Nexus 4 lags

[Deepanshu Munjal]

I recently bought a Nexus 4, and was so curious and excited about it, as it was my first android phone. I heard great reviews about its functionality and fast processing and also that it does not lag. But all my excitement got ruined after I played Temple Run 2 after seeing lags in the game. My friends have phones which run games smoothly without any delay being noticed which are even cheaper than Nexus4. I bought it with my heart but I feel sad now. What should I do?
I ran AnTuTu benchmarks which gave 13000 score.
Please help me.

 

[andr0idralphie]

Did you get the official version from the Google Play Store? Did you update your Nexus 4 to 4.3? If it was not used it might have been downloading an OS update in the background. Do you know what you're doing? Something cheaper than a Nexus 4? PAID IN FULL? That means your buddies are running Temple Run 2 on Sidekick 2s...

 

[Deepanshu Munjal]

I didn't buy it from playstore. Yes, I upgraded it to 4.3. But I played it even when OS was not updated. It had lags.Yes I am telling what I'm seeing.Samsung Tab 2 is what is cheaper.What is sidekick 2s?

 

[Paul627g]

Sorry to hear your having lag issues.

This could be due to different things. I too am a Temple Run player and I'll admit it has its good days and bad days.. Might get a dozen lag free games in a row then all the sudden the bottom falls out.

It seems to be an ongoing thing from the Temple Run devs to reduce and stay on top of lag issues across the board with all devices.

 

[The Me]

Running a launcher?

 

[Euan Tan]

Maybe they had their quality set to a lower one... but my Nexus 7 runs it pretty smoothly... at high

 

[Deepanshu Munjal]

I don't know what a launcher is, but I haven't used anything to run it.

 

[Deepanshu Munjal]

Can anything be done to resolve it?

 

[Deepanshu Munjal]

But a quad-core processor with adreno320 should run it. I see lags in other games also. I have seen nexus4 score 18000 above Antutu benchmarks on stock. I think my device is the faulty one. What should be done?

 

[Paul627g]

But a quad-core processor with adreno320 should run it. I see lags in other games also. I have seen nexus4 score 18000 above Antutu benchmarks on stock. I think my device is the faulty one. What should be done?

Not sure what it's exactly going on for your device but commenting on benchmarks, most people take those with a grain of salt. They can vary from minute to minute and can be easily faked and altered.



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[datafiend]

I could be wrong here so please correct me if I am. I think when the Nexus 4 gets hot, both the CPU and GPU are throttled or slowed down to prevent some kind of problem with the phone. I get a lot of lag in games like Minion Rush and Asphalt 8 but Temple Run: Oz runs well for me. Anyway here is a video better explaining it.

http://youtu.be/abf7nPiUUE8

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[itic]

TR2 requires a dedicated 1G of ram to run on a phone. So TR2 combined with the OS and whatever youre running mus be exceeding the 2G of RAM on your phone. Heres a video that might help How to play temple run on low ram devices - YouTube

 

[festinator]

Guys there's no lag on the nexus 4. What the original poster is experiencing is this:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=abf7nPiUUE8

Edit: nvm this was posted earlier haha oops. But yeah no lag. Just throttling.

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[someguy01234]

Even if you did experience the thermal throttling, I still think the Antutu score of 13,000 is pretty low for a Nexus 4 running 4.3. It should get around 16,000 or better.

I don't think you should give up hope on the device, but I can't tell exactly why you are experiencing lag without knowing more details about your device specifically. For starter I would just wipe out the entire phone and flash Google stock firmware on it. Sometimes incremental updating from an older version to a newer can cause problems. After that, if you are comfortable you can consider rooting it and installing a custom kernel (like franco kernel), you can leave the OS stock, it should give the phone a boost.

 

[PcNy]

For last resort, do a factory reset and don't let the phone sync app and data just yet. Download AnTuTu Benchmark (should be only 1 app in your phone) and then run to see score. I bet it will improve.

 

[Deepanshu Munjal]

I don't want my benchmarks to improve at all. I wouldn't even have downloaded the Antutu app for a check if TR2 would have run smoothly. I did factory reset my phone but it didn't help.

 

[Deepanshu Munjal]

yes the score did improve to 15000.

 

[Deepanshu Munjal]

Even if you did experience the thermal throttling, I still think the Antutu score of 13,000 is pretty low for a Nexus 4 running 4.3. It should get around 16,000 or better.

I don't think you should give up hope on the device, but I can't tell exactly why you are experiencing lag without knowing more details about your device specifically. For starter I would just wipe out the entire phone and flash Google stock firmware on it. Sometimes incremental updating from an older version to a newer can cause problems. After that, if you are comfortable you can consider rooting it and installing a custom kernel (like franco kernel), you can leave the OS stock, it should give the phone a boost.

Thanks for showing concern.
But I am facing a problem with its Bluetooth. I tried to receive some .exe files as well as .apk files through its Bluetooth but it showed some error with sending failed.

 

[Deepanshu Munjal]

Sometimes sending failed occurs for songs and photos via bluetooth. This happens quite often when I recieve files. But sometimes transfer occurs successfully.

 

[mr_nobody]

Thanks for showing concern.
But I am facing a problem with its Bluetooth. I tried to receive some .exe files as well as .apk files through its Bluetooth but it showed some error with sending failed.

Yeah, you can't send either of those things via BT.