The Scanner is the core technology of your phone. It can detect Portals and interact with Exotic Matter (XM) as well as XM constructs, such as Resonators and XMPs.
Main View
Exotic Matter (XM) meter: XM allows you to perform actions in Ingress (e.g. hacking a Portal or creating a Link). Walk around to gather XM.- Access Points (AP) and Level: The number in the center is your current level. Your AP is shown around your level. As you gain AP, the meter fills up. Touch the AP meter to see your current AP.
- OPS menu: Touch OPS to access your Inventory, training missions, and other Scanner settings.
- Compass: Touch to put your Scanner into Dynamic mode; touch again to put it back into Static mode. Dynamic mode aligns your Scanner to always face your direction of travel; Static mode keeps your Scanner fixed to your direction of travel.
- Portal: An XM construct that supplies items when hacked. Link 3 Portals to form a Control Field.
- Agent position and action range: Your position is indicated by a blue or green arrow. The circle around you is your action range, which indicates the area where you can take action (e.g. a Portal must be in your action range to hack it).
- COMM: Communicate with other agents by swiping up on the COMM tab.
Portal Detail View
- Portal Name: Duh, It’s the Portal’s name
- Level Indicator: Gives current level of Portal
- Portal Detail Frame: Shows photo of portal, Also tap to submit portal edit information such as Location, Name, ect…
- Submitted by: Shows who the portal was submitted by.
- Owner: Shows who captured the portal
- Key Indicator: Shows if you have a Portal Key in your Inventory
- Hack Button: Hacks the portal, Long press does a glyph hack.
- Deploy Status: Allows the user to Deploy, Upgrade or Check the ownership of the resonators
- Recharge: Opens the recharge interface
- Mod Status: Allows the user to deploy or check status of deployed mods
- Navigate: Shows an arrow pointing to the Portal with distance
- Charge indicator: Shows current XM energy levels
- Link Availability Button: If light up it indicates the ability to link and shows possible links from keys in inventory
Link Detail Views
- Selected portal Details: Shows the selected portals address, and red selection indicator
- Key Drawer: Tap to slide out Drawer and see all available Linking Keys
- Confirm Button: Tap to confirm and create Portal Link
- Cancel Button: Tap to cancel and return to previous menu
- Expanded Key Drawer: Shows all available Keys for Portal Links
- Selected portal Details: Shows the selected portals address, and red selection indicator
- Confirm Button: Tap to confirm and create Portal Link
- Cancel Button: Tap to cancel and return to previous menu
Recharge View
- Resonator Selection: Click on a specific Resonator for recharging
- All Resonator Selection: Click to Evenly recharge all Resonators
- Efficiency Scale: Displays Range and Efficiency for recharging
- Recharge Button: Tap to perform selected recharge
- Done Button: Exit Recharge Menu
Mod Status View
- Mod Slot: Tap to select Mod slot
- Modifier Details Window: Displays current modifiers effect
- Done Button: Exits Mod Menu
Glyph Hack Views
Recently, code was discovered in the Ingress Scanner Device that exposes Agents to a series of Shaper Glyphs. Although researchers have determined that Portal Hacking is improved through use of the Glyphs, its long term side effects are still largely unknown.
- Glyph Count: Amount of symbols given based on Portal Level
- Bypass Button: Tap to exit Glyph Hack Interface
- Current Glyph: Indicates the first of 5 Glyphs shown
- Displayed Glyph: First symbol needed to remember
- Bypass Button: Tap to exit Glyph Hack Interface
Trace the Glyph sequence before the time runs out to increase your chances of getting a bonus for your Hack.
