Or, a reminder on the first startup that the device name is "local host", and 
picking a different name would be a good idea to avid confusion with other 
devices?

-----Original Message-----
From: boinc_dev [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel 
Carrion
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 5:08 AM
To: Raistmer the Sorcerer
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] Serious bug in BOINC android.

I wonder if it's worth adding a bit of code for Android build to allow
users to inject a name like NativeBOINC does?


On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 6:41 PM, Raistmer the Sorcerer <[email protected]>wrote:

>  > Since every android machine has the same hostname "localhost", I
> >> think any new connection by an identical device will seem as an attempt
> to
> >> reattach a device.  I don't know the full list of properties compared,
> so I
> >> don't know if memory or OS revision is one of them or not.  I hadn't
> >> noticed it because all my hosts have different CPU revisions or a
> different
> >> number of processors.
> >>
> "localhost" can be changed if user names its device (just as default
> windows host name can be changed).
> And new name will be visible in hosts list on project web page. I renamed
> most of my Android devices and new names are vidible for me on project's
> hosts web page.
> Moreover, I have 2 identical G-tabs, only names are different. And they
> visible on SETI@home project as 2 different devices from very beginning
> of their use.
>
>
> >
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