Berkeley released Android version of BOINC 7.2.39 which now supports x86 processors. Since more devices and virtual machines may start using Android as a platform, it would be nice to have a working app.

AMD will be adding ARM processors to Opterons http://www.amd.com/us/press-releases/Pages/amd-to-accelerate-2014jan28.aspx in servers soon that will also support 64bit. It is only a matter of time before there is a 64 bit version of Android. Many may find this as an attractive option over other Linux installs. BOINC updates much easier in Android and can do so automatically.

I currently have Android 4.2 in a VM for testing and can confirm BOINC installed just fine as intended.

type x86-android-linux-gnu

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In a few hours time we might find out if we have a working x86 Android app when Alex Storey's host finishes it's first Wu:

Android (Intel/AMD x86 processor) 7.01 19 Nov 2013, 18:48:20 UTC 

Claggy

Any news on those results?

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Any news on those results?

He's running an Atom CPU Z2420 @ 1.20GHz, so it's slow.

Why don't you check your preferences, and get your Core2 T5300 started on some work?

Make sure you have it on the default venue, have 'Use CPU' selected on that venue, and have SETI@home v7 selected.

Claggy

when we got Zilog80 app? :D
completely do not understand that idiotism. imho we must concentrating on most powerful and mass platforms. cannot imagine myself runned android boinc with already attached phone to power cord. that is MOBILE phone, and 22 hours in each day attached to charger not my vision of mobile phone usage...but maybe there nowadays irrational thinking is striked almost all.....

тут ставка на массовость аппаратов. Типа компов продано столько-то, а смартфонов в 10 раз больше (ну или чтото вроде этого). В настоящий момент, конечно, один ГПУ не то, что 10, он и тыщу с лишком смартфонов за пояс заткнет, но прогресс на месте не стоит, есть надежда в будущем видео-ускорители и на смартфонах под кранчинг использовать.... Т.е. нацелены в будущее. А пока просто приятная игрушка - считать на смартфоне - кто бы мог подумать лет 5 назад буквально :)
А теперь и на таблете, и на смартфоне... разве что не на кофеварке, но и это не за горами :))))))

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Any news on those results?

He's running an Atom CPU Z2420 @ 1.20GHz, so it's slow.

Why don't you check your preferences, and get your Core2 T5300 started on some work?

Make sure you have it on the default venue, have 'Use CPU' selected on that venue, and have SETI@home v7 selected.

Claggy

It is doing work elsewhere and is one of my laptops. I plan on adding a few more VM's on some more of my hardware for testing Android x86 as a valid Linux replacement option. I am currently in the progress of restructuring my home farm.

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when we got Zilog80 app? :D
completely do not understand that idiotism. imho we must concentrating on most powerful and mass platforms. cannot imagine myself runned android boinc with already attached phone to power cord. that is MOBILE phone, and 22 hours in each day attached to charger not my vision of mobile phone usage...but maybe there nowadays irrational thinking is striked almost all.....

The idiotism is thinking that ARM devices are a waste of time when this whole project was designed to tap into the resources of the masses. ARM devices are much more efficient in regards to electricity usage for the same amount of results.

As far as using when on the charger...is it smarter to let old phones sit in a drawer unused or to put them to use doing science? I have 3 Android phones that are used only for BOINC now. (All 3 have been replaced as I and my wife have upgraded) My current phone runs while charging. At work it sits on a charger the entire time and while I sleep. That is ~16 hours of run time that I'm not really using the phone for its original designed purpose each day. I would say it is more idiotic to own it and not use it.

Since ARM is also moving to high end servers http://www.amd.com/us/press-releases/Pages/amd-to-accelerate-2014jan28.aspx, it would be even more idiotic to not support them.

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т е как по мне - опять маркетологистские идиотические происки. нормальный ( хотябы относительно) человек не будет трахатся со счётом в смарте пока тот заряжается, или все свои старые смартфоны держать включенными на шнурках, чтоб те считали. впрочем, как я заметил, тут есть люди с перебором - работают на 3 работах ради того, чтобы смочь заплатить счета за электричество, траченное за обсчёт боинка. явный перекос, имхо, ну да бог с ними....:)

Any news on those results?

Sorry, couldn't make it to the forums any sooner...

Unfortunately, things don't appear to be running smoothly (for me) out of the box. You can find more info in the x86-android thread, over on the Seti Beta Forums:

http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/beta/forum_thread.php?id=2080