Mobile gaming fixes

Update your game and phone before ranked, not during

Updates can bring performance improvements and bug fixes. They can also take your whole queue time if they start right before a match.

Mobile gamesUpdated 29 October 2026

What the sources say

Keeping the game and the device software current is recommended because updates can bring performance improvements and bug fixes.

What to do

Check for game and phone updates the evening before, not minutes before you queue.
Download on a stable connection.
Open the game once after updating, so any first-run download is done.
Keep enough free charge for the update to finish.

Some games force an update with no warning on a new season day. Leave extra time then.

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Sources

We summarise these sources in our own words. Results depend on your phone, your network and the game, so treat these as things that can help, not guarantees. Nothing here is affiliated with any game or its publisher.