[MCPE-7858] Massive Lag on Samsung Devices! Created: 27/Jan/15  Updated: 13/Jul/18  Resolved: 03/Jan/18

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft (Bedrock codebase)
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: 0.10.4, 0.10.5, 0.11.0 Pre-Beta, 0.11.0 Beta 1, 0.11.0 Beta 2, 0.11.0 Beta 3, 0.11.0 Beta 4, 0.11.0 Beta 5, 0.11.0 Beta 6, 0.11.0 Beta 7, 0.11.0 Beta 8, 0.11.0 Beta 9, 0.11.0 Beta 10, 0.11.0 Beta 11, 0.11.0 Beta 12, 0.11.0 Beta 13, 0.11.1, 0.12.1 Pre-release, 0.12.1 Beta 2, 0.12.1 Beta 3, 0.12.1 Beta 6, 0.12.1, 0.12.2, 0.12.3, 0.13.0 Beta 1, 0.13.0 Beta 2, 0.13.0 Beta 3, 0.13.0 Beta 4, 0.13.0 Beta 5, 0.13.0, 0.14.0, 0.14.2, 0.14.3, 0.15.6
Fix Version/s: 0.14.2

Type: Bug
Reporter: Luis Robles
Resolution: Cannot Reproduce Votes: 2
Labels: None

Issue Links:
Duplicate
is duplicated by MCPE-8135 lag when animated water is activated Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-9295 Minecraft Lags on Samsung Galaxy Tab S Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-9337 Samsung Galaxy Tab S Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-10278 Bug with living water, and add a button Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-10950 Animated Water Lagg on Tab S Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-11055 On my Samsung Galaxy s6 edge plus it ... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-11119 Samsung devices lag when animated wat... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-11302 Random Freezing Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-11304 Really laggy sometimes Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-11376 SM-G900H Lag Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-13981 Galaxy Note 5 Performance Issues Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-14304 Input and framerate performance drop ... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-14451 Poor performance Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-14459 Galaxy S7 Lag Resolved
Relates
relates to MCPE-13772 Bad performance Windows10 Mobile Resolved
relates to MCPE-14062 Heavy lag on Win10 beta-hosted server Resolved
relates to MCPE-11664 Slow and Laggy after the 0.13.0 Update! Resolved
Confirmation Status: Confirmed
Platform: Tablet - Android - Samsung Galaxy Tab S
CHK:

 Description   

Mcpe is lagging so terrible (5-10 FPS) for a tablet that has 8-core at 1.9 Ghz, with 3GB of RAM and Mali-T628MP6 (Exynos 5420) of GPU.

I downgraded to 0.9.5 and there was no lag (50 FPS more less).

This is still annoying me, even with the latest beta of 0.11.0, idk why is lagging if it has a better processor,RAM and GPU than an iPod Touch 5, because my iPod Touch 5 doesn´t lag even with the best graphics options available (4 render distance on, fancy graphics on, animated water on, all are on and doesn´t lag)

UPDATE 0.12.1: I found the bug, the problem is with the animated water option, i turned it off, and surprise, no lag, around 50FPS. Weird for a powerful tablet. In 0.9.x was working fine with the best graphics options.



 Comments   
Comment by Simon Nemeth [ 13/Jul/18 ]

This issue is still there to this day. It seems to be specific to devices with Mali GPUs. This seems to affect all Samsung Exynos based devices. I have Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4, Galaxy Tab A 10.1 2016 and a generic T95Z android box, which although it has an Amlogic S912 Octa-Core CPU, it still has a Mali-T820MP3 for graphics based operations.

Comment by [Mojang] Mega_Spud (Jay Wells) [ 03/Jan/18 ]

This ticket has been resolved as 'Cannot Reproduce' as it has no response was received recently.

Comment by Adam VanWert [ 05/Jan/17 ]

I just got MCPE on my Samsung Galaxy S6 and after building a world for a few days the lag is so horrible (single player survival, Internet off) that most button presses are ignored. Turning down all settings to lowest or off doesn't fix the issue. Reinstalling the app does not help. It's completely non-playable at this point. I've tried closing all apps and background processes and it's no better.

Comment by [MCPE Helper] Aspergerian [ 08/Dec/16 ]

Using a Note 5, only when settings are somewhat low that the game is fine. But near trees causes the FPS counter to cut in half (or lower), forcing me to lower the render distance significantly, and even then the FPS hovers roughly at 30-40-ish when near large forest biomes.

Comment by solehuddin power [ 08/Dec/16 ]

GPU problem.Some device with Mali Txxxx do not work well.It may from you update software.You use all low settings and see if this occur.

Comment by Ciaran Martin [ 08/Dec/16 ]

Yes, this still affects Minecraft 0.16.2. Low FPS anywhere near water on Samsung Galaxy Note 5. I used to be able to fix it by disabling animated water, but you can't do that anymore. Usually it is around 60 FPS but near water, the framerate drops to around 10-15 FPS.

Comment by gatharian [ 29/Oct/16 ]

Does this bug affect 0.16.0? If so please respond.

Comment by rplatham [ 13/Sep/16 ]

greg065 I suspect there is something strange going on on your devices. MCPE 0.15.6 ran just fine on my Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, Android 5.1.1 and my Samsung Galaxy S6 (SM-G920W8), Android 6.0.1 I would double check that you don't have any 3rd party apps related to minecraft, close all other open apps and try MCPE again.

Comment by Herobrine [ 13/Sep/16 ]

I like get 60 FPS all the time

Comment by greg065 [ 11/Aug/16 ]

Still lags on my s4... (0.15.6)

Render distance: lowest
Brightness: max
Everything else: disabled
Tested on a fresh new world

30 fps while moving the camera
Someone tell me how the heck is this possible...

EDIT: I don't have the "animated water" option for some reason.
EDIT2: Also tested on another s4, and on a galaxy S6... still lags, but only while moving the camera

Comment by [Mojang] Mega_Spud (Jay Wells) [ 25/Jul/16 ]

Does this affect the latest version? Please reply if it does.

Comment by Schyler Ryan [ 24/May/16 ]

I do.

Comment by kaleb418 [ 24/May/16 ]

@Schyler Ryan Please verify that you have 0.14.3 installed on your device.

Comment by kaleb418 [ 24/May/16 ]

Reopened.

Comment by Schyler Ryan [ 23/May/16 ]

I do but on the Galaxy S7

Comment by kaleb418 [ 23/May/16 ]

Resolving as Fixed. Please comment below if anyone still experiences this issue on 0.14.3

Comment by [Mojang] Mega_Spud (Jay Wells) [ 23/May/16 ]

Does this issue affect 0.14.3?

Comment by Unknown Unknown [ 05/Dec/15 ]

I disabled water animation and fancy graphic and then, no lags.
It was laggy only in 0.13.0 on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1.

Comment by AMAN4700 [ 25/Oct/15 ]

Confirmed on Samsung Galaxy Note 5. Android 5.1.1 Version: 0.12.3

Comment by Luis Robles [ 22/Oct/15 ]

Many users have the same issue not only with the tab s, is also confirmed for the samsung s5 s6, tab 4.

Comment by Luis Robles [ 03/Aug/15 ]

With the animated water off, all is ok, no lag. Also i tried on a flat world with nothing, and when i have animated water on it even lags. The tab s has the best processors, you can see that on the geekbench 3 results: https://browser.primatelabs.com/android-benchmarks

Comment by Luis Robles [ 01/Aug/15 ]

I found the bug, the problem is with the animated water option, i turned it off, and surprise, no lag, around 50FPS. Weird for a powerful tablet.

Comment by Luis Robles [ 18/Apr/15 ]

If there's no more beta builds, i will assume that it won't be fixed in 0.11.0.

Comment by Luis Robles [ 15/Apr/15 ]

When i play MCPE, more than the half of the RAM its free. This tablet has 8-core processor. Even with the worst graphics options still lags. Please, PLEASE, compare to older devices like the iPod 5, and it doesn´t lag, even with the best graphics options. I have both devices, and i noticed the difference when i started playing on my Tab S. My brother has a cheaper device, the Tab 4 8.0'' and this tablet has no much lag as the tab s 8.4''

Comment by Luis Robles [ 15/Apr/15 ]

I urge the mods and devs to reproduce this CRITICAL issue with the samsung galaxy tab S 8.4'', i have been waiting for it to be fixed since 0.10.0 was released.

Comment by AMAN4700 [ 26/Mar/15 ]

How do you downgrade? Curious.

Comment by Luis Robles [ 03/Feb/15 ]

Even if Im flying through the ocean on an infinite wolrd, lags terrible.

Comment by L3ice [ 28/Jan/15 ]

When you are going to the overworld and look at trees is it lagging and when you go in a cave its smooth right?

Comment by Luis Robles [ 27/Jan/15 ]

I have an iPod Touch 5g and there is no lag on a infinite worlds, even with the best graphics options.

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