I've been running BOINC on my Galaxy S21 Ultra with almost all of the projects running at 8 chores and access to 8gb of ram and 100%cpu for a few weeks now, but no luck. I've gotten 0 credit the entire time. I only just got this device, so I also reinstalled BOINC on my old s9 and it's getting credit.

Client Messages

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:51 AM||Resuming network activity

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:51 AM||Resuming computation

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:50 AM||Suspending network activity - user request

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:50 AM||Suspending computation - user request

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:49 AM|Universe@Home|Project requested delay of 11 seconds

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:49 AM|Universe@Home|Scheduler request completed

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:47 AM|Universe@Home|Not requesting tasks: don't need (job cache full)

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:47 AM|Universe@Home|Sending scheduler request: Requested by project.

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:41 AM|LHC@home|Project requested delay of 6 seconds

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:41 AM|LHC@home|Scheduler request completed

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:40 AM||Account manager contact succeeded

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:37 AM|LHC@home|Not requesting tasks: don't need (job cache full)

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:37 AM|LHC@home|Sending scheduler request: Requested by project.

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:37 AM||Contacting account manager at https://scienceunited.org/

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:37 AM||Resuming network activity

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||Suspending network activity - not connected to WiFi network

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||(battery charge level 0.0% < threshold 10.0%

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||Suspending computation - battery low

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||Checking presence of 234 project files

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||Setting up GUI RPC socket

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM|World Community Grid|URL https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID 8663511; resource share 100

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM|Universe@Home|URL https://universeathome.pl/universe/; Computer ID 634455; resource share 100

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM|Rosetta@home|URL https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/; Computer ID 6223185; resource share 100

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM|LHC@home|URL https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/; Computer ID 10817904; resource share 100

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM|Einstein@Home|URL https://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID 12984424; resource share 100

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||Account manager login: Alexbeowolf

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||Using account manager Science United

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||Checking active tasks

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||Setting up project and slot directories

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||(to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager)

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 50%

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||don't use GPU while active

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||don't compute while active

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||max disk usage: 322.76 GB

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||max memory usage when idle: 14297.34 MB

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||max memory usage when active: 14297.34 MB

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||Preferences:

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||Reading preferences override file

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||Config: report completed tasks immediately

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||Local time is UTC -7 hours

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||Disk: 462.41 GB total, 322.73 GB free

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||Memory: 13.96 GB physical, 4.00 GB virtual

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||OS: Android: 5.4.147-qgki-24900553-abG998U1UES5CVI8

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||Processor features: fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 atomics fphp asimdhp cpuid asimdrdm lrcpc dcpop asimddp

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||Using 4 CPUs

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||Processor: 8 ARM SM8350 [Impl 0x41 Arch 8 Variant 0x2 Part 0xd05 Rev 0]

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||Host name: android_5660d186

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||No usable GPUs found

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||Data directory: /data/data/edu.berkeley.boinc/client

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||Running as a daemon

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||Libraries: libcurl/7.74.0-DEV OpenSSL/1.1.1k zlib/1.2.11

Oct 15, 2022 9:10:35 AM||Using account manager Science United

That's why. Science United uses an anonymous login on projects, so all devices attached via Science United only do science, they don't get credit. Detach from Science United and add the projects manually to your own account (email address + password). Then you will start racking up credits. Previous credits won't be added as they never were under Science United.

But I wasn't getting credit even before I added on the science united account. I only did that to try to fix the problem.

Have you agreed to GDPR rules and allowed/enabled export of your stats at the projects you are attached to?

Some projects added these requirements several years ago and unless you opt-in, even if you're already had prior credits nothing will export unless you agree to those two options.

Also what Jord mentioned disconnect from the Science United Account Manager. Any credits earned attached to S.U. will not carry over to your personal account.

You won't be able to do anything with Universe@home until sometime Monday 10/24 at earliest due to power failure near hosting site.

Where do I accept the GDR rules? Also I really think this is a problem to do with my phone, since I did the exact same installation/ set up (at the same time, so they were both the same versions) on my s9 and everything is running smoothly (connected to science united).

First off as mentioned before, being attached to Science United WON'T get credit in your PERSONAL ACCOUNT and any credit done there will not transfer to you either when switching.

Detach from SU and reattach using you own login/password on all projects you want to receive credit...

Then using Universe@home as example for GDPR>
Scroll to Preferences for this project click on Universe@Home preferences
Scroll to Should Universe@Home show your computers on its web site? CHECK BOX.
Scroll to Do you consent to exporting your data to BOINC statistics aggregation Web sites?
CHECK BOX.

Scroll to near bottom green button "Update Preferences".

Do this for each project you are attempting to switch to your credentials.

Detach each computer IN BOINC PROGRAM from the SU projects.

Reattach each project using the email and password you set up above. Rinse, repeat until all projects and computers are on your account.

Reattach each project using the email and password you set up above. Rinse, repeat until all projects and computers are on your account.

Or use BAM! or GridRepublic as account managers, as these do allow credits for the user.

I already detached the two projects that were on SU, and reattached them to my account weeks ago. Just now I've removed and readded all projects.

I'm not sure where 'Preferences for this project' is. Is that called something different on Android? But I did do the steps for Universe@Home

Also, just so we're clear, I was already having problems getting credit for a week before I tried using SU. On top of that, only two of the ~8 projects were on SU.

I'm not sure where 'Preferences for this project' is.

They're on the project websites, under Your Account. Not in the BOINC app.

Also, just so we're clear, I was already having problems getting credit for a week before I tried using SU. On top of that, only two of the ~8 projects were on SU.

One option is that you used a different email address when adding the projects, essentially giving it a different account. Another option is that all your work erred. But you should be able to see that in your account.
A third option is that the BOINC on that device pauses a lot, perhaps because Android is busy or the screen is on or something else.

Perhaps post the message log - you can email it to yourself from BOINC, then post it here.

I finally found the preferences on their websites like yall mentioned! I'll wait a day to see if it starts showing credit, then check back in.

Still no luck, and I've set the advanced preferencees to the max, so to speak. 8/8 cores running all the time, min battery 10% etc


Client Messages

Nov 5, 2022 10:05:45 PM||Resuming computation

Nov 5, 2022 10:05:25 PM||(battery temperature 41.0 > limit 40.0 Celsius)

Nov 5, 2022 10:05:25 PM||Suspending computation - battery thermal protection

Nov 5, 2022 10:05:05 PM||Resuming computation

Nov 5, 2022 10:04:44 PM||(battery temperature 41.0 > limit 40.0 Celsius)

Nov 5, 2022 10:04:44 PM||Suspending computation - battery thermal protection

Nov 5, 2022 10:03:57 PM|World Community Grid|Started download of mcm1.dataset-sarc1.txt

Nov 5, 2022 10:00:33 PM||Resuming network activity

Nov 5, 2022 10:00:05 PM||Suspending network activity - not connected to WiFi network

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:42 PM||Resuming network activity

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||Suspending network activity - not connected to WiFi network

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||(battery charge level 0.0% < threshold 10.0%

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||Suspending computation - battery low

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||Checking presence of 175 project files

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||Setting up GUI RPC socket

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM|yoyo@home|URL http://www.rechenkraft.net/yoyo/; Computer ID 515765; resource share 100

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM|World Community Grid|URL http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID 8674120; resource share 100

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM|Universe@Home|URL https://universeathome.pl/universe/; Computer ID 634455; resource share 100

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM|Rosetta@home|URL https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/; Computer ID 6226156; resource share 100

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM|Moo! Wrapper|URL http://moowrap.net/; Computer ID 1322353; resource share 100

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM|LHC@home|URL https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/; Computer ID 10817904; resource share 100

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM|Einstein@Home|URL https://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID 12984424; resource share 100

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||Checking active tasks

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||Setting up project and slot directories

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||(to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager)

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 80%

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||don't use GPU while active

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||don't compute while active

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||max disk usage: 313.04 GB

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||max memory usage when idle: 14297.35 MB

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||max memory usage when active: 14297.35 MB

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||Preferences:

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||Reading preferences override file

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||Config: report completed tasks immediately

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||Local time is UTC -7 hours

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||Disk: 462.41 GB total, 313.01 GB free

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||Memory: 13.96 GB physical, 4.00 GB virtual

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||OS: Android: 5.4.147-qgki-24900553-abG998U1UES5CVI8

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||Processor features: fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 atomics fphp asimdhp cpuid asimdrdm lrcpc dcpop asimddp

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||Using 4 CPUs

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||Processor: 8 ARM SM8350 [Impl 0x41 Arch 8 Variant 0x2 Part 0xd05 Rev 0]

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||Host name: android_5660d186

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||No usable GPUs found

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:39 PM||Data directory: /data/data/edu.berkeley.boinc/client

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:39 PM||Running as a daemon

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:39 PM||Libraries: libcurl/7.74.0-DEV OpenSSL/1.1.1k zlib/1.2.11

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:39 PM||log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:39 PM||This a development version of BOINC and may not function properly

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:39 PM||Starting BOINC client version 7.18.1 for aarch64-android-linux-gnu

These don't help:

Nov 5, 2022 10:05:45 PM||Resuming computation

Nov 5, 2022 10:05:25 PM||(battery temperature 41.0 > limit 40.0 Celsius)

Nov 5, 2022 10:05:25 PM||Suspending computation - battery thermal protection

Nov 5, 2022 10:05:05 PM||Resuming computation

Nov 5, 2022 10:04:44 PM||(battery temperature 41.0 > limit 40.0 Celsius)

Nov 5, 2022 10:04:44 PM||Suspending computation - battery thermal protection

Nov 5, 2022 9:38:40 PM||(battery charge level 0.0% < threshold 10.0%

Your battery is empty and it's quickly overheating. The latter can be fixed by having a fan blow over the surface of the device, because if you allow this to happen a lot for a long time, the battery will eventually bloat and pop up out of the device.

When I had my Android farm doing stuff, I put one 230mm fan to the side of it and let it blow over the surfaces of the devices at half speed (5V). I used a loose fan controller board that could connect to a Molex connector and a power brick with Molex connector to power the fan. A second 240mm fan in reserve in case the first went down.

See my Google Photo's here for how that looked. It didn't use much electricity, maybe 5kW per year when running 24/7.

Also, you cannot compare the amount of CPU cores in an Android device with those in a PC, although Intel is going that way with its efficiency cores and performance cores. In most big.LITTLE configurations, only the LITTLE cores can be used by BOINC. Yes, BOINC may detect 8 cores, but when you try to use 8 of them, they will double stack on the 4 LITTLE cores. This means that there are two tasks running per core, slowing calculations down enormously and creating extra heat. The faster big cores aren't used, they are reserved for the operating system only. They are locked by Android.

So it's also a good idea to see how many cores are detected and tell BOINC to just use half of those, then it'll run the science on the LITTLE cores only. This also means that the device will get less hot.