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Bought Asphalt 8 - Heavy Lag on GS4-i9500

Just bought Asphalt 8, honestly expected it to run flawlessly on my Black GS4-i9500 but that was not the case. Installation was fine, but game is really laggy and the graphic is kind of messed up and unstable. It's like the graphic card is not powerful enough to run it at full speed. I'm playing on default settings and I made sure there is no application running besides Airborne. My phone is a genuine one and have not rooted it. It's the same for Minion Rush and Asphalt 7.
What might be causing this problem according to you guys and is there any way to fix this?
Many thanks.

This is the Galaxy S4 Active subforum, questions about the Galaxy S4 (I95xx series devices) need to go in that subforum located at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2162
The Galaxy S4 Active series is I9295 International and I537 AT&T US model.

Galaxy Grand 2 Revealed

Samsung has announced the device and it is none other than the Galaxy Grand successor. Samsung rightly calls it the Galaxy Grand 2 and brings in better hardware and new design. Galaxy Note 3′s stitched faux leather back has also been adopted in this device as well and comes with a 5.25-inch 1280×720 HD TFT display.
The processor and RAM has also got an upgrade, which now comes with a 1.2GHz quad-core processor and 1.5GB RAM. Additionally, you’d find an 8 megapixel camera at the back, 1.9 megapixel HD camera on the front, 8GB of internal memory which is complemented with an external microSD card slot supporting up to 64GB. Other hardware features include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, dual-SIM support and 2600mAh battery that promises up to 10 hours of playback and 17 hours of calls.
The phone runs Android 4.3 with Samsung UI overlay and other features like Samsung Hub, Story Album, Group Play, S Translator, S Travel, Sound & Shot, Best Shot and more.
There’s no info on the price but the phone will be available in black, white and pink.
Source - http://www.sammobile.com/2013/11/25/samsung-announces-the-galaxy-grand-2/

Yupzz & it comes with android 4.3 which is somehow latest version of android around samsung devices for now.
But if we take a look then m not sure Grand will get further official 4.3/4.4 update in future ahead.
Andro 4.2 is the final update for our Grand.
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Good to know,SAMSUNG has announced another Amazing device. Finally this grand will be having 720p display rather than previous 480p,faster processor and more RAM. According to my perception this device is one of the best affordable devices out yet.
I think the time has eventually come to upgrade our GRAND TO GRAND 2

May be This should be called Mega 5.2 as this is little brother of Mega 5.8 :good:

Anything larger than 5" is impossible to use without 2 hands... unless you have a really big hand.. definitely not upgrading. Samsung has a tendency to make their phones larger and larger... ditching rational ergonomic size...
Maybe it's just me. I don't like their phone-tablet hybrid phones (Note lines and similar sized devices) too big to use as a phone, too small to satisfy entertainment and web browsing use from a tablet...

Not enough spec changes to warrant an upgrade. The Moto G dual SIM will get Kitkat, has the pretty much the same spec. It looks to be a better option.

j.posarekar70 said:
Yupzz & it comes with android 4.3 which is somehow latest version of android around samsung devices for now.
But if we take a look then m not sure Grand will get further official 4.3/4.4 update in future ahead.
Andro 4.2 is the final update for our Grand.
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That's so awful!!!Samsung doesn't give proper updates to the phones which are already released rather think of releasing another wts d use!!!
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samsung is planning to increase their sales.. not to satisfy its customers

Anything bigger than 5 inch is useless, moreover samsung is releasing same design phone over and over again. No design change. You have to go near and see which galaxy variant it is as all are same.
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This makes me feel that my sweet lil Grand is becoming old
I wish samsung has given Grand 2 with 16 internal memory ... snapdragon chipset ( The one we get in Nexus 4) or same chipset as s3 ... Super amoled panel and 3000 mah battery ...

I think Grand should be updated to 4.4....... its the best selling mid range in India.......... and its not 18 months old....
wish if Google themselve updated our phones

Samsung won't update our grand ...
Because if they do then no one going to but grand 2
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If the price the same as S3 or Note 2 this Grand 2 won't sell sweet. As you can see Mega 6.3 price almost have the price as S3.
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My intention is to keep my Grand til it's unusable. Maybe 1,5 years or so from now. And by then I won't buy another Samsung device. It has to be a Nexus. I've tasted how awful it is (especially regarding updates) to own a mid range device from several companies.

Samsung releases phones too fast... They might lose their market with this...
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For me : I wont' upgrade to Grand 2. Grand is rather dissapointing for me (FYI, I've been using grand for 4 months). I'm not dissapointed for its software update, but its performance especially for daily usage especially after updating to 4.2. 4.1 is not that fast, and 4.2 is worse.
In here, Grand is priced 3.200.000 IDR (approx. $290) unlocked. For a $290 devices, surely I expect something more than this. Grand is very slow for a device using a dual core CPU especially when opening Gallery with more than a hundred photos. :crying:

darkrevenant said:
For me : I wont' upgrade to Grand 2. Grand is rather dissapointing for me (FYI, I've been using grand for 4 months). I'm not dissapointed for its software update, but its performance especially for daily usage especially after updating to 4.2. 4.1 is not that fast, and 4.2 is worse.
In here, Grand is priced 3.200.000 IDR (approx. $290) unlocked. For a $290 devices, surely I expect something more than this. Grand is very slow for a device using a dual core CPU especially when opening Gallery with more than a hundred photos. :crying:
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Thats why the devs have made custom roms. Use a rom like cm or slim and all that lag will go away + you will get a pure nexus look:good:

goku15 said:
Thats why the devs have made custom roms. Use a rom like cm or slim and all that lag will go away + you will get a pure nexus look:good:
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Exactly..i am also on slimbean ...n its awsome in every which way u say...............now my daily driver..amongst all things battery back up and ram consumption are awsome............

goku15 said:
Thats why the devs have made custom roms. Use a rom like cm or slim and all that lag will go away + you will get a pure nexus look:good:
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The biggest problem with these custom ROMs is none of them support dual SIM, which is main reason some of us bought the Grand. If dual SIM is not required, then there plenty of better phones out there. And if you want pure Android, why not get the real thing and go with Nexus 4 or Nexus 5?

skpadhi79 said:
Exactly..i am also on slimbean ...n its awsome in every which way u say...............now my daily driver..amongst all things battery back up and ram consumption are awsome............
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Agree wid you totally and same here slim is the best rom ive evr used im nt among those who always prefer using dual sim frm the day i bought my phone m running it on single,,AFAIK i knw dual sim issue cn be solved by pawitp hes busy working for cm 11 and slim 4.3 is bootable now once we have cm 10.2 kind of stable next work must be dual sim support
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[Q] Samsung Galaxy i9500 or i9505

Hi Guys,
I'm planning to buy S4 but have found quite diverse feedback, like the issues with heat up, lagging etc. I had to choose between HTC One & S4 but the image quality in daylight shots, SD Card & removable battery was what I prefer the most.
I would also love to know which one should I go for i.e. i9500 or i9505.
I'll be playing some casual games not the most graphic intense games and that too for about 30-40 min at a time, will be always on wifi ON, emailing, fb etc.
I would love to hear from S4 users who are using it from quite sometime.
Thanks

Been using i9500 for seven months. Perfectly happy with the device. Never had a problem with a single game. After 4.3 update it has become extremely smooth. No overheating. All stock.

Thanks for your reply. I would also love to know if there is any difference between the two in camera shots.

tahirk said:
Hi Guys,
I'm planning to buy S4 but have found quite diverse feedback, like the issues with heat up, lagging etc. I had to choose between HTC One & S4 but the image quality in daylight shots, SD Card & removable battery was what I prefer the most.
I would also love to know which one should I go for i.e. i9500 or i9505.
I'll be playing some casual games not the most graphic intense games and that too for about 30-40 min at a time, will be always on wifi ON, emailing, fb etc.
I would love to hear from S4 users who are using it from quite sometime.
Thanks
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If you are going to have to choose between a variant of the S4, then why not go for the i9506 (if it's available in your area). It has advanced LTE, Snapdragon 800 (faster than the 600 on i9505 and Exynos on 19500) and also Adreno 330 GPU.
I also compared the battery life and performance with a friend running the i9505 and it lasted about 1 hour longer and looked a tiny bit faster in opening games. This is the latest model of the S4 and if it's available, you should definitely get it. Also it doesn't have the annoying knox warranty issue like the i9505, so rooting it would not be a problem (although rom development is a bit slow)

den10 said:
If you are going to have to choose between a variant of the S4, then why not go for the i9506 (if it's available in your area). It has advanced LTE, Snapdragon 800 (faster than the 600 on i9505 and Exynos on 19500) and also Adreno 330 GPU.
I also compared the battery life and performance with a friend running the i9505 and it lasted about 1 hour longer and looked a tiny bit faster in opening games. This is the latest model of the S4 and if it's available, you should definitely get it. Also it doesn't have the annoying knox warranty issue like the i9505, so rooting it would not be a problem (although rom development is a bit slow)
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Unfortunately, i9506 isn't available in our area. I have to choose between i9500/i9505

i9500 uses Sony Exmor RS sensor compared to i9505's Sony Exmor R sensor.
so, i9500 takes better picture to i9505

Camera is better on the i9500 from what I've read so far. But yes, custom rom development is much less than that of 9505. If that doesn't matter to u much, then go for 9500 as it is a little better than its cousin in almost every respect.

So, i9500 will be a good choice to choose between the two.
Can we expect the overall performance including battery performance to improve once we have official KitKat for S4?

I9505 for development. Ability to flash Google Edition Roms and there are many custom TW roms and AOSP roms. It is better supported by the devs if development is important.
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nikzDHD said:
I9505 for development. Ability to flash Google Edition Roms and there are many custom TW roms and AOSP roms. It is better supported by the devs if development is important.
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Yes, I would want the ability to flash & custom roms, but if Samsung makes KitKat available for i9500/i9505 at the same time than I'll go for the stock i9500 as we didn't have 3G coverage yet (talking about 4G is over the moon here).
How different are the camera performance on the two. I have seen quite a few shots & found that sometimes I would see i9500 doing good & the other times i9505

Also can we expect the camera performance to get better with new firmware or KitKat.

Both cameras are probably on par. The I9500 has a newer sensor inside it. Firmware updates bring camera firmware updates too. Both should be fine, but obviously your not going to get picture quality when you compare to a digital camera or DSLR.
Both are adequate in good lighting conditions and compare to the other handsets currently out there.
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Suggestion for Kitkat sammy port for sgs3

Hey. Im gonna play captain obvious here and I hope I wont get flamed.
I have ben browsing the development section of sgs3 and I have noticed that the best sammy Kitkat ROMs are ported from Note2. Note 2 has similar hardware like Sgs3 but I have seen the specs of the sgs5 mini. Sgs5 mini is basically sgs3 with smaller screen (but with the same res) and 500mb of RAM more. Isnt it possible to port sgs5 mini rom to sgs3. It has the same chipset, cpu and gpu and the camera module is the same also so with minimal alterations this rom should boot and run on sgs3 even better than the note2 rom. Just an observation. It would be great if devs try this route instead of note2 route. Then we wouldnt need the s5 transformation pack. Because lets face it, s5 packs are a bit buggy and have ram issues.
Good luck to devs that do the portung, I really appreciate the hard work to bring kitkat to sgs3.

Interesting proposal.

[Q] Note 4 Lag on GTA SanAndreas ?

I have been really waiting to buy the Note 4 since months. I didn't buy the LG G3 mainly due to it's poor performance on the QHD display. Just came across this video on YouTube of Note 4 playing the GTA sanandreas and now I am starting to get a bit skeptical about it's performance. Just hope the game might have not been optimized for Note 4 yet ??
Here is the link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ4WgowL3Ls
Here is an interesting article that explains about the poor gaming peformance of Note 4. According to this article, iPhone 6/6 Plus is superior and miles ahead when it comes to gaming. Am i missing something here ? Why is there a lot of difference ?
http://appleinsider.com/articles/14...r-graphics-performance-vs-apple-iphone-6-plus

Clearly a camera issue. He even says in the video that the performance was closer to him playing on a console(PS2/Xbox). Who buys a phone to play games like this anyway? Get a console or a PC to do that, dude! Use your phone to play simple games, like pac-man, or angry birds. No one should expect a phone to perform flawless gaming. That's not it's primary function, just be happy with what you get. Not once have I heard Samsung pitch this phone as a "gaming" phone. It's the Note series man, it's meant for business/productivity/etc, not playing games like a teen. Get a PSP.

Yeah lol. I have been a Samsung fan. I used Galaxy S, S2, S4, Note, Note 2. When you are buying such a high-end phone, you would expect to play games also on your device. If at all you need is to play Angry birds, etc. I would be more than happy with my Note 2 or S4. And yeah top end phones do perform flawless gaming nowadays. Technology has evolved to such a point that no one really feels the need of a PSP anymore. Hope u got my point

krishelnino said:
Yeah lol. I have been a Samsung fan. I used Galaxy S, S2, S4, Note, Note 2. When you are buying such a high-end phone, you would expect to play games also on your device. If at all you need is to play Angry birds, etc. I would be more than happy with my Note 2 or S4. And yeah top end phones do perform flawless gaming nowadays. Technology has evolved to such a point that no one really feels the need of a PSP anymore. Hope u got my point
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Yeah, I get your point. I'm just saying, don't set your standards so high that just because one aspect of it doesn't perform flawlessly, that stops you from recognizing a good phone. I'm not too big on mobile gaming, but the games I do play are a little less graphic/cpu extensive than GTA, so maybe I'm bias. This is a great phone from what I've heard from other users, and what I've experienced in store myself. Not PERFECT, but a definite upgrade to someone like me who currently rocks a Galaxy Nexus haha

I agree it's a great phone no doubt about that. Nothing would stop me from getting this phone. But i was a little worried that's it.

Its quallcom version adreno gpus always had optimization problems with gta games dunno why

krishelnino said:
Yeah lol. I have been a Samsung fan. I used Galaxy S, S2, S4, Note, Note 2. When you are buying such a high-end phone, you would expect to play games also on your device. If at all you need is to play Angry birds, etc. I would be more than happy with my Note 2 or S4. And yeah top end phones do perform flawless gaming nowadays. Technology has evolved to such a point that no one really feels the need of a PSP anymore. Hope u got my point
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my nexus 4 doesn't even lag slightly at gta !!! there most clearly be a problem !

kamranhaghighi said:
my nexus 4 doesn't even lag slightly at gta !!! there most clearly be a problem !
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My nexus 4 lags alot in high settings htc one m7 and g2/g3 too my exynos note 3 not laggy though

For games resolution shouldn't be an issue, none of the games would run natively at QHD resolution. Forget QHD, most games won't run natively at FHD.
And to @krishelnino, put the threads in appropriate section. Such threads should be under "Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting" forum.

I saw that Gaming video and he says that the performance on standard settings is excellent, smoother than Sony Z3. However, when he maxed out the settings the Gameplay sucked ,worse than Z3. Probably due to display resolution differences.
That's to be expected but what I want to see is how Exynos deals in the same scenario-Max settings! @DelBoy any chance you test your Exynos beast on max settings (see video from 2:50+) and see if performs better than Snapdragon? Thanks!

SAVVAS. said:
@DelBoy any chance you test your Exynos beast on max settings (see video from 2:50+) and see if performs better than Snapdragon? Thanks!
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Will test later today.

The Black Droid said:
Clearly a camera issue. He even says in the video that the performance was closer to him playing on a console(PS2/Xbox).
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You didn't watch the entire video. He said it runs well on the lowest settings, so when he upped the quality things got very, very bad.

RR3 ran and looked great when I installed it at BB on a demo. Device never got hot and I played it for about 15 minutes. I wanted to walk out with it.

Both GPUs (Adreno 420 and Mali T760) can't handle such high resolutions very well. But it might have other reasons too, as some games doesn't support such high resolutions natively (as it has been said before).

tmac31 said:
Its quallcom version adreno gpus always had optimization problems with gta games dunno why
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I doubt that it is the Qualcomm version.
All currently available Note 4 models have the Exynos chip.
The first batch of Qualcomm Notes should be out on the 10th or 17th October.

I also doubt the game has been patched to maximize performance o. The s805 and or Exynos either. It takes weeks for devs to patch games after the new wave of games comes out guys...ask Any Apple fan how the 6+,handles most games at present (re:worse than the 5s)
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Nuu~ said:
I doubt that it is the Qualcomm version.
All currently available Note 4 models have the Exynos chip.
The first batch of Qualcomm Notes should be out on the 10th or 17th October.
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It is the Snapdragon variant SM-N910F.Have a look at his previous video from his channel.

Is there a phone that can run this one max settings without a hiccup? If so, which phone?

The Nvidia Shield Tablet can... Seriously, are people really using their phones as gaming devices.
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Is there a phone that can run this one max settings without a hiccup? If so, which phone?
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My Samsung Galaxy Tab S can, and its a higher resolution. So I would lean towards the game needing an update for newer devices.