Pocket Edition hardware performance (Android)

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For the iOS version hardware performance, go to Pocket Edition hardware performance (iOS).

NOTE: The majority of devices on this list are no longer working consistently after the March 14th update to version 0.2.1

Go to Minecraft Pocket Edition Demo to test your device's compatibility.

This page lists users' measurements of performance of the Pocket Edition version on various hardware and software. See also: Hardware performance for performance of the Minecraft PC version.

When adding a device please note down whether fancy graphics run with (even small) or without lag.
If you are using a custom ROM or your device is overclocked please also add this information to the version or remarks column.

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Device Android Version Fancy Graphics Remarks


Acer Iconia Tab A100 Android 3.2 No Lag Does not work after March 14 update
Acer Iconia Tab A500 Android 3.2 No Lag works again after March 17th update.
Acer Liquid Android 2.3.5 (Liquid Next 1.8) Lag Small lags.
Acer Liquid Android 2.3.7 (Liquid Next 1.9.2) Lag Small lags.
Acer Liquid E Android 2.2 No Lag Very little lag when world is generating. Fancy Graphics options not available.
Acer Liquid E Android 2.3 Custom Lag Runs, but with lag. Fancy Graphics options not available.
Acer Liquid Metal Android 2.3.5 No Lag Little lag when world is generating
Advent Vega Android 3.2 (VegaComb) No Lag
Amazon Kindle Fire Android 2.3 Custom No Lag
ARCHOS 70 Internet Tablet Android 2.2.1 Lag
ARCHOS 80 G9 Android 3.2.79 No Lag Occasional lag on "fancy graphics" setting
Archos Arnova 10G2 Android 2.3.1 (Morkamod v1.15) No Lag Runs smooth on fancy graphics.
Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF101 Android 3.2.1 (also Revolver 3.9.5) No Lag Does not work after March 14 update
Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF201 Android 3.1, 3.2 No Lag Does not work after March 14 update
Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF201 Android 4.0.3 No Lag Does not work after March 14 update
Barnes & Noble Nook Color Android 2.3 (CM7 Nightlies) Yes Overclocked to 1.2GHz
Dell Streak 5 Android 2.2.2 No Lag
Hannspree Hannspad Gtabcomb 3.3 No Lag
HP Touchpad Cyanogenmod 7.1 Alpha 1 (2.3.7) No Lag No lag on fancy. However, controls are mapped oddly due to the large screen orientation with Gingerbread.
HP Touchpad Cyanogenmod 9 Alpha 2+ (4.0.3) No Lag
HTC Desire Android 2.3.3 Yes Works, but rotating the camera is difficult.[1] It has hit/miss rate of about 40% (works fine when updated to Gingerbread).
HTC Desire HD Android 2.3.3 No Lag [2]
HTC Desire S Android 2.3.3 No Lag does not work !!!!
HTC Desire Z Android 2.3.4 / Cm7 No Lag
HTC Droid Incredible Android 2.3.4 / MIUI 2.3.5 Lag Camera movement is laggy and sometimes just not working on both graphic options other than low graphics quality (which runs perfectly). Camera movement better but still slightly laggy on rooted Cyanogen 7 on Fancy (also perfect on lower).

(MIUI 2.3.5) Slight lag on medium settings. Camera Locks up on fancy graphics. Low settings, Game plays fine.

HTC Glacier (T-Mobile myTouch 4G) Android 2.3.4 No Lag
HTC HD2 HyperDroid-CM7-v3.0.0/ NexusHD2 v2.9 style="background: # Noticeable framerate issues on Fancy graphics. Works great on low graphics.
HTC Inspire 4G Android 2.3.3 No Lag Framerate may dip slightly when world is first generated, but otherwise works great.
HTC Merge Android 2.3.4 xFuZiiOnZz Lag Has an 800MHz processor that isn't overclocked.
HTC Nexus One Android 2.3.6 Yes "Reasonably fast" on fancy graphics (needs clarification), turning while moving is flaky due to limited multitouch hardware, no scroll ball support yet
HTC EVO 4G Android 2.3 (CM7) No Lag
HTC EVO Shift 4G Android 2.3.3 No Lag Some framerate issues on Fancy Graphics on startup that resolve quickly. Works perfectly on low graphics. Most issues corrected by sprints OTA update. too many items on the ground causes strange kinds of lag.
HTC EVO 3D Android 2.3.4 No Lag Stable 60fps with fancy graphics and music app running in background.

When facing certain directions at various specific altitudes severe tearing in the skybox can rarely occur. No options available to activate 3D. (Using CM7 may not display tearing, confirm?)

HTC Sensation Android 2.3.3 (stock) / Android Revolution HD 6.3.0 (Android 4.0.3) No Lag Picture can be very choppy, with random, miscoloured polygons spontaneously cutting through the landscape when fancy graphics is turned on as of version 0.1.1. Fine in 0.1. Android 2.3.3, Sense 3.0.[3] \

Works flawlessly and no lags - Android Revolution HD 6.3.0 (4.0.3)

GoClever tab a73 Android 4.0 No lag
HTC Incredible S Android 2.3.4 Slight Lag Very slight lag when rendering many trees or other relatively complex pictures. Otherwise, runs perfectly.
HTC Thunderbolt (Mecha) Android 2.3.4 No Lag Fairly good framerate on fancy, few lag spikes. Very smooth on low.
Huawei M886 (Mercury/Glory) Android 2.3.4 No Lag Very smooth on fancy
LG Esteem "Bryce" Android 2.3.4 No Lag Running stock rom with mt's kernel. At 1GHz runs at or above 30fps yet if overclocked to 1.8GHz it may result with better FPS
LG Optimus 3D Android 2.2.2 No Lag Stable 60fps on Fancy graphics. No lag spikes at all. Can't convert to 3D unfortunately.
LG Optimus 2X Android 2.3.3 / Android CM7 2.3.7 Trinity kernel No Lag No Lag. Stable at any clock rate between 1Ghz and 1.5Ghz
LG Optimus Black Android 2.2.2 No Lag In fancy graphics there's a little bit of lag when loading chunks or placing blocks. Other than that, it runs smooth.
LG Thrill Slight lag
Motorola Atrix 4G MB860 Android 2.3.4 / Android 2.3.7 (CM7.1 beta, no OC) No Lag No lag (smooth framerate) on full fancy graphics mode
Motorola Atrix 2 MB865 Android 2.3.6 No Lag No lag on Fancy graphic
Motorola Defy Android 4.0.4 (CM9) No Lag Even though Fancy is 'experimental on this device' it runs with practically no lag.
Motorola Defy+ Android 2.3.4 No Lag
Motorola Droid Android 2.3.7 (CM7 @ 1Ghz) Slight Lag Works great on low graphics
Motorola Droid/Milestone Android 2.2.2 Yes Rare hang -> hard reboot while generating terrain
Motorola Droid 2/Milestone 2 Android 2.3 Yes
Motorola Droid 2 Global Android 2.3.3 No Lag
Motorola Droid 3 Android 2.3.4 No Lag Does not support keyboard, touchscreen only.
Motorola Droid Bionic Android 2.3.4 No Lag Runs flawlessly on fancy graphics.
Motorola Droid Pro Android 2.3.2 / 2.3.3 No lag Slight lag when loading world, otherwise plays fine.
Motorola Droid X Android 2.3.3 Very little lag Minor lag with fancy graphics when world first loads, but none after, even after loading more chunks.
Motorola Droid X2 Android 2.3.3 No Lag
Motorola Droid RAZR Android 2.3.5 No Lag Touch Screen is a bit off when building.
Motorola Flipout Android 2.1 Lag Some lag on normal settings, no overclocks, and Fancy Graphics is not an option
Motorola MB525 Android 2.2 No Lag No lag at all on stock rom(verified and tested)
Motorola Photon Android 2.3.1 Yes Smooth framerate with fancy settings on stock rom.
Motorola Triumph Android 2.2.2 / Android 2.3.5(CM7) Slight Lag No lag when used properly with Chainfire 3D.
Motorola Xoom Android 3.2.1 Slight Lag on fancy graphics upon world entry. Also lags at random times.
Notion Ink Adam Adamcomb 0.3 No Lag
Ployer Momo9 Android 4.0.3 (512MB RAM, 1.5 GHz) No Lag No lag whatsoever on fancy graphics, even when generating chunks.
Samsung Captivate (SGH-I897) Android 2.3.7 (CM7.1, No OC) No Lag No lag, very smooth
Samsung Droid Charge Android 2.3.4 No Lag Runs perfectly
Samsung Epic 4G (SPH-D700) Android 2.3.5 (ACS ICS v5.1) No Lag No lag even when generating chunks
Samsung Galaxy Nexus (SCH-I515) Android 4.0.2 No Lag
Samsung Galaxy Nexus GSM/HSDPA (SCH-I9250) Android 4.0.4 No Lag
Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0 (YP-G70) Android 2.3.5 No Lag Minimal lag on fancy graphics.
Samsung Galaxy S (I9000) Android 2.3.4 (CM7) / Android 4.0.3 (CM9 Alpha) No Lag Minimal lag on fancy graphics however the odd lag spike may occur.
Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate (Telus) (SGH-T959D) Android 2.3.7 CM7 for the I9000 (Glitch Kernel V1.3) No Lag No lag unless you look through several layers of glass(20+blocks). Overclocking allows you to look through several layers of glass without lag.
Samsung Galaxy S Plus (I9001) Android 2.3.3 No Lag
Samsung Galaxy SL (I9003) Android 2.3.5 No Lag
Samsung Galaxy S II 4G (T-Mobile, model SGH-T989) Android 2.3.5 No Lag Runs flawlessly with fancy graphics. World generation used 40-50% of CPU.
Samsung Galaxy S II Android 2.3.3, Android 4.0.3 No Lag Runs flawlessly with fancy graphics. World generation used 20-40% of CPU. (2.3.3)

Runs perfect with fancy graphics with GPU-rendering enabled and disabled. (4.0.3)

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Android 2.2 No Lag
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 (GT P1000) Android 2.3.3 No Lag
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 (GT P1010) Android 2.2.1 No lag Can randomly lag slightly
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android 3.3.1 No lag Rare compatiblity issues
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android 3.3.1 No Lag Does not work after March 14 update.
Samsung Nexus S Android 2.3.7 / 4.0.3 No Lag No lag on fancy graphics. Using NSCollab (CM7.1 with stock kernel), overclocking allows you to minimize the app
Samsung Galaxy Note Android 2.3.6 / 4.0.3 No Lag No lag on fancy graphics
Samsung Nexus S 4G Android 2.3.7 No Lag Works perfectly with fancy
Samsung Sidekick 4G Android 2.3 Lag
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc Android 2.3.4 No Lag No lag on fancy graphics
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S Android 2.3.4 No Lag No lag on fancy graphics
Sony Ericsson Xperia Live with Walkman Android 2.3.4 No Lag Perfect on fancy graphics, but lags when map generating
Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro Android 2.3.3 No Lag It's hard to see little lag on fancy graphics, QWERTY-keyboard does not work [4]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo Partial Little to no lag on fancy graphics [5]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Android 2.3.4 No Lag [6]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray Android 2.3.3 No Lag [7][8]
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Android 2.1.1 Lag Lag on fancy graphics, turning around doesn't work.
Sony Tablet S Android 3.2 No Lag Absolutely No lag on fancy graphics
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10i 2.3.3 Update No Lag Runs smoothly on fancy.
Toshiba AT100 Tablet Android 3.0.1 No Lag Does not work after March 14 update
Viewsonic gTablet Android 2.3.7 (CM Nightly) No Lag Runs well but turning while moving is flaky due to limited multitouch hardware
HTC Inspire 4G Android 2.3.7 (CM7.1) No Lag Runs perfect on fancy.
Arnova 7 G2 Android 2.3.1 Slight Minor lag on fancy, and about 5 seconds of major lag upon entering world.
Huawei Ideos X5/Pro (U8800/Pro) Android 2.2 No Lag Works good on Ideos X5 (U8800) and Ideos X5 Pro (U8800 Pro)
ZTE Fury Android 2.3 No Lag No lag on Fancy graphics


Incompatible Devices

Contents

[edit] HTC

  • HTC ChaCha
  • HTC Aria
  • HTC Legend - Won't install
  • HTC Dream / G1
  • HTC Gratia A6380
  • HTC Hero
  • HTC MyTouch 3G Slide
  • HTC Salsa C510e
  • HTC Touch Pro 2 (XDANDROID ROM)
  • HTC Wildfire / Buzz
  • HTC Wildfire S

[edit] LG

  • LG Ally
  • LG Optimus Chic
  • LG Optimus Me (P350)
  • LG Optimus One (P500)
  • LG Optimus Link/Net (P690)
  • LG Optimus (GT540)
  • LG Optimus V (and others of the family, excluding 2X and Black)
  • LG Optimus Chat (C555)
  • LG Phoenix
  • LG P-500h

[edit] Motorola

  • Motorola Backflip (MB300 / Motus)
  • Motorola Cliq XT/Quench (Stock rom and every other custom rom)

[edit] Nokia

  • Nokia N9 [UNCONFIRMED] (Android 4.0.4) - No proper method of installation while in NITDroid with no HW acceleration. Although specs are similar to I9003 Galaxy SL (except N9 has 1GB of RAM)
  • Nokia N900 - Works in NITDroid, multitouch will not work; needs overclock to 1GHz~
  • Nokia N950 [UNCONFIRMED] (Android 4.0.4) - No proper method of installation while in NITDroid, keyboard may not work yet.
  • Nokia N8 ""[UNCONFIRMED]"" (Android ?.?.?) - Nitdroid wont install.

[edit] Samsung

  • Samsung Acclaim (SCH-R880) - Will not install on stock. Not tested with root, overclocking, custom ROMS, etc.
  • Samsung Moment
  • Samsung Galaxy Ace (S5830)
  • Samsung Galaxy Gio (GT-S5660)
  • Samsung Galaxy Mini (S5570)
  • Samsung Galaxy 5 (i5500)
  • Samsung Galaxy Spica (i5700)
  • Samsung Galaxy 3 (i5800)
  • Samsung Galaxy Precedent
  • Samsung Galaxy Prevail
  • Samsung Galaxy Pro (GT-B7510)
  • Samsung Galaxy Y
  • Samsung Galaxy Q
  • Samsung Intercept (SPH-M910)

[edit] Sony Ericsson

  • Sony Ericsson Xperia Active
  • Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini
  • Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini pro
  • Sony Ericsson Xperia X8
  • Sony Ericsson Xperia mini ST15i (Unknown)

[edit] Others

  • Alcatel One Touch 990 - Won't install
  • Alcatel OT-980
  • Amazon Kindle Fire - Isn't On Store
  • Arnova 10 G2 (Custom 2.3 ROM) - Won't install
  • BlueStacks App Player
  • DISGO 7000 - Won't open (needs force close)
  • Huawei U8110
  • Huawei Ideos X3 (U8150)
  • Huawei U8300
  • Huawei Ascend
  • Huawei Sonic (Won't install)
  • Telstra T-Touch Tab
  • ZTE Skate / Orange Monte Carlo (Won't install : Sudden closure)
  • ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco (II)
  • ZTE N720 / Orange Barcelona

[edit] References

  1. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3JydJEJ8YE
  2. ↑ http://i.imgur.com/8y8aF.jpg
  3. ↑ http://i52.tinypic.com/sd02ea.jpg
  4. ↑ http://twitter.com/Kappische/status/122338591966896128
  5. ↑ http://www.minecraftpics.com/details/1230/Minecraft_PE_on_SE_Neo.html
  6. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO-y5wzmK4E
  7. ↑ http://twitpic.com/6wimvs
  8. ↑ http://twitter.com/Kappische/status/122338591966896128
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