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I am somewhat of a phone freak. I am usually buying, rooting, selling various phones. But recently came back and started using a Vibrant again. I am noticing that a few of my favorite games run piss poor on this phone. Namely Squibble, Drag Racing, games that as far as I can tell aren't too heavy.
I have tried a few other ROMS thinking this was the problem, Bi-Winning, Simply Galaxy, Performance V, among some others. I just can't get these games to run right. With or without Lag Fixes, I've even tried stock firmware.
Any ideas which roms are best for gaming? or any other ideas.
Haven't played drag racing, but I can confirm Squibble has always lagged really bad for me. Strange that such a simple game will do that, yet some Tegra 2 games will run perfect.
I am curious if you installed those games directly from the Google app market or the Amazon App Store. I have actually been meaning to ask around here if anyone else has had trouble with Amazon App Store games. I don't know if it is just the games I chose or if there is something else that is going on behind the scenes.
I first had problems with Angry Birds Rio. It was terribly laggy for me. After changing roms I didn't put the Amazon App Store back on my phone until recently when I added it for Plants vs. Zombies. Once I run that game the phone gets laggy on me until I reboot. I can't play it, stop playing it, then load it back up later without rebooting. Actually I can, it just is almost impossible to play the second time around.
Anyhow, just curious which app store you used to install the games.
I have been running trigger 3.2 with dragonmodz kernal. dragonmodz is made for gaming. it overclocks the gpu as well as the cpu. drag racing runs really laggy for me for the first few races then runs fine. the only problem is how addicting that game is. I kill the battery. other games run fine. I installed chainfire 3d and the nvidia drivers. dungeon def hd works as well as samurai II. fun game!
squibble runs great for me.
on cm7
I also noticed the horrible lag while playing drag racing. It almost ruins the game. But I can tell you what fixes it completely for me, and I mean no lag, not even the first race. Just install MIUI. I use the "Energy" version. I have a hunch that any gingerbread based rom would likely work tho, although you did mention simply galaxy in your roms that youve tried list. I am torn between having wifi calling, (2.2 based only) and having playable Drag Racing (2.3+ based only). Currently still on Energy in spite of my almost non-existant network in my area. Good Luck
wachalookinat said:
I also noticed the horrible lag while playing drag racing. It almost ruins the game. But I can tell you what fixes it completely for me, and I mean no lag, not even the first race. Just install MIUI. I use the "Energy" version. I have a hunch that any gingerbread based rom would likely work tho, although you did mention simply galaxy in your roms that youve tried list. I am torn between having wifi calling, (2.2 based only) and having playable Drag Racing (2.3+ based only). Currently still on Energy in spite of my almost non-existant network in my area. Good Luck
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Try this wifi calling, it's for cm7, but not about other gingerbread roms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919486
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Try this wifi calling, it's for cm7, but not about other gingerbread roms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919486
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Looks like this hasnt been tested on a vibrant yet. Was built for nexus one. I dont mind being the guinea pig tho.
Edit: Tried flashing it, it failed but atleast it didnt brick my phone. Just rebooted after failure and all was well. Hopefully someone can make this work for our vibrants. With Working GPS on ginger, now all we need is wifi calling to be bug free gingerbread. Were so close!
update: I started a new topic about getting this ported over in the development section here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15064209#post15064209
I really hope someone can getter going!
Try putting your phone in airplane mode. My buddy with an og droid can't play Angry Birds unless he does.
Why in the world does that game need to see system log files and phone identity. I hate odd permissions.
Just about to check out a sale with Gameloft, when I noticed that their selection for the Evo3D isn't that great.
I figured that I could click another phone that has the same chipset for a bigger selection. Something like the Sensation, since they're pretty much the same.
Anyone have experience with this? Buying and downloading a game for another phone, with no problems?
I guess the Sensation is the best to use, but has anyone tried using a different one? I think there are also a few older HTC models and Sony-Ericsson phones with similar Snapdragon SOCs no?
I got these games working just fine on my device..
Nova 2 HD
9mm Hd
Rainbow Six HD v1.0.1
Assasin's Creed 3D v1.0.4 (I bought this one)
Modern Combat 2 v3.3.2
Fast 5 v1.0.3
Hawx v3.2.5
BackStab HD v1.2.2 (although some maps didn't work so I couldn't continue the game)
Some of these games are for HTC Desire I dint purchase any of those but the AC3D... and they work just fine.... the latest one I got was 9mm HD I believe it say it was for HTC Sensation...
Thanks, so you downloaded the Desire and Sensation versions? Cool... But these are, ehm, from the eh, alternative market, yeah?
vszulc said:
Thanks, so you downloaded the Desire and Sensation versions? Cool... But these are, ehm, from the eh, alternative market, yeah?
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If you change the user agent on your phone to the user agent of the Sensation, you can trick Gameloft's site into thinking you actually have a Sensation, so you can download their games. Only do the Sensation since it's one of the few phones that has the same resolution as the Evo 3D.
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Thanks, so you downloaded the Desire and Sensation versions? Cool... But these are, ehm, from the eh, alternative market, yeah?
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Yeah I use some of the desire but know that I didnt purchase them so I had to download like 5 different apk for each game in order to find the one that work for me..
Thanks!
You can do that in Opera, right? I use that browser to download, since my stock browser has some problems downloading stuff that I don't get in Opera.
BTW: You use Sprint, right? Do you know something called: "sai://Sprintinstaller"?
Cause I just tried to take advantage of Gamelofts 99 cents sale, and gave my location as US even though Im in Europe. (Sale was yanks only, apparently) That link game up to download the game, and I couldn't get it to work, so I guess they assumed I'm on Sprint? Which is why I couldn't get the download to work?
Sucks, cause now I have to download it through their website, but I guess that's the price of saving 4 dollars
Just released in thearket. For 4.99. Wondered if any flyer owners had tried it and found it working. Can't decide if i wanna spend the money for it or not. esp if I don't know yet if it works on this device. Anyone?
I think this is the most frustrating part of Android. I have an LG Optimus 7, which runs WP7, and every app on the marketplace works. I have an HP Touchpad and every app works as well.
On my Android HTC Flyer on the other hand, its a crapshoot. Certain apps start, then consistently force close (i.e. XDA's app) and others start and don't work (i.e. HBO Go). If Android is going to consistently have these problems, they at least need to a try before you buy system.
+1 agreed.
Miss my wp7
Mite wait for wp8 to come out before I try another one tho.
I'm going to give it a try. Downloading SD files right now. Let u kno if it works
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I wouldn't waste your money, the app isn't supported and by the release notes from rockstar it's not going to be.
Works with low lags on my HTC Flyer 3G with HC & on my Xperia Play with GB
Booth Devices are official not supportet
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Yeah it works pretty good on my WiFi Flyer running Westfire HC rom
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sonus said:
If Android is going to consistently have these problems, they at least need to a try before you buy system.
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Most apps allow you to receive a refund within 15 minutes of purchase, some are longer. Pretty good TB4YB if you ask me.
Good news everyone... GTA is working great on my Flyer I have HC though, but it should work just fine on GB too
Well thank the Lord Jesus for that, now we can rest.
Now when I try to download the app it just says incompatible with your device. Same on my cellphone. Is there any way to persuade the android market to let me get it anyways?
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Flyer 3g 32GB
It forces reeboots for me either since 1.2 or with HC official
It was running without problems on FlyHoney HC-rc
reeboots with lee and cool HC ROMs
in the intro before the breakout on the bridge
when i skip intro 3 minutes into the game
everytime - with graphcs mod, too
is it working with you guys?
After a futile wait for GTA in the market for the View (works great on Droid 3, Razr and Thrive), I went ahead and used my Titanium back up from my Razr to side install it. Works fine on my View
Update:
I do notice that as far as speed, I can rank GTA 3 on my devices as follows:
1. Razr
2. Droid 3
3. Thrive
4. Flyer/View (For games and emulators prior to this, was Razr level or better).
Either the dual core tech is being leveraged, or the game is not yet optimized with the Scorpion chipset. The game is noticeably less smooth on the Flyer and View. It is so distant, perhaps 4 should be blank and 5 is the correct place (The other devices are smooth). Does great though for every app and game, up to this point.
Anyone here having issues playing Real Racing 3 while running JB?? Back when I was on ICS, the game ran smoothly and fast, but now on JB for some reason graphics are messed up and audio aswell... The cars look transparent and most transitions lag alot, aswell as music and overall audio... For the graphics, I managed to download an app called Real Racing 3 Graphics and set graphics to medium and that fixed the graphics issues (so much for project butter... and even though i did not have to do this on ICS since it ran perfectly.....??) As for audio, it skips... A LOT!! To the point that you just don't even enjoy the game anymore... It skips as if the phone was running out of memory and you would expect the game to run terribly if you heard it without looking at the screen, but then again when you do look you notice it runs normally most of the time... Speaking of most of the time, as a side effect of setting the graphics to medium, sometimes the game lags a bit or it just flat out closes on you during loadings or before a race starts... My question is, is someone out there playing RR3 on their Razr/Maxx and having these issues? If you aren't, what Rom are you running? If you did have em but fixed em, how did you do it???? Please help me out, I love this game.... Thanks in advanced!
PS. I flashed Fido Canada 4.1.2 JB firmware through RSD and rooted it, and thats what I'm running now... I also tested on CM10.1 and, even though the graphics issue was not present and the game ran perfectly, the audio still skips terribly... Could this be a Razr JB incompatibility issue? Wierd how it ran better than on my One X while on ICS but runs so terribly on JB....
yes I did try to play this game too and the result was the same
if you look on google play, it said that the app is not compatible to our razr
heblu said:
yes I did try to play this game too and the result was the same
if you look on google play, it said that the app is not compatible to our razr
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well yeah but its not compatible with lots of android phones and on some of them it runs great! take the HTC One XL for example, or the best example yet, our very Razr.. The game ran perfectly on ICS, almost made me wonder why it wasn't officially available to download for Razr, but now on JB.... No go :/
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well yeah but its not compatible with lots of android phones and on some of them it runs great! take the HTC One XL for example, or the best example yet, our very Razr.. The game ran perfectly on ICS, almost made me wonder why it wasn't officially available to download for Razr, but now on JB.... No go :/
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I did not know about ICS. Weird that is not running on JB. Maybe a driver issue
Where do I start? I bought my One X+ with much fanfare a couple of weeks ago and was very excited. But today I'm thinking about selling it. Don't get me wrong it is not a bad device. It is probably the best looking phone I've ever used. It has got an awesome display and great build quality. That is where the good things end.
I bought the phone well aware of the fact that Tegra chip had problem with Gameloft games. I was OK with that I don't like Gameloft games too much. But this phone can't even play games like Temple Run, Rayman Jungle Run and quite a few less graphic intensive games. Today, I bought Prince Of Persia: The Shadow and Flame from Play Store as I'm a big POP fan. But to my absolute HORROR it ran terribly on my phone. The exact same game runs beautifully & flawlessly on brother's 2 year old Galaxy Nexus. My blood boiled. I did not pay about $450 for this. On top of that the battery is very, very erratic.
Don't get me wrong folks. I have tried everything in the book. I've tried every custom ROM, kernel, SCRIPTS for gaming, TEGRA Overclock APP in order the improve my experience. All this turned out to a be a waste of time and money.
So, here I am. I am seriously thinking about selling the phone and getting a used S3 for the moment. Atleast I would get me money worth with that. Your thoughts?
You can in extreme to flash a new Rom like CM or AOKP.... android 4.2 is more optimized fore graphic and for game....
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I never experienced lags in any games till now and i have my phone since january,the only thing i dont like is the Temperature but we can't do anything for that
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You can in extreme to flash a new Rom like CM or AOKP.... android 4.2 is more optimized fore graphic and for game....
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I already tried Carbon ROM but it did not help. The experience should have been good out of the box especially when one has paid a good amount of money for a high end device such as this. Not everyone is comfortable flashing ROMs.
jizang said:
I never experienced lags in any games till now and i have my phone since january,the only thing i dont like is the Temperature but we can't do anything for that
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I believe the definition of lag differs for everyone. I compare it with my brother's 2 year old Galaxy Nexus which has now become obsolete.
Among the games you listed I had tried only Rayman Jungle Run - and I've got none of the problems you mentioned, runs fine without any lags whatsoever, completely smooth. Same goes for Carmageddon. I'm using InsertCoin 3.8.2 with elitekernel (and it's actually underclocked - restricted to 1,2ghz!). You might want to give it a try!
Flashed CM10.1 and played the same games. The performance improved a bit but still very unsatisfactory. Can I expect the official 4.2.2 update to improve anything?
tufel said:
Flashed CM10.1 and played the same games. The performance improved a bit but still very unsatisfactory. Can I expect the official 4.2.2 update to improve anything?
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Ask where you Buyed your HTC one X +
To switch or let them repair it.
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Gameplay on HTC One X. The lag is very apparent from the beginning. Just terrible optimization.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz86Rkb3jiM
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Where do I start? I bought my One X+ with much fanfare a couple of weeks ago and was very excited. But today I'm thinking about selling it. Don't get me wrong it is not a bad device. It is probably the best looking phone I've ever used. It has got an awesome display and great build quality. That is where the good things end.
I bought the phone well aware of the fact that Tegra chip had problem with Gameloft games. I was OK with that I don't like Gameloft games too much. But this phone can't even play games like Temple Run, Rayman Jungle Run and quite a few less graphic intensive games. Today, I bought Prince Of Persia: The Shadow and Flame from Play Store as I'm a big POP fan. But to my absolute HORROR it ran terribly on my phone. The exact same game runs beautifully & flawlessly on brother's 2 year old Galaxy Nexus. My blood boiled. I did not pay about $450 for this. On top of that the battery is very, very erratic.
Don't get me wrong folks. I have tried everything in the book. I've tried every custom ROM, kernel, SCRIPTS for gaming, TEGRA Overclock APP in order the improve my experience. All this turned out to a be a waste of time and money.
So, here I am. I am seriously thinking about selling the phone and getting a used S3 for the moment. Atleast I would get me money worth with that. Your thoughts?
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Prince of Persia Shadow and flame works flawlessly for me in my hox+, Horn looks extremely beautiful too....
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king_below_my_lord said:
Prince of Persia Shadow and flame works flawlessly for me in my hox+, Horn looks extremely beautiful too....
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Please play it on another, then get back to me. As I said earlier, the perception of lag differs for everyone.
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Please play it on another, then get back to me. As I said earlier, the perception of lag differs for everyone.
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I can't play it on another hox+ because I am the only one in my area with this device, but I have played it in my S2, Tab Plus and I know what you mean by lag I am a hard core gamer, I really have to say that for POP I experience no form of lag at all(not even the occasional hiccups) , haven't tried installing Gameloft games yet but will mention later after I try installing some. That said, I have had (very) minor lags with Horn(which by the way is optimized for tegra devices only) when I have lots of active apps running in the background, overall I am pretty satisfied with the performance given by the hox+ currently.
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Tested out NFS and it worked flawlessly but I installed gamelofts The Dark Knight Rises which sadly did have lags.
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I've been playing a couple of the games you listed including other very processing-intensive games such as Jelly Defense, GTA VC and Re-Volt Classic and I have basically no lag at all. I run them all with top FPS except in certain situations when particle density is too high.
I feel like there might be some hardware problem with your phone.
lol, send it to me
Whoareyou said:
lol, send it to me
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Err...??
tufel said:
Err...??
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It was a joke... uhgggg, nevermind.
After a lot of contemplation, I decided to part with my One X+. I thought things would improve with the 4.2 update but I was wrong. But one thing's certain...if you're not gaming then this the best 'Value' phone in the market. The build quality is second to none and the Sense UI is tremendously intuitive.
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After a lot of contemplation, I decided to part with my One X+. I thought things would improve with the 4.2 update but I was wrong. But one thing's certain...if you're not gaming then this the best 'Value' phone in the market. The build quality is second to none and the Sense UI is tremendously intuitive.
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bye :good:
I reckon you stick my latest test kernel on there. I'm really pleased with it. I'm playing asphalt 7 on just two cores, no lag, runs smooth, full graphics, doesn't get particularly hot. Still murders the battery though. I guess that's the large-screen drawback.