poor emulator performance - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Why is this phone having trouble with emulators? Gameboid and n64oid having frequent slow downs.
My nexus s was far better than this? What is the reasoning?

I've had no problems with both. On N64oid I've been playing a lot of Zelda with no problems. Are you sure power saving is not enabled?
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Because you are probably using the US version.
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Yeah I am on sprint. I just got a software update too maybe that has something to with it?
But still the evo had the old dual core and the nexus had a single core and they pladyed the games fine

US version is bad compared to int. People were saying "they're equal in term of perfs" my friend has the us version and n64 emulation freeze a lot while I have no problem on my gs3 int.
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I have the international sgs3 and I play all of the emulators and I don't have any problems. I play a lot of gba and game gear and n64 and no lag.
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Anyone here with the US version (Verizon, Sprint, or Tmobile)? I have the S4 dual core with 2 gb ram
STILL...my OLD Nexus S with a single core played both emulators without a hitch

ninten5 said:
Anyone here with the US version (Verizon, Sprint, or Tmobile)? I have the S4 dual core with 2 gb ram
STILL...my OLD Nexus S with a single core played both emulators without a hitch
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T-Mobile here running AOKP and faux kernel. No slowdowns in any emulator.

So are you guys telling me that touchwiz is soooo bad that it is causing the emulator to slowdown or is there a technical glitch in my phone? I really wanted to play n64 games on this big screen phone:silly:

ninten5 said:
So are you guys telling me that touchwiz is soooo bad that it is causing the emulator to slowdown or is there a technical glitch in my phone? I really wanted to play n64 games on this big screen phone:silly:
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Well when I was running stock touchwiz I would get slow downs on gameboid, snesoid, and n64oid, so yea touchwiz is a a big memory hog like sense but not as ugly.

ninten5 said:
Why is this phone having trouble with emulators? Gameboid and n64oid having frequent slow downs.
My nexus s was far better than this? What is the reasoning?
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Why do you need these emulators?
U wanna play 8 bit games on a high end device!
Press the "Thanks" button below if I've helped.

rishabho1 said:
Why do you need these emulators?
U wanna play 8 bit games on a high end device!
Press the "Thanks" button below if I've helped.
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There's NOTHING like the classics That's why

Because a game like Zelda can never be found on the play store or the pure nostalgia of Mario 64 cant be rejuvenated from app games. Anyways, is my only option is to root and get rid of touchwiz?
O btw, nintendo 64 was 64 bit : p

ninten5 said:
Because a game like Zelda can never be found on the play store or the pure nostalgia of Mario 64 cant be rejuvenated from app games. Anyways, is my only option is to root and get rid of touchwiz?
O btw, nintendo 64 was 64 bit : p
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ninten5 said:
Because a game like Zelda can never be found on the play store or the pure nostalgia of Mario 64 cant be rejuvenated from app games. Anyways, is my only option is to root and get rid of touchwiz?
O btw, nintendo 64 was 64 bit : p
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I had frequent slow-downs on n64oid as well when on stock and i have an int' phone. I didn't try it on asop or cm9 yet but lets put it like this, i did not have these same slow downs on my htc desire z/g2. Touchwiz is the culprit no doubt.
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Wait what ? Gameboid is on Android ? I thought it was only on iOS ?
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No problems with gameboid, gbcoid, n64oid, scummvm, adosbox, snesoid, gensoid, gearoid, md.emu, snes9x ex, snesdroid or FPse
I've got the international S3

I'm having the same problem with the Verizon version of the galaxy s3. I have found that if you disable the sound than it works perfectly with no lagging.

Ya I figured out I t works good without sound but Zelda has some pretty epic soundtrack
How hard is the root for this phone? Evo 3d was a nightmare!

ninten5 said:
Ya I figured out I t works good without sound but Zelda has some pretty epic soundtrack
How hard is the root for this phone? Evo 3d was a nightmare!
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You use the Sprint S3 so you should have more answer on that in the US S3 forum...

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Is the Razr a decent gaming device?

I'm interested in getting a Razr and I would appreciate some experience with playing games on it as I'm a big gamer. I have an iPod Touch, but I only play like three games on it because the screen is so small. Is the Razr capable of keeping up with intense games?
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Yes.
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mistawolfe said:
Yes.
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So there's no significant slowdown or freezing when playing intense games? When I play intense games on my Droid 3, after 20 minutes it becomes unusable and requires a reboot.
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I recently acquired the craze for this amazing games available, and I can say they run awesomely great!
See, I used to have an Xperia, and the games were either too big (in MB) or too demanding (processing power) so I never really played, since the phone slowed down considerably.
Now with my RAZR, I tried a bunch of games that ran as smooth as butter, with very detalied graphics on the, oh so great screen, it's overall a much, much better experience. I tried GTA 3, Battle Bears, Spiderman HD, Real Racing 2 and Shine Runner. All took up 400-700 MB but they run with no hiccups.
Real Racing 2 works on the RAZR?
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Real Racing 2 works on the RAZR?
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Yeah, just tried it this morning. Seems to work so far.
We've got a PowerVR GPU. It's enough.
Somehow, my riptide GP and sprinkle ( YES SPRINKLE) lag when i play them.
Also, the water effects in sprinkle is not real..it looks like round dots..which are really ugly. Already using chainfire3D but still there. dont really know why
It's not about capability, it's all about compatibility.
it's a beast.. just played gta 3 for about an hour.. runs great
well my razr doesnt fare so well, so far it lagged heavily on fruitninja HD, ninjump and ashphalt 6. anyone else expierencing this?
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no lag for me on asphalt.
icecreamsandwich said:
well my razr doesnt fare so well, so far it lagged heavily on fruitninja HD, ninjump and ashphalt 6. anyone else expierencing this?
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Is asphalt 6 compatible with razr?
I have bought that when I was using my old milestone 2, but it doesn't appear in my razr's [email protected]@
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Even in 800 mhz stock odexed rom. My razr play all the game i throw in smoothly. It's the best phone i use till now.
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1.2ghz dual core, 1 gig of RAM and SAMOLED screen... nuff said.
hey cheekrox i need to know something is xt910 is good? i mean it doesn't have FM right so any alternative for that?
klubhead said:
it's a beast.. just played gta 3 for about an hour.. runs great
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Agreed on GTA. Please also consider that unlike a few other recent devices, the Razr has a qHD, rather than 720p, so less pixels to push. Especially if you play game emulators, the Gnex and Rezound do not play very well with virtual pads, plus PSX and N64 play slower.
Pixels are a factor for game emulators and is why they play faster when in a smaller native window (less pixels to push). Not sure why there is not better scaling for Android, but all current chipsets have the issue.
icecreamsandwich said:
well my razr doesnt fare so well, so far it lagged heavily on fruitninja HD, ninjump and ashphalt 6. anyone else expierencing this?
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Yes we all are as they are not fully compatible.
sorry my bad,wasnt playing games from the market , works perfectly lag-free now
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xdmatt said:
Yeah, just tried it this morning. Seems to work so far.
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Hmm, it says not compatible with my device. Weird.

Final Fantasy III now available in US Play Store

Like the title says, Final Fantasy III which has been available in the Japanese Play Store is now available in the US Play Store. 172 Mb via Wifi Download
What are some other RPG's you guys play on Android?
The Zenonia series was good, Dungeon Hunter 1 & 2 where good (3 sucks), order & chaos for a WoW like experience. Illusia was good as was destinia
Shifted from Outer Space
Spectral Souls, Inotia 3, Zenonia 4, Block Story, Wasted Land and Order and Chaos
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Plus with my emulator I've been playing secret of mana, chrono trigger, etc
Shifted from Outer Space
Emulator is where it is.. Lunar 2, even final fantasy 7 works well.
N64oid + Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time = Godmode on EVO LTE
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Which emulator are you guys using?
I tried FPsx, but can't figure out how to get it to work
assumption said:
Which emulator are you guys using?
I tried FPsx, but can't figure out how to get it to work
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Does it ask you for a Bios file?
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DB13 said:
Does it ask you for a Bios file?
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Yup!! I tried downloading one from the web, but still... no go....
BUT, I also tried GSNEX or something, and that doesn't work either on my phone
assumption said:
Yup!! I tried downloading one from the web, but still... no go....
BUT, I also tried GSNEX or something, and that doesn't work either on my phone
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Heres a psx Bois file enjoy!
http://db.tt/b9RN3lr8
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Fpse requires you to force mono core for some games to work. While a bios will provide more accurate emulation, I've found it considerably slower than running on software alone. Without using the BIOS file the emulator will revert to HLE, which can better use the hardware in your phone.
Final Fantasy III in the Play Store is great news. Anyone know if they will bring FF and FF II as well? I wish they'd hurry up and bring us a decent FFVI remake. I've given up holding my breath for an FFVII remake on any platform.
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Fpse requires you to force mono core for some games to work. While a bios will provide more accurate emulation, I've found it considerably slower than running on software alone. Without using the BIOS file the emulator will revert to HLE, which can better use the hardware in your phone.
Final Fantasy III in the Play Store is great news. Anyone know if they will bring FF and FF II as well? I wish they'd hurry up and bring us a decent FFVI remake. I've given up holding my breath for an FFVII remake on any platform.
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Interesting info about playing without bios. I always thought that quick saves wouldn't work without bios. Is that not correct? I always gotta click force mono core. I mostly play ff7 and ff9.
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Man, can't tell if this is the best thing ever or the worst. It's all I've been doing all day long!!
Nice, it's a little spendy but worth the price for the high res if you're a final fantasy fan. I really hope they port the other games that they have released for iOS as well.
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Nice, it's a little spendy but worth the price for the high res if you're a final fantasy fan. I really hope they port the other games that they have released for iOS as well.
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I think price will come down after a few months. I plan to buy it at the end of the month. Ports of the other games, yes we need that!
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The original final fantasy is now in the play store for $6.99
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I would pay top dollar for a Final Fantasy VII port! I remember locking myself in my room back in '97 for like 2 weeks straight! Almost didn't start my freshman year at college on time!

[Q] Nintendo games on Android???

So I'm going on a really long plane trip (12 hours) and I'm looking to occupy time so I thought... Classic Nintendo games of course
The question is how do I get such games for my phone? I REALLY want to play classic Zelda and Mario. Any ideas? Is there Mame for Android?
itpromike said:
So I'm going on a really long plane trip (12 hours) and I'm looking to occupy time so I thought... Classic Nintendo games of course
The question is how do I get such games for my phone? I REALLY want to play classic Zelda and Mario. Any ideas? Is there Mame for Android?
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NESoid
http://slideme.org/application/nesoid
Now you just have to find the ROMS.
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I have duck hunt which was pulled from the market long ago. If u want it pm me, it's against rules to post it. It'll cost u hitting the thanks button on this reply, it's worth it lol
I use nes-emu it came with 100 roms all marios and zeldas. I wrote down the mac address of my Wii mote by searching for it with Bluetooth on CM7 then synced it up with the Wii mote app. Configured the button map to play the roms on my droid with a Wii mote. Let me know if you need help with this.
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I use an app called N64oid it runs N64 ROMS perfectly! Graphics, speed, stabilty are all top notch!
I am playing Resident Evil 2 on my phone at the moment
Any idea on NDS emulator?
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Any idea on NDS emulator?
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Dsoid but it heats up your phone like a microwave. It also is quite slow. You need a high end phone (not even mine, more like an S3 or a Nexus S) to play it properly.
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nds4droid is better. Also, it doesn't even run all that well on higher end devices either, still too soon for that yet.
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nds4droid is better. Also, it doesn't even run all that well on higher end devices either, still too soon for that yet.
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Why is it better?
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itpromike said:
So I'm going on a really long plane trip (12 hours) and I'm looking to occupy time so I thought... Classic Nintendo games of course
The question is how do I get such games for my phone? I REALLY want to play classic Zelda and Mario. Any ideas? Is there Mame for Android?
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I haven't gotten around to trying any of these yet, but I was fairly pleased to find out that there exists Nintendo DS emulators. It sounds like there's lots of room for improvement though, and I can't wait for it to get better.

Wild Blood released today

EDIT:
Gameloft released an update today that fixed most of the Tegra lag that most of us were running into. I'm glad to see the company responding to criticism.
OP:
Gameloft's much-anticipated foray into the world of Unreal graphics was released today... and it absolutely sucks on the TF201 with JB. It is so laggy that it is almost unplayable.
If you've got $7 bucks to spend on an action/adventure game, go with Horn.
Runs very smooth with ics oced to 1.7ghz. Some textures could be better upclose but is looking good overall and no lag.
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On JB is laggy
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Don't buy gameloft games there don't run well on tegra 3
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With a cold boot restart, Wild Blood runs fine for me. I'm loving this game a lot. Graphics are amazing and gameplay is fun. Really digging the unreal engine on my tablet
downloaded and played very laggy and is going to be a kracker of a game but until they fix the glitches i cant keep motivated to play
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I wonder if the issue is just for jb users.
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With a cold boot restart, Wild Blood runs fine for me. I'm loving this game a lot. Graphics are amazing and gameplay is fun. Really digging the unreal engine on my tablet
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Are you on JB or ICS?
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Don't buy gameloft games there don't run well on tegra 3
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Couldn't find the right enough words to describe how true this is, and taking into consideration most of the biggest titles of Android games comes from Game loft. Just when you thought that this tablet isn't bad enough, game loft ditches tegra optimizations
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I wonder if the issue is just for jb users.
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I doubt so since I've seen Gnexes reviews complimenting the game
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Couldn't find the right enough words to describe how true this is, and taking into consideration most of the biggest titles of Android games comes from Game loft. Just when you thought that this tablet isn't bad enough, game loft ditches tegra optimizations
I actually think gameloft intentionally makes it run bad on tegra3 because they don't want tegra zone to get big and successful. Its infuriating!
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And its not even like you have to optimize that much. There are tons of games from small developers that run on all phones perfectly
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ian1 said:
justcookiesncream said:
Couldn't find the right enough words to describe how true this is, and taking into consideration most of the biggest titles of Android games comes from Game loft. Just when you thought that this tablet isn't bad enough, game loft ditches tegra optimizations
I actually think gameloft intentionally makes it run bad on tegra3 because they don't want tegra zone to get big and successful. Its infuriating!
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And its not even like you have to optimize that much. There are tons of games from small developers that run on all phones perfectly
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I suppose that might be true but with optimizations for Tegra would mean that they've won out a huge share of the market that has capable hardware and they would've already won half the battle
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I have to say, the update for tegra has made this game super smooth. Much better with sixaxis rocking!
tuckersmission said:
I have to say, the update for tegra has made this game super smooth. Much better with sixaxis rocking!
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I've got to say that it's a good thing that they had this updated for Tegra, but I've noticed that they've disabled all the shader graphics and sword swinging effects for the Tegra version, take a look at this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q051U1nzjM&feature=youtube_gdata_player and notice the effects when the player swings the sword
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As from the Note 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avQPCv9ki8k&feature=youtube_gdata_player full graphics are enabled as well, so it's just for the Tegra 3 that gameloft has disabled special effects
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See, this is the issue with the Tegra3 SoC. On one hand you have some great games developed for it (mainly by Madfinger) but on the other hand, other developers are taking effects out of their games in order to get their content to play smoothly on Tegra3 devices.
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Wild blood play fine on my prime only 1 core is being used the entire time i play this game. Im on ICS at 1.8ghz tho. Is there anyway to get all the effects back in this game? maybe using chainfire drivers perhaps?
Darkmatter2420 said:
Wild blood play fine on my prime only 1 core is being used the entire time i play this game. Im on ICS at 1.8ghz tho. Is there anyway to get all the effects back in this game? maybe using chainfire drivers perhaps?
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Really, one core? Which CPU monitor are you using? That seems really kind of ridiculous since all Android phones made in the last 2 years have 2 cores. The only devices that I know of that's come out in the last year that has a single core is the Intel based ones.
Anyone know if Wild Blood supports sixaxxis/ps3 controller natively? I recently downloaded Dungeon Hunter 3 and it works flawlessly with a PS3 Controller (i'm not rooted!). Thanks in advance for anyone who answers!
guardzero said:
Anyone know if Wild Blood supports sixaxxis/ps3 controller natively? I recently downloaded Dungeon Hunter 3 and it works flawlessly with a PS3 Controller (i'm not rooted!). Thanks in advance for anyone who answers!
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I've got a Logitech F710 that works with most games that support controllers natively, but it doesn't work on Wild Blood.

Shadowgun: Deadzone

So, anyone else playing this? Its working great with CROMI and with the dock, Xbox360 controller plugged in.
I play from time to time havent played in a while though.
Yep, but not too much. It's lagging sometimes like hell... I have graphics set to Medium, and even on this it lags sometimes. But overall it's great game. I wonder, if it's worth rooting and overcloking my tab to have better performance... Do you play on stock 1.3 GHz?
Mich3lin said:
Yep, but not too much. It's lagging sometimes like hell... I have graphics set to Medium, and even on this it lags sometimes. But overall it's great game. I wonder, if it's worth rooting and overcloking my tab to have better performance... Do you play on stock 1.3 GHz?
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It really is worth it, without my overclock to 1.8ghz I can't play any fun games for sh*t. On the stock 1.3ghz I can't run NFS MW or this...
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It really is worth it, without my overclock to 1.8ghz I can't play any fun games for sh*t. On the stock 1.3ghz I can't run NFS MW or this...
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Sounds like very good reason.. hey root I'm coming!
I play on stock 1.3 GHz no lag I think it's your tethering off phone. With my 20 mb fiber I get no lag. Phone service at&t not bad either.
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culaterout said:
I play on stock 1.3 GHz no lag I think it's your tethering off phone. With my 20 mb fiber I get no lag. Phone service at&t not bad either.
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Then it might be likely another issue, like server for Europe etc. Because I'm connected by fiber-optics with 40 Mbps. Tablet is connected to the network by WiFi N router. So, that should not be the reason.
Wow have you tried reinstall app? Seen people complain about need for speed as well.
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culaterout said:
Wow have you tried reinstall app? Seen people complain about need for speed as well.
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So I did, and guess, that it helped a little. Thanks

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