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Coleslaw
Veteran Cruncher USA Joined: Mar 29, 2007 Post Count: 1343 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Yeah... I run apps on my devices that earn gift cards, so they pretty well pay for themselves and then some. So, the BOINC portion is basically free DC'ing. I just ordered 3 of the Alcatels above. I've probably got around 30 Android devices crunching in my home for various projects now. All range from first gen devices with a single 600 MHz core up to some quads. I've got a box of dead phones/bloated batteries through the years. If they could provide a source of cheap batteries that would be awesome. It is sad I can replace the entire phone for the same cost as a battery...
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Former Member
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Looks like they are running 4.4 kitkat?
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Coleslaw
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The one posted above is indeed Kit Kat 4.4 according to the specs listed at Walmart.com https://www.walmart.com/ip/45822126?wmlspartn...126&wl13=&veh=sem
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Skivelitis2
Advanced Cruncher USA Joined: Mar 21, 2015 Post Count: 113 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Yeah... I run apps on my devices that earn gift cards, so they pretty well pay for themselves and then some. So, the BOINC portion is basically free DC'ing. I just ordered 3 of the Alcatels above. I've probably got around 30 Android devices crunching in my home for various projects now. All range from first gen devices with a single 600 MHz core up to some quads. I've got a box of dead phones/bloated batteries through the years. If they could provide a source of cheap batteries that would be awesome. It is sad I can replace the entire phone for the same cost as a battery... Try a4c.com. I've purchased quite a few batteries as replacements for bloaters and for older phones especially they run about $3-$5 each. Shipping is also free in the U.S.  |
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The one posted above is indeed Kit Kat 4.4 according to the specs listed at Walmart.com https://www.walmart.com/ip/45822126?wmlspartn...126&wl13=&veh=sem Just ordered 3 from straight talk. It was cheaper to get a third one and free shipping than to just order two. |
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Coleslaw
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Yeah... I run apps on my devices that earn gift cards, so they pretty well pay for themselves and then some. So, the BOINC portion is basically free DC'ing. I just ordered 3 of the Alcatels above. I've probably got around 30 Android devices crunching in my home for various projects now. All range from first gen devices with a single 600 MHz core up to some quads. I've got a box of dead phones/bloated batteries through the years. If they could provide a source of cheap batteries that would be awesome. It is sad I can replace the entire phone for the same cost as a battery... Try a4c.com. I've purchased quite a few batteries as replacements for bloaters and for older phones especially they run about $3-$5 each. Shipping is also free in the U.S. $3 would be worth it... but at $5 I would almost take the hit and just pay $10 for a new phone. I have also had someone tell me that they convinced Walmart to price match this deal with non-refurb phones. Hope that helps someone out. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Coleslaw at Dec 5, 2016 10:22:02 PM] |
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Coleslaw
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Similar to the phone posted above
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mmonnin
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I ordered one of those from Straighttalk and they shipped a $10 phone with signature verification via FedEx. I'm not taking off work or going to get a $10 phone.
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KLiK
Master Cruncher Croatia Joined: Nov 13, 2006 Post Count: 3108 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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As FAAH is restarted, was thinking about purchasing some old Androids...especially as mobile phones are not that cheap in EU, as they are in US:
----------------------------------------- http://www.vipnet.hr/webshop/bonovi/mobiteli-na-bonove - https://www.hrvatskitelekom.hr/mobiteli-na-bonove?gapt=4-32-1-1-0-0-0 - used phones - https://www.hrvatskitelekom.hr/rabljeni-mobiteli - http://www.tele2.hr/privatni-korisnici/mobiteli/na-bonove/ about 700kn is $100 or 765kn is 100€... But for about 100-150kn range, can get quite cheaply some old Androids... |
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I got my three last night. Set them up this morning. Running all 4 cores, I get the dreaded "your battery is about to blow up, so BOINC is pausing" message. This is with the default 40C max setting (I usually drop that to 35 but left it default to see). So I set them to use 3 cores, they seem happy (although still pretty warm) with that. I think I will build a platform for them to sit on and have them cooled by a case fan in order to run all 4 cores each.
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