Change refresh rate on application launch

[akudma]

Hi there!
I've been trying to change refresh rate for some of my games(since they are 60hz) from 120 to 60, failed a lot of times, I tried a lot of combinations including but not limited to following screenshots(each time tried both using helper option and without it too)
It seems that refresh rate refuses to change
I don't know what else to try, please help!
Android:11 Custom rom:AICP macrodroid+helper

P.S only system settings(system) and system settings (global) contain peak_refresh_rate
P.S 2. Also there is a weird 120.0 at system sub category, changed it to 60.0(float), 60(integer), 60Hz(string)... None of them worked!
P.S 3. Last screenshot: permission granted, cmd output is empty!

 

[akudma]

zero views ans no one tried to help, wow! Very unlucky!

 

[akudma]

I guess my lack of knowledge is to blame!

 

[tanutanu]

Hi there!
I've been trying to change refresh rate for some of my games(since they are 60hz) from 120 to 60, failed a lot of times, I tried a lot of combinations including but not limited to following screenshots(each time tried both using helper option and without it too)
It seems that refresh rate refuses to change
I don't know what else to try, please help!
Android:11 Custom rom:AICP macrodroid+helper

P.S only system settings(system) and system settings (global) contain peak_refresh_rate
P.S 2. Also there is a weird 120.0 at system sub category, changed it to 60.0(float), 60(integer), 60Hz(string)... None of them worked!
P.S 3. Last screenshot: permission granted, cmd output is empty!

The return of adb shell command is normal even though the value changed successfully. You can check the result is success or failure, simply change the secure value again and look into the helper dialog.

 

[akudma]

Well, thank you! I hope someone could help me with this matter. I feel like I hit a dead end, unfortunately,didn't test if miui performs better before installing custom ROM, Anyway,Again, thank you, kind sir!

 

[tanutanu]

Well, thank you! I hope someone could help me with this matter. I feel like I hit a dead end, unfortunately,didn't test if miui performs better before installing custom ROM, Anyway,Again, thank you, kind sir!

Well, generally the flame rate of the game engine and the refresh rate of the screen hardware are different.
Even if you can set the screen refresh rate to 60Hz, the draw call frequency of the game has different story.

Some games dare to increase the fps as frequent as possible. Some others try similar but capped, i.e. 60fps, especially console based developed and ported. The others keep the specific fps constantly.
If you know the behavior surely and the screen refresh rate could change successfully, it wound be reduced to the same rate, 60fps and 60Hz.

However, in my opinion, it seems to be meaningless. An interaption detect rate of screen touches depends on a screen refresh rate in general even if it is doubled by the independent screen hardware technology. Lower refresh rate means lower detection rate of user interaction. It causes downgrade of UX. Only one advantage is saving battery consumption of the screen.

 

[Snurre]

In the last screenshot of adb, you wrote 'hrlper' instead of 'helper'
Changing this might solve the problem

 

[dhj49er]

I have an Oppo phone which has a Secure setting - see attached screenshots.
I use these macros to change the refresh rate on opening & closing apps via another macro.
I believe this is what you are trying to achieve.
An alternative method for changing screen refresh rate, I used to use, involved multiple UI integration actions, but only used it to toggle the setting (not on opening or closing apps)

 

[tanutanu]

I have an Oppo phone which has a Secure setting - see attached screenshots.
I use these macros to change the refresh rate on opening & closing apps via another macro.
I believe this is what you are trying to achieve.
An alternative method for changing screen refresh rate, I used to use, involved multiple UI integration actions, but only used it to toggle the setting (not on opening or closing apps)

As the key name, it seems to work on OPPO Color OS device only. OP said trying on AICP rom and it doesn't seem to support OPPO as the download page.

 

[akudma]

Hi there, good people of Macrodroid forum..
How rude of me to abandon and forget this post...
Its been quite a long while since my last post since I have given up to get it working... AICP ROM is the only custom ROM that properly manages min and max refresh rate for my phone.. It has the best possible out of the box mechanism for switching refresh rate(at least in my humble opinion)

Now I have switched to lineage os, since there hasn't been an update for my phone in 2 months or so(at least lineage updates weekly)

Anyhow

Now, refresh rate change mechanism in lineage sucks, only minimum refresh rate is selectable.. Annnndd I'm back to using Macrodroid, maybe maybe I could get it to work, may luck be on my side... (Among other factors that is)
Will definitely reply with the result

If anyone has succeeded before.. Please share your insights/ideas/solutions
Thanks in advance

 

[Ib24]

Hi, i am new her,
wehr can i find the Macros to cange the refresh rat fromm my Screen.
I found the system settings but No Screen refresh rate.
Thankyou.

 

[FrameXX]

Changing the refresh rate by changing the settings key is not usually a solution, because system doesn't listen to change of value for this key, and change would take affect, only after the restart in that case.