Launcher doesnt start after recent update

RuedigerJoe

As the title suggests, my phone boots after the recent update, but the launcher doesnt.
Also during update, i recognized how slow the updates would take. This was very unusual in my experience.
I was able to copy a crash report via Signal, since this is running in the background, and send it to Desktop Signal to show it here. This is what it says:

type: crash
osVersion: google/bluejay/bluejay:14/UP1A.231005.007/2023100900:user/release-keys
package: com.android.launcher3:34
process: com.android.launcher3
processUptime: 3027 + 442 ms

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: shortLabel cannot be empty
	at com.android.internal.util.Preconditions.checkStringNotEmpty(Preconditions.java:109)
	at android.content.pm.ShortcutInfo$Builder.setShortLabel(ShortcutInfo.java:1237)
	at com.android.launcher3.provider.LauncherDbUtils.migrateLegacyShortcuts(LauncherDbUtils.java:131)
	at com.android.launcher3.model.DatabaseHelper.onUpgrade(DatabaseHelper.java:273)
	at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper.getDatabaseLocked(SQLiteOpenHelper.java:423)
	at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper.getReadableDatabase(SQLiteOpenHelper.java:347)
	at com.android.launcher3.model.ModelDbController.createDatabaseHelper(ModelDbController.java:117)
	at com.android.launcher3.model.ModelDbController.createDbIfNotExists(ModelDbController.java:99)
	at com.android.launcher3.model.ModelDbController.migrateGridIfNeeded(ModelDbController.java:290)
	at com.android.launcher3.model.LoaderTask.loadWorkspaceImpl(LoaderTask.java:371)
	at com.android.launcher3.model.LoaderTask.loadWorkspace(LoaderTask.java:344)
	at com.android.launcher3.model.LoaderTask.run(LoaderTask.java:210)
	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:958)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:205)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:294)
	at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:67)

I would appreciate the help from you guys, since I'm not able to use my phone normaly...
thanks
Rüdiger

Malternative

The slowness (I noticed that too with the app optimization thing on my 6a) is probably because it updated to android 14

RuedigerJoe

at this point, my phone is not usable. but it just seems to affect the launcher. i can see everything else is running in the background (can slide system tray down, i see Signal symbol, etc.). Aside from that the screen is just black and im not able to do anything. would it be any good to go into the bootloader? there, i have some options, which im all not familiar with: recovery mode and rescue mode, which make the most sense to me. please help...

treequell

Hi there, I'm sorry to hear you're experiencing this issue. Would you be able to open a bug report in the GrapheneOS issue tracker on GitHub?

https://github.com/GrapheneOS/os-issue-tracker/issues

The GrapheneOS development team will then take a look at this for you.

RuedigerJoe

treequell
Thanks for replying and suggesting! Sure, i can do that...

RuedigerJoe

Just a quick update:
Thanks to the help on github, i was pointed in the right direction - i could access the sliding system tray to access the settings und could just update from there. Everything went fine afterwards.