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How to Optimize Your Android Phone for Maximum Electroneum Mining

Last updated on February 15, 2018 56 Comments

With the launch of the Electroneum mobile miner just around the corner, you should start preparing for the big day. After you’ve created an Electroneum account and installed the app on your Android device, the next step is to optimize your phone’s performance.

In this article, we’ll take a look at how to optimize your phone and ensure that it’s ready to mine maximum ETN coins.

But first…

Why is Optimization Necessary?

Let’s take a look at how the mobile miner will work vs. conventional miners.

Conventional computer miners solve complex cryptographic puzzles and need a lot of CPU power to do so. Although your phone won’t actually be solving real puzzles or use a lot of CPU power, the miner will behave as if you were mining for real – a mining simulation.

ALSO READ: How to Mine Electroneum with a Mobile Phone

The app will continually benchmark your phone and determine the amount of available CPU power. It will then assign your phone with a hash rate equal to the available CPU power, and you’ll get awarded ETN based on that.

If you have a faster phone, you will get a higher hash rate than a slower model. If you play a CPU intensive game, your hash rate will temporarily be reduced until the game is finished. So the miner will behave as if it is really using CPU power, but in actual fact, it is just a simulation.

The more available CPU power you have, the faster your phone should mine.

So let’s look at how you can reduce your current CPU usage:

Ideas to Reduce CPU Usage

Here are a few things you can try to speed up your phone. Each option will add a little bit of increased CPU capacity to your phone which ads up over time.

1. Update your Android version

The first step is to make sure your phone’s Android version is up to date. New versions always contain improvements and bug fixes that speeds up the phone. So open up Settings > About device and look for an option like Software update or Download updates automatically. You’ll be able to see if an update is indeed available.

If an update is available, make sure you’re connected to wifi before updating, as this might take a lot of data.

2. Uninstall or Disable any Unused Apps

Not only do unused apps take up a lot of storage space, but they also slow down your phone through processes that run in the background. It is, therefore, a good idea to disable or uninstall any app that you have not used in the last 2 months.

Go to Settings > Application manager and look for the All apps tab or filter. You can then click on an app and click the Uninstall button.

While you’re there, scroll the Running tab to view all apps that are currently running in the background. This will help you see which apps are taking up too much idle CPU power and have to be uninstalled.

3. Clean up your Home Screen

Since the Home screen is probably the screen you’ll view most on your phone, it can use up a lot of CPU power, especially if you’ve added lots of widgets. Widgets on the Home screen continually communicate with their back-end apps to display up-to-date information.

Long-press on your Home screen which will make it editable. You can then hold and drag widgets to the dustbin to remove them. In my opinion, you should keep the number of widgets on your home screen to a maximum of 1.

And while you’re at it, why not also remove all the unnecessary app shortcuts on the Home screen that you never use! When removing an app shortcut from the Home screen, keep in mind the app still remains installed, and you’ll be able to find it in the app drawer if you need it again.

4. Use a Still Wallpaper Instead of a Live Wallpaper

Live wallpapers are amazing to look at and interact with, but they come at a computational price. They use a lot of processing power to create and draw the animations you see on the screen.

Rather switch to a still wallpaper image, both on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen.

To do this, long-press on the Home screen and select Wallpapers. You can select a preloaded wallpaper or choose one from your gallery.

5. Reduce Auto-Sync

In order to provide you with up-to-date information, many apps sync automatically to servers across the Internet in the background. For example, your email program frequently contacts the email server and checks if there are any new emails.

This is good for apps such as messaging or email, but for rarely-used apps, this is an overkill.

You could disable all auto-sync functionality, go to Settings > Accounts and look for the Auto-sync on/off toggle setting. However, this might be too drastic for most people since it will disable all pushed notifications to your device, and is thus not recommended.

Rather look at the list of accounts and consider either:

  • Removing any the accounts you don’t need (click on the account, then Menu, then Remove Account)
  • Disabling selective sync features on some accounts (click on the account, then toggle certain options on/off)
  • Reducing the frequency of syncing

For example, you can change your email app to sync once every 10 minutes. An email that arrives a few minutes late won’t hurt.

6. Clear Cached App Data

Some apps store information in a special part of memory called the cache. This enables them to start up quicker the next time you launch them, which is a good thing to have enabled for apps that you use frequently, like messaging apps or social media apps.

But for apps that are rarely used, this does not hold any advantages. The cache files of many apps add up over time and keep the cache occupied.

It is, therefore, a good idea to clear the cache of the apps you don’t use on a regular basis. Open up Settings > Application manager and look for the All tab or filter. Click on individual apps and then click on the Clear Cache button (you might need to select the Storage option first on some phones).

7. Try Another Launcher Application

Although Android comes with its own built-in launcher (the part that powers the home screen and app drawer), you have the option of using a third-party launcher.

In fact, many phone manufacturers such as Samsung already have their own launcher enabled by default when you buy the phone.

To increase performance, you could download a third-party launcher such as Go Launcher from the Play Store. Keep in mind that the performance increases that come with various launchers differ from phone to phone. You’ll need to download one and see how your phone reacts to it. Rest assured, you can easily switch back to the old launcher if the new one ends up making things worse.

8. Set Apps to Only Update Over Wifi

In most cases, people allow their apps to update at any time of day when an update is available. While updating is good for your phone, it requires frequent polling of the Play Store to see if a new version is available, and then requires a lot of processing power to download and install the new version.

Why not bunch all those updates together when you get home to wifi?

9. Try an Old, Trusty Reboot

If all else fails, sometimes the best thing your phone needs is a simple reboot. Rebooting clears all unnecessary RAM and starts your phone with a clean slate in terms of cache and memory. Frequent reboots (once every two days or so) could go a long way towards optimizing your performance.

Other Advanced Options

Some other advanced options you can try to improve your phone’s performance is to (recommended only for advanced users):

  • Install a custom ROM
  • Root your device

What else?

Do you know any other ways to speed up your phone? Let us know in the comments, so we can all learn from you.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. aansheva says

    November 12, 2018 at 1:31 pm

    Hello Benjamin…
    Hello All,,,

    I just wanna share my experience…
    I’ve been mining ETN for about 2 days…
    I use my oldphone… my cellphone is released in 2017.
    Not a branded one…
    But… My HS is about 30 H/s
    And I get 20.48 ETN for 2 days…
    The first things you should do is,,,
    You have to exchange your ETN to one of the most exchanger…
    You can use,,, Cryptopia, Bitfinex, Poloniex, Hitbtc and many more…
    As for me…
    I use Cryptopia…
    After you have Exchanger account, you can transfer your ETN…
    It doesnt take a long time to waiting your ETN from mining to exchanger account.
    But,,, In Cryptopia… there is 5 ETN for fee…(i think it doesn’t matter) ^_^
    After that… If your ETN enough for sell,,, You can sell it to BTC, LTC, and many crypto you want…

    That’s all…

    Reply
  2. Xaninho99 says

    August 20, 2018 at 9:36 am

    I’ve mined more than 960 ETN on mobile until now. But when will the instant payments come out, and where can we use it? Will ETN be available to pay microtransactions on other games? Which games? Could you please help me? ?

    Reply
    • Benjamin says

      August 20, 2018 at 2:00 pm

      The instant payment system is slated to launch sometime in the 3rd quarter (July – September 2018). A number of vendors have been accepted into the beta testing phase and is slated to launch soon. You’ll also be able to use ETN to buy airtime from certain providers and buy services from other people on Electroneum’s Gig economy website (launching soon as well). The team also promised to launch a vendor directory website that shows which vendors accept ETN.

      As far as I know, Google’s terms of service prevent an app from accepting payments on the phone using a payment processor other than Google. So I doubt we’ll be seeing ETN purchases in a game anytime soon.

  3. victor says

    July 17, 2018 at 6:45 pm

    So I have three phones running the app using one account. Soes this increase the speed for that account or does it just cancel the other hashes?

    Reply
    • Benjamin says

      August 16, 2018 at 11:50 am

      Electroneum’s terms of service allow only one device per account. You might get banned if you continue doing this. Rather create additional accounts for each device – each with their unique email address and phone number. The overall mining output should be the same. I can’t find any information regarding more than one account per person, so I can’t comment on that.

  4. Gordon says

    May 10, 2018 at 4:31 am

    1. Referral program earnings didn’t show properly. Earnings have been frozen for 2 days already, but all my referrals are still mining.
    2. My hash-rate is 30 and I’ve been mining for 2 days but didn’t receive earning. Same, earning freezes…
    3. Still can’t transfer pending balance to account.
    4. Is the mobile mining still available after May 2018?
    Thanks

    Reply
    • Benjamin says

      May 10, 2018 at 9:06 am

      1. I’ve heard some other people complain about this as well. I guess it’s a temporary issue.
      2. Same as above.
      3. Wait patiently. People are being paid in batches. It will come.
      4. Yes, mobile mining is here to stay for years. Don’t let the fork worry you.

  5. John roring says

    May 2, 2018 at 11:54 am

    Benjamin
    Je zegt dat ze weer begonnen zijn met uitbetalen maar ik heb toch al langere tijd niks gehad . Hij staat nu op 52 etn. Hoelang is nu de verwachting.
    Alvast bedankt voor je reactie

    Reply
    • Benjamin says

      May 3, 2018 at 11:01 am

      Not sure how long before it’s all sorted out. Some people have reported success by logging out of the mobile miner app and logging back in. Perhaps give that a try.

  6. Mirador says

    April 22, 2018 at 6:17 pm

    The mobile miner has not paid out for several days. I have at the moment over 100 ETN but not in my account. I saw this also with another person with a Samsung Galaxy S7 and I have a Samsung Galaxy S5. Someone have an idea why this is happening?

    Reply
    • Benjamin says

      April 27, 2018 at 12:27 pm

      Mobile miner payments have been paused temporarily due to high blockchain traffic but have recently been resumed again.

  7. Navid says

    April 18, 2018 at 3:46 pm

    I mined 12 ETN with my phone. But my balance doesn’t show any number. What should I do?

    Reply
    • Benjamin says

      April 27, 2018 at 11:59 am

      Mobile miner payouts were halted for a while due to high blockchain traffic but were resumed some time ago. You should be receiving your coins sometime soon.

  8. vince says

    April 16, 2018 at 6:18 am

    Hey there! Can I mine ETN using two phones at the same time?

    Reply
    • Benjamin says

      April 27, 2018 at 11:16 am

      One account, one device. So you’ll need a unique account for each device.

  9. Vasile says

    April 15, 2018 at 12:02 pm

    Hello. I was wondering why I was not loading myself in my two-week wallet? My phone is Samsung S8+. They only stay on the phone and will not transfer to the wallet. Thank you…

    Reply
    • Benjamin says

      April 27, 2018 at 11:07 am

      You mean you can’t transfer to a paper wallet?

  10. Jurgen Zieltjens says

    April 12, 2018 at 3:31 pm

    I’ve been mining for 3 days now with a consistent hash rate 0f 30-31, and my pending balance has crept up to almost 35 now. Its not leaving my miner and i have no idea why. Do you have an idea why this might be happening?

    Reply
    • Benjamin says

      April 27, 2018 at 11:04 am

      Payments were paused for a while due to high traffic on the blockchain but have started going through again a few days ago.

  11. vince says

    April 8, 2018 at 12:33 am

    I mined 10 ETN and after that it went back to zero. I know 10 is the minimum payout. My balance is still the same ? Please help.

    Reply
    • Benjamin says

      April 8, 2018 at 7:05 am

      It takes a while to get to your wallet. Please be patient.

  12. James says

    April 3, 2018 at 6:28 pm

    I run around a 35 hash rate most of the time on a Samsung Galaxy S6. Miner shuts down ever hour. When I start it back my pending balance increases. For the past 2 days my pending balance only increases after 3 or 4 hours or restarts instead of each time reducing my ETN payout.

    Reply
    • Benjamin says

      April 5, 2018 at 10:57 am

      I’ve heard from several people that they are getting a slower payout recently. Remember that the payout algorithm is in control of the ETN team. They will change and update it to best suit the growth of Electroneum.

  13. vince says

    March 29, 2018 at 2:12 am

    My phone stops mining ETN a few minutes after you press the lock button ?

    Reply
    • Benjamin says

      April 2, 2018 at 6:43 pm

      Make sure your the app’s background data is enabled. Perhaps this could help.

  14. BitCyphered says

    March 19, 2018 at 8:10 pm

    I just upgraded my Samsung S8 to version 8.0.0 and my hash rate has halved!! Anyone else had this?

    Reply
    • Benjamin says

      March 22, 2018 at 6:28 am

      Yeah, seems like a lot of people are getting this. Trying to get to the bottom of this.

    • Josh M. says

      April 1, 2018 at 2:27 pm

      Same here. Just had a system update and my hash rate has gone from 50 to 25 on a Note 8. Seems like they may have done this on purpose.

  15. Addy says

    March 13, 2018 at 10:48 am

    Hi, if I start mining, does my mobile screen have to be kept on for 24hr? Can I do sleep screen or Facebook online anything?

    Reply
    • Benjamin says

      March 13, 2018 at 3:34 pm

      Miner runs in the background. You can carry on using your phone as usual.

  16. B17ALV says

    March 12, 2018 at 11:20 am

    I have over 20 ETN I have mined, still, haven’t received this amount in my wallet.

    Is there a specific payment date to transfer earnings?

    Reply
    • Benjamin says

      March 12, 2018 at 1:50 pm

      No. I think the team has a lot of payments to process. Most of the 50,000 miners have now probably reached the threshold and must be paid out, so I guess the there are a lot of transactions that need to go through. Your transaction is either in a queue, or the team is waiting for times when the blockchain is less congested in order to avoid high fees.

  17. Matteo says

    March 11, 2018 at 7:29 am

    Can I run Electroneum at the same time with another mobile, connected to the same account? Is it possible if hashes are added up?

    Reply
    • Benjamin says

      March 12, 2018 at 1:54 pm

      No, you’ll need a new email and account for each device. But don’t load more than 5 devices per IP address, else the system will ban you.

  18. Ed says

    March 11, 2018 at 7:02 am

    My app stops mining after every 0.20 ETN? How can I fix this?

    Reply
    • Benjamin says

      March 11, 2018 at 7:06 am

      Make sure background data is turned on for Electroneum. Also, make sure your phone is not in power saving mode. Those are the only things I can think of.

    • Ed says

      March 11, 2018 at 10:09 am

      That doesn’t work ? I mine with an LG G5. More people with this issue?

  19. Igor.sh says

    March 10, 2018 at 3:05 pm

    Guys, I’ve already mined 8 ETN, but they’re still on my pending balance. It’s almost two days that I have more than payout amount. How often does the app check pending balance in order to transfer it to the wallet?

    Reply
    • Tanuj Barai says

      April 1, 2018 at 3:19 pm

      You are able to mine them after 10ETN. Once you collect them, your wallet will get updated and new mining process will begin.

  20. Bob says

    March 10, 2018 at 2:42 am

    I have a HTC Android. The hash rate started at 7 H/s, and I have seen it as low as 2. Despite not doing anything on my phone, it still reduces down to 2, so how can it be a CPU-usage problem? I thought shutting down and rebooting would help but it didn’t make a difference. I have disabled a lot of apps, and that hasn’t helped. I have to keep my internet on, otherwise, it stops mining. and I don’t notice it immediately because I do things. I prefer to put my phone into Extreme Power-Saving Mode, but I can’t because after a while it disables my internet connection, which causes the app to stop mining… And I don’t notice it immediately.

    It is not difficult to add a little script, patch, or bit of code which monitors the CPU usage while offline, then update my mining usage when I connect. Plus when I’m out and about I’m not my near my WiFi, and depending on where I go it depends on how strong and effective my mobile internet connection is. And if it is weak, it disables the mining. And I don’t notice it immediately.

    In 3 days, I have mined just under 0.7 ETN.

    Please help.

    Thanks.

    Reply
    • Benjamin says

      March 10, 2018 at 4:16 pm

      I understand your problem, but it will be difficult to write a script that does that and differentiate you from people that have stopped mining. Your phone sends a message to the ETN servers once an hour confirming that it is still mining. If the servers don’t get the message they think you’ve stopped mining. You’ll need to find a way to have the app running 24/7. You’ll need to keep your internet connection on, so power saving mode will be detrimental to your mining efforts.

      I think the power saving mode is also what is hampering your hash rate. When in power saving the phone shuts off any unnecessary processes (meaning those that run in the background) to save power. So you might need to get your phone out of power saving mode to see an increased hash rate.

    • Bob says

      March 10, 2018 at 10:18 pm

      Thanks.

      It won’t let me reply to you directly, so I’ll reply to myself!

      I disabled a bunch of apps, and I now haven’t seen the hash rate be higher than 4 H/s (of course, I’m not looking at it constantly), but it does seem to have sped up, I think, but still being between 2 and 4 H/s.

      Since about 14:30 on Wed afternoon to Friday evening (before I disabled the apps) I got from 0. 00 to about 0.70 ETN. After disabling the apps then, until about midday today (Saturday), it went up to just over 1 ETN. Now at 22:15 (London time), it is 1.22 ETN at 5 H/s (at the moment), at its latest update.

      I suppose that’s better than a kick in the teeth!

  21. agus riyadi says

    March 9, 2018 at 8:37 am

    Hello Benjamin. I hope next app update will add an advanced option. A custom setting – CPU thread – or any to increase the speed of mining. Thanks for good app mining.

    Reply
    • Benjamin says

      March 10, 2018 at 3:57 pm

      I doubt that they’ll be adding those kinds of settings. It’s meant to be a very easy experience for people who are getting introduced to crypto for the first time. You can always move your mining efforts to a computer which has much more settings than the app.

  22. Ken says

    March 6, 2018 at 9:39 pm

    I’ve been mining for 24 hours. I have 0.29 ETN at a combined hash rate of about 25-ish. Seems like I should have more?

    Reply
    • Benjamin says

      March 7, 2018 at 11:05 am

      Sounds more or less right. Remember that the team has announced yesterday that they will pay out 300% more ETN than what they’ve started with. So if you earned 0.29 ETN previously in 24 hours, you’ll now be able to earn 0.29 x 4 = 1.16 ETN in 24 hours.

    • justdave says

      March 8, 2018 at 5:25 am

      Started mine on Monday, have 2.18 Etn. Been running most of the time around 25 H/s – 30 H/s right now. I find restarting when H/s is low (under 20 H/s) helps. It’s a slow process, be patient. I’m hoping to get 5 to 7 ETN a week and 20 to 25 ETN per month.

    • Benjamin says

      March 8, 2018 at 12:50 pm

      I’ve also seen a temporary increase in hash rate when you restart.

    • Bryan says

      March 9, 2018 at 7:14 pm

      Has anyone actually had the ETN transferred to their wallet? I have 8.22 ETN and nothing has been transferred. Even though they said it will automatically happen when you hit 5 ETN… Any ideas?

    • Benjamin says

      March 10, 2018 at 3:53 pm

      Mine has paid out 30 ETN two days ago. Be patient, you’ll receive it in due time.

  23. Adam says

    March 2, 2018 at 1:58 pm

    Is there a confirmed time for when the iOS crypto miner will be out?

    Reply
    • Benjamin says

      March 2, 2018 at 5:51 pm

      Not yet. Apple still needs to approve it before it gets added to the App Store. And apparently, there are lots of red tape for cryptocurrency apps.

  24. Fred Mason says

    February 21, 2018 at 4:44 pm

    Android first… You know, it makes sense.

    Reply
  25. Brian says

    February 18, 2018 at 1:30 am

    It’s crap that you are launching the Android mining before the iPhone. Unfair.

    Reply
    • Benjamin says

      February 20, 2018 at 9:39 am

      The iOS app has long been completed and submitted. The problem is that Apple won’t approve it.

    • Chris says

      April 5, 2018 at 1:44 pm

      Get a real phone. Problem solved.

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