diff --git a/src/Mono.Android/Android.Runtime/JNIEnvInit.cs b/src/Mono.Android/Android.Runtime/JNIEnvInit.cs
index 9311757806e..585d7205909 100644
--- a/src/Mono.Android/Android.Runtime/JNIEnvInit.cs
+++ b/src/Mono.Android/Android.Runtime/JNIEnvInit.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
@@ -80,6 +81,13 @@ static unsafe void RegisterJniNatives (IntPtr typeName_ptr, int typeName_len, In
 #endif
 		internal static unsafe void Initialize (JnienvInitializeArgs* args)
 		{
+			// var report = new System.Text.StringBuilder ();
+			// var total = new Stopwatch ();
+			// total.Start ();
+
+			// var watch = new Stopwatch ();
+			// watch.Start ();
+
 			IntPtr total_timing_sequence = IntPtr.Zero;
 			IntPtr partial_timing_sequence = IntPtr.Zero;
 
@@ -97,13 +105,31 @@ internal static unsafe void Initialize (JnienvInitializeArgs* args)
 
 			LocalRefsAreIndirect = args->localRefsAreIndirect == 1;
 
+			// watch.Stop ();
+			// report.Append ("Initialize: initialize fields:: ");
+			// report.Append (watch.ElapsedTicks);
+			// report.AppendLine ();
+
+			// watch.Restart ();
 #if MONOANDROID1_0
 			Mono.SystemDependencyProvider.Initialize ();
 #endif
+			// watch.Stop ();
+			// report.Append ("Initialize: system deps init:: ");
+			// report.Append (watch.ElapsedTicks);
+			// report.AppendLine ();
 
+			// watch.Restart ();
 			bool androidNewerThan10 = args->androidSdkVersion > 10;
 			BoundExceptionType = (BoundExceptionType)args->ioExceptionType;
+
 			androidRuntime = new AndroidRuntime (args->env, args->javaVm, androidNewerThan10, args->grefLoader, args->Loader_loadClass, args->jniAddNativeMethodRegistrationAttributePresent != 0);
+			// watch.Stop ();
+			// report.Append ("Initialize: AndroidRuntime.ctor:: ");
+			// report.Append (watch.ElapsedTicks);
+			// report.AppendLine ();
+
+			// watch.Restart ();
 			AndroidValueManager = (AndroidValueManager) androidRuntime.ValueManager;
 
 			AllocObjectSupported = androidNewerThan10;
@@ -124,6 +150,17 @@ internal static unsafe void Initialize (JnienvInitializeArgs* args)
 #if !MONOANDROID1_0
 			SetSynchronizationContext ();
 #endif
+			// watch.Stop ();
+			// report.Append ("Initialize: the rest:: ");
+			// report.Append (watch.ElapsedTicks);
+			// report.AppendLine ();
+
+			// total.Stop ();
+			// report.Append ("Initialize: total time:: ");
+			// report.Append (total.ElapsedTicks);
+			// report.AppendLine ();
+
+			// Console.WriteLine ($"Initialize: {report.ToString ()}");
 		}
 
 #if !MONOANDROID1_0
diff --git a/src/Mono.Android/Android.Runtime/RuntimeNativeMethods.cs b/src/Mono.Android/Android.Runtime/RuntimeNativeMethods.cs
index 3487514a6a7..7d5a35eea28 100644
--- a/src/Mono.Android/Android.Runtime/RuntimeNativeMethods.cs
+++ b/src/Mono.Android/Android.Runtime/RuntimeNativeMethods.cs
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ internal static class RuntimeNativeMethods
 		[DllImport (RuntimeConstants.InternalDllName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
 		internal extern static void monodroid_log (LogLevel level, LogCategories category, string message);
 
+		[SuppressGCTransition]
 		[DllImport (RuntimeConstants.InternalDllName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
 		internal extern static IntPtr monodroid_timing_start (string? message);
 
+		[SuppressGCTransition]
 		[DllImport (RuntimeConstants.InternalDllName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
 		internal extern static void monodroid_timing_stop (IntPtr sequence, string? message);
 
diff --git a/src/monodroid/jni/monodroid-glue.cc b/src/monodroid/jni/monodroid-glue.cc
index ab041f4b1c9..46c26c7cda6 100644
--- a/src/monodroid/jni/monodroid-glue.cc
+++ b/src/monodroid/jni/monodroid-glue.cc
@@ -1133,6 +1133,7 @@ MonodroidRuntime::init_android_runtime (
 		"Failed to obtain unmanaged-callers-only pointer to the Android.Runtime.JNIEnvInit.Initialize method. %s",
 		mono_error_get_message (&error)
 	);
+	log_info (LOG_DEFAULT, "Before INITIALIZE");
 	initialize (&init);
 #else // def NET && def ANDROID
 	void *args [] = {