Cell Widget

4.4
1.25K reviews
50K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Small widget showing:
- Operator Name
- MCC (mobile country code) and MNC (mobile network code)
- Speed (HSDPA, EDGE, LTE...)
- LAC (Location Area Code)
- Cell-ID
- Current dBm

Each information can be hidden.

- Configurable Text color, size and opacity.
- Optional notification
- Notification without widget
- Action configurable when touching widget or notification

Other Features:
- Auto collect new cells. Cells are named with the celltower location, but the name can be changed.
- Option to flag certain cells as home cell. When enabling notifications and connected to a cell which is flagged as home cell, the notification icon becomes a house. This can be useful for people who can make cheaper phone calls when they are in a certain area. The cells have to be flagged manually since there is no way to do this automatically.
- Show cell position on map
- First seen and last seen time for each collected cell
- Import/export cell database
- Toggle flightmode (up to Android 4.2)

Permissions:
- INTERNET: Cell location lookup
- ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION: For getting LAC and cell id
- ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE: Detect if device is in flightmode/offline
- READ_PHONE_STATE: Get Operator/MCC/MNC
- WRITE_SETTINGS: Toggle flightmode (on devices lower than Android 4.2)
- WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: Export database
- READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: Import database

Available 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)
- hungarian (by Egyed Ferenc)

Ideas? Questions?
Contact me: dieter.thiess@gmail.com
Updated on
Aug 18, 2023

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Ratings and reviews

4.4
1.22K reviews
Jeff Altorfer
May 11, 2021
Excellent informational/diagnostic app. Simple clean informative. I like this widget just fine. I'm sure the features/items that don't seem to populate (Band/frequency) are due to Android security not allowing apps to read that info without root; at least now-a-days.
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A Google user
April 20, 2020
Uodated my review to 3 Stars. A sys. switch to Spanish then back left Cell Widget in Spanish. "Had to" install this (Cell Widget) app due to Zooper Cell Sig Strength inoperable (confirmed on Zooper Community Board). The Good: This app refresh and accuracy appears on-par with Native OS. The Bad: I made a Zooper Widg w/ 7 1/2 high viz info items in a 4x2 block but Cell Widget needs 3x1 blocks and TWO items enabled to show the ONE I want to see (in high viz): Single Strength as a percentage.
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