Android Mining Support

k.coins

@haitch That's great, thanks! Any suggestions on how to plot the device's internal drive outside of the app? If I have to use ADB or something dev tools, will I be able to control the starting nonce?

k.coins

So it looks like I'll have some learning to do... I can't seem to get the desktop wallet plotter to plot less than 2 GB. And I also need to figure out how the stagger (in relation to the device's RAM?) and # of nonces will work with only 1 GB plots? I'm assuming this 1 GB plot limit is a requirement for the app to mine properly?

k.coins

@haitch did you seriously make 200 individual plots manually?

k.coins

@haitch Sorry about all these repetitive questions and posts... I'm learned a lot about plotting tonight trying to figure this out but probably should have dug into everything more before asking.

So here's where I'm at, I understand the process of correctly making one plot at a time on my desktop using the .bat file I found in the beginners videos. I understand that i can transfer them to the devices' memory (internal and external presumably) after I have plotted them. But now the question is, If I have to make many 1 GB plots in order to use the Android miner, is there an efficient way of automating this successive plotting?

k.coins

I think I figured it out. Was able to get a few GBs plotted on my PC after finding where the plots were on the android file system, adjusting the nonces based on how my other devices were indexed and then dumping the pre-made plots back to the android's file.

Just thought I'd post an update so that no one tried to re-explain things

haitch

@k.coins yep - quick spreadsheet to calculate the nonces, turn it into a batch file, then let it run for an hour - 200 plots - copy them to the phone then off and mining.

k.coins

Can the plots be added to internal storage? I seem to be running into a problem trying to do that now. The app's miner doesn't seem to recognize that I've added more plots internally.

haitch

@k.coins I've not tried, only on the SD Card.

YellowJacketA30

@Propagandalf I am unable to stop the noise through any means on my Samsung S7 too. Admin, is thiz just a bug in the current version or am I missing something?

Thanks. Keep up the good work!

k.coins

So the stagger should always be 1 for Android devices? Can we talk about why this is?

IceBurst

Thank you to Haitch for making my life easier. Here's answers to some questions that might have been skipped over.

The Android app currently only looks for/stores plots in what is defined as the largest external space, in Android terms in CAN BE internal to your phone (onboard memory) external in Android world means outside of the base O/S and is storage for private Apps.
The stagger size is plotted in 1's via the Android app today, it was the fastest way to get the plotter working without consuming tons of memory, it could be changed in the future if I write more code. Today when it mines the stagger size isn't even evaluated by the miner. Having said that I will probably modify the plotter to plot optimized by default in 1GB chunks using a "direct style" plotter by direct access methods. That will make the mining portion much faster by reading a single nonce to memory rather than 1024, 64 byte chunks that are separated by 1023 nonces.
Version 2.1, in the works has 2 new "User Preferences"
- Disable Sound Effects During Mining
- Pool Selection (a much harder task)

Expect this release maybe in a month, give or take. Version 2.2 will be a performance update either using the method I mentioned or the conversion of the current JAVA code to NDK using ASM for speed, if I'm feeling spunky I might put it all together in a single release but that's rather optimistic.

Time for an afternoon coffee break,

-IceBurst

Propagandalf

@Propagandalf said in Android Mining Support:

Is it possible to change my account name twice? I can't seem to find the option.

Thanks for the answers so far, but I don't think this was answered.

haitch

@Propagandalf Not sure I understand the question - what are you trying to do ?

Propagandalf

@haitch Sorry about that. At the top of the screen, after I had first created the account, it said I should change my account name for security reasons (outgoing transaction). So I did that. Now, if I want to change the account name again, I cannot find the option.

haitch

@Propagandalf If it's not in the app, just do it in a normal wallet - it's a regular "Set Name" operation.

k.coins

what are the chances mobile.burst-team.us:8080 will ever forge a block? =P

IceBurst

@k.coins
100%, its members have forged 5 blocks, having said that we had some "help" via a 50TB miner when we first started so that we could test features. With version 2.1 of Android you can switch to another pool to get "micro" payouts daily.

-IceBurst

Gibsalot

would it be posible to connect via Wifi somthing like this to your phone plot it and them mine at 4TB with android
https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-External-speeds-300Mbps-10400mAh/dp/B011CO1GHI/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1480733082&sr=1-1&keywords=wireless+hard+drive&refinements=p_n_feature_keywords_browse-bin%3A3093303011%2Cp_n_feature_two_browse-bin%3A5446816011

haitch

@Gibsalot if your phone can see the storage - you can mine it.

Gibsalot

@haitch sweet my Girlfriend has been looking into geting a 2TB one to store movies and stuff on for road trips i just might talk her into geting the 4TB and split it with her . half of it is still cheeper than geting a single 2TB each.