Just wondering. Mine takes 56 seconds from pressing the button to reaching the desktop. Too long, IMO. I'm asking because someone on another forum reckoned they had a Vodafone N95 that took 24 seconds. I can't believe the difference is that great!
Unbranded (was on Orange), v12.0.014
Mine is 28 seconds.
But everything can make it slower. Welcome logo/note, extra applications with auto startup.
28? That's quite a difference! After reaching the desktop, I opened Handy Taskman and saw nothing running (other than HT!), and the phone has 18mb of RAM available.
Any way to check which programs are set to run at startup?
I believe that V12 firmware adds to the startup time significantly, although there's not much you can do about that.
That's not a bad question. I've just timed mine and it takes 32 seconds. This is measured from the phone vibrating when the power button is held down, to everything appearing on the main screen (Including the date, standy buttons, calender entries etc).
I felt that the N95 boots up REALLY quickly, but maybe that's because I've had an N70 for a year beforehand, which was very slow. I've just timed my N70 booting up to prove it... 1 minute and 37 seconds!
If your device is a slow booter, check if you have anything from Psiloc installed. My N95 boots in 28 seconds, but it takes 62 with Psiloc cr@p installed. It's their DRM copy protection that's doing the harm. It even runs 24/7 when the phone is on too, checking you out every second... 😞
30 seconds for me - using latest v12 firmware on Orange N95
I haven't got any Psiloc stuff installed on my phone. The only thing I can think of that may be slowing my phone down is Handy profiles - it seems to run in the background all the time, but doesn't show in the list of running apps.
28 seconds on T-Mobile v12 firmware
I think I've cracked it. No, not my phone 😛
I took out my 4gb memory card and restarted the phone. This time it reached the desktop in 25 seconds. So, having the card fitted slowed my startup by 31 seconds - more than double! I guess it's because I installed my apps onto the card, so when the phone starts it reads the list of installed apps before it does anything else?
shanespencer wrote:I installed my apps onto the card
Reckon this'll be your problem!
28 seconds for me, little less than i thought
Orange N95 unbranded (v12 firmware)
shanespencer wrote:I took out my 4gb memory card and restarted the phone. This time it reached the desktop in 25 seconds. I guess it's because I installed my apps onto the card.
I wouldn't have thought it was that. I have a 6Gb card and I have all my apps installed on that, yet mine boots up in 32 secs.
i spose it depends on the apps, some probably will startup when the phone does
Just did a reset and re-installed my apps onto the phone instead of the card. Phone now starts in 34 seconds. Still slow, but it's better than it was. 😊 It's probably slowed down by Handy Profiles and Truphone running at startup.
Mine is 29 secs with most apps (lots!) on a 2Gb Sandisk Utra II .
NSysInfo says 21405696 B free RAM straight after booting.
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shanespencer wrote:Just did a reset and re-installed my apps onto the phone instead of the card. Phone now starts in 34 seconds. Still slow, but it's better than it was. 😊 It's probably slowed down by Handy Profiles and Truphone running at startup.
I got handy profiles today after my earlier post so decided to do another timing after reading this. I got exactly the same result of 28 seconds. That proves that Handy Profiles (installed on phone memory) has no effect on boot time.
I have all my other apps installed on phone memory too so maybe that helps
I just got a 51 second startup with all apps installed on phone memory.
Seems I have a duff N95...
*Edit* Look how slow it is:
http://www.shanespencer.co.uk/n95-boot.mp4
That is painful! If mine took that long I'd probably have assumed a crash!
Just switched my 4GB card for a 2GB one, and restarted the phone. The boot time is now 25 seconds, so it's obviously the 4GB card causing the problem. Anyone else using a Sandisk 4GB card? If so, is your boot time slow as well?
I am using the 4GB from Sandisk and I have no such problems. Try to copy all important data to your pc and then format the card using the N95.
I tried that, unfortunately. I formatted the card, then loaded it with apps I wanted, put the card in the phone and then installed all the apps onto the phone memory. I then deleted the app installers that I copied onto the card.
Weird, huh?
I'm using the 1Gb that came with the phone, a few 3rd party apps on the phone memory and getting a boot time of about 55 secs. Not that bothered as I very rarely switch the thing off. OS does seem a little unstable though, nothing too drastic but occasionally get crashes and switching between apps, especially the web browser, can be slow!
Hoping it will improve a little with the next firmware upgrade! Still on v11.xx as o2 are dragging their proverbial!!
Mine is around 26 secs.
All of the apps are in the internal memory.
I have Truphone installed and enabled.
When I disable it, I boot just 1 second faster.
I also have a 2Gb Sandisk Utra II, with only data inside .
When I remove it, I boot also just 1 second faster.
So I'm quite happy with the boot time.
But the weird thing:
If I have the memory card mounted, the free ram after booting is 19MB.
If I remove the card, the free ram is 21MB.
Why there is that 2MB difference?
No app is running from the memory card, I checked it from the Device Status.
All vital data, contacts etc are in the phone memory.
It's a mystery. I'm just about to format the memory card to see what's taking up the RAM.
ph7 wrote:
If I have the memory card mounted, the free ram after booting is 19MB.
If I remove the card, the free ram is 21MB.
Why there is that 2MB difference?
Yeah, I noticed that, too. Weird.
as to that 2mb difference, my thought is that its some sort of bridging program to be able to draw info from the card to display on your phone. Just my thought on that.
Crispy