GPS Computer Boot-up times - GPLama

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Bob Lyle

• July 06, 2022 23:45
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Very interesting test of 16 different cycling computers from cold-start to main screen from Shane at GPLama today. To stay out of the political fray I won't comment on the results, but I think you guys know where this is going. Be prepared to wait... and wait... and wait.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK-KaJthiFA

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  Michiel Modderman

  • July 07, 2022 10:16

  That's weird. My K2 takes 50 seconds, GPLama's K2 needs twice as much time!

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  Nigel Christmas

  • July 07, 2022 15:11

  Its the user friendly interface that nobody asked for but looks pretty and takes forever to load in I'm on about the pull down screen interface. Nothing wrong with how it was. Just something else to drain the battery down.

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  Edgar Karel

  • July 07, 2022 20:27

  Here too, just 50 seconds.
  And I have no problem in waiting a little bit longer to be able to use the Karoo 2.

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  Constant Rider

  • July 08, 2022 02:33

  Certainly not a key consideration for me. Purchase decision was based on Platform Supportability Android is better than the shyte Garmin calls stable.

  Regular updates count a lot. Garmin only starting updating their Software after Hammerhead routinely improved their software. 
  Boot times is "meh" for me.  

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  Anna Ronkainen

  • July 08, 2022 19:56

  I complained about loooong boot times a while ago ( https://support.hammerhead.io/hc/en-us/community/posts/4926139416731-Karoo-2-takes-forever-to-start-up ) but mine has been back to a reliable ~50 seconds now for about a month as well without me doing anything special about it, other than the usual firmware updates.

  Guess GPLama’s unit might have something similar, no idea what caused it or why it went away, would of course be nice to know... Support suggested that sideloaded apps (of which I had a few and still do) might have been the problem but I didn’t do anything about them either.

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  Jim C

  • July 08, 2022 21:42
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  Don't know if it's a 'characteristic' of being an Android platform / or RAM / or processor but sometimes I can be waiting around 4 minutes for the device to get to the Profiles screen; most of that time hanging on the Hammerhead logo screen, then the animated K screen. 8 month old device with last 3-4 months experiencing the significant slowdown.

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  Felix Pruemmer

  • October 13, 2022 09:25

  I find the boot-up times annoying too. In particular restarting the Karoo2 after a pause takes a long time. First the computer needs to boot-up. Then, once you pick “resume ride” you have another lengthy wait for the activity to reopen. Meanwhile, your cycling group vanishes behind the horizon… 

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