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Asphalt 7 lags

Hey guys,
I just bought Asphalt 7 from Gameloft website but the game has low fps.
I tried fixing the CPU to 1500 and 1300 MHz but still low fps !
How come the game works fine on HTC One X without modification but lags on our device?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2nx5nkN5e0

Navios92 said:
Hey guys,
I just bought Asphalt 7 from Gameloft website but the game has low fps.
I tried fixing the CPU to 1500 and 1300 MHz but still low fps !
How come the game works fine on HTC One X without modification but lags on our device?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2nx5nkN5e0
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It's probably due to the processor governor. If your phone is rooted, try to install any cpu set app (some are availavle for free in Play Store). Then set your cpu governor to Performance. The default governor on our phone is Interactive.
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hernestwisnu said:
It's probably due to the processor governor. If your phone is rooted, try to install any cpu set app (some are availavle for free in Play Store). Then set your cpu governor to Performance. The default governor on our phone is Interactive.
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I already did that but still lower fps than One X
Does the game work on your 4X the same as in the video? Which version do you have?

Navios92 said:
I already did that but still lower fps than One X
Does the game work on your 4X the same as in the video? Which version do you have?
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Yep, it does. I'm currently on v10h Open Europe. It runs OK, even my phone is set to run at 1.2 GHz max.
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Does it at least look like mine? or even worse?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnsIMd2gyxo

I too had some stutter, same issue with nova 3 and MEGA LAG on spiderman, nfsmw and mc4 are silky smooth though so it's just plain neglect of our devices, we need to spam gameloft about this Tegra 3 crap
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profyler said:
Does it at least look like mine? or even worse?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnsIMd2gyxo
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Yes, it works just like that.
That ain't smooth at all

Navios92 said:
Yes, it works just like that.
That ain't smooth at all
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Its not smooth but totally playable. It wont get better than that

profyler said:
Its not smooth but totally playable. It wont get better than that
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It should as it runs fine on the One X and Nexus 7...

Navios92 said:
It should as it runs fine on the One X and Nexus 7...
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yes, but developers dont care about the 4X, we have to deal with it.

profyler said:
yes, but developers dont care about the 4X, we have to deal with it.
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I tried filling the customer support form, I usually always get a response but none in this case, perhaps the jellybean update (if it ever comes) will give better performance, as benchmarks suffered on the 10h update to increase battery life I'm guessing this is why some games run scrappy, especially nova 3 as the graphics are insane!
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Do you guys get lags in need for speed most wanted too?
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NightyNight said:
Do you guys get lags in need for speed most wanted too?
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Not really lags for me but really poor frame rate , 30~45 fps.
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theofficialpimp said:
Not really lags for me but really poor frame rate , 30~45 fps.
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Well yes that's what I meant lol, ah so I guess its universal then. I hope JB will fix that. Or at least give us an option of going custom rom that fixes that.

NightyNight said:
Well yes that's what I meant lol, ah so I guess its universal then. I hope JB will fix that. Or at least give us an option of going custom rom that fixes that.
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With stock kernel 1000000000 custom ROMs won't change that but, with well tweaked custom kernel, even stock ROM will be another world...

i experienced lag mainly with the official firmware but i have not suffered lag since using custonexus and also when i tested kholks cm10 port

nedooo said:
With stock kernel 1000000000 custom ROMs won't change that but, with well tweaked custom kernel, even stock ROM will be another world...
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True! But with the JB update supposedly the boot-loader is going to be unlocked thus giving developers an opportunity to integrate custom kernels.

friartuckme said:
i experienced lag mainly with the official firmware but i have not suffered lag since using custonexus and also when i tested kholks cm10 port
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Have you tested Spiderman and nova 3 on custonexus? Spiderman is especially BAD on stock
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It looks to me, comparing videos that p880 video has more details (road surface on one x video looks cleaner like it is simpler rendered). Probably you should somehow adjust rendering details.

Vosetal said:
It looks to me, comparing videos that p880 video has more details (road surface on one x video looks cleaner like it is simpler rendered). Probably you should somehow adjust rendering details.
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If gameloft made it properly it would run full graphics with no lag. MC4 runs very smooth on my phone and looks beautiful
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Unpredictable performance?

Sometimes my phone is very smooth, but every now and then it will suddenly act like a single core phone, this is particularly noticeable if I play a game, it will be smooth usually but when this happens it lags like hell, home stutters and multitasking problems are also present. I've tried everything, deleted system/bin/thermald and overheat control apk, lowered the go max speed load of the CPU, increased readahead size, changed to deadline scheduler... The list goes on! I'm on the latest JB firmware and have a locked BL, any roms that don't have these random lag spikes? Or any other fix? I'll even revert to ICS if its more stable, I did this on my LG before
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Update: changed GPU gov to performance and it helps
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@non4 said:
Update: changed GPU gov to performance and it helps
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how the hell is that possible?!!!!!!
i have the same issue, especially on JB
everytime i turn the phone on, i just HOPE to be the PERFORMANCE time!!!
sometimes it is SMOOTH, sometimes it lagges, especially in games
you know, having Performance governor is not a real solution, it will drain battery the worst way possible, we have to know the reason, since i've done whatever you said as well,EVERYTHING, and yes, when i put in performance mode, it's ok..
any idea about the culprit?

ebi4321 said:
how the hell is that possible?!!!!!!
i have the same issue, especially on JB
everytime i turn the phone on, i just HOPE to be the PERFORMANCE time!!!
sometimes it is SMOOTH, sometimes it lagges, especially in games
you know, having Performance governor is not a real solution, it will drain battery the worst way possible, we have to know the reason, since i've done whatever you said as well,EVERYTHING, and yes, when i put in performance mode, it's ok..
any idea about the culprit?
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Just the GPU gov is performance, it doesn't really do much to battery. I use interactive on the CPU. So you're saying your issue wasn't there on ICS??
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@non4 said:
Just the GPU gov is performance, it doesn't really do much to battery. I use interactive on the CPU. So you're saying your issue wasn't there on ICS??
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EGG ZAKT LY!!!
when i was on ICS, the games were amazing, no lag whatsoever to call ISSUE, but unfortunately, the lag was INSIDE OF OS, even the phonebook, dialer, messaging, all of the system apps, started slowly, but the gaming performance was awesome, on the other hand, in JB, the whole UI and OS is just smooth and beautiful, but games are awful
BTW, how do you modify GPU governor? i thought we could only change CPU

Well its settled, I'm moving to ICS to compare. Is there any ICS ROM where I can avoid using flashtool? Anyway about the GPU gov, use trickster mod kernel settings
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@non4 said:
Well its settled, I'm moving to ICS to compare. Is there any ICS ROM where I can avoid using flashtool? Anyway about the GPU gov, use trickster mod kernel settings
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will check that app out, hope it can help me
and for the rom, I own TX, not T, not sure where to direct you to download a CWM Recovery flashable Rom, but there HAS to be one, since we have some for TX
just head over Android Development section for T

Had a look and doesn't look like it, my bootloader is locked by three got the downloads ready for when I get home BTW to avoid starting a new thread I'm confused as to whether the ICS kernel is included in the ftf files? Never had an xperia, well at least not during my time as a root user, feel like a noob here lol
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Yes it is.
And there are some ICS versions of my Rom for download in my Rom thread
Sent whilst sat on the toilet.

@non4 said:
Had a look and doesn't look like it, my bootloader is locked by three got the downloads ready for when I get home BTW to avoid starting a new thread I'm confused as to whether the ICS kernel is included in the ftf files? Never had an xperia, well at least not during my time as a root user, feel like a noob here lol
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Gregbradly, The Great, answered you
so no need for me to start telling bullsh...ts!
let us know what happens, but just as a recommendation, if you could cope with graphic issue in gaming, then don't go back to ICS, it's just a waste of time bro

gregbradley said:
Yes it is.
And there are some ICS versions of my Rom for download in my Rom thread
Sent whilst sat on the toilet.
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Link? For locked BL too?

ebi4321 said:
Gregbradly, The Great, answered you
so no need for me to start telling bullsh...ts!
let us know what happens, but just as a recommendation, if you could cope with graphic issue in gaming, then don't go back to ICS, it's just a waste of time bro
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How much better is gaming on ICS? I can deal with some UI lags if gaming is smooth, I don't own any consoles so its a must for me
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@non4 said:
Link? For locked BL too?
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Look in my signature for a link to my rom, or in post three of the all in one thread for stock FTF's
@non4 said:
How much better is gaming on ICS? I can deal with some UI lags if gaming is smooth, I don't own any consoles so its a must for me
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Please use the multi quote facility to reply to multi posts in one reply

gregbradley said:
Look in my signature for a link to my rom, or in post three of the all in one thread for stock FTF's
Please use the multi quote facility to reply to multi posts in one reply
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I'm using tapatalk, hence why I didn't see your SIG, just found out how to multiquote on the beta so I will in future, thanks!
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@non4 said:
I'm using tapatalk, hence why I didn't see your SIG, just found out how to multiquote on the beta so I will in future, thanks!
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OK, My rom thread is in the dev section. ROM-Assaye. Just check the changelog to see which versions are ICS

gregbradley said:
OK, My rom thread is in the dev section. ROM-Assaye. Just check the changelog to see which versions are ICS
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Thanks, I was just gonna check your SIG in the browser, I'll take a look when I'm finished work
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@non4 said:
How much better is gaming on ICS? I can deal with some UI lags if gaming is smooth, I don't own any consoles so its a must for me
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the difference is quite HUGE, at the very moment of entering the game, it's total new world...
so, in this case, in which your preferred gaming console is your phone, go for ICS, the UI lags a bit, and i repeat, A BIT, but gaming is brilliant, just like it doubles the graphic power, i've tested NFS MW on both platform, ICS EASILY outperforms JB
hope you'll have good time there, in ICS

ebi4321 said:
the difference is quite HUGE, at the very moment of entering the game, it's total new world...
so, in this case, in which your preferred gaming console is your phone, go for ICS, the UI lags a bit, and i repeat, A BIT, but gaming is brilliant, just like it doubles the graphic power, i've tested NFS MW on both platform, ICS EASILY outperforms JB
hope you'll have good time there, in ICS
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Flashing now Was the same case with the optimus 4x, but since games support this phone better I have high hopes
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Hmmm, I do see an improvement, not as great as was made out though. On the initial build as its easiest to root, is there a better build or something? As for the UI hickups, that was easily cured using apex
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@non4 said:
Hmmm, I do see an improvement, not as great as was made out though. On the initial build as its easiest to root, is there a better build or something? As for the UI hickups, that was easily cured using apex
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I'm not so familiar with initial releases, since i've bought TX recently, when JB was out...
you know, the main problem with me is that i'm always a pure-stock fan, i won't change launcher, walkman, gallery and these basic things, but if you do, as you say, it would help the hickup
are locked or unlocked? if you are unlocked, i can provide you with the best STOCK-BASED kernel for ICS, in which the only midification is having CWM onboard, so that you can flash SU easily to have root
at your service, anyway

[Q] Lower quadrant scores with cm 10.1?

Is it just me that gets lower quadrant scores with cm 10.1 than on stock lg rom? i get like 5500 on lg stock, and 4500 on cm 10.1???

jonteftw1 said:
Is it just me that gets lower quadrant scores with cm 10.1 than on stock lg rom? i get like 5500 on lg stock, and 4500 on cm 10.1???
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Try different kernel and different combination of scheduler and governor. Every kernel have a "performance" governor.
Btw don't forget that the benchmark are not really representative of the true performance of a device.
It is always good to have some big numbers, but some benchmark apps can be hacked easily to show to incredible scores (and in particular Quadrant).
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jonteftw1 said:
Is it just me that gets lower quadrant scores with cm 10.1 than on stock lg rom? i get like 5500 on lg stock, and 4500 on cm 10.1???
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same for me. closest i got to stock was running pure aosp.

But without looking at the scores, how the performance of your phone in games with cm10.1, isn't the global interface smoother, aren't the games faster?
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ectoplasma22 said:
But without looking at the scores, how the performance of your phone in games with cm10.1, isn't the global interface smoother, aren't the games faster?
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the games i played, i couldn't see much difference. i'm rolling with CM based roms since their customization far outweights their cons ^^

Flying_Bear said:
the games i played, i couldn't see much difference. i'm rolling with CM based roms since their customization far outweights their cons ^^
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Seriously for me there is a clear difference in game :thumbup:
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Yea, im actualy running pure aosp right now because if that, but im thinking about going to cm, cuz it have better battery life, or?
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jonteftw1 said:
Yea, im actualy running pure aosp right now because if that, but im thinking about going to cm, cuz it have better battery life, or?
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The new stable cm10.1 has a great battery life but are you on SUPER XE rom?
I heard this rom has an amazing battery life so maybe you should stay on pure AOSP and try a different kernel
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CM sucks. Seriously. Some games do run better, but sadly some run worse too. Seems to be the more complex ones that depend more on I/O performance than the cpu/gpu
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@non4 said:
CM sucks. Seriously. Some games do run better, but sadly some run worse too. Seems to be the more complex ones that depend more on I/O performance than the cpu/gpu
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+1 , actually no game ran better for me, my phone also seems to heat more, I tried every kernel out there and If I ever overclock my phone, I can even smell the heat, lol

ottomanhero said:
+1 , actually no game ran better for me, my phone also seems to heat more, I tried every kernel out there and If I ever overclock my phone, I can even smell the heat, lol
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Iodak v6 or eternity project on stock are the best choices. I think iodak is better but eternity has the best standby time
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Also, i noticed that the i/o scores much lower on benchmark than on stock with cm, and 2d i think scored lower to.... WHY?!

@non4 said:
Iodak v6 or eternity project on stock are the best choices. I think iodak is better but eternity has the best standby time
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I prefer eternity project kernel cause it heats my phone less compared to iodak and yeah, it has better battery life.I also love livecolors mod
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jonteftw1 said:
Also, i noticed that the i/o scores much lower on benchmark than on stock with cm, and 2d i think scored lower to.... WHY?!
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Did you install CM nightlies? I heard they are more bug-free and has better performance than RC versions.By the way, don't expect any custom ROMs to be faster than stock ROM for the moment, most of them has a lot of bugs or performance issues, stock ROM is the best choice for now.

ottomanhero said:
I prefer eternity project kernel cause it heats my phone less compared to iodak and yeah, it has better battery life.I also love livecolors mod
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Did you install CM nightlies? I heard they are more bug-free and has better performance than RC versions.By the way, don't expect any custom ROMs to be faster than stock ROM for the moment, most of them has a lot of bugs or performance issues, stock ROM is the best choice for now.
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I used the last cm stable then :S

Holy ****, now i realised a thing. With stock lg firmware wile playing some games, like for an example dead trigger. With lg v20a i get fps drops whole time so i cant play, wich is anoying. With the cyanogenmod 10.1 playing dead trigger and other games i get no fps drops at all! And with cm 10.1 theres no freaking brightness temperature control ****, thats in v20a. Now i can see the screen in sun to! :laugh: Back to cm for me again!

jonteftw1 said:
Holy ****, now i realised a thing. With stock lg firmware wile playing some games, like for an example dead trigger. With lg v20a i get fps drops whole time so i cant play, wich is anoying. With the cyanogenmod 10.1 playing dead trigger and other games i get no fps drops at all! And with cm 10.1 theres no freaking brightness temperature control ****, thats in v20a. Now i can see the screen in sun to! :laugh: Back to cm for me again!
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The screen dim can be disabled by renaming or deleting /system/bin/thermald. Which kernel are you using? I find CM to be laggy in my games, there are exceptions though, NFS MW is very smooth, but NOVA 3 and modern combat are very laggy
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@non4 said:
The screen dim can be disabled by renaming or deleting /system/bin/thermald. Which kernel are you using? I find CM to be laggy in my games, there are exceptions though, NFS MW is very smooth, but NOVA 3 and modern combat are very laggy
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Im using stock cm kernel

jonteftw1 said:
Im using stock cm kernel
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What other games do you play? Which version of CM?
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I play NFS MW lag free, i have not installed so much more heavy games yet, since i flashed cm today latest 07/02 nightly.
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jonteftw1 said:
I play NFS MW lag free, i have not installed so much more heavy games yet, since i flashed cm today latest 07/02 nightly.
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Hmm those two ran OK anyway, gamelofts titles have tegra 3 issues anyway but CM seems to worsen the effect
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[Q] Is there any solution for the lag in 4.1 ?

hello...
I really like the LG 4X
but I've heared that the latest android version 4.1 is really laggy and has many issues
I want to buy this phone but I am hesitated for this reason
Can anyone give me a hint
thank you.:highfive:

are you in the US? there are phones like LG E975 for 375usd at amazon and it outperform GS3

alaa1ali said:
hello...
I really like the LG 4X
but I've heared that the latest android version 4.1 is really laggy and has many issues
I want to buy this phone but I am hesitated for this reason
Can anyone give me a hint
thank you.:highfive:
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I can say 1 thing : cyanogenmod!
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PontiacGTX said:
are you in the US? there are phones like LG E975 for 375usd at amazon and it outperform GS3
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nope I am in Egypt, amazon doesn't work here :\
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I can say 1 thing : cyanogenmod!
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and there is no way i can use a customized stock rom ?
I see you are using a stock rom for your 4X

alaa1ali said:
nope I am in Egypt, amazon doesn't work here :\
and there is no way i can use a customized stock rom ?
I see you are using a stock rom for your 4X
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Laggy how ? In games ? Menu ? Apps ? Maybe is some games after playing them for a while since it starting to heat up and LG lowered CPU temp and then phone will start laggin during game.I never expiriance any lagg in Stock LG rom while using it for non gaming.

dimi89 said:
Laggy how ? In games ? Menu ? Apps ? Maybe is some games after playing them for a while since it starting to heat up and LG lowered CPU temp and then phone will start laggin during game.I never expiriance any lagg in Stock LG rom while using it for non gaming.
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I've been reading user opinions in GSMarena.com
and all the people over there are complaining of laggy interface, system, app lunch and many apps causing FC
and they also say the battery is draining like crazy !!

Never had random restart or FC more than once every couple of days and only in some messed up apps like Facebook.What's app,chrome,opera,viber,Skype,xda app,instagram never had fc. Battery life isn't great.I can't tell you if you should or shouldn't buy this device I did and I am happy but again we are different persons.
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Well, I installed vanir rom recently and I am very happy with everything. If custom roms are taboo for you, dont get this phone, it will be a dissapointment, especially because of battery life.
Big drains in battery life are LG MLT?(IDK how its called),Logging service, Google Transport Services. If you dont root, you will get horible battery life.
You need at least root to disable this things.

Personally i had no lags on any of the stock roms but i switched to custom roms because of the horrible statusbar color. I'm currently using Cyanogenmod 10.2 nightly and i have no lags.
I'm sure there are fast, stock based roms out there if you for some reason do experience lag on the stock rom.

[Q] How is CyanogenMod 11.0 Gaming (and overall) Performance ?

Hey everybody, so I've been tempted for a long time to start using CM (although I can't imagine living without TouchWiz) so I wanna ask those of you who have been using CM for some time and have all kinds of stuff like heavy games, every-day apps and stuff like that to say how they run. Last month I updated to the latest ANA2 firmware, but it still lags So can anyone tell me how the following games run on CyanogenMod 11.0 :
GTA 3
GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas
Fast & Furious 6
Eternity Warriors
If those games don't lag anymore, I'm definitely moving away from TouchWiz, at least until I buy a flagship, which can handle it LOL

koragg97 said:
Hey everybody, so I've been tempted for a long time to start using CM (although I can't imagine living without TouchWiz) so I wanna ask those of you who have been using CM for some time and have all kinds of stuff like heavy games, every-day apps and stuff like that to say how they run. Last month I updated to the latest ANA2 firmware, but it still lags So can anyone tell me how the following games run on CyanogenMod 11.0 :
GTA 3
GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas
Fast & Furious 6
Eternity Warriors
If those games don't lag anymore, I'm definitely moving away from TouchWiz, at least until I buy a flagship, which can handle it LOL
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I've been using CM11 for more than 2 months and I play games all the time, here's the games I currently have installed:
FIFA 14 - Perfect
GT Racing 2 - Perfect with graphics on high
Real Racing 3 - Perfect with normal graphics, SLIGHTLY laggy with RR3 Graphics app set on Very High.
GTA: SA - Very Very Good
I can tell you that my performance is way better than what it was on stock 4.1.2.
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Carlyle777 said:
I've been using CM11 for more than 2 months and I play games all the time, here's the games I currently have installed:
FIFA 14 - Perfect
GT Racing 2 - Perfect with graphics on high
Real Racing 3 - Perfect with normal graphics, SLIGHTLY laggy with RR3 Graphics app set on Very High.
GTA: SA - Very Very Good
I can tell you that my performance is way better than what it was on stock 4.1.2.
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thanks. guess i'll give it a go then two more questions - do i need to wipe data and cache before flashing CM or just after the flash is complete? and can i flash it using CWM 6.0.2.7 (i don't get why McClaw says everywhere "flash with TWRP")?

koragg97 said:
thanks. guess i'll give it a go then two more questions - do i need to wipe data and cache before flashing CM or just after the flash is complete? and can i flash it using CWM 6.0.2.7 (i don't get why McClaw says everywhere "flash with TWRP")?
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I do it before but I think it works either way, remember to wipe dalvik cache as well you can find it in "advanced", and yes, I use cwm 6.0.2.7 without any problems
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hello there. im a happy cm user. games are pretty cool. you can still have touchwiz by porting it first of all if you gonna flash it. you need to learn what is goin on there is good posts about installing cm. get a stock firmware on your comp. or get a fullbackup i can recommend cm for s3mini its great
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factorexh said:
hello there. im a happy cm user. games are pretty cool. you can still have touchwiz by porting it first of all if you gonna flash it. you need to learn what is goin on there is good posts about installing cm. get a stock firmware on your comp. or get a fullbackup i can recommend cm for s3mini its great
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Awesome, but I know nothing about how to port TouchWiz
And I realized that there is no fm radio, am I right?
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yes cm dont have fm radio app. you can install spirit fm but i can tell easly maclaw's cm is better/smoother/faster than stock
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2575941
touchwiz launcher and apps.
also you can get s4 cm11 theme. phone wont be strange to you
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factorexh said:
yes cm dont have fm radio app. you can install spirit fm but i can tell easly maclaw's cm is better/smoother/faster than stock
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Get it from here, free[emoji16]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059296
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holy awesomeness xD thanks to you guys i think i'll never switch to anything else other than CM 11.0 :laugh:
I still have to install it tomorrow though LOL and see if TouchWiz will work without crashing

koragg97 said:
holy awesomeness xD thanks to you guys i think i'll never switch to anything else other than CM 11.0 :laugh:
I still have to install it tomorrow though LOL and see if TouchWiz will work without crashing
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Touchwiz is in the past buddy. Use Google Now Launcher! Here's a play store link for KitKat https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.launcher and then remove velvet.apk from /system/priv-app for Google Now Hotword - courtesy of @eswarvf so.... Thank him[emoji6]
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Hope goes out last
OK, thanks to all of you for your replies and help. I'll still give Samsung a last chance and if official KitKat doesn't come out 'till the start of the summer, I'm definitely moving to CM for the future. Thanks again