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[Q] Which is my best option for having a good game device?

Hi guys, I recently got a brand new galaxy s (GT-I9000). My experience with this nice one is amazing, except when it comes down to gaming. For example when playing Blood & Glory it just lags like hell, but I have seen videos of other galaxy s on youtube playing the very same game smooth. So I was wondering what can I do about it. I thought that I could install voofoo lagfix, but it was my understanding that it isn't available for gingerbread 2.3.6 (I have a rooted I9000XWJVZ, and I didn't touch anything else). I also thought that you may know a rom that is especially suited for gaming.
I'm at your mercy, please help a poor fellow. Bye and Happy Christmas.

If you were looking for gaming device, I personally would recommend you XBOX or Playstation...

Thanks, but this doesn't help me (and I already have a 360). What I'm saying is that my galaxy s doesn't seem to be able to play game very well, some others do. So I just wanna know what can I do about it.

First of all, read the threads here, and look in General section as well.
You can start from widgets freezing/delete.

Don't use much widgets.
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Problem is that gingerbread has terrible memory management, it always tries to keep apps on memory, so when you're playing a game, your RAM changes depending on textures, etc. So the system sees more free RAM and starts an app which causes lags... yeah it's pretty stupid but you could try this:
Flash a custom kernel of your liking (I use semaphore and it's working well), and thunderbolt (it's a collection of scripts that enhance performance). Also you may want to flash a thunderbolt LMK add on (low memory killer), if you want best performance go for the 80MB LMK one, but you won't be able to multitask much. Actually you can change the LMK on the fly (with semaphore app) and that could be easier (flash at least the kernel and thunderbolt, the other thunderbolt add ons are optional)
Try to get some info on LMK, this thread is a good start:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18549017
Also I found Cyanogenmod to be ok at gaming but it's a battery hog, if you can tweak a samsung rom like I mentioned you could get good performance and battery life, even if it's a bit complicated at first.
If nothing of this satisfies you, you could go back to froyo, it's much better for gaming, really.

I think the best phone is Samsung Galaxy S2

Thank you parhelion69, I'll try and let you know. Man, tuning a device is much more complicated than expected...

Worth it?

im soon going to buy a galaxy s advanced and i want ur opinion about this phone,is it worth it?and im most intereseted about the battery life,im usualy a heavy usage user who surfs the internet and plays games.

If gaming is your priority, especially intense 3D games, then the Advance may not be the best device for you. It is not the youngest, after all.
But other than that, speed while browsing, switching apps and all that, is quite alright.
If you can get it on the cheap, go for it. Just don't expect (e.g.) Tegra 3 optimized games to run entirely smooth.

Why not Samsung galaxy s3 or Google nexus..
If you are a heavy user then you want a phone with excellent processor (pref dual core processor)..
You can check the specs of any phone & also compare..go to website gsm arena or download app genie from playstore..
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Roots said:
Why not Samsung galaxy s3 or Google nexus..
If you are a heavy user then you want a phone with excellent processor (pref dual core processor)..
You can check the specs of any phone & also compare..go to website gsm arena or download app genie from playstore..
# Sent from my blazing slimbean SGS i9000 using Tapatalk 2 #
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my budget is limited at like 280 euros and i find this phone the best for me,it has a dual core procesor which should handle all games.

silvercrus1 said:
my budget is limited at like 280 euros and i find this phone the best for me,it has a dual core procesor which should handle all games.
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Well if you have done your research and you happy with the phone..go get it and enjoy..
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silvercrus1 said:
im soon going to buy a galaxy s advanced and i want ur opinion about this phone,is it worth it?and im most intereseted about the battery life,im usualy a heavy usage user who surfs the internet and plays games.
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Why not Galaxy Nexus then?
About same price, same hardware but much better software support.

HalphaZ said:
Why not Galaxy Nexus then?
About same price, same hardware but much better software support.
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i googled its price and here in my country its like 380 euros.

Roots said:
Well if you have done your research and you happy with the phone..go get it and enjoy..
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the phone is fine for me but some people got complains that the battery life is not good at all,is it true?

silvercrus1 said:
the phone is fine for me but some people got complains that the battery life is not good at all,is it true?
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All smartphones these days have variable battery life..
As it all varies from user to user & depending on how much activity one does on a phone > meaning some people only us phone for calls, texts, email just basic use so they will get excellent battery life.. On the other hand users with heavy useage doing so much listening to music, watching videos, playing games, browsing internet etc battery life wont be as good..(im a very heavy user and on my sgs 1 i get average daily battery life 11 hours, meaning i have to charge my phone at least once every day whereas with light useage i can get 48 hours (mind you though im on a custom rom & kernel which really helps a lot)..
Hope the above has given you some knowledge on battery life with android phones..
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[Q] LG Optimus 4x HD(TEGRA 3) vs Motorola Atrix HD

Which one is better in real world gaming/calling/battery life/3g brwsing/gpu/cpu performance customs roms, more easy to overclock best quality phone?

Atrix HD's battery is crap. As far as gaming, some non-tegra games might run better on the Atrix because of the optimization with Adreno GPU's. Take for example MC4. It has hiccups when i play it on my O4X, but it is buttery silky smooth on my Nexus 4. There are no custom roms available for the O4X because of a locked bootloader...therefore no way to overclock yet. Unless you're a kernel dev that could help in that category.
If you're looking to buy a phone and you development is a big deal for you, then go with the Atrix HD. If you don't care about development and just want a solid phone that you can count on, then the O4X is a wiser choice. I honestly don't feel like i have the need for overclocking or custom roms. Just like my Nexus 4. There are tons of custom roms and mods available for it, but i prefer to run it bone stock but with a custom kernel.

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Atrix HD's battery is crap. As far as gaming, some non-tegra games might run better on the Atrix because of the optimization with Adreno GPU's. Take for example MC4. It has hiccups when i play it on my O4X, but it is buttery silky smooth on my Nexus 4. There are no custom roms available for the O4X because of a locked bootloader...therefore no way to overclock yet. Unless you're a kernel dev that could help in that category.
If you're looking to buy a phone and you development is a big deal for you, then go with the Atrix HD. If you don't care about development and just want a solid phone that you can count on, then the O4X is a wiser choice. I honestly don't feel like i have the need for overclocking or custom roms. Just like my Nexus 4. There are tons of custom roms and mods available for it, but i prefer to run it bone stock but with a custom kernel.
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How`s battery life on O4X? and cpu performace tegra 3 vs "krait" S4?and for updating android which one has more support for updates?, what you mean with solid? and what happens if in the future O4X doesnt support new Android systems? bcuz it has locked bootloader so I cant install new custom roms?

Battery life on the O4X is decent. I get a whole day's worth with medium use. As far as Tegra 3 vs Q Krait S4 im sure there are plenty of video comparisons on youtube you can check out. As far as updates are concerned, since Motorola has been bought by Google you can count on the Atrix HD to receive its updates faster than the O4X. And because the O4X has a locked bootloader, there will be no custom roms to fulfill your flashaholic needs. That is until we get some devs who are willing to work on the phone. But until that time comes, if you're a flashaholic...go for the Atrix HD.
When i said a solid phone, i meant that the phone doesn't have any bugs or anything...so you can always count on it on being available for you to use.

someone else with some more useful info?

My 4X only laggs on games like MC4/gtaVC when i set the cpu under 1200mhz
Edit: and games run silk smooth on 1500 with performance setting
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alekthefirst said:
My 4X only laggs on games like MC4/gtaVC when i set the cpu under 1200mhz
Edit: and games run silk smooth on 1500 with performance setting
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what about gamming and battery life?

Battery life: i tested, and my phone will easily standby 500+ hours(in airplane mode, with 3g activated, no data: it failed after the half. About 250-280 hrs.) When constantly gaming Dead Space (only game i tested the actual time on) it lasted 2 hrs 07 minutes on full performance mode. Again with no lag whatsoever(dead space wont lag on a optimus 2x or ever weaker phones though)
I did test on a older version of Counter Strike aswell(i found it the apk on my pc. Cant remember where i got it from) - and it did start lagging when i took it on a match with me and 15 AI`s (that is, 15 guys controlled by the phone) there my battery lasted 3+ something hours (from 100%) before i got the 5% warning.
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Could probably point out that while the battery life while gaming is a bit short - when I've tested it, it's been on average a full hour better than the competing quad-core phones when running the same game side by side.. not completely sure why that happens when comparing it to other tegra 3 phones, though.. Assuming it has something to do with the scheduler policy, along with the slightly larger battery, or something of that sort. Aside from that.. a snapdragon setup uses more power on average, and idles on a massively higher power-draw. Always been a problem with those soc designs - that the antennas and modules need to be powered on completely when there's power on the phone at all. Btw - really did manage to have the 4x run 11 days while online on the gsm network once. Didn't use the phone much - but it really is easy to get the phone to last three-four days if you don't run anything heavy. And by heavy, I don't mean just editing photos, or having the screen lit up, or something like that. I mean something that constantly runs on full processor load.
Power-draw while just playing back music and movies as well is top class. You don't read that in the reviews for some inexplicable reason.... having to do with Engadget being in love with Apple, to the point where they hate on anything that threatens to dethrone their precious princess or something. But it's still the case. This tegra 3 chip with an ips screen/gorilla glass, slim chassis w/replaceable battery/memory card slot - is a very neat design.

What? The power draw when playing music is the only thing that let me down when using this phone! Even my old xperia x8 could do better!
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I meant compared to other modern smartphones
Could put it this way - if you want support for lossless formats, dynamic bitrate, ogg, that sort of thing - then this is the most effective system by far. Since you have power management that is transparent to the OS, and so on, so you can use existing media-players with support for the arm set and get good performance on low clocks/only the companion core, etc.

UIQrules said:
I meant compared to other modern smartphones
Could put it this way - if you want support for lossless formats, dynamic bitrate, ogg, that sort of thing - then this is the most effective system by far. Since you have power management that is transparent to the OS, and so on, so you can use existing media-players with support for the arm set and get good performance on low clocks/only the companion core, etc.
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Tested; none of the (free) media players on google play could be run on the companion core. They seem to always run on the 3rd(core2) 1.5ghz core. Putting the freq at a stable 1.1ghz when screen off. And pumping to the full 1.5 when the screen is on...
Not very power saving...
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Hm.. The ones using the arm 7 vfp packs should avoid that. Bsplayer does, at least.. The internal player as well. Same codec pack. The Spotify app actually avoids running on the other cores as well. That instruction set class is not unique for tegra3 either, so it should be fairly commonly used by now.

and getting a higher battery in mAh would help? which models uses O4XHD?

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and getting a higher battery in mAh would help? which models uses O4XHD?
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mAh reflects the storage capacity. Getting the double amount of mAh will basically double your battery life
The only other than the stock battery known to me, must be the mugen powers battery extender-something like that. And that will make your phone look like a brick.
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[Q] Tegra Overclock

Hello everyone! I'm new in the forum, so please forgive me if I do anything wrong (although I doubt it :silly: )
I was browsing the Play Store when this application got my attention. It's called Tegra Overclock (not Tegrak). It is supposed to make our Tegra device's CPU cores run at full load and overall improve the performance, especially in games. Now, since it's a paid application I want to ask those who have bought the app if it's worth it's money and if it indeed increase the performance.
I can't give you a link since XDA won't let new members post links, but you can easily find it by searching "Tegra Overclock" on Play Store!
Thank you! :laugh:

amkirk94 said:
Hello everyone! I'm new in the forum, so please forgive me if I do anything wrong (although I doubt it :silly: )
I was browsing the Play Store when this application got my attention. It's called Tegra Overclock (not Tegrak). It is supposed to make our Tegra device's CPU cores run at full load and overall improve the performance, especially in games. Now, since it's a paid application I want to ask those who have bought the app if it's worth it's money and if it indeed increase the performance.
I can't give you a link since XDA won't let new members post links, but you can easily find it by searching "Tegra Overclock" on Play Store!
Thank you! :laugh:
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We only need to improve the GPU performance. The CPU performance of our device is more than enough. :good:
Anyway, if you really want to improve performance use a custom kernel like WerewolfJB or Eternity. You also have scripts like V6supercharger, etc... I'm not saying that the app doesn't work, i'm just trying to save you 2.30€...

the app really works and improves gaming performance! I recommend it as it`s as simple as installing and using an app!

Its handy for changing govs/freqs on the fly, also on werewolf kernel you can clock GPU to 520mhz like one x, dungeon hunter 4 used to lag like hell but now it plays quite good!
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redmi 4A

Anyone who owns this device can tell me how this device handles tasks like browsing, Whatsapp, simple games like temple run, etc? Is there any lag while browsing? while moving between menus?

mazinya said:
Anyone who owns this device can tell me how this device handles tasks like browsing, Whatsapp, simple games like temple run, etc? Is there any lag while browsing? while moving between menus?
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This device is smooth. I don't find any lag while surfing internet, using social media sites or gaming.
It's not heating up while using. Display is bright and touch is smooth. Don't expect excellent performance from this phone. But this phone is damn good at a low price.

I dont need excellent flagship performance. Just a good device that wont lag while browsing, simple gaming or scrolling. good to know that its doing its job well. I was only concerned because of the 2gb of RAM which I thought might not be enough because MIUI is heavy skin and I was afraid the device will lag because of that

mazinya said:
Anyone who owns this device can tell me how this device handles tasks like browsing, Whatsapp, simple games like temple run, etc? Is there any lag while browsing? while moving between menus?
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Well i'm using this device for couple of months now & i'm yet to be disappointed. Sure, i was concerned about it's RAM but these devices are just great at RAM management but let me tell you, you'd get only around 900mb of the RAM to work around due to it's miui skin.
To sum up, it's a best buy for everyday tasks even for moderate gaming, like that of temple run & though miui is eating up a lot of resources… it's worth it.

If i was to purchase this, do i want the global one or the other one for north america?