diff --git a/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/Observable.java b/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/Observable.java
index f9253b2b9d..b349ffd94b 100644
--- a/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/Observable.java
+++ b/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/Observable.java
@@ -665,6 +665,23 @@ public static <T> Observable<T> from(Iterable<? extends T> iterable) {
         return create(OperationToObservableIterable.toObservableIterable(iterable));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Converts an {@link Iterable} sequence into an Observable with the specified scheduler.
+     *
+     * @param iterable
+     *            the source {@link Iterable} sequence
+     * @param scheduler
+     *            the scheduler to emit the items of the iterable
+     * @param <T>
+     *            the type of items in the {@link Iterable} sequence and the type of items to be
+     *            emitted by the resulting Observable
+     * @return an Observable that emits each item in the source {@link Iterable} sequence with the specified scheduler
+     * @see <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh212140(v=vs.103).aspx">MSDN: Observable.ToObservable</a>
+     */
+    public static <T> Observable<T> from(Iterable<? extends T> iterable, Scheduler scheduler) {
+        return from(iterable).observeOn(scheduler);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Converts an Array into an Observable.
      * <p>
@@ -959,6 +976,23 @@ public static Observable<Integer> range(int start, int count) {
         return from(Range.createWithCount(start, count));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Generates an Observable that emits a sequence of integers within a specified range with the specified scheduler.
+     *
+     * @param start
+     *            the value of the first integer in the sequence
+     * @param count
+     *            the number of sequential integers to generate
+     * @param scheduler
+     *            the scheduler to run the generator loop on
+     * @return an Observable that emits a range of sequential integers
+     *
+     * @see <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh211896(v=vs.103).aspx">Observable.Range Method (Int32, Int32, IScheduler)</a>
+     */
+    public static Observable<Integer> range(int start, int count, Scheduler scheduler) {
+        return range(start, count).observeOn(scheduler);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns an Observable that calls an Observable factory to create its
      * Observable for each new Observer that subscribes. That is, for each
@@ -4553,6 +4587,34 @@ public Observable<T> startWith(Iterable<T> values) {
         return concat(Observable.<T> from(values), this);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Emit a specified set of items with the specified scheduler before beginning to emit items from the source Observable.
+     *
+     * @param values
+     *            Iterable of the items you want the modified Observable to emit first
+     * @param scheduler
+     *            The scheduler to emit the prepended values on.
+     * @return an Observable that exhibits the modified behavior
+     * @see <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh229372(v=vs.103).aspx">MSDN: Observable.StartWith</a>
+     */
+    public Observable<T> startWith(Iterable<T> values, Scheduler scheduler) {
+        return concat(from(values, scheduler), this);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Emit a specified array of items with the specified scheduler before beginning to emit items from the source Observable.
+     *
+     * @param values
+     *            The items you want the modified Observable to emit first
+     * @param scheduler
+     *            The scheduler to emit the prepended values on.
+     * @return an Observable that exhibits the modified behavior
+     * @see <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh229372(v=vs.103).aspx">MSDN: Observable.StartWith</a>
+     */
+    public Observable<T> startWith(T[] values, Scheduler scheduler) {
+        return startWith(Arrays.asList(values), scheduler);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Emit a specified item before beginning to emit items from the source
      * Observable.
diff --git a/rxjava-core/src/test/java/rx/ObservableTests.java b/rxjava-core/src/test/java/rx/ObservableTests.java
index ee817e08b5..3d718210a1 100644
--- a/rxjava-core/src/test/java/rx/ObservableTests.java
+++ b/rxjava-core/src/test/java/rx/ObservableTests.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
@@ -29,10 +30,12 @@
 
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.InOrder;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
 
 import rx.Observable.OnSubscribeFunc;
+import rx.concurrency.TestScheduler;
 import rx.observables.ConnectableObservable;
 import rx.subscriptions.BooleanSubscription;
 import rx.subscriptions.Subscriptions;
@@ -886,6 +889,7 @@ public void testContainsWithEmptyObservable() {
         verify(aObserver, times(1)).onCompleted();
     }
 
+    @Test
     public void testIgnoreElements() {
         Observable<Integer> observable = Observable.from(1, 2, 3).ignoreElements();
 
@@ -896,4 +900,62 @@ public void testIgnoreElements() {
         verify(aObserver, never()).onError(any(Throwable.class));
         verify(aObserver, times(1)).onCompleted();
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testFromWithScheduler() {
+        TestScheduler scheduler = new TestScheduler();
+        Observable<Integer> observable = Observable.from(Arrays.asList(1, 2), scheduler);
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        Observer<Integer> aObserver = mock(Observer.class);
+        observable.subscribe(aObserver);
+
+        scheduler.advanceTimeBy(1, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+
+        InOrder inOrder = inOrder(aObserver);
+        inOrder.verify(aObserver, times(1)).onNext(1);
+        inOrder.verify(aObserver, times(1)).onNext(2);
+        inOrder.verify(aObserver, times(1)).onCompleted();
+        inOrder.verifyNoMoreInteractions();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testStartWithWithScheduler() {
+        TestScheduler scheduler = new TestScheduler();
+        Observable<Integer> observable = Observable.from(3, 4).startWith(Arrays.asList(1, 2), scheduler);
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        Observer<Integer> aObserver = mock(Observer.class);
+        observable.subscribe(aObserver);
+
+        scheduler.advanceTimeBy(1, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+
+        InOrder inOrder = inOrder(aObserver);
+        inOrder.verify(aObserver, times(1)).onNext(1);
+        inOrder.verify(aObserver, times(1)).onNext(2);
+        inOrder.verify(aObserver, times(1)).onNext(3);
+        inOrder.verify(aObserver, times(1)).onNext(4);
+        inOrder.verify(aObserver, times(1)).onCompleted();
+        inOrder.verifyNoMoreInteractions();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRangeWithScheduler() {
+        TestScheduler scheduler = new TestScheduler();
+        Observable<Integer> observable = Observable.range(3, 4, scheduler);
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        Observer<Integer> aObserver = mock(Observer.class);
+        observable.subscribe(aObserver);
+
+        scheduler.advanceTimeBy(1, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+
+        InOrder inOrder = inOrder(aObserver);
+        inOrder.verify(aObserver, times(1)).onNext(3);
+        inOrder.verify(aObserver, times(1)).onNext(4);
+        inOrder.verify(aObserver, times(1)).onNext(5);
+        inOrder.verify(aObserver, times(1)).onNext(6);
+        inOrder.verify(aObserver, times(1)).onCompleted();
+        inOrder.verifyNoMoreInteractions();
+    }
 }
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