Android Development CellID in LTE network

Question

I try to implement a function into my Android Application that finds out the cell id of the cell I'm in in a LTE network. I recently read a lot about using TelephonyManager.getAllCellInfo() and then filter for CellInfoLte, but also that it's not implemented on every device. So in my case calling telephonymaganger.getAllCellInfo() returns null.

I'm testing with a Samsung phone, what seems not to be the best case. Is there any way to find out the Cell ID or is it just not accessible yet?

Answer 1

I had same problem a few months ago when using getNeigbouringCells() and finally I found this:

The cellid implementation varies from mobile device to mobile device since these features are considered to be optional. for example: Samsung (all devices): getNeigbouringCells () is not supported at all and always returns an empty list.

Please take a look at this for more information: http://wiki.opencellid.org/wiki/Android_library

You can check it with another phone but not Samsung phones. You can find so many reports about other vendors that have the same problem.