An EIC experiment: Boot times

[Lincoln]

1) 4 GB V1
2) 2.1
3) Jailbroken, Mac, OS X 10.5.4
4) 32 seconds, boot
5) 33 seconds
6) 62 third-party apps installed

[psylichon]

I'm not really seeing much of a pattern here. Any more variables you guys can think of?

By the way, my 80 seconds was apparently a bad day. It boots up in almost exactly a minute pretty consistently these days.

[Lincoln]

Hmm... perhaps the inclusion or lack of custom boot/recovery in the firmware? A themed springboard or a stock one?

[kenneth]

all i know is MY phone has doubled in reboot time since i went to JB. its not really a problem except when i have to do a reset and it takes forever to reboot it scares me to think it might not come back. lol

[fury]

It looks to me like jailbreaking on Windows usually results in longer boot times. Not always, but usually.

[SmartAlx]

I have new results.

1) 8 GB V1
2) 2.0.2
3) Not Jailbroken, PC
4) 93 seconds
5) 95 seconds
6) 2 (YES TWO) third-party apps installed

This minute and a half boot time is normal for me. It has been normal for all 3 of my iPhones. From firmware 1.0 to 2.0.2.

I'm working on upgrading to 2.1 now, but it took 3 hours last night to back up with iTunes 8 so I'm worried about a corrupt backup. I can not afford to lose my notes, bookmarks, etc. and I can't jailbreak this iPhone with the 2.0.2 firmware so I can't backup that way. And currently iTunes 8 isn't reading my iPhone.

[monkeysrock0622]

1) iPhone 3G
2) 2.1
3) Jailbroken Pc
4) 55 seconds
5) 55 seconds

[samy]

Originally Posted by psylichon

I'm not really seeing much of a pattern here. Any more variables you guys can think of?

By the way, my 80 seconds was apparently a bad day. It boots up in almost exactly a minute pretty consistently these days.

Maybe it does have to do with how many apps you have. Maybe you should add how many apps do you have to the survey.

[SmartAlx]

1. 8g v1
2. 2.1 (finally)
3. Finally JB, PC
4. 53
5. 53
6. 56 apps

Again, there seems absolutely no rhyme or reason to this:
2.0.2 firmware, 70+ apps, not jailbroken = 60 seconds
2.0.2 firmware, Two apps, not jailbroken = 90+ seconds.
2.1 firmware, 56 apps, JAILBROKEN = 50+ seconds

Completely arbitrary results. My iPhone just hates me. Maybe it's because I don't baby it. I use all 8 safari windows. I fill my phone up with bookmarks, notes, music, videos and applications and I actually use apps all day long. I use safari at least 3 hours a day. I actually USE my iPhone. It's not just an occasional toy for me. It's a tool that I rely on to get through the day. It's apparently both the reason why the phone is unstable and why it MUST be stable. I NEEEEED it to be stable. But the fact that I need it makes it unstable. Maybe it's the reason why I'm so pissed off at my iPhone so often.

Stupid Apple. Got it all backwards.