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FragR8b00st3R
Seasoned Novice
2 years ago

Not a bug, but game freeze on app switching?

I've tried to bring this up to the help team before, it doesn't seem like a bug, but maybe someone can help me figure this out? It's why I'm posting here, and not the bugs section.

Playing on Samsung Note 10+, Android 12 (no, that's not the issue Apple bois :smile: ) with everything updated/patched. My issue stems from the fact that I leave multiple processes running, like everyone does. I should be able to switch from the game, to Discord, to browser, to social media, and back to the game without the game locking up when I reopen it. That's not what happens though. I'm sure maybe it's a process or tick somewhere, but it seems maybe it freezes because it's not getting data when it's in the background? The length of time it stays frozen depends on the length of time it was in the background it seems. If I just let it sit, it eventually "catches up", and then resumes play.

I tried all the resets, cache wipes, restarts, updates that help suggested to no avail. Just wondering if anyone has ever encountered this and how they work around it.
  • Gabe9876543210's avatar
    Gabe9876543210
    Seasoned Traveler
    Yes I have this problem as well. It is hard to replicate consistently.

    It happens when you switch back to the swgoh app, and the duration.depends on how long you have had the app out of focus. Longer time away, longer freeze, like the processor is catching up doing all the things it was planning to do if the app has been in focus.

    If I were to guess, it's the graphical interface, trying to recalculate the droid position in the cantina or something similar.
  • I'll give that a try, keep my memory optimized a little bit more, see what happens.

    I have noticed the crashing too, but that only happened when I tried to go to ap mode
  • Same problem
    Didn't have that on other phone, but with new one I immediately got problem with game randomly freezing after switching to other app (of switching phone off). It may freeze, it may not. Sometimes it's unfreezing after time, sometimes I reload game.
    Its very annoying...
  • It's annoying because the time spent waiting for the game to unfreeze I could have spent just closing the app and reopening it. Sounds like a 1st world problem, but I just like to app hop
  • "Gabe9876543210;c-2434530" wrote:
    Yes I have this problem as well. It is hard to replicate consistently.

    It happens when you switch back to the swgoh app, and the duration.depends on how long you have had the app out of focus. Longer time away, longer freeze, like the processor is catching up doing all the things it was planning to do if the app has been in focus.

    If I were to guess, it's the graphical interface, trying to recalculate the droid position in the cantina or something similar.


    This is exactly it - it's dependent on time away and what screen I'm on when I switch, as I'm not always in the Cantina. Other apps requiring load don't have an issue, I can switch in and out of Netflix and Youtube w/ zero lag, so I don't know if it's graphics, but then again this isn't my specialty. Would be great to narrow it down so I can continue avoiding my 1st world problem
  • Thought I'd update this. Since using the UI to "optimize" my memory/background processes, I have been having an easier time switching between apps and experiencing less lag. Didn't restart or clear cache, just using the system settings to optimize processes. I'm going to keep doing it because my confirmation bias told me so.

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