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Hi all, my name is jazux and I'm thinking of buying archos 70 IT. Now I got few questions 1. Is there android 2.3 uptade for A70IT? 2. Can this tablet dualboot (like hd2 can)? 3. When you play games like angry birds, raging thunder 2 and Dillo hills does it lag even a little bit? 4. Does the device break easily? 5. Is a70IT going to get any more android uptades? 6. How do you flash ROMs on this tablet? Odin, uptade.zip 7. Should I by a70 or a101? Thanx in advance
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jazux said:
1. Is there android 2.3 uptade for A70IT?
2. Can this tablet dualboot (like hd2 can)?
3. When you play games like angry birds, raging thunder 2 and Dillo hills does it lag even a little bit?
4. Does the device break easily?
5. Is a70IT going to get any more android uptades?
6. How do you flash ROMs on this tablet? Odin, uptade.zip
7. Should I by a70 or a101? Thanx in advance
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1. Yes
2. Sry I don't know
3. No, just if in the background are many other programms
4. Normally not
5. Yes
6. Sry, I don't know
7. In my oppinion you should buy the a101 it's better
If i could help yiu dont forget the thanks button ;-)

jazux said:
2. Can this tablet dualboot
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Ok i rode that it cant, if im wrong correct me pls

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ArchosRocker said:
1. Yes
2. Sry I don't know
3. No, just if in the background are many other programms
4. Normally not
5. Yes
6. Sry, I don't know
7. In my oppinion you should buy the a101 it's better
If i could help yiu dont forget the thanks button ;-)
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Ok so when you say there will be future android uptades is this going to get 2.4, 3.0 or 2.3.3 uptade and where is this information from? Also why is 101 better? I fought they had identical specs (except screen)
Oh and this tablet has dedicated GPU?
Btw, can't thank you because I'm on my phone
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jazux said:
Ok so when you say there will be future android uptades is this going to get 2.4, 3.0 or 2.3.3 uptade and where is this information from?
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I found a thread on Archosfans.com ,if you are not sure ... google is your best friend
jazux said:
Also why is 101 better? I thought they had identical specs (except screen)
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There are not much differences with A70 and A101, but the A101 has more fixes than the A70 (i think i rode) because its a "newer" version off the A70.
jazux said:
Oh and this tablet has dedicated GPU?
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I don't really know but u can ask my friend @Lennb he will give u an good answer i think ^.^
jazux said:
Btw, can't thank you because I'm on my phone
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Me too

ArchosRocker said:
I found a thread on Archosfans.com ,if you are not sure ... google is your best friend
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This is just a rumors thread Offical there won't be updates to Android Versione over 2.2.
But i think there will be urukdroid versions with 2.4 or 3.1 And maybe we're getting cyanogen to run (search here on xda)
There are not much differences with A70 and A101, but the A101 has more fixes than the A70 (i think i rode) because its a "newer" version off the A70.
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Nope, wrong information Its completly the same (except of screen and full-size usb host)
I don't really know but u can ask my friend @Lennb he will give u an good answer i think ^.^
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Here i am
To Gpu:
Its not the best but not bad! I play this games: Shift/GunBros/Settlers HD without any lags
You can look at my Poll thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1042249
Peoples wrote here why they bought an Archos Tablet.
This should help you
You can post you questions to me here, but i'll response them at first on sunday, i go away over weekend

I purchased and Archos 7 for my son this past Christmas and I really considered it a great purchase until.... We bought a Nook Color a couple of months ago. Much larger developer support network. Cyanogen 7 runs great on the Nook Color. Nook Color feels more substantially constructed than the Archos. Cost is almost identical, we picked ours up for $200 from the BN EBay store when they had a big push a couple of months ago.

i'd suggest getting a nook color instead. it's sturdier, better screen and cheaper. lots of active dev going on with it too.
the archos shines in the multimedia playback dpt though. it'll play all kinds of files and has very good sound quality. however, it's screen isn't very good - the 101 is even worse, almost as bad as the gtablet's screen.
the 70 i had and the 101 i have lock up a lot when doing more than 1 thing or trying to do things too fast, like multitab browsing. the 256MB of RAM limits your performance. the nook has 512.
so it all depends on what you want. a 7" tablet, go for the nook color (or galaxy tab wifi - it's hardware is the same as the nook's, the 3g has better hardware). for a multimedia powerhouse, the archos is better; the galaxy tab is almost as good.

I want to use my tablet mostly for gaming, i mean like games that requires high end devices and music and a little movies maybe, but nook has only 800mzh cpu... so is it good to play games?
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And if i decide to buy archos i will make my own custom ROM based on android 2.2 would people like that or does everyone use urukdroid?
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I just sold my archos 101, I highly reccommend you to not get the archos..altough games were "payable" it had some issues and lags
get a honeycomb tablet, the most inexpensive (and hard to find) is the asus transformer..which is only US $400

I use urukdroid atm because its the best and i test things with lenn for $auron , but if honeycomb for android is coming i take it then (i think) ;-)

This was a very good tablet for its price 6 months ago. It is now still good, but if you can get the transformer with Honeycomb with only 100 $ more... just do it.
In any case I have a very good experience with the 101. It does sometimes have some lag, but I wouldn't say that the device is overall slow, it's just OK. Raging Thunder is perfect. Most games I have tried also run smooth (except Fruit Ninja which lags), but I don't really use many resource hungry games.
Having more ROMs developed is always good in any case.
Let me repeat it: the 101 is indeed a good tablet, whith lots of interesting features (full size USB, HDMI, and the kickstand!!!!), but getting a for 100 $ more is probably worth the price difference (unless I am missing some lacks of the transformer).
Be careful that the build quality of the 101 is also not fantastic. It's not really bad and I have no problems at all with mine, but it's mostly made up with plastic, not metal, I am quite sure that it would break if it fell even from relatively low heights. The screen also breaks easily, using a hard case is recommended. Also, the viewing angles of the screen are quite bad, but you will get used to this.

nova hd gameloft

it is true gameloft nova hd run galaxy 5 watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4wffRKZ-Yc&feature=youtube_gdata_player but why its not running galaxy 3

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galaxy 5 has a different cpu with 3D gpu...

hodostamas said:
galaxy 5 has a different cpu with 3D gpu...
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Correct..thats why
Galaxy 3 complete blog

I try it and doesn`t work...still white textures and not full screen...so is not playable..if you find a good game for our resolution we ``maybe`` can play it...At this moment i wait for tom3q drivers for galaxy spica(he said we can use it too cuz is same cpu but he need some g3 devs to help him.I think marcell is the best in this cause).

clarkkov said:
AND FOR THE LAST TIME: SG3 HAS A GPU! It uses ARM11 chipset GPU - which is very bad, other low end phones use Adreno 200 (or similar GPUs) which are much better.
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lol yeah i find many ppl say "NO GPU" that makes me laugh.
Thanks for letting them know

clarkkov said:
Yeah, I posted this a couple of times but people still believe it's otherwise :/
Shame it's so slow, 14 fps in benches where sg5 and se x8 get 40+ fps.
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maybe they got a better gpu but its not like we dont have one..
saying that would be so lame

nova have been optimised on devices with resolution 320x240 and yes they will ork on our device and you need to use chainfire3D. Nova runs well.

It does not work

it doesnt work
medkab93 said:
It does not work
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...........me too

clarkkov said:
For this game to run properly on SG3 it needs to be ported to it. The same goes for NFS Shift and other cool games.
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Where can i found game like nfs shift for g3 ?
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why would you open a thread that doesnt solve anything.. at all.

Will try to contact him too, games look awesome
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Lol prob at 5-6 fps but lets wait for tom to make it better.
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Games running very badly

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I am having problems with games running very slowly, it seems the more simple the graphics are the worse it is
Eg "Clear Vision" runs really badly as do a lot of the games from the latest Humble Bundle but gfx intensive games like Shadowgun seem to run fine!!
Anyone got any ideas?

Define "running badly". Display corruption? Tearing? Banding? Lag? Fuzzy?
The only thing I've had is fuzziness. Some apps don't scale well to our extremely high resolution.

jamesp141 said:
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I am having problems with games running very slowly, it seems the more simple the graphics are the worse it is
Eg "Clear Vision" runs really badly as do a lot of the games from the latest Humble Bundle but gfx intensive games like Shadowgun seem to run fine!!
Anyone got any ideas?
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Many Android games are yet to properly handle the N10's resolution, or badly optimized anyways, the HW can handle everything, the problem lies at the developers,.

BoneXDA said:
Many Android games are yet to properly handle the N10's resolution, or badly optimized anyways, the HW can handle everything, the problem lies at the developers,.
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Sorry, they just seem to run really slowly, they look good, no fuzzyness they just run/render very slowly

jamesp141 said:
Sorry, the just seem to run really slowly, they look good, no fuzzyness they just run/render very slowley
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This video claims otherwise

Beach Buggy Blitz and Riptide - both set to max graphics - run very well here. Don't have the Tegra3 special effects but look otherwise even better to me than on the Nex7.

BoneXDA said:
This video claims otherwise
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Dont get me wrong im not trolling, a lot of games run really well but I have come across a few that dont and it seems to be the more basic graphics games that dont.
Try running: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDEwMiwiYWlyLmNsZWFydmlzaW9uMTJwbHVzIl0.
and you will see what I mean

jamesp141 said:
Dont get me wrong im not trolling, a lot of games run really well but I have come across a few that dont and it seems to be the more basic graphics games that dont.
Try running: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDEwMiwiYWlyLmNsZWFydmlzaW9uMTJwbHVzIl0.
and you will see what I mean
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the force gpu acceleration option in the developer settings seems to make them run a little better

jamesp141 said:
Dont get me wrong im not trolling, a lot of games run really well but I have come across a few that dont and it seems to be the more basic graphics games that dont.
Try running: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDEwMiwiYWlyLmNsZWFydmlzaW9uMTJwbHVzIl0.
and you will see what I mean
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Just tried it, must be a bug because the videos are normal speed, as is the game, but the menus animate in slow mo.

alias_neo said:
Just tried it, must be a bug because the videos are normal speed, as is the game, but the menus animate in slow mo.
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Yeah thats what I get, im guessing we just need to wait for app devs to catch up.

the the force gpu acceleration option has vastly improved some games so this might be a work around if anyone else has any issues :laugh:

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This video claims otherwise
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You may realise no special effects are enabled
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I would worry about running games at 2560x1600 on a PC, the fact that we're doing it on a tablet is crazy.

jamesp141 said:
the force gpu acceleration option in the developer settings seems to make them run a little better
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Where is the developer settings located?

lse4 said:
Where is the developer settings located?
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It`s hidden by default and made visible by tapping on Build number in About Tablet in settings 7 or 8 times

brownsea2989 said:
It`s hidden by default and made visible by tapping on Build number in About Tablet in settings 7 or 8 times
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Thanks

edwinpang said:
You may realise no special effects are enabled
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I turned on Max settings in dead trigger after. Still smooth
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italia0101 said:
I turned on Max settings in dead trigger after. Still smooth
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Dead trigger isnt really that cutiing edge imo
But still u got a pt
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[GTAVC]Audio Performance Tweak and compact obb [1 GB][V1.0]

After a year's absence, I'll offer a tweak for Gta Vice City. This one being much more optimized and it's difficult to do better than that. But I still optimized archive by reducing weight about 400 MB and re-encode mp3 in 48 kbits VBR to minimize CPU usage so as not to ruin the gaming experience. This archive is only compatible with PowerVR, I could if there are demands to make a Adreno or DXT.
https://mega.co.nz/#!wYVVWC4a!ZGYPU1FJb9PBldnkJZkfBzWtGqERfaXzisp-SFXI7T4
Archive before editing : 1,38 Go
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Is this even legal?
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Archive is online.

XeLLaR* said:
Is this even legal?
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Why would not it? It's like modding and Rockstar has never banned it instead.

XeLLaR* said:
Is this even legal?
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Its just optimized.. :silly:

mrjraider said:
Its just optimized.. :silly:
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Yeah i must have missed something while reading the post! :good:

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Yeah i must have missed something while reading the post! :good:
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You forgot [sarcasm][/sarcasm] xD
Hahaha

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matyas69 said:
After a year's absence, I'll offer a tweak for Gta Vice City. This one being much more optimized and it's difficult to do better than that. But I still optimized archive by reducing weight about 400 MB and re-encode mp3 in 48 kbits VBR to minimize CPU usage so as not to ruin the gaming experience. This archive is only compatible with PowerVR, I could if there are demands to make a Adreno or DXT.
https://mega.co.nz/#!wYVVWC4a!ZGYPU1FJb9PBldnkJZkfBzWtGqERfaXzisp-SFXI7T4
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Please make Adreno 205 version
I would like to have few more fps on my Vc ;P

Wicio0 said:
Please make Adreno 205 version
I would like to have few more fps on my Vc ;P
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No problem, i do it as soon as possible.

Thanks
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No problem, i do it as soon as possible.
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sure take Your time quote me when its done
thanks again

Radios appear disabled on some devices, I'm searching a fix for That, i do not want ruin the game experience

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Radios appear disabled on some devices, I'm searching a fix for That, i do not want ruin the game experience
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it can be w/o radio ..
we can turn on our music from other stereo.
ill be glad to see some more fps and better graphic

First of all, thank you very much for your modifications, the game runs really smooth.
I´m having the radio station problem you have been talking about, I can hear everything, switch between stations but no radio.
Any idea why? Is not a big deal but it would be cooler with that awesome sountrack.

My s8 lagg and freez in the simlest of games is it faulty device pllllz help

My s8 is freezin and lagg on the simplest of games and i video captured the screen for you guys is it a faulty devive or is there any help notice i did factory settings twice and nothing changed i dont konw how to attach a video in the post

I would say it could be a fault as I play Real Racing 3 on mine and it runs smooth. What game are you playing? I will add it to mine and see what it is like.

MattMc1977 said:
I would say it could be a fault as I play Real Racing 3 on mine and it runs smooth. What game are you playing? I will add it to mine and see what it is like.
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Subway surfer for example which any low end phone can run it smoothly cant even play the tutorial i dont know how to upload a video to my post to show you

kingahmedfawzy said:
Subway surfer for example which any low end phone can run it smoothly cant even play the tutorial i dont know how to upload a video to my post to show you
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I've just installed it onto my S8 and it plays smoothly. You must have a fault somewhere.

Any battery optimization is running? Any power saving is on? Also under settings>device maintenance>performance mode - try other settings and see.

Charkatak said:
Any battery optimization is running? Any power saving is on? Also under settings>device maintenance>performance mode - try other settings and see.
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Thanks but i tried every thing no battery optimization and tried all the modes games performance high performance and all the reaolution of the screen and nothing changed

MattMc1977 said:
I've just installed it onto my S8 and it plays smoothly. You must have a fault somewhere.
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Thanks alot for your concern

Go to service center for repair

kingahmedfawzy said:
Thanks but i tried every thing no battery optimization and tried all the modes games performance high performance and all the reaolution of the screen and nothing changed
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1) Has your phone always been like this?
2) Is the device EU or US model?

Charkatak said:
1) Has your phone always been like this?
2) Is the device EU or US model?
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Yes it is alwayes like this
My device is middle east exynos version

kingahmedfawzy said:
Yes it is alwayes like this
My device is middle east exynos version
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Have you played with developer options? As another user commented, it won't hurt to show the phone to Samsung center.
Exynos is usually good, I like it better than Qualcomm version. In US we have Snapdragon version.

Charkatak said:
Have you played with developer options? As another user commented, it won't hurt to show the phone to Samsung center.
Exynos is usually good, I like it better than Qualcomm version. In US we have Snapdragon version.
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I tried before in rhe developer options to down scale the animation and it didint work and my problem with samsung fraud system is that i bought it from dubai while in vacation and i live in cairo and they said send it to dubai what the hell is the internatiol warranty usefull for

kingahmedfawzy said:
I tried before in rhe developer options to down scale the animation and it didint work and my problem with samsung fraud system is that i bought it from dubai while in vacation and i live in cairo and they said send it to dubai what the hell is the internatiol warranty usefull for
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Looks like you have done enough of troubleshooting...I had a phone form UK once and when I called Sony, they told me that phone is international and they won't have parts in US to fix it.
1) You mentioned something about "factory settings", did you mean you did factory reset?
2) Have you also try to re-flash firmware using Samsung software, there was an option for this. Before we had Samsung Kies to do it, I just don't know if it still available for S8. When you do factory reset, it just erases your data and starts from the beginning, but re-flashing is much better, because it flashes the whole firmware and "may" help you eliminate issues.

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Looks like you have done enough of troubleshooting...I had a phone form UK once and when I called Sony, they told me that phone is international and they won't have parts in US to fix it.
1) You mentioned something about "factory settings", did you mean you did factory reset?
2) Have you also try to re-flash firmware using Samsung software, there was an option for this. Before we had Samsung Kies to do it, I just don't know if it still available for S8. When you do factory reset, it just erases your data and starts from the beginning, but re-flashing is much better, because it flashes the whole firmware and "may" help you eliminate issues.
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Thanks alot for you trying to help i realy appreciate that i did a lot of troubleshooting factiory reset and wipe cash and nothing changed i didnt try to flash another software i will try that thanks amilion

The same to me. I think we need more ram!! With 4 gb is not enough

EddiePR said:
The same to me. I think we need more ram!! With 4 gb is not enough
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I dont think it ram problem cause same games run smoothly on other s8s

kingahmedfawzy said:
I dont think it ram problem cause same games run smoothly on other s8s
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Right! There could be that GPU has a bad thermal paste and possibly gets hot... Oh, while typing this I got an idea. Try getting an app that shows GPU temperature of your device while lets say you load a game and try to play it for 2-5 minutes. Then with that app, measure before and after gameplay. We need a game that is GPU intensive such as Modern Combat 5 and Need for Speed - No Limits or something similar. Then compare with other users.

kingahmedfawzy said:
I dont think it ram problem cause same games run smoothly on other s8s
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I have the model g950f and I installed several firmwares from different countries and operators and I also installed a few roms. I have no bixby installed, the system is highly debloated and y only have a few apps installed but i always notice a slight delay, lagg etc.
With the s7 I always have about 2gb free ram and with s8 I'm always under 1gb ram.. I think that's the problem. The truth, my s7 is much more fluid In some scenarios, like in games.

EddiePR said:
I have the model g950f and I installed several firmwares from different countries and operators and I also installed a few roms. I have no bixby installed, the system is highly debloated and y only have a few apps installed but i always notice a slight delay, lagg etc.
With the s7 I always have about 2gb free ram and with s8 I'm always under 1gb ram.. I think that's the problem. The truth, my s7 is much more fluid In some scenarios, like in games.
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My previous device was s7 edge it was running all kind of games and no issues with it

kingahmedfawzy said:
My previous device was s7 edge it was running all kind of games and no issues with it
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that's true!:good: