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[Q] graphics and performance issue

Hi buds
I bought my xXoom recently, about two weeks, and i been having some questions aboutit.
I dont know if there is really some problem, but i think i should askfirst.
First of all,...
I love to play games and, yesterday, i installed Shadowgun on my device. It was quite cesappointing to see that it runs not with that beautiful graphics, it looks like it needs aanti-aliasing, and the game is runing in 30- fps.
Ok,i tried other games too, and all of them looks like there is a lack of anti aliasing. Is this normal?
Another issue ihave is the web browsing, using default browser and dolphin hd... i must sayit is nothing smooth it freezes for some milliseconds, take a lot of timeto load pages( my internet is 15mb).
And posting this thread using xoom i get a lot of delay while typing.
Please, guys, is this the normalperormane of stock, or there is anyproblemand i should seek RMAA or warranty?
Desperatly need to know. Thanks for the attention.

I hate the stock performance since I've rooted and running overclocked cpu/gpu from almost as soon as I got the Xoom. TIAMAT makes the Xoom fly.

for xda, chg it to classic view.. scroll to the bottom n u will c this option

n4ndoz said:
Hi buds
I bought my xXoom recently, about two weeks, and i been having some questions aboutit.
I dont know if there is really some problem, but i think i should askfirst.
First of all,...
I love to play games and, yesterday, i installed Shadowgun on my device. It was quite cesappointing to see that it runs not with that beautiful graphics, it looks like it needs aanti-aliasing, and the game is runing in 30- fps.
Ok,i tried other games too, and all of them looks like there is a lack of anti aliasing. Is this normal?
Another issue ihave is the web browsing, using default browser and dolphin hd... i must sayit is nothing smooth it freezes for some milliseconds, take a lot of timeto load pages( my internet is 15mb).
And posting this thread using xoom i get a lot of delay while typing.
Please, guys, is this the normalperormane of stock, or there is anyproblemand i should seek RMAA or warranty?
Desperatly need to know. Thanks for the attention.
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About the jaggies you're talking about...are you using the zoom in/stretch to fit feature with games/apps that are still only sized for phone screens? Otherwise, the Xoom has a good gpu and graphics are quite smooth if in the right resolution. Also, Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) may fix this issue as it is bridging the divide between phones and tabs.

okantomi said:
About the jaggies you're talking about...are you using the zoom in/stretch to fit feature with games/apps that are still only sized for phone screens? Otherwise, the Xoom has a good gpu and graphics are quite smooth if in the right resolution. Also, Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) may fix this issue as it is bridging the divide between phones and tabs.
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Hey, bud.
Here you are helping ,me again!
IF there was a "10x Thanks" Buttom i would use it!! =)
Man, i didn't understood the "are you using the zoom in/stretch to fit feature with games/apps that are still only sized for phone screens?".
I'm using Xoom as it came for me. =)
What i really noticed, and, for me, is strange, is that on Youtube, i watched a video of a guy running shadowgun and the performance/overall graphics was a lot better.(you know, what i noticed is that there is a lack of anti-aliasing on the game running on mine) than mine.
And when i run 9mm HD, the situation is worst. It runs at like >30fps.
Well, i will give a try on the root later(just gathering some courage =D) and will post the results.
I really hope an improvement, man, otherwise, such HD games would be impossible to play.
And another problem i noticed, when using the Xoom for a lotta time is that it heats a lot. Not too much , to burn my hands, and that i must to Shut it Down, but enough for me to put it in front of a Fan.
And one last question...
With the Root and OC, the processor's lifetime will lower??
Thanks again, man.

n4ndoz said:
Hey, bud.
Here you are helping ,me again!
IF there was a "10x Thanks" Buttom i would use it!! =)
Man, i didn't understood the "are you using the zoom in/stretch to fit feature with games/apps that are still only sized for phone screens?".
I'm using Xoom as it came for me. =)
What i really noticed, and, for me, is strange, is that on Youtube, i watched a video of a guy running shadowgun and the performance/overall graphics was a lot better.(you know, what i noticed is that there is a lack of anti-aliasing on the game running on mine) than mine.
And when i run 9mm HD, the situation is worst. It runs at like >30fps.
Well, i will give a try on the root later(just gathering some courage =D) and will post the results.
I really hope an improvement, man, otherwise, such HD games would be impossible to play.
And another problem i noticed, when using the Xoom for a lotta time is that it heats a lot. Not too much , to burn my hands, and that i must to Shut it Down, but enough for me to put it in front of a Fan.
And one last question...
With the Root and OC, the processor's lifetime will lower??
Thanks again, man.
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If the app or game is only configured for a phone's resolution, you might see it 'blown up' which may show jaggies. Do you see a little x icon in the system tray,near the clock? If you touch it, it will give you a choice whether to zoom to fit or stretch to fit. Zoom to fit usually looks better.
On the lagginess you are experiencing, I think rooting and overclocking the cpu plus using an over clocked gpu kernel will resolve that problem. If you're running hot, you may be pushing it a bit hard. If you root, you can set a temperature profile so that your clockspeed will decrease once you hit a pre-defined temp.
We don't really know if overclocking will make a lot of difference in the cpu's life...just enjoy at a stable oc speed and if it burns out, get a newer tab.

GTA 3 1.3 update still lagging

well title says it all for the most part. i updated gta 3 to 1.3 and used defaults settings it still lags far too often. the fones rooted stock rom no bloatware i really dont know what could be the problem

on my xperia play it crashes after around a minuite of gameplay on version 1.3 and i have to do a battery pull

Mine lags a bit but there better than stock, resolution 50, draw distance 30

Have this same problem,I though that this version is ok, but isn't. And this is the last time I install GTA3 on my Xperia:/
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I dont know what your poblems are^^
I have Stock Rom with Doomkerl @ 1.2 Ghz and Resolution 100% Rendering distance 40% and Visoul effects on high and it is allmost completly smooth, only when i drive vey fast or there is very much going on on the screen the framerate drops down to about 15-20 fps for a few seconds...

Check your SD card read write speed with rom toolbox 2048kb is good speed also the SD card is big influence on this game
Sent from my R800i using xda premium

same with me, it's still lag

spikerosoft said:
on my xperia play it crashes after around a minuite of gameplay on version 1.3 and i have to do a battery pull
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+ 1. Happens to me as well. Very irritating

Do you use chainfire 3D? If yes remove chaifire drivers becouse chainfire couses gta to crash.

Yes it happen to me too it crashes after 1 minute of gaming it's so annoying and I confirm that I removed the chain fire drivers but the game continue crashing the only version that works for me it's 1.0 it's not possible to change controls in this version ? That will solve the problem
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same issue with lag, and it crashes randomly..

The latest gta3 for hasnt caused no issues with my at&t stock rom and now the r800a north america rom.
I have the resolution at max, the view distance at defaults which is 40 something, and have the graphics to max.

No problems^^
I can affirm that i have no problems with the latest 1.3 gta version,
Im using v6 supercharger,SE-TWEAKED V0.4 rom with DL kernel v10 on 64 Baseband.
it works really better than before and the control buttons are replaced on more comfortable "playstation controller" like locations.
even if i drive into a wall the phone vibrates...
i have one thing to complain about:
You cant set blood on with the "full-effects" gta3.set file,and you cant hit poeple when they are lying on the ground anymore

Hovenz said:
You cant set blood on with the "full-effects" gta3.set file,and you cant hit poeple when they are lying on the ground anymore
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You either have downloaded the German version, or bought the German version by mistake, as it's censored, so as not to steal money from dead bodies, or beat them either, and no blood.
The UK/US/Euro version's aren't like that..

i've the update for 1.3 and still nice playable on me ,i think you must decrease your home screen and widget ,they can made some game lags because they use many rams ,setting in 30 draw distance and 95 resolution
sorry for bad languages

For all that have crashing issues, please check if you have chainfire3d app
UNINSTALL THE CHAINFIRE3D DRIVER THROUGH THE APP
Dont just delete the app, use the app to UNINSTALL the DRIVER
This makes GTA3 1.3 work 100%

Anyone tried the app GameBooster?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.burakgon.gamebooster&hl=en_GB
I know that the same changes can be achieved through other (free) means , but i was wondering if anyone tried it?.. i have a friend that swears it works.

Yeah I have it on my phone and I'm using it together with Ram Booster v1.25 (need to test it without the latter to see just how much that contributes). The result is I'm playing NOVA 3 in all it's full HD glory with very little lag. The game does run a 'tad' bit slower in general but because it's uniform throughout the game it just feels like it's the way it's meant to be played.

Really? Wow thats great to hear , i might buy it to see if its really worth it.
Have you tried using autokiller , ram manager or V6 supercharger though?

Looks interesting. Would love to see if there's a free alternative though.

Okay maybe its a placebo effect , but im getting playable framerates when i use it in combination with Ram Manager pro on hard gaming, playing The Amazing Spiderman . AFAIK Gamebooster also does something similar to RMP , but it seems to be less agressive .
I also have supercharger , but i only use it to lock my launcher , nothing else.

Hey Drivenby, been a long and busy day at the studio so haven't had an opportunity to get back to you till now. Haven't used autokiller , ram manager or V6 supercharger, will have a look at them. I am using Chainfire 3D Pro however to increase the graphical quality of some of my games (like NOVA 3), but you probably figured that already.

This all shuts down all the other apps and even prevents the them from trying to boot and regains system memory.
It has its own overcloked setting after ultra gaming mode but I then can normally be change it. I really recommend this app.
Sent from my R800i using xda app-developers app

Tried it with Metal Slug 3 but got to the same bit as I usually get to before the phone starts lagging like hell (Was In Ultra Mode Aswell)

Yeah it really depends on what type of system you are running . The app does work for some games but its obviously not adding more ram or doing the developers job of optimizing a game for our specific GPU . Some games do seem to work better with Ram Manager Pro on hardgaming , rather than Gameboost.
And ultra doesnt really overclock , it just sets the governor to performance , as far as i can tell. The dev claims it lowers other processes too but i dont know how to check if thats true or not.

on my opinion , gamebooster is better that rambooster and ram manager, it decreased glitch on my phone , now it's easy to play BATMAN

drivenby said:
Yeah it really depends on what type of system you are running . The app does work for some games but its obviously not adding more ram or doing the developers job of optimizing a game for our specific GPU . Some games do seem to work better with Ram Manager Pro on hardgaming , rather than Gameboost.
And ultra doesnt really overclock , it just sets the governor to performance , as far as i can tell. The dev claims it lowers other processes too but i dont know how to check if thats true or not.
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The Governor is set to performance And cru speed changed to 1.2Ghz
Sent from my R800i using xda app-developers app

I honestly doubt that an app can overclock my stock kernel so easily.
Besides , Rom manager shows 1024 and gover performance. Nothing about 1.2ghz

This app made some games that ran smooth blotchy when I set to hardcore. I have been running v6 for a long time so it may be fighting each other for control. Hard to say. Still thanks for sharing. Sure a lot of people will like this app while others maybe not so much
Sent from my R800x using xda premium

Yeah about v6, AFAIK it changes the oom kill values, which game booster does too, so there might be some conflict.
On my experience v6 is excellent to increase performance with the Android ui and multitasking, it makes everything really snappy but at a cost.
Let's say you have the regular stock launcher and have 3 o 4 widgets and a billion icons... If you have supercharge your launcher you might make it nearly impossible for the system to kill when needed.
I think that running most games, you should have no problem with this, but with the likes of recent game loft games that are known resource hogs, you really need everything the device has to offer, and while killing the launcher might make your device post game laggy for a couple of seconds, the whole point of the xperia play is to play games and if you can't do that well, it kinda defeats the purpose.
Right now I'm trying to keep the lightest configuration possible, while still getting everything I need and more.
Currently using lightning launcher, because it's fast, simple and runs with as little as 6 mb. Only one widget too. I guess I could try super charging it, but android has never killed it that I noticed, or maybe it just redraws super quickly.
Personally went back to ram manager pro, I think the ultra settings for game booster are not optimal for gaming or something, I swear I'm getting more ram but less performance, which doesn't really makes sense but whatever.
Also it has a couple of bugs that need to be ironed out. I'll check it again when the next version comes out.
Sent from my R800i using Tapatalk 2

Will this work with phone with locked boot loaders but rooted? I really want to know because it said of but I have a stock kernel but I'm rooted.

LAcube said:
Will this work with phone with locked boot loaders but rooted? I really want to know because it said of but I have a stock kernel but I'm rooted.
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Yea it will work no problem
Sent from my R800a using XDA App

version 1.4 is out

Could anyone make test in benchamrk? With and without this program?
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i can't actually disable it. it just doesn't work. >.>

nieohl said:
i can't actually disable it. it just doesn't work. >.>
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Yes it worked. If it can't work try reinstalling busybox.
Sent from my awesome Xperia Play

Power of Infinity ~ Games ~

Though I used to play lots of games, I have not had a chance to play them for awhile. I certainly did not buy tablet for the purpose of gaming but the other day I saw pretty stunning graphics and decent review about "Horn", so I ended up purchasing it.
Let's talk about some positive aspect of the Infinity, which is "gaming".
1. Tegra Zone
Tegra chips being the major line of Android Tablet, slowly but surely seem to see a growth of Tegra optimized games. Some of these are quite impressive in its graphics even compared to the portable gaming devices.
I only have one game from Tegra Zone, which is "Horn" but its quick and easy to play with stunning graphics. The other game I am looking forward to is Wild Blood, which uses Unreal Engine.
Hardware wise, other high end android tablets should have no issue supporting these games, but simply due to number of devices out there, I believe Tegra chip based device continues to see its exclusive support on high end tablet gaming.
2. Playstation Mobile Certified
The launch date has just been announced as 10/3 during Tokyo Game Show.
Though not specifically stated Infinity is one of the device included, ASUS is one of the company included in the playstation mobile certified device developer so it is natural to think Infinity be one of the device supported.
Personally, no big game at this point yet but certainly nice expansion to have.
Here is the list of games currently on market (presumably for Sony's Tablet S): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_Mobile_games
The official list of new games with launch in Japan can be seen here: http://www.jp.playstation.com/psn/psm/
There will be around 30 games or so initially, and more to come with developer kit releasing in November to further stimulate the game development on Android devices.
Update:
9/24/2012
According to zenaxe, EA games are not compatible with Transformer Infinity. So if you intend to play their games, this would be minus point.

Considering that at current state I cannot play any game no longer than 5 minutes before crashing, I am not so keen about gaming on this tablet anymore.
Also it doesn't make any sense why some people can play and others don't. Before update also no problems with my gaming..
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This is good news. I was really hoping I would see a Final Fantasy game or Chrono Trigger on that list though!

rikkoko said:
This is good news. I was really hoping I would see a Final Fantasy game or Chrono Trigger on that list though!
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Well Square Enix has its own online store so not sure if they will continue to use it or jump onto the Playstation Mobile bandwagon. Though there is almost no doubt that they will continue support Android as supposedly FFIII alone made them $700,000 in first a few weeks just on Android platform.
Considering that at current state I cannot play any game no longer than 5 minutes before crashing, I am not so keen about gaming on this tablet anymore.
Also it doesn't make any sense why some people can play and others don't. Before update also no problems with my gaming..
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Is there a specific game that you cannot play? I can give a try if its free to see if its an issue across the board.
So far I have no issue playing any of games I installed, which are not many a few Japanese specific games, FF III, and most recently Horn. I have never had any crash or force close on any of these games. But I have not made any build prop change other than market place change. I'm on stock rom .30 version with bloatware turned off.

HoushaSen said:
Is there a specific game that you cannot play? I can give a try if its free to see if its an issue across the board.
So far I have no issue playing any of games I installed, which are not many a few Japanese specific games, FF III, and most recently Horn. I have never had any crash or force close on any of these games. But I have not made any build prop change other than market place change. I'm on stock rom .30 version with bloatware turned off.
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Well the worst thing is that it is not consistant. I can get every game crash and yet if I reboot the machine than I can play every game.
Have had crashes with every single game I have played. But if I reboot and then start playing no problems. I dont think that high end tablet should work like this especially when the booting time is actually quite slow..

HoushaSen - would you mind trying Raging Thunder and Raging Thunder 2 - both are free in the store.
Maybe if they work on yours you can give me a little insight on making them work on mine.
Thanks!

CandyAndy said:
Well the worst thing is that it is not consistant. I can get every game crash and yet if I reboot the machine than I can play every game.
Have had crashes with every single game I have played. But if I reboot and then start playing no problems. I dont think that high end tablet should work like this especially when the booting time is actually quite slow..
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Well I agree. What's tough here is probably depending on what you have installed in background etc. But either way, with high end tablet that should not matter.. I don't have much running in background. Bloatware turned off. Only real widget I have is news 360 and ASUS weather. Also, I have tons of video and ebooks, which I store in microsd rather than harddrive. So my harddrive still have tons of space open. You don't have build.prop tweak do you? Because I did that before and I had my first ever random os reboot afterwards. So this time I have not touched anything on build.prop. (Though it may had nothing to do with..)
One thing that your case raises concern is, is there any memory leak? (I don't know how Android OS deals with memory leak).
HoushaSen - would you mind trying Raging Thunder and Raging Thunder 2 - both are free in the store.
Maybe if they work on yours you can give me a little insight on making them work on mine.
Thanks!
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I tried Raging Thunder 2. I was able to complete a single race without a issue. Do you know when you get error?

HoushaSen said:
Well I agree. What's tough here is probably depending on what you have installed in background etc. But either way, with high end tablet that should not matter.. I don't have much running in background. Bloatware turned off. Only real widget I have is news 360 and ASUS weather. Also, I have tons of video and ebooks, which I store in microsd rather than harddrive. So my harddrive still have tons of space open. You don't have build.prop tweak do you? Because I did that before and I had my first ever random os reboot afterwards. So this time I have not touched anything on build.prop. (Though it may had nothing to do with..)
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No build props or anything. Completely stock.
But yes i have quite a lot of widgets. It could be that they hog memory and result in bad user experience while gaming.
HD widgets, business calendar, gmail, email, youtube, zinio, g+, facebook, flighttrack and hanping chinese..
It could be that these reserve memory and then when playing games problems start. Nevertheless I have quite similar widgets on my phone and there no problems.
Maybe should try without widgets how it goes..

CandyAndy said:
No build props or anything. Completely stock.
But yes i have quite a lot of widgets. It could be that they hog memory and result in bad user experience while gaming.
HD widgets, business calendar, gmail, email, youtube, zinio, g+, facebook, flighttrack and hanping chinese..
It could be that these reserve memory and then when playing games problems start. Nevertheless I have quite similar widgets on my phone and there no problems.
Maybe should try without widgets how it goes..
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Maybe you have memory leak or memory hog. Also, one thing I really noticed performance difference is turning bloatware off. Afterall, Infinity only has 1GB RAM, which is still standard but not that much memory if you think about. But try with widget off, and potentially bloatware off and see if you can fix the issue. As I am sure it would be helpful to others.

HoushaSen said:
Let's talk about some positive aspect of the Infinity, which is "gaming".
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LOL. GAMING is the only thing I'm completely UNSATISFIED with on the Infinity. Nearly every console style game I own crashes. Trying to demo it for someone is a freaking exercise in embarrassment. EA has even marked the 700 as incompatible on a lot of their stuff where it was compatible with previous TFs.
This is a systemic problem, btw, it is not a "bad" tablet. I have owned five TF series tablets and every single one of them has been exactly like this. So, really gaming is probably the last thing I would call out as a bright spot on the ASUS tabs.
rikkoko said:
This is good news. I was really hoping I would see a Final Fantasy game or Chrono Trigger on that list though!
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I can already play Chrono Trigger and Virtually any FF game up through the PS1 era. Look up FPSe and Super GNES on the market/google. Emulators do run fairly well.

zenaxe said:
LOL. GAMING is the only thing I'm completely UNSATISFIED with on the Infinity. Nearly every console style game I own crashes. Trying to demo it for someone is a freaking exercise in embarrassment. EA has even marked the 700 as incompatible on a lot of their stuff where it was compatible with previous TFs.
This is a systemic problem, btw, it is not a "bad" tablet. I have owned five TF series tablets and every single one of them has been exactly like this. So, really gaming is probably the last thing I would call out as a bright spot on the ASUS tabs.
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Well I guess you are probably correct as majority of US user probably favors EA games over the PS games or Tegra games. I would admit that I play non of EA games, so I did not know. All I know is there were issue with playing Horn (Tegra optimized game) on Galaxy Note 10.1, which has better overall processing power and hardware.
Having said that, I know there are games I cannot play from Japanese store as simply not made for tablet and probably never will. So yes. you are correct on that regard. I will add EA incompatibility. Thanks for the info.

I tried to play horn but it always crashed immediately. Then pissed and rooted. Froze all bloatware and tadaa. Horn plays very well and not a single crash this far
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using XDA Premium HD app

CandyAndy said:
I tried to play horn but it always crashed immediately. Then pissed and rooted. Froze all bloatware and tadaa. Horn plays very well and not a single crash this far
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Oh... You didn't have to root. You could turn off bloatware without rooting. But now since you have rooted, I recommend browser2ram.apk, which boosts browser performance somewhat. But I really think the most effective thing I did was turning off bloatware. Build.prop tweak is supposedly great too, but I haven't done it and performance is still what I wanted to be so I'd rather not touch anything extra.
But I'm glad, you got it work and Horn is cool game isn't it? (It was sort of my main theme for this thread...)

I shall take it back what I just said it crashed and now again won't even boot up. Just black screen. Probably reboot of tablet would resolve this but I don't think we should be doing that all the time
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CandyAndy said:
I shall take it back what I just said it crashed and now again won't even boot up. Just black screen. Probably reboot of tablet would resolve this but I don't think we should be doing that all the time
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using XDA Premium HD app
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Sorry to hear that. If it worked fine for a while and crashed, it sound more and more like memory leak on one of your app. Any suspicious software? If so, how about turning it off and see if it makes difference?

Where is Browser2RAM?
HoushaSen said:
Oh... You didn't have to root. You could turn off bloatware without rooting. But now since you have rooted, I recommend browser2ram.apk, which boosts browser performance somewhat. But I really think the most effective thing I did was turning off bloatware. Build.prop tweak is supposedly great too, but I haven't done it and performance is still what I wanted to be so I'd rather not touch anything extra.
But I'm glad, you got it work and Horn is cool game isn't it? (It was sort of my main theme for this thread...)
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Where can I find the Browser2RAM.apk? It's not on Google Play.
Thank you.

CandyAndy said:
I shall take it back what I just said it crashed and now again won't even boot up. Just black screen. Probably reboot of tablet would resolve this but I don't think we should be doing that all the time
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using XDA Premium HD app
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So as part of my other thread, I actually did couple additional testing (mainly for I/O effect). I run 1.1GB file transfer over the AirDroid in background and launched Final Fantasy 3, which had no issue. In fact, I couldn't even tell the difference in launching speed and actual game play compared to no background.
On the contrary, launching of Horn took much longer and I saw ANR, which I have not seen for a while on my infinity. So basically, I hypothesize here that some of your application in background may have high I/O access or you have memory leak in your application. The latter is not proven here.
But in any event, even on my machine which generally runs Horn totally fine can become problematic when you have stress in a background so definitely I think something in your background is the issue, which you may well know already but just wanted to let you know that I can sort of confirm this.
Where can I find the Browser2RAM.apk? It's not on Google Play.
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Here: http://www.transformerforums.com/fo...5-fix-browser-not-responding-browser2ram.html
But remember this only works if you root the system and have superuser access. If you feel like your browser is running fine, you may not even need this. I do feel like I got performance boost on stock browser, but other browser's like Boat browser seems pretty much the same (relatively fast before and still equally fast).

BTrack said:
Where can I find the Browser2RAM.apk? It's not on Google Play.
Thank you.
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Just a heads up that browser 2 ram will not have any impact on gaming, it could even theoretically have a negative impact on it if it fragments memory or causes less to be available for other process somehow... but it should help www browsing that is limited by eMMC I/O. I do not have many issues with browsing performance so I don't find b2ram to be very useful personally..
On the other hand, bloatware removal could theoretically help with games since it might reduce memory fragmentation over time by reducing the number of apps and services running (I have done this but it hasn't had a measurable impact for me).
Also, be aware that build.prop tweaks do have a non-zero risk associated with them. I have soft bricked a TF before with a bad build.prop edit. Make sure you have a working adb/fastboot setup at the very least before doing a build.prop hack.
Something easy to try that might really work: Get FMR memory cleaner from the market. Run it before running your game. Also, if it is crashing right at startup try clearing its cache/data (you will lose any save games/data, if you do this, though).

zenaxe said:
Just a heads up that browser 2 ram will not have any impact on gaming, it could even theoretically have a negative impact on it if it fragments memory or causes less to be available for other process somehow... but it should help www browsing that is limited by eMMC I/O. I do not have many issues with browsing performance so I don't find b2ram to be very useful personally..
On the other hand, bloatware removal could theoretically help with games since it might reduce memory fragmentation over time by reducing the number of apps and services running (I have done this but it hasn't had a measurable impact for me).
Also, be aware that build.prop tweaks do have a non-zero risk associated with them. I have soft bricked a TF before with a bad build.prop edit. Make sure you have a working adb/fastboot setup at the very least before doing a build.prop hack.
Something easy to try that might really work: Get FMR memory cleaner from the market. Run it before running your game. Also, if it is crashing right at startup try clearing its cache/data (you will lose any save games/data, if you do this, though).
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May be you can answer. What's the IO issue that you are facing right now? As I write more about this, and test... I am start getting a bit lost. Because when I had original two units back in July and August, I got constant ANR with browser, PDF file reading. System almost froze while I download applications from market.
I have stock with browser2ram, bloatware turned off, but no build.prop tweaks, and essentially don't see any of above anymore. The game I cannot play is simply I cannot. It's just not supported on this device. But games that runs, runs smoothly like Horn, which is probably one of the most high end graphics game right now until Unreal Engine 3 game released.
As far as your theory of eMMC affecting browser is something I am not so certain. Simply because if that is the case why would some browsers works much faster such as Firefox (which crashes too often so I don't use) but fast. Boat browser, which is stable and fast. Sure they are not as fast as Galaxy Note 10.1 stock browser, but in galaxy note 10.1, I didn't even noticed much difference in speed between the stock and other third party browsers. Sure sunspider test results were different but practical loading page speed, I couldn't tell the difference so I kept using stock on Note. Could this have been because better eMMC? I have a feeling not. Again because if that's the case all third party browser should be even much faster on that device. Would it be because of 2GB ram? Don't know. Could be but browser application demanding such huge RAM seem a bit too excessive. So my guess is actually Samsung's software. The touch wiz is highly customized on their platform like stock video player, stock browser can support multitask. So Samsung definitely went into source code level of those application and edited. So during that process, they may have optimized the browser. How can I confirm this? Probably no way unless I can talk to Samsung Developer, but it's probably same as the logic of blaming on eMMC.

Any tools to check which applications use I/O in the background?
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[E]game suggestion using PPSSPP ?

any game suggestion for xperia e using ppsspp emulator ?

blazeface98 said:
any game suggestion for xperia e using ppsspp emulator ?
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try DBZ shin budokai 2. I had played it on cm10, it was a little slow....but a good game
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Test on stock jb + Xboost with
Playable: Pes 2013, Megaman powered up, Yugioh tag force 5, Final fantasy 3 (DS remake), NFS MW, coded arms
Unplayable (lag like hell or high glitches): Assassin creed, burnout legends, metal gear solid, gta (all versions, lag)
About God of War games: not tested, but have a high potential. Watch this:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OHV4qFbZnus
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buinghia98 said:
@NSDCars5 come here if u re free
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K then.
Hey - I don't use PPSSPP yet, but probably will if it supports Wii remotes. Does it? Cause that's the only controller I have, and Minecraft is the only game that's fun without a controller - I even play SNES games with my Wiimote.

NSDCars5 said:
K then.
Hey - I don't use PPSSPP yet, but probably will if it supports Wii remotes. Does it? Cause that's the only controller I have, and Minecraft is the only game that's fun without a controller - I even play SNES games with my Wiimote.
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If ur phone can support Wiimote, ppsspp does too. Go to setting -> control -> control mapping and do the rest.
Btw, damn it... Does your Xboost have sound? Mine have for the first 1 hour, and then become completely mute. Can u tell me how to fix?

buinghia98 said:
If ur phone can support Wiimote, ppsspp does too. Go to setting -> control -> control mapping and do the rest.
Btw, damn it... Does your Xboost have sound? Mine have for the first 1 hour, and then become completely mute. Can u tell me how to fix?
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My XboosT has been overwritten by CM10.
That said, I never had that problem.

NSDCars5 said:
My XboosT has been overwritten by CM10.
That said, I never had that problem.
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Well, Xboost became mute, Mats had an accident, and 2 exams due tomorrow... What a f*ckin bad day =.="
Just a question. Anyway to reflash the rom without losing my Asphalt 8 and other apps? Does Titanium Backup work?
Started to think about making an ics-based ROM. Had to give up many cool mods (from Termin+ xposed), and face a lot of bug (apn, screenshot, sound) when i switched to Xboost.

buinghia98 said:
Well, Xboost became mute, Mats had an accident, and 2 exams due tomorrow... What a f*ckin bad day =.="
Just a question. Anyway to reflash the rom without losing my Asphalt 8 and other apps? Does Titanium Backup work?
Started to think about making an ics-based ROM. Had to give up many cool mods (from Termin+ xposed), and face a lot of bug (apn, screenshot, sound) when i switched to Xboost.
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MatsPunt had an accident?! WTF? (I really need to read the forums first then respond to quotes and mentions).
Titanium does work, but always double-check that you have backed an app up - I sometimes forget to back something up, reflash, then realize all my save data is gone.

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MatsPunt had an accident?! WTF? (I really need to read the forums first then respond to quotes and mentions).
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Haha, I'm still alive, don't worry
The post is in the Termin thread if you still want to know
OT: I will never use this device for gaming, just some mediocre, bad graphics, and light games that do not lag. My PS3 is more than sufficient. But we do have a Wii laying around, so I'll have a look.
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MatsPunt said:
Haha, I'm still alive, don't worry
The post is in the Termin thread if you still want to know
OT: I will never use this device for gaming, just some mediocre, bad graphics, and light games that do not lag. My PS3 is more than sufficient. But we do have a Wii laying around, so I'll have a look.
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Whew, good.
I just need the games now - I have the app ready and a white Wiimote in my hand

I'm back. And with some tested games:
Alien vs Perdators (AVP): doesnt lag, but have graphical glitches.
Ghost rider: Blackscreen. Maybe im not lucky?
Metal gear solid: Both. F*ckin lag even on Xboost.
Monster hunter freedom unote: Just smooth.
God of War: Chain of Olympus: PLAYABLE. Fps: Min 10, Average 13-14, Max 21. Only the multitouch limit (damn sony) that annoys me.
God of war Ghost of Sparta: not tested. But people says this is lighter than the above ver, so it should be smoother.
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Configuration:
1. Follow the guide here: http://forums.ppsspp.org/showthread.php?pid=38976
2. Remember: GoW games need Non-buffered rendering and TURN OFF FRAME SKIPPING. Otherwise it'll lag like hell.
3. Most important, may cause brick if not followed: Hit the tiny button on the lower left corner. It contains a virus and can only be deleted when being smashed, otherwise it'll infect your phone xD

buinghia98 said:
3. Most important, may cause brick if not followed: Hit the tiny button on the lower left corner. It contains a virus and can only be deleted when being smashed, otherwise it'll infect your phone xD
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Might confuse some people, LOL.
BurnOut takes a while to download...

NSDCars5 said:
BurnOut takes a while to download...
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i can only play dat game at half speed -.- Frame skipping only makes it choppier. I also tried Wipeout (another racing game), and it lags like Call of duty Ghosts on Intel GMA. Switched back to Asphalt 8.

buinghia98 said:
i can only play dat game at half speed -.- Frame skipping only makes it choppier. I also tried Wipeout (another racing game), and it lags like Call of duty Ghosts on Intel GMA. Switched back to Asphalt 8.
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BurnOut Dominator was pretty much the only reason I had PPSSPP. I loved that game on my PS2. (dreamy look)
Well, I guess it's back to Minecraft and CSR Classics for me.

NSDCars5 said:
BurnOut Dominator was pretty much the only reason I had PPSSPP. I loved that game on my PS2. (dreamy look)
Well, I guess it's back to Minecraft and CSR Classics for me.
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Clash of clans doesnt lag on our E. Why dont u try it out?

buinghia98 said:
Clash of clans doesnt lag on our E. Why dont u try it out?
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Don't like the general idea of the game. It looks too much like those Facebook games like FarmVille and CityVille and whatnot. Plus I don't trust Supercell.

buinghia98 said:
I'm back. And with some tested games:
Alien vs Perdators (AVP): doesnt lag, but have graphical glitches.
Ghost rider: Blackscreen. Maybe im not lucky?
Metal gear solid: Both. F*ckin lag even on Xboost.
Monster hunter freedom unote: Just smooth.
God of War: Chain of Olympus: PLAYABLE. Fps: Min 10, Average 13-14, Max 21. Only the multitouch limit (damn sony) that annoys me.
God of war Ghost of Sparta: not tested. But people says this is lighter than the above ver, so it should be smoother.
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1. Follow the guide here: http://forums.ppsspp.org/showthread.php?pid=38976
2. Remember: GoW games need Non-buffered rendering and TURN OFF FRAME SKIPPING. Otherwise it'll lag like hell.
3. Most important, may cause brick if not followed: Hit the tiny button on the lower left corner. It contains a virus and can only be deleted when being smashed, otherwise it'll infect your phone xD
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Tested God of War : Ghost of Sparta : Its Playable
By the way, do you have any idea on how wwe all stars would perform on XE?

sohailferdous said:
Tested God of War : Ghost of Sparta : Its Playable
By the way, do you have any idea on how wwe all stars would perform on XE?
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Rule #1: Search before posting.
Just kidding, im not a mod . anyway, u can find something by going to youtube, search "[game name] ppsspp xperia play". XP has the same hardware but more popular than XE. And if u see it runs at 1/2 speed even on a Note 3, then forget it. Play it on Windows instead.
And about the game, in github they said it crashes

More games:
Assassin Creed: yeah, Black Lag. FPS about 3-8. Deleted.
Burnout Legends ( @NSDCars5, your game): Half speed, without frame skipping (FPS about 15-18/30). FS and non-buffered rendering is recommended.
PES 13: FPS about 10-13. Play FIFA 14 instead.
NFS Most Wanted: Playable, but gameplay are poor. U guys should go to the bay and get the game on pc.
GTA Vice city: 80% speed, but crashes occasionally.
Lego star wars 3: Ultra lag. Went to the bay again, PC is better xD

@buinghia98 I actually wanted Dominator, not Legends. I guess I'll download Dominator and try.
And you don't need the PC - Most Wanted works just fine on E with CM10 (ICS lags a bit, for some reason).