h1. Safe mode

If your device is stuck in a boot loop (the device is crashing during boot, endlessly) after installing or updating applications, it is possible to recover from that by booting the device into _Safe Mode_ which will disable all applications that are not part of the Replicant image.

However this will purge all accounts, *including corresponding data*. Therefore, any not-yet-synced data (e.g. contacts, calendar appointments, etc.) which are bound to an account *will be lost*.

Furthermore there is a bug #1986 in Replicant which causes the account configuration itself to be deleted as well.

To boot into _Safe Mode_, you need to press and hold down the "Volume Down" button during boot:
* It is enough to hold the button for approximately one second during the short vibration near the end of the boot sequence.
* It does not matter if the key was hold down all the time nor if other keys are pressed/held as well.

You will then see a small dark box at the bottom left screen reading _Safe Mode_ if you have been successful.

Just reboot your device to disable _Safe Mode_ again.