Android – Access Cell Phone details (Cell-Id, LAC, Signal Strength)

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Need to figure out how to use cell-id/lac information to get a lat/long for the phone location! Please drop me a note or add comments here if you have an idea on how to do it. Thanks.

Source

package org.apache;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Message;
import android.telephony.PhoneStateIntentReceiver;
import android.telephony.ServiceState;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.EditText;

public class LocateMe extends Activity {
    private PhoneStateIntentReceiver mPhoneStateReceiver;
    private EditText mEditLac;
    private EditText mEditCid;
    private EditText mEditSignal;

    private static final int MY_NOTIFICATION_ID = 0x100;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
        super.onCreate(icicle);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        mPhoneStateReceiver = new PhoneStateIntentReceiver(this, new ServiceStateHandler());
        mPhoneStateReceiver.notifyServiceState(MY_NOTIFICATION_ID);
        mPhoneStateReceiver.notifyPhoneCallState(MY_NOTIFICATION_ID);
        mPhoneStateReceiver.notifySignalStrength(MY_NOTIFICATION_ID);
        mPhoneStateReceiver.registerIntent();

        mEditLac = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.lac);
        mEditCid = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.cell_id);
        mEditSignal = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.signal_strength);
    }

    private class ServiceStateHandler extends Handler {
        public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
            Log.i("LocateMe", "In handleMessage : " + msg.what);
            switch (msg.what) {
                case MY_NOTIFICATION_ID:
                    ServiceState state = mPhoneStateReceiver.getServiceState();
                    int cid = state.getCid();
                    int lac = state.getLac();
                    int signal = mPhoneStateReceiver.getSignalStrength();
                    mEditCid.setText("" + cid);
                    mEditLac.setText("" + lac);
                    mEditSignal.setText("" + signal);
                    break;
            }
        }
    }
}

Download the sources and Application – LocateMe.zip

UPDATE: Nov 30, 12:37 EST – Version 2.0 is here