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whatmadeyouhappytoday
Cruncher canada Joined: Apr 30, 2018 Post Count: 6 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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hi everyone
i have good news n bad news in this thread so first lets start with the good news i installed boinc on my mac mini and added world community grid and have completed 5 projects since yesterday.. good so far i can log in to the website and change my device profiles so my password works i installed boinc on my android phone last night so i could compute while charing the phone heres the weird part i add world community grid to the projects on my phone but it wont accept the password that i know is valid so i cant join the project i mean im ALREADY computing for a project on the mac im using to type this i just would like to be maximizing my usefulness on as many devices as possible any suggestions would be great cheers! |
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Former Member
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double check to make sure you are typing in the user account info correctly. On android, if I remember correctly, they want your username, your email address, and your password. On regular boinc for windows/linux, I think it just wants your email and password. I have been tricked up on this while registering android phones on more than one occasion.
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whatmadeyouhappytoday
Cruncher canada Joined: Apr 30, 2018 Post Count: 6 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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thank you for the tips
i started crunching for seti on my phone on star wars day, hehe im going to build a few rassbery pi's and i might try crunching for wcg on them folding @home, which i ALSO use can work WITHOUT an id OR pass... theres always a way the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago... the second best time is today. thats how i feel about distributed computing! |
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Seoulpowergrid
Veteran Cruncher Joined: Apr 12, 2013 Post Count: 823 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I am not sure which OS you have on your Pi, but heads up as it looks like Pis aren't supported in WCG projects. Check this system requirements link to see if it'll work or not and others in the forum will be able to help you more than I can as I don't have a Pi.
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Former Member
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A RPi is an ARM processor, so you have to install Android on it for them to work with WCG. People have reported success getting WCG working on Pis with Android. I run two Odroid xu4 systems with various flavors of android, and they chew through workunits like crazy. 8 cores in the big.LITTLE design. Just keep them well cooled. I know the Pis need heatsinks and probably at least some airflow to keep them from thermal throttling.
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