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[Solved] Frida spawn process failed on Android ‘Error: VM::AttachCurrentThread failed: -1

An error will be reported when script.load() is called.

{'type': 'error', 'description': 'Error: VM::AttachCurrentThread failed: -1', 'stack': 'Error: VM::AttachCurrentThread failed: -1
    at o (frida/node_modules/frida-java-bridge/lib/result.js:4)
    at <anonymous> (frida/node_modules/frida-java-bridge/lib/vm.js:27)
    at <anonymous> (frida/node_modules/frida-java-bridge/lib/vm.js:15)
    at it (frida/node_modules/frida-java-bridge/lib/android.js:521)
    at ze (frida/node_modules/frida-java-bridge/lib/android.js:202)
    at Oe (frida/node_modules/frida-java-bridge/lib/android.js:16)
    at _tryInitialize (frida/node_modules/frida-java-bridge/index.js:29)
    at _ (frida/node_modules/frida-java-bridge/index.js:21)
    at <anonymous> (frida/node_modules/frida-java-bridge/index.js:332)
    at call (native)
    at o (/_java.js)
    at <anonymous> (/_java.js)
    at <anonymous> (frida/runtime/java.js:1)
    at call (native)
    at o (/_java.js)
    at r (/_java.js)
    at <eval> (frida/runtime/java.js:3)
    at _loadJava (native)
    at get (frida/runtime/core.js:130)
    at <eval> (/script1.js:30)', 'fileName': 'frida/node_modules/frida-java-bridge/lib/result.js', 'lineNumber': 4, 'columnNumber': 1}

Workaround https://github.com/frida/frida/issues/1788
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36680128/frida-spawn-process-failed-on-android

1. may also require device.resume()
2.

su
setprop persist.device_config.runtime_native.usap_pool_enabled false
getprop | grep usap

3. Do not have spaces in the path