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CasualT
CasualT

Reputation: 5049

Is there a way on Android to determine if on LTE vs LTE Advanced network

In the Android SDK, there is a network type entry:

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.html#NETWORK_TYPE_LTE

But this doesn't distinguish between LTE and LTE Advanced networks.

Is there some other way to check or tell the difference between them?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 847

Answers (1)

SergeyLebedev
SergeyLebedev

Reputation: 3708

It seems that there is no portable official way to distinguish LTE and LTE-A connections in Android applications.

But I've come into NETWORK_TYPE_LTEA network type in Mediatek Android platform firmware sources, and it worked in my pet projects. There is also NETWORK_TYPE_LTE_CA network type in AOSP sources which seems to be exactly what you are looking for.

However both these values are not documented in official Android documentation and it is unclear which versions support them.

Upvotes: 3

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