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Thanks for bisecting.

The log messages you posted might not actually be related to the issue. That doesn't make me any wiser about what's causing this issue, though... It works on my phone, so I can't reproduce it in a debugger.

I get the same "Missing OGL Extensions: PinnedMemory" from 5.0-12956 and it boots fine.

How do I squeeze out the most information possible from Dolphin for use on checking the crashing build?

The way I like the most personally is running the app using the "Debug" command in Android Studio and seeing where in the code it crashes, but that's cumbersome if you don't already have an Android Studio install. I wonder if there's some lightweight way to just see logcat info from the device without having to install too much on your PC...

By the description of the issue I'm having exactly the same on my nVidia Shield TV for several days, however in my case the last working revision is 12954. On my android phone all works fine.
On Shield in logs I'm getting this:

11:21:429 ../../../../../../Core/Common/FileUtil.cpp:223 I[COMMON]: CreateFullPath: path exists /storage/emulated/0/dolphin-emu/Dump/Textures/
11:21:429 ../../../../../../Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp:346 I[BOOT]: Loading Settings from /storage/emulated/0/dolphin-emu/Config/Dolphin.ini
11:21:431 ../../../../../../Core/Common/FileUtil.cpp:412 I[COMMON]: ScanDirectoryTree: directory /storage/emulated/0/dolphin-emu/Load/DynamicInputTextures/
13:12:929 ../../../../../../Core/Core/IOS/IOSC.cpp:564 W[IOS]: keys.bin could not be found. Default values will be used.
13:12:024 ../../../../../../Core/Core/ConfigLoaders/BaseConfigLoader.cpp:78 N[CORE]: Disabling WC24 'standby' (shutdown to idle) to avoid hanging on shutdown
13:12:111 ../../../../../../Core/Core/IOS/IOSC.cpp:564 W[IOS]: keys.bin could not be found. Default values will be used.

I have even reseted my Shield to factory settings to make sure there is nothing else running or interrputing Dolphin in any other way.
No idea, what else I can do to investigate this issue further.

5.0-12956 made a change related to devices that don't have touchscreens. retroben, does your device have a touchscreen?

Forgot to mention on this issue that it is Shield TV that I am on like for the cheat crash issue,seeing as how it is a follow-up issue from me not being able to test the Gecko codes fix due to this crashing problem without and codes enabled.

I remember on a quite old version of Dolphin,it would crash if I tried to open an extra menu by pressing the physical menu button,and when I attempted to load the controller buttons overlay,it would trigger a crash.
Could the controller overlay be attempting to load by default despite being on my Shield TV and thus trigger the crash?

(It could of been some other option I selected from the extra menu on the bottom of the screen,its been so long that I don't remember)

And just a heads up,I also just tried 5.0-12999 and it still crashes immediately when trying to open a game.

Ah, I see now how 5.0-12958 would cause issues when the overlay controls are not loaded. Please check if this build fixes the problem: https://dl.dolphin-emu.org/prs/82/7d/pr-9243-dolphin-latest.apk

Works for me. This build allows games to start and run just fine. :)

Can confirm this fixed it for me with 5.0-13001 on my end as well.