# Gnuradio on android

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnuradio-on-android/243125>\
**Category:** GNU Radio\
**Created:** [August 24, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnuradio-on-android/243125 "2015-08-24T16:54:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sadaf\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@Sadaf\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sadaf_N)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnuradio-on-android/243125/1 "2015-08-24T16:54:51Z")

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Hi

I’m looking for “GNURadio on android” applications. I mean what kind  
stuffs  
already can I do with GNURadio on android? I have not tried the process  
of  
making GNURadio on a mobile device since I don’t know what’s its  
application.

To be specific, is it possible to, for instance, use mobile (or tablet)  
hardware to capture or send signals with GNURadio on it (instead of  
using  
an external USRP)?

Thanks in advance for any clarification,  
Mostafa

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**Author:** ![mostafa\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@mostafa\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mostafa_a)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnuradio-on-android/243125/2 "2015-08-24T18:19:34Z")

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Hi Mostafa,

> To be specific, is it possible to, for instance, use mobile (or  
> tablet) hardware to capture or send signals with GNURadio on it  
> (instead of using an external USRP)?  
> no, mobile phones don’t have “raw” sample access to their radio chips,  
> since these were generally not designed to do that.

Best regards,  
Marcus

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**Author:** ![mostafa\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@mostafa\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mostafa_a)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnuradio-on-android/243125/3 "2015-08-25T14:55:12Z")

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Hi Mostafa,  
having read the feature sheet of QXDM, it says it can analyze the  
strength of specific preambles, and configure Qualcom chipsets; I really  
don’t see how this matches up very well with what SDR is in the context  
of GNU Radio. It really seems more like a statistical/administration  
tool than a radio interface.

However, if you have experience with the protocols and interfaces that  
QXDM is based upon, obviously, GNU Radio can only profit from having  
interfaces to more hardware 🙂 so go wild and write something that makes  
GNU Radio talk to Qualcomm chipsets! Be very aware, however, that  
Android is very strict with giving applications access to raw hardware,  
so this might not be something that the average user might ever run on  
his/her handset.

Best regards,  
Marcus