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ZTE Blade, good choice ?

Hey.
I bought a ZTE Blade, in this case an Orange San Francisco, so far I'm very pleased with it, however like to know your opinion.
It's my second smarthphone and in this case since evolved i wanted something that would allow internet consulting, viewemail, use gsp, play some games and have some cool applications.
In other words, I wanted a phone that had updated in the market oh smarthphones
I chose ZTE Blade, I saw that had a huge community and it was a good cellphone.
I wonder if you think I made a good choice if you think is a goodmobile phone, even while already on the market one year and do not think it will be a mobile phone in a few months no longer pay ?
It will also be that this phone will allow to run android version 4?
PS: Sorry about my bad english :x

i find it a good phone it even plays high end games when used with applications like chainfire and pvervr for more gfx settings, you can run a ps1 emulator etc.
as for android 4.0 more known as ICS this phone has currently 2 versions being built one one modaco ASOP 4.0 and cm9 ICS
so yes ICS is being built for this phone by hard working devs mate

Kannibalism said:
i find it a good phone it even plays high end games when used with applications like chainfire and pvervr for more gfx settings, you can run a ps1 emulator etc.
as for android 4.0 more known as ICS this phone has currently 2 versions being built one one modaco ASOP 4.0 and cm9 ICS
so yes ICS is being built for this phone by hard working devs mate
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Zte Blade is low end android phone, have no flash. I had zte blade but i bought SGS+. If u want full experience of android games and apps you should have another phone. And is there really coming ICS to blade?? i think it does not run well on blade

i never said it was high end i just said it plays high end games with a few tweaks i am able to run gta 3 with no lag.
And yes 4.0 runs well on the blade. it even runs well on devices that were shipped with rom version 1.6

Kannibalism said:
i never said it was high end i just said it plays high end games with a few tweaks i am able to run gta 3 with no lag.
And yes 4.0 runs well on the blade. it even runs well on devices that were shipped with rom version 1.6
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gta 3 with no lags how? even gangstar MV lags on my phone

Its easy basically i few graphics tweaks were done to the phone with the help of a few apps off the market
My Setup:
Zte blade rooted + custom rom cm7 nightly 257
Chainfire Pro + PoverVR were used for graphics tweaks
and the gta version i am using is the ripped version since it was modified in some parts

Kannibalism said:
Its easy basically i few graphics tweaks were done to the phone with the help of a few apps off the market
My Setup:
Zte blade rooted + custom rom cm7 nightly 257
Chainfire Pro + PoverVR were used for graphics tweaks
and the gta version i am using is the ripped version since it was modified in some parts
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Does PoverVR make a big difference?
Sent from my Blade using XDA App

Kannibalism said:
Its easy basically i few graphics tweaks were done to the phone with the help of a few apps off the market
My Setup:
Zte blade rooted + custom rom cm7 nightly 257
Chainfire Pro + PoverVR were used for graphics tweaks
and the gta version i am using is the ripped version since it was modified in some parts
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i have the same setup but gangstar MV lags haven't tried gta yet
can u provide links for the version u use and the sd files.
have u overclocked your device??

All the items you need are in the video description found in the link below to run gta 3 without lag mate. PS the video is not mine i just tried in and it worked great the only difference that i have from the video is the oc from 672 to 748
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pez66I-4s1U
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Video is mine
I currently use Elite Blade S4 and OC to 691Mhz. It runs much better

Kannibalism said:
Its easy basically i few graphics tweaks were done to the phone with the help of a few apps off the market
My Setup:
Zte blade rooted + custom rom cm7 nightly 257
Chainfire Pro + PoverVR were used for graphics tweaks
and the gta version i am using is the ripped version since it was modified in some parts
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What is PowerVR and where can I get it? App or plugin for Chainfire Pro?

(HELP) s4 i9505 LAGS

hello guys i am a noob here, i have this new s4 from UEA, upgraded to 4.3, tried different country variants, and tried some custom roms but some games lag,like it stutters during gameplay..eg: Plants VS zombies 2 v1.7, i compared it with my s3 and it seemed to run the game faster and smoother than s4. tried googleing up some tips and tricks on the settings but nothing seemed to work...i need some viable advice or help please. THANKS

haon67621 said:
hello guys i am a noob here, i have this new s4 from UEA, upgraded to 4.3, tried different country variants, and tried some custom roms but some games lag,like it stutters during gameplay..eg: Plants VS zombies 2 v1.7, i compared it with my s3 and it seemed to run the game faster and smoother than s4. tried googleing up some tips and tricks on the settings but nothing seemed to work...i need some viable advice or help please. THANKS
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Same here with some older games, espesh 2D ones.. Knights of Pen and Paper to name one.... It's a problem from the app side, yet to be optimized for newer devices, as far as I know, anyway....

Probably optimization issues. The S4 is likely to be able to handle a light game on 1080p, but a full blown game may lag due to the weak (for its resolution) Adreno 320. Seeing that the Mali 400 series GPU made up more than 25% of the GPU market share, the developers probably put in huge amounts of effort to optimize their apps for that chipset, so the S2/S3 runs them well.
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even tried a custom kernel that tweaks the gpu up to 2.3 mhz, well it works on the speed and sped up a bit playing PVZ2 v1.7 but still i could see the stuttering, still not smooth as on s3. hope its just the app and not the cpu/gpu issues.

[Q] The best ROM for gaming

Hi guys,
first of all let me apologize for this stupid question. Personally I hate these questions too, but I have my device in service for 3 weeks, therefore I'm not able to continue with my research...
It's already a long time since I've bought my G2 (D802). Of course, the first thing what I've done > go to custom ROM ... (It's my habit since Xperia Arc S) I think that I was dissappointed of my new LG G2 even then. Games wasn't fluent and lagless as I supposed they should be. It was another good reason to go to the custom ROM. But unfortunatelly and surprisingly it was even worse. So I find another thing why is that so bad. In that time custom ROMS wasnť based on Kitkat sources (kernel), so I hoped that everything will be fine after developers merge source code. But the improvement has never become (in that form I hoped for) In that time I became reconciled that I will never play games on my G2 as smooth as on my iPad.
That's the reason why I'm looking for the best ROM for games. (I'm a heavy gamer)
So my question: Do you know any good rom for Gaming? Could you recommend me something?
I tried Mahdi. PA, Beanstalk, Slim ROM, CloudyStock, Pro, Flex, G3... But none of these ROMs is fine...
(I can't understand how can be Cloudy ROMs so popular (Nothing against Cloudyfa ) because they have too many lags in games !!! I think it's more laggier than stock...

DominikHolecek said:
Hi guys,
first of all let me apologize for this stupid question. Personally I hate these questions too, but I have my device in service for 3 weeks, therefore I'm not able to continue with my research...
It's already a long time since I've bought my G2 (D802). Of course, the first thing what I've done > go to custom ROM ... (It's my habit since Xperia Arc S) I think that I was dissappointed of my new LG G2 even then. Games wasn't fluent and lagless as I supposed they should be. It was another good reason to go to the custom ROM. But unfortunatelly and surprisingly it was even worse. So I find another thing why is that so bad. In that time custom ROMS wasnť based on Kitkat sources (kernel), so I hoped that everything will be fine after developers merge source code. But the improvement has never become (in that form I hoped for) In that time I became reconciled that I will never play games on my G2 as smooth as on my iPad.
That's the reason why I'm looking for the best ROM for games. (I'm a heavy gamer)
So my question: Do you know any good rom for Gaming? Could you recommend me something?
I tried Mahdi. PA, Beanstalk, Slim ROM, CloudyStock, Pro, Flex, G3... But none of these ROMs is fine...
(I can't understand how can be Cloudy ROMs so popular (Nothing against Cloudyfa ) because they have too many lags in games !!! I think it's more laggier than stock...
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What's the definition of "lagless" for you, and what games are you playing?
First of all, you have to realise and acknowledge that this is a smartphone. No matter what, it's still a phone and it's not made for heavy gaming. Second, you have to realise that despite the fact that many developers (ie Gameloft) has a lot of experience with games, they're too lazy too optimize them even for the most powerful chips out there. The games utilise 100% CPU speed even if they don't need it at all, and then the CPU throttles down because it's becoming too hot. Logic/10.
Thirdly, you have to realise that the ROM is not what makes the game fluid or lag-free. It's the kernel.
Since the G2 (like ALL other phones) is cooled passively (it has no fan whatsoever), it's important that it runs as cool as possible to prevent overheating and throttling.
My advice to you would be the following:
Install your favourite ROM and a kernel you can tweak heavily (gpu/cpu). A good bet would be dorimanx.
Go to kernel settings, and chance max frequency to 1.27 Ghz or around that. Change governor to performance.
Change GPU to 450 Mhz.
Try playing a game =)
I used to play Asphalt 8 back when I first got the phone and I got about 30 FPS? Anyway it was smooth as butter, and I see no real reason why you want to put a custom rom on your phone. The good 'ol days where nothing was better than custom roms are pretty much over. Stock is just fine, root it, use a custom kernel if neccessary and use xposed. Will solve it.

vPro97 said:
What's the definition of "lagless" for you, and what games are you playing?
First of all, you have to realise and acknowledge that this is a smartphone. No matter what, it's still a phone and it's not made for heavy gaming. Second, you have to realise that despite the fact that many developers (ie Gameloft) has a lot of experience with games, they're too lazy too optimize them even for the most powerful chips out there. The games utilise 100% CPU speed even if they don't need it at all, and then the CPU throttles down because it's becoming too hot. Logic/10.
Thirdly, you have to realise that the ROM is not what makes the game fluid or lag-free. It's the kernel.
Since the G2 (like ALL other phones) is cooled passively (it has no fan whatsoever), it's important that it runs as cool as possible to prevent overheating and throttling.
My advice to you would be the following:
Install your favourite ROM and a kernel you can tweak heavily (gpu/cpu). A good bet would be dorimanx.
Go to kernel settings, and chance max frequency to 1.27 Ghz or around that. Change governor to performance.
Change GPU to 450 Mhz.
Try playing a game =)
I used to play Asphalt 8 back when I first got the phone and I got about 30 FPS? Anyway it was smooth as butter, and I see no real reason why you want to put a custom rom on your phone. The good 'ol days where nothing was better than custom roms are pretty much over. Stock is just fine, root it, use a custom kernel if neccessary and use xposed. Will solve it.
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Of course that kernel is the most important thing in performance (because of sequencer laws, etc...), but nowadays we have no (except render) custom kernels for AOSP/ CM ROMs, so my question was focused on a ROM → I connected it to the whole... (And furthermore each ROM has own kernel. + ROM can cause lags as well)
used to play Asphalt 8 back when I first got the phone and I got about 30 FPS?
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Unfortunately these times are gone, at least I think it. There were lots of updates, which increase the performance consumption (Simply they add tons of new features and stuff, but they ,,forget" to optimize that... ) I played this game, Dead trigger 2, Dungeon Hunter 4 and even simple games like traffic racer with incredibly high count of lags (And it wasn't lags in miliseconds → not always). I thought it was because of my current ROM (Mahdi) so I tried PA and then stock based ROMs (CloudyFlex, Stock) but nearly no changes) Therefore I think it will be the same on stock ROMs too, if it's on Cloudy ROM with heavily optimized kernel, system... (Even Dorimanx kernel doesn't change anything).
Go to kernel settings, and chance max frequency to 1.27 Ghz or around that. Change governor to performance.
Change GPU to 450 Mhz
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Thanks for this tip, I tried something similar but with UC to 1,9 GHz and I didn't set governor to performance (My device was incredibly hot in a while with performance governor), I didn't notice any bigger changes - I expected that lower frequency will cause even more lags and I was obviously wrong. For sure I will try your advice.... :laugh:
The good 'ol days where nothing was better than custom roms are pretty much over. Stock is just fine, root it, use a custom kernel if neccessary and use xposed. Will solve it
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I don't like the LG's design of system, and I don't like xposed → it causes higher battery consumption and it ,,eats" RAM and performance (At least on my previous device )

i have 10 xposed modules installed and i didn't notice any additional battery decrease...
as for ram, as stated many times - free ram = wasted ram...
as for the thread - "what's the best this&that" threads aren't allowed on xda
i played rr3 and csr racing on this device and didn't notice anything wrong with the framerate (stock kk v20f, rooted with dorimanx kernel on default)

Oddly enough, I haven't noticed a major change in gaming performance coming from the S4 Pro. Asphalt 8 specifically is buggy, sluggish, etc on my LG OG & G2, but I don't care for android gaming since the apps aren't optimized (too many HW configs, whereas iOS is just SGX & Ax chips).
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First of all, I like to say that we lacked similar threads, so OP started an useful topic. I would have stayed with simple dual-core smartphone, but I bought G2 in November for a reason, to try new games and so on, I woudn't have bought it if I needed a phone only for texting and browsing, like many argue like this. What I observed is that, 2,3 Ghz for a phone with passive cooling is a nonsense because after few minutes of gaming it will keep running like 1,5 Ghz and lower, hell what's the use of those 4 cores if a device would burn out. I never owned an apple product, but on my colleague's 5S, they run very smooth and fast with same graphics on a dual-core, so it all goes to optimazing and not using these ridiculous frequencies. I was expecting a lot from a phone like that, sorry for a long post.

[Q] GPU Update

Hello people, I've just bought my Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo Duos about 2 or 3 days ago and I've noticed that games like GTA San Andreas run very laggy. I started seaching and I found that there is an Adreno 305 Update for our GPU that came out for Nexus 4, 5, 6.. and it was adapted to Moto G (2013). I was wondering if someone could adapt it for our S3 Neo.
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2721136
Thanks,
NeTSk8.

Latest adreno blobs are implemented in cm 12 , you can try if it lags with cm 12 ...

I use your latest cm12 build and it is very good but there is no improvement in GTA San andreas maybe it is just not possible to fix. It is just playable at lowest settings, which looks quite horrible comparing to highest settings. I took two Screenshots to show the difference

KingJulian1697 said:
I use your latest cm12 build and it is very good but there is no improvement in GTA San andreas maybe it is just not possible to fix. It is just playable at lowest settings, which looks quite horrible comparing to highest settings. I took two Screenshots to show the difference
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That's strange, in my s3 neo GTA Vice City runs smoothly on medium-high settings.
I'm running final CM12

Redion23 said:
That's strange, in my s3 neo GTA Vice City runs smoothly on medium-high settings.
I'm running final CM12
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Okay I'll try it I think i didnt played Vice City yet on final cm12 just in previous Version, but GTA SA lags a lot for sure

KingJulian1697 said:
Okay I'll try it I think i didnt played Vice City yet on final cm12 just in previous Version, but GTA SA lags a lot for sure
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gta sa is much more demanding. However the s3 , s2 runs it without problems... lazy devs.(the ones who are responsible for updating their gpus)

Poor perfomance and where to find doomkernel14?

Hi,
recently i came back to my xperia play, and changed my HyperGamer rom to Aurora 2.0.0 with Lupus v12.
In antutu benchmark, i'm achievienig almost 6000 points, but i saw people who had "over 9000!!".
I flashed adreno booster and overclocked it to 1,6 Ghz.
Also, application often close, and a lot of things work unstable, even without OC.
I'm not sure if i have right firmware, but i don't know how to chack it, and if i can flash it safely now.
Also, i wanted to try doomkernel 14, but i can't find it anywhere. Maybe someone knew where to download it?
Thanks for help

doom kernel 14 can be found here (at least now):
DooMKernel v14 (420/380* - stock):
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwebKQXdCuBXa1AxOWQyZ3NVcnc
DooMKernel v14 (219/700* - custom):
480p: http://www.mediafire.com/download/3qu4cls3nu3s5vv/DoomLord_gcc462_GB_v14_RAM_system219_data700MB.img
720p: http://www.mediafire.com/download/0...rd_gcc462_GB_v14_FULL_system219_data700MB.img

For what rom this kernel is good? And what kernel is better for performance Lupus or Doom? And what is best rom for gaming on JB/KK

Im using Doomkernel with stock rom overclocked to 1.6ghz. For me this has been the best combination with regard to stability and compatibility. I tried many roms and the phone became unusable at times. Adreno gave too many glitches for me. Some games were missing textures etc.
As for the 9000, I only managed that when overclocked to 2.3ghz. Most people only achieve 6-7000 on normal overclocks. Hope that helps.

I'm using doomkernel too, but mine runs on 1,9 Ghz. What's funny, it started working stable after some time. I had to reboot phone few times when i was messing with clock and governors, but know it work perfect.
If 6-7k is normal, that's great.

I recently bought an xperia play only for gaming. Auroraplay and doomkernel: 1,8Ghz and airplane mode (no GAPPS, no WIFI, nothing) and it is incredible! n64oid Mario kart, Mario 64, starfox absolutely smooth!

yes but on GB you can´t install retroarch, wich is the only emulator i would wanna use, instead of having 8 emulator apps...

Yeah, i think i will go for HyperGamer rom, with retroarch, but i will try removing as much things as possible. And maybe screen mirroring will work, which would be awesome!!!

ok so i tried some retroarch version on the auroraplay rom, so far the 9.9.6 has basically all the cores you need and the pad mapped right away without need of configuration( you can find it in aptoide). from that version on the gamepad maping is broken and needs some serious configuration, it's a pity cause the 1.5 version has just been released and it look beautiful with xmb interface artbox support and al the fancy stuff...imma head over to the retroarch support forum and ask why from 1.2 on the xplay gets broken controls