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Tower Collector

info.zamojski.soft.towercollector

Join the community and collect cell towers locations from your area!

Latest documented release3.0.218 Oct 2026 · 4.6 MB→
⬇ Download APK3.0.2 · 4.6 MBPublisher site ↗

01 / Overview

Is Tower Collector safe?

Tower Collector gives you opportunity to contribute in OpenCellID.org, BeaconDB and @t0stbrot projects by uploading GPS locations of GSM/UMTS/LTE/CDMA/TD-SCDMA/5G (NR) cell towers from your area. The measurements help map the extent of mobile phone network coverage. You can use the app to collect data for personal purposes and export them to various files. Some features: • specially optimized GPS…

Developer
Adam Zamojski
Category
Navigation
Earliest archived version
05 Sept 2026
License
MPL-2.0 (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

3.0.2

Show notification instead of toast when the system blocks start of action from background by an external app or shortcut. - Update external libraries.

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3.0.1

Optimize startup time of Collector service to reduce crashes. - Fix quick settings tile actions crashing the app on Android 14+. - Show toast when the system blocks the background start action. - Improve contrast for dot icons on the map. - Improve error handling.

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2.19.2

Fix Snackbar background and text color contrast when mixing light and dark app and system themes. - Fix crash when starting Collector on Android 12+ when running in the background. - Improve error handling.

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDinfo.zamojski.soft.towercollector
Latest APK SHA-256975fdaa8caef7639f7821594036194e3434333313cd986be90be20817bfb582e
Signing certificate2B:ED:EE:57:9D:48:AD:B7:37:A7:0C:B9:55:82:AE:FE:A9:C1:FE:8D:E4:1E:C2:60:45:F0:F7:DC:70:91:15:B0
MIN ANDROID23TARGET37ARCHITECTURE

04 / History

Archive history

5 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 2.19.0 (05 Sept 2026), latest 3.0.2 (18 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 3.0.1 and 3.0.2.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

5 TOTAL
VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture
3.0.224+→3.0.124+→2.19.223+→2.19.123+→2.19.023+→

06 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source
IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source
SourceOpen-source · fdroid
Permissions14 declared · 4 sensitive
Signaturepresent
Anti-featuresNo known anti-features
Sensitive accessACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATIONACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONREAD_PHONE_STATE

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATIONandroid.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONandroid.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONandroid.permission.ACCESS_LOCAL_NETWORKandroid.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATEandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICEandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNCandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATIONandroid.permission.INTERNETandroid.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONSandroid.permission.READ_PHONE_STATEandroid.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETEDandroid.permission.WAKE_LOCKinfo.zamojski.soft.towercollector.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

07 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗