Folding@Home

by Sony Mobile Communications · Tools · Free

No longer on Google Play

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Removed

Install estimate: 220 thousand
Rating on Google Play: 4.42; 7,358 ratings
Last updated: March 22, 2017

Folding@Home is no longer on Google Play. It was there for 2 years, until December 2017. It had 220 thousand installs. Users rated it well: 4.4 stars from 7,358 ratings.

Installs

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Play install range: 100+ thousand
Launched: January 2015

Releases

Updates seen on Google Play

Version: 1.00.61
Launched: January 2015

Dec 29, 2017Unpublished
Mar 22, 2017UpdateVersion 1.00.61
Jul 10, 2016UpdateVersion 1.00.57
Mar 12, 2016UpdateVersion 1.00.56
Oct 13, 2015UpdateVersion 1.00.53

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Ratings and reviews on Google Play

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The year before it was removed from Google Play, up to December 2017

5.2K

510

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Comments on Folding@Home for Android

★★★★★ This is great IF you have a Wi-Fi connection. I have unlimited data on my phone, so I use it as a wireless hotspot on the rare occasions I use my computer... Why would I pay over $100 a month to Communist-cast for subpar Wi-Fi that doesn't work half the time!?! I really wish there was a settings menu where you could adjust it to use data, then put a restriction on it to only use up to [blank] amount. I may just uninstall this app to free up space in my phone if I can no longer use it

★★★★★ Great! I wish I could tie it in w/ my main PC F@H stats; on my LITTLE.big phone, only uses my LITTLE cores, leaving my big idle.… Seems wasteful. Also, on my alternate phone, doesn't recognize when charging, so won't function

★★★★★ A great cause to help out with when you are charging your phone.

★★★★★ Great idea, we need the whole world to charge their phones and fight the big health issues we face.

★★☆☆☆ Will not start. Does not recognize that my device is plugged in. Charged 100% and connected to wifi and charger for the last 7 hours. No folding.

★★☆☆☆ Doesn't function AT ALL with Android 7 Nougat on multiple phones!! Only works with 100% battery, NEEDS WIFI constantly to run? Why? You download some work units and the phone shouldn't need any connection for some time. It should not run out of work for at least 24 hours. -- HAS this app heard of the CELLULAR connection?? It has data too....... -Will not use all cores of an 8 core Moto G4 phone! Or very little of each, etc. Phone barely warms up. Compare that to running BOINC, where you can set it to run 8 cores, the phone gets nice and toasty. And BOINC doesn't need a constant WIFI connection, or a full battery. You can set the minimum battery percentage in which it'll number crunch. Even can run on battery power alone if you want to! It will cache work units for many days by default! (sadly no config option for that, but it's at a good medium) So, this app is very restrictive. It needs constant WIFI and 100% battery, even though it loads my pocket computer way less than 100% utilization. -** EVEN in ideal conditions, it would get a lot less work done than BOINC could do running Rosetta@home (if it were compatible with ARM architecture). Try again. I am using it though, along with BOINC. 131K devices are 'helping out' it says.

Technology

Found in the app by AppBrain

Ads: Contains ads
Price: Free
Libraries: 5
App size: 14.6 MB
Needs Android: 4.4+
Content rating: Everyone

Technologies used by Folding@Home

7 permissions · 5 libraries

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About the app and developer

About Folding@Home

Folding@Home was a tools app developed by Sony Mobile Communications. It was removed from Google Play Dec 29, 2017.

Download Statistics

Folding@Home had been downloaded 220 thousand times before it became unavailable.

User Ratings

Folding@Home was rated 4.42 out of 5 stars, based on 7.4 thousand ratings.

App Information

Folding@Home was free. The APK size was 14.62 MB. The last available APK version was 1.00.61. The last update was on March 22, 2017.

Technical Requirements

Folding@Home required Android 4.4+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The APK had been available on Google Play since January 2015.

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By Sony Mobile Communications, from Google Play

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“- Help cure disease while you sleep. It costs you nothing. It helps a lot.”

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Description by Sony Mobile Communications Written by the developer, not by AppBrain. Click to read.

You can take part in the search for groundbreaking cures for diseases such as Alzheimer's, cancer and infectious diseases such as Ebola. Lend your smartphone's processing power to science while you sleep. It costs you nothing. It helps a lot.

Sony has teamed up with a group of Stanford University (California, USA) scientists to help in their quest to find cures for many of our most common diseases. These scientists studying protein folding need to carry out millions of complicated calculations in order to move forward in their search. Together we will find the cure faster.

By signing up to Folding@home you can help science by making the processing power of your smartphone available to researchers while you’re not using it.

Sony and Stanford University guarantee that there is no security risk involved in this service. We do not access or use any internal/external phone memory, application data or function. Only your processing power and Wi-Fi connection. That is all we need.

Download Folding@Home and share your generous contribution with your Facebook friends today.

For more information about Folding@Home visit us at: www.folding.stanford.edu

Note: in order to be ready to contribute, your phone must be: (i) connected to a charger and fully charged (100%), and (ii) connected to a Wi-Fi network.

Works with: Android smartphones and tablets with Android version 4.4 (Kitkat) or higher with ARM processor.

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