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Emulators randomly crashing

Anybody else having a problem where Gameboid and GBCoid keep randomly going back to the select rom screen? The apps aren't force closing either and when it does happen it says in the notification bar "Gameboid is running" as if I just pressed the home button or something. Other emulators such as N64oid or SNESoid don't do this either. Idk its just really annoying because the emulation itself is fantastic. If it helps I'm running Starburst rom v1.3 and the kernel it comes with but I don't think that matters because it was happening before I was rooted. Anyways thanks in advance for any fixes and sorry for the long post.
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Happens to me. It's definitely something with the device. Ever since I started running midNIGHT rom v2 I haven't had a crash. Although I only tried it about 10 minutes
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Same with me. I'm on starburst rom and I can even play for 5 min without it crashing

Do you guys have any ideas on why this is happening or what we could do to fix it?
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This also happens to me on stock. Kinda frustrating, but I have confidence it will be solved in the future.
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rsalinas1 said:
Do you guys have any ideas on why this is happening or what we could do to fix it?
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I have no I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling and different roms. Nothing works

suwu10 said:
I have no I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling and different roms. Nothing works
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This sucks, at least im not the only one.

I wonder if its just our variant of sgsii...
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N64oid crashes on me as well and psx4droid won't work at all...
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N64oid crashes on me as well and psx4droid won't work at all...
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That's strange. What ROM/kernel are you using? N64oid never crashes on me. (Except for certain roms, such as Zelda).

Stock rom and the latest zedomax kernel. It doesn't force close either.. Just ends the Rom and brings me back to the Rom selection screen.
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this happens with just about any kind of game I play, not just emulators. any kind of tower defense game or plants vs zombies or anything that requires some sort of graphics. games like spades or dominoes or games with low graphical requirements seem to be fine. ive been rooted from day one and have always had a custom kernel and rom. my gf's e4gt was stock until about a week ago and her's did the same thing. you can play for 5 - 10 min then the games would just close. no FC, just close. battery temps rise as well when this happens. I wonder if its not a dodgy gpu or gpu driver?

henbone11 said:
this happens with just about any kind of game I play, not just emulators. any kind of tower defense game or plants vs zombies or anything that requires some sort of graphics. games like spades or dominoes or games with low graphical requirements seem to be fine. ive been rooted from day one and have always had a custom kernel and rom. my gf's e4gt was stock until about a week ago and her's did the same thing. you can play for 5 - 10 min then the games would just close. no FC, just close. battery temps rise as well when this happens. I wonder if its not a dodgy gpu or gpu driver?
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Mine's the opposite. Runs fine on n64oid, Alchemy, Cut the Rope, and even Beats. But Gameboid and GBcoid both randomly crash (without prompting a FC.)

I believe I may have found the culprit, at least for me. I was having the same issue as many of you, SNESDroid would just go back to the main screen without a FC. Then while trying to play the same parts of the game all over again, I decided to fast-forward everything and I noticed for the longest time the game didn't crash on me. So I decided to try something out and disabled the sound in the settings menu. So far the game hasn't crashed on me. It's unfortunate that I don't get to hear anything though, but I'd rather play a quiet game that doesn't crash. Than hear some audio and have the game crash on me every 5 - 10 mins.

g4me0v3r said:
I believe I may have found the culprit, at least for me. I was having the same issue as many of you, SNESDroid would just go back to the main screen without a FC. Then while trying to play the same parts of the game all over again, I decided to fast-forward everything and I noticed for the longest time the game didn't crash on me. So I decided to try something out and disabled the sound in the settings menu. So far the game hasn't crashed on me. It's unfortunate that I don't get to hear anything though, but I'd rather play a quiet game that doesn't crash. Than hear some audio and have the game crash on me every 5 - 10 mins.
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I will try this out when I can, but like others, why does it only do this with Gameboid and GBCoid and not the heavier emulators like N64oid?
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I've tried the about with gameboid but still get random crashes

Anyone try using Chainfires 3d driver? market

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Anyone try using Chainfires 3d driver? market
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It still crashes. Just checked
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Has anyone made any headway with this? I've tried a variety of tricks but Gameboid keeps crashing within 5 minutes of starting the game.

I've had the same problems with some emulators from the android market. They would crash within a mintue or two. So I uninstalled them and found NESoid and SNESoid. They last longer but they still crash with no FC message. I'm running Starburst v1.5 and Zedomax OC Kernel
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[Q] Arc S can't play heavy 3D games. Why???

So...this may seem a noobish question...but i don't think it is so.
Today I made an experiment, a test between some devices to see how they played good 3D games. I chose for it:
1: Sony xperia arc s, with stock ICS rom and kernel.
2: Samsung galaxy s 2, with stock ICS rom and kernel.
3: Samsung old galaxy tab p1000 7inches (single core 1ghz cpu and 512mb Ram), with Aokp rom and kernel.
And I tried to run:
A: Temple run.
B: Babel rising 3d.
C: Castle master 3d.
And what I got???
Both Samsung devices could play every game of the 3 perfectly.
ARC S MANAGED TO PLAY ONLY TEMPLE RUN. The other two games started then freezed. And freezed the phone till I had to remove battery.
Try by yourself, installing and running castle master 3d from play(free game).
So...WTF?????? Is this a low Ram problem??? Why the hell the arc s, with a better hardware than the old galaxy tab, can't play quite heavy 3d games????

I always thought this was a low ram issue, back on gingerbread I could run GTA 3 perfectly, on ICS however it starts then freezes.
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Papolato said:
I always thought this was a low ram issue, back on gingerbread I could run GTA 3 perfectly, on ICS however it starts then freezes.
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Ok, I thought that too, but so...why could I play every game in the market with my old galaxy tab that has got only 512 mb ram and is running Ics???
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Using ICS on Arc/S is not good for gaming...
-Game can force close
-Crash
-Freeze (every 2mins)
-Rarely reboot the phone

MrModMan said:
Using ICS on Arc/S is not good for gaming...
-Game can force close
-Crash
-Freeze (every 2mins)
-Rarely reboot the phone
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ok, i saw it by myself, but why?? the system in arc s ics cannot free enough ram to play a game that runs smooth on other older devices?? can we do something more than just downgrading to gingerbread?? or the answer is that we have a crappy phone and we should take it as ****ty as it is?
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Install MooDeD 90.7... might work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526717

MrModMan said:
Install MooDeD 90.7... might work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526717
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Never. I'll never install the rom of a copycat. the worst rom in the forum. However, I tried each other rom and the problem persists. So it must be a sony base problem.
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How is a copycat? -.-, and its not a sony base problem its ICS -.- if i played heavy 3d games on GB it will work fine!

theduke89 said:
Ok, I thought that too, but so...why could I play every game in the market with my old galaxy tab that has got only 512 mb ram and is running Ics???
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Maybe it is because the system takes up more ram on the arc s than on the galaxy tab, so there is less available for the user. I think there is an app or something that can make your phone use some of the SD card as ram, That could help?
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Maybe it is because the system takes up more ram on the arc s than on the galaxy tab, so there is less available for the user. I think there is an app or something that can make your phone use some of the SD card as ram, That could help?
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You mean swapper?
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alpha47 said:
You mean swapper?
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Yeah that's it! But never mind because....
I found a solution!
Now my 3d game I wanted to run was GTA 3. Whenever I tried, it would play for around 30 secs and then finish. I thought it was a ram issue, but I tried over clocking, now I never thought it would make a difference as because I'm on stock kernel it cannot go past the already reachable 1400, but I set the minimum from around 200 to around 1300 and the maximum to 1400, and now it can run GTA 3! Whenever I'm not playing I'll just change it back.
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Papolato said:
Yeah that's it! But never mind because....
I found a solution!
Now my 3d game I wanted to run was GTA 3. Whenever I tried, it would play for around 30 secs and then finish. I thought it was a ram issue, but I tried over clocking, now I never thought it would make a difference as because I'm on stock kernel it cannot go past the already reachable 1400, but I set the minimum from around 200 to around 1300 and the maximum to 1400, and now it can run GTA 3! Whenever I'm not playing I'll just change it back.
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doesn't work. try with castle master 3d. anyone tried with swap??
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theduke89 said:
doesn't work. try with castle master 3d. anyone tried with swap??
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Yeah sorry :/ just tried it again, ran buttery smooth for 30s then closed.
I'm not sure I want to try the swap because I heard it can reduce SD card lifespan, and i can't find my other SD card.
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Any suggestion?? except changing my device?

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Any suggestion?? except changing my device?
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What ROM Are you using?
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Overclock your xperia to at least 1.5, seach for some GTA 3 tweaks using the seach, do a reboot before you start playing. It will work
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it works
do a reboot before you start playing
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Yes this works. I am playing Modern compat 2 doing the same procedure.

Will work on cm7 best gaming rom

I play nova 3 quite smoothly
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anyone tried chainfire's 3d drivers?
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[Q] Subway Surfers bad performance on my i8150

Hey dudes, I'm having a really bad performance in Subway Surfers on my cellphone, i'd like to know if this is happening only on my phone or is there anybody else experiencing this too?
I see many phones equal or lower in hardware executing this game pretty good...
Thanks dudes!
(sorry about my english, and in case that I posted in the wrong place, plase sorry I'm knew here)

What ROM are you using?
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i'm not playing subway surfers, but i check out in the play store. its just 2D game, it should be smooth for thr graphics. but i see it require full internet access? maybe the problem is on yours internet quality.CMIIW

Subway surfers i think is a 3d games not 2d. CMIIW
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Same
Same goes to mine,had to use chainfire 3d,but that makes it abit smoother..not much

Same here. Always lags (and not playable at all) when play those big game; Subway Surfer, Dead Space, Shadowgun etc.
I gave up already. Just play some lightweight (but awesome) games like Inotia3 and Samurai II Vengeance.

Same here. Very laggy. I'm on AOKP 17.9 of iatillagy's. Any tweaks? Will using adrenaline or geeky engine improve?
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Have you all try clearing ram before playing some heavy games? Or close some unused background apps?
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Have you all try clearing ram before playing some heavy games? Or close some unused background apps?
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Yes. I've cleared the RAM before running the heavy games.Same goes to background apps, I've closed all the memory hunger apps like FB. But still no luck for me.
I dont understand whats wrong. We have a same device and same ROM (yes, I tried with stock, cm9b3, cm10a2, bioniccow2 etc), with and without tweaks, but everyone got a different experiences when it comes to gaming. Weird.

before some update I could play subway surfers without any lag, but since the haloween update (I guess, I'am not sure) its very laggy. so its not the hardware, they distroy just the performance with a ****ty update.

Hmm.. I use the forvivo's kernel and it seems working flawlessly till now.
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Played games with Mutant rom and chainfire. Subway surfer works with no/minimal lag
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Using the newest ParanoidAndroid JB 2.+, without MOD, Script, or anything. It runs smoothly.
(and when I say that, yes. It has NO LAG, along with Temple Run)

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Using the newest ParanoidAndroid JB 2.+, without MOD, Script, or anything. It runs smoothly.
(and when I say that, yes. It has NO LAG, along with Temple Run)
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Not even a single tinge of lag? A spike?
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I am using CM10 Alpha2 by arco without any tweak or MODs and it works smoothly.
note: for high performance with this game i change the governor to Performance with cfq I/o

write sirmate
I'm using ParanoidAndroid JB 2 and it work perfectly on it

So I see that's the problem here is the ROM... I'm using the stock ROM, yet.
I've already tried to clean memory before playing, but it works just for the time of one single run, after some time it begins to become laggy again.
And now, after you all said, I'm considering moving to CM10, what do ya think?
Thanks for the replies! :good:

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So I see that's the problem here is the ROM... I'm using the stock ROM, yet.
I've already tried to clean memory before playing, but it works just for the time of one single run, after some time it begins to become laggy again.
And now, after you all said, I'm considering moving to CM10, what do ya think?
Thanks for the replies! :good:
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Yes, It is stable and smooth as I think
Enjoy flashing

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Not even a single tinge of lag? A spike?
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Not even one of them.

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Not even one of them.
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Wow... Glad to hear that... Any other heavy games CM10 can handle?
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Grand Theft Auto Vice City 1.0.1 s3 i747 at & t

friends of this great forum:
as you will have released version 1.0.1 of the game Grand Theft Auto Vice City and want to know if they installed this great game, had no problems, I ask this because I downloaded the 1.0.0 again and it was a mess, as did not enter the game on my s3 i747 and could not leave the game, because I had to go to task manager to close the application.
I ask please that you installed in your Samsung i747 S3 tell me if it works or not the game, because I'm intimidated to lose games not work on my S3 i747 from at & t.
thanks for reply and greetings.

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friends of this great forum:
as you will have released version 1.0.1 of the game Grand Theft Auto Vice City and want to know if they installed this great game, had no problems, I ask this because I downloaded the 1.0.0 again and it was a mess, as did not enter the game on my s3 i747 and could not leave the game, because I had to go to task manager to close the application.
I ask please that you installed in your Samsung i747 S3 tell me if it works or not the game, because I'm intimidated to lose games not work on my S3 i747 from at & t.
thanks for reply and greetings.
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Are you on stock rom?
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It's working for me

It works but on Google Play it's says not compatibles and I have a bug in my phone Sound have a problem it has a noise like a radio without signal yes .. Dont know why...

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are you on stock rom?
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is jelly bean 4.1.1

lag
is any able to run this game lag free? walking around is very smooth, but driving makes it lag more. I wanna use higher settings,but that just brings lag. Am i the only one experiencing this problem?

No its lag. and on our phones that means its really noticeable.
changing to on demand seems to help

I do get lag while driving :/
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Running great!
CM 10 with the KT kernel OC'd to 2.1ghz (absolutely overkill for this game but whatever)

Maroon Mushroom said:
Running great!
CM 10 with the KT kernel OC'd to 2.1ghz (absolutely overkill for this game but whatever)
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got damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maroon Mushroom said:
Running great!
CM 10 with the KT kernel OC'd to 2.1ghz (absolutely overkill for this game but whatever)
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Awsum
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I bought it yesterday. It runs good on my phone. I'm running the serenity rom 1.2
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Very laggy on highest settings...

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Running great!
CM 10 with the KT kernel OC'd to 2.1ghz (absolutely overkill for this game but whatever)
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Does your phone crash after a while of gameplay?
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I remember seeing a video of the i9300 running it on highest settings and it was smooth as butter. Can't help but feel that inferiority complex on this one...
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Driving controls are very sluggish. Game can not perfectly run on extreme values of display settings. If only they can fix the delayed touch controls.
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Horribly laggy when driving on CM10.1, unplayable in fact. Sad panda! It seems like it's working flawlessly even on the GS2

I have a weird glitch with my installation, I tried everything to fix it in the settings, tried clearing memory, tried killing and restricting apps from running in the background but nothing works to fix this. can somebody help me?
I've attached a couple pics to shed light on this crap...
Thanks
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yeah on touchwiz based roms it works just fine. on cm10xx and aokp roms, driving is obsolete and will not even show any graphics.

Everything works fine for me. No lag or anything. And I'm also not running touch wiz.
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[ROOTED]~[AOKP] Game Emulators Not Working

Recently just got myself into flashing custom ROM's for my GS3. Been hooked on the latest from AOKP (as its the only one I've really dealt with so far.
Previously I used Gaming Emulators such as My Boy! GBA and N64oid getting my ROM's for them from CoolROM.com. Now for some reason they are a lot more glitch and half my games won't even play.
Is this repairable, or am I just going to have to try several different ROM's to see which one will operate like it should?
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Brian9391 said:
Recently just got myself into flashing custom ROM's for my GS3. Been hooked on the latest from AOKP (as its the only one I've really dealt with so far.
Previously I used Gaming Emulators such as My Boy! GBA and N64oid getting my ROM's for them from CoolROM.com. Now for some reason they are a lot more glitch and half my games won't even play.
Is this repairable, or am I just going to have to try several different ROM's to see which one will operate like it should?
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Those worked before you got into custom ROMs?
I use N64oid myself and never had issues.
Also, some emulator ROMs aren't very good. There's not much we can do about that.
P.S.: I don't think game Emulators are supported here.

They worked perfectly fine before, both emulators and all the ROM's for them. Now half of them won't load and others take nearly 3 or 4 minutes to boot.
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They worked perfectly fine before, both emulators and all the ROM's for them. Now half of them won't load and others take nearly 3 or 4 minutes to boot.
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That could be coming from your settings. Did you UV? Change to a more conservative governor/scheduler?

Nope, just fresh flash into new ROM. Flashed several times already with the same result. I'm willing to bet that if I went back to stock Rooted ROM It would be fine. Is it even possible that it's just the AOKP ROM?
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Nope, just fresh flash into new ROM. Flashed several times already with the same result. I'm willing to bet that if I went back to stock Rooted ROM It would be fine. Is it even possible that it's just the AOKP ROM?
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You can always try another ROM and/or kernel. But like I said, I'm on AOKP myself (Task's) and use N64oid without any problem.
I'd suggest playing with your kernel settings, governor and scheduler and do some more testing before moving though.

Still not familiar with the kernel settings just yet. I'll have to do some homework I suppose. If anyone has even had the same issue please feel free to let me know. Hopefully I'm not the only one.
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Im using Task's AOKP with his kernel and i use those emulators with no issues. Have you updated the emulators to latest version?

Yes, I've even tried older/newer versions of the same emulators, and different emulators entirely..
Just throwing this out there but "My Boy!- GBA" Seems to work, but very poorly. Can't use quick save feature or the game crashes and the screen goes crazy. (ex. In attachment)
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Brian9391 said:
Yes, I've even tried older/newer versions of the same emulators, and different emulators entirely..
Just throwing this out there but "My Boy!- GBA" Seems to work, but very poorly. Can't use quick save feature or the game crashes and the screen goes crazy. (ex. In attachment)
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I'm not sure what could be the issue. I used N64oid last night (playing Super Mario 64) and was running smooth.
I'd try redownloading the game itself and perhaps test them on something else (like your PC) to see if they work fine there.

Okay, so here's an almost annoyingly simple solution. When I tried to boot up the 64 games, the screen would remain black. A handful of them would eventually start up after 3 or 4 minutes of waiting. I just tried 3 of them, fresh DL from CoolROM.com, Harvest Moon, Super Mario 64, and Super Smash Bros. Same deal with all those. Same black screen, but if I just hit menu > reset... Mint!
They start up smoothly. Still some glitches going on with the whole save/load states. Icons don't appear for the save/load files, but they still seem to function normally. Strange.
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Brian9391 said:
Okay, so here's an almost annoyingly simple solution. When I tried to boot up the 64 games, the screen would remain black. A handful of them would eventually start up after 3 or 4 minutes of waiting. I just tried 3 of them, fresh DL from CoolROM.com, Harvest Moon, Super Mario 64, and Super Smash Bros. Same deal with all those. Same black screen, but if I just hit menu > reset... Mint!
They start up smoothly. Still some glitches going on with the whole save/load states. Icons don't appear for the save/load files, but they still seem to function normally. Strange.
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Did you try clearing the app's data/cache?
Also, make sure the ROMs are on your internal.