Cellmon
GSM / Wifi network diagnostics for Blackberry
Features
- chart of GSM signal strength
- chart of Wifi / WLAN signal strength
- charts for packets sent and received
- GSM network information like MCC, MNC, LAC...
- WIFI information (datarate, channel, IP, ...)
- notification about network/carrier changes (blue LED) (e.g. roaming, changing Wifi access point)
- GSM frequency bands in use
- GPS speed
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IMPORTANT: Set all application permissions to ALLOW in install dialog!
Supported devices: All GSM Blackberrys with OS 5.0 or higher. It will NOT run and crash on CDMA Blackberrys like 9530, 9550!
What is this?
Network Information
- Speed: Current speed above ground (if GPS available)
- Device: Shows what the device is capable of. 3G for new devices, 2G for older ones.
- Net: Current network carrier/operator (same as on main screen) and the country code returned by the network
- Connection: Current connection, one of 3G, EDGE or GPRS
Services: C=city zone, H=home zone, R=roaming, V=voice, D=data services.
- Signal: Signal strength in dBm ranging from -40 (very good) to -121 (very bad), normal levels are between -76 and -92, if lower the current coverage is very bad.
- MCC: Mobile Country Code, basically a country code for wireless networks. For example: 262=Germany 310=US
- MNC: Mobile Network Code, identifies a carrier together with MCC uniquely. (complete list of MCC/MNC tuples on wikipedia)
- LAC: Location Area Code, current location area inside carriers's network
- CellId: current base station id
Wifi / WLAN
- Channel: Currently used Wifi channel. More here: Wikipedia 802.11
- AP MAC: Access point MAC Address
- Profile: The name the wifi network is saved on the device. (null if not saved)
- Datarate: AP's datarate
- Radioband: Radioband / Standard used
- Security: Wifi Security used e.g. WPA, WEP etc. Important: Currently it can only shows "none (open)" or "unknown" (when there is some kind of security applied)
- SSID: Network's name
- Local IP: IP address for this wireless connection
- Signal: Signal strength chart ranging from about -30 dBm (very good) to -121 (very bad)
Network Monitor
- Charts of packets sent or received. Please note that small traffic might not show up or only as 1 pixel values.
Versions
- 2.0.1 - bigger fonts (now readable on high res Blackberrys)
- 2.0 - current version
- 1.0 - first version (not available anymore)
Legal
Copyright © 2010 Christian Schöne <christian.schoene@ymail.com>
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Anyone is free to use this program for any purpose.
It is NOT ALLOWED to MODIFY this software without the authors permission.
It is allowed to redistribute this software if kept free of charge and the origin is clearly stated out.
