How is Android KITKAT 4.4.2 for you all? - Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Just wondering if anyone sees any issues
NAMELY:
1. Heat (when playing basic games like fruit ninja or watching YOUTUBE) does it heat up more than usual?
2. Any bugs
3. Any Lags noticeable
4. Battery life better or worse?
Just asking because when I was on MJ1 youtube HD on LTE never heated my phone at all, blu ray movies never heated my phone (not even warm, always cool to the touch) and playing fruit ninja for 40 - 50 minutes kept my screen and back of the phone very cool to the touch (not even warm) then this all changed when i OTA firmware upgarded to MJ4
I am in Canada, Telus Note 3.

As far as lag and battery life it is much better. YouTube works fine no issues of heat that I noticed so far. No bugs that I've noticed though only had it for 2 days. Im using the leaked firmware.
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It's slightly smoother, probably due to more RAM though and a few UI tweaks. It's nothing special though really considering.

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Choppy browser + warm backplate

I have a poor upgrade experience from S3->S4 T-Mobile 16GB version. I'm actually considering selling the S4 after only 10 days to be honest.
It's laggy, especially in the browser. When scrolling it's like it's with 25FPS. Very far from the smooth S3 experience. And when I try to scroll, it's if the phone takes 0.5 second to power up. So the first cm I move my finger, the screen doesn't respond to. It's not everytime it happens though. I'm thinking it could be the CPU governor, but then it should only happen once, and I can replicate it over and over within few seconds.
Second problem - it's hot as hell. The backside is heating up just browsing. I haven't even used the phone for Youtube or gaming yet.
I've tried installing a Google Edition image 4.3 from here, the Android system runs fine, but the browser experience plus the heat is exactly the same problem as with the Samsung TW 4.2 firmware.
*EDIT* Removing the animations in the developer menu doesn't do any good... Just removes the animations. The device LAGS.
I'd really like some input on this - I can't be the only dissapointed user with this
I've upgraded from the HTC One S, and I've been quite underwhelmed with this phone. Battery life and screen is an improvement, but I've been getting those same bugs that you've reported. The gaming performance on this phone isn't even that good on simple games like flow, even with a processor with double the cores, clocked higher and the new spec GPU. Starting to think that maybe the HTC One would have been a better choice.
Meh, sorry for rambling and tl;dr-ing, but yeah, I have the same issues.
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kylepont said:
I've upgraded from the HTC One S, and I've been quite underwhelmed with this phone. Battery life and screen is an improvement, but I've been getting those same bugs that you've reported. The gaming performance on this phone isn't even that good on simple games like flow, even with a processor with double the cores, clocked higher and the new spec GPU. Starting to think that maybe the HTC One would have been a better choice.
Meh, sorry for rambling and tl;dr-ing, but yeah, I have the same issues.
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It's nice knowing I'm not alone. I've never before gone back before, but I'm really seriously considering it. The phone is not totally new anymore and the Google "vanilla" edition hasn't cured anything. I'm seriously thinking it's bad hardware.
The build quality is absolutely awful on this phone, I'm petrified to put it in my pocket as so many people have had their phone bend and break just from putting it in the front pocket. Sadly, my network won't let me go back, but if I had the chance, this phone would be gone. The amount of pointless bloatware on this is beyond insane, I haven't gone onto the Google edition yet but I bet the performance would improve. Annoying that I won't be able to uninstall applications.
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Maybe u should upgrade the firmware to get rid of the lags ... on my phone i have almost no lag at all but i have the exynos version
Heating is a problem that u cant do much about ... i don t know if a custom kernel may help to deal with it
And the phone is a big plastic device but the story behind the broken screens in pockets doesn t sit well with me ... its perfectly possible to happen but people tend to exaggerate a lot ... especially on internet or blame their fault on other things so despite i m being worried too about the fact it cant be so easy to brake the screen

[Q] LG G2 - low fps in games

Hey,
Yesterday I've bought the LG D802 G2. I thought it will be really great phone for gaming.
Well, after playing Hearthstone and Real Racing 3, I've changed my mind. Both games run at ~20 fps, and that seems pretty laggy to me (especially Hearthstone, lags lags lags. 20 fps, dropping under 10). I saw some videos on the Youtube and those 2 games shouldn't be a problem for my LG G2. Is there a way to somehow make it faster?
The Witcher Battle Arena isn't that smooth too.
Try cm12 mutch faster then stock. It's like it's a new phone
It is a new phone (bought yesterday).
Will CM12 help me with performance in games? The telephone itself doesn't lag, it's just games.
Also, do I need to root my phone to get CM12 in there?
Is your phone on last software version?
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The processor and GPU chip is plenty fast, but tends to overheat, so the phone reduces the speed when warm.
Maybe you can do something to cool the phone better, like a metal cover or no cover. Or gaming in a cool room.
I don't think the rom will make much difference, but if you like to experiment, then install Dorimanx's kernel. It allows you to tweak a lot of settings. For some games, it will help to underclock the processor, so that the GPU can run faster and still stay within the temperature limits.
I had the same problem like yours..... I bought my phone 3 months ago and I was trying to play marvel contest of champions and it was so laggy I couldn't play it. So I flashed lightning com with dormanix kernel and voila! Every game is working smooth especially marvel contest of champions. Maybe you should flash a custom Rom because the stock roms has a lot of limits on it
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Is there a way to get higher framerate in games without rooting the phone?
I also notice inconsistent performance of the phone when I play virtua tennis. It lags more often when the phone is hotter, and I wonder how the difference in performance is between g2's gpu and iphone's gpu. While g2's gpu is not bad I guess, it gets overheated easily thus lowers the performance. I wonder if gaming will be better in lollipop
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I also notice inconsistent performance of the phone when I play virtua tennis. It lags more often when the phone is hotter, and I wonder how the difference in performance is between g2's gpu and iphone's gpu. While g2's gpu is not bad I guess, it gets overheated easily thus lowers the performance. I wonder if gaming will be better in lollipop
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Well it maybe lags more when its hot because of LG's thermal throttling which. Is just too hardcore and too much which causes laggs. Also think about it that there are only a couple Iphones so it gets fully optimized for it specifically while the android devs are making it for multiple devices so thats also a difference beside the gpu. I don't know the difference with performance if they were both used with Android but I know that those Iphone users are paying more for less then android users screen size. Hint hint.
Also iphones are also getting hot when playing high graphic games or fps games. Also I don't think that you want to trade your awesome phone in for an Iphone if you could just read a simple guide carefully. Execute the steps and flash a custom rom/kernel one time and updating the kernel each month with dorimanx ota app and then you will be fine.
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Is there a way to get higher framerate in games without rooting the phone?
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most likely not te thermal throttling will be a doozy
there are plenty of stock based roms that you can go on that would help
A major buff up would be to root and flash Dorimanx's kernel it would fix the throttling mainly and reward you with better audio quality and battery life you can stay on stock also
Rooting a phone will break my warranty, that's the problem. I've bought the phone 3 days ago so I don't want to lose it that soon.
Are you on latest firmware? Did your phone got ota's?
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Well, I'm on 4.4.2 KitKat, is it the lastest?
There are several kk versions, last is better.
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I have LG G2 D802 and I am using stock LG ROM with out root with latest KK updates and I didn't experience any of your lags.
May be do a factory reset and updates the phone to the latest version will fix your issue as real racing 3 was working fight on my LG Optimus 4x and extremely smooth with LG G2

S7 Edge and ALL sammy android 6.0.1 gaming lag bug

So i had the Note 5 with 6.0.1 and same thing happened there, i posted a video
https://youtu.be/9taASXMws4c
In my example, the game angry birds 2 lags while gaming, look when i tapping on level 246 the bird animation will lag and slow down after couple of times, after i minimize and reopen the game it is fine for half minute and lags again, happens on ALL 6.0.1 devices as far as i tested, on 5.1.1 with mine Note 5 it NEVER HAPPENED.
Please you can try yourself, that usually happens on level higher than 20(other games affected too, though not 100% of the games).
Yeah my 8 ball pool app has occasional lag too. Not too concerned. Guessing a software update will fix it soon.
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I know that sammy update the korean Note 5 with good amount of fixes for Android 6.0.1 so i hope they will act fast as it happens to all devices

S7 Edge Performance issues

Just got my shiny S7 Edge in. Went to go drop a deuce and play some Candy Crush (yeah yeah I know.) Noticed that the game kind of seems like it's playing at a low framerate. Is there something limiting the power? I've never noticed any lag in that game with my Note 5, Nexus 5x, or LG G4. What gives? Anyone else having something similar happen? Seems pretty choppy navigating through settings and apps, especially in the application settings. Should note that I disabled the battery optimization in the settings for Candy Crush and it didn't seem to make any difference. What gives?
Not really pleased with the performance thus far..for all the high reviews I was expecting something buttery smooth but it isn't nearly as smooth as the Note 5 was.
majp89 said:
Just got my shiny S7 Edge in. Went to go drop a deuce and play some Candy Crush (yeah yeah I know.) Noticed that the game kind of seems like it's playing at a low framerate. Is there something limiting the power? I've never noticed any lag in that game with my Note 5, Nexus 5x, or LG G4. What gives? Anyone else having something similar happen? Seems pretty choppy navigating through settings and apps, especially in the application settings. Should note that I disabled the battery optimization in the settings for Candy Crush and it didn't seem to make any difference. What gives?
Not really pleased with the performance thus far..for all the high reviews I was expecting something buttery smooth but it isn't nearly as smooth as the Note 5 was.
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Well, i don't have the phone yet but watching a android authority video gave me and inside look. Youll need to open up your game drawer and select full performance theres like 3 options.
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I've also noticed the jank on my s7 edge, especially in games. It actually feels slower than my previous note 5. Also I've played with the game launcher settings and its laggy regardless of what settings i use.
I have seen some videos and benchmarks that indicate that the snapdragon 820 is not performing as well as the exnyos version and maybe that is the culprit.
majp89 said:
Just got my shiny S7 Edge in. Went to go drop a deuce and play some Candy Crush (yeah yeah I know.) Noticed that the game kind of seems like it's playing at a low framerate. Is there something limiting the power? I've never noticed any lag in that game with my Note 5, Nexus 5x, or LG G4. What gives? Anyone else having something similar happen? Seems pretty choppy navigating through settings and apps, especially in the application settings. Should note that I disabled the battery optimization in the settings for Candy Crush and it didn't seem to make any difference. What gives?
Not really pleased with the performance thus far..for all the high reviews I was expecting something buttery smooth but it isn't nearly as smooth as the Note 5 was.
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I was also seeing the typical touchwiz lag a few days into using the device. Keyboard would lag, apps would stall when opening, etc. But I rebooted the phone and all seems well now. I really shouldn't need to reboot a phone just to clear up lag that shouldn't even be there in the first place but it's a temporary work around and a reboot at the start of the day is much better than dealing with lag throughout.
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I've also noticed the jank on my s7 edge, especially in games. It actually feels slower than my previous note 5. Also I've played with the game launcher settings and its laggy regardless of what settings i use.
I have seen some videos and benchmarks that indicate that the snapdragon 820 is not performing as well as the exnyos version and maybe that is the culprit.
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I had my S7 Edge plugged into my car charger and it started killing off background programs due to the phone heating up (there was a mssg on screen about it also). My note 5 seems to perform better. I ended up returning the phone today before my two week return period was up. No root blows. Yes I paid the restocking fee too, that's the nature of the game. Good luck all.

Slow gaming compared to Samsung Galaxy S6

To be honest I'm a little underwhelmed with the gaming speed of the XZ.
I only play one game, its a game in KIK called Galatronvs which is a basic Shootemup.
And to be honest , it is REALLY LAGGY on the XZ compared to the S6......The S6 stays smooth , doesn't judder, doesn't pause, doesn't jump.
All these things happen on the XZ as the game gets busier and there are more bullets and ships on the screen..ultimately i die because its becomes a slide show.
After reading all the articles about the Snapdragon 820 and the Adreno 530 I feel more than a little bit down that my two year old S6 with an Inhouse Mali-T760MP8 outperforms it.
Don't get me wrong, in day to day use it's a dream to use..I don't know what it is about Samsung that their hardware is so good but it translates so badly on software that using the phone feels like work rather than fun, even Swiftkey runs like crap on the Samsung.
I haven't tried any other phones yet, but my friend has just gotten a Google Pixel XL and he's going to let me install Kik and have a 30 minute game next week.
If it lags as well, I'd have to say either the Adreno 530 isn't all that good, or the game is terribly optimised.
Either way , at the moment I'm underwhelmed by my Platinum flagship phone gaming experience.
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To be honest I'm a little underwhelmed with the gaming speed of the XZ.
I only play one game, its a game in KIK called Galatronvs which is a basic Shootemup.
And to be honest , it is REALLY LAGGY on the XZ compared to the S6......The S6 stays smooth , doesn't judder, doesn't pause, doesn't jump.
All these things happen on the XZ as the game gets busier and there are more bullets and ships on the screen..ultimately i die because its becomes a slide show.
After reading all the articles about the Snapdragon 820 and the Adreno 530 I feel more than a little bit down that my two year old S6 with an Inhouse Mali-T760MP8 outperforms it.
Don't get me wrong, in day to day use it's a dream to use..I don't know what it is about Samsung that their hardware is so good but it translates so badly on software that using the phone feels like work rather than fun, even Swiftkey runs like crap on the Samsung.
I haven't tried any other phones yet, but my friend has just gotten a Google Pixel XL and he's going to let me install Kik and have a 30 minute game next week.
If it lags as well, I'd have to say either the Adreno 530 isn't all that good, or the game is terribly optimised.
Either way , at the moment I'm underwhelmed by my Platinum flagship phone gaming experience.
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Your problem is very strange. I have xperia xz and i don't have laggy game xperience. The games goes smooth really. What games did you try? Or you play with stamina active?
djgigi94 said:
Your problem is very strange. I have xperia xz and i don't have laggy game xperience. The games goes smooth really. What games did you try? Or you play with stamina active?
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I really only play the one game called Galatronvs via the instant messaging app KIK.
my phone is unlocked,rooted and still on MM 39.0.A.3.30 because i want to still use Xposed Framework.
I don't use any stamina settings at all , they are always turned off, nor do i use any power saving apps such as greenify.
I don't even use a kernal control program that will let you route more processes into a single core thus saving battery.
Bluntly put, the phone is running at full speed with no power saving.
I would imagine unless you've moved from a different phone to your XZ and play the same games you wouldn't notice the difference..Also it would very much depend on the kind of game.
Any game thats not already pushing the old phone isn't going to show any difference on the XZ is it.
Galatron is an upwards scrolling shootemup that gets increasingly more difficult, more bullets , more ships ...thats when you notice the difference ..only when it really starts to get busy.
So i dunno, Guess I'll have more of an idea when i try the Pixel XL with the 821 and the Adreno 530...Though technically the 821 isn't supposed to impact gaming, just multitasking , better power usage etc.
I'll be spewin bickies if its much better , I really don't want the Pixel..it's a little too small and the XL is a little too big :laugh: ... And i hate using a phone without Xposed which i can't do with N
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I really only play the one game called Galatronvs via the instant messaging app KIK.
my phone is unlocked,rooted and still on MM 39.0.A.3.30 because i want to still use Xposed Framework.
I don't use any stamina settings at all , they are always turned off, nor do i use any power saving apps such as greenify.
I don't even use a kernal control program that will let you route more processes into a single core thus saving battery.
Bluntly put, the phone is running at full speed with no power saving.
I would imagine unless you've moved from a different phone to your XZ and play the same games you wouldn't notice the difference..Also it would very much depend on the kind of game.
Any game thats not already pushing the old phone isn't going to show any difference on the XZ is it.
Galatron is an upwards scrolling shootemup that gets increasingly more difficult, more bullets , more ships ...thats when you notice the difference ..only when it really starts to get busy.
So i dunno, Guess I'll have more of an idea when i try the Pixel XL with the 821 and the Adreno 530...Though technically the 821 isn't supposed to impact gaming, just multitasking , better power usage etc.
I'll be spewin bickies if its much better , I really don't want the Pixel..it's a little too small and the XL is a little too big :laugh: ... And i hate using a phone without Xposed which i can't do with N
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I compared the games with mate 9 for example,i think it is more fluid than mate 9. I ONLY use for games android N ,because android N on xz is much better than M in overall (battery and performace in particular). I think your version of firmware is the less optimized and old. What do you use xposed in particular? I have z2 and there i use often xposed. But on xz i stay so good with android n and latest firmware. And i don't care actually for root and xposed. Is fully stock.
I think you might be experiencing the same thing as me. This happens on all of the Xperia devices I've owned (Z2 Tablet, Z3, Z3C, and Z5.). My XZ is on order, and I'll be sure to test this again. Yes, benchmarks have about the same high scores as all the other flagships, but 3D games stutters on Xperia devices. I think most users are not able to notice it. Hardcore FPS PC gamers like myself would notice this easily.
Here's a thread I created on the Z3 forums a while back: https://forum.xda-developers.com/z3/help/stuttering-games-t2949670 . There's a video in there with my Z3 and LG G2 playing Riptide GP 2.
I just learned to live it with since gaming is not my priority on my phone, and because I don't like all the other phones.
Honestly I'm not a hardcore gamer, I only play the one game Galatronvs via the KIK APP, it's basically a BOT game which is a downwardly scrolling shootemup... However you do compete online against other players.
And I've confirmed it's definitely a heat issue.
Sadly Sony were supposed to have solved their heating issues with the release of the snapdragon 20...but they haven't.
I can actively connect the lagginess of the game directly with the heat of the phone, the ambient heat of the room, and that you can feel the phone getting hotter and hotter in direct relation to how laggy it gets.
I've even been in the middle of a laggy game with the phone feeling very hot and deliberately moved in front of an air cooler with the back of the phone directly in the path of the cool air and had the lagging start to recede as the phone cools down.
I was given an opportunity to try a pixel xl on the same game in an air conditioned room and they were similar.
Then I went outside in the summer heat and the pixel stayed smooth, the Sony rapidly heated up and started to lag.
When you exit the game the Sony stays laggy for about 6 to 7 seconds.. I imagine this is as it cools down.
I love Sony phones, I love that they stick with standard HD screens for good battery life.
I love that they stick with the 5.2" screen... I don't have huge hands.
SwiftKey seems to work better on a Sony than on a Samsung definitely that's for sure.
Though to be honest I am always a little let down by Sony's cameras on their own phones.. It's like they make better lenses for everybody else.
The Samsung will focus INSTANTLY on something small and upclose... Like say... A windows 7 sticker (I'm a computer tech)... Whereas I have quite a lot of difficulty getting the Sony to focus up close.
I've just ordered a oneplus 3t which I'll root and put similar xposed framework modules and compare it to the XZ.
I'll update this for anybody that's interested.
let me say something about these issues...i had xperias before and now i own XZ wich i thought that it wouldnt have overheating problems like on the z5 but it still has some wierd isuues...for example:i ran a game and even when it got hot it worked smoothly and i was surprised and i sad well done sony or Qualcom LOL...so i was feeling happy and after 2 or 3 weeks of usage i get random lags even if the phone is just a little bit warm with no intence gaming yet but somehow the phone works good when its hot but lags when its cooler...this is so wierd...i dont know anymore whats going on with there phones but im seriously thinking of not buying xperia phones again...a guy at waranty sad to me that this is not overheating but its just heating and its up to sony and not them OMG.... i was so angry when he replied me in that way,that i was in the mood to hit that guy strait on the nose really.these phones are not cheap and im not letting them making me a fool.but at the end they will get me back becouse im a Sony fan and also love there design language...sick bastards
Even though I'm a huge nerd, I really did avoid smart phones.. Or even mobile phones for a long long time.. I hated the idea that somebody could contact me no matter where I was.. I didn't get my first smartphone till March 2012.
That was the Samsung Galaxy nexus now more commonly known as the Google nexus.
After that I got an LG G2 and a week later I bought a Sony Z1... And the very first thing I noticed was that even though the LG g2 and the Z1 were based on the same SOC... The Z1 felt vastly superior to use.. It felt faster and more responsive... But i ended up using the LG g2 due to its amazing battery life.
After that I got a Z3 which also had fantastic battery life and I kept that for numerous years till the Z3+ came out.
That was a bad decision.. I was an early adapter.. I wish I'd waited.
So I got an S6 edge.
Worst phone EVER.... The middle of the screen is so unresponsive.. That curve does not make perfect contact with the digitizer or whatever is underneath it.
So I got a S6 flat version... And still a terrible phone experience... Honestly the technology in Samsung phones is amazing... It's like their memory technology is twice as fast as the competition.
It's like comparing a computer with a hard drive to one with an SSD, but they're just let down by poor implementation of software.. It's hard to explain.
I love haptic feedback.. I can't type on a phone without it.
The Z1's haptic feedback was so amazing you could practically hear it across the room if you turned it up.. And if you kept pressing a button fast it's like it would set up a constant vibration..
Same for the Z3+, the Z3 had pretty average feedback as does the XZ I'm writing on now.
However the S6 has the worst feedback I've ever used on a phone.. It's a very high frequency.. It makes typing on the phone unpleasant, it makes using the navigation buttons unpleasant.. The S6 has issues with SwiftKey, yet SwiftKey worked flawlessly on the LG g2, Z1, Z3, Z3+ and the XZ.
So I've not really had that many brands of phones.. That's why I'm giving the Oneplus 3t a go... I've given Sony my loyalty and been burnt twice now.
I'm a big fan of notification lights so I won't go HTC since their too cheap to put a decent light in... And they hide it in the speaker grill.
I wish phone reviewers would review notification lights and feedback... There's more to a phone than how fast it launches a program or what the launcher looks like... There's how it "feels" to use as well.
Just my two cents worth on my thread.
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Honestly I'm not a hardcore gamer, I only play the one game Galatronvs via the KIK APP, it's basically a BOT game which is a downwardly scrolling shootemup... However you do compete online against other players.
And I've confirmed it's definitely a heat issue.
Sadly Sony were supposed to have solved their heating issues with the release of the snapdragon 20...but they haven't.
I can actively connect the lagginess of the game directly with the heat of the phone, the ambient heat of the room, and that you can feel the phone getting hotter and hotter in direct relation to how laggy it gets.
I've even been in the middle of a laggy game with the phone feeling very hot and deliberately moved in front of an air cooler with the back of the phone directly in the path of the cool air and had the lagging start to recede as the phone cools down.
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Thanks for that info. I'll be sure to test for heat problems when I receive mines. Now I fear that I may have two problems when it comes to gaming, suttering and heat LOL.
I haven't had any heat problems with my current Z5 though. The only time was when recording in 4K during a heat wave (around 95F).
Meh the play store is still full of *****y games that weren't even optimised for the adreno 530, the phone has no fault, the 530 destroys not only the competition(in the same category), but especially older mobile GPUs, ask the dev to use his fingers to make a proper app, the XZ has no fault.
I play EA sport - UFC game (i think this is a first-classe game for smartphone, close to PS3 games graphic and textures!!!)
i see lag when conect charger and play this game... this is normal for any phone when actived soc thermal controll (I have galaxy S6 before XZ too!)
any phone have good performance in gaming is "iPhone" but i am ok with freedom in android platform
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i test some apps i don't if it s the case or not but most games are developed by unity3d!
they are fine on other phones! on xperia this is the similar issue between games that slowing down
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To be honest I'm a little underwhelmed with the gaming speed of the XZ.
I only play one game, its a game in KIK called Galatronvs which is a basic Shootemup.
And to be honest , it is REALLY LAGGY on the XZ compared to the S6......The S6 stays smooth , doesn't judder, doesn't pause, doesn't jump.
All these things happen on the XZ as the game gets busier and there are more bullets and ships on the screen..ultimately i die because its becomes a slide show.
After reading all the articles about the Snapdragon 820 and the Adreno 530 I feel more than a little bit down that my two year old S6 with an Inhouse Mali-T760MP8 outperforms it.
Don't get me wrong, in day to day use it's a dream to use..I don't know what it is about Samsung that their hardware is so good but it translates so badly on software that using the phone feels like work rather than fun, even Swiftkey runs like crap on the Samsung.
I haven't tried any other phones yet, but my friend has just gotten a Google Pixel XL and he's going to let me install Kik and have a 30 minute game next week.
If it lags as well, I'd have to say either the Adreno 530 isn't all that good, or the game is terribly optimised.
Either way , at the moment I'm underwhelmed by my Platinum flagship phone gaming experience.
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sometimes im playing game in my xz but i dont have really issue in heating or laggy (my phone have nougat version)
maybe your issue because you are in MM, lets try to nougat.
or use custome rom.
I received my XZ (F8331) a few days ago. I don't seem to be experiencing any heat issues when it comes to gaming. Also the stuttering I mentioned for Xperia devices is now almost gone. It's still there, but it's so little that it doesn't bother me anymore.
I've only played 3 games so far:
Skyforce Reloaded
Riptide GP Renegade
Asphalt Extreme
Running the Stability Test app from the Play store, the XZ does throttle down much much sooner than my Z5 (the Z5's heatpipes seems to work really well), but that app puts all CPU cores on full load.
I'm curious about this game Galvatronvs you're playing. I'd like to see if it runs the same on my XZ. Could you point me in the right direction to download this game?
need for speed no limits lag like hell
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need for speed no limits lag like hell
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Hello ,
No problem here , i have try now about 30 minutes and no lag
Check my videos:
Recored the screen:
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Okey i test with "game benchmark"
And no difference between S6 and XZ in game frame rate...
Asphalt8: get 30fps in both devices.
Zombi Highway 2: get 60fps in both devices.
From that test you find:
1) some games locked in lower frame rate, or bad optimized. (asphalt lock on 30fps, zombi highway lock on 60fps)
2) android use "vsync" lock the hardware for limitted fps. Adreno 530 is more powerful then mali T760 (and T880 too!). but there are some software limitations.
3) limited adreno 530 result: gpu not need all his power for reach to 60fps. In my Xperia XZ gpu never reach to 60% load, because not need more load for recive to 60fps.
4) from number#3: none overheating feel when compared with my galaxy s6! s6 need more gpu load for reach to 60fps and gpu core loading heat up the device.
5) unlock software limitations needs custom kernels, and risk of overheating and hardware damage! You don't need more than 60fps for mobile gaming.
6) bad news: Snapdragon 808 can reach to 60fps easily. You can only see "hardware war" between companies. When older SoC can do perfect the end-user works!

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