Help Bluestacks 3 Unstable?

[persistentone]

Does anyone else have an issue with Bluestacks 3 running on Windows 8.1 that it is an extremely unstable OS for running Android apps? I constantly see Android apps simply hang for minutes at a time at startup. I have to terminate them and restart sometimes three or four times. Sometimes I can never make them run without terminating BlueStacks OS and rebooting the whole environment. It looks like they do not have good OS control on their own applications, either for catching errors or for overcoming deadlocks on hung resources.

 

[chanchan05]

Try Memu instead.

 

[mikedt]

Does anyone else have an issue with Bluestacks 3 running on Windows 8.1 that it is an extremely unstable OS for running Android apps? I constantly see Android apps simply hang for minutes at a time at startup. I have to terminate them and restart sometimes three or four times. Sometimes I can never make them run without terminating BlueStacks OS and rebooting the whole environment. It looks like they do not have good OS control on their own applications, either for catching errors or for overcoming deadlocks on hung resources.

A software emulation environment running under Windows may not be as stable as actually running Android apps on a real physical Android device, like a smart-phone or a tablet. I'm sure most devs do test their apps on things like Samsung, LG and Moto/Lenovo phones or tablets etc, and may not have even heard of something like Bluestacks.

Don't know what Bluestacks 3 is like, but I have tried Bluestacks in the past on a Mac with OS X and didn't find it satisfactory at all, and so not bothered since.

Someone posted last week about not been able to run Snapchat in Bluestacks. Bluestacks doesn't have a camera of course and I believe Bluestacks is a rooted environment, but that's not Snapchat's fault. Also the fact a PC is an x86 processor which some Android apps and games may not run on, most mobile Android devices are ARM.

 

[chanchan05]

<span style='text-decoration: underline'><br> A software emulation environment running under Windows</span> may not be as stable as actually running Android apps on a real physical Android device, like a smart-phone or a tablet.
<span style='text-decoration: underline'>I'm sure most devs do test their apps on things like Samsung, LG and Moto/Lenovo phones or tablets etc</span>, and may not have even heard of something like Bluestacks.
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<br> Don't know what Bluestacks 3 is like, but I have tried Bluestacks in the past on a Mac with OS X and didn't find it satisfactory at all, and so not bothered since.
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<br> Someone posted last week about not been able to run Snapchat in Bluestacks. Bluestacks doesn't have a camera of course and I believe Bluestacks is a rooted environment, but that's not Snapchat's fault. Also the fact a PC is an x86 processor which some Android apps and games may not run on, most mobile Android devices are ARM.

From what I've read, in an emulation environment, the biggest limiting factor is the CPU. Unless your CPU is powerful enough to run Windows + all your background processes + Bluestacks + whatever you are running on Bluestacks all at the same time, it's not going to be good or won't work at all. Most emulation environments use the CPU to emulate the phone's CPU + GPU. Some like Memu are coded to make use of the computer GPU though, not sure about Bluestacks. They also emulation for higher version of Android than 4.4 requires OpenGL compatibility. If you are running only an integrated chip, this may cause emulation to crash or simply not work.


Basically, the hardware requirements for running a proper emulation of Android on a computer needs your computer should be a powerful enough rig to be considered a low to mid range gaming setup. My laptop is powerful enough to run Skyrim on medium to high settings with over 200 mods installed, or Starcraft 2 on ultra settings, yet emulating Android on it to play SimCity BuildIt! isn't as smooth ss you'd expect it despite the raw power of the laptop being more than that of even the latest flagships.


That said, Memu has been noted to be better coded than Bluestacks so it's still an option.

 

[persistentone]

Is it safe to downgrade from 3.7 to 3.5?

 

[persistentone]

The version you are using is 3.7 while the live version is 3.50.50.1647 so it is totally safe to upgrade..

I'm confused. 3.7 is a later release than 3.5. How is moving from 3.7 to 3.5 an "upgrade"?

What is the difference between the "live" release and the release 3.7?

 

[DWFII]

That said, Memu has been noted to be better coded than Bluestacks so it's still an option.

My desktop rig is pretty powerful--medium level gaming running Win 7x64. Currently playing Enderal without any hitches. Do you think Memu could handle Instagram without problems? Such as the BSOD that I got with Bluestacks3

 

[chanchan05]

<span style='font-size:14px';>chanchan05 </span>

<span style='font-size:14px';>That said, Memu has been noted to be better coded than Bluestacks so it's still an option. </span>

My desktop rig is pretty powerful--medium level gaming running Win 7x64. Currently playing Enderal without any hitches. Do you think Memu could handle Instagram without problems? Such as the BSOD that I got with Bluestacks3

I play SimCity Buildit on Memu using a laptop that can't even run Enderal at minimum. I'm sure it will run without problems. The only problem I encountered was that Memu for some reason did not trigger the GPU switch from Intel to Nvidia on my laptop causing it to stop loading. Manually switching to Nvidia and restarting Memu fixes that. You just have to make sure you're running a compatible GPU when starting. Considering you can game better than I can, that's probably a yes for you.

The War Robots Wiki also says stay away from Bluestacks if you want to emulate Android properly for gaming. So I guess it coulf handle Instagram easy.