[MCPE-16668] Screen goes blank after 20-60 seconds in game

well after about 20-60 seconds of messing around, the screen goes blank. all the touch GUI is there but everything in the world beomes invisible, no pause menu, im stuck like this until i get out of the game completely.
completely gamebreaking/unplayable bug

acer iconia one 8 b1-810
android 4.4.4 kitkat
no mods/addons
no textures
just vanilla mcpe!
i have tried everything but nothing seems to work except complete reset.

Linked issues

duplicates 1

MCPE-16682 Everything disappears when open any GUI Resolved

Comments 27

HyperCamel 2016-08-29T21:26:49Z

Please give as much information as possible about your device and OS, any installed mods, texture packs and what you have tried to do to resolve the issue.

SuperGeniusZeb 2016-09-03T17:03:41Z

I think this bug may be the same as MCPE-16824, except the screen turns black because it is nighttime. Was it nighttime in your world, Dylan Steffen?

Dylan Steffen 2016-09-03T17:18:14Z

actually its just that the world dissapears. it can happen anytime.
all the gui is still there.

Kyle Bartush 2016-09-03T18:44:32Z

Sounds like a RAM issue. How much RAM is available on your device?

Dylan Steffen 2016-09-03T18:48:19Z

1 GB

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Kyle Bartush 2016-09-03T18:51:35Z

And how much is used when minecraft is running?

Dylan Steffen 2016-09-03T18:53:47Z

how do i tell?

Kyle Bartush 2016-09-03T18:57:48Z

Honestly I don't know, I have a Ssung Galaxy s5 so I'm not familiar with acer devices. I can figure it out in a second though

Kyle Bartush 2016-09-03T19:01:32Z

Does your tablet have a button you can press to open your active applications?

Dylan Steffen 2016-09-03T19:03:20Z

umm the recent apps button?
orrrrr... show cpu usage?
or settings, apps, running?

Dylan Steffen 2016-09-03T19:05:00Z

when i go to running apps its not there but if i go into app info it says total usage is 86.10 mb which wouldnt make much of a difference, considering my available ram when i go to running apps is 223 mb after getting rid of a bunch of apps i dont need taking up space.

Kyle Bartush 2016-09-03T19:05:27Z

86.10 what? 223 what? MB? GB?

Kyle Bartush 2016-09-03T19:06:12Z

And yes I mean CPU usage

Dylan Steffen 2016-09-03T19:06:42Z

ok ill turn that on

Dylan Steffen 2016-09-03T19:12:33Z

idk how to tell but i thing by the looks of the cpu bar thingy it seems to stay below 2.50 mb therefore, not making much of a difference.

rplatham 2016-09-03T19:24:36Z

Seems unlikely to be a resource issue to me. But to be sure, run mcpe and make a new creative flat world on peaceful always day. Start the world but don't do anything G other than walking a few blocks every now and then to keep your device from going to sleep. Wait to see how long before mcpe closes. Do that a few times and report back I'd you think that game is closing less frequently, about the same, or more frequently.

Dylan Steffen 2016-09-03T19:54:58Z

ok doing right now

Dylan Steffen 2016-09-03T19:59:18Z

the screen went blank after 38 seconds with me just walking around.
mode was creative
type was flat
difficulty was peaceful
time was always day
cheats were off
and i forgot to turn of plastic texturepack
i never opened any GUI
i never placed anything.
seems about the same to me.
your answer?

Kyle Bartush 2016-09-03T20:06:52Z

Hold on, you said in the description of your bug:
"No mods/addons
No textures"
You just said you were using Plastic texture pack. Try the test again without the texture pack this time.

Dylan Steffen 2016-09-03T20:09:03Z

Dylan Steffen 2016-09-03T20:11:04Z

this time it was 20 seconds in the same world.
WITHOUT the plastic. 18 seconds below the test WITH the plastic.

rplatham 2016-09-03T21:52:05Z

OK try again right after a hard power off of your device (to clear memory completely) definitely leave texture pack on vanilla until we figure it out.

Dylan Steffen 2016-09-03T22:03:21Z

ok will do thx

Dylan Steffen 2016-09-03T22:19:49Z

i figured it out, its more gleetchy when i open GUI (chests, chat, inventoory, etc.)!
also im experimenting by turning render distance down to 6

Rodrigo 2016-09-03T22:28:10Z

I think this is a duplicate of MCPE-16698. Try disabling the option "view bobbing".

Dylan Steffen 2016-09-03T23:07:37Z

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