netBravo

Check the quality of your connection and contribute to the netBravo community.

European Union · eu.europa.ec.netbravo

Not rated yet 5K+ downloads v2.5.1 21.4 MB Android 11+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

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At a glance

Latest version: v2.5.1 (21)
Updated: Nov 7, 2024 (1 year ago)
APK size: 21.4 MB
Requires: Android 11+ (API 30)
CPU support: x86 32-bit, x86 64-bit, ARM 32-bit, ARM 64-bit
Graphics: OpenGL ES 2.0+
Category: Tools (app)
Permissions: 24 (5 sensitive)
Website: netbravo.jrc.ec.europa.eu
Developer contact: [email protected]
Privacy: Developer's privacy policy

About this APK

netBravo is an app by European Union in the Tools category. It includes native code for x86 32-bit, x86 64-bit, ARM 32-bit and ARM 64-bit, so it runs on practically every phone.

It asks for 24 permissions, 5 of them sensitive, including precise location, location in the background and approximate location. Compared with version 2.4, it adds 1 new permission: “Show notifications”.

What's new in v2.5.1

Fix of continuous test mode and test history Removal of avatar functionality

Description

From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.

netBravo is a European Commission crowd-sourcing project designed to gather and share radio spectrum data about mobile telephony coverage, WIFI channel occupancy, broadband and net neutrality connection tests. Anyone with a recent mobile phone can download the netBravo app which will automatically record the characteristics of the signal they’re getting on their phone – WIFI, 4G, 3G, 2G or nothing - and test the latency, upload and download performance of their Internet connection with additional net neutrality tests they can select. This data is saved locally to the phone and can be sent back to the netBravo research database. The aim is then to plot the aggregated findings on a map, in an interactive web site (http://netbravo.jrc.ec.europa.eu/). Furthermore, some of the most useful network tools are also included: LAN scan, SERVICE scan and Traceroute. The app is free to download, does not contain any advertisements and it uses very little bandwidth and battery. The data is anonymised and will not collate or store any personal data. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Version history

2 versions are listed, going back to v2.4.

v2.5.1 LATEST Nov 7, 2024 21.4 MB TRUSTED v2.4 Oct 24, 2024 21.5 MB TRUSTED

All 2 versions

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

Certificate issued to “Publication Office” The developer's name — though anyone can put any name in a certificate.
Same certificate as the other version checked

Store checks and file details

Developer signature verified Nov 7, 2024
Signed byCN=European Union, OU=B2 multimedia, O=Publication Office, L=Luxembourg, ST=Luxembourg, C=LUX
Signing certificate (SHA-1)4E:BD:5A:32:4E:8A:15:B2:CB:9B:E3:49:90:97:91:0F:CC:48:4F:61
File MD5d2992fc685926c5cd5b9180c34b20074
Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020

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Permissions (24)

netBravo requests 24 permissions, 5 of them sensitive.

Approximate location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
Location in the background Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION
Precise location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
Read phone status and identity Sensitive android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE
Write settings Sensitive android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
Access adservices ad id android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID
Access adservices attribution android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION
Access location extra commands android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS
Change wifi state android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE
Foreground service location android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATION
Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
Google Play install referrer com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE
Gsf write gservices (custom) com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.WRITE_GSERVICES
Internal broadcast protection (app-defined) eu.europa.ec.netbravo.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
Physical activity recognition com.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION
Prevent the device from sleeping android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
Read Google service settings com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES
Read logs android.permission.READ_LOGS
Read privileged phone state android.permission.READ_PRIVILEGED_PHONE_STATE
Run at startup android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
Run foreground services android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
Show notifications android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
View Wi-Fi connections android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE

Required hardware & features

Camera android.hardware.camera
Basic touch input android.hardware.faketouch
Location android.hardware.location
Portrait screen android.hardware.screen.portrait
Wi-Fi android.hardware.wifi

netBravo APK: questions and answers

Can I install this APK over the version I already have?

Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.

Is the netBravo APK safe?

No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. It is signed with the same certificate as the other version checked. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is d2992fc685926c5cd5b9180c34b20074.