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[Windows 8 General] offspin2040:
I find it rather impossible to believe that your windows 8 pc took a whopping 38 seconds to boot.....I may be wrong but I believe that Windows's new system of hibernating the kernel session drastically reduces the boot time to less than 12 seconds.,,38 seconds and 8 seconds sounds like the difference between a windows 7 and windows 8 boot times rather than 2 windows 8 boot times.
[Windows 8 General] energymix:
I really booted 38-45 seconds because the application is very delayed, but sometimes I booted 8-13 seconds
[Windows 8 General] GoodDayToDie:
Yeah... your 38 seconds was a cold boot, your 8 seconds was a hibernation boot. In any case, disabling services and the like doesn't really impact the boot time at all. It may change how long after login before the system becomes responsive, and it can definitely change how much system resources are being used in the background, but the only software ways to reduce the boot time (short of something like hibernation boot) would require removing drivers (as each one of those takes a brief moment to initialize) or using bootloader settings (and most of those are more likely to slow boot times down than speed them up).
[Windows 8 General] offspin2040:
Exactly.So the name of the guide should be changed to how to impact login times
[Windows 8 General] kennethso168:
well even on hibernation boot I need around 30 seconds (but 10 seconds of that contributes to my old BIOS) lol
[Windows 8 General] n3xas:
My new record: 13 seconds. Cold boot. Doesn't get much better than that
[Windows 8 General] zeon321:
Even a layman would know that disabling startup applications can speed up boot time.
[Windows 8 General] GoodDayToDie:
Except they don't... Startup apps don't run until the system is already booted, so by definition they cannot impact boot time. On I/O constrained or single-core systems, they make the system essentially unresponsive for some time after bootup, but for something like the Surface RT (4 cores, Flash storage so very wide IO bandwidth) their impact will be minimal.
[Windows 8 General] kishankpadiyar:
Hi guys,

I had a question.. My windows 8 used to boot really fast at the beginning on my PC.. But now its taking time.. Almost as much as windows 7 used to take, even during shutdown.. I've actually disabled hibernation function using tune up utilities.. Would this effect booting speed?

Sent from my fingers to your face..!
[Windows 8 General] zeon321:
How many apps have you installed?
[Windows 8 General] kishankpadiyar:
not much.. 2-3 games and few common apps like vlc, firefox n all those.. no apps from stores..
[Windows 8 General] GoodDayToDie:
Disabling Hibernation will not speed up your boot time - quite the opposite, in fact (Win8 likes to do a "hibernation shutdown" where it restarts the computer then immediately enters hibernate, which makes the subsequent bootup very fast). It will have no impact at all on restart time, either (at least, nothing meaningful - possibly a few milliseconds at worst). Hibernate shutdown does indeed take longer (substantially so), but why do you care?
[Windows 8 General] kishankpadiyar:
oh okay.. i also wanted to know this.. Sometimes when i keep my system on standby (which i always do), my system wakes up by itself.. then when its not attended for some time it goes to sleep again.. then again in 2 min it repeats.. why is this happening..?
[Windows 8 General] zeon321:
THis may be happening due to scheduled tasks--

Open cmd and execute this code

see if any task is scheduled to run while pc is on standby..
[Windows 8 General] kishankpadiyar:
it shows this.. what does it mean..?

PIC: https://www.dropbox.com/s/d3d0cm1ohf5f1hl/cmd.png
[Windows 8 General] zeon321:
Go to "scheduled" task manager and disable that service.(whatever it is, I am not able to see it clearly on my mobile)
[Windows 8 General] ayushextreme:
Windows 8 loads up extremely fast! And I dont think disabling startup apps and services is not necessary, i came across this post, see if it helps you

http://www.computingunleashed.com/speed-up-windows-8-pro.html
[Windows 8 General] truffle1234:
my acer S3 ultrabook was using a Seagate 350GB and the boot was super crapy.... I removed the hdd and slot in a Kingston hyper X3 SSD...

my boot time is 7second flat from zero to hero..

best windows OS ever..

my windows surface RT is slowing down a bit after I loaded so many app on it...
[Windows 8 General] Hairum:
I have noticed that Windows 8 boots in less than 5 seconds (I have an SSD) while booting from a normal shut down, but booting from any other scenario aside from a normal shut down - i.e. restart, hard shut down, etc - it takes 20-30 seconds - often slightly longer than Windows 7. Thus it's always faster to actually shut down and turn back on rather than restart. Kind of... odd.
[Windows 8 General] GoodDayToDie:
Not actually... the problem is that most of the reported "cold boot" times in this thread are nothing of the sort. Win8 supports (and uses, by default) a "hibernation shutdown" feature, where the computer is actually restarted rather than simply shutting down, and is then hibernated immediately after boot (before logging in). To the user, this makes the shutdown process appear to take a bizarrely long time... but nobody cares about that. What they care about is that the startup (actually, just a resume-from-hibernate with almost nothing in the hiberfile because the RAM was mostly empty) is blazingly fast.

Actually telling the computer to reboot will avoid the hiber/resume process, and is therefore substantially faster than "shutting down" and then "starting up" again. Similarly, a hard shutdown (power loss, etc.) doesn't give the system time to do the hibernation trick (or even to reach the point where it would begin the hibernation), so while the shutdown is (of course) instant, the subsequent startup is the *true* "cold boot" time (actually, it may be longer due to the need to clean up any filesystem issues left over from the unexpected shutdown).
[Windows 8 General] e.mote:
I disable hibernate on all my devices. I don't restart often--probably once a week on desktops and once a day on laptops--and I've no fascination with shaving off a few seconds per day, especially when it uses up multi-gigabytes to do so.

I see hibernation as a legacy feature that should be discarded on new devices, especially mobile devices. Once Connected Standby is more common, there should be no more need for hib, and no more talk of optimizing for fast restarts. It should be instant.

Win8 needs to go on a diet. Its own large footprint notwithstanding, the practice of wasting tens of gigs for recovery/reserved partitions, restore points, and various swap/pagefiles was designed for an age of unlimited disk space, and is ludicrous when dealing with 32 or 64GB storage.
[Windows 8 General] dazza9075:
you have a point about going on a diet when used with small drives.

But S4 power state is still very handy, S3 is blindingly fast to resume from but simply put it uses power, and potentially quite a bit, S4 allows everything to be off bar the power button

on a PC S4 is very valuable, but I agree, on storage limited devices S3 should suffice and S4 should be disabled by default. Of course it would only cost a couple of extra quid for 4/8GB of flash memory to be used for S4 in addition to the main storage space but thats another conversation
[Windows 8 General] e.mote:
>But S4 power state is still very handy, S3 is blindingly fast to resume from but simply put it uses power, and potentially quite a bit, S4 allows everything to be off bar the power button

Current mobile OS'es can last for days in standby, without need for hib. If Win8 aspires to compete in tablets, it has to be able to do the same.

>it would only cost a couple of extra quid for 4/8GB of flash memory to be used for S4 in addition to the main storage space but thats another conversation

Win8 tablets/hybrids need to drastically drop in price. One low-hanging fruit to alleviate that is its extravagant storage use, which is the same on PC as on a space-constrained tablet. Win8 has yet to be optimized for space.

While a real size-shrink will only be realized with the next gen, the easy stuff (eg using USB stick for recovery vs a dedicated partition) can be done relatively quickly, hopefully by the next refresh this year.

Better is to obviate the need for OS recovery, by putting the OS on its own separate partition, like iOS/Android/RT.

Windows' transition toward mobile is far from done. It has many issues to be addressed, and not only on the technical side.
[Windows 8 General] dodgebizkit:
want to speed mine up too, though I don't have a SSD

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[Windows 8 General] dazza9075:
there is a fundamental difference between trad desktops and mobiles. The most important aspect being that a phone can stay in standby and function as a phone at the same time with the use of handy co-processors. a computer in either S3 or S4 can not, yes you can WOL a S3 computer but that's hardly the same.

There is no reason why it cant change, but I feel that would require some significant rethinking away from our current architecture.

Now I don't have RT so I cant comment on what that can and cant do with regards to standby, but desktop, on current hardware, cant run at S3 powerstates and function as a desktop, laptops are a slightly different kettle of fish as are x86 tablets, potentially they could re work them in the future with hardware/software modifications but that would mean having yet another build of Windows. Unless the do something radical like move away from x86 as the core platform on desktop and turn a x86 core in to the co processor of an ARM(like) system

ARM(like) runs the OS and basics, a cut down x86 core keeps backward compatibility deals with grunt work and can be completely powered down when not needed.

intel and ARM would never play ball tho, leaving it up to intel/amd to pull its finger out of its arse and make a decent equivalent :)

ok perhaps not that but something like that would need to happen

but again, I do agree with you that it needs cut back to size and changes as above need to be made, so yes, indeed there is a lot of work to be done
[Windows 8 General] ankur850:
Dont need to do this

Windows 8 Don't need any tweak/settings to boot up fast !

Windows 8 boot in just 8 seconds on Computer :fingers-crossed: :good:

Just the average PC I have

Intel Pentium Dual Core @ 2.5 Ghz

Seagate 7200 RPM HDD 320 GB

2 GB RAM 800/MHZ

Just boot in 8 seconds

So why I want to tweak , no need to do :good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
[Windows 8 General] sivsiv:
I'm using a surface pro, got all the programs I want and set up how I like, and since its from MS there's no bloatware at all.

Boot time till login screen 3-5 seconds + full login and opening chrome or something = 10 seconds max

This is from a cold boot by the way. I don't see the point in measuring hibernate boot times, since that needs to account for whatever applications you left open, like chrome/ie whatever.
[Windows 8 General] geddeeee:
Why does everyone worry about boot times???

I would be more concerned about performance when Win 8 is up and running.

Boot times is a left over meaningless test from the early 90s.....
[Windows 8 General] dazza9075:
Its not so much about boot time, its about all the crap that goes with it, as mentioned, windows is too bloated, there's too much legacy support, with mobile systems we should be talking instant power on, desktops are different but why not them too? x86 is a beast, but its a beast that should only be brought on line when its needed, ARM or something akin to it would do almost everything a basic desktop would need and remain very power conservative
[Windows 8 General] ForeverShwks:
Great tools! But what I found best to speed up my Windows 8 start up time is download Advanced System Care from iobit and use the startup manager and put everything on "Delayed" except video card software, sound, and antivirus and it will speed it up. Did for me. :)
[Windows 8 General] apples723:
Maybe u guys can help me with this but I have a computer dell inspiron 15r 5521 and when I turn it off the screen goes dark but the flashing lights that indicate wireless battery ect stay on for a while not sure how long but us that normal this laptop is like three weeks old and it just got its webcam replaced why does it do this and also after it boots up I type my unlock code and it takes like thirty seconds until finally starts doing the welcome with a circle next to it
[Windows 8 General] SixSixSevenSeven:
You are actually clicking shut down right? The lights should only stay on for 2 or 3 seconds max. Otherwise sounds more like your using hibernate or sleep.

The lag on login, I haven't seen that before.
[Windows 8 General] apples723:
Yeah charms menu then powerthan shut down do us also know how to keep Wi-Fi on when I close my lid?

Sent from my SGH-T759 and if my gramor is wrong it's probably because I sent this while walking or rushing before a class starts

---------- Post added at 09:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:14 PM ----------

Disabled fast boot just now and mycomputer starts up way faster now still having probs with shut down

Sent from my SGH-T759 and if my gramor is wrong it's probably because I sent this while walking or rushing before a class starts
[Windows 8 General] SixSixSevenSeven:
How long are the lights on for?

all the laptops in my house have the WiFi lights on for a few seconds (like 3 max) after the display powers off and that's it
[Windows 8 General] apples723:
Umm like at least a couple of minutes the screen goes dark and then it take a couple of minutes the power light stays on the longest even when it unplugged and what is fast boot I disabled it and it now boots up a lot faster

Sent from my SGH-T759 and if my gramor is wrong it's probably because I sent this while walking or rushing before a class starts
[Windows 8 General] brangko:
thank you, i got 4.8 sec boot time after some disable ^^
[HTC Droid DNA] gris1016:
I can't even find the menu to make new folders. Does anybody know how to get the menu open, the one to allow root access? Thanks and happy holidays:)
[HTC Droid DNA] holla420:
U have to go settings gestures and recent apps button and change it :thumbup:
[HTC Droid DNA] gris1016:
\,,/ thanks
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] james_lpool:
Hi, i only play games now and then on my tablet so i don't need a brilliant expensive one, i just want one that will do the job and make game playing on certain games (gta, sonic etc) better, i find using the screen all the time a bit rubbish and makes me not want to bother with the games i have.

can anyone recommend one?

james
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] gmfeny:
if you have a ps3 use that controller if not there was just one on sale at the deals section for $5. I don't know if it's still on sale tho
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] james_lpool:
I don't have one but there are cheap ones on ebay for around £10, would i just need this adapter for it to work:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-OTG-G...s=63&clkid=4413612001375734009&_qi=RTM1089356

I currently don't have a usb adapter so would need to buy that too, not sure if them cheap ones are ok though?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] gmfeny:
I use a wireless ps3 contoller and the sixaxis app but you need to be rooted i believe.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] mattkortej:
Dont you have to be rooted if you want to use bluetooth with the ps3 controller?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] atomic339:
Odp: can anyone recommend a gamepad thats not too expensive?

Yes, you have.

You can use siaxis app without root but only with usb cable
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] mattkortej:
Im getting so annoyed that u have to be rooted to actually have controll of an android device. It might as well be apple
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] Salvation27:
Someone link me to an OTG cable?

I'd love to give this a go (non-rooted here, and intend to keep it that way)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] JTG81:
Assuming you have an android phone as well you could try this app it works for me I use it with nesoid and n64oid and believe it should work with gta and sonic it turns your phone into a bluetooth controller for use with a tablet or another phone as the host. Heres the link to the free version which I am using I am thinking of getting the full version so I can have other controller layouts. Full version is a $1.10 aus.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=droidbean.btcontroller
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] waytoocrazy:
Red Samurai by Gamestop.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] mattkortej:
How do u like this controller? Does the left and right analog thumb sticks have 360ºaxxis or do they only have 8 points of direction?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] sansaman:
Here's a good controller

http://impulsecontroller.com/

I haven't received it yet, but was on kickstarter last year and will ship in about a week.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] Chocu1a:
Just picked this up from GS today. Works like a charm. Have it paired to My Note 10.1, Note 2, & Nexus 7. Works perfectly with all three.

Tested working on ShadowGun/DeadZone, Dead Trigger, Shine Runner Beach Buggy, RipTide, and sort of on Samurai Vengeance(roll/evade doesn't map)

Does not work on Bat Man TDK, or NFSMW
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] eusouandroidonxda:
ipega - youtube.com/watch?v=5EnVG0xCxdM
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] tuktukscotty:
I want to get a gamepad to use on my note. Does the ps3 controller work like it should ie all directional controls, jump, fire etc?.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] Trekfan422991:
I use the ps3 controller works great.. Just have to make a custom profile and it will work with every game
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] tuktukscotty:
Thanks for that. I will pop down to the shop tomorrow and get one. Do you use sixaxis to use the Ps3 controller?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] Ashton_Durkhun:
This. You need the OTG adapter + MiniUSB cable to pair it though (but once paired you dont need the adapter, it'll remember the pairing) I dont do a lot of gaming but when using it, it's been quick and responsive. (it does require root - and remember to change the input method after its paired and change back when your done or the onscreen KB wont show up)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] Soul_Est:
You don't have to change the input method. You just have to select "Enable Gamepad" under Preferences -> Gamepad Settings. The gamepad buttons will work as long as the checkbox for "Sixaxis Controller" under "Language and input" in "System Settings" is checked. Pressing the start button will act as the home button even if you have the Samsung Keyboard set as the main IME.

Written on my Galaxy Note 10.1
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] tuktukscotty:
I didn't realise that, I've been selecting it each time I use my controller. I only use it to play modern combat upto now. Tried playing gta vice City but the button configuration isn't that good.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] Soul_Est:
Ah. Good point. I usually use mine for emulators (Mupen64Plus AE, GBAoid, GENSoid, and SNESoid) with custom button profiles in each emulator.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] Doyle:
I'm a bit confused. Do you need a Cable to pair the PS 3 Controller to a android unit ? Or does it work "out of the box" with the sixaxis app + root ?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Accessories] Soul_Est:
You do need a USB -> Mini-USB cable to pair the PS3 controller to the SGN 10.1. I use such a cable to connect the controller to my computer. I then execute this command in the terminal in Arch Linux:

sixpair <mac address shown by SixAxis Controller>

There is also the pairing application for Windows.
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] XxPG_PHANTOMxX:
Hey guys i need help!

Which Rom has a better performance a good battery life for our device?

Is it stock or our new JB Rom or is it cm7 rom? :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] AzizWahid:
Stock rom sucks.

I never tried the CM7 rom.

The jb rom is still in alpha stage. But you could try the slimbean rom. Many says that it has a good battery life and smooth.

But i recommend you to install CM9 rc2. Good performance and battery life. Also more stable and less bugs compared to the jb roms. I also install castagnaIT kernel on my CM9 rc2 roms. Works great.

Hope this helps :)
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] afif_7070:
if u still want to use GB (for the camera purpose) i recommend the GB gaming rom from bacrot..if u r ok with the cm9 camera go for it.most said its the best..n also u can try d slim rom just as our friend said
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] XxPG_PHANTOMxX:
Previously i was on cm9, and i'm ok with the camera, but the one and only thing that make me pissed off is, the rom is quite laggy.. :(

And guys, one more question,

Do i need to swap to make the rom smoother? As i know, this device have quite large rom space..
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] kabychow:
i think slimbean is suitable for u :D
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] TiTAN-O-One:
Try the SlimBean ROM! And also flash forvivos kernel... Do this with Pristine, after that install seeders... The best ROM youll have...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cr2crf:
After not using my Nexus 7 for about two months I plugged it in to charge it up. I came back to it in 30 minutes to check the progress and to doodle around while plugged in and it wouldn't turn on. There was no sign of life at all. I pushed the buttons on the side in multiple combinations with no results.

This thing has barely been used. A few pdf downloads; a movie; some writing's. Nothing major. It's bone stock except for the first upgrade on day one to the new Jelly bean.

Pretty frustrated.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cr2crf:
Bump. Really? No one one this board has run into this or knows about this? I can't believe the Nexus 7 is that bad that letting it sit for two months would kill the battery. Would an Ipad do this? Just looking for a liottle help here.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
I have heard of this. Seems some models don't take well to dying. Send it in for RMA. You will probably get the issue fixed permanently which I'm sure Asus is aware of.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cr2crf:
Thanks for the response. What is RMA? And who should I send it to?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Return merchandise authorization. Contact Asus.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toidimaet:
Before you do that you might want to try a different micro USB cable if you have one and/or plug your nexus into your computer USB and see if it charges that way to check if your Asus charger is having any issues.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il1ft:
Hey, so the other day I dropped my phone and it was still working fine until it ran out of battery.. I came home charged it and turned it on.. it wouldn't get past the samsung screen and I decided after trying to flash different roms on it to take it into a phone store to fix it.. they eventually got it booted but now the simcard wont register.. they ordered a new simcard reader part to see if that'll fix it and that doesn't work.

I also can't even connect to my wifi, Is this hardware or is my phone bricked or something?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miro2u:
Why not Odin flash factory image and go from there.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] afkdante:
I think the flash was not successful and it deleted your efs file and the only way to fix this is by jtag box

Go to a samsung shop(or whatever they call it) and let them fix it .
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkExplorer:
nope he can recouver the IMEI without the jtag or samsung shop just google it and youll find somthing.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
EFS has nothing to do with the WiFi.

Personally as you have no warranty i would try flashing a stock rom via Odin first .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkExplorer:
Try this : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il1ft:
cheers I'll give it ago.