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Method to unlock 90fps on games which supports high refresh frame

Hi guys!
I understand some of the people who realised that games which support higher refresh, but OnePlus was capped to 60fps for massive games, this is ridiculous. Before I provide solutions to unlock 90fps, let me share some thoughts about how I discovered that games were capped to 60fps!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.razer.cortex&hl=en just provided new features to able shows FPS, but I discovered that while I playing Dead Trigger 2 with max settings, the phone shows 60fps. PUBG China version able to running with 90fps without stress!
Image below is Dead Trigger 2 which capped 60fps by OnePlus:
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Below is PUBG China version:
So I suspected that OnePlus done something for it.
So I tried jOnePlus Tools [adb/root], and Force 90Hz:
And... volia! Full video link showing many games finally runs 90fps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIT0yBCPwis
If anyone doesn't trust the video above, you may try the app that I found to Force 90hz for your OnePlus device, witness it for yourself. I understand force 90hz on gaming will cause battery drain, but we have Warp Charge which still retains fast charging speed while gaming, so who cares?
I hope the OnePlus team developer can do something about frame limited issues on massive games.
Credits: jOnePlus Tools [adb/root]
Games list which supports high refresh rate: https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/09/15/android-games-phones-high-frame-rates-90-120fps/

All apps show 89-90fps. I play GTA SA and Razer show 89-90fps, but game have max 30fps.

deszczuXS said:
All apps show 89-90fps. I play GTA SA and Razer show 89-90fps, but game have max 30fps.
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That's because those games you tested are default at 30fps.
Refer the list of games which supports high-refresh rate from my OP.

maple_mak said:
That's because those games you tested are default at 30fps.
Refer the list of games which supports high-refresh rate from my OP.
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Are there quality differences in the graphics? It is worse or the same?
What about the battery consumption?

Boardcdd said:
Are there quality differences in the graphics? It is worse or the same?
What about the battery consumption?
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Become smoother and more responsive while gaming. For battery, getting more consumption.

This app suck. Cortex always show 90fps...

I know this is a old thread but is this still a issue on op7t? Also does this trick actually work or does it just force the screen to stay at 90hz but game still runs at 60?

ngagephone said:
I know this is a old thread but is this still a issue on op7t? Also does this trick actually work or does it just force the screen to stay at 90hz but game still runs at 60?
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This trick works, watch the video from OP.
For stay at 90Hz but game still runs at 60Hz, just change to Auto 90Hz (from jOnePlusTools) or set to 90Hz from Settings App, because that's phone's default settings.

maple_mak said:
This trick works, watch the video from OP.
For stay at 90Hz buy game still runs at 60Hz, no need to change anything because the phone's default settings already did it.
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Hi thanks for reply... Yeah I don't have the op7t I'm using the X2 Pro so can't use the app.... We have the same issue and was mainly curious to see if game updates or system updates sorted the issue.

Does you now is there any different from force 90Hz by using ADB command ?
Is this same as this... and what actually is show in phone Settings?
adb shell settings put global oneplus_screen_refresh_rate 0
Can you test both metods? Tnx

I was able to see the 'force 90hz' and 'refresh rate' option in the 'app' untill i updated to ob2 on my 7t.
Anyway fixes ?
nevermind, fixed it. i was using pixel 4 props and that's why couldn't see the option

Thankyou for the answers love to read the point of views from the different peoples here also

How To Guide HOW TO CHANGE THE SCREEN REFRESH RATE OF THE POCO F3 TO 90HZ

If we want to increase the battery life a little more, we can lower the refresh rate of the screen from 120Hz to 90Hz, thus we will achieve extra savings without having to put the screen at 60Hz.
To achieve this, we download the SetEdit app from the Play Store.
Now we will do the following steps:
1.- We check that we have the screen at 120Hz.
2.- We open the SetEdit app, we look for the record "user_refresh_rate".
3.- Click on the record and edit it with the "Edit Value" option.
4.- We will get 120, we change that value to 90 and press “Save Changes”.
5.- We close the SetEdit app so that the changes are saved.
Now the screen will have a 90Hz refresh rate, we can check it with Display Checker, although there are other applications.
Greetings.

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Hi, I have already set it by adb with the command (adb shell settings put system user_refresh_rate 90).
But with the last version 12.0.4.0, I have problems wtith AOD, the screen stays black sometimes and even if I unlock my phone with fingerprint I heard it 's ok but the screen stays black ! I must wait one minute till I can see something.
So I don't use it anymore.
Do you notice that ?

Yes, AOD don´t work but for me that´s no problem. Greetings.

Do you think we can set the framerate with tasker ?
So when it is locked, I will put 60, and restore the value when unlock ..

stevejc said:
Do you think we can set the framerate with tasker ?
So when it is locked, I will put 60, and restore the value when unlock ..
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Honestly I don´t know, I don´t use Tasker, but if you use Tasker, try it. If Tasker works, tell us. Greetings.

Hi, I forgot to say you that the changes are reversible, if we want to put it back to 120Hz or 60Hz it is as simple as going in Settings to Screen and re-dialing 120 / 60Hz. Greetings.

Hi sipiral5, Does the setting still remain after rebooting the phone? Thanks...

Hello, no, it did not stay, you have to put it again. Greetings.

Anyone try this on Xiaomi.EU rom?

Nemix77 said:
Bunu deneyen var mı Xiaomi.EU rom
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In Eu rom, this solution works very good

Tried this on Xiaomi.EU 12.5.3.0 today, everything working including AOD and Battery Saver returning to 90Hz after off.

Hello there. Thanks for sharing this topic. So I'm an Mi 10T Pro user. I wan't to put that refresh rate to 120. But in the options, there's 60, 90, 144Hz. But adaptivesync does support 120 depends on the app. So i tried this trick, but nothing has changed. I also tried to put it at 90 and still nothing happens. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks.

I needed to reboot the phone once done to get it working (on xiaomi.eu 12.6.16 (haven't tried on previous ones).
I also see that SetEdit app has access to some intrusive permissions by default. So uninstalled it right after 90Hz set.
Thanks !

Morak75 said:
I needed to reboot the phone once done to get it working (on xiaomi.eu 12.6.16 (haven't tried on previous ones).
I also see that SetEdit app has access to some intrusive permissions by default. So uninstalled it right after 90Hz set.
Thanks !
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I have a Mi 10T Pro. It shows 60Hz, 90Hz, 144Hz. But i want to change it to 120. It is possible? As you said, may i have to restart my phone once I done that?

AimCraviTe said:
I have a Mi 10T Pro. It shows 60Hz, 90Hz, 144Hz. But i want to change it to 120. It is possible? As you said, may i have to restart my phone once I done that?
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I don't know why you're asking here. It's not 10T Pro thread :S Maybe someone else can tell you.

Morak75 said:
I don't know why you're asking here. It's not 10T Pro thread :S Maybe someone else can tell you.
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But it's miui so

AimCraviTe said:
But it's miui so
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Even if they have the same MIUI version, they're different devices and hardware, AMOLED vs IPS. So, better ask in your device forum

Oxnap said:
Even if they have the same MIUI version, they're different devices and hardware, AMOLED vs IPS. So, better ask in your device forum
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Yeah, still i wanted to ask if it's possible. So how exactly u did?

thanks for sharing, i will try it tomorrow

Question 90Hz display frame rate on OnePlus 9pro

How to force 90hz instead of 120? AutoHz only has 120/60hz. May be ADB command or editing build.prop can help me? OxygenOS 11.2.9.9.
The fact is that, this phone drops display frame rate to 60hz, when throttling. I think, if it possible to enable 90hz display frame rate, it'll solve all problems

You can't, the screen only has 120hz and 60hz settings, just like the 8 Pro.
Maybe someone can develop an app or kernel that can do it, since the phone has variable refresh rate, but I wouldn't count on it. Changing those screen parameters is very difficult, if not impossible, iirc

AutoHz from playstore has this option but it's a paid app

PokemonTotalWar said:
You can't, the screen only has 120hz and 60hz settings, just like the 8 Pro.
Maybe someone can develop an app or kernel that can do it, since the phone has variable refresh rate, but I wouldn't count on it. Changing those screen parameters is very difficult, if not impossible, iirc
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On OOS12, settings put secure oplus_customize_screen_refresh_rate 1 enabled 90Hz auto.
Maybe
settings put system peak_refresh_rate 90.0
settings put system min_refresh_rate 90.0
will work on OOS11.

Killadude said:
AutoHz from playstore has this option but it's a paid app
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No it doesn't, on 9, and 9Pro you can only get 60hz or 120hz no in-between.

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settings put system peak_refresh_rate 90.0
settings put system min_refresh_rate 90.0
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Tried this in termux without any luck. Refresh rate stays at 120

Killadude said:
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в настройках поставил систему peak_refresh_rate 90.0
в настройках поставил систему min_refresh_rate 90.0
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Пробовал это в termux безуспешно. Частота обновления остается на уровне 120
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I tried this too. Is there even the slightest chance of getting 90Hz by changing the kernel code?

Why do you care about 90 Hz in the first place? It's not like you're gonna save much battery if any since it'll be locked to 90 Hz if you manage to set it somehow and won't utilize the LTPO technology.

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The Hz counter in developer settings or any other 3rd party counter from play store etc won't show the actual frequency of a LTPO display, it just doesn't support LTPO as of now. You can measure it using a high fps camera as some people did, you can find these on YouTube.

DashDashCZ said:
Why do you care about 90 Hz in the first place? It's not like you're gonna save much battery if any since it'll be locked to 90 Hz if you manage to set it somehow and won't utilize the LTPO technology.
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There is only one reason. During a long game in PUBG mobile, the phone resets the screen refresh rate from 120hz to 60hz. Accordingly, the responsiveness of the touch and the fps itself falls. If I could forcibly set the screen to 90hz instead of 120, the phone would not get so hot and would not limit the performance of the processor

vladleshakim said:
There is only one reason. During a long game in PUBG mobile, the phone resets the screen refresh rate from 120hz to 60hz. Accordingly, the responsiveness of the touch and the fps itself falls. If I could forcibly set the screen to 90hz instead of 120, the phone would not get so hot and would not limit the performance of the processor
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Check this app: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...tz-control-your-display-refresh-rate.4383823/
You can set apps to 60, 72, 90 and 120Hz.

DashDashCZ said:
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The Hz counter in developer settings or any other 3rd party counter from play store etc won't show the actual frequency of a LTPO display, it just doesn't support LTPO as of now. You can measure it using a high fps camera as some people did, you can find these on YouTube.
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can you please give the link of that video? i cant find one.

Try this, with the third option I was able to get my op9p running on 90hz. It works on OOS 12 and coloros
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lammsuen said:
Bunu deneyin , üçüncü seçenekle op9p'mi 90hz'de çalıştırabildim. OOS 12 ve coloros'ta çalışırView attachment 5503669
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Not working Aosp12

lammsuen said:
Try this, with the third option I was able to get my op9p running on 90hz. It works on OOS 12 and colorosView attachment 5503669
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what did you use to turn on 90hz can you say?

Hi. On oos11, You can use 'su -c service call SurfaceFlinger 1035 i32 11' command line open the global 90Hz, This from china Cool Forum method. But restart will fail

DashDashCZ said:
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The Hz counter in developer settings or any other 3rd party counter from play store etc won't show the actual frequency of a LTPO display, it just doesn't support LTPO as of now. You can measure it using a high fps camera as some people did, you can find these on YouTube.
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The FPS counter in dev options of nameless/oos shows the FPS working in real-time with vrr so that's a bunk statement.

TheKnux said:
The FPS counter in dev options of nameless/oos shows the FPS working in real-time with vrr so that's a bunk statement.
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It wasn't a bunk statement 11 months ago when I made the comment

You right. Ha.

Themes / Apps / Mods Disable "Adaptive refresh rate" Miui

Used to be a magisk module but that doesn't work at all lol.
Works only once/sometimes not even once then the phone resumes control of refresh rate switching... I'll leave module below but new way of disabling is as follows:
su
pm disable com.miui.powerkeeper/com.miui.powerkeeper.statemachine.PowerStateMachineService
Copy and paste this into termux , give it root and that's it.
This should work just fine on all miui roms, but haven't tested myself so any feedback is welcome.
I wanted to leave module below but deleted it instead... oh well doesn't matter I guess

Version 2 is out lol.
This time it disables refresh rate for good - no longer does the phone go back to 60hz even when you're not touching the screen!
This is the best you can do untill I'm able to figure out how to disable adaptive refresh rate without having to remove the app entirely

Anyone using this lol?
Does it work for you?
I'm currently facing some issues lol
Trying to figure out what exactly causes this to stop working in fresh installs of miui...
For some reason if you apply this fix straight after mi flash the phone will after entering doze / rebooting few times revert back to enforcing 60hz when not touching screen.
Will try waiting few days before applying this to let it "settle" first...

I find your Magisk Module description amusing lol.
We already had the discussion that removing PowerKeeper.apk causes problems with apps shutting down unexpectedly in the background.

What is the apk name of the app that is in charge of adaptive refresh rate? May i please know?

Doesn't work on miui a12 for me.

is this in development ? or project is dead ?

herecomesmaggi said:
is this in development ? or project is dead ?
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Check the original post , there's a new method now. Magisk module simply couldn't bind fast enough , this instead disables service only
To test whether it's working enable "show refresh rate" from developers options and leave phone as is - if it remains on 120hz without dropping to 60 at all thenn it works , next you can try openning apps to see - yt , recent apps ( swipe up and hold ) , mobile legends are all apps locked to 60/90hz

Alpha-beta said:
What is the apk name of the app that is in charge of adaptive refresh rate? May i please know?
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com.miui.powerkeeper
But trust me is not worth messing with - even when disabled/deleted there is another service in place which throttles refresh rate down to 60hz.
I hope new fix adresses this issue better - the app will remain working but the service that throttles is disabled, so hopefully that keeps it at 120hz all the time

Have you guys seen this video? This worked for me.
You can force 120 Hz on MIUI with SetEdit. Change user_refresh_rate to 1
No Root required and remains after Reboots

It works

cyanGalaxy said:
Have you guys seen this video? This worked for me.
You can force 120 Hz on MIUI with SetEdit. Change user_refresh_rate to 1
No Root required and remains after Reboots
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I think this only disables lock in apps like yt and mobile legends... Allows 120hz but it still drops down to 60hz when not touching screen?
There's some bugs to it as well - like rebooting locks the display at 60hz everywhere until you re enable it from settings , I don't remember well

Either way hope someone can try the fix from original post - if the touch still falls down to 60hz when not touching screen I think I have an idea on how to fix it separately

I have made a magisk module that disable adaptive sync...you can try it

Luqman2077 said:
I have made a magisk module that disable adaptive sync...you can try it
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Doesn't work for me.

are u on miui?

cyanGalaxy said:
Doesn't work for me.
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are u on miui?

Luqman2077 said:
are u on miui?
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Yes, MIUI 13. YouTube, Twitch and others still at 60 Hz

cyanGalaxy said:
Yes, MIUI 13. YouTube, Twitch and others still at 60 Hz
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oh...you can use this app to set per app refresh rate..here is the step:
1)enable zygisk from magisk
2)flash the dynamic fps disable module
3)flash the lsposed
4)install the miuiperfsaver
5)reboot
6)open lsposed app and enable the module and tick like in the pic
7)reboot and open the miui perfsaver app to set your refresh rate on certain app (you need to set to 120hz @ 144hz from setting

cyanGalaxy said:
Yes, MIUI 13. YouTube, Twitch and others still at 60 Hz
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you can search miuiperfsaver from the lsposed app and download the apk

Question Refresh rate stuck on 120

Hi,
I have my phone set to high refresh rate and if I enable `Show refresh rate` in developer options I see it is stuck on 120. If I slowly scroll the settings activity I can see it going down to 60-40-30 but as soon as I let it on a stationary screen it's back to 120. It stays on 120 in other applications as well (except the few apps locked to 60 eg youtube, google photos).
I am aware that it is intended to stick to 120 under ~30% brightness but be able to go down as far as to 1 with full brightness
Things I observed/tried:
- when I reboot the device and I am fast enough I can turn on `show refresh rate` which fluctuates between 1-120 as intended only to stick to 120 in a few seconds
- I had it work normally before but I don't know what caused it, I could not get it back since reboot (I tried rebooting many times)
- if I reboot to safe mode it works in the 1-120 region normally while in the settings app, but once I leave it sticks to 120, even going back to settings it remains at 120
- the problem persists if I set up another user on the device (via multi-user)
listed every settings with refresh in it's name
min_refresh_rate=0
peak_refresh_rate=120.0
power_save_pre_refresh_state=3
power_save_screen_refresh_rate=1
oplus_customize_screen_refresh_rate=3
I think these are normal.
Do you know how I could get variable refresh rate back? Or is this the normal behaviour?

ratson said:
Hi,
I have my phone set to high refresh rate and if I enable `Show refresh rate` in developer options I see it is stuck on 120. If I slowly scroll the settings activity I can see it going down to 60-40-30 but as soon as I let it on a stationary screen it's back to 120. It stays on 120 in other applications as well (except the few apps locked to 60 eg youtube, google photos).
I am aware that it is intended to stick to 120 under ~30% brightness but be able to go down as far as to 1 with full brightness
Things I observed/tried:
- when I reboot the device and I am fast enough I can turn on `show refresh rate` which fluctuates between 1-120 as intended only to stick to 120 in a few seconds
- I had it work normally before but I don't know what caused it, I could not get it back since reboot (I tried rebooting many times)
- if I reboot to safe mode it works in the 1-120 region normally while in the settings app, but once I leave it sticks to 120, even going back to settings it remains at 120
- the problem persists if I set up another user on the device (via multi-user)
listed every settings with refresh in it's name
min_refresh_rate=0
peak_refresh_rate=120.0
power_save_pre_refresh_state=3
power_save_screen_refresh_rate=1
oplus_customize_screen_refresh_rate=3
I think these are normal.
Do you know how I could get variable refresh rate back? Or is this the normal behaviour?
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variable refresh worke only after 40% display brightness.
Is the display brightness lover you have only 120hz

ChrisFeiveel84 said:
variable refresh worke only after 40% display brightness.
Is the display brightness lover you have only 120hz
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Yes I know that, it sticks to 120hz even on full brightness

ratson said:
Yes I know that, it sticks to 120hz even on full brightness
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Use you a app for force 120hz ?

ChrisFeiveel84 said:
Use you a app for force 120hz ?
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No, at least not intentionally.

ratson said:
No, at least not intentionally.
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what you can try is to reset all settings (unfortunately you have to set them all again)
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what you can try is to reset all settings (unfortunately you have to set them all again)View attachment 5863691
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is that supposed to keep all app data and only clear android settings?

ratson said:
is that supposed to keep all app data and only clear android settings?
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This reset only all oos settings (no app data )

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This reset only all oos settings (no app data )
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this one did the trick thanks for the suggestion!

And I just found it: enabling 'Disable permission monitoring' in Dev options causes this behavior. disabling it stops the thing.