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While I enjoy uptime measured in years as much as the next Unix user, but I think the value of one month phone uptime (a rough estimate of mean time between iPh

by edw 15y ago

While I enjoy uptime measured in years as much as the next Unix user, but I think the value of one month phone uptime (a rough estimate of mean time between iPhone reboots) vs. six month phone uptime is pretty meaningless to most people. They're both "pretty much never."

corin_ 15y ago
I'm not sure how long an iPhone takes to start up again, but the ironic thing with Blackberries is that if they do reboot for some reason, it can take an absolute age before they're fully awake again. Well, muultiple minutes, which sure feels like an age.
- sjs 15y ago
  iPhone 3GS and 4 are pretty quick to boot. My Nexus One is noticeably slower, and I don't know how they stack up against any BB devices.
  - tjakab 15y ago
    The Nexus One is considerably faster to boot than a Blackberry (I've had both). If you're connected to a BES the boot time is even worse.
rbarooah 15y ago
Where does this 'mean time between iPhone reboots' come from? Has someone done a study - and are you talking about stock or jailbroken? I ask because I occasionally had to reboot my original iPhone, and 3GS, but I simply haven't thought about rebooting my iPhone 4 running IOS4.
- saturdaysaint 15y ago
  Agreed - I think I might have rebooted my iPhone 4 once or twice in the year I've owned it.
- albedoa 15y ago
  He calls it a rough estimate right in his post, but even if it's much longer than one month, the point still stands that it's "pretty much never". That metric means nothing at this point. But yeah, I'm with you that I rarely think about rebooting my iPhone 4.
- edw 15y ago
  I pulled this rate out of my buttocks based on a very conservative estimate of the iPhone 4's behavior since I've gotten it. I'd be surprised if I'd actually restarted it more than twice a month; I was trying to give the commenter I was replying to the benefit of a doubt.

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While I enjoy uptime measured in years as much as the next Unix user, but I think the value of one month phone uptime (a rough estimate of mean time between iPh

by edw 15y ago

corin_ 15y ago
I'm not sure how long an iPhone takes to start up again, but the ironic thing with Blackberries is that if they do reboot for some reason, it can take an absolute age before they're fully awake again. Well, muultiple minutes, which sure feels like an age.
- sjs 15y ago
  iPhone 3GS and 4 are pretty quick to boot. My Nexus One is noticeably slower, and I don't know how they stack up against any BB devices.
  - tjakab 15y ago
    The Nexus One is considerably faster to boot than a Blackberry (I've had both). If you're connected to a BES the boot time is even worse.
rbarooah 15y ago
Where does this 'mean time between iPhone reboots' come from? Has someone done a study - and are you talking about stock or jailbroken? I ask because I occasionally had to reboot my original iPhone, and 3GS, but I simply haven't thought about rebooting my iPhone 4 running IOS4.
- saturdaysaint 15y ago
  Agreed - I think I might have rebooted my iPhone 4 once or twice in the year I've owned it.
- albedoa 15y ago
  He calls it a rough estimate right in his post, but even if it's much longer than one month, the point still stands that it's "pretty much never". That metric means nothing at this point. But yeah, I'm with you that I rarely think about rebooting my iPhone 4.
- edw 15y ago
  I pulled this rate out of my buttocks based on a very conservative estimate of the iPhone 4's behavior since I've gotten it. I'd be surprised if I'd actually restarted it more than twice a month; I was trying to give the commenter I was replying to the benefit of a doubt.