retrieve cell-id and location area code

[vidhu.0007]

hi..

I want to retrieve the cell-id and location area code of a cell phone. I m currently working on S60 2nd Edition FP3. Since we dont have CTelephony class in S60 2nd edition, I need some help.


please suggest some API's with which i can start.


Thans in advance...

[symbianyucca]

You could maybe search this forum a bit and you could indeed find plenty of discussions on the topic. anyway, if I remember right, the Call if can be gotten with non-public Symbian API (one of the APIs inside etelmm) only.

[vidhu.0007]

Thanks symbianyucca...

I searched in google and i got some help. The header file I need to have is etel.h. and the lib files are etel.lib and gsmbas.lib. I dont know from where should i get the gsmbas.lib.

I m stuck..

Please help..

Thanks in advance..

[symbianyucca]

Those are for 1st edition, and would not work with 2nd edition.

[vidhu.0007]

Thanks symbianyucca...

I got the gsmbas.lib file in SDK 1st Edition and i copied it to my SDK 2nd Edition. The program is now running successfully on the emulator as well as my N70 device. The code for retrieving cell id and location area code in 2nd Edition is:

	RTelServer server;
	CleanupClosePushL(server);
	User::LeaveIfError(server.Connect());
	User::LeaveIfError(server.LoadPhoneModule(_L("phonetsy.tsy")));
	RTelServer::TPhoneInfo info;
	User::LeaveIfError(server.GetPhoneInfo(0, info));
	RBasicGsmPhone phone;
	CleanupClosePushL(phone);
	User::LeaveIfError(phone.Open(server, info.iName));
	MBasicGsmPhoneNetwork::TCurrentNetworkInfo ni ;
	phone.GetCurrentNetworkInfo( ni ) ;

	
	//Cell Id
	TInt cellId = ni.iCellId;
		
	TBuf<20> cellidrepr;
	cellidrepr.AppendNum(cellId);
	
		
        
	//Location Area Code
	TInt locationareacode = ni.iLocationAreaCode;
		
	TBuf<20> locationareacoderepr;
        locationareacoderepr.AppendNum(locationareacode);

The above code gives the cellid in cellidrepr and location area code in locationareacoderepr.

The header files required are etel.h,etelbgsm.h.
The library files are etel.lib and gsmbas.lib.

[debianmaster]

hii can anyone post a working full project for retrieving network information such as
area code
cellid
MMC
MNC
etc

iam a newbie and donno much how to use if u paste it in pieces i need a full project.

thanks a tom in advance.
9chakri@gmail.com

[savaj]

Read IMSI using CTelephony and retrive MCC MNC from there.
followings are usefull links.

Get IMSI:
http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.ph...in_3rd_Edition
Or
http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.ph...-Synchronously

Get MCC MNC from IMSI:
http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/IMSI

[kiran10182]

iam a newbie and donno much how to use if u paste it in pieces i need a full project.

Better you should learn it rather than asking for complete project. Simply search for CTelephony keyword on Forum Nokia Wiki, you would get enough good results to start with.

If you find any difficulty in your learning path then please feel free to ask here.

All the best.

[debianmaster]

thnaks for code. i'll test it now.
do i need to pay to get developer certificate??
thanku

[kiran10182]

thnaks for code. i'll test it now.
do i need to pay to get developer certificate??
thanku

With your specific requirements, you would need ReadDeviceData capability at most. If you do not own Publisher ID(I guess, you don't) then simply use free available option, i.e, OpenSigned Online to sign your application to test on your device. Here is the link to proceed: OpenSinged Online

Define ReadDeviceData capability in your .mmp file as follows and build your application. Of course you need to implement actual logic to retrieve such network parameters. For that see my previous thread and get going:

CAPABILITY ReadDeviceData

All the best.