Startup getting longer

**Slender Troll** · 01-11-2013, 10:13 AM

I have a Sprint Photon 4G. A while ago, I measured the time it took to start my phone from the Motorola logo to the time it shows the lockscreen when I measured it then, it was around 5 minutes and 30 seconds. I timed it just now and it took 9 minutes and 27 seconds. Can anyone explain why it is doing this?

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**dalebert54** · 01-11-2013, 11:12 AM

There is a Palm Pre hiding inside your Photon.

**Slender Troll** · 01-11-2013, 12:19 PM

O.o let's try to keep this serious.

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**DroidXcon** · 01-11-2013, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by Slender Troll

I have a Sprint Photon 4G. A while ago, I measured the time it took to start my phone from the Motorola logo to the time it shows the lockscreen when I measured it then, it was around 5 minutes and 30 seconds. I timed it just now and it took 9 minutes and 27 seconds. Can anyone explain why it is doing this?

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Have you added more apps since the last time

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**Slender Troll** · 01-11-2013, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by DroidXcon

Have you added more apps since the last time

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I have kept around the same number of apps as before.

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**tirith** · 01-12-2013, 05:12 PM

5 minutes? That's unheard of... used to take mine no longer than 45 seconds. Go into recovery and clear cache.

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**Slender Troll** · 01-12-2013, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by tirith

5 minutes? That's unheard of... used to take mine no longer than 45 seconds. Go into recovery and clear cache.

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How do I get to recovery?

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**DroidXcon** · 01-12-2013, 05:44 PM

Originally Posted by Slender Troll

How do I get to recovery?

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With power off. Volume up + home button..while still holding those press and hold power till it brings you to recovery....wipe cache partiton .nothing else

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**Slender Troll** · 01-12-2013, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by DroidXcon

With power off. Volume up + home button..while still holding those press and hold power till it brings you to recovery....wipe cache partiton .nothing else

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Did that and now it says" Starting RSD protocol support" at the top and the regular Motorola logo with "dual core technology" underneath. And it has remained this way for the past 12 minutes.

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**DroidXcon** · 01-12-2013, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by Slender Troll

Did that and now it says" Starting RSD protocol support" at the top and the regular Motorola logo with "dual core technology" underneath. And it has remained this way for the past 12 minutes.

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Oh im sorry different phone. Just battery pull and restart. Ill look up your device when i get home

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**DroidXcon** · 01-12-2013, 07:16 PM

Ok here we go
Remove battery or shut the phone off
Hold down power button/ and volume down at the same time till /fastboot/ shows up at the top of the screen
Using volume down button to shuffle through boot options find android recovery and use volume up button to enter start android recovery mode
A android and a exclamation point with a triangle surrounding it should show up on the screen after a couple of seconds.now hold volume down and up buttons at the same time. Using power button to select and volume down to scroll-wipe cache partion (or something like that).

again don't wipe phone data cause that may fix your problem but you will be upset lol

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**Slender Troll** · 01-12-2013, 08:02 PM

Got this after i rebooted it.

Outdated yet Young Motorola Photon 4G

**DroidXcon** · 01-12-2013, 08:04 PM

Originally Posted by Slender Troll

Got this after i rebooted it.

Outdated yet Young Motorola Photon 4G

What hapoens when you hit force close

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**Slender Troll** · 01-12-2013, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by DroidXcon

What hapoens when you hit force close

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Idk. I hit wait and nothing bad happened. Btw, the wipe cache thing didn't do anything. It still took around 10 minutes to get to the lock screen.

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**DroidXcon** · 01-12-2013, 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by Slender Troll

Idk. I hit wait and nothing bad happened. Btw, the wipe cache thing didn't do anything. It still took around 10 minutes to get to the lock screen.

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Are you rooted?

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**Slender Troll** · 01-12-2013, 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by DroidXcon

Are you rooted?

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No. Stock and running 2.3.5

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**DroidXcon** · 01-12-2013, 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by Slender Troll

No. Stock and running 2.3.5

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Wow photon still only runs froyo. Only thing i can think of would be a factory reset. But that's up to you

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**Slender Troll** · 01-12-2013, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by DroidXcon

Wow photon still only runs froyo. Only thing i can think of would be a factory reset. But that's up to you

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It's GB not froyo

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**DroidXcon** · 01-12-2013, 08:40 PM

Originally Posted by Slender Troll

It's GB not froyo

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Oh ok. Well still the only thing i can.think of is to factory wipe........ actually try to restart again tell me if it's still a long boot

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**Slender Troll** · 01-12-2013, 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by DroidXcon

Oh ok. Well still the only thing i can.think of is to factory wipe........ actually try to restart again tell me if it's still a long boot

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Currently seeing if removing some apps I don't use very much to see if that helps. Will update when finished.

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**Slender Troll** · 01-12-2013, 09:05 PM

Update: got the startup time down to around 6'45". Removed around 10-15 apps.

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**Slender Troll** · 01-12-2013, 09:17 PM

Just randomly rebooted on me and gave me that same dialogue box again... Should I say force close?

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**tirith** · 01-12-2013, 09:53 PM

I would force close... the photon should take no longer than a minute to boot up and be operational. Your phone sounds screwed up. I would do a factory data reset. You can do that from recovery or menu. Settings. Privacy iirc

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**Slender Troll** · 01-12-2013, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by tirith

I would force close... the photon should take no longer than a minute to boot up and be operational. Your phone sounds screwed up. I would do a factory data reset. You can do that from recovery or menu. Settings. Privacy iirc

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Will that wipe the entire phone?

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