com.sec.android.smartfpsadjuster Copy

A tiny Samsung platform component labelled "SmartFPSAdjuster". It is signed by Samsung OEM keys that also sign the Android framework, it has no launcher entry, and the builds recorded here are only around 25 to 37 kilobytes and declare no permissions at all. Samsung's own published application lists for Galaxy devices confirm it as a standard preinstall rather than anything added by a carrier or reseller. Samsung publishes no description of what it does. Its name points at frame rate, and Galaxy phones do expose an adaptive refresh rate through the Motion smoothness setting, while Android itself has handled multiple refresh rates in the platform since Android 11, where DisplayManager sets the allowed refresh rate range and SurfaceFlinger picks the rate from the active layers. We could not source any statement, from Samsung or elsewhere, that connects this package to either mechanism, so the name is the only evidence of its purpose and should be treated as a hint rather than a description. Version note: like several small Samsung platform pieces, its version string follows the Android release rather than a version of its own. Samsung's application list for an Android 10 Galaxy shows version 10, and the builds recorded here run from 12 to 16 with target SDK levels from 31 to 36, so it is rebuilt with each platform release and is still shipping on current versions. We could not source whether its role has changed across those releases. For Android Enterprise, EMM and kiosk deployments it has no enrolment or management role, no user interface and no permissions, so it is not something a fleet needs to control. Since its function is undocumented, the effect of disabling it cannot be predicted, and there is no measurable gain from removing a component of this size. If display smoothness or battery behaviour is the actual concern, the supported route is the device's own Motion smoothness setting rather than removing platform packages.

• How to adjust refresh rate options on your Galaxy phone or tablet - Samsung US →
• Multiple refresh rate support - Android Open Source Project →
• Galaxy A51 5G (A516V) Application List - Samsung Knox CC Mode documentation →
• Package provenance for com.sec.android.smartfpsadjuster - Android System App Database →

• Signed by the device maker's own signing key (Samsung), so it is an OEM preinstall, but 2 different certificates appear across the fleet, so OEMs ship their own builds of it. It also signs the Android framework, so it is a platform-level key on its device(s). Inferred from the certificate appearing only on Samsung devices (508 packages, 10196 observations).
• Never reported as user-facing, so it runs as a background or system component rather than an app the user opens.