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Ten seconds? Holy crap that's fast. Mine takes minutes.
- Android? How many apps do you have installed?
  Androids compilation thing on startup is annoying as hell on low end phones. On high end phones it's much less of a problem.
  
  Bit less than a hundred. I have a Samsung S22+.
  The most annoying part to me is that it doesn't finish booting until I unlock it with my PIN. You restart it, leave it on a table, and several minutes later, you want to use it, but not only is your fingerprint rejected and you need to use your PIN, but once you do it there's still a loading step. Extra insulting.
  
  The compilation step should only be happening on reboot after updates. Of course, that may be the only time you reboot your device.
  
  I used to have an s9 that would take a few minutes to turn on. I was shocked at how slow that was when I upgraded.
  
  I've got a Pixel 8a with Graphene. After the unskippable warning that the device is running a different OS, the actual boot-up is pretty quick.
  The compiling of apps after big updates can take a while, but that happens in the background in userspace, after which you're prompted to restart all affected apps.
- Can’t remember the last time it took my phone more than a minute to start. I would say typical for me is closer to about 20 seconds.
  
  What brand is that?
- I upgraded my six year old iPhone to the newest one, and I don’t download very many apps… 10 seconds is the max it takes to restart! It’s insane. It used to take about a minute.
  Edit: I was wrong! 17 seconds.
  
  Dang that's quick
- Cryptography and on-device app recompilation are the culprits here.
  Takes time to decrypt the boot sequence code and data.

Wdym with 10 seconds. Mines take like 45 seconds (Galaxy A55 5G)

More like 10 minutes in my case. I am not joking. Android is a terrible operating system and the entire smartphone industry should be ashamed of itself for letting it get this bad.
- I had a Galaxy A51 and after updates it sometimes took 10 mins to go from the "Samsung Galaxy A51" screen to the "Samsung" one and then it would "optimize apps"
- I also use an android phone and it's fine, it might just be your manufacturer bulking it up with whatever

Or just never reboot your phone for like 2 years like my parents did.

This is a recolored vintage photo?
- No, this is a lady from YouTube who makes videos about living in the USA during 1790-1840ish (sometimes later). She's been on Townsends a few times.

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