Stuttering performance?

[estebancam]

Not really... I have everything off because I don't really need it, this is a thing of what you need and don't need. If you dont need it why have it ON?

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You are right.... I don't see myself using the feature much. But I guess it just bothers me? lol..... I know I'm stupid. haha.

 

[estebancam]

Haha. I do have both phones, but I promise this is a legitimate question. I am trying to figure out if it is a simple fix, or an isolated issue, or if people see the stuttering on many S4 devices. Plus, I sell both phones and I wanna be able to be informed about them.

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It changes the speed and number of frames for the system animations. By making them faster, they tax the system less.


There's no need to be a jackass. It was a legitimate question.

Here is the part I don't understand that maybe I can be cleared up on:

If I turn it to 0.5x or OFF, doesn't that mean that I am slowing down the framerate?

 

[lpt2569]

It changes the speed and number of frames for the system animations. By making them faster, they tax the system less.


There's no need to be a jackass. It was a legitimate question.

My bad...thought I got suckered into a phony thread.

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[Kevin OQuinn]

Here is the part I don't understand that maybe I can be cleared up on:

If I turn it to 0.5x or OFF, doesn't that mean that I am slowing down the framerate?

If my understanding is correct yes, but because performance hit is nowhere gone it's basically a wash. Jerry will correct me if I'm wrong. Lol

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

Haha. I do have both phones, but I promise this is a legitimate question. I am trying to figure out if it is a simple fix, or an isolated issue, or if people see the stuttering on many S4 devices. Plus, I sell both phones and I wanna be able to be informed about them.

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Here is the part I don't understand that maybe I can be cleared up on:

If I turn it to 0.5x or OFF, doesn't that mean that I am slowing down the framerate?

0.5x = half the number of frames = animation is twice as fast per loop (if it looped). The animations are only put there so your phone does something while waiting .5 seconds to open an app. It's a trick on your eyes so you don't see dead time.

Edit: It seems to be the animations that are slightly laggy. Doing away with them makes it more choppy in theory, but for the tiny amount of time we get to see them you don;t notice

Edit 2: I just realized it makes more sense if you know how the animations are done. It's not like a gif where each frame is a separate image. It's an XML file that tells the system where to draw the shape that's being animated (in our case a rectangle), the path to move it along, and the number of times to redraw it to fake movement. The number of redraws is what gets cut. Set at 1x, lets' say it draws that rectangle 2500 times, just a few pixels apart each time. Setting it at 0.5x means it draws it 1250 times, twice as many pixels apart. We don;t see this as choppy because it takes only a fraction of a second before it's complete and our eyes can't catch the jump. It just looks super fast and uses half the resources to be drawn.

 

[estebancam]

0.5x = half the number of frames = animation is twice as fast per loop (if it looped). The animations are only put there so your phone does something while waiting .5 seconds to open an app. It's a trick on your eyes so you don't see dead time.

Edit: It seems to be the animations that are slightly laggy. Doing away with them makes it more choppy in theory, but for the tiny amount of time we get to see them you don;t notice

Awesome! Thanks for the explanation!

 

[lpt2569]

Here is the part I don't understand that maybe I can be cleared up on:

If I turn it to 0.5x or OFF, doesn't that mean that I am slowing down the framerate?

Edit: what Jerry said!

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[SteveISU]

Try 10X and see what happens. lol

 

[ffejjj]

0.5x = half the number of frames = animation is twice as fast per loop (if it looped). The animations are only put there so your phone does something while waiting .5 seconds to open an app. It's a trick on your eyes so you don't see dead time.

Edit: It seems to be the animations that are slightly laggy. Doing away with them makes it more choppy in theory, but for the tiny amount of time we get to see them you don;t notice

Edit 2: I just realized it makes more sense if you know how the animations are done. It's not like a gif where each frame is a separate image. It's an XML file that tells the system where to draw the shape that's being animated (in our case a rectangle), the path to move it along, and the number of times to redraw it to fake movement. The number of redraws is what gets cut. Set at 1x, lets' say it draws that rectangle 2500 times, just a few pixels apart each time. Setting it at 0.5x means it draws it 1250 times, twice as many pixels apart. We don;t see this as choppy because it takes only a fraction of a second before it's complete and our eyes can't catch the jump. It just looks super fast and uses half the resources to be drawn.

Explained very well

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[Kevin OQuinn]

What's terrible is that the average user doesn't know this, may have performance issues, and will return the phone because of it. :-(

 

[BOSSY TEXAS CHICK]

Go to Settings, developer options, transition animation scale, set to 0.5x or off.

okay, what's wrong with me?! (don't answer that...lol) i have opened every option 50 times and CANNOT find developer options under ANY of them....Pls don't tell me AT&T disabled them...

thx,

BTC

 

[rs7jr]

Changing transitions in the dev options is just a crutch. Not a real fix. It just makes lag half as likely to be seen since it cuts the frames in half. Whatever problem in the background that causes the lag in the first place will still be there. The stuttering that some are experiencing cannot actually be fixed by this setting. It's most likely an app or certain launcher that's causing it since others are reporting having good performance.

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[lostaggie]

Go to about phone, build number and click it 7 times and it will add the developer options...

 

[The Real X Dawg]

okay, what's wrong with me?! (don't answer that...lol) i have opened every option 50 times and CANNOT find developer options under ANY of them....

thx,

BTC

Go to About Phone and I believe you click on the build number around seven times to unlock the Developer's Options.


My phone is a good One!

 

[lostaggie]

Mine seems to be better with nova launcher...

 

[BOSSY TEXAS CHICK]

Go to about phone, build number and click it 7 times and it will add the developer options...

Go to About Phone and I believe you click on the build number around seven times to unlock the Developer's Options

ty, that was crazytown...never had to do that b4, they were always right there....

BTC

 

[guinnkevinr]

Was just typing the same thing! Still amazed a lot of people don't know about this.

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I can't even find the developer options to change this.

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[The Real X Dawg]

I can't even find the developer options to change this.

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Goto settings, about phone and, click build number seven times.

My phone is a good One!

 

[SteveISU]

Then go to where it shows Android version 4.2.2 and click that a bunch and start flicking Jelly Beans.

 

[bgsanti]

Goto settings, about phone and, click build number seven times.

My phone is a good One!

Hmm? Didn't have do this on my S3. Thanks.