diff --git a/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/model/Settings.kt b/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/model/Settings.kt
index d9736fd84d..cd5bdb51eb 100644
--- a/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/model/Settings.kt
+++ b/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/model/Settings.kt
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ import org.dolphinemu.dolphinemu.R
 import org.dolphinemu.dolphinemu.features.input.model.MappingCommon
 import java.io.Closeable
 
+/**
+ * Represents a set of settings stored in the native part of Dolphin.
+ *
+ * A set of settings can be either the global settings, or game settings for a particular game.
+ */
 class Settings : Closeable {
     private var gameId: String = ""
     private var revision = 0
diff --git a/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/ui/SettingsActivity.kt b/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/ui/SettingsActivity.kt
index e222a8c78f..63a3992487 100644
--- a/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/ui/SettingsActivity.kt
+++ b/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/ui/SettingsActivity.kt
@@ -230,11 +230,6 @@ class SettingsActivity : AppCompatActivity(), SettingsActivityView {
         fragment?.onSettingsFileLoaded(settings)
     }
 
-    override fun onSettingsFileNotFound() {
-        val fragment: SettingsFragmentView? = fragment
-        fragment?.loadDefaultSettings()
-    }
-
     override fun showToastMessage(message: String) {
         Toast.makeText(this, message, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
     }
diff --git a/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/ui/SettingsActivityView.kt b/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/ui/SettingsActivityView.kt
index 435d23fad6..1cd39f6fe4 100644
--- a/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/ui/SettingsActivityView.kt
+++ b/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/ui/SettingsActivityView.kt
@@ -31,26 +31,17 @@ interface SettingsActivityView {
     fun showDialogFragment(fragment: DialogFragment)
 
     /**
-     * Called by a contained Fragment to get access to the Setting HashMap
-     * loaded from disk, so that each Fragment doesn't need to perform its own
-     * read operation.
-     *
-     * @return A possibly null HashMap of Settings.
+     * Identifies which set of settings is to be read from and written to.
      */
     val settings: Settings
 
     /**
-     * Called when an asynchronous load operation completes.
+     * Called when a Settings object becomes available.
      *
-     * @param settings The (possibly null) result of the ini load operation.
+     * @param settings The settings that this Activity should access.
      */
     fun onSettingsFileLoaded(settings: Settings)
 
-    /**
-     * Called when an asynchronous load operation fails.
-     */
-    fun onSettingsFileNotFound()
-
     /**
      * Display a popup text message on screen.
      *
diff --git a/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/ui/SettingsFragment.kt b/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/ui/SettingsFragment.kt
index 651a86db51..6a294ee139 100644
--- a/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/ui/SettingsFragment.kt
+++ b/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/ui/SettingsFragment.kt
@@ -116,10 +116,6 @@ class SettingsFragment : Fragment(), SettingsFragmentView {
         adapter!!.setSettings(settingsList)
     }
 
-    override fun loadDefaultSettings() {
-        presenter.loadDefaultSettings()
-    }
-
     override fun loadSubMenu(menuKey: MenuTag) {
         if (menuKey == MenuTag.GPU_DRIVERS) {
             showGpuDriverDialog()
diff --git a/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/ui/SettingsFragmentPresenter.kt b/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/ui/SettingsFragmentPresenter.kt
index 6e2371e7e4..e584e0a2ff 100644
--- a/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/ui/SettingsFragmentPresenter.kt
+++ b/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/ui/SettingsFragmentPresenter.kt
@@ -100,10 +100,6 @@ class SettingsFragmentPresenter(
             }
         }
 
-    fun loadDefaultSettings() {
-        loadSettingsList()
-    }
-
     private fun loadSettingsList() {
         val sl = ArrayList<SettingsItem>()
         when (menuTag) {
diff --git a/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/ui/SettingsFragmentView.kt b/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/ui/SettingsFragmentView.kt
index 896b316883..076beaff6f 100644
--- a/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/ui/SettingsFragmentView.kt
+++ b/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/ui/SettingsFragmentView.kt
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ import org.dolphinemu.dolphinemu.utils.GpuDriverInstallResult
  */
 interface SettingsFragmentView {
     /**
-     * Called by the containing Activity to notify the Fragment that an
-     * asynchronous load operation completed.
+     * Called when a Settings object becomes available.
      *
-     * @param settings The (possibly null) result of the ini load operation.
+     * @param settings The settings that this Fragment should access.
      */
     fun onSettingsFileLoaded(settings: Settings)
 
@@ -28,12 +27,6 @@ interface SettingsFragmentView {
      */
     fun showSettingsList(settingsList: ArrayList<SettingsItem>)
 
-    /**
-     * Called by the containing Activity when an asynchronous load operation fails.
-     * Instructs the Fragment to load the settings screen with defaults selected.
-     */
-    fun loadDefaultSettings()
-
     /**
      * @return The Fragment's containing activity.
      */
@@ -95,12 +88,9 @@ interface SettingsFragmentView {
      * @param value   The current value of the Setting.
      */
     fun hasMenuTagActionForValue(menuTag: MenuTag, value: Int): Boolean
+
     /**
-     * Returns whether the input mapping dialog should detect inputs from all devices,
-     * not just the device configured for the controller.
-     */
-    /**
-     * Sets whether the input mapping dialog should detect inputs from all devices,
+     * Controls whether the input mapping dialog should detect inputs from all devices,
      * not just the device configured for the controller.
      */
     var isMappingAllDevices: Boolean