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Help Note 4 Android is Upgrading on Every Boot

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Chicago64

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Hello,

The past couple of times I've rebooted my Note 4 I get the "Android is upgrading" popup. It takes about 3 or 4 minutes to finish and my battery has usually lost 8% or so each time. The phone is completely stock. What could be causing this?

Thanks.
 
Usually you get the Android is upgrading and the spinning "wait" circle after a firmware OTA update on first reboot. That and flashing things on a rooted device (which I guess your Note 4 is not).

This is quite odd, and I don't know why it is happening for you.
 
my Note 3 always did that if i hard-rebooted it (battery pull) and i just assumed that was how KitKat (Android 4.4.2) worked on boot. a fast boot wouldn't show it.
 
You should only be seeing "Android is Upgrading" once, either after a firmware upgrade or you've cleared the Dalvik/VM cache. "Android is Upgrading" during boot means it's actually rebuilding the Dalvik/VM cache, or it's recompiling the all the apps if using ART.

I have seen this once "Android is Upgrading" on every boot. What happened the rebuilding of the Dalvik/VM wasn't completing, although the phone appeared to boot normally. So it was trying to rebuild it every time the phone started, but never completing it. This was on a Lenovo phone. A factory reset fixed it.
 
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