WiFi Compass was a tools app developed by Paul Woelfel. It was removed from Google Play Aug 21, 2018 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
WiFi Compass had been downloaded 22 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
WiFi Compass was rated 3.45 out of 5 stars, based on 44 ratings.
App Information
WiFi Compass was free to download. The APK download size was 870.63 kB. The last available version was 1.0.17. The last update was on June 5, 2012.
Technical Requirements
WiFi Compass required Android 2.2+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play May 2012.
Description
WiFi Compass helps to find the location of indoor Access Points by analyzing the WiFi Received Signal Strengh Indication of different measurig points in the building. A built-in Step Detection Algorithm that uses the accelerometer tracks the user movement in a building. Measuring point positions can also be set manually.
WiFi Compass was developed by Paul Woelfel and Thomas Konrad as a part of their master thesis at University of Applied Sciences St. Poelten, Austria. It is published as Open Source software Google Code (http://code.google.com/p/wificompass).
Information about the License can be found at the project site (http://code.google.com/p/wificompass). Contributions from other projects are listed on the Contributions Wiki page (http://code.google.com/p/wificompass/wiki/Contributions).
Recent changes: fixed two NullPointerExceptions
The Change Log could be found in the Wiki at our Google Code Project Site: http://code.google.com/p/wificompass/wiki/ChangeLog
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★★★★★
Well done After popping ceiling tiles for 2 days and scanning with PC applications I found my missing AP within 1 hour of using this APP! Located AP within 10feet of its mounting point, well done and thabks for thus amazing app - used on a Samsung S4
★★★★★
Just found my cellular wifi router I had lost but was still on One use but I am impressed. I had missplaced my portable hot spot but noticed it was sill on. Installed the app calabrated it with 50 steps then found it under a few things on the desk in the lounge. Thanks folks
★★☆☆☆
Stupid Does nothing but run the battery siren
★★☆☆☆
Cannot make it do anything useful. Needs much better instructions and configuration. Oh yea, can't find a way to delete old "projects" Or change which Wi-Fi it is tracking
Technologies used by WiFi Compass
WiFi Compass is requesting 4 permissions and is using 2 libraries.
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