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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Andreas527:
9mm HD won't even start. Shut down just after the Gameloft intro.. Some that experience same problems

And it's from market. I not loaded from a other device

Asus Prime & Tapatalk
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
Check this interesting article out..could be related to us. NVIDIA knows something is up

http://www.androidpit.com/en/android/blog/404185/htc-one-x?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] leppie:
Where the game just disappears, is like an 'out of memory' error. (see my logs above).

As for flickering, that could be related to your posting.

Also, the 'out of memory' issue only started with .21. I could play multiple games without having to reboot on .15. Now one game per reboot basically.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mrakoris:
This problem lasts from first firmware, and not only games - flash and video player like dice and mx are on this too. Mainly glitch starts for me with flash player (or any other video player) switches to full screen and freeze. After that, most of soft starts to crash until reboot.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rogerchew:
there are issues with Let's Golf 3, graphical freezes where the screen just turns rainbow
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
I even had Osmosis HD acting up on me last night. A reboot fixed it but this needs addressing ASAP. I think there's a memory leak somewhere that's causing this.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
OP,wyand32, we need to get this thread or at least the OP more centralized with info regarding what games people experiencing issues on & what the symptoms are. I spoke with Gary and they have been trying to recreate issues but no success so far. he said he was playing Shodowgun for like 3 hrs. on a unit that was sent back that was said to not be able to play the game at all. its working fine on that unit and no freezes or crashes. I told him it happens randomly on different games that are graphically intense or 3D ones. So we need to provide better info for them to recreate what we are experiencing. if they can't recreate the problem, they won't know what to fix or where tl look. Maybe even get some logcats going or something possibly while playing these games. I don't know how to do that but its possible.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] huytrang90:
I've been seeing frozen graphics, game shutdown on Shadowgun, shadowgun tHD, TinyVillage and many other games as of late.

I have tried to turn off my force GPU, but no help.

Let me know if anything i could help troubleshooting this issue.

(not sure if it is real, but .21 seems to make this occurs more often than before.)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] leppie:
I have posted logcats for 4 games already. All the same issue.

To repro, just open a bunch a games without rebooting. No need to play for hours.

It seems to happen when allocating a big chunk of memory (via native code, not Dalvik). I have had a similar issue with PerfectViewer, and disabling the caching features, fixes the issue. Will check tonite if it is indeed the same error as I experience in games. Best guess is a memory management fragmentation issue. Hopefully this is NOT due to the hardware MMU and just a software mistake.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] awirtz:
Guys,

just wanted to add that I have similar issues, ranging from garbled screens with intermixed horizontal lines to totally black screens with sound and music still on. Sometimes I manage to kill the game and it works again, but only to a certain point and then the screen is f***ed up again.

I've noticed that on Shadowgun THD, Pinball Arcade and Zen Pinball THD.

Cheers
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jordanmw:
I have also experienced the issue with Shadowgun THD, and can't play for more than a minute or two without a crash. Seeing more freezing and force closes in general now.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] brainlessrider:
Same happens to me...

My prime flickers whenever i load heavy 3D games. Please fix this ASUS !!!!!!!!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
Jep, we need a fix for that. Even the silly aquarium game of my fiancee is flickering every now and then...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jordanmw:
Can't believe that weeks have gone by and still no resolution to this issue....

Asus Transformer Prime Customer = Asus/Nvidia/Google Beta tester!!

Can you all believe that we all paid 500+ to beta test for them?!?!?!?!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
theres a new update coming that "should" address this issue among others.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
Giev the fix :) i didnt use my Prime for gaming the last week... Ok there was the DiabloIII beta over the weekend and i didnt have much time, but my point is: I dont even want to start up games because i know it will just break after a few seconds... Even my PSX(fpse) emulator is affected in GPU mode.

Everything works after a clean reboot then after some hours in standby almost everything that uses 3D graphics (also some 2D games) flicker and break. I hate it!

Waiting fo the update.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
I'm waiting also buddy. i only have the issues on a few games. not all of them or I'd really be pissed. my Fpse(psx emulator) and my other emulators all work fine though. Its mostly the heavy duty 3d games like Shadowgun that act up. not all, but enough to where i don't like it..lol

i don't think its due to last update though. i had this issue with some games well before that. mostly the gameloft games that were unsupported at the time. With tegra3 and ICS being new, there's alot of optimizing and fixes to be made. ICS has been causing issues for alot of different devices. I still would rather have ICS than HC though. ICS is so much better but still needs polishing up. I'm trying to find out what is the changelog for new update but haven't heard anything back yet.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
Yeah i know Asus is aware of the issue so i guess it'll get figured out in the end. But its that time again that i spend the firmware update button a visit every day :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jordanmw:
It was definitely the update demandarin, even games that I bought directly were playing very well prior to the .21 update.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
yeah, I can say it happens alot more frequently now, for me, after last update. All I know is that alot of great games like Max Payne is about to be released and it better work properly on my prime...lol. I only can play shadowgunn THD leftover pack for a few seconds before it freezes up. sometimes longer but still same outcome. really makes me mad because I'm still anxious to see all the additions the left over pack added to that game.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] stigmax:
we need a fix...sigh..
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
go get Dark Meadows THD game. its out and its free. best graphics to date on Android yet.

let me know if your prime starts freezing up in this game. seems like i can only play it for a short period of time before the game freezes up and screen starts jumping. fresh reboot fixed it for a lil but it happened again. im pissed cuz this game is really good. Asus/Nvidia needs to fix this asap..lol its doing the same thing like some other games are doing. this game might be a good example to use to recreate gaming issues. ill pass on the info to gary. it would be best if everyone downloads this game and report back how it performs after playing for a while. i hope this gets fixed very soon or in update we about to get. Im looking forward to playing this game and others without it messing up.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] buxtahuda:
D/l'ed Dark Meadow: The Pact and played it for about 30 minutes on Balanced, from about 16% to 11% battery. I love it! Pretty awesome, I like the fighting although I feel like I need an extra arm to be able to dodge well. And it is completely free, not freemium. There's a link that says something about free stuff but just opens a blank page (maybe my adblock?), but you just find money everywhere. Looks really good too, indeed nearing console graphics but not the current generation. I really can't wait to see what all is actually out (in regards to tablets and SoC's) come Q4 and on into 2013.

*EDIT:

Ok, yeah, freemium but not that bad. Seems to me like the game is actually playable without purchasing anything, as opposed to a lot of the freemium games I've seen over the years.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] gururise:
In andosbox and dosbox turbo, after playing for about 10-30 minutes, the emulator will quit back to the homescreen, as if the OS killed the task due to low memory or something. Strangely, both emulators work fine on my TF101.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ngough:
same for me, quits randomly between 5 to 20 minutes for me in dosbox turbo...sad stuff
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
Yeah when the Prime is in this "state", where games will beginn to force close or flicker or show black screens, then my emulators will get problems as well. FPSE for example wont start a rom then and just go to a black screen. If you're not sure just restart you device after running into problems, it works again after a restart you know its the prime that's causing it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Esenthel:
Please add support for GTA3. Everytime I start, it crashes.

Other games work fine, though too bad Modern Combat 3 is not available on the Prime..
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shinzz:
Has anyone purchased/played Mass Effect Infiltrator yet? Wondering if it has the annoying freeze, reboot, & lag issues....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
thanks Alot!

I REally appreciate this new insight as to what might be going on. I just sent all of this info to the Asus technical Marketing manager, Gary, here in the forum. Hopefully if they didn't realize what you said already, this could give them a new insight into gaming issues. I relayed all info and that it came from you. I also linked them to this exact thread and told them which post number was yours. Thanks alot ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] flhthemi:
One More for the List

Add Raging Thunder by Polarbit to the list.

Won't run at all since .21
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MRCANNADY:
Guys, please read my thread on the game crash issue..seems to be a good temporary fix until the next update is released. I don't experience anymore crashes with games like Dark Meadow, Nova 3 GTA etc...and my browser doesn't lag anymore. Try it and post of it helps any of you.

Thanks

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1690619
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Daniel 9999:
Hai ,i have a android razr i 540x960 running dosbox turbo & trying to adjust the font size bigger for easy reading in Portrait. i have try all fullscreen .... but only scaler=normal2x forced work but then in Portrait Mode is too big font & see half only. Thanks in advance
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] AndroidFileHost:
SEE POST 3 FOR ROOT GUIDE

Below you will find the neccesary steps needed to get Google Play to run on BlueStacks Beta

1. Install Root Explore (can be downloaded for free using bluestacks and typing in the app name)

2. Download the Vending.apk and Google Framework from this post.

http://www.androidfilehost.com/main/Misc/Bluestack/

3. Copy them to /data/bst

4. Give them these Permissions

(rwxr-xr-x) or through adb:

Code:

5. Reboot Bluestacks

6. Download ADW Launcher if you haven't (this is not a requirement but it helps as if you already have Google Play in your PC you just find it through /data/windowsdata)

7. Find Google Play and sign in with your email and password.

Step by Step Guide on how to get into root.fs and mount the system.img

Click Here

The programs that are listed in the tutorial can also be found on my site here:

http://www.androidfilehost.com/main/Misc/Bluestack/

Along with those programs you will find all the tools,apks, installers you will need to get the market on Bluestacks Beta along with the tools to modify its files.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] AndroidFileHost:
Lost, Confused, Cant get the Market to run with the instructions above?

Alternative Way-UPDATED 4/2/2012 :

I have uploaded a modified root.fs to my site for you to download

I added the the market per the instructions in the tutorial on the blog.

Steps:

Download the root.fs and overwrite the current root.fs on your computer.

Location:

C:\ProgramData\BlueStacks\Android

Make sure to stop all instances of BlueStacks before overwriting the file. Also Please Please make a backup of your original root.fs before overwriting the file with the modified one.

Once you have copied over the new root.fs start Bluestacks and wait for it to load up.

Congrats you have the newest Market running on BlueStacks.

You might need to install ADW Launcher inorder to see the Play Store/Market. It doesnt show up in the bluestacks launcher

Files can be downloaded from here:

http://www.androidfilehost.com/main/Misc/Bluestack/

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Was going to post my own guide but someone beat me to it.

Here a guide on some of the Registry Tweaks

http://droidhackings.blogspot.com/2012/03/some-useful-registry-tweaks-to-optimize.html
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Stapelmeister:
Thank you!

works perfect! Great!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] milniko:
Can not mount r/w system, any idea, is it possible ???
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Stapelmeister:
I used the alternative method - with the "root.fs"

that was perfect!

I would like to get the bluestacks-alpha-fullscreen again - without the suggested apps bar etc.

Any idea?

Thanks again,

Sascha
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] AndroidFileHost:
We cant get the whole bar to go away yet. im still experimenting with that. I can make it black but not 100% gone.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] AndroidFileHost:
It is not possible yet. Still working on it
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] AndroidFileHost:
Well frick lol Was just posting my tutorial/guide on how to do those things. you beat me to it.

MOD-Please combine last 3 Posts.

Sorry
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tenet421:
@Repin

I went through the Mod-V3.exe that chevy uploaded for the alpha build that enables r/w access to sytem.

The main changes I saw involved system.img, init-hack.img, ramdisk.img, and registry hacks.

-The registry hacks are fairly self-explanatory, except that now there is a need for a /sde1 to allow for the PrebundledApps.fs

-We already have a good system.img with Superuser to use in place of Root.fs in the /Bluestacks/Android/ folder.

-I tore into the alpha initrd.img and compared it to the alpha initrd-hack.img. The only difference inside both initrd.img and initrd-hack.img was a bash script named init. After a comparison of the scripts I found the point where the initrd-hack init script sets up the /system for r/w access. I then compared the alpha init script and init-hack script with the beta init. The only difference between the alpha init script and the beta init script is that the beta script has two extra 'insmod' entries for HD that the alphs does not. So, I made the same changes to the beta init script that are in the alpha init-hack script to enable /system with r/w. ****I'm not sure how to repackage initrd.img with my modified init script so that we can replace the original***

-The only thing I am unsure of is ramdisk.img. My question to chevy is "Did you make any modifications to ramdisk.img contained in the Mod-V3.zip that was uploaded for the alpha build?"

(Edited for spelling)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] milniko:
What is wrong ???

Unpack original initrd.img:

mv initrd.img initrd.gz

gunzip initrd.gz

mkdir tmp

cd tmp

cpio -id < ../initrd

Archiving without any change:

find . -depth -print | cpio -o >../initrd

cd ../

gzip initrd.gz

mv initrd.gz initrd.img

The new cpio file initrd.img does not work, even no change ???
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tenet420:
@milniko

Exactly. I need a way to repackage initrd.img with the new init script but I don't know how.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] AndroidFileHost:
Can you send me the new init script. ill try and repackage it
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] zulu99:
i have ubuntu in vmware and it very simple:

rename to gz

extract the file inside

copy and past this file in vmware ubuntu from windows

when i have this file on ubuntu i extract this file in a folder

edit the file of my interest in this folder

and for repack i use this when i'm inside the folder:

find . | cpio -o -H newc | gzip > ../initrd.gz

in the final i rename initrd.gz in initrd.img

p.s.

the same thisnks for the ramdisk.img
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nagar.xda:
Blue Stack Help

Hello all, How are you

Thanks for help to root, but i've question

Once I Install Blue Stack, I Get automatically downloading some applications like pulse, Talk... etc . I can not cancel those applications.

Please how to cancel all this applications to download and install automatically.

How can I Manage Start up Items, and What Thnkgs that I Can Remove after Rooting Blue Stack. Thank you

Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atltrickster:
Would you mind quoting the post you are responding to next time? It helps keep the thread organized. Additionally, please stop "spamming" the link to your website and simply link to the post in which you originally shared it.

My apologies if I sound like a **** for bringing it up. I assure you it isn't my intention.

We all appreciate your having put together a site with tutorials on it! Very helpful for those looking to play with BlueStacks.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tenet421:
Modified init for initrd.img

This is the edited init file found in initrd.img in Bluestacks Beta. Rename the stock beta initrd.img to initrd.bak. The init file is easily read in Notepad++.

The changes that were made reflect the same changes made in the alpha init that allows for r/w access. Specifically, the changes made are in the part where Androidx86 detection takes place. The script mounts /dev/sdb1 to /mnt and then moves /mnt to /android/system.

This init assumes that the following changes have been made to the Bluestacks Beta filesystem:

-The moddified init file has been repacked into initrd-hack.img. Place it in the \%programdata%\BlueStacks\Android\ folder.

-try the ramdisk.img from Mod-V3.zip alpha as /sda1. Place it in the \%programdata%\BlueStacks\Android\ folder.

-xRepinsSporx system.img file with superuser is to be used as /sdb1. Place it in the \%programdata%\BlueStacks\Android\ folder.

-the beta Data.fs is to be used as /sdc1

-the beta SDCard.fs is to be used at /sdd1

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Changes that need to be made to the registry are:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BlueStacks\Guests\Android]

"BootParameters"="root=/dev/sda1 SRC=/android DATA=/dev/sdc1 SDCARD=/dev/sdd1 GUID= OEM=BlueStacks"

"Initrd"="C:\\ProgramData\\BlueStacks\\Android\\initrd-hack.img"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BlueStacks\Guests\Android\BlockDevice\0]

"Name"="sda1"

"Path"="C:\\ProgramData\\BlueStacks\\Android\\ramdisk.img"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BlueStacks\Guests\Android\BlockDevice\1]

"Name"="sdb1"

"Path"="C:\\ProgramData\\BlueStacks\\android\\system.img"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BlueStacks\Guests\Android\BlockDevice\2]

"Name"="sdc1"

"Path"="C:\\ProgramData\\BlueStacks\\Android\\Data.fs"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BlueStacks\Guests\Android\BlockDevice\3]

"Name"="sdd1"

"Path"="C:\\ProgramData\\BlueStacks\\Android\\SDCard.fs"

*** Also, “DisableRobustness” in [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BlueStacks\Guests\Android] may need to be changed from “0” to “1” ***
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] zulu99:
i can repack, but the method of tenet24 not work.

the file is this:

http://www.2shared.com/file/wm2Wcqsa/initrd-hack.html

p.s.

i used the system.img inside the original Root.fs->system.sfs and the ramdisk.img of modv3

if i put this 3 files in other folder and correct the regedit to this other folder, the bluestacks hangs on a black screen, after this with hd-adb.exe i can connect to the virtual android and i can remount in rw the /system folder, but the gui of bluestacks not work. i think the ramdisk.img is not good, we can repack also this.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tenet420:
@zulu99

Can you post any debug or logs from when the GUI wont load? Check the Bluestacks folder for their log, and try to use adb to get the last ten lines or so of debug.

Thanks.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sangtrananh:
Problem with Google Play

Everything work well but the problem just happened about 3 or 4 hours ago. I can't search anything on Google Play. It always said " No results found", I also tried with keyword " Google". I cleared Data and cache but it still happened.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rocketero:
I"m going to try to install the 2215 and see if it solves the problem with an app installing and re-installing itself again and again. In my case there is an app that I even didn't install, it appeared by itself and it's called: "Make your Home"

About the root.fs I'm going to see if it works with 2215 and let you know if Market still works.

this issue with this app re installing itself is driving me nuts as it interrupts the process of other apps that I'm running and at the moment of re-installing the CPU goes all the way to the roof.

---------- Post added at 06:06 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:05 AM ----------

sure not a problem
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] User1412:
When I overwrite the file root.fs as the second thread in page 1 said, I cannot load the andoid on bluestack anymore, I'm waiting for nearly 1 hour but nothing happens.

Help me pls, everyone...

p/s: the backup of original root.fs still work but I need to have google play market apps, the original one can't run it (of course)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rocketero:
I have good news for you, after installing the 2215 version and pasting the root.fs I was using with 2212, the Google Market works, and also I pasted the SDCard.fs (8 GB) I was using with 2212 and it works fine in 2215.

I also use Bluestacks cloud connect so most of the apps I was using with 2212 were installed automatically to the 2215 after it finished installation.

I Hope that helps you.

P.S. So far not apps have been installing/reinstalling themselves.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Dingo_HR:
Thanks for testing for me, will try it myself also.

Root.fs I know where to find but SDcard.fs no, can you help me with link. Thanks