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I have had the SG2 for 5 days now and love the look and feel of the phone, but I am having a few problems with it.
When playing "Guns n Glory" and "Robo Defence" after about 5 or 6 minutes the screen freezes. I have to press and hold the home button and go into task manager to exit from these games before I can restart them, only for the same thing to happen again.
Also, I use wireless tethering during the day with the phone on charge but about every hour or more I lose tethering on my laptop although the phone still shows it as working and also shows a good charge. The phone is not rooted.
Any advice please.
Regards
Could anyone kindly have a go at playing an intense game to see if they have a problem with the screen freezing up after 5 minutes please. I only have 2 days left to sent my phone back if it is just mine with the problem.
Thanks for any help.
greigster said:
Could anyone kindly have a go at playing an intense game to see if they have a problem with the screen freezing up after 5 minutes please. I only have 2 days left to sent my phone back if it is just mine with the problem.
Thanks for any help.
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If it's faulty, you have at least 28 days.
In fact there's a 6 months rebuttable presumption that if a fault is discovered, it was present at the time of delivery.
Don't worry about the 7 days distance selling thing. That's only if you've changed your mind but there's nothing wrong with the phone.
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If it's faulty, you have at least 28 days.
In fact there's a 6 months rebuttable presumption that if a fault is discovered, it was present at the time of delivery.
Don't worry about the 7 days distance selling thing. That's only if you've changed your mind but there's nothing wrong with the phone.
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Thanks for that.
Its just that I am not sure if it is faulty or if it is the fault of the game software. I have not seen other reports of these problems from other SG2 owners.
havent had any of these problems
been playing drag racer, tap fish, robot unicorns attack and robo defense
yes i have had the screen freeze in robo defense, i figure the program just crashed. clicking the home button got me back to android.
aceclaw said:
yes i have had the screen freeze in robo defense, i figure the program just crashed. clicking the home button got me back to android.
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Thanks for that. It seems that only the game freezes and not the phone. Like you said, a press on the home key allows me to go to task manager and close the game.........but does not save that level
Today I tried playing it without touching the edge of the screen and that seemed to help.
aceclaw said:
yes i have had the screen freeze in robo defense, i figure the program just crashed. clicking the home button got me back to android.
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Same issue here.
They've been doing a lot of updates with bug fixes and maybe they changed something that's causing it to hang since it's listed as one of the games that worked from an earlier post
also try out grave defense HD. I'm liking it much better than robo defense so far
I think what you are seeing here is a two-tiered issue:-
1. The Exynos & Mali are new and certain Games will have issues. Eventually these should be sorted either by the games developer or Samsung.
2. As you know Games go through period updates. Sometimes these updates are for the better but then there will be the occasion fixing a bug or bringing in new features will cause issues with certain phones.
Basically let the games developer know of the situation and if required send them a LogCat of your phone whilst playing the game.
Beards said:
I think what you are seeing here is a two-tiered issue:-
1. The Exynos & Mali are new and certain Games will have issues. Eventually these should be sorted either by the games developer or Samsung.
2. As you know Games go through period updates. Sometimes these updates are for the better but then there will be the occasion fixing a bug or bringing in new features will cause issues with certain phones.
Basically let the games developer know of the situation and if required send them a LogCat of your phone whilst playing the game.
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Thanks for that, its just that other people have said that they are not suffering the same problem playing this game.
I encounter same problem is few more games...
List of Game encountered freeze problem:
HexDefense
3KTD
Mega Jump
There are more that I have uninstalled after it freeze.
I too have been having game freezes on my s2. Robo defence and guns and glory as the first poster said. also noticed cut the rope v1 at last box freezes alot. had my phone for almost a month, and have pushed these freezes aside as like most of you have said, most likely app fault. However im beginning to wonder if it is the phone. Its starting to become a trend. ie i get some games and some of them will freeze... really scared atm.
justusheng said:
I too have been having game freezes on my s2. Robo defence and guns and glory as the first poster said. also noticed cut the rope v1 at last box freezes alot. had my phone for almost a month, and have pushed these freezes aside as like most of you have said, most likely app fault. However im beginning to wonder if it is the phone. Its starting to become a trend. ie i get some games and some of them will freeze... really scared atm.
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At least for robodefense, it runs solid without sound turned on and same goes for handful of games. Also based on the description for robodefense, it sounds like sound issue exists on atrix as well.
Cut the rope has been rock solid but I haven't reached the last level yet
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Yea, on further reading, game developer for dungeon and dragons said it may have to do with a unstable sound system in the galaxy s2... Just got off the phone with samsung and they said that its got nothing to do with them..... looks like we'll just have to wait. Or play without sound.
Atleast i other people are having problems, so i guess its not just my phone.
Any of you have a problem with accelaration sensor after game freeze? Does your screen auto rotation work?
Does anyone know why or know a way to get Monopoly that they just released on the market on the Rezound. It says its not compatible and I am getting no answers from EA games. They just say that they don't have any Pogo games (not even sure what that means cause they have EA games that you can download for this) on the Rezound (makes it sound like its its own system or something). I have been waiting for this game forever and even had a bootleg version that didn't work as well on my Eris. Read it would it works on Bionic and Thunderbolt but not this one???? I am a bit ticked about this. What is with these companies??? I tell you.
Anyhow if anyone knows let me know please. Thanks
I had it on my Incredible and used Titanium Backup to transfer it to my Rezound without any issues.
I got it from the Amazon app store and it works perfectly fine on my Rezound. It was the free app for the day a while back. I don't know why your having an issue...
I also downloaded Monopoly when it was Amazon's free app of the day. I've only played it a few times, it has worked fine for me.
Thanks guys. When I saw it on amazon I grabbed it and it worked. For some reason its the Market that says they won't let it download on the rezound and customer service for EA games was saying the same thing. Not sure what their malfunctions are but it does work. Thanks!
Does anyone know a way to get Six-Guns working on AOKP? I get "Checking required files..." and then "Your device is not compatible with this game. Please request a refund." Good thing it's free!
I downloaded it onto my JXD S601 android game console (market said it was supported and let me download it). However, when I tried to run it, it said it wasn't supported.
I used "root explorer" on my JXD, and went into the /cache directory, found the apk and copied it to the microSD card. I put that microSD card into my prime and ran the APK. Running it on the prime it didn't report it was incompatible... it told me I need to download an additional 322 megs to play the game (which it is doing right now.)
Hopefully it'll work when it's done downloading...
UPDATE: Launched it immediately after downloading, and the screen was flickering really badly. Rebooted and tried again, seems to be working... there have been a few odds pauses, maybe I'll manually put it into performance mode and see if that helps...
I just copied the apk from my wife's Xoom and it worked without any problems for me.
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adampdx said:
Does anyone know a way to get Six-Guns working on AOKP? I get "Checking required files..." and then "Your device is not compatible with this game. Please request a refund." Good thing it's free!
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The issue is that AOKP on the Prime makes that tablet report to the market as ASUS eepad rather than ASUS eepad Transformer TF201, or something like that. Jermaine is working on fixing this issue, so in time it will work. Have patience.
As it's free anyway I didn't feel guilty finding the apk elsewhere and downloading it. The game works almost perfect for me so far. I have had some problems in one area where my character started flashing but it seemed to be in that area only (so far).
It runs smooth and is pretty good. Although the game is free it tempts you to purchase items in game up to the value of £69 for the maximum package I think it was. In particular it wants to to buy gold so you can purchase things in game and saddle bags are definitely needed.
I will keep at this game because it's good but the lack of funds for saddle bags is going to make it hard and I won't be drawn into in game purchases.
I found a hacked version(its a free app) that's modded to work with tf101. I had the screen flickering and pauses at first. after a reboot, the flickering went away and the pauses did for the most part. I'd say this is a cool game to be free. the one I'm using is Escoburia(misspelled) version. he knows how to get unsupported gameloft games working on prime. I also got Oregon settlers to work also. I have yet to install his versions of Tin Tin and Nova2. I had nova2 before but wasn't the tablet version. it had the little X in right hand corner. this new version is modded for tf101 so hopefully its the official tablet version.
@ Demandarin
Tin Tin & Nova 2 work fine I've had them a while
Doktaphex said:
The issue is that AOKP on the Prime makes that tablet report to the market as ASUS eepad rather than ASUS eepad Transformer TF201, or something like that. Jermaine is working on fixing this issue, so in time it will work. Have patience.
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Thanks, good to know.
flub said:
@ Demandarin
Tin Tin & Nova 2 work fine I've had them a while
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How'd you get nova 2 to work. I was able to trick market to allow me to DL it once. Before it would say your device not compatible in Google play it had a install button for it. I quickly hit it before it went away and it let me dl it but once I try to open the game it says not compatible and to request a refund.
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Market link for those who don't already have the game.
Don't have to purchase it either, though I'm not sure if that was already the case or not with the non-THD version. Anyway, just a heads up.
Thanks for the heads up. For some reason it wasn't showing as having an update available but going into the app showed it. I suppose I'd best get on with playing the original game to see what the expansion is like hehe
how do I update the gamestop version?
ickkii said:
how do I update the gamestop version?
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Unfortunately, you don't. If it wasn't purchased in the market, you don't get an update. At least not that I have seen.
ZebTheCalvinist said:
Unfortunately, you don't. If it wasn't purchased in the market, you don't get an update. At least not that I have seen.
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Thats lame. Maybe if I email madfinger they'll help me out.
Does anyone know when the multiplayer for this comes out? Unfortunately it'll be a "freemium" title (must. not. soapbox. grrr.), but I'm still interested in trying it out.
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Thanks for the heads up. For some reason it wasn't showing as having an update available but going into the app showed it. I suppose I'd best get on with playing the original game to see what the expansion is like hehe
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How? I opened the app - nothing
I received mine through a market update, so to each their own.
even
I think this update/addon may have fixed an issue I had with loading up level 7... it was not working for me prior to this update, and I'm now happy that it is loading up fine...
Got the update. For some reason the market was not showing me the update button last night. Thanks for the heads up. This is my second favorite game on my Prime behind Soulcraft.
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How? I opened the app - nothing
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Sorry, I meant going into the app on the market not going into the app itself. The market did'nt show an update available how it usually does but clicking the app for details showed the update.
anyone figured out how to update the gamestop version?
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anyone figured out how to update the gamestop version?
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Hello Keith
Unfortunately there is no other possibility than bying a THD version on the market to be able to update because right now the game is not connected to your google account so your are not able to update a paid app through the Android market. I recommend contacting the seller of your Prime. I hope they will be able to help you somehow.
looks like we're sol.
ickkii said:
Hello Keith
Unfortunately there is no other possibility than bying a THD version on the market to be able to update because right now the game is not connected to your google account so your are not able to update a paid app through the Android market. I recommend contacting the seller of your Prime. I hope they will be able to help you somehow.
looks like we're sol.
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actually I wrote the developer Friday and told him my situation. couldn't update Gamestop version. so i ended up deleting it to try to by the one from marketplace. well that won't work either. reason being even after deleting the marketplace shows the game as purchased. but when I try to download and install it, it stops and tells me the app hasn't been purchased. so now I'm out of Gamestop version and unable to buy the marketplace version either. I asked them if they could help my situation out by emailing me the apk or something.
I heard back from the developer shortly after I wrote him on Friday and he said he could help me out on Monday. so I'm hoping he will resolve this. I also mentioned others are having same issue as me. I sent a copy of my email to the actual developer and a copy to the madfinger email address.
ill update in this thread on what happens.
demandarin said:
actually I wrote the developer Friday and told him my situation. couldn't update Gamestop version. so i ended up deleting it to try to by the one from marketplace. well that won't work either. reason being even after deleting the marketplace shows the game as purchased. but when I try to download and install it, it stops and tells me the app hasn't been purchased. so now I'm out of Gamestop version and unable to buy the marketplace version either. I asked them if they could help my situation out by emailing me the apk or something.
I heard back from the developer shortly after I wrote him on Friday and he said he could help me out on Monday. so I'm hoping he will resolve this. I also mentioned others are having same issue as me. I sent a copy of my email to the actual developer and a copy to the madfinger email address.
ill update in this thread on what happens.
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I wrote the devs too and they told me I had to buy it from the market or "contact your seller."
Guess I'll be writing GameStop now :/
Update: Good news and sorta bad news
The developer wrote me back today and sent me the latest version of shadowgun apk, The LeftOver pack version. It installed just fine and everything.
BAD NEWS is he sent me the regular version one..lmfao I just wrote him back telling him I had ShadowgunTHD version. The one optimized for tegra3 devices. I asked him if he could send me the apk for THD version. If not then its still cool, and I appreciated his help. He asked me not to redistribute also.
Has anyone noticed their Shadowgun freezing up after playing a while or screen gets stuck n starts jumping? This happened on a later level in Thd version I had. Now its doing it in the regular version playing expansion pack levels also. I got only so far through levels then it'll freeze up. At first I was thinking because I have force gpu rendering on but this happens whether its off or on. The expansion pack, for the little bit I got to play seemed cool. The new levels and weapon. But I thought this added online multiplayer deathmatch modes also. If so, where is it at?
Also happens sometimes playing Six guns. I hate it when it happens. Its not like I'm running low on memory or something.
I get some freezing issues on Shadow gun every now and then, but not regularly. I also have to restart the Prime I order to get it working normally after it happens.
Gamestop has yet to reply to my inquiry about upgrading their pre-installed Shadowgun THD game. Has anyone else tried to contact them about this?
before I state my question, YES i tried searching around this forum for my particular problem, but I'm kinda ishy-washy on some of it- I'm one of those people who needs an answer to my exact problem so sorry!
Anyways, I have this HP Touchpad for awhile (my Aunt bought it for me when it was on a huge sale in mid November) and I kinda got pissed at it with it's lack of apps and things to do, compared to what my friend has: an iPad. So I put it in my closet, until now where I'm just craving for a tablet.
But I still have the same problem: THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO WITH IT. I have watched many videos and blogs about how people changed their touchpad to different systems and I'm interested on how to do that. First of all, which system is good for me to switch too? I do not want to switch to a system that will not benefit me at all. I am aiming for using a tablet for opening Microsoft files (Word, Powerpoint) and editing the files, playing FUN games (not that awful Robotek game), and watching videos on youtube.
So which system you recommend on me getting? And what tutorial to follow to get that system? Is there risks involved (I do not want to waste my touchpad)? How big of a risk? Should I just save up for an iPad? Also please be specific on the tutorial on what to do (Preferably a video tut or possibly have one of yall geniuses be there while I do it)
Sorry for all the questions lol I'm just about this close to throwing this tablet out of the window.
Well, there are a few things you can do with it already.
Firstly, WebOS is a nice OS. Yes, there's a lack of games for it at the moment. Yes there's a lack of other non-game apps available for it, too. That's a given. WebOS is just not as popular. HOWEVER. With it being open-sourced this year, that should change.
Secondly, the ability to install Android on your Touchpad is well documented. There's a great guide on how to do that at this link here (to RootzWiki). They are the people who put CyanogenMod 9 (Android 4, Ice Cream Sandwich) on the Touchpad. This means you have a tablet OS of Android that works, is (in my opinion) extremely stable, and can do almost anything.
For your need of YouTube, that's covered - the HD acceleration has been incorporated into Alpha2 that I linked to you. The ability to play games, there's a lot of them out there for Android, and with a little searching, you can tweak your TP to be able to download and play more of them. As for office files, if you download any of the good Office Suites (they cost anywhere from 5-25 dollars), you can do mobile office work right on your tablet. I have all three from the Amazon AppStore - Documents to Go, OfficeSuite Pro, and QuickOffice. All three offer their perks, all three have their downsides, but all three work great for what I've had to do.
If you have questions about the install, feel free to drop me a PM - I'm more than happy to help walk you through what you need to do to get ICS installed on your TP. And since I've done it many, many times, I can almost walk you through it completely in my sleep.
Hopefully that answers some of your questions, mate. If not, as I said, ask away, and I'll try and help.
I have they fixed the wifi issuse in alpha2?
itsmebryan said:
I have they fixed the wifi issuse in alpha2?
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Some have issues, others are fine. My problem lied with the channel my router wifi was on, after switching it to channel 1 (the most popular solution), I haven't had any wifi problems in over a month, compared to every hour or so before.
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Google Reverend Kyle.
Hey! Robotek is a great game! Play multiplayer with a friend!
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Hey again I have another question: I installed Cyan 7 Alpha 3.5 but whenever I charge it, it restarts. It also restarts when I leave it on for a while.
Is this common?
CJDippa said:
Hey again I have another question: I installed Cyan 7 Alpha 3.5 but whenever I charge it, it restarts. It also restarts when I leave it on for a while.
Is this common?
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Well... it's now essentially dead... you aren't going to find much support lol. Nobody in their right mind is using CM7 still, unless you must absolutely have half-working Skype or something. Move up to CM9 bud, see if that doesn't fix things.
CJDippa said:
Hey again I have another question: I installed Cyan 7 Alpha 3.5 but whenever I charge it, it restarts. It also restarts when I leave it on for a while.
Is this common?
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It'a an alpha, it's common to have problems. But why would you install a CM7 Alpha? Like that guy said, get on CM9. The camera still doesn't work, but to be honest, it wasn't really functional in CM7. Other than that, everything is MUCH better and more stable now.
If you are looking for a cheap method to work with Word documents you can use Google Docs. It is cloud storage but it will let you do the basic work on any device and then download it in Word format.
Any of the other listed apps do a great job as well. I got them all free on the Amazon App Store, they have a free app of the day. Once you get your tablet setup and in a good state look it up for freebies.
its a great tablet.
CJDippa said:
before I state my question, YES i tried searching around this forum for my particular problem, but I'm kinda ishy-washy on some of it- I'm one of those people who needs an answer to my exact problem so sorry!
Anyways, I have this HP Touchpad for awhile (my Aunt bought it for me when it was on a huge sale in mid November) and I kinda got pissed at it with it's lack of apps and things to do, compared to what my friend has: an iPad. So I put it in my closet, until now where I'm just craving for a tablet.
But I still have the same problem: THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO WITH IT. I have watched many videos and blogs about how people changed their touchpad to different systems and I'm interested on how to do that. First of all, which system is good for me to switch too? I do not want to switch to a system that will not benefit me at all. I am aiming for using a tablet for opening Microsoft files (Word, Powerpoint) and editing the files, playing FUN games (not that awful Robotek game), and watching videos on youtube.
So which system you recommend on me getting? And what tutorial to follow to get that system? Is there risks involved (I do not want to waste my touchpad)? How big of a risk? Should I just save up for an iPad? Also please be specific on the tutorial on what to do (Preferably a video tut or possibly have one of yall geniuses be there while I do it)
Sorry for all the questions lol I'm just about this close to throwing this tablet out of the window.
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Euh i just want to say dont buy a ipad if you have a great tablet alrrady hp touchpad. Its the same size screen etc.. ipad is fun but sucks (because of no costumaziation android is and says fun) only thing i still dont like about TP is no hdmi out and no full usb host, but still better then ipad (doesnt have one of then also)
I had used webos for a long time downloaded al games for sites and afcors instaled preware i had i think about 10-15games 3d games like ashalt need for speed. Al for free. But after 2-4months it sucks and i instaled android and never rebooted webos again.
If you have CM7 Running, what you need to do is Download the CM9 files and gapps v11, then go to Clockwork recovery, wipe, flash files, and reboot. That will work beautifully. lol
If you insist on staying on CM7, then that is normal for some reason that it will boot when a charger or usb is connected (maybe even CM9). Even sometimes without it being connected, if you do a shutdown from within the OS, it will reboot and you have to select shut down from the moboot menu.