Phone freezes on games - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Ive upgraded to the S3 gave my son my ns4g. He plays games on it and it keeps freezing up. Running rasbean. With matrix. Tried CM10 stable too.
Any suggestions on a rom and kernel?
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It is subjective to the game you (your son) are trying to play. Apart from that, check the CPU frequencies and use a bit of overclocked frequency. Also, try to shift the Governor

He played them on his evo4g I guess ill switch it back to that.
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try jellyshot rom with marmite kernel.you probably won't have any issues for games destinated for nexus s.i play gameloft games with severe demands and have no lags or forced closures.

Like others said previously, a little overclock can go a long way. Just be careful not to overdo it!

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Play GTA III with less lag

Hi everyone this thread is made to tell you how to play GTA III with less lag first at all you must be on gingerbread on bml with Antox latest kernel ( I have tested on: Valhalla Black, Barebone, SCOM and ICBIN and it give the same result, except Valhalla Black and SCOM that it seems to be more faster )
Now you must go to setcpu and overclocked with max. 1400mhz and min. 1400mhz, and put the governor in ondemand and I/O scheduler in deadline, then go to the governors settings and chance the up threshold to 80 ( I know I know that these settings arent "baterry friendly" lol but its just when you are playing games like GTA III)
And finally go to the GTA 3 app and in settings, display put the settings as the attachment and... voilĂ  you have the fastest non supported gta in all the wild west! (if you have any problems pm me)
HIT THANKS IF I HELPED!!!
Have you tried chainfire3d and play with texture and size?
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Yeah i have already tried out and the app doesnt starts (idk why that happens)
Not trying to bring your contribution down but seems kind of harsh to have to OC to 1.4 just to play GTA
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erikmm said:
Not trying to bring your contribution down but seems kind of harsh to have to OC to 1.4 just to play GTA
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Gta is a butch to run. I seen somebody post about it not running smooth on a dual core, I think it was the evo v.
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I would try playing with chainfire settings and I wouldn't over clock past 1300mhz.
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Try using different settings in the chainfire3d opengl settings. Reduce texture size, unroll texture, and reduce texture size. Play with those 3 options hopefully 1 will work for you. There is a post in the that is posted with different video plugins for different THD games.
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Not trying to bring your contribution down but seems kind of harsh to have to OC to 1.4 just to play GTA
Don't worry man if you want, try to play with the chainfire 3d app and use the settings I attached to the thread
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Try using different settings in the chainfire3d opengl settings. Reduce texture size, unroll texture, and reduce texture size. Play with those 3 options hopefully 1 will work for you. There is a post in the general section that is posted with different video drivers for different games.
Thanks for the info I'll tried the others video drivers tomorrow (I only have the nvidia game driver and it doesn't work)
solrac1212 said:
Originally Posted by erikmm
Not trying to bring your contribution down but seems kind of harsh to have to OC to 1.4 just to play GTA
Don't worry man if you want, try to play with the chainfire 3d app and use the settings I attached to the thread
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Nah I don't play GTA and my everyday phone comes clocked at 1.5
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OK anyway thanks for the tip, I will see if i play with the build.pro tomorrow and see if I can get more performance without having to sacrifice the battery life
Thanks for the tip. I got gta3 to run smoothly with these settings with voltage control on firestorm rom.
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Also I got gta3 to run just fine on ICS Paranoid Hybrid Rom. The kernel it has will not oc. The only thing with that is you would need to turn off your auto sync and free up some memory. Also turn down the graphics settings to about somewhere in the teens like 15% is a good starting point.
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Device gets very hot

Hey guys, I have sensation XE and the device often gets very hot. Right now I'm using ViperS rom and bricked kernel, but that's happened with many different roms and kernels.
It's usually happens when I'm playing 3D games and it's very annoying to play games like subway surfers or temple run because after playing a while the device gets hot and the game become laggy.
Anyway to solve it?
My settings are: bricked kernel, ondemand governor, min freq 190 max freq 1500. No UV or anything.
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Not sure if there is a solution for this. I also experience this when playing games. Although lately it hasn't been as hot on the Rom I'm running now.. wish I knew of a solution but I don't. I think this happens with all sensations.
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I wouldn't mind if it wasn't causing lags while playing games.
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ItayPBM said:
I wouldn't mind if it wasn't causing lags while playing games.
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It could be a hardware issue or a ROM issue or a kernel issue.
It's always going to get warm when playing a gam ethat's heavy on the system resources like that. But it shouldn't get 'hot'.
Are you over clocking the CPU? If so, that'll do it. Try scalign the CPU down a bit to like 1.2 and see if that gives an improvement. It might also cause decreased gaming performance, but it would help diagnose the cause of the heat buildup.
You can calso try alternate kernels (I'm not amiliar enough with Viper to suggest one) to see if they process the GPU more efficiently.
I don't think that's a ROM or kernel issue, because it happened with several different roms and kernels.
I tried to underclock to 1400mhz but it didn't made a real difference.
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1400 isn't such a big difference, I keep mine at 1Ghz and it's still smooth, and moderately warm. You could also see it as a good thing, at least the heat doesn't stay trapped inside the device, which would be deadly for it.
The solution is Undervolting or Underclocking or both.
The device became laggy because of thermald, which limits the max freq to a lower value if the cpu temp is more than a value.
I try all kernel the only way to keep cool our phone is to use nitrogen. The best for now is Sebastian FM KERNEL

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?
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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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Best kernel for saving battery on 7.0?

I am on cm 10.1 and the battery isn't much different from stock. Also, the tab gets hotter than it did on stock. Any kernel that keeps the device cool and saves battery? I am willing to change ROMs if its CM's fault, but the ROM you suggest should be waaay better to convince me to change ROMs.
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blagginspaziyonokip said:
I am on cm 10.1 and the battery isn't much different from stock. Also, the tab gets hotter than it did on stock. Any kernel that keeps the device cool and saves battery? I am willing to change ROMs if its CM's fault, but the ROM you suggest should be waaay better to convince me to change ROMs.
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not sure whether it's kernel or CM10.1's fault! But i don't like 4.2.x based roms just yet, they're just not stable enough for my liking.
I use AOKP Milestone 1 on my P3110 and i was using it last night and battery was on 7 days and blah blah blah with 47% battery left! Admiting i only use it about 4 hours each day!
blagginspaziyonokip said:
I am on cm 10.1 and the battery isn't much different from stock. Also, the tab gets hotter than it did on stock. Any kernel that keeps the device cool and saves battery? I am willing to change ROMs if its CM's fault, but the ROM you suggest should be waaay better to convince me to change ROMs.
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Do you play games????
If not go to processor clock settings and underclock it to say 800,600 or less.
Your tab will not get hot and you will get better battery life!!!
Also you can try ketut kernel...
And about other Roms cm10.1 is best one after stock 4.1.2(debloated)
And device getting hot is normal.
squ89r97 said:
not sure whether it's kernel or CM10.1's fault! But i don't like 4.2.x based roms just yet, they're just not stable enough for my liking.
I use AOKP Milestone 1 on my P3110 and i was using it last night and battery was on 7 days and blah blah blah with 47% battery left! Admiting i only use it about 4 hours each day!
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Am I gonna miss any features from 4.2.2 if I go back to 4.1.2 for AOKP?
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Droidlover123 said:
Do you play games????
If not go to processor clock settings and underclock it to say 800,600 or less.
Your tab will not get hot and you will get better battery life!!!
Also you can try ketut kernel...
And about other Roms cm10.1 is best one after stock 4.1.2(debloated)
And device getting hot is normal.
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I don't always play the CPU intensive ones like Dead Trigger, GTA, they're all too big to download on my 200KBps speeds. I do play the 2D ones like Bike Race, will 600Mhz be stable enough?
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blagginspaziyonokip said:
I don't always play the CPU intensive ones like Dead Trigger, GTA, they're all too big to download on my 200KBps speeds. I do play the 2D ones like Bike Race, will 600Mhz be stable enough?
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Probably!!!
You can try.
And you will miss multi user,expanded mode,more ram ,separate notification bar
And btw who much speed you get on your 200KBps???
Droidlover123 said:
Probably!!!
You can try.
And you will miss multi user,expanded mode,more ram ,separate notification bar
And btw who much speed you get on your 200KBps???
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Bike Race runs fine at 300-600MHz. It still heats up quite a bit though.
Nobody else really uses my Tab but my mother for Candy Crush, and PIE doesn't even work. But since nobody else is recommending any more ROMs, it looks like I'll be stating on cm.
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blagginspaziyonokip said:
Bike Race runs fine at 300-600MHz. It still heats up quite a bit though.
Nobody else really uses my Tab but my mother for Candy Crush, and PIE doesn't even work. But since nobody else is recommending any more ROMs, it looks like I'll be stating on cm.
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Ok.
And how much download speed u get on your connection?????
Droidlover123 said:
Ok.
And how much download speed u get on your connection?????
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My regular speed which is about 200KBps, but sometimes downloads randomly stop andi have to turn off WiFi and turn it on again on the Tab.
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Disappointing performance.

So I have the US version and I've had it for a while (about a month) and I'm really disappointed with the performance. Scroll lags, the notification shade pulls down smoother on a galaxy player (that has less than 500mb of ram and is single core) and the 3d gaming performance is laggy. Like GTA3 should be able to run on max settings! Just disappointed and expected more.
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OK? Why post this? Why not just get a new phone? Have you tried any other ROMs?
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I played Tactics Ogre on my phone and Dead Trigger with no problems. Plus with most ROMs I don't encounter the same lag you have experience.
Maybe Powersave mode is on...
tylerlawhon said:
OK? Why post this? Why not just get a new phone? Have you tried any other ROMs?
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Sorry, the rest got cut out for some reason. I was asking if anyone else had this problem.
And a new phone is not an option. My family is on forclosure on the house right now so I might just cancel my data plan and use this as like an iPod.
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ericsdeadinside said:
Maybe Powersave mode is on...
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Trust me I checked that.
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Idk man, I've not had much lag at all. I've been rooted since the day I got it of course, so I've been running custom ROMs for a while.
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Try flashing Cyanogen Mod from the original android section. General ui is much snappier and it doesn't have game lag like all the 4.1.2 TW ROMs.
Samsung really dropped the ball with the 4.1.2 updates. A phone this powerful should not lag playing temple run.
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I get some lag while playing ingress and minecraft. Kinda annoying but it's better than my old phone and I hope my next is better than this one.
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Are you running it stock? Phone runs great with custom stock ROMs & Kernals, but everyone has their own opinions. The games i've played ive not have any lag, but i'm running a custom kernal and ROM. That probably has is the difference, but i'm not overclocked.
well there's only two things that are certain in this world.... no tech device is ever perfect and taxes always increase.
If you expect anything different you will always be disappointed.
That being said, I had ANdroid phones since the HTC Eris and they keep improving. S3 is really nice, maybe the best of this generation, but its not perfect.
Lots of people are looking for infinite gaming speed + infinite battery life... well the two don't go together. There are always trade-off. speed vs. power, vs. size, vs. cost.
Oh and by the way, multi-core is mostly a marketing gimmick. The GPU does most of the graphics work and most apps are not multi-threaded, so a fast single core beats a slower multi-core every time. It's cheaper to make a slow multi-core processor than to make a faster single core.
I also noticed lag on the device which i put off was caused by Touch Wiz. I confirmed this when i finally rooted and started trying different ROMs.
The lag is there in all TW ROM's for me; however if you really want to stick with TW, the smoothest running TW ROM I've tried so far is Goodness. That is what i'm currently using. I don't experience lag during gaming or Apps though even with touch wiz... so might be just your phone.
However, if you can do without touchwiz, the AOSP ROMs are like butter and i experience no lag at all. At least the 4.2.2 ROMS. I've tried Liquidsmooth, paranoid android, Pac-man and Chameleon.
Crazy I'm 100 % stock and my phone runs awesome! I don't do much gaming so I can't chime in on that but I don't have lag at all like you describe. Do you have a live wallpaper installed??
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I've tried a lot of the TW based ROM, Synergy, Hyperdrive , others and all the well developed one's run great for me. I don't see any lag. I also tried CM10 and no noticeable difference, I think a lot of the comment are caused by placebo effec, some people just hate OEM stufft. Also people will load up their home screens with 3000 widgets and say wow this phone / rom sucks, LOL m Then they load some new ROM with no widgets yet and go, wow this is really smooth....... until they load 3000 widgets and it sucks again. Hey , there really is a limit to performance on any phone.

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