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Playing around with reading cell stuff on Android

CellReader

CellReader is an app to let you view information about your current cellular connection and other available connections.

With CellReader you can:

  • See which band you're currently connected to.
  • See the technology of the cellular network you're connected to.
  • See all nearby towers reported by the modem.
  • View information about your cellular registration status.
  • And more.

There is also a Wear OS companion app, although its functionality is in early alpha.

Privacy

CellReader doesn't collect or store any data beyond what's needed to record crashes. No personal information is collected.

View more information in the Privacy Policy

Download

Google Play Store.
Patreon.

Building

In order to build CellReader yourself, you'll need to use a modified SDK that exposes hidden APIs.

First, check the target_sdk field in the project build.gradle to see which SDK CellReader is targeting.

Then, download the appropriate JAR from this repo and follow the instructions there for using it.

Error Reporting

CellReader uses Bugsnag for error reporting as of version 0.22. Previous versions use Firebase Crashlytics.