How to Enable a High Refresh Rate on Android
Step 1: Open the Settings app. Tap on Display & brightness.
Step 2: Tap on Screen refresh rate. You’ll find options to select a high refresh rate in this window. Check the box for the same.
Ideally, this will enable a high refresh rate for all applications. Smartphones don’t offer to opt for a refresh rate on a per-app basis, therefore all your apps should run on the selected refresh rate.
However, a few apps refuse to run on a high refresh rate. They seem to be sluggish even when you opt for a 90Hz or 120Hz refresh rate. If you noticed the same too, let’s verify your doubt and check the refresh rate while using your phone.
Check Which Apps Don’t Work With a Higher Refresh Rate
In our case, the YouTube app felt slow and sluggish at 120Hz. Whereas, other applications operated as expected, with a high refresh rate. So, we ran a test and checked the refresh rate while using the app. We first need to enable developer options.
Note: These are experimental features meant for the purposes of development. Proceed with caution and at your own risk.
Open Settings > About Device > Version. Tap several times on the Build number until you get a message that says You are now in Developer mode.
Step 1: We now need to open developer options. Open the Additional Settings menu in the settings app.
Step 2: Tap on Developer options. Scroll down to find and turn on the toggle for Show refresh rate. It will be present under the Display settings.
You will now see the value of the refresh rate in the top left corner of your screen.
- Take a look at the two images below – the first screenshot was taken when we were navigating around our home screen, it said 120Hz which is what we opted for.
- Since we observed that the YouTube app was running slow, we checked the refresh rate on the app. Turns out what we suspected was true – the YouTube app was running at 60 Hz.
Luckily in our case, it was just the YouTube app and Snapchat at times. However, it can be frustrating if you’re facing this issue with more apps. Given the fact that you pay a premium for a phone with a high refresh rate display, you’d want to fix the issue as soon as you can.
Force Peak Refresh Rate on Your Android Device (Without Root)
SetEdit is a database editor app for your Android device. It helps modify a few configurations by editing their values. Therefore, you can adjust the display refresh rate values so that apps run on the maximum refresh rate.
Note: This involves modifying a few settings of your device that you otherwise can’t on the Settings app. Proceed carefully, and at your own risk. We advise taking a full backup of your device before you proceed.
Step 1: Download the SetEdit app from the Play Store.
Read warnings and cautionary notes mentioned by the app developer. Neither does the app developer nor we guarantee the safety of your device.
Step 2: Give necessary permissions and ignore any error message about the app’s incompatibility.
Step 3: On the app’s main screen, tap Add New Setting. Enter the below text in the field:
peak_refresh_rate
Tap on Save Changes.
Step 4: Now, add the value in the Edit Setting pop-up box. Remove the text ‘SETTING_VALUE’ and enter ‘1’.
Tap on Save Changes.
Step 5: Repeat the same procedure (starting with step three) to add two more settings with values as ‘1’.
user_refresh_rate min_refresh_rate
Once you complete the above steps, all apps should run on 120Hz.
We recommend this method since it worked in our case. Take a look at the screenshot below where our YouTube app is successfully up and running at a 120Hz refresh rate.
Also Read: Why does my Android phone’s battery drain overnight?
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Last updated on 25 July, 2024
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Hello, this worked perfectly until I updated to MIUI Global 14.0.7 for POCO. Is there any other way to achive this without root?
It’s unlikely, this is HyperOS, a completely different song……sad. I have a Redmi Note 13, I got Android 14 with HOS. The problem is that I play COD and 60 doesn’t work. I set it to 120 (90 on mine is not there), I launch the game and on auto it crashes to 60. There is NOTHING to do, SetEdit doesn’t help, I checked. All other applications with 120 do not crash, COD immediately upon startup. Perhaps half a problem is in the game itself, because they once openly said…..o Forget FPS. Why?! THE ENTIRE game is built on cheats.
Hello, I have OnePlus Nord CE 3 5G phone, running on Android 13. I used to use SetEdit app to run apps at 120fps, but after a recent update, this trick is not working at all. As soon as I minimize the SetEdit app after altering the refresh rate, the refresh rate returns back to original adaptive refresh rate. What to do. Kindly help.