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[FEATURE REQUEST] Make serving cell details more compact and configurable #61

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pm4rcin opened this issue Nov 17, 2024 · 4 comments
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pm4rcin commented Nov 17, 2024

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  1. I think the default serving cell details could be made more compact by e.g. storing MCC/MNC in one cell with a slash e.g. 111/2 instead of two.
  2. It would be great if we could configure which widgets we want to show. For example I'm not personally interested in seeing PCI, eNB ID and Sector ID most of the time. And especially CQI which is not available on my device at all but still taking vertical space unnecessarily. Of course the same for 2G, 3G and 5G.
  3. Regarding EARFCN/Band I would like it to show frequency instead of the numbers because they are easier to remember.
  4. If there's a way to query Android for IMS status and VoLTE, VoWiFi and roaming status it could be shown too.
  5. Location widget always shows me good coordinates but the altitude here is always 0m and accuracy is always 2000m. This widget could be configurable to disable showing of it in my opinion. On GPS tab everything is working fine.
  6. More vertical space could be taken back by storing carrier name on top bar probably with some color. Maybe even create a list of carriers with MCC/MNC match that have assigned color so it's instantly visible. Of course it's mostly large carriers not MVNOs but most people use them. Maybe for small just give it a color of MNO.

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  1. Device: Mi Mix 3 5G
  2. System: LineageOS 21 (Android 14) Vanilla (no gapps, no microg) from f-droid
@pm4rcin pm4rcin changed the title Make serving cell details more compact and configurable [FEATURE REQUEST] Make serving cell details more compact and configurable Nov 17, 2024
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Thank you for the suggestions. Here are some of my thoughts:

  1. Yes, I can throw the two of those together
  2. I like the idea, but that increases the complexity of the UI code quite a bit. I will think on this and let you know.
  3. I like seeing the EARFCN and Band, so I want to keep that, but I can also show the frequency in addition, but that makes the UI larger. Maybe I could cycle between the two on a tap of the value.
  4. I will look into getting that information.
  5. I like the ability to turn off the location UI on the cellular dashboard. You are correct that not everyone needs to see it. I find it strange that it always shows a 2000m accuracy and 0m altitude. Is it because you have only given "Course Location Permission"? 2000m accuracy sounds like a cellular based location, and the GNSS tab uses the GNSS data to get the location.
  6. I like that idea. It would get a bunch of space back by moving the carrier to the top bar (I would remove the word "Cellular" and replace it with "Carrier: T-Mobile".

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pm4rcin commented Nov 18, 2024

  1. Tap seems a good idea. The best would be an option in settings though.
  2. I've tried finding but from what I can see it's under priviledged permissions unless I'm wrong.
  3. I gave the app full location permission because the part from GPSTest shows my location fine with details like speed etc. It looks like the app takes the coarse location because maybe it's the first one it finds since phone hasn't yet acquired precise location and then it stays like this.

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  1. It should update the location when it gets a better fix. Maybe I have a bug in the update process somewhere. Have you selected the "FUSED" location provider from the settings? That is the default and it means that it will use cellular, wifi, and/or GPS, depending on what the phone has.

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pm4rcin commented Nov 19, 2024

  1. It should update the location when it gets a better fix. Maybe I have a bug in the update process somewhere. Have you selected the "FUSED" location provider from the settings? That is the default and it means that it will use cellular, wifi, and/or GPS, depending on what the phone has.

Actually it works. I have tested it outside. Sorry for the noise.

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