Crunching on a mobile phone

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I had a spare mobile phone Samsung Avant which was not being used. It has a quad core processor and is crunching since beginning this month 24/7 and never gets hot. :nod:

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8226 Snapdragon 400
CPU Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Adreno 305

I did some research and found out the new Samsung phones are not supported. Anyone has read any info of them being supported in near future?



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Haha, good work :D. That's a surprising amount of points it can crunch through. I wonder how long the battery would last when it's crunching?

I wouldn't recommend anyone doing this to a phone they carry around with them ;)
 
It would be interesting to see how many points a modern SOC could kick out, something like the SD 820 for example.

Ian said:
I wouldn't recommend anyone doing this to a phone they carry around with them ;)
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Depends if its winter or not! :D
 
V_R especially for you!!!!! :lol:

I was able to successfully get my Samsung S7 Edge to start crunching today :dance:

I will be very careful and monitor it, it is crunching now four units and it very fast from the looks of it. Once the results are posted I will upload the details.:user:

It is charging and is only warm to the touch.:nod:
 
Wow !! Very impressed Quad. :)

Ian said:
I wouldn't recommend anyone doing this to a phone they carry around with them ;)
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No chance of that on my mobile. :D It is but a telephone with which I can make calls and do texts. And that's it. :p
 
I have a feeling that my phone is going to beat the crap out of my main laptop which is a Samsung Ultrabook :lol:
 
I am sure I tried it on an older phone once before but took it off as the phone got hot. May give it a go on my Samsung S7 :thumb:
 
Nice one Quad, What did you read that said Samsung phones aren't supported? Was it an Exynos/Snapdragon thing?
 
V_R said:
Nice one Quad, What did you read that said Samsung phones aren't supported? Was it an Exynos/Snapdragon thing?
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When I installed the software on the spare phone earlier this month. I read on the WCG forums that newer Samsung phones had issues crunching and many were not able to get them to work, I guess they were doing something wrong. I tried it but the project would not attach so gave up. Yesterday I tried it again and it accepted the project and started crunching. Not sure what the fuss was about.
 
This is what the Samsung Avant can crunch when put in service 24/7.



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This is what an old IBM T43 laptop from earlier this century can do when put on crunching task 24/7.

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Here are the results from my main laptop a Samsung Ultrabook with an i5 processor @1.7 Ghz with 8 GB of Ram when put on crunching 24/7.

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The results so far from the mighty Galaxy S7 Edge are very surprising indeed. I have only 4 valid units (too few to make a judgement really) and will wait for some more before I post the results. :p

Come back tomorrow to this thread to see for yourself. :nod:
 
On the S7 Edge when crunching with only 2 enabled cores the phone is just luke warm, however when all four cores are put to task the phone gets to be much warmer, closer to being hot. I have been monitoring the phone and thought I'd share this for those who may be thinking of crunching on it. I will be switching the preferences on the phone to crunch only at night with just two cores starting tonight for few days to see how things go. I would not crunch during the daytime while I need the phone on the go, besides, Texas heat plays havoc with the phones as temperatures can rise quiet a bit.
 
Here are the results from the Galaxy S7 Edge

Total results as Valid 15
Pending Validation 13
That makes a total of 28 in about 24 to 28 hours of crunching.

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I was expecting a whole lot more from the Galaxy S7 Edge. In terms of points the laptop is 3-4 times more productive. The Samsung Avant does as good as the Galaxy which is amazing if you consider the price difference between the two phones. I am still impressed with the IBM laptop from the stone age era, has a single core but in terms of points it is at par with both the phones :fool:

All I can say is that this experiment was an eye opener for me, did not expect the results the way they come out.
 
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