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Has anyone been able to get this game working yet? cant believe how long they are taking to port it to ics!
I am not sure the issue. I purchased my plants vs zombies through amazon market a long time ago and it works on my nexus.
Now that I have actually played it (just installed... only had it for a week or so) it semi locked up on me during tutorial. Is that the typical issue?
I cant get it to run on my AOKP Galaxy Nexus either. Bummer....
doesn't work on Android 4.0
For some reason I don't think that game will get any more support for it past that one update. I bought it from Amazon too, but I've given up.
not working yet for ics and not in the future i think
It's working fine for me, played a few levels just now. First startup froze but after exiting the app and starting it again I got right in.
Amazon FAOTD
Force GPU rendering turned on in Developer options
4.0.4
I had same issue, I contacted support and got this as a response:
Hello from PopCap,
Thank you for taking the time to send us your feedback. As Ice Sandwich is a relatively new OS, we have not been able to iron out all the possible bugs that may arise. Let me assure you that we are constantly striving to ensure all our games are bug free and up to the standard that PopCap customers have come to expect. Please keep an eye out for future updates on Android to address these issues. Unfortunately i am unable to give a time-frame as to when the next update will be.
I apologize for any inconvenience caused and again thank you for your feedback.
Please come visit us again at www.popcap.com, and check out our community forums where you can talk to other PopCap members and staff!
Kind regards,
Peter
PopCap Customer Support
http://www.popcap.com/
I was so bummed when i tried to play PvZ and Peggle and saw that they are not optimized for ICS. I could not play these on my OG DROID and was waiting for a new phone to play them.
Like WiredPirate, said forcing GPU setting fix it! well almost. it played a whole level and it froze on the huge wave. Normally im lucky if i can plant one sunflower. so pretty big improvement there.
Yeah. Peggle bonks too. can't wait till they fix it! Love those games!
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turn off force GPU rendering.
deaffob said:
turn off force GPU rendering.
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If you turn it off, it won't even load past the popcap splash screen. With force rendering on, I can play to the end of the first level and it freezes.....
it's not that it doesnt work with ICS, i was running CM9 on my nexus s and it worked fine for about 3 days until my galaxy nexus arrived and now it refuses to even install
it's like it's the device rather than the software which is the limiting factor, maybe it doesn't like the way the software buttons etc are done?
Plants Vs. Zombies was just recently updated in the Amazon Appstore to version 1.1. I can confirm that, while not high-res, it does work flawlessly on the Galaxy Nexus now.
I'm running stock 4.0.2.
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Plants Vs. Zombies was just recently updated in the Amazon Appstore to version 1.1. I can confirm that, while not high-res, it does work flawlessly on the Galaxy Nexus now.
I'm running stock 4.0.2.
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I got the update also but it still doesn't officially have Galaxy Nexus support, market says incompatible, and it still won't load past the Popcap splash for me. Anything special you did to get it to work for you?
EDIT: Nevermind, I got it to work by completely uninstalling and redownloading it. You're right, its working perfectly. Thanks.
The latest update is running fine on my GN.
Still works for me on 4.0.4, GPU ON.
Doesnt work for me. All i can get my hands on is 1.3 for desire since thats my old phone used to buy the game
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on cm9 2/25 stock, no gpu settings, works perfect, played 3 levels already
wouldnt work for me
stock
aokp
also a side note, real racing 2 only worked on my current cm9, aokp and stock didnt work
cm9 ownz
I only have the option to download 1.0 how are you guys getting 1.1?
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I ask that you please be gentle, this is my first post.
I just picked up the SG Note 8.0, which is running JB 4.1.2.
I own an SG 3 with JB 4.1.1 and have everything working perfectly on it. It is unlocked, rooted and streams all flash consistently, including Amazon video streaming. On my SG 3 I use an older ver. of Dolphin with the latest most up-to-date flash.apk, Flash Player 11.1 for Android 4.0.
My problem is for the life of me I cannot get Amazon to stream on my SG Note 8.0. At best, flash streaming on my SG Note 8.0 on other sites is very, very spotty. I am using FF 20.1.1 with the phony user-agent add-in, so it forces desktop versions of sites and have Flash Player 11.1 for Android 4.0 (11.1.115.54) installed. I have tried other browsers such the latest versions of Xscope and Boat, no luck with Amazon and no improvement in consistency of flash streaming. When trying to stream amazon video it gets as far loading and next connecting, which upon it loads a black screen instead of playing the video.
On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the highest), I absolutely want to be able to watch amazon videos on my SG 8.
Thanks much!
I think everyone is having difficulty with Amazon streaming, unfortunately. I think that Amazon may be blocking things. The following posts go into much greater detail.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2246286
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2260149
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2244746
pluginalong said:
I think everyone is having difficulty with Amazon streaming, unfortunately. I think that Amazon may be blocking things. The following posts go into much greater detail.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2246286
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2260149
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2244746
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Arrgghhhh... Amazon!
Beatchica said:
Arrgghhhh... Amazon!
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Yeah, it sucks....
Anyone having issues with ....
Nova 3
Need For Speed: Most Wanted
NBA Jam
DarkMinax said:
Anyone having issues with ....
Nova 3
Need For Speed: Most Wanted
NBA Jam
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Haven't tried the others, but Most Wanted certainly works just fine. Had a hell of a time getting it to download (it all of a sudden did, after leaving it alone for a while).
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Anyone having issues with ....
Nova 3
Need For Speed: Most Wanted
NBA Jam
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Need for Speed works flawless on mine. Have not tried others.
I can get Nova Multiplayer to work fine, but not the single player. Quite annoying.
I can't get Heroes or Order and chaos or Wild Blood to work correctly. Wild Blood lacks lots of graphics and Heroes crashes on the tutorial without explanation. Anyone have some thoughts?
TomTom doesn't work, but that isn't a game. Some drawing apps don't work yet either (all from the Hello ColorPencil variety), but I'm sure they will be fixed and aren't games.
The Simpsons tapped out has so much lag that I can't play it with this tablet, yet there is no problem when I play the same game on the first note 10.1, I wish I knew what the issue is, maybe it's the 4.3 problem ?.??..
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The Simpsons tapped out has so much lag that I can't play it with this tablet, yet there is no problem when I play the same game on the first note 10.1, I wish I knew what the issue is, maybe it's the 4.3 problem ?.??..
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I found it to be very frustrating as well. Turning "power saver" off seems to have little effects as well. I'm thinking that there just isn't good support for the tablet as of yet, it's only two weeks old.
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I can't get Heroes or Order and chaos or Wild Blood to work correctly. Wild Blood lacks lots of graphics and Heroes crashes on the tutorial without explanation. Anyone have some thoughts?
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What version of the note are you using? Wifi or lte edition ( exynos or snapdragon)
Could everyone write up what version of the note you're having issues with, that way we might be able to find a patern. I.e what SoC is more stable, reliable.
Basing on similar Note 3 the Snapdragon 800 version has better app compatibility along with better performance.
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Basing on similar Note 3 the Snapdragon 800 version has better app compatibility along with better performance.
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This is so frustrating. I'm pretty annoyed that I purchased an expensive tablet, and it can't run popular apps/games due to it's processor. Are there any advantages to having the 600?
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This is so frustrating. I'm pretty annoyed that I purchased an expensive tablet, and it can't run popular apps/games due to it's processor. Are there any advantages to having the 600?
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I'm assuming you meant the 800 snapdragon?
It's faster, a tad more stable ( as far as I've been able to gather ) and seems to have broader support within games/ apps / development.
In essence
Snapdragon better GPU
Exynos Better CPU
here check these out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdnj-kdAYnE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NOVPijsBME
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I'm assuming you meant the 800 snapdragon?
It's faster, a tad more stable ( as far as I've been able to gather ) and seems to have broader support within games/ apps / development.
In essence
Snapdragon better GPU
Exynos Better CPU
here check these out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdnj-kdAYnE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NOVPijsBME
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Sorry I meant the P600 which has the Exynos. I don't really see any benefit to having it. Sure it has "8" cores, but if it can't run things properly, why bother?
You guys are on drugs if you think the hardware isn't capable of running these games.
Just wait for the developers to update it won't be the end of the world.
-see most wanted and dead trigger 2 for reference, kthx.
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You guys are on drugs if you think the hardware isn't capable of running these games.
Just wait for the developers to update it won't be the end of the world.
-see most wanted and dead trigger 2 for reference, kthx.
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I think it's more than capable. I'm worried about actual development more than anything. I think we'll see fewer roms/kernels, and less support for apps/games.
Yeah, we probably won't see roms or kernels thats true, i'm fine with that part as it defeats the purpose of this device.
As far as support from games it will be okay since these devices are selling fairly well (Note 10.1 & morso Note 3).
Asphalt 8 Runs like crap no high settings available
Hey guys,
Its strange to me that Dead Trigger 2, and Need 4 Speed Most Wanted look amazing and run flawless yet Asphalt 8 looks horrible, has terrible framrates, and does not allow you to enable graphics higher than low on this tablet. Hope the devs can update this game so I can enjoy.
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Hey guys,
Its strange to me that Dead Trigger 2, and Need 4 Speed Most Wanted look amazing and run flawless yet Asphalt 8 looks horrible, has terrible framrates, and does not allow you to enable graphics higher than low on this tablet. Hope the devs can update this game so I can enjoy.
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I haven't been getting terrible frame rates, granted it doesn't look amazing, but it's not at all bad. Have you turned power saving off?
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The Simpsons tapped out has so much lag that I can't play it with this tablet, yet there is no problem when I play the same game on the first note 10.1, I wish I knew what the issue is, maybe it's the 4.3 problem ?.??..
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Sorry to dredge up an old thread but I just got the 2014 edition yesterday and I'm finding this game almost unbearable. But here's the weird part, previously I had the original Note 10.1 and it played fine, just like you say. When I got the new one I wiped the old one to give it to my wife. Now the old one lags terribly too.
This is really frustrating, but at the same time gives me some hope. It ran fine on the old one until I did the factory reset. So that tells me there might be a setting somewhere that can fix this issue.
Of course, this thread is so old you guys might have already solved the issue. If so, please post how you fixed it.
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Sorry to dredge up an old thread but I just got the 2014 edition yesterday and I'm finding this game almost unbearable. But here's the weird part, previously I had the original Note 10.1 and it played fine, just like you say. When I got the new one I wiped the old one to give it to my wife. Now the old one lags terribly too.
This is really frustrating, but at the same time gives me some hope. It ran fine on the old one until I did the factory reset. So that tells me there might be a setting somewhere that can fix this issue.
Of course, this thread is so old you guys might have already solved the issue. If so, please post how you fixed it.
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Still an issue. I've tried a number of things - factory reset, CleamROM, standing on my head, starting a new game, etc. Can't get decent performance out of my favourite game! This sucks!
Maybe I should try to open a support ticket with Samsung - wonder if they'd even respond.
I just got my Galaxy Tab S 8.4 from Amazon and I'm already having issues with it
I play Simpsons Tapped Out and this game ran without any lag on my 2012 Nexus 7. However, when I load up the game on the Galaxy Tab S 8.4, I am having major lag while trying to pan around the town and even while trying to tap the buildings to collect money. I imagine Tapped Out is an incredibly casual and lightweight game(resource wise), so it makes me worried about how 'real' games will perform on the device.
My question is, if I root and debloat the tablet, will this improve performance on the tablet? Or is this the kind of performance that I can expect from the Exynos tablets?
I found this thread, and I was going to follow those instructions to debloat it with titanium backup(I assume I can use that to debloat it). Has anyone tried this and noticed an increase in performance?
Thanks in advance for anyone who can help
As a follow up. I just went through and rooted the tablet, froze all that bloat and it's still performing like garbage in Simpsons Tapped Out. How is this possible that the Exynos chip isn't as good as a 2 year old tablet? Is it the QHD display? Is it TouchWiz that's causing it?
Out of all the reviews I looked at, none talked about this type of lag. This Simpsons game can't be that graphic intensive. Why is it stuttering so badly when I pan around the town?
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As a follow up. I just went through and rooted the tablet, froze all that bloat and it's still performing like garbage in Simpsons Tapped Out. How is this possible that the Exynos chip isn't as good as a 2 year old tablet? Is it the QHD display? Is it TouchWiz that's causing it?
Out of all the reviews I looked at, none talked about this type of lag. This Simpsons game can't be that graphic intensive. Why is it stuttering so badly when I pan around the town?
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May just be that that game is confused by the Exynos 8 core cpu. The device clearly has the power to run a simple game like that. In short, I think it may be the game and not the tablet.
One other idea. Try running Nova Launcher. But other users have had the same issue as you with that particular game.
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May just be that that game is confused by the Exynos 8 core cpu. The device clearly has the power to run a simple game like that. In short, I think it may be the game and not the tablet.
One other idea. Try running Nova Launcher. But other users have had the same issue as you with that particular game.
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That is really sad to hear. I can't get Family Guy working properly on the tablet and now this Besides watching content when I'm in bed, this is all I use the tablet for. It's making it really hard to format my 2012 Nexus 7 so I can give it to my father.
I'm curious if it's the CPU or the GPU that the game is having an issue with. I have had my eye on this forum lately and am getting excited that the CyanogenMod ROM might be the solution to my issue with these casual games. Positive thoughts :fingers-crossed:
Thanks for your input. I will say that it handles my 1080p content from my Drobo with BS Player flawlessly. So at least there's something
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That is really sad to hear. I can't get Family Guy working properly on the tablet and now this Besides watching content when I'm in bed, this is all I use the tablet for. It's making it really hard to format my 2012 Nexus 7 so I can give it to my father.
I'm curious if it's the CPU or the GPU that the game is having an issue with. I have had my eye on this forum lately and am getting excited that the CyanogenMod ROM might be the solution to my issue with these casual games. Positive thoughts :fingers-crossed:
Thanks for your input. I will say that it handles my 1080p content from my Drobo with BS Player flawlessly. So at least there's something
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I've loaded up a few games under my current cm ROM and they have all played flawlessly. Though I haven't tried the games you mentioned, and I'm married a month away from having a baby so I'm a bit too broke to buy something I'm not going to play.
Tonight there should be a ROM with sound working if you want to give it a go.
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I've loaded up a few games under my current cm ROM and they have all played flawlessly. Though I haven't tried the games you mentioned, and I'm married a month away from having a baby so I'm a bit too broke to buy something I'm not going to play.
Tonight there should be a ROM with sound working if you want to give it a go.
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Both Simpsons Tapped Out and Family Guy Quest for Stuff are free to play games.
I have been keeping an eye on your CyanogenMod thread. I have never used it for more than a day on my Nexus 5 before, but I'm excited to try it out on my Tab S 8.4
Clash of clans works great! Try it. It's crazy addicting
I installed Simpsons on my S 8.4, it seems to be running smooth for me. But I only started the game and my city is pretty basic at the moment, maybe performance issues start with a larger city ?
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I installed Simpsons on my S 8.4, it seems to be running smooth for me. But I only started the game and my city is pretty basic at the moment, maybe performance issues start with a larger city ?
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I wouldn't say I have a huge city, I'm only level 17. Nothing like my level 40 city in Family Guy. But I have a dozen or so characters unlocked in Simpsons. I can log out of my account and play as a guest I think to test on a starter city.
well, it wont' connect to the server now :/ but I will test it when I can
There have been reports of issues with this game on the other galaxy tablet forums as well. Since this tablet is fully capable of running even more complex games I would focus on the software as the issue. I'm not sure if these issues have been relayed to the developer but that would a great start to a resolution.
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Back to the initial topic: Debloating can eliminate some of the background services that consume processing power. But it would surprise me if this would result in any relevant speedup (on an Octacore).
Other than that, probably the color adaption+enhancement thing does cost some performance (and battery).
And Mali T628 drivers might not be optimized.
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I wouldn't say I have a huge city, I'm only level 17. Nothing like my level 40 city in Family Guy. But I have a dozen or so characters unlocked in Simpsons. I can log out of my account and play as a guest I think to test on a starter city.
well, it wont' connect to the server now :/ but I will test it when I can
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Just to let you know it's not your tab. Tapped out doesn't work properly with exynos. It's the same note 10.1 2014 ed and tab so. It's a software issue
reubenskelly1992 said:
Just to let you know it's not your tab. Tapped out doesn't work properly with exynos. It's the same note 10.1 2014 ed and tab so. It's a software issue
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thanks for all the help everyone :good:
Just FYI... The Simpsons Tapped Out also performed horribly on my Nexus 10. I think it is the app. It was never optimized for some reason
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Just FYI... The Simpsons Tapped Out also performed horribly on my Nexus 10. I think it is the app. It was never optimized for some reason
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It plays perfectly fine on my 2012 Nexus 7. There has been a swarm of lag complaints about it on blogs dedicated to the game. So maybe it's on their end
We now have some excellent rom's in development which should improve your experience.
I just tried the Simpson and couldn't try to replicate the lag problem. Mind runs very smooth.
NixxonExxo said:
I just tried the Simpson and couldn't try to replicate the lag problem. Mind runs very smooth.
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thanks for testing
i loaded a new game and it ran ok until I got about 3 or 4 people on the screen. i see different lag spots. one happens when it first loads people's animations. so even if i scroll away, when i come back it seems to load those animations again. another lag spot i see is when i try to tap on a building to activate the money or finish the person's task. when the money bounces out of the building, i see lag spikes here. they don't go completely away after i collect the money, but shortly after
the family guy from the amazon store plays fine and doesn't have this lag. i also read on some dedicated simpsons tapped out blogs that EA is aware of a lag issue. however, im not entirely sure if i am getting the same lag they are confirming. we will see though.
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i loaded a new game and it ran ok until I got about 3 or 4 people on the screen. i see different lag spots. one happens when it first loads people's animations. so even if i scroll away, when i come back it seems to load those animations again. another lag spot i see is when i try to tap on a building to activate the money or finish the person's task. when the money bounces out of the building, i see lag spikes here. they don't go completely away after i collect the money, but shortly after
the family guy from the amazon store plays fine and doesn't have this lag. i also read on some dedicated simpsons tapped out blogs that EA is aware of a lag issue. however, im not entirely sure if i am getting the same lag they are confirming. we will see though.
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Out of morbid curiosity, have you tried my cm port?
I got the Star Wars Limited Edition of Note 10+ because I love the design of that phone with the red buttons and the red S-Pen (stylus) although I've been a happy Note 8 user all along.
However I'm sad to find that some games which works perfectly fine on Note 8 fails to run in Note 10+.
Both phones are not rooted and are updated to latest official firmware.
The games that have issues on Note 10+ but working perfectly fine on Note 8
- Blackwell Legacy (crashes on start)
- Blackwell Unbound (crashes on start)
- Blackwell Convergence (crashes on start)
- Shivah (crashes on start)
- Gemini Rue (crashes on start)
- Agatha Christie's The ABC Murders (crashes mid-game during a chapter transition)
What's ironic is that these games also work perfectly on a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2! Somehow legacy phones and tablets work better than this new powerful phone.
The first 5 games are from the same developer which no longer offers the app on Google Play so I appreciate no support but then the last one not working indicates something wrong with either Note 10+ software or hardware that causes it to crash and not any fault of the developers. The last app is available on Play Store.
Would any of you have any ideas what might be the cause of this so I could write to Samsung and hope they fix in the next update? Thanks!
It might be due to the coding of the games, it is not uncommon for old games not to run well or not at all on newer operating systems, that would be my guess...
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It might be due to the coding of the games, it is not uncommon for old games not to run well or not at all on newer operating systems, that would be my guess...
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Thanks, so you surmise it's a software issue? If so, perhaps fixable through an update? Note 8 also running on Android 9, same as Note 10+ so I'm sure it's not OS incompatibility.
Would rooting the phone help in cases like this? I feel stupid buying a pretty pricey phone only to have things working on an old phone and not the new one.
Just out of curiosity, I downloaded blackwell legacy on my son's note 8, and, it doesn't even start, tried it in my note10+ and it is just the same, so, I am sorry, maybe it relies on some check in the developer's site or something of the sort
Well, the following games crash on my Note 10+ Exynos on Android 10:
Assoluto (crash on startup)
Decense Zone 3 HD (does not load)
Naval Storm TD (random crashes)
Have not tried other games but in the few others I have in my phone work.
There must have been an issue with the games themselves.
My note10+ freezes when playing Marvel SuperWar, twice.
Had to hold the power button until it shuts down.
Actually a lot of games crash on my Note 10+ on Android 10. Anybody got a fix? Is it the fames not compatible with Android 10?