The Android OS takes a long time to boot, particularly on a device which is much slower than a desktop. Apps don't take so long. Android was designed to do other things well; boot time doesn't appear to be a priority. There is plenty of info on how to boot Linux fast, both on devices (http://moblin.org/projects/fast-boot and http://www.mvista.com/sol_detail_mobile.php) and in general (http:// lwn.net/Articles/299483/). It depends on your priorities. Of course if you could optimize Android's boot time AND get Google to accept the patch, all the better.
Yusuf Saib Android ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily represent those of T-Mobile USA, Inc. On Aug 25, 2:27 pm, "mstu...@googlemail.com" <mstu...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Thanks Chris! > > Some questions regarding your response: > > Do you know the reason why Android is so slow on start-up? Do you > think it's possible to speed up Android by preventing certain > applications loading by default and applying some of the fast booting > improvements in order to drastically decrease boot-up time? I just > found an article saying boot-up time is normally >10 sec. > > Is it actually the booting process of the kernel, start-up of the > dalvik vm or application start-up which takes so long? > > Matthias > > On Aug 25, 9:09 pm, Chris Stratton <cs07...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Aug 25, 4:39 am, "mstu...@googlemail.com" <mstu...@googlemail.com> > > wrote: > > > > at the moment I am thinking about a new app and need some information > > > to decide whether to develop on Android or an alternative OS. > > > > I am particularly interested in "time to first screen", "boot-up > > > time", "time to first Audio" and "app-start" (can be any from the > > > android market or even one of the pre-installed ones) time? Does > > > anyone know a source or perhaps measured those numbers? > > > If you literally want to be booting the operating system often, I > > don't think you want android but some more simplistic embedded linux > > with some of the recent generic-linux fast booting improvements > > applied. Android is pretty slow to start up after a power cycle or > > true reset, but the devices it is running on don't usually get turned > > off very often, they just move between sleep and wake states. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
