Is there anyone who knows an application that can monitor the received signal strengths from basestations, my foremost interest is to monitor and log scrambling codes from an UMTS network with a "XDA" phone?
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Johan
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how to monitor network (GSM) statistics like signal strenght in decibels or the signal of the nearest repetitor or something like that. Like old hidden menu on Nokia's...
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I have some specific problem i am unable to resolve.
My phone network provider is currently still building a network (base stations) so its signal is not reachable everywhere. This is the reason they have a "roaming" contract with some other provider that has 100% coverage for my country.
The difference between them is in price of UMTS (my provider is like 2 times cheaper). I have set the priority of phone network within windows mobile 6.1 but when the connection is lost for my provider it switches to the "roaming" but never switches back when the network of my provider is available.
Does someone knows how could i resolve this issue? I have coding expirience (16 years of c/c++ of windows development) but i dont know where to start.
Can someone point me to some apis/whatever that would enable me to track who the current provider is and check what are the available providers and finally how to change provider to my original one. Basically i want to write a service that would track the current provider and if changed from my provider scan for its network periodically and change it back when needed although there are some more questions that i am at this time unable to answer (battery consumption etc, i hope the scanning for providers is a passive operation as i dont want to glow in the dark etc.).
Thank you for reading and even more for answering
Hi everybody,
I'm in the process of building an app, that will either be a live wallpaper or a real monitoring app.
Is there a way to do the equivalent of a tcpdump on a android device regarding all gsm operations, requests etc..
when you switch Node B, when you update your location the HLR, the UTRAN communication, when you call someone all the requests and acks sent, etc.
First, there must be something already made for this, if not is there a way to get these things?
Thanks!
P.S. I'm no pro with cellular network, but as a IT engineer student I got 4 hours on cellular networks, from 1G to 3G and 4G networks. And I would love to see this info, and I'm not the only one for sure
Hello Seniors,
Wanted to know that is there any application which will show the signal strength (in some number) of all the network provider in my area.
Say, I have a Vodafone sim and in my area there are 5-6 different operators. So is there any way where I can check that in my house, out of all the mobile providers whose signal is the strongest?
So I am looking for a tool which will check the strength of all and then I can come to some conclusion.
Again, there is no network signal map which is available in my area, so need to depend on some app or some software etc.
Looking forward for your guidance.
Regards,
Anoop.
There is an app called as Network Info II on the playstore. It gives you the strength of the signal for the sim that is currently registered thru the phone on the network.
It wont give for other available networks..
May be somebody else can suggest some other app..
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I'm looking to change my mobile provider (in the UK), but want to check the relative signal strengths of each network provider accessible from my house, to avoid choosing a provider that has poor reception when I'm at home. Can anyone recommend an app that will scan for all cell/3G signals in the area and show (a) who the provider is and (b) how strong the voice and data signals are?
I've got access to coverage maps but they seem to be notoriously inaccurate/unreliable, and also don't give specific information for an exact location (i.e. a specific premises).
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I'm looking to change my mobile provider (in the UK), but want to check the relative signal strengths of each network provider accessible from my house, to avoid choosing a provider that has poor reception when I'm at home. Can anyone recommend an app that will scan for all cell/3G signals in the area and show (a) who the provider is and (b) how strong the voice and data signals are?
I've got access to coverage maps but they seem to be notoriously inaccurate/unreliable, and also don't give specific information for an exact location (i.e. a specific premises).
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If your phone is unlocked you can go into network settings and scan for all available networks, this will at least give you an indication of who is available, however, I do not believe an app exists that can give you specifics about any network other than the one you are on.
If you look online, most of the operators are offering free PAYG sim cards, perhaps you could send off for these and try each one in your phone to see who gives best reception, they should all register on the network even if they have no credit on them, at least that's my understanding.