Is there a way to fix touch latency on the S10+?

[miamithrice]

Re: Is there a way to fix touch latency?

If you're constantly closing apps, that can actually impact performance. Android works best when you let the system determine when apps should be closed out of RAM.

When you close apps using the recents list you are most definitely letting the system manage RAM; it's built-in functionality. The problem is when "task killer" type apps are used. Big difference.

 

[belodion]

Re: Is there a way to fix touch latency?

It could simply be that there is a difference between iPhones and Androids, or at least between comparable iPhones and Androids. I haven't noticed anything myself, but then, I don't use games. Also, different users will probably have different sensitivity to such things. If there is a difference, there isn't much that can be done about it, apart from the suggestions already made above.

 

[Mooncatt]

Re: Is there a way to fix touch latency?

It's a high end phone so I'm not sure what would be better. I never notice touch latency and I'm not clear on how it really impacts the user experience.

In terms of touch latency, the ROG gaming phones promote their low latency touch response. Their newest phone is probably the highest spec phone out right now. But, I had mistaken him for the other user above that listed a number of older, low spec phones. I haven't had my coffee yet this morning. DX

 

[ErikVF]

Re: Is there a way to fix touch latency?

Thanks guys. I think I'll have to adapt to that difference, cause I'm not buying a new phone only to solve that . I opted for the S10e because it's the smallest high end android phone right now. I don't like big screen phones (specially because I came from the IPhone SE). It's seems the new Samsung S20's will come with 120hz displays, maybe they will improve this touch latency too, let's see. I hope they release a "S20e" with plain screen (no curve edges) so I'll be able to upgrade later.

 

[mustang7757]

Re: Is there a way to fix touch latency?

Hey, I r3duced animations to 0.5, it helped on the menu navigations, but it doesn't affect scrolling and gaming. The input lag it's still present.

Might also try a 3rd party launcher like Nova and change the animation settings there aso

 

[B. Diddy]

Re: Is there a way to fix touch latency?

When you close apps using the recents list you are most definitely letting the system manage RAM; it's built-in functionality. The problem is when "task killer" type apps are used. Big difference.

But you're not actually letting the system manage RAM automatically -- you're still manually force closing apps. The system will always have an option to do that, primarily if an app is acting up. But I see your point -- it's the 3rd party task-killer apps that tend to cause more problems because they're often designed to repeatedly kill tasks, as opposed to just doing it every now and then.

 

[Mooncatt]

Re: Is there a way to fix touch latency?

Might also try a 3rd party launcher like Nova and change the animation settings there aso

I think you are confusing animation speed and frame rates with touch latency.

 

[miamithrice]

Re: Is there a way to fix touch latency?

But you're not actually letting the system manage RAM automatically -- you're still manually force closing apps. The system will always have an option to do that, primarily if an app is acting up. But I see your point -- it's the 3rd party task-killer apps that tend to cause more problems because they're often designed to repeatedly kill tasks, as opposed to just doing it every now and then.

Force stopping an app is different from closing it using Recents though. You aren't shutting it down completely but simply closing the foreground activity. It may still be cached in the background, as managed by the system. While most apps do not hog resources while remaining open, some do. It's less memory management that's a concern in those cases but battery draw from CPU load/GPS lock etc. As with everything else, YMMV.


Edit: Seems to be less and less of an issue with newer Android builds, but every now and then you'll get a notification that an app is causing excessive drain.

 

[mustang7757]

Re: Is there a way to fix touch latency?

I think you are confusing animation speed and frame rates with touch latency.

No not confusing , but it will help with developer option animation and a launcher like Nova with it's animation especially scrolling what they described.

 

[Mooncatt]

Re: Is there a way to fix touch latency?

No not confusing , but it will help with developer option animation and a launcher like Nova with it's animation especially scrolling what they described.View attachment 315666

That only addresses the speed some animations play (as I indicated earlier), not how quickly the system detects and then responds to a touch. If you swipe to a different home screen, reducing the animation scale will play that animation faster, but it would not start the animation any quicker, nor would it make a gun fire any quicker relative to tapping the fire button in a game.

 

[B. Diddy]

Re: Is there a way to fix touch latency?

Force stopping an app is different from closing it using Recents though. You aren't shutting it down completely but simply closing the foreground activity. It may still be cached in the background, as managed by the system. While most apps do not hog resources while remaining open, some do. It's less memory management that's a concern in those cases but battery draw from CPU load/GPS lock etc. As with everything else, YMMV.


Edit: Seems to be less and less of an issue with newer Android builds, but every now and then you'll get a notification that an app is causing excessive drain.

That makes sense to me.

 

[mustang7757]

Re: Is there a way to fix touch latency?

It's a bandaid for poor touch latency or scrolling nothing else can really do just adding suggestions that could help ,its not a permanent fix but can help with everyday scrolling and opening apps and such . @Mooncatt

 

[Mike Dee]

Re: Is there a way to fix touch latency?

It's a bandaid for poor touch latency or scrolling nothing else can really do just adding suggestions that could help ,its not a permanent fix but can help with everyday scrolling and opening apps and such . @Mooncatt

Some people are latency intolerant.

 

[mustang7757]

Re: Is there a way to fix touch latency?

Some people are latency intolerant.

Lol..

 

[Zhen Qian]

Re: Is there a way to fix touch latency?

How did you measure it ?

Obviously it is noticeable when U play shooting game. As far as I know, most android phone touch latency is around 100ms, I believe most people are able to notice that lag. Believe it or not, touch latency is still critical issue in android and need to fix, I don't think people who play games a lot will choose android platform.