Patent ID: 11953983
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 18:
19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions for initializing an electronic device, the computer-executable instructions being configured, when executed by a processor of the electronic device, to cause the electronic device to:
record, in a memory of the electronic device, software binaries received from an external device during a download mode; and
when the download mode has ended:
determine whether a predetermined software binary is present or absent from among the software binaries recorded in the memory;
perform booting in a normal mode using a bootloader based on a determination that the predetermined software binary is present; and
perform booting in a recovery mode using the bootloader based on the determination that the predetermined software binary is absent,
wherein the predetermined software binary is prevented from executing in the recovery mode.