Galuxy S support ?

[tomoprime]

I had bought a Samsung Captivate which was running 2.1. I had no issues running my game. I also later updated to Froyo leak. No issues thus far. I was able to rebuild my game and push with no issues. I then updated file system to ext2 with no issues. I'm going to start pushing the graphics a bit more once the game gets more complete. Still in very early stages of development.

[megmaltese]

Is it 3D or 2D and how many polys on screen?

[tomoprime]

Is it 3D or 2D and how many polys on screen?

It's a 3d shooter using a top view camera to look 2d. How can I get the number of polygons to show up on my phone? I'll crank up the number until it crashes or gets too slow to run.

[megmaltese]

Well I think you can just enable stats view when playing it on your Unity editor

[polyphobia3d]

I just compiled the iphone app penelope for my galaxyS and it runs just fine, i also tested a round a little bit with my own files and just slapped some random game models and environments into a new project, with OpenGL ES 2.x it runs super smooth on my galaxyS, i had a 10k character with 1 1024x1024 texturesheet for the body and a 1024x512 sheet for the head and environment with over 160k tris, its totally over the top for a mobile app, i just wanted to test the limits.

The framerate dropped to something below 10 when using OpenGL ES 1.x though.

I have no background at coding or unity whatsoever, i just started the engine and played around, tested what i can do without getting too deep into anything and well, so far it all runs.

On Android 2.2 that is, didn't test on 2.1

[n0mad]

Galaxy S on 2.1 latest update here, and game will randomly crash at launch, or at scene Play. Sometimes it works, though.

The same build works perfectly on my Nexus One.

[Wozik]

yes, Samsung fixed the issue in update with OS 2.2

[n0mad]

That's right, just received 2.2 tonight, no more crashes

[tomoprime]

Ok I upgraded Unity from 3.0 to 3.1 and my Galaxy S crashed. The whole phone locked up. Almost looked like my game burned an image into the screen while it froze. It hadn't crashed before this. Note I had run my game for a little over 16 minutes.

The enemies that get killed actually just reset to different screen positions to save on memory. I think there is leak somewhere though.

[mikkelet]

I was wondering if we could have a little edit on the first post with a current status report - does unity work on galaxy s or not? The status report may be depending on whether I get the Galaxy S or Desire HD.



~ Mikkelet

[erique]

does unity work on galaxy s or not?

Samsung Galaxy S (or its derivates Vibrant/Captivate) w/ OS 2.1 - No.
Samsung Galaxy S w/ OS 2.2 - Yes.

The 2.2 (Froyo) firmware update for SGS et al fixes the issue (being a kernel firmware bug). Unfortunately Samsung has been quite slow at rolling out those updates: afaik it's still only available through Kies (Windows-based device-'portal' program similar to iTunes), and still only in a subset of the regions worldwide (last I checked Korea and the nordic countries were on 2.2 list, but that has probably increased by now). There are also a few different versions of the 2.2 firmware floating around on forums like xda-developers/, but those require hacking (Odin software) to flash the device.
So, for development purposes you should be able to use the SGS if you make sure you can upgrade it to 2.2 (or if it comes with 2.2 already flashed).

[mikkelet]

Samsung Galaxy S (or its derivates Vibrant/Captivate) w/ OS 2.1 - No.
Samsung Galaxy S w/ OS 2.2 - Yes.

The 2.2 (Froyo) firmware update for SGS et al fixes the issue (being a kernel firmware bug). Unfortunately Samsung has been quite slow at rolling out those updates: afaik it's still only available through Kies (Windows-based device-'portal' program similar to iTunes), and still only in a subset of the regions worldwide (last I checked Korea and the nordic countries were on 2.2 list, but that has probably increased by now). There are also a few different versions of the 2.2 firmware floating around on forums like xda-developers/, but those require hacking (Odin software) to flash the device.
So, for development purposes you should be able to use the SGS if you make sure you can upgrade it to 2.2 (or if it comes with 2.2 already flashed).

Thank you, and how abot after the 3.1 unity?

[erique]

how abot after the 3.1 unity?

So far this is a firmware bug without workaround on application software level (without massive speed loss). Meaning, the bug is not in the Unity code, and we have currently no (good) way of 'fixing' it.

[NODO-GT]

hi
my i have updated my galaxy s with 2.2.1 JPX rom, and my unity game that uses accelerometer doesn't work. i mean it runs but i can't turn using accelerometer. how can i fix this? on previous rom it was working.
I also updated SDK, then i had problem with unity that couldn't find ADB but i just copied it to tools folder from platform-tools. then it worked.

so how can i fix accelerometer?

[NODO-GT]

alright i fixed accelerometer problem. nothing to do with firmware.

but there is still problem with my phone updated and unity. Unity doesn't detect my galaxy when it's in debugging mode.
how can i fix this?

[scinfu]

I want to buy a Samsung Galaxy s, the problem between galaxy s and Unity is resolved o not? or should I buy a HTC Desire?

Thank you

[erique]

the problem between galaxy s and Unity is resolved o not?

You need the Galaxy S to run OS 2.2 (Froyo); whether or not 2.2 is available depends on where you live (or how interested you are in hacking your phone). If the Galaxy S comes with 2.2, or a 2.2 flash is available in your region, then Unity should work fine.

[scinfu]

i live in italy ...

ok thank you