Samsung found to be throttling performance on over 10,000 Android apps for its devices

04 March 2022
Benchmarking apps are whitelisted though.

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Solun1, 05 Mar 2022I don't believe a word you say about experiencing it. ... moreI had an account before but deleted it. Ain't such a loser to create another one just to comment. I don't care what you believe or not. At this point every phone brand is garbage to me. I stuck with Samsung since it was the least crap, or so I thought.

    Anonymous, 05 Mar 2022Experienced it with Tab S5e to this day, did experience wit... moreI don't believe a word you say about experiencing it. But I'm not on anyone's side, if there is any such problem, the truth will come out soon. PS.: if you want to increase your credibility, don't ever use anonymous account. Use an account with history. Anonymous accounts are almost exclusively used by paid trolls (or losers who don't want anyone to see it's their hobby to talk trash about specific brands).

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      • 05 Mar 2022

      Solun1, 05 Mar 2022Well, we will see soon enough. But I doubt there will be an... moreExperienced it with Tab S5e to this day, did experience with S8 and S9. This isn't consumers looking for trouble, this is Samsung slowing phones down. I am sure they do this in waves to different phones with an algorithm and not everyone is affected at the same time, just like they roll out updates in waves. Strategic planned obsolescence is what it is, especially useful now with all the competition.

        Anonymous, 05 Mar 2022Don't be an apologist and do some research. This is no... moreWell, we will see soon enough. But I doubt there will be another diesel gate, I really don't think that is the case and you simply see what you want to see in this. The S22 has the same thing (the game optimizing service), so did my Note 20 Ultra since day one. Its performance didn't change a bit. Same with my old Note 9, it's the same champ like before except in games - but those games did become more graphically intensive. But if there is the slightest doubt, the courts will decide, everyone in the US will jump on the opportunity to milk some money out of this - if there is anything to be milked.

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          • 05 Mar 2022

          Samath N8 808 owner, 05 Mar 2022See, I understand how keeping apps open in BG helps them op... moreThose apps are not open for months...Samsung has a feature that clears RAM every day at 3am, and this is on by default. That is what RAM is supposed to do, cache apps or other information so that it doesn't have to restart an app every time......

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            • 05 Mar 2022

            Solun1, 05 Mar 2022At least samsung gives you options. You can set the thermal... moreDon't be an apologist and do some research. This is not how any other electronic device / computer works. It can have 200 cpu cores for all I care, if they are not loaded to 100%, it makes no sense to even half the performance.

            This is not intelligent throttling or power management. This is straight up fraud. They usually do this after 1 to 2 years to their phones. Those SoC have safety measures and sensors which they use with their own logic.

              At least samsung gives you options. You can set the thermal thottling differently in their Good guardians app. Just by 2°C but that's not bad at all for a smartphone. You can also change the setting for killing apps in background to free up RAM in there. This was a regular complaint of people since the S6 where they introduced it but they did it because most regular people don't close apps and just go to homescreen from them so their RAM filled up quickly, but in good guardians you can allow for apps to not restart from background and just run there. Samsung does these default settings for a reason and that reason is normal, non-tech friendly people who don't really know how to handle a phone. It's like when you give a gun to a person who doesn't know how to handle it, it's safer for the gun to not be loaded (okay, that's an overkill example, but you get it). Apple doesn't even give you options, they just force it on you. I don't have a problem with samsung providing default settings that is good for most people as long as us tech-friendly people have an option to change it, which we do.

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                • 05 Mar 2022

                Anonymous, 05 Mar 2022Literally all the brands you listed do the same crap to som... moreLitterary i never had problems with any brand which wasnt Samsung Sony or Apple.
                Had many phones and brands in my life and never had any big problems with phones apart the Samsung, Apple and Sony. 1

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                  • 05 Mar 2022

                  Anonymous, 05 Mar 2022OnePlus did the same thing a year ago, where have you been?Man one plsu didnt.
                  It was SD888 which cause those problems.
                  That wasnt their failure. But failure of SD888.

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                    • 05 Mar 2022

                    AnonD-731363, 05 Mar 2022And this is why i love Xiaomi, Oneplus, Nokia, Motorola or ... moreLiterally all the brands you listed do the same crap to some extent or worse.

                      Anonymous, 05 Mar 2022Opposed to what, having 90% of RAM constantly unused? The p... moreSee, I understand how keeping apps open in BG helps them open lightning quick, but do you think I genuinely care for those apps, which I haven't used in a month?
                      How about we focus on disadvantages of these approaches:-
                      1. Extra data and battery consumed almost all the time, I've had errors on my LG G8x about apps consuming data even though not opened in 1 month.
                      2. Games not getting enough RAM, this actually is the point Samsung tried to make. I've had enough experience on both PC and Android to assert that it matters.
                      3. Android 10 has a complicated process of task killing. Clearing recent apps doesn't close them. Basically the user is not even given enough power to have his system his way.

                      I agree Chinese makers may adopt a better approach presently, but unchanged Android is not the most ideal either. Why not give user the choice? And older versions of MIUI did give user this choice, which was great.

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                        • 05 Mar 2022

                        AnonD-731363, 05 Mar 2022And this is why i love Xiaomi, Oneplus, Nokia, Motorola or ... morejoyose.apk on xiaomi says helo to you :p

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                          • 05 Mar 2022

                          Anonymous, 05 Mar 2022Opposed to what, having 90% of RAM constantly unused? The p... moreThe point of RAM is to have a place where apps can store and retrieve data that it need to function as quickly as possible, not so that it is used as much as possible that's just bullocks!

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                            • 05 Mar 2022

                            If only there's a OneUI style stock Android minus the Samsung proprietary stuff and preinstalled bloat.

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                              • 05 Mar 2022

                              AnonD-731363, 05 Mar 2022And this is why i love Xiaomi, Oneplus, Nokia, Motorola or ... moreOnePlus did the same thing a year ago, where have you been?

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                                • 05 Mar 2022

                                I deleted that game mode few months ago on my old s9, that crap was cluttered with useless stuff and ads and what not.. lost its purpose a whole ago. Dont miss it one bit.

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                                  • 05 Mar 2022

                                  And this is why i love Xiaomi, Oneplus, Nokia, Motorola or Lenovo phones over Samsung and Apple.
                                  They always try something which ends like a total failure but they acts like yes this is all that every customer will love and needs.

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                                    • 05 Mar 2022

                                    Samath N8 808 owner, 05 Mar 2022Problem belongs to Android's present versions. They ke... moreOpposed to what, having 90% of RAM constantly unused? The point of having RAM is that it's used as much as possible. If it's just app sitting there, then so be it. Memory management pushes out oldest open apps when more RAM is needed. Also not all open apps are actually in memory. Some might be paged to storage space. It's certainly better than nonsense most Chinese phone makers do which is deploying aggressive task killers that can't be turned off which constantly kill apps the moment you turn off phone's display. I can't express how annoying that was which is why I'm avoiding Chinese phones. Huawei and Xiaomi both had this.

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                                      • 05 Mar 2022

                                      https://www.gizmochina.com/2022/03/05/geekbench-kicks-multiple-galaxy-flagships-from-its-benchmark-charts/?amp=1

                                      And you thought it can't get worse lol🤣🤣

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                                        • 05 Mar 2022

                                        Just received S22. Snapdragon version. Phone heats up, closes apps in memory and in general is slower than my old S20 5G....Sadly in my country i can't send it back:(

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