I realise there are many differences between these phones but Im just wondering about the boot times. I know my 7100t takes about 3 or 4 minutes from putting the battery in to being fully booted up and usable. can anyone let me know how long the 7130 takes.

Wirelessly posted (7130e: BlackBerry7130e/4.1.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/104)

About the same time IMO

Cheers

Hum there goes my main reason for wanting to upgrade to an unlocked 7130 then

IMO, when I first got my phone 2 weeks ago, it started up within 1-2 minutes but seems to take almost 3-4 now after the apps that i installed (bb today), etc.

Yeah it does depend on apps quite a bit. General booting times are quicker though.

at the moment other than zen, which i know takes a while too boot, iv nothing on it. Any ideas of which parts of the core components can be taken out without it deciding not to boot, concidering i dont use any of the data services just yet. Iv already taken enerprise activation, mms, brick breaker, a whole load of languages and all non dependant themes off.

I'm curious...

Why is boot time important? Do you do reboots several times a day? I haven't rebooted mine in weeks.

at the moment, yes, untill my other contract runs out shortly.

I've rebooted mine about 3 times one day, I do it when I see that I have full reception/EVDO and my AOL account via PC is receiving email but my BB is not in a timely manner (at least 20 minutes).

.....and when it says "Data Connection Refused".

I have nothing on my 7130c but what came on it pre-installed and had to reboot once. It was pretty fast and use-able for email within a minute or so.

instead of rebooting you may want to try turning wireless off the back on. this will cause your pfone to reconnect with the network and force updates from your provider to your phone.

i've tried that a few times before and still do, if that doesn't do anything, then I go for the full reboot.

if ther was some way of switching the sim without taking the battery off would it be possible to turn the phone off via the menu option switch th sim then back on again, as this warm boot only ever takes a few seconds.

diegosalinas: was it a full reboot, ie taking the battery out then putting it back in? or after installing applications/themes?

I took out the battery and then put it back in after like 30 seconds.

Mine is usually within 1-2 minutes. Not long at all.

Just upgraded from a 7100 to a 7130e very nice definatley a better phone it took about half the time my 7100 to boot and it plays MP3' it's the same spec as an 8700 as far as I can tell but i think that doesn't have the tethered modem (not sure though)

My 7105 boots fast like 1 min or so my 7230 is slower then dirt though lol.But my bro 7130 is mighty quick

Mine takes about a minute tops. I know I am not very patient at all!

Just rebooted mine and it was 3 n a half minutes. damb old 7100t