Should I return my HTC One?

[chaoticlogic]

Paid $200 plus the upgrade fee for the phone. Graphics stutter in games, I'm talking angry birds / jetpack joyride lag. This is regardless of the temperature of the device (I've measured it) This is my second one, (the first was returned due to dust under the screen.) This is unacceptable for such a high quality device. By stutter, I mean the game freezes for a split second then resumes. This is noticeable on every game I've tried. Thoughts, suggestions? I know the device isn't reaching the 40c throttle point. Sigh...
Would putting a kernel on the phone fix the lag?

 

[bbinder]

Gonna try angry birds right now. Don't game much but played the amazing breaker with no problems. I'll post back.

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[chaoticlogic]

Try Jetpack Joyride and Gravity Guy...the first one jumps every 3 seconds or so and the second one is just incredibly low fps

 

[bbinder]

Angry birds seasons I could play almost perfectly in power saver. It would studders when the certain ads came up for me. Then I removed power saver and couldn't reproduce. Let me try the others.

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[bbinder]

Jet pack joyride won't open, period. Always stops, crashes. I'll try gravity guy.

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[bbinder]

Gravity guy works fine for me with no lagging.

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[pblakk]

Yup return it right away. sounds like you need an iPhone.

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[bbinder]

Maybe this will give you some ideas or possible items to try?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2287094

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[chaoticlogic]

bbinder, did you play the trial version of gravity guy or the original? also, i don't want to root my phone. it's not getting above 40c so there's no reason to root it for throttling issues. amazing breaker gave me no lag at all, and high end games don't give me lag either, it seems to be the 2d platformers...and well, final fantasy iii as well jumps on the overworld. I just don't understand it.

 

[bbinder]

I played the trial. The only lag I got from gravity guy was in the beginning. Like the intro to it, but while playing there were no issues. The link wasn't all about rooting, but just ideas about things like:

1. Don't play wth the phone plugged in, as it can overheat and slow the proc down
2. Turn off data sync as that takes CPU cycles away from the games and gives it to other resources
3. Maybe close out of all the other apps that are running
4. Fine tune the brightness levels
5. Maybe, depending on what you have installed for Anti-virus (if you do) you can disable that

 

[chaoticlogic]

I did all that, nothing better. Thanks a lot for the info though! I don't know whether to return it and get an S4 or not. Le sigh

 

[Farish]

I did all that, nothing better. Thanks a lot for the info though! I don't know whether to return it and get an S4 or not. Le sigh

Go get yourself a Galaxy S4, I am eagerly waiting for your posts about Touchwiz lag, 9gb available disk space, or how apps dont move to SD card.

Better yet, you can go for a Moto X talk about 720p screen, dual core vs quad core, or how can you make a terrible camera.

Or the G2 where the first thread I read was about the power button falling off....

FYI, the grass is never ever really ever greener.

 

[bbinder]

Not sure about what you have for a ROM or your phone carrier, but do you have this option set that you can maybe enable?
Settings>Developer Options>Advanced>Force GPU rendering (for use of GPU for 2d drawing)

 

[chaoticlogic]

Thanks for the constructive criticism...
For as expensive as these phones are, the grass should always green.

 

[bbinder]

Here is the section on mine if your is similar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m8riP9sXhQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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[chaoticlogic]

I tried it, still nothing worked. I really appreciate the promp replies and everything bbinder! I'll go talk to the reps at the store tomorrow, but I doubt they'll know anything.

 

[bbinder]

Sorry I couldn't be of more help :/

 

[chaoticlogic]

no worries! i appreciate the replies!

 

[BygSii]

I tried it, still nothing worked. I really appreciate the promp replies and everything bbinder! I'll go talk to the reps at the store tomorrow, but I doubt they'll know anything.

I have Jetpack Joyride to test this theory out and yup, it lags. It lags about every three seconds. Just a slight lag, nothing game changing, but as i play and get further, i could pretty much guess when it would happen. Same thing i noticed about Techno Kitten Adventure on my HTC Rezound, where it would lag a little, but no lag playing these on my girls iPhone 4s. Went back to try Techno Kitten Adventure on HTC One and no noticeable stop lag, like there is in Jetpack. My friend right next to me has a Galaxy S4, and Jetpack Joyride also lags on his phone about every 3 seconds.

My honest opinion, is that your phone is fine. Nothing wrong with it lagging on Jetpack Joyride. It's just the App itself. Apple does a great job at App optimization, because they only have like five platforms to develop for, old iPhone, iPhone with Retina, iPad, iPad with Retina, new A7 chip. Where in Android world, there are thousands of different Android devices. So Developers don't have the time to go through and optimize their apps for each individual phone. The minimum requirements are so low on some of these apps that they do that to reach a greater audience. So Joe Blow with his LG Optimus Dynamic clocking 500mhz processor can play Jetpack Joyride. I love Jetpack Joyride, it plays smooth on an Ipad, but it's not yet updated on Android to take advantage of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor.

I play a lot of Angry Birds with Friends, buttery smooth. I haven't tried other Angry Birds, but i bet at least one of them, either Space, Rio, Two, Star wars, Seasons, probably lags. Also I play Bad Piggies and it doesn't lag. Super Stickman Golf 2 (slight lag), Bike Race, Ice Rage, no lag.

Never tried Gravity Guy but I downloaded it and I too see the low fps performance on my HTC One as well.

Now download a game called Play Tennis by Clapfoot. It is optimized to run 60fps on most android devices. It runs buttery smooth on the HTC One. If it doesn't run smooth on your One, then your One has a problem.

I just tried going into Developer Options, and Advanced, and forcing GPU Rendering, and then trying Jetpack Joyride that way, and it still lags.

So if the only thing wrong with your HTC One is that it lags when playing Jetpack Joyride, everything will be fine. But if you want a phone specifically to play these types of 2D games on them, then get an iPhone 5.

 

[Farish]

Is power saving mode on?