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Gaming on the GNex

does anyone lag when playing games on the gnex? it is very choppy when playing 3d games like running fred or dungeon defenders.
im currently on stock, unrooted and am wondering if installing custom roms will improve the frame rates?

I have aokp m4 installed with Franco's latest r98 kernel and I have no lag in any game... and I play the same ones u listed plus shadow run modern combat 3 and back stab
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Modern combat 3 is very smooth, but the multitouch bug kills the gameplay

Can't speak for stock, I was only stock for 20 minutes. But I haven't experienced any lag in any games on the ROMs I've run. Games include: Shadow Gun, Flick Golf, and Asphalt 6 HD.

mudferret said:
Can't speak for stock, I was only stock for 20 minutes. But I haven't experienced any lag in any games on the ROMs I've run. Games include: Shadow Gun, Flick Golf, and Asphalt 6 HD.
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can u try running fred and dungeon defenders?
they are my favourite games but the lag is quite frequent on both games, especially dungeon defenders...

I tried Running Fred and it indeed shutters 2 or 3 times per seconds. What is strange it that it seems to do it for several frames.
I'd guess the game has a bad rendering pipeline.

Just tried Running Fred, no lag. CM9 currently with stock CM9 kernel, GSM phone.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

thanks..i guess i have to root and install aokp + franco kernel. any ideas what is the best and easiest way to root the phone (im currently looking at the GNex Toolkit)?

salivaman said:
thanks..i guess i have to root and install aokp + franco kernel. any ideas what is the best and easiest way to root the phone (im currently looking at the GNex Toolkit)?
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If you're not familiar with fast boot and/or adb, that's the safest bet. I'd encourage you to at least review the fast boot method however.
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I'm running cm9 with glados kernel, default settings. No lag for fred, and the only lag in dungeon defenders is when they spawn the new waves.
sent from my Zerg Hatchery.

I play Dead Space on Android and it is as smooth as you could ever imagine. But there is occasionally a few lag and buggy, but it doesn't bother me much. Also, multitouch is a breeze on that game too. It's rooted, stock ROM

kind of sucks that you have to root and flash a rom in order to play certain games lag free
I'm rooted but on stock...i'll give the games a try and let you know from my end. It's a better comparison since I'm on stock too.
The other posters who have custom kernels and roms are obviously going to have different results.

I'm on stock too and no lag at all for Super Monkey Ball Sakura and The Sims FreePlay.

MilkPudding said:
I'm on stock too and no lag at all for Super Monkey Ball Sakura and The Sims FreePlay.
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hes asking about fred and dungeon defenders though

lazaro17 said:
hes asking about fred and dungeon defenders though
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Aw, I thought he's asking about gaming in general on GNex.
It's probably a better idea to email the app developers than asking here.

MilkPudding said:
Aw, I thought he's asking about gaming in general on GNex.
It's probably a better idea to email the app developers than asking here.
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Ya that's what I was thinking too....could just be they aren't optimized for ICS yet.

lazaro17 said:
kind of sucks that you have to root and flash a rom in order to play certain games lag free
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who knows if you have to; there's obviously a selection bias here in that most of us already have custom roms/kernels installed.
Awaiting your stock results.
sent from my Zerg Hatchery.

salivaman said:
does anyone lag when playing games on the gnex? it is very choppy when playing 3d games like running fred or dungeon defenders.
im currently on stock, unrooted and am wondering if installing custom roms will improve the frame rates?
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Just tried out running fred...definitely not "very choppy" for me. I am getting slight stutters usually when one of those "checkpoint reach" pop ups come the framerate will stutter a bit and the sound will as well. Nothing seriously bad, I've run into certain parts of Shadowgun that will have similar behavoir.
Not 100% but doesn't make the game unplayable for me. I'd suggest check to see if you have any background processes that are slowing things down for you. Maybe a bad app somewhere is ruining your 3d gaming experience. Also, game might not be fully optimized for us yet so might be a good idea to get in touch with the developer and let him know.
I won't be able to check dungeon defenders second wave today because my internet and 3g coverage is spotty right now at my hotel. And the extra content will take forever to download.
Hope this post helps a bit.

Ok so after about a month of running unrooted stock I have just installed aokp + Franco kernel and this seems to have a positive impact on the gaming performance. Running Fred runs quite a lot smoother now. But I haven't tried dungeon defenders yet. Will probably post results again when I have the time, but still its enlightening to know and let the community know that the custom roms and kernels not only benefits in synthetic benchmarks like quadrant but also in real-world application performance.

salivaman said:
Ok so after about a month of running unrooted stock I have just installed aokp + Franco kernel and this seems to have a positive impact on the gaming performance. Running Fred runs quite a lot smoother now. But I haven't tried dungeon defenders yet. Will probably post results again when I have the time, but still its enlightening to know and let the community know that the custom roms and kernels not only benefits in synthetic benchmarks like quadrant but also in real-world application performance.
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Out of curiosity, which governor are you using? Settings -> ROM Control -> Performance

GS3 frame rate and lag problems with heavy games

So I have had my gs3 I747 for a week now, I previously owned a galaxy s 2 I777. and I am finding that whenever I run a game like nova 3 or asphalt 7 or any other hi Rendering games I have really bad frame rate problems. I thought for sure that the adreno 225 whould at least run those games so I am switching to a I 9300. Has anyone else had these problems.

fldrew863 said:
So I have had my gs3 I747 for a week now, I previously owned a galaxy s 2 I777. and I am finding that whenever I run a game like nova 3 or asphalt 7 or any other hi Rendering games I have really bad frame rate problems. I thought for sure that the adreno 225 whould at least run those games so I am switching to a I 9300. Has anyone else had these problems.
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I having exactly that too..

Not likely you're experiencing these problems on stock ROM.
Please give some more details.
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ryandelman said:
Not likely you're experiencing these problems on stock ROM.
Please give some more details.
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Im on CM10...
The problems with games are
Asphalt 7 goes slow it isnt smooth it's runs faster on my old ipod touch 4g.. so fail
Real Racing 2 have problems on graphics cut-cars lag slow...
GTA III it's a bit slow just a little bit it stutters some times but it's very good
the only game that works perfect it's shadowgun 0 lag smooth perfect
Riptide also on maximum graphics it's just perfect too so I dont understand why gameloft games have those problems.

maxrdlf95 said:
Im on CM10...
The problems with games are
Asphalt 7 goes slow it isnt smooth it's runs faster on my old ipod touch 4g.. so fail
Real Racing 2 have problems on graphics cut-cars lag slow...
GTA III it's a bit slow just a little bit it stutters some times but it's very good
the only game that works perfect it's shadowgun 0 lag smooth perfect
Riptide also on maximum graphics it's just perfect too so I dont understand why gameloft games have those problems.
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Ditto that. Shadowgun & Riptide are smooth as butter here too, on CM10, but Nova3 chugs.
I tried giving KToon's 2.1GHz overclocked kernel a try just for kicks, but no change.
Anyone still on Touchwiz have a problem with Nova3 (or other gameloft game) lag?

I think those games just need an update for better integration..
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DudeWatsThat said:
I think those games just need an update for better integration..
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Not really, unless you are referring to the apps being updated to "play nice" with JB, in which case we probably shouldn't hold our collective breath. That will be a while.
Asphalt7 runs flawlessly on stock ROM but is hit-or-miss with other TW-based ROMs I've run, and is simply a stutering, hacked up mess on CM10-based ROMs I've tried.
I'm still trying to figure out what the deal is here myself.
-Ryan

All I know is nova 3 ran smooth as silk on my i9100, and choppy and crappy on my i747. Stock, TW, cm10, doesn't matter. Runs like absolute poo when the action gets busy.

ryandelman said:
Not really, unless you are referring to the apps being updated to "play nice" with JB, in which case we probably shouldn't hold our collective breath. That will be a while.
Asphalt7 runs flawlessly on stock ROM but is hit-or-miss with other TW-based ROMs I've run, and is simply a stutering, hacked up mess on CM10-based ROMs I've tried.
I'm still trying to figure out what the deal is here myself.
-Ryan
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And the flipside to that coin is that some games ran like crap on ICS Touchwhiz (Restaurant Story, and some others I'm forgetting), but run like butter on CM10.

Resurrected from the grave.
Sorry XDA Mods stupid I know to bring up such an old thread but seems to me that this problem still exists regardless of how bad ass phones get.
I have a T-Mobile GNote 2 and the GS3 both run games horribly with anything based off of AOSP. CM10, 10.1, 10.1.0 Rc1, AOKP, PA, etc...I am still trying to find answer to this, it is litterally Night and Day difference between TWiz roms and AOSP when comes to FPS in games.
Thanks,
Sam

G1Master said:
Resurrected from the grave.
Sorry XDA Mods stupid I know to bring up such an old thread but seems to me that this problem still exists regardless of how bad ass phones get.
I have a T-Mobile GNote 2 and the GS3 both run games horribly with anything based off of AOSP. CM10, 10.1, 10.1.0 Rc1, AOKP, PA, etc...I am still trying to find answer to this, it is litterally Night and Day difference between TWiz roms and AOSP when comes to FPS in games.
Thanks,
Sam
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what kernel were you using on each of these? your signature says you're using phablet mode. i'm having a hard time moving past that.

Lol I just call the note 2 a phablet cause that's what it is to me. Phone plus tablet. Phablet.
Now on topic. I've tried several kernels including stock ones on both devices.
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[Q] Gaming ROM (R800i)

My poor Xperia Play is getting on a bit and I think it's time to put it into retirement. I'm hopefully getting an Nexus 4 soon, but I want to hang onto my Xperia Play as a pure gaming device. Mainly emulators and such, but also supporting the touch pads if possible (particularly FPSE).
I want to give it the best ROM for this purpose, with a good balance of speed, stability, and support. Any suggestions would be welcome.

Any Gingerbread rom with a custom kernel capable of overclocking will probably be fine for gaming. ICS and Jellybean are more resource-intensive, thus decreasing the in-game performance on such roms.

Barguast said:
My poor Xperia Play is getting on a bit and I think it's time to put it into retirement. I'm hopefully getting an Nexus 4 soon, but I want to hang onto my Xperia Play as a pure gaming device. Mainly emulators and such, but also supporting the touch pads if possible (particularly FPSE).
I want to give it the best ROM for this purpose, with a good balance of speed, stability, and support. Any suggestions would be welcome.
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All my games have ran perfect since switching to NXT Light Edition.

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll look into the ROMS suggested so far.
What's the situation with the touch pad controls in FPSE these days? Last I heard, a long while ago, they worked provided you were on an ICS ROM?

FPse touchpads work on GB/ICS now. Probably JB too

Just read my signature... No lags any more!!
I tested all roms for locked BL and that's the ONLY ONE that gave me the required performance!
Just thing what can you do with an unlocked BL!!
Cheers mate!!

Cola rom. Not sure if it works with 800i but if it does you'll love it.
Sent from my R800x using xda app-developers app

What is the best rom for gaming? R800at.

I am curious what people feel is the best rom for gaming and speed on an r800at, guess that part doesn't matter as long as its a GSM Rom.
Thoughts and if you can detail why you feel said rom is the best. Again I am looking for best gaming rom, speed and available memory.
Sent from my R800x using xda premium

[ROM] DiXperia 2 'Everlasting' | Performance. Stability. Experience. | 04.09.2012
I used a lot of GB ROMs but I always return to this.
I believe it's smoother and more stable than others.

Cant believe u open a thread just to ask this Q. Scrolling down my xda app there's a bunch of thread asking the same. Not to mention in the general sect.
But since u new to Gsm i like to point out to ur Q that ALL GB ROM can gme & they hav their own pros/cons. So to know which suited u best, u just gonna hav to try it. Coz we may hav the same phone but our taste & view are totally diff. Cheerio.
Regards,
Sdojoin

Normally I balked at these threads, but okay. I like NXT Lite rom and Doom kernel, though honestly I find all gingerbread roms to be good with gaming performance.
You can check here on explanation of the cpu governors and and i/o schedulers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1369817, it might help with tuning between performance and battery life. I'm using 'smoothass' and 'bfq' @ 250-1000 and it's very smooth, as far as this old phone goes.

Thank you everyone for the replies. As stated I am new to the GSM xperia play but have been on the CDMA for 18 months. I pretty much stick to my own stock VZ rom but heavilynmodded and debloated. So I am just trying to determine what are some users preferred choice(s) of roms as I have been limited to choices of roms when compared to the GSM model.
I guess I should also ask as I have been on 2.3.3 since pretty much the beginning but with the recent release of JB for the PLAY I would imagine that the xperia games launcher doesn't work as these roms are not built on Sony framework, am I incorrect in this? And also how people rate the gamepads on JB? I pretty much play some of the following
Shadowgun,
asphalt 6, backstab,
modern combat 3. (want to play 4 but its not smooth enough for me to play it emjoyably.)
NFS most wanted. (If you want to add me - ozzmanj1)
Order & chaos
The built in PS1 emulator
Other emus
Bards tale
Dead space
All kemco RPGs
Nova 2.
Sorry for the long list. But if someone sees any games above that don't really play nice with JB can you state below. Thank you
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ozzmanj1 said:
Thank you everyone for the replies. As stated I am new to the GSM xperia play but have been on the CDMA for 18 months. I pretty much stick to my own stock VZ rom but heavilynmodded and debloated. So I am just trying to determine what are some users preferred choice(s) of roms as I have been limited to choices of roms when compared to the GSM model.
I guess I should also ask as I have been on 2.3.3 since pretty much the beginning but with the recent release of JB for the PLAY I would imagine that the xperia games launcher doesn't work as these roms are not built on Sony framework, am I incorrect in this? And also how people rate the gamepads on JB? I pretty much play some of the following
Shadowgun,
asphalt 6, backstab,
modern combat 3. (want to play 4 but its not smooth enough for me to play it emjoyably.)
NFS most wanted. (If you want to add me - ozzmanj1)
Order & chaos
The built in PS1 emulator
Other emus
Bards tale
Dead space
All kemco RPGs
Nova 2.
Sorry for the long list. But if someone sees any games above that don't really play nice with JB can you state below. Thank you
Sent from my R800x using xda premium
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Some ics roms can play them with no trouble apart from mc4 but mc3 works good and so does gta vice city on low graphic settings on ics but as for jb there's touchpad lag in some games lie gta mc3 and a few others shadow gun works but I couldn't get the expansion pack (leftover) to work just kept force closes but some games can run pretty good like fifa 12
But if you want perfect gaming any gingerbread rom
For ics my personal favourite is miui Australia
And jb slimbean or Turbo ui
But these are just my findings and opinions
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ILikeTheWayYouMove2 said:
Some ics roms can play them with no trouble apart from mc4 but mc3 works good and so does gta vice city on low graphic settings on ics but as for jb there's touchpad lag in some games lie gta mc3 and a few others shadow gun works but I couldn't get the expansion pack (leftover) to work just kept force closes but some games can run pretty good like fifa 12
But if you want perfect gaming any gingerbread rom
For ics my personal favourite is miui Australia
And jb slimbean or Turbo ui
But these are just my findings and opinions
Sent from my R800i using xda app-developers app
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Thank you. I game a lot (when I have the time) So I would prefer something that would be best with the following features:
Excellent for Gaming
A Rom that has the most available memory.
Is DiXperia and/or NXT2JB / NXT Lite good with these above perks? Again sorry for all the questions its just that now that I have all these choices of ROMs I cannot decide and thought I would pick everyones brain on it.

My vote goes toward jokawild. No titanium backup issues, great on gaming, better wifi strength, xperia stock look. Best of all its based on stock gingerbread.

New Xperia Play user here HELP PLEASE

Hi everyone,
So i just recently purchased a Xperia Play. And looking for the best or a very good rom to flash my phone with.
I am Mainly looking for one that increases game performance, and battery life and is stable as well.
can someone please recommend me a good one to get started
thanks

JaKSLaP said:
Hi everyone,
So i just recently purchased a Xperia Play. And looking for the best or a very good rom to flash my phone with.
I am Mainly looking for one that increases game performance, and battery life and is stable as well.
can someone please recommend me a good one to get started
thanks
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I am pretty sure there LOTS of ROMS like that throughout the forum but I would recommend Close2Perfection and Gin2KitKat. Try them both if you can and see what is good for you. BTW, both of them are GB ROMs.
Sent from my R800i 'Xperia Play' (Zeus)

JaKSLaP said:
Hi everyone,
So i just recently purchased a Xperia Play. And looking for the best or a very good rom to flash my phone with.
I am Mainly looking for one that increases game performance, and battery life and is stable as well.
can someone please recommend me a good one to get started
thanks
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You should flash Gamerzrom or xAlien they both have good speed and battery life

X-Giga said:
I am pretty sure there LOTS of ROMS like that throughout the forum but I would recommend Close2Perfection and Gin2KitKat. Try them both if you can and see what is good for you. BTW, both of them are GB ROMs.
Sent from my R800i 'Xperia Play' (Zeus)
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Ok thanks i ll give Gin2Kitkat first.
is there anything missing in that rom, like wife, 3g, touchpad control etc
thanks

ltkj said:
You should flash Gamerzrom or xAlien they both have good speed and battery life
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thanks ill give those a shot too. the problem i am facing is i just got one after 2 years. so when i was searching around for roms their were heaps, and got confused.

JaKSLaP said:
thanks ill give those a shot too. the problem i am facing is i just got one after 2 years. so when i was searching around for roms their were heaps, and got confused.
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Well, I used the Gin2JellyBean Rom 2.5.2 (not a fan of the kitkat 3.0.0 look). It's very stable, has great battery life and it's also extremely powerful when it comes to gaming. Also, I haven't found something which is missing. Everything is working great and it's without a doubt, one(!) of the best Xperia Play GB roms you can find here.
But for now I'm using IceCreamSpeed V12. I like the design and it's an incredible good ICS rom, with full Touchpad Support (and if it doesn't work for specific games you can use the Touchpad activator, coming with the rom).

Alright so
I tested almost all "gaming" roms on gb for the xperia play for 1 year now..... And i have to say that NXT Light or Auroraplay is the best choice for you if you want to game
I am now on auroraplay and i have to say i can play everygame without overclocking and withotu lags
Btw: The GB Roms are much faster then the ICS roms so dont bother you use gingerbread for gaming
The best kernel for gingerbread is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849536
So use that with auroraplay and your xperia play will fly!!!!
Edit: No that roms hasnt any bugs and of corse you can use your touchpad

1. I have tried many ROMS too. but the SuperLite JB is one of my Fav's .. I used it as a daily for 1 year. Totally customizable because of AOKP settings.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2357756
and then I switched to MIUI.. ohhhhh.. MIUI is the real Beautiful Face of Android.. the usual android is soooooooooooooo Boring.. MIUI is a please to the eye.. Totally Customizable.. Loving it from within 5 mins of Installing it..
2. You have the Gaming Edition GB here .. http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2201338
3. and also the newer.. JB edition here .. http://en.miui.com/thread-3182-1-1.html .. the JB one is amazing.. and newer.. a totally fresh change.. but still ANDROID.