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Grand Theft Auto III now available in Android Market (may support our device).

As announced earlier,Rockstar Games has released GTA III in the Android Market today. Available now for $4.99, it works on select Android devices, mainly those running on NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, although company is promising a TI OMAP supported version soon, which will work on devices like Galaxy Nexus.
Games Features via Market Description:
Visually stunning updated graphics, character and vehicle models
HD quality resolution
Gameplay optimized for touch screen devices
Custom controls for the mobile platform
Countless hours of gameplay
Gamepad Support for select USB controllers
since,gt-i9003 uses T1 OMAP chipset,so i believe it will work on our device.

Tried to install the apk today, and got "There is a problem parsing the package." message.
not sure if its because of the chip or because i'm still running stock froyo that came with the phone "FROYO.JPKC2" (2.2.1) (arabic version).
If there is anyone who tried the game with gingerbread or a custom rom, please share if its working, and if it requires chainfire, etc,
thanks guys

The game is starting but crashing now trying cf3d
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tarunagg said:
The game is starting but crashing now trying cf3d
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please let us know how it turns out and which ROM are u using.

Stock xxkpm
android_and_me said:
please let us know how it turns out and which ROM are u using.
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tarunagg said:
The game is starting but crashing now trying cf3d
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yes starts intro then crash! fuuuuuuu
cranium 5.1 -.-

...yes...same problem
Play intro and then crash and exit on my Droid 3

CornholioGSM said:
...yes...same problem
Play intro and then crash and exit on my Droid 3
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does droid 3 use the nvidia chip? if not, you and the others that are testing the version of the game intended for nvidia are seeing that you should wait for the omap version, as OP stated

New version (1.1) supports PowerVR and works in our device (no FC after intro), but the game is slow, especially when you're driving a car. I have tried reducing textures and quality on chainfire, but doesn't improve too much.
I am on KPQ and CF-root without OC, you can try with UC OC, and will post here the results.

Holy cow!,this game runs awesome on uc v6 and xkpq, just tested it,guess what it runs faster than my brother's i9000
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Just delete the sound folder and it will run smooth
Unkalo said:
New version (1.1) supports PowerVR and works in our device (no FC after intro), but the game is slow, especially when you're driving a car. I have tried reducing textures and quality on chainfire, but doesn't improve too much.
I am on KPQ and CF-root without OC, you can try with UC OC, and will post here the results.
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tarunagg said:
Just delete the sound folder and it will run smooth
Thanks, its works. I hope a new release with better optimization, and we will play this game with sound!!
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V1.1 is laggy even with uc kernel v5 test 6
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bscraze said:
V1.1 is laggy even with uc kernel v5 test 6
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Yes I tried with v6 and its laggy, for me moment the solution is no audio....

Unkalo said:
Yes I tried with v6 and its laggy, for me moment the solution is no audio....
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V6 is laggier as v5 test 6 has more gpu optimizations i think.
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.yes.. it supports our device ... i played ..smooth... but no sound
pls tell guys, u have sound while playing gta3?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20442379&postcount=1
i playing like xplay enjoy guys

My download stopped about halfway through, and when i opened it again, surprise surprise, it worked!! with no sound tho :S
the graphix are pretty smooth and the controls are very responsive, however the FPS drops a little with sharp turns or quick view changes, still quite playable.
I'm on stock froyo without chainfire 3D or any custom kernals.
Update: The download was corrupted as the memory card became full and save games are corrupted. Perhaps the sound files were never downloaded in the first place.

Without audio it works like a charm..
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working..but if i no delete audio folder it lag like hell

Fun fun fun

Are there any fun games to play on the new ics roms that won't lag or fc? Temple run seems to lag a lot for me on Fallout 2.0
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only your issue (have ICS PrimoS 4)
Temple run no lags..
bad default performance settings?

lags?
I noticed no lags in TempleRun
I've also FallOut 2.0

unix72 said:
I noticed no lags in TempleRun
I've also FallOut 2.0
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the same for me, no lags in Temple rum on Fallout 2.0

ok thanks
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hotohori99 said:
dadadaasdasdadadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas
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That's been answered many times before. Please read earlier threads.
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hotohori99 said:
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?? why?

Games smoother but stuttering under ICS

ROM : Stock nordic ICS
Kernel : ardadat 4.1
Others : CPU Master Free : 1.32 GHz @ interactive/sio (sample rate 30000/maxspeedload 80)
Most games run much smoother (like 60 FPS as opposed to 30 FPS on GB, are they vsynced as on pc/consoles ?) but have random stuttering (complete pause for 1-2 seconds then resume). Most noticeably on games like the Temple Runs. Any fix ?

It's weird, because the first game i played on ics was NOVA 3 and it runs flawlessly. But i recently bought "Granny Smith" and i have the same problems as you (i thought it was the game).
Is there any program i can run to record the processes on background? (how they catch the cpu). Maybe we can get what is causing the problem that way.

dragosh01x said:
ROM : Stock nordic ICS
Kernel : ardadat 4.1
Others : CPU Master Free : 1.32 GHz @ interactive/sio (sample rate 30000/maxspeedload 80)
Most games run much smoother (like 60 FPS as opposed to 30 FPS on GB, are they vsynced as on pc/consoles ?) but have random stuttering (complete pause for 1-2 seconds then resume). Most noticeably on games like the Temple Runs. Any fix ?
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switch to ardat's 4.2 b4 kernel
all the games are working fine in this kernel
HIt tHnX iF i hElP u
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amar1548 said:
switch to ardat's 4.2 b4 kernel
all the games are working fine in this kernel
HIt tHnX iF i hElP u
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No its not..
Even tegra optimized granny smith stutters in beta 4
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drarunmmc said:
No its not..
Even tegra optimized granny smith stutters in beta 4
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no dude....i am able to play granny smith properly on my phone...
bt yes i do have occasional lags/freeze bt they are not so sever...
But i am able to play Temple Run with no lag...
I am on austrian ROM + ardatdat 4.2b4

vipul12389mehta said:
no dude....i am able to play granny smith properly on my phone...
bt yes i do have occasional lags/freeze bt they are not so sever...
But i am able to play Temple Run with no lag...
I am on austrian ROM + ardatdat 4.2b4
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Yes I am talking about those occasional lags..
Shouldn't we be playing a tegra optimised game without even a single lag/freeze..?
Imo ics of galaxy r is fully not ready for gaming....
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drarunmmc said:
Yes I am talking about those occasional lags..
Shouldn't we be playing a tegra optimised game without even a single lag/freeze..?
Imo ics of galaxy r is fully not ready for gaming....
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or maybe the build by sammsung is poor...
just think that ardatdat has helped to resolve maximum of the game lags...so i dnt mind those occasional and very rare lags on T2 optimised games...

Hello I'm new,
where i can download ardatdat 4.2b4?

18974 said:
Hello I'm new,
where i can download ardatdat 4.2b4?
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https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ksfqfltbq3mmg2x/u5AKXnnzHp/i9103_kernel_collection

have you tried using SetCPU between 1000hz and 1200hz or something like that?

Shurplayker said:
have you tried using SetCPU between 1000hz and 1200hz or something like that?
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Can someone put up an explanation on how all the governor settings work ?

dragosh01x said:
Can someone put up an explanation on how all the governor settings work ?
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If you are asking about about CPU Governors, check this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856256

I found a solution for me, PvsZ stops and go each 10 seconds, now everything is ok . We use to configure SetCpu with "sio" scheduler but when I change it to "noop" the stuttering disappears. For me doesn't matter what governor you use, only, scheduler affect to it. Try it. I'm using Ardatdat beta4.

Game lags corrected. (Atleast have stopped for me)

So yesterday i was researching about gamelags on STOCK ICS.
I found out this solution somewhere.
Initially i did not flash ardatdat's kernel
but
after doing this plus flashing ardatdats kernal lags have like vanished.
So just do this thing
1.Go to settings---> developer options and check 'Force GPU Rendering' and restart your phone.
2. Use Ardatdats kernel v4.2 beta 6 *HIGHLY Recommended*
Games tried :
1. Temple Run Brave (15 minutes of play..No lag)
2. World Cricket Championship (10 over game..no lag)
3. Farming Simulator
4. Plants vs. Zombies
5. Stick Cricket
6. Stick Tennis
7. Temple Run 2
8. Race, Stunt, Fight 2
9. Drag Racing 3D
10. Fruit Ninja
Hope it helps
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+1 for this. Didn't try games, but it's good to have this option always set to on. Increases overall performance.

I tried gaming on stock ICS.
Did try unofficial JB on our phone. But then vibration problems.
Actually some nexus version had an ICS lag in scrolling and gaming.
So someone posted it as an answer.
I tried it for gamelags of our device and it worked.
(Obviously the nexus solution did not have include the ardatdats kernel part )
@adam sir: please help us with the vibration problem in Pacrom
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Isn't this more battery hungry?
From my CM10.1 powered galaxy R

vbz89 said:
Isn't this more battery hungry?
From my CM10.1 powered galaxy R
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Didn't notice it, but theoretically yes. It uses the GPU for rendering the UI. However, I have it always turned on, regardless of which rom I'm on.

vbz89 said:
Isn't this more battery hungry?
From my CM10.1 powered galaxy R
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Well the games are too
So wasnt quite evident.
But i couldnt notice some MAJOR chunk of battery % vanishing in thin air
But the lags have finally gone on ICS (Hopes held high)
Rest lets see...
Bdw if you're on root, Antutu Battery saver is kinda good too for saving battery Has helped me
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Yup, ardatdat kernel with performance governor, almost eliminates the Game stutters(I won't call them lags)

The-Droidster said:
Yup, ardatdat kernel with performance governor, almost eliminates the Game stutters(I won't call them lags)
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Hahaha yeahh...stutters
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DeepankarS said:
Hahaha yeahh...stutters
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Great. So 1st thank from my side to you buddy. Hope you will be doing well in future too.

Games still stutter for me, maybe less often but it is still there
Indian ROM & Ardatdat 4.2b6

@Vikesh: Thank you
Yes definitely ^_^ only if i have people like you around me
Helping me out even when i disgust you
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M3r0De4DoR said:
Games still stutter for me, maybe less often but it is still there
Indian ROM & Ardatdat 4.2b6
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On ardatdat kernel use setcpu app to set both the cpu freq's to max(equivalent to performance governor). Then try a game...eg temple run...no lags.

But remember when u select performance then top level of clock will work and hence battery backup goes down.
@deep: buddy its my pleasure if i would suggest or make u understand the thing and become part of ur few moments.
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M3r0De4DoR said:
Games still stutter for me, maybe less often but it is still there
Indian ROM & Ardatdat 4.2b6
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Well if you know how to use SetCpu go ahead it will completely resolve the issue. (Never tried as i am not comfortable..but our senior members do recommend using it )
But if youre still not comfortable with the stutters we have to live with it till official JB arrives (maybe..on samsungs mercy :'( ) :sigh:
Atleast the frequency of the lags seems to go less.
My games even stuttered with PacRom :'( (stick cricket did )
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Guys, One of my friend is working as a senior developer at Samsung in Chennai.. he said there was not even one person voting for jelly bean for our SGR during a discussion about updates thing for all phones in a meeting... Some bulls**t i say for Samsung..!!! Here 1 small group of good buds are doing what a whole company of millions of employees can't do.. XDA u simply rock..!!!

Doesn't work
DeepankarS said:
So yesterday i was researching about gamelags on STOCK ICS.
I found out this solution somewhere.
Initially i did not flash ardatdat's kernel
but
after doing this plus flashing ardatdats kernal lags have like vanished.
So just go to settings---> developer options and check 'Force GPU Rendering' and restart your phone.
Ardatdats kernel Recommended.
Games tried :
1. Temple Run Brave (15 minutes of play..No lag)
2. World Cricket Championship (10 over game..no lag)
3. Farming Simulator
4. Plants vs. Zombies
5. Stick Cricket
6. Stick Tennis
Hope it helps
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Does not work for me

masculinum said:
Does not work for me
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Buddy apply it..and then restart your phone after 2-3 minutes.
If not working use setcpu and clock the minimum to 1000mhz i.e. Max=Min=1000mhz.
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GTA Vice City

Hey guys,
Whenever I go to this in the play store it wont let me install and I get the following message:
"You're Device isn't compatible with this version."
Anyone managed to install vice city on their tablet?

Works on mine running stock.

Hmmmm really? Which firmware are you currently running?

Latest stock for the 16gb wifi. If you can't see it restore it from a titanium backup from another device.

hmmm managed to get it installed but a bit disappointed with the performance, maxxed out its very low fps. Same for everyone else?

molemanmus said:
hmmm managed to get it installed but a bit disappointed with the performance, maxxed out its very low fps. Same for everyone else?
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It runs perfectly for me.
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Make sure you choose the xtz device, sgp311/sgp312, or whatever version of xtz you have.. Then try installing it again..
Btw, the game works fine for me, no issues..
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arcsuser said:
Make sure you choose the xtz device, sgp311/sgp312, or whatever version of xtz you have.. Then try installing it again..
Btw, the game works fine for me, no issues..
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Where are you talking about selecting which version of the XTZ you have?
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I have the SGP321 running CM10.2. VC runs awful, extremely low fps, diashow. I think the GPU runs at a low frequency, becuase in asphalt 7 the tablet uses approx 1.5 times as many power as displayed in cooltools. Has anybody a fix for that? Or how can I manually set the GPU frequency?

I contacted Rockstar about this game asking for them to add the device to the compatibility, after providing them with the device info they said they would be investigating, that was on the 11 August though.
I have ended up obtaining the game using other methods (silly having to since I paid for it) and it does play perfect on max settings on my tablet.