If you use Google Chrome, you may have noticed that it sometimes starts acting all sluggish when you’re scrolling through a website and makes it seem like the phone has switched back to 60Hz refresh rate even though it hasn’t (the switch back to 60Hz happens when the phone’s temperature goes above 40C). This doesn’t seem to happen very often, but when it does, what can you do to get Chrome back to normal?
There are two ways you can close Chrome and clear it from memory. The first method is the quickest: Simply tap the Recents (multitasking) button to see all running apps, look for the Chrome tab, and swipe it up. Then, open Chrome again from the home screen/app drawer and it should be working normally again (that is, scrolling should once again be butter smooth).
If that doesn’t work, here’s what you need to do. Long press the Chrome shortcut on your home screen or in the app drawer and select App info. Then, tap the Force stop option and tap OK on the popup, which will clear Chrome from memory for good and make scrolling in the browser smooth again. Don’t worry, Chrome will still remember all the tabs you had open and will reload them the next time you fire it up.
