Change Network Operator

[Bedee]

Im a new user of Macrodroid, and i have a question,

I live on the border of the Netherlands and Germany, i have a phone with a NLD provider (T-Mobile).

The problem is that the signal is not strong enough for clear phonecalls when im home (T-mobile antena is just 45km away) and my phone is not switching to a stronger network operator.
I need to do this to change in the settings;
Connections
Mobile Networks
Networkoperators

And the change to manual selection for the network of O2 and this one is very strong here.
The next day when i drive back to the Netherlands (and i drive along the border on the highway) i need to switch back.

Is it possible to automate this with Macrodroid ?

 

[Dm114]

Im a new user of Macrodroid, and i have a question,

I live on the border of the Netherlands and Germany, i have a phone with a NLD provider (T-Mobile).

The problem is that the signal is not strong enough for clear phonecalls when im home (T-mobile antena is just 45km away) and my phone is not switching to a stronger network operator.
I need to do this to change in the settings;
Connections
Mobile Networks
Networkoperators

And the change to manual selection for the network of O2 and this one is very strong here.
The next day when i drive back to the Netherlands (and i drive along the border on the highway) i need to switch back.

Is it possible to automate this with Macrodroid ?

Probably yes. First, using location trigger such as Geofence and then UI interaction actions

 

[onenaiz]

Hi!

I'm also new to Macrodroid and I have a similar issue, so I'm interested in knowing if you managed to make it work. What actions do you put? How do you trigger a network search? Or how do you force it to choose one operator?

Thank you!

 

[Bedee]

Still didn't find a solution for, how to switch network operator.

 

[Dm114]

Still didn't find a solution for, how to switch network operator.

Did you try what I suggested?

What kind of help do you need?

 

[Bedee]

DM114,

So i know how to use triggers,

Trigger:
Connectivity, Mobile service status, service Unavailable
or Geofence, Cell tower

Actions:
As you mentioned UI interaction, here i get stuck, dont know what to do.
And what i read on Macrodroid Wiki, not possible when the screen is off.

Maybe you can give me a direction/hint where to go to setup this action. Thanks

 

[Dm114]

DM114,

So i know how to use triggers,

Trigger:
Connectivity, Mobile service status, service Unavailable
or Geofence, Cell tower

Actions:
As you mentioned UI interaction, here i get stuck, dont know what to do.
And what i read on Macrodroid Wiki, not possible when the screen is off.

Maybe you can give me a direction/hint where to go to setup this action. Thanks

Once one of the more accurate triggers fires, the idea is to mimic clicks on the screen to choose the right operator.

To do so, you first have to set your screen on (action Screen On). Then either use Android shortcut > Quick settings or Expand status bar action.

From now on use several actions UI Interaction > Click > X,Y location or (Text content when possible) to select the right Network operator either automatically or manually. Don't forget to include a Wait action of 250 to 500ms between every UI interaction.

Unless another user knows the parameters, I'm gonna try to find an Intent to do all this stuff but I'm afraid it will be device dependent...

 

[Dm114]

You can replace 2nd action Quick settings on Expand status bar by a Send Intent action with the following parameters:
Target: Activity
Action: android.settings.WIRELESS_SETTINGS

Then you'll be able to use UI Interaction > Click > Text content actions

 

[Dm114]

Maybe @Jacob L, who already provided a lot of intents in the Template store, knows the final intent to select an operator...

 

[Jacob L]

Have you not got a setting called "auto select network"

 

[Dm114]

Have you not got a setting called "auto select network"

I guess he probably has but as far as I understood it's not accurate enough when driving on the limits of the areas between Op1 and Op2. Something like if Op1 becomes weak but not completely and Op2 not strong enough yet...

 

[Bedee]

little update.

Yes DM114 is right, i live on the border of two networks, my home network (Dutch T-Mobile) and German networks. When i drive deeper into German the phone switches automatic to the German network (for example O2).

I tried some triggers, but there is not a real trigger to switch network manually. And to test the Macro is not easy to in this case.

So for now i will do it manually as before, switch network in settings.

But all thanks for the help.