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Coleslaw
Veteran Cruncher USA Joined: Mar 29, 2007 Post Count: 1343 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Dollar General has a deal good for today only.
----------------------------------------Tracfone® Alcatel Onetouch® Pixi Glitz Android™ 4.4 3.4" Touch Screen Display 4G/Wi-Fi® Capable 2 MP Camera/Video Recorder Large Screen Icons Bluetooth® 4.0 Wireless Technology 1.3 GHz Dual-Core Processor Hearing Aid Compatible (HAC) Rating: M4/T4 Access to over 1,000,000 Apps and more on Google Play™ Supports microSD™ Card up to 32GB (not included) Proximity Sensor MP3 Player (cable not included) GPS Capabilities Battery talk time up to 5.7 hours Standby time up to 12 days Includes Battery, Charger, Activation Card, Services Guide and Quick Start Guide None of my stores had any in stock, but I ordered some online. $1 + shipping (FedEx 3 day was under $5). They limit you to just 2 per order. I purchased 8 (4 separate orders) to give to the nieces and nephews as mini tablet like devices. http://dollargeneral.tracfone.com/tracfone/ph...onetouch-pixie-glitz.html     |
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Coleslaw
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Don't know how long it will last, but Walmart has Quad core phone for $20
----------------------------------------http://slickdeals.net/f/8445645-straight-talk...almart?page=2#commentsBox Walmart has Straight Talk LG Prepaid Destiny L21G Smartphone for $19.99 + Free Store Pickup http://www.walmart.com/ip/Straigh...e/45822123 Platform Android™ 5.0, Lollipop Processor Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 1.2 GHz Quad-Core MSM8916 Technology GSM Network Dual-Band/Single-Mode Frequencies GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz Data Transmission GPRS/EDGE/HSPA/HSPA+ Display 16.7M Color TFT, 854 x 480 pixels, 4.5" (FWVGA) Dimensions 5.11" (H) x 2.55" (W) x 0.43" (D) Weight 4.83 oz. Battery Capacity 1,900 mAh |
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Coleslaw
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My local Walmart also has the LG Power which is the same phone as the LG Destiny above only it uses Verizon towers instead of ATT. $20 USD each
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Trotador
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Coleslaw
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$4USD for quad core, 1gb ram, 8gb internal memory, Android 5.1 http://slickdeals.net/f/8510945-4-smartphone-...e-orders-start-02-18-2016
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Coleslaw
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Straight Talk has refurbished Alcatel OneTouch Star 2's for $9.99 right now. They also have a promo going where all orders of $19.99+ get free shipping.
----------------------------------------https://shop.straighttalk.com/shop/en/straigh...-STAR-2-LTE-Reconditioned 4G LTE/Wi-Fi® 5'' Touch Screen 5MP Camera Talk time up to 15 Hrs Internal Memory 4GB + 1GB RAM 4.78''(H) x 2.53''(W) x 0.48''(D) inches Bluetooth® 4.1 Wireless Technology. Google Chrome 1.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor GSP Capabilities [Edit 1 times, last edit by Coleslaw at Nov 28, 2016 8:14:16 PM] |
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Former Member
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Straight Talk has refurbished Alcatel OneTouch Star 2's for $9.99 right now. They also have a promo going where all orders of $19.99+ get free shipping. https://shop.straighttalk.com/shop/en/straigh...-STAR-2-LTE-Reconditioned 4G LTE/Wi-Fi® 5'' Touch Screen 5MP Camera Talk time up to 15 Hrs Internal Memory 4GB + 1GB RAM 4.78''(H) x 2.53''(W) x 0.48''(D) inches Bluetooth® 4.1 Wireless Technology. Google Chrome 1.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor GSP Capabilities Only 1GB RAM would worry me. I have a dual core tablet with 512MB RAM, and it stopped processing ebola WUs with both cores running at the same time. I dropped it to one, and it worked just fine. I ended up dropping it as a cruncher since it was only single core at that point. Edit: it was rooted with a custom ROM, and nothing else was running on the tablet except BOINC. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Dec 1, 2016 3:56:52 PM] |
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Eric_Kaiser
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I've got two (and soon four) of quadcore android tv boxes with 1 GB RAM. They run fine with ebola.
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Coleslaw
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Straight Talk has refurbished Alcatel OneTouch Star 2's for $9.99 right now. They also have a promo going where all orders of $19.99+ get free shipping. https://shop.straighttalk.com/shop/en/straigh...-STAR-2-LTE-Reconditioned 4G LTE/Wi-Fi® 5'' Touch Screen 5MP Camera Talk time up to 15 Hrs Internal Memory 4GB + 1GB RAM 4.78''(H) x 2.53''(W) x 0.48''(D) inches Bluetooth® 4.1 Wireless Technology. Google Chrome 1.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor GSP Capabilities Only 1GB RAM would worry me. I have a dual core tablet with 512MB RAM, and it stopped processing ebola WUs with both cores running at the same time. I dropped it to one, and it worked just fine. I ended up dropping it as a cruncher since it was only single core at that point. Edit: it was rooted with a custom ROM, and nothing else was running on the tablet except BOINC. Could be the tablet you had as the devices are not all created equal. I have several devices with 2 cores and 512MB RAM that crunch away just fine here and at other projects. I also have quad phones with 1GB RAM that do the same. |
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Former Member
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Yes, was probably the tablet. It is a rooted original Amazon kindle fire running 4.2.x I believe. It was getting stuck so regularly that I just took BOINC off. It now runs Netflix while I walk on the treadmill :)
I guess I could go look through the android forums. Maybe I can find a kitkat OS for it and try that. It's a shame to lose those extra two cores of crunching, especially now that we have Ebola, Zika, and I just saw the announcement of FAAH back online for the foreseeable future. |
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