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.
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
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.
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.
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.......
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.
.... 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.
