How to mine for bitcoins with a rooted Android

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  1. # How to mine for bitcoins with a rooted Android.
  3. # Download the miner binaries:
  4. #1. Install "AndLTC Miner" from the Google Play store.
  5. #2. Open that application.
  6. #3. Select the minerd called NEON (don't bother with anything else, it's litecoin mining ONLY).
  7. #3. Click "Start".
  8. #4. Wait for the download it talks about to complete and for threads to be started.
  9. #5. Press "Stop".
  10. #6. Exit the application.
  11. #7. Delete any icons for it that are on your desktop. DON'T uninstall the actual application, though!
  13. # Create a miner script:
  14. #1. Install "mount /system (rw / ro)" from the Google Play store.
  15. #2. Install a terminal emulator from the Google Play store.
  16. #3. Open the terminal emulator.
  17. #4. Type the following line to get root access. You only need to give the terminal root this one time.
  19. su
  20. cd /system/xbin
  22. #5. Type the following line to create an empty script file:
  24. echo \#!/system/bin/sh>mine
  26. #6. If you get the error "cannot create mine: read-only file system", switch to the "mount /system" application you just downloaded and click the "Mount r/w" button. Wait for it to remount, then go back to the terminal and try step 5 again.
  27. #7. Create the script by typing the following into the terminal (change the host, port, username, and password to whatever you're supposed to use for your miners):
  29. chmod 755 /system/xbin/mine
  31. echo /data/data/com.simran.andltcminer/minerd-NEON -q -a sha256d -t 4 -o http://api.bitcoin.cz:8332 -O username:password >>mine
  33. #8. Allow the minerd to be run by anyone:
  35. chmod 755 /data/data/com.simran.andltcminer/minerd-NEON
  37. #9. If and ONLY if you followed step #6 to remount /system, go back to the "mount /system" application, press the "Mount r/o" button, and let it remount /system.
  39. # Test it!
  40. #1. Open a terminal.
  41. #2. Type the following to start mining:
  43. mine
  45. #3. To stop mining, close the terminal window. Don't just switch applications! You need to fully close it.
  46. #4. If that failed, you can try these instructions again.
  48. # Cleaning up.
  49. #1. If everything works, uninstall the "mount /system" application.
  50. #2. Starting to mine is as easy as opening a terminal and typing `mine`. You can switch to other applications while that's going.
  51. #3. Stopping mining is as easy as telling the terminal application to close that window.
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