Stuck in Fastboot screen? Here is the fix!

You might probably be here because you tried to install a custom ROM on your Android phone but somehow got stuck on that Fastboot logo screen. Or for whatever reason that you're stuck there, here's a quick solution for that.

This happened to me after I tried to update my Lineage OS on my Xiaomi 4x phone using OTA updates. First, the update was downloaded and installed with no issue but after I restarted the phone, Google services keep on crashing and stopping. I tried several fixes from the net but it got worse! You guessed it right mate, I got stuck on the Fastboot screen haha.


I tried resetting it by holding the power and the volume up/down buttons but it would still go back to the same screen. Then I decided to check the commands that I can do with fastboot.

Don't worry as long as you can access the fastboot, you can recover your phone... I hope :P
Follow my instructions here
https://mytechconnect.blogspot.com/2019/02/how-to-install-custom-rom-lineage-os-on.html on how to install fastboot and adb. Make sure the PATH for adb and fastboot are set.


  • Plug your phone into your PC and open command prompt, type fastboot devices to check if it's detected.
  • Then type fastboot flash recovery twrp-x.x.x-x-xxxxx.img (where twrp-x.x.x-x-xxxxx.img is the filename of your twrp image.) This will install Fastboot on your phone.
  • Then you need to boot to that Fastboot image on the phone by typing fastboot twrp-x.x.x-x-xxxxx.img (where twrp-x.x.x-x-xxxxx.img is the filename of your twrp image.) Wait for a few seconds and TWRP should boot up.
  • On the recovery screen click on wipe >advanced wipe> then put a tick on everything except external SD unless you want to wipe it.
  • After flashing wipe the davlik cache.
  • If needed also flash Gapps. Do this before you restart!
  • Reboot, if all works fine... then enjoy!
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