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Boostyourgraphicsand

gaming performance

Squeeze as much

speed and gaming

performance out of

your device as you

can with GLTools

T

he deeper you get into rooting your Android

device, the more you’ll find to play around

with. If you’re an av id gamer and you’re

looking for more control over your graphics

settings, the kind that you might get with a PC,

then GLTools is definitely the app for you. It lets you

tinker with a whole heap of settings that you

normally wouldn’t be able to. You’ll need to know a

decent amount of graphics terminology, and you’ll

need a rooted dev ice to make it all work. You can

grab the app itself from the Play store, but it needs

root access to play around with the games you’ve

installed on your phone or tablet. It’s especially

handy if you’re running a lower-end dev ice and

want to give things a bit of a kick. When you’re

ready, go ahead and v isit the Play store.

Once your device has finished rebooting,

it’s time to find the app and get tinkering. Tap on

the icon and you’ll see a list of the apps you

have already installed on your phone or tablet,

as well as an option that enables you to change

the default settings.

4 Find the app Find a game

Scroll through the big list of app names

and find a game you’d like to play around with.

Tap on it and you’ll see a menu with all sorts of

different options. Here’s where knowing your

graphical terminology comes in handy. Scroll

down to GPU Name/Emulation.

First up, you’ll want to grab the GLTools

app from the Play store. The app is not free, so

unless you’re serious about enhancing your

graphics performance, it might not be worth the

money. Once it’s installed, which shouldn’t take

too long, find the app’s icon and tap on it.

1 Download the app

Now choose which plugin to use with

GLTools. Tap TEX(DE)coder to select it. This

gives you more options than the default and lets

you decompress and recompress textures to

different sizes. Check the agreement boxes at

the bottom of the page then tap Install.

2 Choose your settings

Next you’ll need to give root access to the

app so it can install the new plugin in a partition.

Just tapping Install works fine, but if you would

prefer, you can Install using Recovery. Either way

your device will reboot. This will take a couple of

minutes to complete rebooting.

3 Give root access

Get a better performance on lower-end

devices by making it think that you’re running a

different processor. Tap the check boxes, then

tap Use A Template to select a premade

template for a more powerful chipset. Turn

down graphics options to get more speed.

6 Fool your phone

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