topic Re: Re: Re: Frame drops in Tablets

Frame drops

a05sTOs25 — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:45:26 GMT

On my s6 lite when i am not touching the screen the frame rate drops so much, why? Is there a way to turn this off

Re: Frame drops

smiley — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:03:23 GMT

It is likely using an adaptive refresh rate. The later phones and tablets all use it, to save on battery.

So for video and high demanding needs the refresh rate can be up to 90 / 120 fps when needed... but when idle the phone drops down to a few fps as it isnt needed to refresh multiple times a second.

Smiley

Re: Re: Frame drops

a05sTOs25 — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:06:19 GMT

My tablet has 60hz and it even drops when idle in games, is there no way to turn this off

Re: Frame drops

smiley — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:11:06 GMT

If the display setting for.motion smoothness is set to standard then I believe it may not adjust in an adaptive way... and may stay fixed at 60Hz.

P.s. what app are you using to monitor your refresh rate ?

Re: Re: Frame drops

a05sTOs25 — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:19:28 GMT

My screen has max 60hz and there's no adaptive setting

Re: Frame drops

johnz237 — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:26:09 GMT

I believe inactivity causes this, a built-in feature to help improve battery life. If you're not touching the screen, then in games, it doesn't need the extra frames as youre not moving

Re: Re: Frame drops

a05sTOs25 — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:27:10 GMT

I normally afk in a game and yhe lag lowers my outcome. How to turn off

Re: Re: Re: Frame drops

johnz237 — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:28:28 GMT

Why would the FPS matter if you're idle and not moving (AFK)?

If you don't have adaptive frame rate, then I don't believe you can.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Frame drops

a05sTOs25 — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:30:03 GMT

I hatch eggs when afk. If the frames drop then the eggs i get are slower so it makes my results alot worse

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Frame drops

johnz237 — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:31:10 GMT

That doesn't make much sense. FPS is just how fast pixels refresh; it doesn't interact with the tick speed of countdowns....so this doesnt quite make sense

Re: Re: Re: Frame drops

smiley — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:34:24 GMT

In which case if you have no display settings for the refresh rate then I would expect the answer to be no then.

Have you tried googling or checking reddit for others that may have asked the same question ?

Have you checked developer options ? I am not going to give guidance on this as it is a large topic.. if you dont know how to access developer mode or what the settings are, then i would suggest you avoid. Or at least do some research so you know what you are doing.

For info, my Galaxy s9fe tablet DOES have an option to set motion smoothness to standard, but even so, during inactivity my refresh rate still goes down to 30hz during periods of inactivity, from 60 or 90 hz which is the standard behaviour.

Smiley