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Former Member
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A few months back I bought an NVIDIA Shield for a spare television. Thought it might be nice to use it for games and BOINC. Unfortunately, I cannot find BOINC in the Google Play Store available through Android TV.
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SekeRob
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If it's shown in the store when using the phone, but not on the TV, it means the store has determined the Android OS on there does not have a compatibility tag [I've tried a few times for other apps, but then get 'cannot install, because of...". It's kind of minimum Android 4.1 as a base. "3. Version for ARM processors is available (Minimum requirement is Android version 4.1)"
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Former Member
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Thanks. I wonder if there is a way to fix the situation.
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Coleslaw
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Does your device have the option to allow installation of apps from sources other than Google Play Store? Typically found under Settings -> Security
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olivaresanthony
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You could also try the NativeBOINC app instead.
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KLiK
Master Cruncher Croatia Joined: Nov 13, 2006 Post Count: 3108 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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A few months back I bought an NVIDIA Shield for a spare television. Thought it might be nice to use it for games and BOINC. Unfortunately, I cannot find BOINC in the Google Play Store available through Android TV. Am I missing something? BOINC is available in the store on my phone but not when I look for it on the TV. upgrade your NVIDIA Shield, here's a link: https://shield.nvidia.com/support/nvidia-android-tv/release-notes/1 & with that you can get BOINC...if I'm not mistaken, you can get Android 6.0 with v3.0 upgrade on NVIDIA Shield! even v1.1 upgrade will get you on Andorid 5.1!  EDIT: it's not recommended to go to Android 6.0, if you wanna use BOINC...as of v7.4.41 they enabled to be compatible with Android 5.0! So Just upgrade "wisely"...  ---------------------------------------- [Edit 2 times, last edit by KLiK at Mar 30, 2016 5:52:15 AM] |
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Former Member
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Thanks to all. It looks like Shield needs an OS update, so now I just need to work through it.
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SekeRob
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Just to be sure, BOINC 7.4.41 is compatible with Android 5 and 6 and onwards.
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Former Member
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Well, no joy! I upgraded to 6 but still cannot see BOINC.
Seems like something else to preventing me from seeing BOINC in the Google Store too. Any more ideas? |
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KLiK
Master Cruncher Croatia Joined: Nov 13, 2006 Post Count: 3108 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Well, no joy! I upgraded to 6 but still cannot see BOINC. Seems like something else to preventing me from seeing BOINC in the Google Store too. Any more ideas? if you can't see it on a link from here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.berkeley.boinc&hl=en use this "direct" link: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php |
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