android issues
I reboot my android phone only when there is an OS/Rom update (yes it is rooted now), My HTC Evo 4G ran for 996 days before I restarted it due to an OTA update from sprint (before rooting it), and again for another 976 days after that before I decided to root the phone. Since then I still only restart the phone when I update the Rom I am using (MikG - www.themikmik.com) there is no need to restart an android device, just like there is no need to restart an iPhone.
When upgrading the Rom on my Evo it takes me 18 minutes to Download the new version, 30 min-1 hour to customize the included applications, add a blocking hosts file (to prevent connections to known malware, phishing, spam, and advertising web addresses), then 10-20 minutes to install the Rom and boot the first time. Then I let the phone sit for 1-2 hours to complete all the installations (I add about 40-60 applications to the Rom and typically remove 5-10 before installing), and reboot again. This second restart tends to take a little longer than a normal one as the phone finishes up the app setups, about 5-7 minutes before the lock screen appears. Then, "IF" I am still using the same OS version (which I have not changed recently as I have been sticking with the same Rom for the last 4.5 months), I setup my google account and run Titanium Backup, within 30 minutes ALL of my 186+ applications are reinstalled (I have gone as high as 243 apps installed on my phone) and set exactly the way they were before I flashed the new Rom version. Save games are in place, most customized settings are configured, all is good. The only thing I have not figured out how to do yet is to keep my custom ringtones assigned to specific users between Rom flashes, I am sure I could google it and figure that out in 10-30 minutes, but I don't mind setting up ringtones for the 8-12 people I actually customize that for.
Using the larger numbers in the ranges I gave, it takes me "up to" 4:15 to to download and install an OS on my phone and have the phone running again exactly as it was before the process started. (this is not something I have practiced and I have only updated my Rom about 7 times since I rooted it (read >5 but 10), a couple were in the same day as I tested Roms out and determined I preferred one over the other and switched to the preferred one after installing another.)
The biggest headache with setting up an Android phone is choosing the correct options when setting up google voice when you don't want your google voice and your phone to have the same number.
