Hi,

Whenever I try to connect to Einstein@home through my Android BOINC client, I receive the "Could not connect" message. The message appears seconds after I type in my account information; email, user name and password and hit continue; while the the BOINC Client is trying to "attach" to the project...and the event log says: Fetching configuration file from einsteinathome.org/get_project_config.php ... nothing else!

Currently, I have 4 out 12 WUs running for SETI@home and Rossetta@home on the BOINC client, with no problem .. I suspended WCG to free-up more resources.

Android System:

Model: HTC U Play - SDK:23 ABI: arm64-v8a
OS: Android 3.18.22-perf-01725-g9ff2daf (Android 6.0)
CPU: AArch64 Processor rev 2 (aarch64) (8 processors)
Storage: 28 GB available storage, 1.6 GB (57% out of 3.7 GB) of RAM is free

BOINC preferences:

Version: 7.4.53
CPU Core used: 4
Storage: 90% Max. used and 0.1 GB Min. spare (49 MB avg. memory used in the last 3 hrs.)
Memory: 70% RAM limit (27 MB Z-RAM always running)

Any idea on how to resolve this issue?

Thanks

P.S. The issue was also reported to Einstein@home forum @ https://einsteinathome.org/content/android-could-not-connect-while-fetching-configuration-file ... but to no avail!

You can set the verbosity of the message log by going BOINC Manager -> Preferences -> Check Show Advanced preferences and controls -> BOINC client log flags -> check http_debug ->Save.Try it with that and post the log back.

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Thank you, Ageless.

Here it is ... (Cleaned the log off anything which doesn't relate to my attempt of adding Einstein@home project on Sun Jun 17 06:55:04)

Client Messages
Sun Jun 17 06:55:08 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: Connection #18 to host einsteinathome.org left intact
Sun Jun 17 06:55:08 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Received header from server: Sun Jun 17 06:55:08 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Received header from server: Content-Length: 138
Sun Jun 17 06:55:08 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Received header from server: Content-Encoding: gzip
Sun Jun 17 06:55:08 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Received header from server: Set-Cookie: SESS3e782c8988cf3721b1565654f7f6d21b=2bm11aglgfh015iq7lmkdguj43; expires=Tue, 10-Jul-2018 07:28:39 GMT; Max-Age=2000000; path=/; domain=einsteinathome.org; secure
Sun Jun 17 06:55:08 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Received header from server: Content-Type: text/xml;charset=UTF-8
Sun Jun 17 06:55:08 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Received header from server: Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
Sun Jun 17 06:55:08 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Received header from server: X-Frame-Options: sameorigin
Sun Jun 17 06:55:08 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Received header from server: X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
Sun Jun 17 06:55:08 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Received header from server: Vary: Accept-Encoding
Sun Jun 17 06:55:08 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Received header from server: Cache-Control: post-check=0, pre-check=0
Sun Jun 17 06:55:08 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Received header from server: Cache-Control: store, no-cache, must-revalidate
Sun Jun 17 06:55:08 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Received header from server: Last-Modified: Sun, 17 Jun 2018 03:55:19 GMT
Sun Jun 17 06:55:08 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Received header from server: Expires: Sun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
Sun Jun 17 06:55:08 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Received header from server: Server: Apache
Sun Jun 17 06:55:08 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Received header from server: Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2018 03:55:19 GMT
Sun Jun 17 06:55:08 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Received header from server: HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Sent header to server:
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Sent header to server: Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Sent header to server: Referer: https://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/create_account.php?email_addr=o%5Fand%5Fo%40yahoo%2Ec
om&passwd_hash=ce9aaf648386197ab8553aae6b51398a&user_name=O%26O
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Sent header to server: Accept-Encoding: deflate, gzip
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Sent header to server: Accept: */*
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Sent header to server: User-Agent: BOINC client (aarch64-android-linux-gnu 7.4.53)
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Sent header to server: Host: einsteinathome.org
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Sent header to server: GET /create_account.php?email_addr=o%5Fand%5Fo%40yahoo%2Ecom&passwd_hash=ce9aaf64
8386197ab8553aae6b51398a&user_name=O%26O HTTP/1.1
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: SSL certificate verify ok.
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: issuer: C=US; O=DigiCert Inc; OU=www.digicert.com; CN=Thawte RSA CA 2018
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: subjectAltName: host "einsteinathome.org" matched cert's "einsteinathome.org"
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: expire date: Dec 10 2:00:00 2018 GMT
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: start date: Feb 28 00:00:00 2018 GMT
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: subject: C=US; ST=Wisconsin; L=Milwaukee; O=University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; OU=Physics; CN=www.einsteinathome.org
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: Server certificate:
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: ALPN, server did not agree to a protocol
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: SSL connection using TLSv1.2 /ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Finished (20):
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS change cipher, Client hello (1):
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS handshake, Finished (20):
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS change cipher, Client hello (1):
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS handshake, Client key exchange (16):
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Server finished (14):
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Server key exchange (12):
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Certificate (11):
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Server hello (2):
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS handshake, Client hello (1):
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS header, Certificate Status (22):
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: CApath: none
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: CAfile: ca-bundle.crt
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: successfully set certificate verify locations:
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: Cipher selection: ALL:!EXPORT:!EXPORT40:!EXPORT56:!aNULL:!LOW:!RC4:@STRENGTH
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: ALPN, offering http/1.1
Sun Jun 17 06:55:06 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: Connected to einsteinathome.org (129.89.61.70) port 443 (#18)
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: Trying 129.89.61.70...
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: Hostname einsteinathome.org was found in DNS cache
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: Issue another request to this URL: 'https://einsteinathome.org/create_account.php?email_addr=o%5Fand%5Fo%40yahoo%2Ecom &passwd_hash=ce9aaf648386197ab8553aae6b51398a&user_name=O%26O'
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: Connection #17 to host einstein.phys.uwm.edu left intact
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: Ignoring the response-body
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Received header from server:
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Received header from server: Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Received header from server: Content-Length: 447
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Received header from server: Location: https://einsteinathome.org/create_account.php?email_addr=o%5Fand%5Fo%40yahoo%2Ecom&passwd_hash=ce9aaf648386197ab8553aae6b51398a&user_name=O%26O
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Received header from server: Server: Apache/2.4.10 (Debian)
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Received header from server: Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2018 03:55:17 GMT
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Received header from server: HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Sent header to server:
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Sent header to server: Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Sent header to server: Accept-Encoding: deflate, gzip
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Sent header to server: Accept: */* Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Sent header to server: User-Agent: BOINC client (aarch64-android-linux-gnu 7.4.53)
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Sent header to server: Host: einstein.phys.uwm.edu
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Sent header to server: GET /create_account.php?email_addr=o%5Fand%5Fo%40yahoo%2Ecom&passwd_hash=ce9aaf64
8386197ab8553aae6b51398a&user_name=O%26O HTTP/1.1
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: SSL certificate verify ok.
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: issuer: C=US; O=DigiCert Inc; OU=www.digicert.com; CN=Thawte RSA CA 2018
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: subjectAltName: host "einstein.phys.uwm.edu" matched cert's "einstein.phys.uwm.edu"
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: expire date: Dec 10 2:00:00 2018 GMT
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: start date: Feb 28 00:00:00 2018 GMT
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: subject: C=US; ST=Wisconsin; L=Milwaukee; O=University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; OU=Physics; CN=www.einsteinathome.org
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: Server certificate:
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: ALPN, server did not agree to a protocol
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: SSL connection using TLSv1.2 / ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Finished (20):
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS change cipher, Client hello (1):
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS handshake, Finished (20):
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS change cipher, Client hello (1):
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS handshake, Client key exchange (16):
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Server finished (14):
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Server key exchange (12):
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Certificate (11):
Sun Jun 17 06:55:05 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Server hello (2):
Sun Jun 17 06:55:04 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS handshake, Client hello (1):
Sun Jun 17 06:55:04 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS header, Certificate Status (22):
Sun Jun 17 06:55:04 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: CApath: none
Sun Jun 17 06:55:04 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: CAfile: ca-bundle.crt
Sun Jun 17 06:55:04 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: successfully set certificate verify locations:
Sun Jun 17 06:55:04 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: Cipher selection: ALL:!EXPORT:!EXPORT40:!EXPORT56:!aNULL:!LOW:!RC4:@STRENGTH
Sun Jun 17 06:55:04 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: ALPN, offering http/1.1
Sun Jun 17 06:55:04 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: Connected to einstein.phys.uwm.edu (129.89.61.70) port 443 (#17)
Sun Jun 17 06:55:04 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: Trying 129.89.61.70...
Sun Jun 17 06:55:04 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: Closing connection 15
Sun Jun 17 06:55:04 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: Connection 15 seems to be dead!
Sun Jun 17 06:55:04 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS alert, Client hello (1):
Sun Jun 17 06:55:04 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: Closing connection 16
Sun Jun 17 06:55:04 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] [ID#2] Info: Connection 16 seems to be dead!
Sun Jun 17 06:55:04 GMT+03:00 2018||[http] HTTP_OP::init_get(): https://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/create_account.php?email_addr=o%5Fand%5Fo%40yahoo%2Ec
om&passwd_hash=ce9aaf648386197ab8553aae6b51398a&user_name=O%26O

Okay, I've tested it on my own phone and there it can't connect either. Now, Einstein has had to change its SSL certificate, which may be the problem. If it is that, there's not much you or I can do about that, as we cannot reach the ca-bundle.crt file that causes this.

In the mean time I've forwarded my log to one of the Einstein developers, I'll await his answer before picking this up further. I've pointed him to your thread on the Einstein forums, you may want to keep an eye on that. I wouldn't expect an answer before Monday though.

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I am also suffering this problem of cannot connect to Einstein@home on an android tablet. The same tablet runs asteroids@home.

The problem is with the Einstein server, first its create_account RPC was broken, as on other platforms it was impossible to add the project as well. They fixed that, but that didn't fix it for Android. So they're still working on that. All we can do is wait.

Keep an eye on https://einsteinathome.org/content/android-could-not-connect-while-fetching-configuration-file as that's the place where the Einstein developers will be communicating first.

Just to let you know that my issue was resolved I'm able now to connect to Einstein@Home using my Android app... and tasks are running, smoothly.
Great job by the Administrators of E@H, really. Big salute.

Thanks

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