OnePlus 3 Pokemon Go no good

[vision33r]

I've been playing with Pokemon Go for a week now and find the OnePlus 3 not very good with Pokemon Go.

Running latest Oxygen OS 3.2.1

The game itself is already buggy and laggy depending on your connection but on the OnePlus 3 it seems more unstable than other phones I have on Tmobile.

I can't blame Tmobile since I've compared Pokemon Go running on other phones using the same service or sim card the OnePlus 3 is the least stable.

My wife uses S6 and it too has issues but not as bad as OnePlus 3. Doesn't freeze or lockup as much.

One the Samsung Note 4 running Kitkat, it seems to work the best. Freezes less often more Pokemon spawns.

I also have a LG G3 running Lollipop also on par with the Note 4 gets less freezes also.

My guess is the OnePlus 3 GPS & radio reception is inferior to plastic Android phones.

One strange thing is that I had the Note 4 tethered to the OnePlus 3 and it seemed to get more Pokemon spawns. Which sort of validates my theory that the Note 4 GPS is superior to the OnePlus 3.

What do you guys think?

 

[gman88667733]

I've been playing with Pokemon Go for a week now and find the OnePlus 3 not very good with Pokemon Go.

Running latest Oxygen OS 3.2.1

The game itself is already buggy and laggy depending on your connection but on the OnePlus 3 it seems more unstable than other phones I have on Tmobile.

I can't blame Tmobile since I've compared Pokemon Go running on other phones using the same service or sim card the OnePlus 3 is the least stable.

My wife uses S6 and it too has issues but not as bad as OnePlus 3. Doesn't freeze or lockup as much.

One the Samsung Note 4 running Kitkat, it seems to work the best. Freezes less often more Pokemon spawns.

I also have a LG G3 running Lollipop also on par with the Note 4 gets less freezes also.

My guess is the OnePlus 3 GPS & radio reception is inferior to plastic Android phones.

One strange thing is that I had the Note 4 tethered to the OnePlus 3 and it seemed to get more Pokemon spawns. Which sort of validates my theory that the Note 4 GPS is superior to the OnePlus 3.

What do you guys think?

I had the exact same issues! Pokemon Go on my Nexus 5 is smooth and on my OP3 it was so laggy and stuttery. I have since sent my OP3 back. The reception was the worst of any phone I've owned.

 

[ming3r]

Works great on mine and finds a GPS lock about 10x faster than my OPO.

 

[andlin97]

@vision33r

This has absolutely nothing to do with the phone, (if it's not a faulty one)

Stop giving Oneplus such a hard time and go ahead and delete this thred. Menaingless in it's highest grade.

 

[nori971]

I have pokemon Go installed too and no problem with it so far.
You maybe you guys have some apps that conflicts with the game, here what should you do, try the game with a fresh install of OxygenOs and/or try it with CM13

 

[vision33r]

I'm posting this to see if people share the same real-world experience. I think it deserves some attention because I've had OnePlus 2 and the signal quality is pretty good. The OP3 I believe may need some tweaking, because its got a Snapdragon 820 much superior than older devices but yet I am able to get better performance on Pokemon Go with older devices. It maybe radio signals as Pokemon Go is very data intensive.

 

[doublespaces]

My OnePlus 3 works just fine. The problem is that its hot as heck.

 

[nidhish91]

Lol it works pretty good on my OP3. Pretty sure it's just you.

 

[Jfxmedia]

I've been playing since it was released on my OP3. Also have S7 and S4 phones same network. It's laggy but equally to my Samsung's. Seems the same for me on any phone I try. I'm very happy with PoGo on my OP3. It's niantic that sucks. Also I haven't had any reception issues... Hopefully that's just rare faulty devices.

 

[singlebyte]

Works great on my phone. I'm using rooted 3.2.1 stock.

Here's a secret: works even better with Xposed "add on".

 

[5nickers]

no problems at all with my op3. it freezes as often as it does on other devices.

 

[panopticum]

fine on my OP3 aswell, freezes are server/app related

 

[gman88667733]

@vision33r

This has absolutely nothing to do with the phone, (if it's not a faulty one)

Stop giving Oneplus such a hard time and go ahead and delete this thred. Menaingless in it's highest grade.

This is a community forum and he doesn't have to do anything you say, pal. He had a bad experience with the phone, so he is letting everyone know. Just because yours is fine, doesn't mean they all are.
Accept the criticism of your beloved phone, it isn't perfect!

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fine on my OP3 aswell, freezes are server/app related

Then why did my Nexus 5 (2013...) play it at twice the frame rate? And my Xperia Z3 and Nexus 7 2nd Gen. There is an issue there, definitely.

Before someone says it, I factory reset the phone and only had the game installed and still had issues.

---------- Post added at 09:11 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:09 AM ----------

Lol it works pretty good on my OP3. Pretty sure it's just you.

It clearly is not just him.

 

[Supranoob]

I live in a suburban area and go to work in a very urban area (downtown San Jose, Ca) and I haven't had an issue with GPS or 4g/3g signal (in parking garages or the office buildings). Pokemon Go is almost always smooth for me, except for when there is server instability. Compared to my Oneplus One, my spouse's iPhone 6 plus, and my brother's Galaxy S5, I tend to get more stable data signal.

 

[gman88667733]

I live in a suburban area and go to work in a very urban area (downtown San Jose, Ca) and I haven't had an issue with GPS or 4g/3g signal (in parking garages or the office buildings). Pokemon Go is almost always smooth for me, except for when there is server instability. Compared to my Oneplus One, my spouse's iPhone 6 plus, and my brother's Galaxy S5, I tend to get more stable data signal.

It's good to hear that some people don't have problems. However, a very large number of people do, which is not acceptable! Even for a cheap phone.

 

[panopticum]

It's the other way around, most people don't have problems.
I just can tell you its running smooth, i didn't compare framerates with other devices nor did i check the fps my device delivers.

When the App bugs its the same bug as it occures on different devices, therefor not OP3 related.

 

[vision33r]

I did some further testing, I do think the OP3 has a smaller & weaker signal range. I'm getting about -113dbm to -103dbm compared to my Note 4, getting about -93dbm to -100dbm around my house where there are two Poke centers that I frequent.

Last night both my friend and my wife gotten Ghastly at the center and my OP3 did not get it. I quickly tethered my iPad Pro LTE to the OP3 and sure enough that Ghastly showed up.

Keep in mind my OP3 already has Google Maps offline enabled for the area and the iPad didn't My wife's phone is S6 Edge and friend has Nexus 5X.

So something is up with the GPS, the data seemed to be ok as the iPad tethered to the OP3 gotten much better results.

 

[vision33r]

Works great on my phone. I'm using rooted 3.2.1 stock.

Here's a secret: works even better with Xposed "add on".

I figured at some point they will disable running on rooted or jailbroken devices. But I really don't want to cheat because to me the fun part is catching them. It wouldn't be fun if I just cheat and take away the fun part of finding them.

 

[The_Fry_Guy]

It's good to hear that some people don't have problems. However, a very large number of people do, which is not acceptable! Even for a cheap phone.

99% of people with this phone most likely have no issues at all with PoGo...

 

[rickyx32]

Now, moving on, after doing some tests, the OnePlus 3 is clearly inferior to it's testing partner the LG G Flex 2 when it comes to general reception. Using the speedtest.net app, the OP3 consistently has weaker speeds than the Flex 2 on T-Mobile's 4G LTE. The upload speeds were drastically worse than the download speeds for some reason.

Second the OP3 also appears to significantly pick up less satellites using the GPS Test app.

My findings line up well with the OP's observations and the concerns many already have regarding the reliability of these features.

Below is a side by side sample of the general GPS performance differences between the OP3 and the LG G Flex 2. The screenshot with the VoLTE icon obviously identifies the OP3.

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