Starting sometime about 1.5-2 weeks ago, two games on my phone don't run. I wasn't really paying attention but I think there was a small software update shortly before this problem came up but I can't be positive. The games are Void Tyrant (which crashes immediately on launch) and Dungeon Tales (which opens to main menu and the menus work but crashes once I enter game play).
Thoughts or suggestions? I have restarted the phone a couple of times. I'm not out of memory.
TIA.
snick17 said:
Starting sometime about 1.5-2 weeks ago, two games on my phone don't run. I wasn't really paying attention but I think there was a small software update shortly before this problem came up but I can't be positive. The games are Void Tyrant (which crashes immediately on launch) and Dungeon Tales (which opens to main menu and the menus work but crashes once I enter game play).
Thoughts or suggestions? I have restarted the phone a couple of times. I'm not out of memory.
TIA.
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And two days after posting this, both games suddenly worked again! Then yesterday's Samsung update broke them both once more...
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Guys,
I have a very weird problem that started a couple of days back with my Galaxy Tab.
I was running a game (game name does not matter as the problem happens in all games) when all of a sudden the 'Pause' screen came into effect.
After hitting any key to continue it played for around a further 20 seconds then it happened again... and again... and so on.
Some games simply pause whilst others will flip back to the reload the game screen then flip to the press continue to play screen.
Whatever it is it only effects games.
I have tried several reboots and looked at all my recently installed/updated Applications but can not ascertain what is causing the issue.
Further, whilst browsing through my installed Apps using the App 'System Panel' (to see if I could locate the offending App) I also noticed when I scrolled down through my installed Apps every few seconds the list would jump back to the beginning of the list.
No matter how many times I scrolled down after a few seconds it repeatedly jumped back to the beginning.
After about a minute or so it stopped doing this.
It's almost as if something is paging the system every so many seconds ~ which may also explain why when playing games it drops the game into Pause mode.
Anyway, the Galaxy Tab is a stock Tab unaltered. It is not rooted nor had a ROM change.
At this stage I do not wish to update the ROM nor perform a factory reset.
As a surgeon you investigate the cause of the problem and not simply give the patient a tablet to mask the pain and send them on their way..... I wish to do the same with the Tab, find out what is causing the problem and not just do a system reset.
Any ideas ladies & gentlemen?
Same problem
I have the same problem on my stock ROM tab.
It's nerve wrecking to reinstall everything again.
Killerpint said:
I have the same problem on my stock ROM tab.
It's nerve wrecking to reinstall everything again.
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As the OP that reported this I feel for you.
I have no idea what caused the problem nor do Samsung.
All I can say is I switched the phone off one night because it was playing up that bad and used my Galaxy S that evening.
The following morning I switched the phone back on again and mysteriously the problem simply vanished.
All I can think is whatever was causing the problem must have been memory resident.
Killing the phone for a long period must have cleared the issue.
I have not come back and reported it is fixed yet as I want to do further tests just to make sure it has gone but more importantly try to find out what caused it in the first place.
In a way although I do feel for you I also am pleased someone else has the problem.
This proves it is not a totally isolated case and may crop up again.
The tests I am currently trying are with the external SD card.
Do you have an external SD card and did/does the problem happen only with games installed to the card?
I have found that all but one of the games were installed in this way.
The one game not installed to SD that when run pauses behaves in a slightly different manner in that it does not pause every 20 seconds or so but every 1 minute or so.
I am beginning to think the problem may be something to do with timing, memory and the external SD card.
Has anyone had any issues playing ShadowGun?
If I reboot my tablet and play ShadowGun it plays just fine, however if I've been using my tablet for awhile and have several application open in the background when I play ShadowGun it freezes up after the first or second shot is fired. You can still hear the game playing through the speakers, but the screen jumps back and forth stuck on the last couple of frames.
I had this same issue on the Prime and I was hoping not to see it on the Infinity too. Could this be a memory issue?
Thanks.
Try Shadowgun THD for Tegra 3, it even runs on power saving mode on my 700 and no freeze whatsoever.
tedr44 said:
Try Shadowgun THD for Tegra 3, it even runs on power saving mode on my 700 and no freeze whatsoever.
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That's what I have. I was excited to get download it and play it on my Prime.
Maybe if I uninstall it and re-install? Such a big app...
Memory Issues?
To follow up with this issue...
After several days using my tablet, Google Mail stated hanging up and crashing. I tried running ShadowGun and it would still freeze up right after the first shot or two. On a hunch, I added the Task Manger widget to my home screen. There were a lot of applications running and even though I'm against task managers, I clicked the "One Click Clean" button. I immediately went back into ShadowGun and it played flawlessly. The Gmail app was working fine again too.
I've changed the setting in the developer section to only allow 4 background processes at most, and I haven't seen the problem since. Could this be an issue where the Infinity isn't clear up memory when it's needed?
Any thoughts?
Do you by any chance have Chainfire3D installed?
No I do not.
Basically just ShadowGun and Dark Meadows.
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You can still hear the game playing through the speakers, but the screen jumps back and forth stuck on the last couple of frames.
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I have the same problem with some games (ShadowGun and TinTin, for instance) and had it on my Prime as well. At the very beginning of my TF700 ownership, I installed TinTin on it and it played without a problem. I then started installing a lot of programs that I had on my TF201 and after a while I returned to TinTin and it had the jumping frame problem again.
I believe that it is some program that I installed after the first few days, but unfortunately don't know which one. I'll try your task manager trick to see if it (temporarily at least) solves my problem, and if so, I'll try to investigate which task is responsible (if any one particular task is the culprit).
Nice to hear of another person that has experienced the same problem I have...
My tablet has zeam launcher. just some info.
Now I'm posting this here because it has to be a root problem.
Today I bought nova 3 and it was working great for a couple of hours, but an hour ago it crashed and ever since it crashes on start up. (press the icon, and then a black screen comes up, then it closes) I'v re installed but it hasn't fixed anything.
Anyone got any suggestions to fix this problem?
(Additional info: I remember this happening, A LOT, on my ipod 4g, nova 3 would take several re-trys to load.)
Edit: after several hundred clicks It loaded. but I bet it'll just continue crashing again if I exit.
There have been a great problem in this game,
many people are complaining.
just if you have purchased the game then ask for a refund.
Hi all,
Really need some help to find the root cause of games suddenly closing while playing smoothly, especially Dead trigger. I am on stock 2.3.4 and rooted with hard gaming enabled in Ram Manager. The game would play smooth for some time and then would just close suddenly without even any message like stopped unexpectedly. Because of this, I keep loosing progress of long missions or Arena. This is my second Xperia Play, and I am really frustrated, since Dead Trigger is one game which never gave such problems before, hence I am doubtful if it is just shortage of RAM. I have installed catlog but don't know how to interprete the logged messages. I can see hundreds of messages saying:
channel '2b5f7c88 com.madfingergames.deadtrigger/com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayerNativeActivity (client)' ~ Failed to receive dispatch signal. status=-11
I have attached the log file for the same. Has anyone else experienced the same? Is there a way I can identify if some app is causing memory leak?
cacarod2007 said:
Hi all,
Really need some help to find the root cause of games suddenly closing while playing smoothly, especially Dead trigger. I am on stock 2.3.4 and rooted with hard gaming enabled in Ram Manager. The game would play smooth for some time and then would just close suddenly without even any message like stopped unexpectedly. Because of this, I keep loosing progress of long missions or Arena. This is my second Xperia Play, and I am really frustrated, since Dead Trigger is one game which never gave such problems before, hence I am doubtful if it is just shortage of RAM. I have installed catlog but don't know how to interprete the logged messages. I can see hundreds of messages saying:
channel '2b5f7c88 com.madfingergames.deadtrigger/com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayerNativeActivity (client)' ~ Failed to receive dispatch signal. status=-11
I have attached the log file for the same. Has anyone else experienced the same? Is there a way I can identify if some app is causing memory leak?
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Dude u can do 1 thing...Just disable the in-game music while play levels and reenable it when finished...It worked for me...
Siddharth358 said:
Dude u can do 1 thing...Just disable the in-game music while play levels and reenable it when finished...It worked for me...
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cacarod2007 said:
Hi all,
Really need some help to find the root cause of games suddenly closing while playing smoothly, especially Dead trigger. I am on stock 2.3.4 and rooted with hard gaming enabled in Ram Manager. The game would play smooth for some time and then would just close suddenly without even any message like stopped unexpectedly. Because of this, I keep loosing progress of long missions or Arena. This is my second Xperia Play, and I am really frustrated, since Dead Trigger is one game which never gave such problems before, hence I am doubtful if it is just shortage of RAM. I have installed catlog but don't know how to interprete the logged messages. I can see hundreds of messages saying:
channel '2b5f7c88 com.madfingergames.deadtrigger/com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayerNativeActivity (client)' ~ Failed to receive dispatch signal. status=-11
I have attached the log file for the same. Has anyone else experienced the same? Is there a way I can identify if some app is causing memory leak?
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do the dpads.. and touchpads work for you guys on XPeria PLay.. they do work for me on Fifa 10.. but not in this game.. do I have to switch Touchpad behavior from Touchpad activator..
I am on MIUI v4 ICS.
Got my K1 tablet two days. Updated to January MM OTA update. Played Asphalt 8 a couple of times (graphics are fantastic) but the game crashed the whole MM system yesterday, causing me to invoke a force reboot.
The first crash occurred when trying to connect to my Google Play Games. It was loading/connecting and froze. I waited a minute but no joy. Forced reboot and game was smooth again.
Five hours later, while playing Asphalt 8: Iceland Classic. Nothing fancy going on and CRASH! Same thing: force reboot then smoothes as usual.
Tried to find crash logs but no luck.
Help appreciated.
Any more information than that? Are you trying to play said game on really slow sdcard from a few years ago? How did you treat the adoptable storage? Do you have anything else in the background that might interfere, i.e facebook crap? Have you tried factory reset after said update from 5.1.1->6.0.1? The list is endless!
It's rather hard for people to read your mind without more info than "my car sometimes stops working, tell me what is wrong with it?!"
PixelVixen said:
Any more information than that? Are you trying to play said game on really slow sdcard from a few years ago? How did you treat the adoptable storage? Do you have anything else in the background that might interfere, i.e facebook crap? Have you tried factory reset after said update from 5.1.1->6.0.1? The list is endless!
It's rather hard for people to read your mind without more info than "my car sometimes stops working, tell me what is wrong with it?!"
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The game is on internal storage. No background apps.
I had the same thing on mine, froze half way through playing the bloody game