Time line of GOS issues for Samsung Galaxy phones.
First of all, if you don't know what the Game Optimizing Service (GOS) issue of Samsung Galaxy is yet, it will be very helpful to understand by reading the following article.
▶︎ What is the Game Optimizing Service feature on Samsung Galaxy phones?
Game tuners will be distributed on October 13, 2015. At that time, it was a useful app that could control heat generation by adjusting the resolution in the game and the number of frames per second (FPS).
On June 8, 2018, a large number of optional setting functions and convenience functions of the game tuner will be deleted.
Tips for forcibly shutting down and deactivating game management apps such as GOS will begin to be shared on April 5, 2019.
On April 30, 2020, the game tuner will be terminated and the GOS will fully manage the game.
The Galaxy S21 was announced on January 15, 2021. The Exynos 2100 (Cortex-X, Mali) was adopted in contrast to the Galaxy S20, which previously adopted Snapdragon (Adreno). Rumors of low-performance GPUs, high-performance AP cores, and heat generation have become sensitive news for "gamers and performance-seeking users." The problem of fever is described in more detail in the problem of S21.
At this point on March 20, 2021, the method of deactivating GOS with ADB was already blocked, and tips for preventing GOS with a separate paid app were being shared. Since it is the beginning of the release of the Galaxy S21, game performance test reviews used to be posted after the end of GOS.
On April 19, 2021, the Samsung community will also start to receive feedback asking for options for GOS.
On November 15, 2021, the upgrade target of One UI 4 was announced. Since 4th, kernel-level integration has progressed, making it virtually impossible to bypass GOS after upgrading, and it began to feel as the game performance of the S10 and S20, which had no heat generation issue so far, was downgraded.
On February 6, 2022, a video was uploaded on the original of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 through Realmi GT2 Pro and Oneplus 10 Pro, and Pokemon United game performance. Excessive power consumption, heat generation, and trottling were feared, and it was assumed that peak performance was excessively set in benchmark figures, and power consumption and heat generation were controlled in everyday tasks.
The Galaxy S22 product line was announced on February 10, 2022. It showed concern about heat generation measures, such as setting up a separate heat dissipation technology session. However, unlike S22U, S22 and S22+ have been reported to have discriminated against graphite pads/vapor chambers.
On February 22, 2022, SBS Omokgyo Electronic Shopping Center dealt with sensitive topics such as S22's GOS, screen protection film, RAM capacity, and SD slot. And with this video, the GOS issue begins to burn widely.
On February 26, 2022, a YouTuber conducted a benchmark test using the method of forcibly applying GOS by changing the application name and package name of the benchmark app to the original, proving the performance limit with objective figures. In the past, there were many criticisms of game producers' optimization capabilities, but this test proved that GOS is a bigger problem before optimization.
Famous reviewers also began to comment on GOS on March 1, 2022.
On March 2, 2022, it was revealed that the more recent the GOS performance degradation was, and even fell below the intermediate (A52s).
Geekbench producers also reported a GOS problem, and he said he was not happy with modulating performance according to the app name.
Inside Samsung, rumors have been reported that GOS has begun to be seriously reviewed at the VVIP level (presumed to be Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong).
On March 3, 2022, it was revealed that GOS intervenes not only in games but also in general apps (Kakao Talk, YouTube, Instagram, and Netflix). As not only "gamers" but also "just the general public" are affected, GOS has attracted more people's attention.
As the rumors spread abroad, meetings preparing to sue for bad reviews and consumer deception began, and pre-bookings canceled reservations.
There was an incident that the U.S. IT media Toms Guide did not find GOS on reviewers' devices. It was a mistake not checking the system app view, and I published a correction article.
Eventually, it was announced in Samsung's official notice at 10:59 p.m. that it will provide performance-first options to GOS on the Galaxy S22. In a defensive position, consumers' complaints are not easily subsided.
On March 5, 2022, I interviewed Geekbench developer as a follow-up to GOS at Omokgyo Electronic Shopping Center. The developer said he sees this as a kind of cheating and is closely investigating the problem.
Eventually, Geekbench registered the S10 to S22 product lines as excluded devices. This means that the devices are permanently removed from the gigbench chart.
The GOS Breaking Challenge has begun. A developer user has disabled the One UI 4.0 version of GOS with Adguard. It used the principle of blocking communication traffic with the server so that it is not possible to identify the target (game list) to which performance restrictions are to be applied. There was talk that 4.1 version was impossible, but later, several people tried various ways to block communication with the server, allowing GOS to be disabled in 4.1 version.
On March 7, 2022, the Fair Trade Commission began a preliminary investigation into whether the controversy violated the Display Advertising Act and began an investigation into whether it became an incident.
The patch containing the performance priority mode on March 10, 2022 was released around 5 p.m.
The Galaxy Tab S8 series on March 15, 2022 was also registered as Geekbench excluded devices.