How to Block the Samsung Galaxy Game Optimizing Service App from Throttling the CPU & GPU?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 มิ.ย. 2024
- If you have the "Game Optimizing Service" system app running on your Samsung Galaxy smartphone or tablet then this video can help to improve CPU and GPU performance in games.
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Video Description
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There's been a lot of discussion about how some of Samsung's newest smartphones handles thermal throttling of the SoC before it becomes an issue. This issue involves an application called the Game Optimizing Service (also being referred to as GOS), and it's currently installed on the Galaxy S10, Galaxy S20, Galaxy S21, and the Galaxy S22.
I assume it's also doing this on the recent Galaxy Note series devices as well as many other Samsung Galaxy smartphones that have this app installed. But I have yet to see these mentioned in the recent tests that have been going around.
What's happening is that Samsung wants to prevent these phones from getting too hot and using too much of your battery life when playing some of the most popular Android games. The way they are doing this is by using the Game Optimizing Service app, and just making sure the CPU and GPU cores do not hit max frequency for long periods of time.
This has upset a large number of people as they are being prevented from leveraging ALL of the hardware that their phones are capable of.
Samsung has come out and explained their reasoning behind the actions, but says they understand where the community is coming from and will including an optional toggle for this feature in the future.
For now, though, many Samsung smartphone users are wanting a way to stop this service from throttling their smartphone.
And sadly, Samsung has made it incredibly difficult for us to do if we're on OneUI 4.0 or higher. Usually, I would just point people to my Uninstall Bloatware tutorials that I use ADB & Fastboot tools for. But if we do this without root access then the operating system will instantly enable the app again.
So we have to go through a different process to block Samsung's Game Optimizing Service from throttling our phones.
See, the way this works is the app connects to Samsung's servers and downloads a list of application package names that it needs to target. And this is the weak spot of the operation since we can block apps from accessing the internet thanks to a free app in the Play Store called NetGuard.
Now, this process is quite detailed and needs to be done in a specific way. Failing to follow the steps exactly could allow these apps to gain internet access. And that will require you to repeat these steps all over again if you want to play mobile games on your Samsung Galaxy smartphone without being throttled.
We can simply search for the word NetGuard in Google Play in order to find it, and let's go ahead and install the application right here.
This completes the whole tutorial and now you are able to play your mobile games without any CPU or GPU throttling. This should result in games like PUBG, Fortnite, Genshin Impact, Shadowgun Legends and many others performing much better than before. Some are seeing a small 2-5% increase in FPS while others are seeing much better results after we have blocked these apps from accessing the internet.
Fair warning though. Samsung put these restrictions in place for a reason. Sometimes this is to prevent the phone from heating up for long periods of time while other times it's just to save you some battery life. But if you want to unleash the full potential of your hardware, then go through these steps to stop the Game OPtimizing SErvice from throttling your Samsung Galaxy smartphone or tablet.
Mentioned Links
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NetGuard in the Play Store - play.google.com/store/apps/de...
Step by Step Tutorial
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1. Intro [00:00]
2. Open the NetGuard App [03:10]
3. Enable System Apps [04:16]
4. Now Search for the word "Game" [04:50]
5. Tap the two icons next to each of the 3 mentioned apps [05:25]
6. Enable NetGuard
7. Clear the Storage Data for each of the 3 apps [06:48]
8. Disable WiFi & Mobile Data for the phone [08:05]
9. And restart the phone [09:18]
10. Wait for NetGuard to start
11. Then enable WiFi and Mobile Data [10:01]
Restart the phone
Wait for NetGuard to start before enabling internet access again
Enable Wifi/mobile data
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Started seeing the game booster notification on my A53 recently. It was so annoying! Why do they keep pushing stuff on customers that we always hate? And to make matters worse, it's stuff we can't usually do anything about without the aid of third party apps, and a lot of technical know-how.
Damn disgusting!
Shovelling stuff down our throats that we damn well didn't ask for...
is it better to disable the GOS or just use the netguard app to stop it from accessing the internet
After doing these steps, do i need to keep NetGuard app running in background or can i uninstall it ?
Thanks bro! My FPS in games was more stable at max CODM and ApexM. Even that Guardian app didn't disabled well the GOS before. It makes sense to block internet access on GOS. This app runs on the background though and it did heat up a bit but totally fine. It was hotter on PuBg when normal gos throtling. Just don't abuse graphics settings on games.
Had been playing a mobile game for close to a year, picked up a s22 figuring it'd be a cool new phone and offer a boost to the game performance. Much to my horror the game would randomly freeze and I was thinking I'd have to replace the phone or quit the game, but this fixed it. Thank you!
Hey, which game were you playing? And has it improved since you watched this video?
@@slickityragnarthegreat it's called "Pirate Code" by Codex7 games. It seemed to work (maybe placebo?) for a week or so but has since started freezing again so I uninstalled the app.
@@derpsmash9741 oh I don't think it's a hardware issue, that game is notorious for being so buggy. I'm currently going through the steps and am going to test it on Ark Survival, which is a very graphically demanding game.
@@slickityragnarthegreat oh I'm aware. It still runs fine on my old device though so I figure it should be okay on a newer, better, device so I was looking for possible solutions. For now I'll just carry two phones I guess
@@derpsmash9741 oh that sucks, but I can confirm it works, atleast for me anyway. I've just now played some ark survival on highest graphics with the highest resolution and fps is excellent. Hope you find a solution for your game, have a nice day! :)
Netguard can't find either GL or GOS(don't have GB)
Both apps are not hidden but I can't find/open GOS
Even though I set it to not connect to the WiFi, after restarting and playing games in one app, when I close it and open another game app, the issue comes back. I literally have to repeat the entire process (including the restart) for each time I wish to play a game on a different app
I am using the Samsung tab S8
Best best best...so long looking for something that works...my fps doesn't drop not even a little after I follow this. So good...I would pay you if I could for this info....GOLD MAN THANK YOU!
thanks so much for the feedback. it's great to know that this is still helping people (but also sad that Samsung hasn't fixed the issue yet). you're very welcome
Really 🤔 ok i can try it
About to get a fold 3 with sd 888. I've seen that cpu can get extremely hot and throttle. Will doing this make it worse?
The Note 10 plus is also suffering from this. I was getting great performance in my emulators and then I restarted my phone last night and all of my performance has gotten horrible. None of my ps2 games are running at full speed anymore. I didn't even install anything just restarting my phone must have updated something without my knowledge. I'm very angry about this.
this sucks so much! that app does phone home to download lists of apps to throttle
i did this on my Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and now it is back to a normal phone. It was so slow and could barely use it for normal day task. Thanks.
that's great to hear! I appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback with that phone. and props to you for keeping the Galaxy Note 5 for so long. that was a great phone!
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If i turn it off will it still work
For those of you who have speed plugins, set it to 1.25 - it helps with the cadence.
Idk whats up with my phone each game i play theres always glitching like all my char in games turn black need help me plz
Im not a noob... no matter what i do, gos still shows "unrestricted" battery usage and still downloads/gains storage data. With app freezer and shizuku i was able to officially disable it but then game booster doesnt work and no other plugins work when gaming without gos
Hi , using a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE , so I do see a Increase in performance and Touch Latency Response is better.(gos increase touch latency)
But it comes with a cost, touch isn't consistent , multiple touch causes ghosting when gaming for example holding two fingers on the screen one for movement and one for abilities targeting(moba games) I often get a sudden lost in touch for maybe like a split second , which leads to abilities activating Earlier than Intended to or character stops moving.
Any idea of how and why GOS increase touch latency? Because my intention to disable gos was because of the input lag ... but just to resolve and evolve into a new problem...
S20 fe has had touch issues from the beginning. I'd say upgrade to the s21.
Why is Game Optimizing Service taking SO MANY MB's when I do not use games??
7:26 it refuses to let me clear data on the app
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thanks so much!
Do I have to do these all steps over again, each and every time I wish to play?, secondly am i supposed to keep that "toggle" in netguard on permanently, even if I am not playing but just doing other stuff like videos, social media and such?
It works tq so much
Thank you so much!!
My s22 ultra is way more responsive, opens apps quicker, basically no lag. Not sure how much battery life has been affected but looks good so far!
Do you know if you have to delete data every time you install a system update?
Just did the same through Adguard as well
Im using a a52 it has gos and i cant disable it
First off earlier in year no issues with note 20 ultra plaing wotb. Game is at low details, no hd texures, and yet when i get to map loading iam among first. When lvl starts my team is gone from start point.
so then i pulled out my old note 9 that hasnt been updated since 2021. Load up wotb, and guess what i see count down clock ever time in wotb and start with my team. So note 9 max details, note 20 ultra low details and i dont start with team and dont ever see countdown clock. Iam pissed. Could provie vid if needed. Someone needs to start a duit.
Does this still work is there a turn off swich now for gos
this does still work, and I think the new switch for it is only in the Korean firmware (so far)
Thanks bro
Any time
I simply disable GOS by Package Disabler
which one are you using? I've noticed there are a number of them in the play store
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How to enable it again?
Yeah
I use No Root Firewall to accomplish the same thing. Game Optimizer destroys my phone performance. S10e
How? I use S10 e too
Where is the 10th step lmao :)) whatever , imma try it to know if it works
It's on tablets
It doesn't work any more 😡
How did you know ?
I stopped buying Samsung phones and buy gaming phones instead like redmagic or blackshark, they have way better cooling and specs and the option to turn off thermal throttling but only do that if you have a cooling fan.
Samsung are even using users internal storage as virtual ram when gaming phones like Blackshark let you use the ram as storage temporarily.
what's your favorite gaming phone right now?
@@ExplainingAndroid I still use my blackshark 3 pro more but won a red magic 6s pro, I use them both and both have their advantages like blackshark has much better gaming software and hardware but it uses a custom miui called joyui, the controllers and fun cooler 2 I use a lot and it helps keeps the battery healthy while gaming.
The red magic 6s pro is stock android so it boots up super fast and has most of its storage free, the gaming features are good but not quite as good as blacksharks, the internal cooling fan does shift some heat too.
I'm waiting for Blackshark 5 pro to release to see it compared with the red magic 7 pro which is an absolute beast, blackshark normally come out on top but even if they don't I'll stick with them because I think they make the best gaming phones imo.
Can i turn off the airplane mode?
you can turn off airplane mode after the phone boots back up
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Seriously you guys are killing me with this lol...SAMSUNG MAKES GOS FOR A REASON ....you don't disable it HELLO
it literally slows down the phone.
It makes your phone shittier but with less risks, but i paid for the hardware and i want to use it all so just shut up
@@fxpro8770 no bro i try it 100% worked and too much better game play
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hey, man. I don't have a discord because I don't have the time to moderate a chat channel like that
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