Samsung Made a Bitcoin Mining Rig Out of Old Galaxy S5s

Re:Samsung Made a Bitcoin Mining Rig Out of Old Galaxy S5s by soperj on Friday October 27, 2017 @05:51PM (#15572509)

"Old" Galaxy S5s.... and I'm still using my G3

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Re:Samsung Made a Bitcoin Mining Rig Out of Old Galaxy S5s by freehunter on Friday October 27, 2017 @05:57PM (#15572544)

Just because someone is still using it doesn't mean it's not old. It's three versions behind current, so that seems to fit the definition.

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Re:Samsung Made a Bitcoin Mining Rig Out of Old Galaxy S5s by soperj on Friday October 27, 2017 @06:50PM (#15572860)

Yeah, I'd never use firefox 54. Blasphemy.

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Re:Samsung Made a Bitcoin Mining Rig Out of Old Galaxy S5s by DrScump on Friday October 27, 2017 @07:11PM (#15572996)

Assuming you meant GS3... If you do anything with mobile data, you'll find 4G/LTE a big improvement over 3G or 4G Wimax. 4G/LTE came in with the S5 (but not all S5s have the right hardware). One of my S5s is 4G/LTE upgradeable, and the other wasn't.

I have an old GS3 that I use for privacy-suck apps (I have no data left on it).

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Re:Samsung Made a Bitcoin Mining Rig Out of Old Galaxy S5s by soperj on Friday October 27, 2017 @07:52PM (#15573179)

I'm in Canada, when I'm using data it says LTE on my (yes) GS3. Haven't really paid attention to the cell tech since CDMA was a thing though so couldn't tell you if that's legit LTE or just marketing.

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Re:Samsung Made a Bitcoin Mining Rig Out of Old Galaxy S5s by khedoros1 on Friday October 27, 2017 @08:03PM (#15573231)

Wikipedia says that some markets had LTE support on the GS3. Looks like specific models of that phone are covered, in Canada and the US, for example.

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