Message boards : Android : app_config.xml on android?
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Send message Joined: 28 Jun 10 Posts: 2709 |
Is there an app_config.xml on android? I would be very surprised if there isn't. However accessing it with a text editor is likely to be difficult unless your phone is rooted. I am pretty certain that last time I tried, Android wouldn't let me look at the BOINC data files. |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15569 |
What folder would I be looking for?On the phone's memory /data/data/edu.berkeley.boinc, where the second /data/ is a hidden directory. Even when the phone is rooted, I don't think you can easily write to this directory. Also "USB Debugging" mode, which is available without rooting, might allow you to see all the files using a PC through a USB cable.No, since the /data/ directory is a hidden directory, so the PC doesn't see it. Besides, even if you would be able to see it, you only have read rights, no write rights. If it's pre-9 Android, you can try this trick to backup the data directory. I'm sure there's an adb command to push a file back into the hidden directory as well, but you do require write rights for that. |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15569 |
Total Commander will be able to see the files. On all my devices the directory has always been ./data/data/edu.berkeley.boinc, where ./ depicts root. |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15569 |
You started with asking Is there an app_config.xml on android? to which Dave said he wouldn't know why not... but there isn't ever an app_config.xml file unless you make one. And since you can't make one due to lack of write permissions, BOINC won't have one. |
Send message Joined: 10 May 07 Posts: 1449 |
Thanks for the very useful info. As you mentioned Einstein on Android is RAM & "disk" hungry. |
Send message Joined: 28 Jun 10 Posts: 2709 |
Android is an absolute shambles.It is to do with Android being a Linux based and therefore rather more secure setup than Windows. If doing what you want was easy, it would make for a lot of business for the people that fix phones when users have screwed them up. I would like rooting my phones to be less hassle than it is but I can understand the reluctance of those behind the platform to do so. |
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