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Samsung has responded that the higher GPU speeds are also available certain other applications that run in full screen. (browser, camera app, video app - which

Samsung has responded that the higher GPU speeds are also available certain other applications that run in full screen. (browser, camera app, video app - which are all apps that are used frequently) If that is the case, then I fail to see anything immoral. Bad engineering - yes - but there's nothing immoral in arbitrarily boosting the GPU to run the browser or the camera smoother. (and once you regularly do this for some standard apps, it would also be appropriate to run benchmarks with the fastest speed) Link: http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/31/4574210/samsung-benchmark-rigging-response http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/31/4574210/samsung-benchmark-... Edit: I also don't understand why anyone would investigate with a hex editor. (like Anandtech does) Samsung is quite open with its Android devices, and regularly releases the source code (Link: http://opensource.samsung.com/ http://opensource.samsung.com/) It also would be quite strange to cheat, and then release the source code so everyone can see.

diroussel 13y ago
> I also don't understand why anyone would investigate with a hex editor. (like Anandtech does) The binaries were on the device, but the source code was not, so the binaries are a natural place to begin the investigation. Is it ever clear which source from http://opensource.samsung.com/ http://opensource.samsung.com/ is on the device Brian was investigating?
- DominikR 13y ago
  It is absolutely clear which source is on the device because you can look up Kernel version, Baseband version and the Build number in Settings->About Phone. Anyways, what I would have liked to see in this article is if the Intent they are referring to (the one that triggers the increase of the GPU clock) is only used for cheating on benchmarks, or actually a feature that is used on many apps - not just speculation/baseless accusation.
  - diroussel 13y ago
    > not just speculation/baseless accusation. Having read the article, it is clear that it is not baseless speculation. Two benchmarks running the same code, but with a different name. One runs faster than the other. The one that runs faster has it's name hardcoded in the samsung binaries. You are right that the source code could show a fuller picture, but I'd say this is an example of good reporting and not speculation.

diroussel 13y ago

> I also don't understand why anyone would investigate with a hex editor. (like Anandtech does) The binaries were on the device, but the source code was not, so the binaries are a natural place to begin the investigation. Is it ever clear which source from http://opensource.samsung.com/ http://opensource.samsung.com/ is on the device Brian was investigating?

DominikR 13y ago
It is absolutely clear which source is on the device because you can look up Kernel version, Baseband version and the Build number in Settings->About Phone. Anyways, what I would have liked to see in this article is if the Intent they are referring to (the one that triggers the increase of the GPU clock) is only used for cheating on benchmarks, or actually a feature that is used on many apps - not just speculation/baseless accusation.
- diroussel 13y ago
  > not just speculation/baseless accusation. Having read the article, it is clear that it is not baseless speculation. Two benchmarks running the same code, but with a different name. One runs faster than the other. The one that runs faster has it's name hardcoded in the samsung binaries. You are right that the source code could show a fuller picture, but I'd say this is an example of good reporting and not speculation.