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Renlaan

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So this is my first Android, upgraded from a BB 8330m cause the internet sucked on it.
I didn't realize that this phone won't run games like Angry Birds and the like. Is this phone REALLY too slow for that sort of thing?? Or am I missing something?
Thanks!
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It really isn't about speed, its more about the memory and processor build. This phone runs an ARMv6 processor, you would want an ARMv7 to run most games and flash.
 
Thanks for that Speeder! Game works great!
Is their a place that has other Transform friendly games? Not that I want to just play games on it, it's just that was one of my major gripes so far with the phone. I'd love to get the big boy but can't see dropping $299 for it.
 
Root your phone and flash a Froyo rom (best phone decision I've made), or wait for Froyo to be official.
 
Naw theres no where(that i know of) that has a list of them.
But most games do seem to work for me.
But im also running froyo so that may have something to do with it.
 
I seen that root post and that looks kinda confusing. I'll wait till the offical thing comes out.
Thanks guys!
 
I think part of the problem with the Transform is that it only has 256kB of RAM, but the bigger issue (I think) is that (according to Engadget) Samsung didn't include an OpenGL graphics driver which would take advantage of the built-in graphics hardware. Samsung may implement a graphics driver in the Froyo release (but they never promised a graphics driver).

I ended up swapping my (800MHz-CPU/256MB-RAM) Transform for an LG Optimus S (600MHz/512MB) under the 30-day exchange window because the Optimus was so much faster than the Transform in download speeds and general usage. (LG implemented a graphics driver on the Optimus.) I don't care much about games, but the Optimus runs Angry Birds just fine, whereas the stock (2.1) Transform essentially couldn't run Angry Birds at all.

Neither the Transform nor the Optimus has a very powerful GPU, so they'll never be great gaming phones. And both use an ARMv6 CPU so neither will ever run modern Flash games, unless Adobe makes a big roadmap change that I don't foresee.
 
I used to own the transform and while I really liked the screen size and the form factor, I absollutely hated how slow it was. The rooted approach to froyo did seem to help but even then the phone could not play games like raging thunder, etc.
I too returned the phone in my 30 day grace period and got the Optimus and couldn't be happier.
 
so i've had the phone since christmas and didnt think much of the slowness beause its my 1st android. but now im really starting to get frustrated with it. do you think its possible for me to exchange it for the optimus?
 
so i got the transform for christmas and didnt really think much of the slowness because its my 1st android. but now its starting to frustrate me because i feel like i've done something wrong. its been a few months but do you think i can get it exchanged for a lg optimus ?
 
islanthght. said:
so i got the transform for christmas and didnt really think much of the slowness because its my 1st android. but now its starting to frustrate me because i feel like i've done something wrong. its been a few months but do you think i can get it exchanged for a lg optimus ?
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First of all, if you don't experience the slowness then it's not there. If you have tried an Optimus or something else and then arrived at the slowness conclusion then you have a point.
Bad news is if you try to swap the phone after 30 days of service then they will charge you the $10 data fee!! I know it sucks but they will ding you with that.
So, your best bet is to root the transform, add a custom froyo rom and hope there is a video driver update too. If that happens, your transform will be a brand new phone. Just moving to 2.2 froyo will increase some speed too.
Hope this helped.
 
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