diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/init/templateName.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/init/templateName.ts
index b0a7a2b98..e013d09f7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/init/templateName.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/init/templateName.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export function processTemplateName(templateName: string) {
     return handleVersionedPackage(templateName);
   }
   if (
-    !['github', '@'].some(str => templateName.includes(str)) &&
+    !['github', '@'].some((str) => templateName.includes(str)) &&
     templateName.includes('/')
   ) {
     return handleGitHubRepo(templateName);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/index.ts
index 5436845ff..127d51ac4 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/index.ts
@@ -31,17 +31,20 @@ const handleError = (err: Error) => {
   } else {
     // Some error messages (esp. custom ones) might have `.` at the end already.
     const message = err.message.replace(/\.$/, '');
-    logger.error(
-      `${message}. ${chalk.dim(
+    logger.error(`${message}.`);
+  }
+  if (err.stack) {
+    logger.log(err.stack);
+  }
+  if (!commander.verbose) {
+    logger.info(
+      chalk.dim(
         `Run CLI with ${chalk.reset('--verbose')} ${chalk.dim(
           'flag for more details.',
         )}`,
-      )}`,
+      ),
     );
   }
-  if (err.stack) {
-    logger.log(chalk.dim(err.stack));
-  }
   process.exit(1);
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/platform-android/src/config/readManifest.ts b/packages/platform-android/src/config/readManifest.ts
index 452e55ae7..0e69f21e9 100644
--- a/packages/platform-android/src/config/readManifest.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-android/src/config/readManifest.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,17 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  *
  */
-
 import fs from 'fs';
 import xml from 'xmldoc';
+import {CLIError} from '@react-native-community/cli-tools';
 
 export default function readManifest(manifestPath: string) {
-  return new xml.XmlDocument(fs.readFileSync(manifestPath, 'utf8'));
+  try {
+    return new xml.XmlDocument(fs.readFileSync(manifestPath, 'utf8'));
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw new CLIError(
+      `Failed to parse Android Manifest file at ${manifestPath}`,
+      error,
+    );
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/platform-android/src/link/warnAboutManuallyLinkedLibs.ts b/packages/platform-android/src/link/warnAboutManuallyLinkedLibs.ts
index 3dbbc1106..28badad2d 100644
--- a/packages/platform-android/src/link/warnAboutManuallyLinkedLibs.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-android/src/link/warnAboutManuallyLinkedLibs.ts
@@ -13,22 +13,19 @@ export default function warnAboutManuallyLinkedLibs(
   > = getLinkConfig(),
 ) {
   let deps: Array<string> = [];
+  const projectConfig = config.project[platform];
 
   for (let key in config.dependencies) {
     const dependency = config.dependencies[key];
-    try {
-      const projectConfig = config.project[platform];
-      const dependencyConfig = dependency.platforms[platform];
-      if (projectConfig && dependencyConfig) {
-        const x = linkConfig.isInstalled(
-          projectConfig,
-          dependency.name,
-          dependencyConfig,
-        );
-        deps = deps.concat(x ? dependency.name : []);
-      }
-    } catch (error) {
-      logger.debug('Checking manually linked modules failed.', error);
+
+    const dependencyConfig = dependency.platforms[platform];
+    if (projectConfig && dependencyConfig) {
+      const x = linkConfig.isInstalled(
+        projectConfig,
+        dependency.name,
+        dependencyConfig,
+      );
+      deps = deps.concat(x ? dependency.name : []);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/platform-ios/src/link/warnAboutManuallyLinkedLibs.ts b/packages/platform-ios/src/link/warnAboutManuallyLinkedLibs.ts
index c228b07fb..9aac5d0d8 100644
--- a/packages/platform-ios/src/link/warnAboutManuallyLinkedLibs.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-ios/src/link/warnAboutManuallyLinkedLibs.ts
@@ -13,22 +13,19 @@ export default function warnAboutManuallyLinkedLibs(
   > = getLinkConfig(),
 ) {
   let deps: Array<string> = [];
+  const projectConfig = config.project[platform];
 
   for (let key in config.dependencies) {
     const dependency = config.dependencies[key];
-    try {
-      const projectConfig = config.project[platform];
-      const dependencyConfig = dependency.platforms[platform];
-      if (projectConfig && dependencyConfig) {
-        const x = linkConfig.isInstalled(
-          projectConfig,
-          dependency.name,
-          dependencyConfig,
-        );
-        deps = deps.concat(x ? dependency.name : []);
-      }
-    } catch (error) {
-      logger.debug('Checking manually linked modules failed.', error);
+
+    const dependencyConfig = dependency.platforms[platform];
+    if (projectConfig && dependencyConfig) {
+      const x = linkConfig.isInstalled(
+        projectConfig,
+        dependency.name,
+        dependencyConfig,
+      );
+      deps = deps.concat(x ? dependency.name : []);
     }
   }