Cell Widget

The description of Cell Widget

Site Editorial Commentary：Widget to display mobile cell information

Cell Widget is a powerful Android widget designed to provide detailed information about your mobile network connection. It's a valuable tool for users who want to monitor their network status, understand cell tower information, and troubleshoot connectivity issues.

Key features include:

- **Real-time Cell Information:** Displays crucial data such as Operator Name, Mobile Country Code (MCC), Mobile Network Code (MNC), connection speed (HSDPA, EDGE, LTE, etc.), Location Area Code (LAC), Cell ID, and current signal strength (dBm). Each piece of information can be individually hidden, allowing you to customize the widget to your needs.
- **Customization Options:** Offers configurable text color, size, and opaCity to match your device's theme.
- **Optional Notifications:** Provides notifications even without the widget on the home screen, keeping you informed about your network status.
- **Configurable actions:** Set actions to be triggered when tapping the widget or notification.

Additional features:

- **Cell Data Collection:** Automatically collects and saves information about new cell towers, named by their location. You can customize the names.
- **Home Cell Designation:** Flag specific cells as "home cells." When connected to a home cell, the notification icon changes to a house, which can be useful for users with cheaper calling rates in specific areas. This feature requires manual cell flagging.
- **map Integration:** Displays cell positions on a map.
- **Cell History:** Shows the first and last seen times for each collected cell.
- **Database Management:** Allows you to import and export your cell database for backup or sharing.
- **Flight mode Toggle:** Provides a toggle for flight mode (up to Android 4.2).

Permissions:

The app requires the following permissions:

- INTERNET: For cell location lookups.
- ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION: To get LAC and cell ID.
- ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE: To detect flight mode/Offline status.
- READ_PHONE_STATE: To retrieve operator, MCC, and MNC information.
- WRITE_SETTINGS: To toggle flight mode (on devices running Android 4.2 and lower).
- WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: To export the database.
- READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: To import the database.

Available in multiple languages:

English, German, Swedish (by Göran Helsingborg), Spanish (by DigiGato), Bulgarian (by Stefan Stefanov), Greek (by Filippos Grigoriadis), Sinhalese (by Anil Weerasooriya), Dutch (by carulez), and Hungarian (by Egyed Ferenc).

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