[MCPE-194239] Stuttering/freezing after 1.21.70 update

There was an update today on the playstore (It says 1.21.70.03) and now the game stutters on the Galaxy S24 Ultra (SM-S928U1).

It was running smoothly before updating.

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is duplicated by 98

MCPE-194254 Minecraft Stuttering every 1-2 minutes after the 1.21.70 update. Resolved

MCPE-194270 Shuttering every Auto-Save Resolved

MCPE-194316 Game often froze if you play a world built in version older than 1.21.70 Resolved

MCPE-194385 Lag Spike bug Resolved

MCPE-194384 screen freeze in game Resolved

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relates to 2

MCPE-194437 Game freezing when switching camera perspective in the new update using the hud button Open

MCPE-175116 Android: Lots of lag/freezes during gameplay, in inventory, entities, and tools Resolved

Comments 41

TarZ 2025-03-26T00:03:07Z

Same here, My Ipad 9th could handle my 700mb world before the 1.21.70 update. Now the game freezes for a few seconds every and after 1-2 minutes. Another note is that my friends couldn’t join the world

Dcsmssb 2025-03-26T19:44:23Z

Occurring on iPhone 15 as well. A 3-5 second pause once every 45-60 seconds.

IAmRapedlyAprochingYourLocation 2025-03-26T23:15:35Z

Same for my iPad Air

Tubagus Muhammad Mulyanto 2025-03-26T23:30:47Z

same problem

ArminageShikoba 2025-03-27T03:53:59Z

Not sure if this is the problem, But I noticed that my render distance was set to the maximum. I’ve only set it to maximum to look around, but normally play on a lower/mid render distance range. I set it to my normal range, but on close and reloading minecraft it sets it back to maximum render distance.

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Luis Franli 2025-03-27T15:38:37Z

Same with my phone poco f6

CrystalCard 2025-03-27T18:42:19Z

same problem render distance isn't an issue for me it started happening in the newest update

Michael 2025-03-31T01:35:54Z

i have frequent stutters even on a superflat world on a brand new s23 (started using it on march 26)

zekethegameboy 2025-04-03T18:20:36Z

this can also cause an issue with boats, the boat will think you are in it but the client will think you left, causing a schrodingers boat phenomonon

VNSX 2025-04-05T07:37:44Z

Freezing/Frame Drop like 3sec then back to normal

Dcsmssb 2025-04-15T15:59:59Z

VNSX is spot on; 2.5 to 3 second freeze that occurs routinely every 45 - 60 seconds. World is almost unplayable at the moment. Hot patches 1.21.71 and 1.21.72 did not address this issue.

Ethan Power2016 2025-04-19T23:51:03Z

Reminds me of an earlier issue. I have it too but isn't as bad as before but very irritating when fighting mobs.

Folium 2025-04-28T03:03:49Z

Same problem samsung galaxy a 35

Rnicholi 2025-05-06T11:40:44Z

Still having this problem over a month after the latest update

Dcsmssb 2025-05-06T20:47:06Z

Problem is still persisting after the most recent update (1.21.73).

It’s not as bad 1.20.30, but Ancient cities, Trial Chambers, or flying around with elytra would probably all end in disaster with this bug. Hardcore worlds are too risky to be play at the moment.

Arton 2025-05-07T09:39:08Z

Surprised how this got through the hotfixes when it's just there, hopefully this is dealt with soon cause the freezing is extremely irritating.

Reedo 2025-05-08T16:38:50Z

I have been experiencing this issue as well. I tried literally everything there is to try. From deleting and reinstalling Minecraft itself, to purging the entire “com.mojang” folder from my phone. Freezes still occur, even in the Beta branch, which I play. I have already eliminated they Beta branch being the issue, and I have left the Beta to test, and they still occur. I am using the S21 FE

Nancy 2025-05-08T17:10:59Z

I also Force Stopped, Cleared Cache, and it didn´t work. I uninstalled and reinstalled, still freezing. This problem has been going on for such a long time. I play MC daily but with this issue, I get in a bad mood and always want to just stop playing. I use a S23 Ultra Galaxy

Huzaifa 2025-05-08T17:59:55Z

Please fix this as soon as possible 🙏 🙏 🙏

Emily Aeran 2025-05-11T20:18:20Z

I am playing on an iPad and having the same problem. I went from being a daily player to not playing at all because the stuttering irritates me so much. I have performed all recommended restarts, adjusted in-game settings, cache clearing, app-deletion and refreshes…nothing has improved performance. I started playing a different mobile game, which is a huge money-pit. Give me back my Minecraft! 😞

ale herrera 2025-05-11T23:27:51Z

That happens to me too, and I've tried many things, and nothing:(

Please fix this🙏😭

It's not fun to play with that problem anymore :(

Obunitão 2025-05-12T15:47:53Z

Me too. Its happens after 1.21.70

Dcsmssb 2025-05-16T00:03:44Z

1.21.81 does not address this issue either. With so many platforms this bug continues to big down, you think it would be a priority. Maybe it’s a long time coming, but I’ve ended the auto renewal for our Realms+ account. It would just be nice if someone within Mojang could acknowledge this problem exists. But Minecraft seems to have lost its swagger

Justin 2025-05-17T01:48:06Z

I have two videos of the stutter.

https://youtu.be/mfaWNhkcE-I

https://youtu.be/KprFk0EB3xw

Moo66 2025-05-20T15:18:30Z

I hate to say it, but this is one of the only situations in which saying that the Switch version is not the worst is at least acceptable. It still sucks, but not like this.

Farel 2025-05-28T08:44:19Z

Many players are disadvantaged by this

Nreed002 2025-05-30T02:47:46Z

Switch version does have randomly decreasing render distance in massive worlds though.

Dcsmssb 2025-06-18T23:46:02Z

It’s been a month since I checked on my world, but was curious after today’s update. Problem still persists following 1.21.90. Even worse, there is no way to turn off the buggy vibrant visuals following the update. I hate to lose it, but I’m sick of waiting for a solution.

Fire King 2025-06-20T12:59:14Z

Still waiting for this to be fixed…

Scott Freedlun 2025-06-28T00:55:20Z

Same problem with intermittent freezing regardless of vanilla or with addons. Unplayable as is.

Reedo 2025-06-28T03:48:37Z

So, it appears to have been fixed on my device, a Galaxy S21 FE 5G. Normal worlds dont lag, nor do Realms, buy it does appear to overheat and crash my phone much more often than before.

Dcsmssb 2025-07-13T10:21:56Z

Freezing/stuttering problem still persists in the Apple ecosystem as of 7/13/25. Frequency of occurrence has not changed either

Paul Schuh 2025-07-24T14:40:43Z

Stopped playing the game because of this bug.

Arton 2025-07-25T04:55:26Z

Looks to be fixed on the android side, completely gone for me fortunately.

Jim Bob 2025-08-06T01:17:04Z

Today’s update did not fix the stuttering.

Dcsmssb 2025-08-11T01:27:40Z

1.21.100 still does not address the issue for iOS. I just checked the current tally for merged reports, and this problem has 97. This seems to be a systemic problem that they appear to be unwilling to fix.

Nreed002 2025-08-11T03:21:38Z

Also an issue on switch

S 2025-08-14T16:57:39Z

IPad got the same issue

Scott Freedlun 2025-08-14T17:24:33Z

Confirmed still an issue on iPad on newest OS and after removing/reinstalling 1.21.100.

NOTE: Does not stutter when playing on Realms.

Jim Bob 2025-08-16T13:10:51Z

Still a problem on .101. Doesn’t happen when playing multiplayer as a client. So it must be something to do with hosting/running the world whether single player or multiplayer.

Dcsmssb 2025-10-18T23:20:16Z

I’m guessing this problem will never be resolved😞