Tor browser android -- poor performance / stuttering?

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I’m getting started on Graphene OS. I download the Tor Browser directly from the website but I find that it is very slow and stuttery. I of course am not referring to the connection speed, I mean the app itself seems to perform very poorly – as I scroll a wweb page, the view seems to stutter. Its especially noticeable compared to the Vanadium browser.

Has anyone else experience this? I’m on a Pixel 8

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tor has a max refresh rate of 60 hz but your pixel 8 can do 120 hz, so it will stutter

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That was it, thanks!

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I doubt if you are playing games needing high refresh rates. 120hz is a bit overkill for Graphene. Consider lowering it to 60 to improve battery life as well.

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what?
This is literally about Tor Browser and being suttery, turning out just the app running at 60Hz.
this has nothing to do with gaming and turning off 120Hz is unnecessary
(not mentioning there are barely if not any might as well. Games for high refresh rate on Android, only one comes to mind is Real Racing 3)

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Turning off 120hz did in fact solve the problem for me

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this is fine and fair yes, normally the pixel would dial down i’s refresh rate when it detects an app running at 60hz but doesn’t seem to be the case, weird bug

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On a side note, since this was not the topic:

On GrapheneOS the Browser you would want to use, privacy and security wise, would be the default Vanadium Browser.

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So if I wanted to use the Tor network, and I better off using Vanadium with Orbot?

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So it really depends on what you are going to be using it for.

Without knowing that, I would suggest using the Tor Browser, for the “special” (onion) stuff.

And Vanadium for everything else like daily browsing including logins etc.

Personally, since I dont access onion services, I use Vanadium + Mullvad VPN for everything.

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No, that does not offer any circuit isolation or fingerprinting resistance.

Tor is not just about onions and Mullvad or any other VPN cannot compete with its benefits.

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That can be.

But since I wrote about my personal use case, I don’t see the benefit(s) outweighing the risks and downsides of using Tor (especially on GoS).

It still depends on what the OP is going to be using it for. Maby he will chime in.

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now its running smoothly?