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[Chemical-TBR]

So i tried once again, it´s been a few months so i thought something might have changed. Galaxy S4 mini GT I9192 running android 4.4.2, did a factory reset, connected to wifi, installed TF and right on the first map whenever i pressed lean back + accelerate the accelerate button would flicker. On Market Street i would press no button other than accelerate and always right after the first checkpoint the button would go dead. I moved the button everywhere possible but same place same moment it would go dead.

I don´t know what else to do other than to try and install a different firmware. The touchscreen is flawless there´s no reason for it to flicker or go dead.

[Zarrex081985]

after clearing my cache it will all turn back to normal, this happens everytime if the storage is almost full or the cache of TF is more than 1 gb

[Chemical-TBR]

Earlier today i what Fevves wrote on the Lootwheel Problem thread about testing the touchscreen so i tried it out on the S4mini. I tried 4 things, the *#0*# keypad method plus 3 apps for touch testing. The keypad and one of the apps worked flawlessly, there are no dead pixels, the screen works all around the edges no problem, there was nothing wrong that i could find. But with the other two apps i managed to reproduce what happens in TF, particularly in one of the apps i managed to get the both the "flicking" problem and the "going dead" problem. If i pressed the lower right corner and held, and then start clicking on the left bottom click click click, at some point the right side would start flickering OR it would simply stop working. If it stopped working then a small portion of the corner would go dead, touching there would not register anymore. Unlike TF though, if i flipped the screen over i could not make these glitches happen, the screen worked normally. So my question is if i managed to reproduce the glitches with the test apps (even if only partially), i can rule out a problem with TF, but does it mean i have a hardware problem or a firmware problem?

I´ve looked for firmware updates (i´m on 4.4.2) but Samsung won´t release any versions of android 4.4.4 - 5.0 - 5.1 for the S4mini. I´m considering trying out one of the CM´s but i´ve never done that before so i still have some doubts. There´s 12.1, 12, and 11. I´m thinking about trying either 12 or 12.1 though i read Samsung didn´t relase lollipop for the S4mini because of memory restrictions. So maybe CM11 would be more advisable, stick with kitkat? Anyone here use CM11 or 12?

@MaknHosLegsShvr, try out some of the screen tests, see if maybe you get similar results. The app that gave me the same glitches as in TF is called MultiTouch Tester, by 511plus.

[flooodi]

I'm also with S4mini, black edition GT-I9195. Android 4.4.2.

I had much worse issues last year with S4mini than now.
I couldn't play anymore with s4mini back then because of the screen issues, luckily I got a spare (dipped in water, mic/audio broken) S5mini, so I could continue playing.
So I played with other phone from january to late march, it didn't had any issues. No the S5 is dead and i'm back with my S4mini. Now it works somehow almost decent, flickering and not responding happens only few times per day... I'm currently ok with the issue.

I did the screen test back then also, but coudn't find any faults and didn't manage to reproduce the TF issue with not responding or flickering issues within the screen test.

a bit offtopic. In the meanwhile when I played the S5mini, I added my sons account to my S4 just to get KTM. It had the wierdest issues. I could not get to town from worldmap, not even once. Always had to kill TF and start it again to get town screen. I switched to my own account and the town worked fine.

[Chemical-TBR]

Now it works somehow almost decent, flickering and not responding happens only few times per day... I'm currently ok with the issue.

Lucky you are that yours suddenly got better, even if it´s still glitchy a few times a day it´s better than what happens on mine. I don´t actually use this phone so i can´t say if it has any screen issues with other apps. I´m assuming you (and FatalDragon and MaknHosLegsShvr) don´t have any touchscreen problems other than in TF? If the glitch is there on android 4.4.2, 4.4.4, and 5.0 then maybe going for a CM version won´t help....what to do, what to do....

In reply to weird issues you got when adding your sons account, this last time i installed TF the very first run on The Cave gave me the button glitches. I moved on to Three Bridges and the rocks fells on me and i was sent to the saloon and given the mission to go back and complete it. I went ahead and completed it but back in the saloon the mission would appear incomplete. I redid the track and still no mission complete. I redid it again and at the end i was sent to the town but could not enter the saloon nor click on the map, sort of the opposite of you, i was in town but could not exit to the map or go anywhere. I exited the game, came back went into Three Bridges again, the rocks fell on me again, went back again to complete the track and finally the mission was complete. I´ve never had this happen before, especially not the part where i stood in town with nothing to click on, like a ghost town. If that were my first time installing the game i´d be VERY unimpressed. Anyways also strange that the button glitch didn´t occur in any of those runs on Three Bridges, but as soon as i went to Marketplace it was back.

[MaknHosLegsShvr]

It's only with TF. I'll take some more vids soon. Some of the 'speed bursts' are quite comical on occasion, but not so funny when I really can't play the game as it's supposed to be played. I do have another tablet coming in the next day or two, so hopefully it plays like normal. Sure wish I hadn't dropped my Lenovo tablet in the lake. It played beautifully on that, and I was starting to get some decent times on some of the tracks.

I'm debating on rooting this new phone and going back to an earlier Android version. Might work, I suppose. Then again, still hoping RL can make it work with this version. Android makes their OS so developers can make games on it, not the other way around. I realize it isn't so easy with there being a massive amount of different Android devices. Hopefully we'll find the 'happy-medium'.

[Chemical-TBR]

I'm debating on rooting this new phone and going back to an earlier Android version. Might work, I suppose.

Good to know that TF is the only app giving you the problem, i´m still curious to see what would happen if you tried the screen tester app i mentioned. I don´t think you have to root your phone to install an official version of android, i did it on a Galaxy S2 (upgraded android) and no root was required, though it might void any warranty. Btw did you check to see if Samsung released lollipop for your model? They did release for the S4 for example, but not for the S4mini, that´s the only reason i´ve considered trying an earlier official version of 4.4.2 but.......... I dunno, going backwards is weird. I´m considering CM12, just for kicks. Installing CM is more complicated and more risky... and i haven´t done it before so i´m sleeping on it for a while.

Btw nice run on Frosty Plumbing, went in last night to improve my time and used your ghost. I did runs for about half hour and improved my time by half a second but couldn´t quite catch you, still need to shave off another ~0.150. That log moving down in the end messes me up all the time.

[MaknHosLegsShvr]

I tried out all them tester apps, but everything is fine. I check every other day but they haven't released it yet. I did get another tablet today (it runs lollipop) and it plays better than the phone, but still get some of them random speed bursts. It's almost like the 'gravity' changes and where you see yourself on the track isn't where you actually are, then it catches itself up. It's been an issue with this game since the beginning. Sometimes it gets fixed and works on some peoples devices, then they update and break it. It's always been a waiting game for the next update with TF.

Thanks, that damn log can really ruin a good run, eh? I'll never get anywhere close to any of my decent runs on any of the tracks until they fix the stutters etc... Any time I do manage to get a good run, it'll stutter, speed up, or bike seems to just drop out of the air like a ton of bricks. Every. Single. Time.

Just for the hell of it I just raced your ghost on Frosty Plumbing and can't get better than 1.5 seconds or so slower than you hahaha

[Chemical-TBR]

random speed bursts. It's almost like the 'gravity' changes and where you see yourself on the track isn't where you actually are, then it catches itself up.

I get speed bursts too, guaranteed to happen on tracks that have fire, explosives and gears, like the game is on 3x speed. It´s annoying but not too prohibitive, i believe the majority of people have this speeding up issue. I´m not sure what you mean by gravity change but "see yourself on the track isn´t where you are" seem like latency? I don´t have any issues like that, not sure what you mean.

[MaknHosLegsShvr]

I get speed bursts too, guaranteed to happen on tracks that have fire, explosives and gears, like the game is on 3x speed. It´s annoying but not too prohibitive, i believe the majority of people have this speeding up issue. I´m not sure what you mean by gravity change but "see yourself on the track isn´t where you are" seem like latency? I don´t have any issues like that, not sure what you mean.

Not too prohibitive? You're lucky. I'll leave it at that, man...For now...Trying not to hate on the game because I love it/hate it, in the same breath, but I definitely haven't drank the kool-aid like a lot of folks around here have. I'll keep quiet til the next update before I comment. I got banned from here from one of the fanboys/girls not long ago, for simply stating my opinion.

Hopefully the volunteer fanboy/girl who did the banning got stripped of their moderator privileges.