flashing Android, bootloader doesn't start, only USB3_enabled messages appears.

I've tested official and unofficial / nx and android tv builds.


Thanks for help.
 
I’m experiencing the same issue. I couldn’t fix it on my Switch Lite. Lineage 18.1 works perfectly on my V1, but with the exact same setup on my Switch Lite, I’m stuck on the boot logo. I’ve tried both the Android TV and Android tablet versions, but I encounter the exact same problem.

Any news on this?
 
Hi, I have installed 18.1 and then I formatted the SD card to install to try 21.0 with android 14. I wanted to come back to android 11 and 18.1 but it gets frozen in the boot logo. I don't understand what I am doing wrong, same sd same steps
 

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