Wifi Analyzer

farproc

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About this app

Turns your android phone into a Wi-Fi analyzer!!
Shows the Wi-Fi channels around you. Helps you to find a less crowded channel for your wireless router.

http://wifianalyzer.mobi

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For the USB read/write permission: This permission is used to save and load snapshots(see menu in my app).
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Ratings and reviews

Pretty nice little tool. Haven't learned the details on all of the individual functions of this tool, but it has already helped me with choosing the best channel to set my devices at, choosing the best location for a repeater placement, placement of access points to minimize dead spots, to locating a lost phone by nearest WiFi source... Can't imagine what I'll be able to do once I figure the whole thing out...

Earlier versions had fantastic performance and live data, doesn't seem to "refresh" as well anymore. I used to use it for mapping strength in my WiFi installations as part of my work, it was so responsive and reliable. Now I can walk far away from a signal or even unplug an AP and the change isn't reflected on-screen for minutes. Other than that and based on previous performance, great app.

I've used this app for years with great results. I recently got a newer phone, and I found that Wi-Fi Analyzer would no longer display the signal strength info in real time. I finally figured out that I had to disable "WiFi scan throttling" in Developer Options. So for those of you running newer versions of Android, you may have to do this as well.

What's new

Dependency updated.
OUI db updated.