US 11,953,983 B2
Electronic device and method for initializing electronic device
Byungchul Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Kiseok Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Mingyu Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jaemin Oh, Suwon-si (KR); and Sanghyun Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/885,216.
Application 17/885,216 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/001589, filed on Feb. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0015950 (KR), filed on Feb. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0382624 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 11/0793 (2013.01) [G06F 9/441 (2013.01); G06F 11/073 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a memory; and
a processor operatively connected to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
record, in the memory, software binaries received from an external device during a download mode; and
when the download mode has ended:
perform booting in a normal mode using a bootloader based on a determination indicating that a predetermined software binary is present among the software binaries recorded in the memory; and
perform booting in a recovery mode using the bootloader based on the determination indicating that the predetermined software binary is absent from among the software binaries recorded in the memory,
wherein the predetermined software binary is prevented from executing in the recovery mode.