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Well, that's weird as I have attempted to create a fresh log file to catch any errors there, and then installed 14452 version (as I reverted back to last working one 14447) but after starting the problem occurs however log file (newly created) is entirely empty, so not sure how else I could assist to help.

Ah, I'm not referring to the log file that Dolphin creates, I'm referring to the kind of log you can get with tools like logcat. If you don't have access to those kinds of tools, please let me know, and I'll try to post some builds with the changes partially reverted so that you can test which part of the changes caused the problem.

Since I've got no previous exposure to logcat, I think the latter option will be suitable at this moment.

Here's the first build to test. Just run it and see if it crashes or not: https://dl.dolphin-emu.org/prs/05/93/pr-9841-dolphin-latest.apk

still crashes. It goes to dashboard, briefly i can see game covers and then bang back to home screen.

I've now uploaded the second build to the same URL as before.

Ok. This one works fine.

I've uploaded a third build to test.

This one installer doesn't want to install. :(

It has a version code that's one lower than the previous build, so you need to explicitly uninstall the old build before you can install the new one.

14481-debug it is. After fresh install works fine.

The fourth build is up now.

This one crashes again.

Okay. I've now uploaded the fifth and hopefully final build.

Fifth one works fine

Well done. Thank you.

Properly fixed in 5.0-17112. https://dolphin-emu.org/download/dev/4617ee7d894611091b9fd14724ef896e819c2cee/