# Game wont open on android **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [February 6, 2022, 11:22am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/game-wont-open-on-android/74086 "2022-02-06T11:22:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aaaabbbb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9d8465/32.png) [@aaaabbbb](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/aaaabbbb)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 11:22am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/game-wont-open-on-android/74086/1 "2022-02-06T11:22:54Z")
I downloaded gems of war on my phone. I opened the game and theres only a black screen. Then the game closes after a few seconds. I tried clearing my phone’s cache and freeing up space. It doesnt work so I went online for a solution. I cant find anything similar to my problem so I created an account here to talk about my problem. I am now playing the game on steam on my pc because Im bored. Heres my phone’s specs: oppo a37 2gb ram android 5.1 and I have 4 gb free storage out of my 16 gb. I hope this info helps to find answers for my problem and to anyone who has the same problem as me. ---
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 12:07pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/game-wont-open-on-android/74086/2 "2022-02-06T12:07:17Z")
@aaaabbbb Your device seems to be quite under the recommended requirement for playing GoW on android: CPU: Snapdragon 429 Quad Core 1.8 GHz, GPU: Adreno 504 or equivalent. Your mobile has: CPU Snapdragon 410 Quad-core 1.2 GHz, GPU: Adreno 306. My very best bet is that your GPU (in additional to the other low specs) is too bad to even be possible to play GoW in 2022, therefor you see a black screen when you are trying to play it. ---
**Author:** ![Shimrra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/shimrra/32/87_2.png) [@Shimrra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Shimrra)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/game-wont-open-on-android/74086/3 "2022-02-06T12:16:03Z")
Android 5.1 is also an 7-8 year old operating system. ---
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/game-wont-open-on-android/74086/4 "2022-02-06T12:17:55Z")
By google the recommended requirement is at least Android 5 so he fullfills it. ---
**Author:** ![aaaabbbb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9d8465/32.png) [@aaaabbbb](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/aaaabbbb)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/game-wont-open-on-android/74086/5 "2022-02-06T12:29:04Z")
Thanks for the explanation. Well Im just gonna play gems of war on pc until I get a better phone. Do I need to spend hours in game everyday or just check in for 10-30 minutes to do some grinding/dailies because I dont have much time to play on pc? ---
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/game-wont-open-on-android/74086/6 "2022-02-06T12:44:18Z")
It depends on the guilds requirements. If you are in no guild or in a guild with not much requirement you can just play a little. Depends on your goals as well. ---
**Author:** ![aaaabbbb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9d8465/32.png) [@aaaabbbb](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/aaaabbbb)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/game-wont-open-on-android/74086/7 "2022-02-06T12:50:22Z")
My steam account is still on the very early game and I havent join a guild yet. What should I do if theres a huge guild requirement and I dont have enough time to play on pc? ---
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/game-wont-open-on-android/74086/8 "2022-02-06T12:54:38Z")
There is guilds with all kind of requirements. ---
**Author:** ![awryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/awryan/32/74650_2.png) [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/game-wont-open-on-android/74086/9 "2022-02-06T12:55:40Z")
> [@aaaabbbb](#): > > I downloaded gems of war on my phone How? The play store should of prevented your ability to download the game due to GoW no longer working on it. ---
**Author:** ![aaaabbbb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9d8465/32.png) [@aaaabbbb](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/aaaabbbb)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/game-wont-open-on-android/74086/10 "2022-02-06T13:00:43Z")
That should be the case. Dunno why I can still see gow on the playstore of my phone. ---
**Author:** ![sylverscale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@sylverscale](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/sylverscale)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/game-wont-open-on-android/74086/11 "2022-02-07T03:24:51Z")
I had apps that I could download and install but not open. The play store mystery… ---
**Author:** ![Voq](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/voq/32/54089_2.png) [@Voq](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Voq)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/game-wont-open-on-android/74086/12 "2022-02-07T03:29:45Z")
GoW can run on Android 5.1. I have it working on a similar phone to OP. It loads real slow but it’s good enough for collect tributes.