On Friday, December 4, 2009 1:45:40 PM UTC-5, Ken H wrote:
But don't get me started on Android 2.0 and this CDMA stuff. Example:
the CdmaCellLocation has two methods (getBaseStationLatitude()
getBaseStationLongitude()) which, judging from the name return the LAT/
LON of the site.
On Dec 3, 9:57 am, gudujarlson gudujarl...@gmail.com wrote:
not the home operator. So for example, if I had a contract with ATT
and I was in Seattle, both the current cell site and the home operator
are the same, but if I traveled to Vancouver, Canada the cell site
would be owned by Rogers
But don't get me started on Android 2.0 and this CDMA stuff. Example:
the CdmaCellLocation has two methods (getBaseStationLatitude()
getBaseStationLongitude()) which, judging from the name return the LAT/
LON of the site. Great, I'm thinking until I look at the datatype and
see that they are
The home operator is the operator you pay your bill to and get
customer service from. The cell site you are currently talking to may
not be owned by the same operator. When this happens, you are
(sometimes?) considered to be roaming. As far as I know, all the
functions you mentioned give
On GSM I use:
TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) getSystemService
(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
String Operator = tm.getNetworkOperatorName();
I assume CDMA is the same since I've seen nothing in the docs that say
otherwise. Also, for CDMA you can get SystemID etc., by using:
What you are referring to is information about the current cell tower,
not the home operator. On a GSM phone, you can get the home operator
with TelephonyManager.getSimOperator(), but on a CDMA phone it returns
a bogus value.
On Dec 2, 6:14 pm, Ken H hunt1...@gmail.com wrote:
On GSM I use:
I think I'm getting confused by what you mean by home operator and
current cell tower.
The getNetworkOperatorName() method will get you the network or
carrier your phone is on (T-Mobile for example). I assume that is
what you mean by home operator.
Technically there is nothing that tells you the
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