i signed the data plan only contract with UK O2. they block the calling feature on my dell streak which i only can send and receive text.
I am looking for a way to turn off phone module at the mean time keeping wifi on. unfortunately, seem i only can turn phone module off by setting in airplane mode. in such case, i can't use wifi for surfing.
is there any way around this? thx in advance!
Tap the battery icon in the top bar. This should bring down a menu, tap the tick box next to 3G, EDGE, GPRS networks. This will turn off the phone network data connection and leave the Wi-fi on.
This is sadly the closest to getting the phone to how you want, other than taking the sim card out.
I've noticed this problem on a Samsung Captivate and can put it in airplane mode (which also turns off wifi) and then separately turn wifi back on without changing phone.
You can do it with 2.1 rom, I'm using it now to type this..
put it in airplane mode.
then go to settings, wireless networks, wifi and turn it on .
the quick dropdown menu (from the signal status) will also let you turn wifi on when its in airplane mode but not on the 1.6 rom unfortunately.
i c. it's the ROM! damn...
u r right. when yr phone in airplane mode, it won't get charged at all.
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Yes I have searched for this but I just get threads that tell you how to put a quicklink on to turn them off. Basically everytime I unlock the phone it automatically connects to 3G, how can I turn this off?
TIA
Still got this problem, it seems to happen when I get texts or calls as well. The display will
light up and connects the 3G, even happens overnight and uses a lot of the battery. I've turned all the auto stuff off but it still does it! Any ideas???
to stop 3g altogether you can try.... settings menu all settings connections advanced networks and disable hsdpa.
On my old HTC dash I was able to turn off all services independently in a way that i could insure that my phone was off yet I could still use my WiFi. This worked well for vacations so that i did not receive any roaming charges for people who may call my phone while gone. The only thing I think that may work is an app called apndroid? Any other suggestions?
Force EVDO?
dbldown768 said:
On my old HTC dash I was able to turn off all services independently in a way that i could insure that my phone was off yet I could still use my WiFi. This worked well for vacations so that i did not receive any roaming charges for people who may call my phone while gone. The only thing I think that may work is an app called apndroid? Any other suggestions?
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you can have wifi on in airplane mode...in sense there is also a setting to disable the mobile network. it even has a convenient little widget. or in mobile network setting u can set it to home only. out of home network evdo wont work with that. u can also change it to only sync data and background services with wifi. if that helps at all
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On my old HTC dash I was able to turn off all services independently in a way that i could insure that my phone was off yet I could still use my WiFi. This worked well for vacations so that i did not receive any roaming charges for people who may call my phone while gone. The only thing I think that may work is an app called apndroid? Any other suggestions?
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Are you on Sprint? As I understand it, most of the unlimited data plans have no roaming these days...
When you go to wireless and networks and enable airplane mode, you are still able to turn your wifi on..
Nothing should have to be changed to allow this...
When I turn off Mobile Network, I am still able to place calls... I just lose EvDO.
Because after you turn off mobile network, when you press call, it automatically turns it on for the duration of the call.
Turn airplane mode on, and see if you can hit wifi...
azyouthinkeyeiz said:
Because after you turn off mobile network, when you press call, it automatically turns it on for the duration of the call.
Turn airplane mode on, and see if you can hit wifi...
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Mobile Network != phone radio.
If you turn off Mobile Network, it's turning off data only. The only way to turn off the phone radio without turning on Airplane Mode is to go into *#*#4636#*#* turn it off in Phone Info.
However, wireless should work just fine in Airplane Mode. Just use the Wi-Fi on/off widget from HTC or the Power Control android widget.
While i have an unlimited plan I will be outside the US where there may or may not be sprint coverage. I have turned on airplane mode from both holding down the power as well as from the settings menu. Both options do not allow you to turn on wifi after airplane mode is on. I am still running stock 1.5 sense android. Not sure what others are running.
I'm using this as an ipod replacement and I finally figured out how to turn off the cell radio, I think.
open dial pad
dial *#*#4636#*#* (If Testing menu doesn’t come up then click "Call" and it will come up)
go to Phone information
Scroll down
turn off radio
I assumed wrongly before that the cell radio was automatically turned off since I didn't have a sim card AND since the option to turn off 3G data was disabled in the Wireless settings section. But out of curiosity, I clicked on battery info and it said that my cell radio was on this whole time! See attachment.
Turning on Airplane does turn off the cell, but it also turned off the Wifi and GPS. You can turn Wifi back on after Airplane mode, but it doesn't work properly, try using XMBC remote with Airplane mode and Wifi on, it doesn't work.
So, I guess I'll see tomorrow if this really works but so far it looks promising!
sweet thanks for the info
Get tasker and make a toggle switch of the code
Neo3D said:
I'm using this as an ipod replacement and I finally figured out how to turn off the cell radio, I think.
open dial pad
dial *#*#4636#*#* (If Testing menu doesn’t come up then click "Call" and it will come up)
go to Phone information
Scroll down
turn off radio
I assumed wrongly before that the cell radio was automatically turned off since I didn't have a sim card AND since the option to turn off 3G data was disabled in the Wireless settings section. But out of curiosity, I clicked on battery info and it said that my cell radio was on this whole time! See attachment.
Turning on Airplane does turn off the cell, but it also turned off the Wifi and GPS. You can turn Wifi back on after Airplane mode, but it doesn't work properly, try using XMBC remote with Airplane mode and Wifi on, it doesn't work.
So, I guess I'll see tomorrow if this really works but so far it looks promising!
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I tried the keypad code you listed and nothing happens. I really need a way to turn off the phone and keep bluetooth on while at work in order to listen to my music with bluetooth headphones. I was able to use the code successfully before the Froyo update.
On mine, I simply switch on airplane mode then switch on wifi. Voila! Phone off, wifi on.
Nevermind, did not see reply that some apps don't work with this workaround...
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Couldn't you just pull the SIM card???
Edit - Nevermind. I suppose the radio is still on for emergency calls...
Just got the new nexus 4 and I'm trying to set it up like my galaxy nexus. I have tmobile's $30 / month plan and use sipdroid at home to make wifi calls so as not to go into my 100 minutes.
It seems like auto AP does not work on the nexus 4. In addition, when I manually toggle airplane mode it turns off all radios and I cannt reactivate wifi (even manually in settings). Any fix for this?
abugarcias said:
Just got the new nexus 4 and I'm trying to set it up like my galaxy nexus. I have tmobile's $30 / month plan and use sipdroid at home to make wifi calls so as not to go into my 100 minutes.
It seems like auto AP does not work on the nexus 4. In addition, when I manually toggle airplane mode it turns off all radios and I cannt reactivate wifi (even manually in settings). Any fix for this?
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You do know the point of airplane mode, right? It disables EVERYTHING.
If you want ONLY wifi, disable data in your phone settings. In 2.3.6 (N4 today!) it's wireless and network settings, mobile networks, uncheck "data enabled"
You could also get a toggle app like widgetsoid and disable background data sync, or settings, accounts and sync settings, uncheck background data and auto-sync.
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You do know the point of airplane mode, right? It disables EVERYTHING.
If you want ONLY wifi, disable data in your phone settings. In 2.3.6 (N4 today!) it's wireless and network settings, mobile networks, uncheck "data enabled"
You could also get a toggle app like widgetsoid and disable background data sync, or settings, accounts and sync settings, uncheck background data and auto-sync.
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Right but on my galaxy nexus I could enable airplane mode turning off everything, then turn on wifi. All I'm looking to do is disable the cell connection whenever I'm connected to wifi.
This happens on my Nexus 4 as well. I had my Nexus S setup this way as well. I use CSipSimple + PBX account, etc. Anyways, Airplane mode constantly disables WiFi, no matter what. And yes the app AutoAP doesn't work either.
I have found this app, Airplane Mode Wi-Fi Tool, funny that it was made for Android versions prior to 2.0.
The actual app doesn't seem to work (to enable/disable airplane mode and WiFi), but within the app lies a nifty feature in the Preferences menu under Extras:
Keep Wi-fi On
Wi-fi on Airplane Mode
Check both of those and you should be able to turn Airplane mode on and then keep WiFi on.
Cheers.
I wrote this a while back: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29219003
You can try to see if those apps work.
AutoAir for automatically toggling airplane mode when connected to wifi (doesn't check if there's an actual connection to the Internet though. don't know if your app does)
Plane Mode Tweaker for allowing wifi and bt to be usable in airplane mode. It can also make it so wifi/bt don't get disabled upon entering airplane mode if they were enabled previously.
Y5 for automatically toggling wifi on when in range and off when away. Since it determines location by logging the cell towers you're connected to, the phone should not be in airplane mode initially. Walk around the house and anywhere you have wifi since you may be in range of multiple cell towers. It's best to leave the radio on for a few days so it can learn all the towers. After that, it works very well.
With that battery of apps, everything becomes pretty seamless. I have it set to always use Google Voice. This way, I don't have any additional prompts when using the native dialer, and the other party sees my GV#. When I go home, Y5 turns wifi on, AutoAir sees wifi and enables airplane mode, and Plane Mode Tweaker prevents wifi from being taken down again. The native dialer will automatically trigger Sipdroid, and again the recipient sees my GV#. Leave home and lose wifi and airplane mode is disabled, then wifi gets disabled. Seamless. Only problem is calls won't handoff between sipdroid and cell obviously.
I'm kind of assuming the apps may be calling the same functions/methods/whathaveyou and it may not work either.
I must be missing it somewhere, but I cannot seem to find where to turn off just the cellular radio on the N7 3G.
To save battery, I'd like to turn off the cellular radio and only use Wi-Fi when I'm at home. I can go into settings, and under Wireless and Networks I can go into Data usage and turn off mobile data there, but I still get a status bar icon with signal strength for cellular. That leads me to believe the radio is still powered on and scanning for a signal. That has to use some power.
I found I can turn on Airplane mode which turns off everything and then turn Wi-Fi back on. This seems like a really strange way to turn off the cellular radio. Every other device I've had there was a place to turn the cellular radio on and off. So then when away from home I can turn off Airplane mode and turn off Wi-Fi.
If anyone has a better way to do this, let me know.
I'm running a stock 4.2 ROM that has been rooted.
The airplane + WiFi method is the one I've always used on Androids. Are there other Androids with such an option in the standard user facing menus?
Anyway in the Testing menu (easy way to access is with the app "Phone Info") under Tablet information there is a "turn off radio" button. That seems to kill the cell signal while leaving WiFi on. Go back to the same place to turn it back on.
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To get to the testing menu go to the play store and install
Hidden menus app
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cmstlist said:
The airplane + WiFi method is the one I've always used on Androids. Are there other Androids with such an option in the standard user facing menus?
Anyway in the Testing menu (easy way to access is with the app "Phone Info") under Tablet information there is a "turn off radio" button. That seems to kill the cell signal while leaving WiFi on. Go back to the same place to turn it back on.
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My HTC One X has an entry for Mobile Networks with an on/off control near the top on my settings screen. HTC also supplies widgets to toggle on and off all the radios of their phones. There is one called Mobile Network that will toggle the cellular radio.
Has anyone seen a set of widgets that I can install to toggle Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC, and the Mobile Network that works with the N7 3G? To conserve battery, I prefer to turn off the ones I'm not using.
For instance, with only Wi-Fi enabled, three email accounts syncing, plus Facebook and Twitter, my battery drain is about 0.5% per hour. If I leave the cellular radio and GPS enabled, it jumps to about 1.7% per hour. These numbers are when sitting idle with the screen off. I haven't tried enabling Bluetooth and NFC to see how much they increase the drain.
I only enable the radios I need to conserve battery. I'm just looking for an easier way to do it. Currently I have to go through several steps.