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[HTC One S] bibabeatmann:
Refering to http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53771369&postcount=297

I would like to test if it would help me if i take the block from a Vodafone branded device?

Thought i better create a new thread for that with a more speaking name.

So if anyone of you has 4g running vodafone on his device, it would be nice if he could adb pull /dev/block/mmcblk0p20 and upload it here.

Thanks
[Verizon LG G2] deathsquad737:
Is anybody running this and if so have you experienced lag?
[Galaxy Tab S General] cpete47:
I've been experiencing significant issues while running this game, to the point of being unplayable. After a little digging, this is an issue across several Samsung tablets, all using the Exynos 5 Octa. I can confirm this isn't a high DPI issue either, because the game ran just fine on my Note Pro 8.4 with a Snapdragon 800 Processor.

Sigh... they put out a flagship product and put their buggy processor in it. I don't know if this has skewed my perception of the tablet, but I also seem to be noticing unexpected lag in other apps as well-- including the XDA Premium app.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
Have you installed Nova Launcher?
[Galaxy Tab S General] xRevilatioNx:
Sounds like an isolated I issue. I'm playing SHADOWGUN :DEADZONE , NBA 2014, Badlands, MC4 and so far I'm getting excellent game play.
[Galaxy Tab S General] cpete47:
Yes, this is with Nova installed. It seems like it's probably a combination of a poorly coded came and some quirk with the SOC.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
My guess is the game doesn't know how to deal with an octacore processor.
[Galaxy Tab S General] 3DSammy:
I'd suggest contacting the developers using examples of working games such as the other user mentioned. Sometimes the devs respond by email especially if an issue can hurt sales. Also a review on Google Play can get attention too but first try the email route.
[Galaxy Tab S General] chargen2:
Exact same issue with my Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition. EA dug in to a certain extent, but eventually the ticket died. To be honest I was sick and tired of dealing with them by that point. IIRC almost a month had passed.

What a sh*t situation!
[Galaxy Tab S General] Zeblade:
yeah they cant check every game and app to see if it runs super smooth. And gaming is not on the top 10 list for this tablet.

Nvidia, Amd, same kind of thing.
[Galaxy Tab S General] BeansTown106:
That sucks one of the reasons I returned my 2014 note :/ but hey I don't play it anymore I wonder of its a game issue or exynos issue
[Galaxy Tab S General] clintonroche:
Beans you shouldn't be playing games...... You should be working on ROMs lol!
[Galaxy Tab S General] Mrdaviso:
Modern Combat 4 sucks on this tab, my kd is suffering badly. I truly hate this tab and pretty sure its going back. Sad thing is I'm sticking with a Tab 2 7 because I think its better. I'm sure that's the kind of customer responses Samsung likes.....

I got the update on the 27th when I initially powered it up but didn't install the update until I became hopeful it would cure the lag.... Wishful thinking. IT WAS MORE BLOAT.
[Galaxy Tab S General] robertc88:
The only labor intensive apps I have tried are Real Racing 3 and GT racing, they seem to run fine for me on the 8.4"

Maybe I'll give MC4 a shot to see what my experience is.
[Galaxy Tab S General] litesout:
I've been having the same lag issue in Simpson's Tapped Out on my Tab S, Galaxy S4, and Nexus 7 2012. All 3 different SoC's, but same lag issue. I'm going to go out on a limb and say its a game issue. Zen Pinball plays beautifully, as does NFS Shift, PvZ 2 and everything else I've thrown at the Tab S.
[Galaxy Tab S General] dcoulombe:
I have the same problem on my 8.4 tab s.

The game runs smoothly on my Samsung Galaxy S4 phone and Asus Transformer TF101 tablet.

I opened the case 14146643 with EA. Let's see what they responds...
[Galaxy Tab S General] funb0b:
A real test is GTA:SA.
[Galaxy Tab S General] dcoulombe:
I've only tester simple games to date (TSTO, Dungeon Keeper, etc). Will try some more challenging ones in the following days.
[Galaxy Tab S General] cyi1:
Arghhh just got my tab and it does the same. Tapped out lags so hard you can't even tap anything lol

Hope they fix this issue...
[Galaxy Tab S General] simacca:
Does Simpson tapped out lag from the start? I just tried it out and set up a new game. Played it for about 30 mins and it didn't lag or get choppy once.
[Galaxy Tab S General] dcoulombe:
It's working OK with a new game, but once you log in to your Springfield, everything gets slow. I'm maxed out in level and my city is big and crowded...
[Galaxy Tab S General] simacca:
Ah ok, I understand now.
[Galaxy Tab S General] dcoulombe:
Shadowgun is stunning on this tablet... I don't have a lot of graphic intensive games, but that's clearly more demanding than tsto...

Still waiting for an answer from my ticket, BTW.
[Galaxy Tab S General] dcoulombe:
Here is the answer of EA - they closed the case :

Not helpful at all. I reopened the case. Not happy at all with this answer...
[Galaxy Tab S General] dcoulombe:
Well, don't expect any help from EA on this problem :

Nice one, EA.
[Galaxy Tab S General] akafaze:
I have the same issues on almost every game I have tried, and all the games work on my S5 just fine. After some research I believe it's because the Exonys processor is subpar for intensive gaming, Snapdragon processors are the much better option for gaming. Sadly, Samsung is only good at making displays on TVs and mobile devices. They have shown that they are not capable of excelling in software or processing chips.
[Galaxy Tab S General] funb0b:
It would of been better if it had the 5433 but this is what happens when building down to a cost.
[Galaxy Tab S General] dcaplinger76:
What games is that? I haven't ran across any lag on the couple I play but they may not be that demanding.
[Galaxy Tab S General] cpete47:
Can someone who's rooted and debloated comment on if the game works for them?
[Galaxy Tab S General] Enddo:
It's an issue with the game not being optimized for the Exynos chip and/or TouchWiz. There's reports of this happening with other Samsung devices too.

I have rooted the Galaxy Tab S 8.4 and debloated it. This doesn't change how this game performs. Someone here is working on an AOSP rom for the Tab S 8.4. I will be installing this when I get some time on my hands. I hope this will fix all the lag I get in Simpsons Tapped Out
[Galaxy Tab S General] Repoman123:
It's actually really unfortunate that this tablet is behaving this way with this game. I have the 8.4 LTE version, in the UK if that makes any difference and the game lags really badly for me too. As well as this the battery sucks big time when I have a game open.

I really don't want to return this tablet but I don't know what else to do.
[Galaxy Tab S General] burnski:
ive been dealing with this for a while on my Tap Pro 10.1 which is almost identical. If you actually install a fresh version of the game and start a new game it wont lag/chop. once you load your existing game it starts to chop really bad, so my guess is its a problem with handling the size of the saved game in ram.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Enddo:
I think you're correct. I did this same test but I continued on with the new city. It only takes about 30-60 minutes of playing before the town starts to fill up and then the lag comes in. There's literally zero lag with a fresh game. Add 2-3 more people to the town and then it starts to lag
[Galaxy Tab S General] funb0b:
Bit shocking as it has 3gb ram, more than most. I'll give it a whirl on this with 2gb ram.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Diversion:
And people wonder why Android apps are usually crap compared to how they run on iOS. Controlled hardware and OS isn't such a bad thing once you see the benefits. :P

Anyways, everything is choppier/laggier than iOS (comparing 1 year old iPad to less than 2 month old Galaxy S tablet).

I don't want to be a hater on the brand new hotness, I spent money on it too just like the rest of you, Samsung chose poorly (probably cheaper to go with Exynos) on this cpu.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Enddo:
Has anyone tested this game on one of the ROMs available? I'm mainly interested if this working-progress port of AOSP helps make this game play without lag

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=55028339&postcount=141
[Galaxy Tab S General] thunderwagn:
What a huge disappointment. Tapped out looks great on the tab s. Unfortunately gameplay on the simpsons is unbearable. Love this tablet but really disappointed that Tapped out is such a flop on the 10.5.
[Galaxy Tab S General] ShapesBlue:
That's odd. Tapped out doesn't seem to lag on my S3 at all or my Tab 2 7.0

After reading a few comments it seems like there are a lot of issues with newer devices. EA doesn't do very well with responding to problems with there games so I'm not all that surprised

From my Wicked S3 running MIUI
[Galaxy Tab S General] thunderwagn:
Doesn't lag for me either on any other device but my 10.5 tab s. Works great on my LG g3. Bit bummed...
[Galaxy Tab S General] Enddo:
I've reverted back to playing it on my phone. No more frustration :)
[Galaxy Tab S General] ShapesBlue:
That's good and weird at the same time. My gf has a note 8 and it works great on that, must be newer hardware it's not necessarily built for

From my Wicked S3 running MIUI
[Galaxy Tab S General] eousphoros:
I tested it on r9 of blckasop, it plays fine initially but when I did some pvp it picked a level 43 town. Lagfest, fps probably dropped down to 5 or 10 frames per second.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Enddo:
that's such a shame. totally not an issue with the ROM. it seems to be purely on the game+hardware

thanks x10 for checking for me
[Galaxy Tab S General] moSess:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YHXahMDDXJ8

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eqlAqk6om2s
[Galaxy Tab S General] dcoulombe:
Ouch... There is something wrong with your tablet... Mine does not lag like yours.

Sorry. :(
[Galaxy Tab S General] thunderwagn:
I'd tend to agree. While the Simpsons Tapped Out is a lag fest, that's the only lag issue i can find on the 10.5. Everything else runs nice and smooth.

Do you have a screen protector that could be causing the issue? Also, I've noticed that if i keep my screen and home button nice and clean i have no finger print scanner issues.
[Galaxy Tab S General] moSess:
Exchange!

Though now I wonder if I want to keep a tablet with stunted development.... Decisions, decisions
[Galaxy Tab S General] thunderwagn:
Exchange? What does that mean? I'm perfectly happy with the 10.5 and TouchWiz suites me just fine. Simpsons is hardly a game changer for me.

On a sidenote, i play Minecraft with my kids over wifi and it pleasures beautifully.
[Galaxy Tab S General] moSess:
It means I exchanged it!

And eventually returned it for good. I need a tablet that will have strong developer support. This one really never will. Plus the price tag vs justification? When I factor all I need, this isn't the one for me.

Happy hacking, if you can. Enjoy your tablet fellas!
[Galaxy Tab S General] chipxtreme:
Has anyone tried this on the LTE 10.5 with Snapdragon?

This game works perfect on my S5 but on the Wifi Tab S 10.5 its unplayable.
[Galaxy Tab S General] cpete47:
Is there actually a Snapdragon variant? All the news I've read has indicated that they used Exynos across the line.
[Galaxy Tab S General] chipxtreme:
From what I read its Exynos on Wifi and Snapdragon on LTE
[Galaxy Tab S General] Daagen:
Not correct. LTE version has Exynos too. Snapdargon will be only in some U.S. carrier specific variants.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Enddo:
which hasn't been released yet, right?
[Galaxy Tab S General] Daagen:
No idea about that.
[Galaxy Tab S General] smuutje:
I just bought the Samsung Tab S 10.5

Playing Simpsons is painful.

Surfing the Web is annoying. Too many lags.

My Sony Z2 is just fine. I think I'm trading the Samsung for the Sony Z3 compact tablet. I know the display won't be as good. ..but at least it is smooth.
[Galaxy Tab S General] cpete47:
Apparently the Sprint version ship with the S800:

http://www.androidcentral.com/sprint-launching-lte-enabled-galaxy-tab-s-105-next-week

AT&T version still has the exynos.
[Galaxy Tab S General] cubsrule17:
What tablet did you switch to?
[Galaxy Tab S General] knarfies:
this is really disappointing as i was considering purchasing my first tablet ever. Maybe ill just stick with using my note.
[Galaxy Tab S General] ShapesBlue:
I run this on my S3 and my Galaxy tab 2 7.0 with no issues on the tablet at all. I've seen it also run on a note 8 without any issues

From my Wicked S3 on SOKP
[Galaxy Tab S General] moSess:
I am waiting for the nexus9. If that dissapoints I think I will go with tye sony z 10 inch.
[Galaxy Tab S General] rowihel2012:
Exynos is sucks very lag just bought it and will sell it. Bad tablet
[Galaxy Tab S General] DAvid_B:
Simpsons is laggy on other cpus like mediatek too
[Galaxy Tab S General] UpInTheAir:
Why do users continually bash the Exynos CPU. 2D & 3D rendering is done by the Mali GPU !!

Those that are rooted, why not try my SkyHigh kernel and see if you have any better experience. You could also try a small GPU overclock to 533 MHz. I would suggest to disable DVFS first ;)

Install instructions/requirements are in the thread.

Best of luck. UITA :)
[Galaxy Tab S General] Provinomico:
I'm on your kernel running a debloated rom, with CPU max clock to 2.1Ghz, and GPU max clock to 667Mhz. It made no difference, the bloody game still lags like hell. It runs fine in my s4's Snapdragon 600... granted there's a resolution difference, but the Mali T628 MP6@667 is way faster than the Adreno320, so it should run at least as good.

What I don't know is which ARM cluster runs the game , maybe it stays on the A7 cluster, which can't feed the GPU fast enough in complex scenarios... I have a nVidia Optimus laptop and when the drivers don't detect correctly a game it runs on the integrated intel graphics and you can tell even in the menus... just a thought.
[Galaxy Tab S General] UpInTheAir:
You didn't say if you had disabled DVFS. ..... which is important

Also high OC will lead to DECREASED performance. OC CPU is really useless when under high load due to rapid thermal throttling, same with 667 MHz GPU. General use is okay, provided device handles it.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Provinomico:
Yes, I have DVFS disabled. I know about high OCing&thermal throttling, but it barely gets warm, certainly not warmer than when playing Asphalt8 for example, a more demanding game if only because it is 3D... it's just sad, it has to be an issue somewhere, when your city starts to get big it becomes barely playable...
[Galaxy Tab S General] UpInTheAir:
Well, if others have reported same issue with other device hardware, it's more than likely the app is not optimised for the device, not those continually blaming the Exynos CPU......

Contact the app developer for feedback.
[Galaxy Tab S General] ShapesBlue:
EA could care less about its customers. They are too big for there britches to give a crap about anyone. That's the way it is I guess

From my Wicked S3 on SOKP
[Galaxy Tab S General] LoVeRice:
This game runs smoothly on my t705
[Galaxy Tab S General] floozy_bot:
I'm another victim of EA's DISGUSTING customer service regarding this issue. They showed some initial interest (after getting really pi55ed off with the same generic response to everything) and even passed me over to a specialist in the US, not a script-reading drone in India. As usual, a few broken promises later and it all goes quiet.

I'm interested why no one else has noticed or reported the 2 other issues specific to playing Tapped Out on the Tab S. Firstly, when installing and launching the game for the first time it does not download the HD textures pack, only the standard one. Check for yourself - the main pack it picks up from the sever is 384MB, whereas it should be approx 900MB for the HD textures. I also play TO on my HTC One M8 (entirely lag free) and the game files are nearly 1GB.

It's quite evident the textures are not HD when you open the game and zoom in on any signs/text - pixel city.

The other issue no one has mentioned is the screen-tearing. There are areas of the screen where the textures are misaligned by 2/3 pixels - it's really quite noticeable.

So anyway... now attempting to call the UK support number and scream at someone for an update. If I make any progress I'll let everyone know.
[Galaxy Tab S General] DAvid_B:
I just update my play store review so its current telling people to not spend real money in the game because its a crapshoot if the next update will even play on your device.

That and I go down the other latest bad reviews and click the "this was helpful" button on them to bring the bad reviews to the top.
[Galaxy Tab S General] xda0996:
Glad i'm not the only one that saw this problem and this isn't the only game ive seen this issue with either. The interesting part is, if you try it using the CM11 port it will download the correct textures and the lag issue improves slightly - However this didnt seem to fix all the games I tried. Obviously the game has optimization issues but I can't help but think theres some other issues at play.
[Galaxy Tab S General] floozy_bot:
Hi, thanks for the info. I've never dabbled with mods etc... but would be willing to try. I'm by no means tech-illiterate but this thread http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/cwm-recovery-6-0-5-0-galaxy-tab-s-8-4-t2824099/page27 is incredibly confusing to make any sense of where and how to start. Any info would be appreciated! :)
[Galaxy Tab S General] xda0996:
It depends on which version of the TAB S you have, if it's an 8.4 there are downloadable CWM Recovery and CM11 files which wouldn't be too hard to install but if it's a 10.5 then theres abit more work involved. If i'm honest with you, if your only considering it to get the game working properly then it might not be worth the trouble (using a custom recovery will also trigger the knox flag on the device and will probably void your warranty). While it fixed the texture problem for me, i didnt think the lag issue improved enough to make the game genuinely playable in a larger town.
[Galaxy Tab S General] floozy_bot:
OK, Thanks for the info. It is indeed the 10.5 I have. I'm not keen on voiding the warranty or risking bricking it so guess I'll just have to put up with it.

Out of interest, when did you last play the game on the Tab S? I went in two days ago on mine (albeit in lower res than you) and oddly there was VERY little lag at all. I'm level 45, have every single unique building (and character) and I'm well over the 4500 decoration warning limit. I've found that after logging in if you switch to your friends list, then go back to your town it clears up a lot of the initial lag found when first entering the town.

I'd be interested to know whether this works for you too?
[Galaxy Tab S General] Fenix2177:
it seems a Tab S with the new Exynos 5433 is coming (at least in Korea..), not sure about CPU perfomance but it looks the GPU will be quite an improvement over the current one....

info came from SamMobile
[Galaxy Tab S General] johnpaok:
Rayman Fiesta Run (v1.22) also lags very badly!

Exynos has a lot of issues... :(
[Galaxy Tab S General] dcoulombe:
I also have this issue with Rayman Fiesta Run.
[Galaxy Tab S General] djase:
it's lagging even on my s5
[Galaxy Tab S General] ShapesBlue:
Odd I've seen tapped out run on an S5 with no issues.

From my Wicked S3 on SOKP
[Galaxy Tab S General] djase:
i talked for fiesta run no tapped out
[Galaxy Tab S General] ShapesBlue:
Oh ok. Haven't seen that one on a S5. I have rayman fiesta run on my S3 and no lag at all

From my Wicked S3 on SOKP
[Galaxy Tab S General] aboalghool:
I don't know about you guys, but from playing Modern Combat 5 on Ipad Air and Galaxy Tab S 10.5,

definitely a super screen gameplay on the tab S [like really realistic] with no such lag on it... the Ipad air the game runs slower on launch but also haven't experienced any lag during gameplay that much.. but the screen quality yet on the galaxy tab s is superb vs the Ipad air
[Galaxy Tab S General] ravedave2005:
I got a TabPro 12.2 and very dissapointed thst The Simpsons laggs on it so much. No problems with other games such as Family Guy Quest for Stuff or Plants vs Zombies...
[Galaxy Tab S General] NJ_RAMS_FAN:
tapped out definitely lags on my s 8.4. I'm an avid tapped out player so this makes me upset.. lol. to the point I want to return the tablet but then I look at the Amoled screen.. :)
[Galaxy Tab S General] dcoulombe:
That's exactly how I see this. I cannot decide to sell the tablet, because this screen is the best I've seen on a tablet.
[Galaxy Tab S General] NJ_RAMS_FAN:
i was looking at the pro 8.4 before I found this one at a great price..
[Galaxy Tab S General] BrunoC10:
i have the 10.5 inch version and i think that still there are few apps optimized for these tabs, will be a matter of time, I have tried different games and had no lag, for example fifa15, injustice, dungeon hunters 4 and a couple more, maybe because i'm using nova launcher and i really note some difference in a free ram amount in difference with touchwiz
[Galaxy Tab S General] NJ_RAMS_FAN:
The Xmas event update has significantly improved the lag on my 8.4. Virtually no lag. Hopefully it stays that way.
[Galaxy Tab S General] ersterfm:
Yes, the xmas update did it. Runs much better now. No idea what took EA so long to fix this issue, finally it seems they did it.
[Galaxy Tab S General] ShapesBlue:
First of all its EA, they are truly lazy when it comes to fixing things, just see any major game ie battlefield 4 for instance. They don't care about people's issues they just want money

From my CM11 S3
[Galaxy Tab S General] NJ_RAMS_FAN:
could be the size issue. It looks like my total file size is just above 700mb. before the xmas update it was like 1.3gbs.. either way, hope it stays this way..
[Galaxy Tab S General] dcoulombe:
Same thing for me. Still not perfectly smooth, but playable.
[Galaxy Tab S General] NJ_RAMS_FAN:
it's perfect for me.. loving it.. lol
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] perceptic:
Hi,

My One M7 is stuck in a sort of boot loop. I've had boot loops on other phones when flashing etc. but this is different to any I've had before. My phone is rooted with unlocked bootloader but it is still running stock 4.3. I've never flashed a ROM on this phone. As stated, I've had boot loops on other phones where it tries to boot but doesn't fully boot before it restarts and I assume that's the same with a HTC One. The problem I have is when the phone has fully booted, it then restarts itself after around 10 seconds. It is as if the power button is stuck so it turns itself of then on again endlessly. I can fully press the power button and feel the little click so I assume it isn't stuck. I can't think of any reason it would be doing this. I assume it will just keep looping until it is out of battery.

Any help is appreciated, thanks,

Oli.

PS. I can get into recovery fine.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ibarazi:
I am having the same problem. Please keep this forum up to date because I would like a solution as well.

I would like to try a fcatory reset. But first I would like to find a way to back up all the files on my phone.

If anyone has an idea on how to back up all the stuff on my phone before i reset it, please let me know.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] perceptic:
Bump!