diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0b522f43dd72..7fca32e31c34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ jobs:
           -p:AndroidSigningKeyAlias="$ANDROID_KEY_ALIAS"
           -p:AndroidSigningKeyPass="$ANDROID_KEY_PASS"
           -p:AndroidSigningStorePass="$ANDROID_STORE_PASS"
+          -p:CustomBeforeMicrosoftCommonTargets="${{ github.workspace }}/build/SuppressSubmoduleWarnings.targets"
 
       - name: Build Android APK (unsigned Release)
         if: steps.keystore.outputs.has_keystore != 'true'
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ jobs:
           -p:Version="${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
           -p:ApplicationDisplayVersion="${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
           -p:ApplicationVersion="${{ github.run_number }}"
+          -p:CustomBeforeMicrosoftCommonTargets="${{ github.workspace }}/build/SuppressSubmoduleWarnings.targets"
 
       - name: Find APK
         id: find_apk
diff --git a/build/SuppressSubmoduleWarnings.targets b/build/SuppressSubmoduleWarnings.targets
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9001a40eaf98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/SuppressSubmoduleWarnings.targets
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<Project>
+  <!-- Suppress CS1591 (missing XML doc comments) for submodule projects that enable
+       documentation generation but don't suppress the warning in Release builds.
+       This file is imported via CustomBeforeMicrosoftCommonTargets in the release workflow. -->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="$(MSBuildProjectFullPath.Contains('submodules'))">
+    <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CS1591</NoWarn>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/osu.Android.props b/osu.Android.props
index cd278aa880f0..ef39fb076579 100644
--- a/osu.Android.props
+++ b/osu.Android.props
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
          AndroidPageSize16KBCompatibilityCheck=false should suppress the check, but Android SDK
          36.1.53 still emits XA0141 in some build orderings, so we also add it to NoWarn. -->
     <AndroidPageSize16KBCompatibilityCheck>false</AndroidPageSize16KBCompatibilityCheck>
-    <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);XA0141</NoWarn>
+    <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);XA0141;NU1608;XA4301</NoWarn>
     <!-- Disable ELF alignment patching for ALL configurations.
          The custom PatchElfPageSize task can run concurrently with the Android packaging step
          because MSBuild's BeforeTargets="Build" fires for every ABI sub-build, which often
@@ -53,9 +53,13 @@
     <SuppressTrimAnalysisWarnings>true</SuppressTrimAnalysisWarnings>
     <PublishTrimmed>true</PublishTrimmed>
     <TrimMode>partial</TrimMode>
-    <!-- Strip IL bodies from AOT-compiled assemblies.  The runtime uses the native .so code
-         instead, and IL is only kept for non-AOT methods.  This can save 20-30 MB. -->
-    <AndroidStripILAfterAOT>true</AndroidStripILAfterAOT>
+    <!-- Keep IL bodies as a fallback for methods not covered by profiled AOT.
+         AndroidEnableProfiledAot only AOT-compiles methods in the startup profile; the remaining
+         methods require IL for JIT/interpretation.  Stripping IL (AndroidStripILAfterAOT=true)
+         removes that fallback, causing 'plt_entry not met' assertions in aot-runtime.c when
+         the runtime encounters an un-AOT'd method (observed on .NET Timer thread at startup).
+         The ~20-30 MB size saving is not worth the crash risk. -->
+    <AndroidStripILAfterAOT>false</AndroidStripILAfterAOT>
     <!-- Compress managed assemblies inside the APK (LZ4).  Android extracts them on first run
          but the download/APK size is significantly smaller. -->
     <AndroidEnableAssemblyCompression>true</AndroidEnableAssemblyCompression>