[A7omic]

It is taking my PB just over 4 minutes to boot.

When I hit the start button it takes a couple seconds for the blackberry playbook wording to appear, it is about at the minute mark when the colors start flashing and then about 4:10 when she is ready to be used.

Is anyone else experiencing this long of a boot?

note: Mine is one that bricked on initial setup.

[PDSchofield]

From pressing power button:
2 secs - red LED comes on
12 Secs - BB Playbook splash
47 secs colours start flashing
70 secs - Password pompt

64 Gb Playbook, OS 1.0.1.1690, power button slightly raised....

[A7omic]

I just enabled the password, shut it down and restarted.

Mine is identical until the last step. between the flashing colors and password prompts it takes about 3 minutes 23 seconds.

32 GB, OS 1.0.1.1690, Power is flush.

[1812dave]

Dang! Nearly as slow as my Storm2. Grrr.

[avt123]

That's a slow boot time. Hopefully there is no need to restart this device a lot.

[A7omic]

I don't think mine is normal though and that's what I want to find out.

Can anyone else post their boot times?

If mine is abnormally slow I will take it back and get a replacement.

[A7omic]

Anyone else able to provide their boot times? THx.

[mfldmike]

You should rarely need to restart your Playbook...this is a BIG advantage to QNX.

[A7omic]

Perhaps but if everyone else's takes 1.5 mins to boot and mine takes 4.5 then there is something wrong with it.

[A7omic]

YA BABY....I upgraded to the latest build 1.0.1.1705 and all is good. Takes about 70 seconds to boot now. I think my 1690 build was just messed up after my initial bricking. All is good now

[bruddler]

I have a 16 GB model with 7.8 Gigs free, I have 96 apps loaded

My boot time after upgrading to 2.0.1.358 has actually increased again and is now at rather unacceptable 145 seconds. Yes, I know, the OS has some safety built in, which increases the boot time relative to other OS's. However, I would accept a longer boot time (about a minute or so) with a stationary desktop computer. But with a tablet, which is supposed to be mobile and quick I expect a 20 second maximum boot time - and others like Apple obviously can do it. And no, I am not in standby mode all the time, I turn the book on when I need it because I don't want to recharge that thing on a daily basis.
Best joke is RIM's customer service answer: "this boot time is completely normal": yes RIM,
if tablets would have been around 15 years ago, then, 1997 nobody would have complained. But RIM, it is 2012 - if you want to stay in business wake up.

[Abrante]

It is taking my PB just over 4 minutes to boot.

When I hit the start button it takes a couple seconds for the blackberry playbook wording to appear, it is about at the minute mark when the colors start flashing and then about 4:10 when she is ready to be used.

Is anyone else experiencing this long of a boot?

note: Mine is one that bricked on initial setup.

2min 49secs on the latest OS. Used to get closer to 3min 30secs with the initial 2.0 release. If a PlayBook has to boot on location (a store) the potential buyer will most likely have time to pay for the tablet (or a competitors tablet, which is more likely) and come back to the display section and the PlayBook will still be booting.

RIM's challenge (IMO) is not to make BB10 with off the chart features. It is simply to make their current system more efficient.

[compaq1]

Just a bit less than 3 minutes

[pmccartney]

2min 56sec, bridged upon reboot.
16GB PB
OS 2.0.1.358
free storage 1.5GB
free memory 568MB

This was my first reboot (for the sake of timing it) since the one I did following the latest update.

[garlee]

Mine take just under 3 min. And this is fine with me the OS is very stable and does not freeze up like other tablets. Believe me if you cannot wait for 3. Or 4 min to start a great OS then there's something wrong with your patience. Leave it running 24 7 like a smart phone and this will not be an issue.......

[alnamvet68]

About 2 and a half minutes.

[Chaddface]

1, 2, 5 minutes I couldn't care less.

[kbz1960]

Around 3 1/2 minutes but I don't care. I don't need instant gratification. Turn it on go get a drink or use the facilities and it's done. No big loss or harm done.

[peter9477]

.... then about 4:10 when she is ready to be used.

Could you define "ready to be used" more precisely?

It should definitely not take that long though, unless you mean it's not ready to be used when the home screen appears.

The test should be to measure from when you press the power button (with red LED appearing a few seconds later), to when the home screen first appears, with your wallpaper and icons showing. Make sure you do this with the password disabled as well, for results consistent with others.

[Chaddface]

This thread is a year old.

[kbz1960]

This thread is a year old.

LOL

Just timed mine 2:39 to keyboard or the same to home screen without a password.

[Fubaz]

feels like forever!

[alnamvet68]

This thread is a year old.

LOL

Just timed mine 2:39 to keyboard or the same to home screen without a password.

In a word, necromanced!

[digtech]

Mine takes on average 2minutes and 30 seconds. Latest OS build, and bridged when ready.

[peter9477]

Dammit, is someone waking these up on purpose?

I even checked the date before replying this time, but no, 04-21 it said, just a couple of days ago!

Nobody told me it wasn't 2011 any more. :-(