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by gambiting 4262 days ago
Actually, HTC has an application that you can run on your phone that can contribute to any BOINC projects, while the phone has its screen off and is charging - that includes helping Seti@Home. I have it on my phone so I contribute 8-10 hours of calculations to projects every single day when I go to sleep.
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benjk 4262 days ago
For the broader context: The Android app (BOINC, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.berkeley.b...) that allows you to run SETI@Home on your Android device will also let you to support other volunteer distributed computing projects. The projects are from various fields of science like Einstein@Home (astrophysics), PrimeGrid (mathematics), or World Community Grid (humanitarian projects).
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gambiting 4262 days ago
This is the HTC app I talked about:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.htc.ptg

I am not sure what is different between this and the official BOINC app, apart from a sleeker interface. Both do the same thing.

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