Yeah it prevent the system from automatically running third party apps, for
example to recover from a bad home screen replacement.

The only thing controlling this is a check during boot to see if the menu
key is down.

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 7:59 AM, Jean-Baptiste Queru <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I think that safe mode prevents non-system apps from starting during boot.
>
> JBQ
>
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 4:36 AM, John Cola <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi JBQ
> > But you give me a great hint!
> > Maybe our device some how send the wrong signal of menu key event to
> > Android and result in safe mode.
> >
> > By the way, can you tell me what is the purpose for safe mode? Is
> > there any feature would be eliminated during safe mode?
> >
> > BR
> > John
> >
> > On Apr 7, 7:26 pm, Jean-Baptiste Queru <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> In that case, I don't know what's going on, sorry.
> >>
> >> JBQ
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 4:23 AM, John Cola <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> > What do you mean about booting while holding the menu key down?
> >> > Do you mean that we keep pressing the menu key while start up the
> >> > device?
> >> > If so, no, we boot up the device as normal and see the safe mode on
> >> > screen....
> >>
> >> > BR
> >> > John
> >> > On Apr 7, 7:18 pm, Jean-Baptiste Queru <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >> Boot while holding the menu key down?
> >>
> >> >> JBQ
> >>
> >> >> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 4:16 AM, John Cola <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> >> > Hi all
> >> >> > Is anyone know in what situation that the safe mode would appear?
> >> >> > Sometime we encounter safe mode on the left bottom of the screen,
> and
> >> >> > don't know why.
> >>
> >> >> > BR
> >> >> > John
> >>
> >> >> --
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> >> >> Android Engineer, Google.
> >>
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> >> Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru
> >> Android Engineer, Google.
> >>
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>
> --
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> Android Engineer, Google.
>
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> >
>


-- 
Dianne Hackborn
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