Hi all,
This probably belongs to the development forum, but since I'm new to XDA I'm only allowed to post here.
My question is about seamless mobility between WiFi and cellular. This seems to be a rather hot topic, with a lot of interest from cellular operators and many ongoing activities in various standardization bodies. However, in reality, till any of these standards get actually deployed in the field the problem of providing uninterrupted experience to the user lies in the hands of mobile app developers. Hence the question - are there any tutorials, samples and best practices the mobile app developer can follow to ensure seamless experience for the user when the phone moves from WiFi to cellular and vice versa?
Ultimately, I'd like to learn how would it be possible to write a Skype-like app to survive the switch to/from WiFi.
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I just bought a Samsung Galaxy Player with the intentions of using it as a wifi phone as a replacement for my cell phone.
The main reason for this is I don't like all the tracking going on with cell phones. Cell phone tower tracking, Carrier IQ tracking, etc., etc. I'm not doing anything illegal and I'm not a conspiracy nut, it's just the principle of it. I'm an American - I'm suppose to have freedoms and be able to have my privacy if I so choose.
I had planned on using either Skype with an online phone number or Google Voice to get voice on my Player. The problem with this is Google is going to track every wifi hotspot I log in from so I'm kind of back at square one - EVERYONE wants to spy on you these days. Not to mention all the criminals trying to get personal info at public hot spots.
So I thought about a VPN. That would stop Google/Skype from tracking the wifi hotspot I log in from. But, how does one find a VPN service that you know without a doubt is trustworthy??? I've even thought about getting my own VPS and installing OpenVPN myself (found a good service for that if anyone is interested). But from a true anonymity standpoint it would be better to use a VPN service who has many other customers all using a shared IP. Plus I'll use the same VPN service for my desktop and it would be nice to log into some websites from another countries sometimes.
I've also looked into setting up my own Asterisk server but haven't had time to get too in-depth with that yet.
Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
That's a bit much. I think skype is safe, though.
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Thread moved to Q&A due to it being a question. Would advise you to read forum rules and post in correct section.
Because I am a "noob" and not allowed to reply to any topic except this "General" Forum, here is my question. WP7 public API cannot query the phone hardware to determine how much data traffic has occurred on a specific network adapter (ie: 3G network) so we cannot have a simple app such as 3G Watchdog (Android app) to monitor how much data we have used? It is stated that carriers would have access to this sort of data, but what I have seen so far is Apps specific to carriers that log into the account and "extract" this information. This is unsuitable:
1) In every case I have seen it uses that carriers mobile network to poll their site, so actually increasing the usage of their mobile internet
2) The carrier site is always significantly behind the actual usage so you would probably go over the limit if you are trying to run close to the limit
There is reference that WP8 will be able to do this, is there any real knowledge of this or is it just a wish and a pray that MS get their act together and allow this low level system interrogation? WP7 has many updates, so is this something MS could package into an update and fix now? I take it there is no other way to get this data (SNMP type network traps and polling springs to mind)?
My son has WP7 (from Android) and this is pretty disappointing that something as simple as monitoring his interenet usage is so cumbersome. Reading other forums and expecting corporates to load this software, specific to a carrier, configure it with corporate account information and release it to employees is also pretty mind boggling.
Hey XDA .
I have a weird question.
I work at a place where we are implementing WIFI at certain private schools. (This is for middle school kids). Each kid gets a nexus 7 tablet. (I'm not 100% sure if the child is allowed to use his/her own tablet right at this moment).
So lets assume they all have nexus devices which is the schools property and stays at the school strictly for school use by the kids.
When they are connected to WIFI they will be on a student only VLAN and by default ONLY have access to the student repository hosted on site at each school which contains the content they work/learn with. Internet access will be granted as needed.
All of this has been sorted, planned out and configured at the network level.
One of the requests though from our client is the ability to force DISABLE any kind of GSM radios on the tablets.
So that the kids cannot circumnavigate the WIFI and ultimately have un-monitored internet access at school (through GSM).
We have looked at solutions such as www.mobileiron.com and www.air-watch.com but we are not 100% sure this will work for us, and it is quite expensive (seems to be more aimed at the corporate world).
Perhaps any input from the XDA community?
Any input / ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Ty
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Normally, in my country, mobile users have to text the wordy and complex codes to telcos when they want to know their internet usage and balance.
I'm going to build up an application which allows users can check there information at anytime when they open the app on their mobile. I do not have any clue about the telcos having any API service for that or have to make the business deal with telecommunication companies.
I did attempt to figure out the way but nothing has come up yet. Does any one have any idea for that.
Hi,
I suggest you to explain your issue in the following development forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/coding
Thank you for using XDA Assist
Hi XDA. I am a CS undergrad and for my final year project, I am looking forward to make an android app that records the cellular network's signal strengths at different locations where its user's daily interaction is, for example work, club, home for one person and school, home, [some other place] for another. The app will be designed to use an algorithm that will also combine similar locations by multiple users into a location group or a region. After collection of a significant amount of data, (say 1,000,000 entries) for a particular network, The app, as well as a web interface, will publish the results, comparing the service quality of different cellular networks, helping the users to choose the best for them according to their roaming needs, increasing the ease in their mobility.
My question is that is it a good Idea? Given that from where I belong (Pakistan), cellular network signals are still a big issue. I would also like to know if some developer in the past has worked on something like this or any thing related to it.
I'll be looking forward to the responses.
P.S: Sorry for this vague description, feel free to ask me any question about this Idea.
Hi
You've been a member for quite awhile now and should be aware that Assist is where we guide new users.
Use the search tool and post in the android general help section
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