diff --git a/android/jni/AndroidGraphicsContext.h b/android/jni/AndroidGraphicsContext.h
index 0c6f963086..f9191aadbd 100644
--- a/android/jni/AndroidGraphicsContext.h
+++ b/android/jni/AndroidGraphicsContext.h
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ class AndroidGraphicsContext : public GraphicsContext {
 public:
 	// This is different than the base class function since on
 	// Android (EGL, Vulkan) we do have all this info on the render thread.
-	virtual bool InitFromRenderThread(ANativeWindow *wnd) = 0;
+	virtual bool Init(ANativeWindow *wnd) { return true; }
 	virtual void BeginAndroidShutdown() {}
-
-private:
-	using GraphicsContext::InitFromRenderThread;
 };
diff --git a/android/jni/AndroidJavaGLContext.cpp b/android/jni/AndroidJavaGLContext.cpp
index 69298c7cf0..a23ed5c666 100644
--- a/android/jni/AndroidJavaGLContext.cpp
+++ b/android/jni/AndroidJavaGLContext.cpp
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ AndroidJavaEGLGraphicsContext::AndroidJavaEGLGraphicsContext() {
 	SetGPUBackend(GPUBackend::OPENGL);
 }
 
-bool AndroidJavaEGLGraphicsContext::InitFromRenderThread(ANativeWindow *wnd) {
+bool AndroidJavaEGLGraphicsContext::InitFromRenderThread(std::string *errorMessage) {
 	INFO_LOG(Log::G3D, "AndroidJavaEGLGraphicsContext::InitFromRenderThread");
 	if (!CheckGLExtensions()) {
+		*errorMessage = "CheckExtensions failed";
 		ERROR_LOG(Log::G3D, "CheckGLExtensions failed - not gonna attempt starting up.");
 		return false;
 	}
diff --git a/android/jni/AndroidJavaGLContext.h b/android/jni/AndroidJavaGLContext.h
index ad0e67eff2..b24ed480e0 100644
--- a/android/jni/AndroidJavaGLContext.h
+++ b/android/jni/AndroidJavaGLContext.h
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ public:
 	bool NeedsRenderThread() const override { return true; }
 
 	// This performs the actual initialization,
-	bool InitFromRenderThread(ANativeWindow *wnd) override;
-
+	bool InitFromRenderThread(std::string *errorMessage) override;
 	void ShutdownFromRenderThread() override;
 
 	void Shutdown() override {}
diff --git a/android/jni/AndroidVulkanContext.cpp b/android/jni/AndroidVulkanContext.cpp
index 9036cc1a44..957c32d751 100644
--- a/android/jni/AndroidVulkanContext.cpp
+++ b/android/jni/AndroidVulkanContext.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ bool AndroidVulkanContext::InitAPI() {
 	return true;
 }
 
-bool AndroidVulkanContext::InitFromRenderThread(ANativeWindow *wnd) {
+bool AndroidVulkanContext::Init(ANativeWindow *wnd) {
 	INFO_LOG(Log::G3D, "AndroidVulkanContext::InitFromRenderThread");
 	if (!g_Vulkan) {
 		ERROR_LOG(Log::G3D, "AndroidVulkanContext::InitFromRenderThread: No Vulkan context");
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ bool AndroidVulkanContext::InitFromRenderThread(ANativeWindow *wnd) {
 }
 
 void AndroidVulkanContext::ShutdownFromRenderThread() {
-	INFO_LOG(Log::G3D, "AndroidVulkanContext::Shutdown");
+	INFO_LOG(Log::G3D, "AndroidVulkanContext::ShutdownFromRenderThread");
 	draw_->HandleEvent(Draw::Event::LOST_BACKBUFFER, g_Vulkan->GetBackbufferWidth(), g_Vulkan->GetBackbufferHeight());
 	delete draw_;
 	draw_ = nullptr;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ void AndroidVulkanContext::ShutdownFromRenderThread() {
 }
 
 void AndroidVulkanContext::Shutdown() {
-	INFO_LOG(Log::G3D, "Calling NativeShutdownGraphics");
+	INFO_LOG(Log::G3D, "AndroidVulkanContext::Shutdown");
 	g_Vulkan->DestroyDevice();
 	g_Vulkan->DestroyInstance();
 	// We keep the g_Vulkan context around to avoid invalidating a ton of pointers around the app.
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ void AndroidVulkanContext::Resize() {
 
 	// TODO: We should only destroy the surface here if the window changed. We can track this inside g_Vulkan.
 	g_Vulkan->DestroySurface();
+
+	// ==========================================
+
 	g_Vulkan->ReinitSurface();
 
 	VkPresentModeKHR presentMode = ConfigPresentModeToVulkan(draw_);
diff --git a/android/jni/AndroidVulkanContext.h b/android/jni/AndroidVulkanContext.h
index bcdf070fe2..f83daf9fa7 100644
--- a/android/jni/AndroidVulkanContext.h
+++ b/android/jni/AndroidVulkanContext.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ public:
 
 	bool InitAPI();
 
-	bool InitFromRenderThread(ANativeWindow *wnd) override;
+	bool Init(ANativeWindow *wnd) override;
 	void ShutdownFromRenderThread() override;  // Inverses InitFromRenderThread.
 
 	void Shutdown() override;
diff --git a/android/jni/app-android.cpp b/android/jni/app-android.cpp
index 8572866bc2..83489d4fac 100644
--- a/android/jni/app-android.cpp
+++ b/android/jni/app-android.cpp
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ extern "C" jboolean Java_org_ppsspp_ppsspp_NativeRenderer_displayInit(JNIEnv * e
 	std::string errorMessage;
 	if (!renderer_inited) {
 		INFO_LOG(Log::G3D, "NativeApp.displayInit() first time");
-		if (!graphicsContext->InitFromRenderThread((ANativeWindow *)nullptr)) {
+		if (!graphicsContext->InitFromRenderThread(&errorMessage)) {
 			System_Toast("Graphics initialization failed. Quitting.");
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -1068,8 +1068,9 @@ extern "C" jboolean Java_org_ppsspp_ppsspp_NativeRenderer_displayInit(JNIEnv * e
 
 		INFO_LOG(Log::G3D, "Shut down both threads. Now let's bring it up again!");
 
-		if (!graphicsContext->InitFromRenderThread((ANativeWindow *)nullptr)) {
-			System_Toast("Graphics initialization failed. Quitting.");
+		std::string errorMessage;
+		if (!graphicsContext->InitFromRenderThread(&errorMessage)) {
+			System_Toast(("Graphics initialization failed: Quitting: " + errorMessage).c_str());
 			return false;
 		}
 
@@ -1232,7 +1233,8 @@ extern "C" void JNICALL Java_org_ppsspp_ppsspp_NativeApp_sendRequestResult(JNIEn
 }
 
 // This doesn't get called on the Vulkan path.
-// We don't need a render thread "loop" as this gets called repeatedly by the system.
+// We don't need a render thread "loop" as this gets called repeatedly by the system, by a system
+// render thread.
 extern "C" void Java_org_ppsspp_ppsspp_NativeRenderer_displayRender(JNIEnv *env, jobject obj) {
 	static bool hasSetThreadName = false;
 	if (!hasSetThreadName) {
@@ -1240,15 +1242,21 @@ extern "C" void Java_org_ppsspp_ppsspp_NativeRenderer_displayRender(JNIEnv *env,
 		SetCurrentThreadName("AndroidRender");
 	}
 
-	if (IsVREnabled() && !StartVRRender())
+	if (IsVREnabled() && !StartVRRender()) {
 		return;
+	}
 
 	// This is the "GPU thread". Call ThreadFrame.
-	if (!graphicsContext || !graphicsContext->ThreadFrame(true)) {
+	if (!graphicsContext) {
 		return;
 	}
 	_assert_(graphicsContext->NeedsRenderThread());
 
+	if (!graphicsContext->ThreadFrame(true)) {
+		INFO_LOG(Log::G3D, "ThreadFrame returned false");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (IsVREnabled()) {
 		UpdateVRInput(g_Config.bHapticFeedback, g_display.dpi_scale_x, g_display.dpi_scale_y);
 		FinishVRRender();
@@ -1769,7 +1777,7 @@ static void VulkanEmuThread(ANativeWindow *wnd) {
 	WARN_LOG(Log::G3D, "runVulkanRenderLoop. display_xres=%d display_yres=%d desiredBackbufferSizeX=%d desiredBackbufferSizeY=%d",
 		display_xres, display_yres, desiredBackbufferSizeX, desiredBackbufferSizeY);
 
-	if (!graphicsContext->InitFromRenderThread(wnd)) {
+	if (!graphicsContext->Init(wnd)) {
 		// On Android, if we get here, really no point in continuing.
 		// The UI is supposed to render on any device both on OpenGL and Vulkan. If either of those don't work
 		// on a device, we blacklist it. Hopefully we should have already failed in InitAPI anyway and reverted to GL back then.