If I haven't activated 3G, does that mean the radio is disabled, or could it be still using battery power?
Put it in airplane mode then enable WiFi, then the only radio that's on is your WiFi radio. That's what I do on my deactivated Droid, otherwise its looking for 3g...
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Put it in airplane mode then enable WiFi, then the only radio that's on is your WiFi radio. That's what I do on my deactivated Droid, otherwise its looking for 3g...
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I forgot all about doing that on my Xoom. I did that just now, since my 3g has not been activated.
Awesome! Thanks for reminding me about that.
Yeah, originally I didn't do anything about it....but then I was thinking that maybe it was using some battery so I enabled airplane mode. Battery has been much better. Hopefully there will be a ROM or some other way to disable it in the code, so that I don't have to leave airplane on.
You can also disable mobile service in the settings. It's preferable since doesn't airplane mode also disable gps?
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If you go into Settings in Wireless and Networks, if Airplane mode is turned off you can choose Mobile Networks and turn off data selected.
That should stop the antenna from activating without using Airplane mode.
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If you go into Settings in Wihttp://forum.xda-developers.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=11998019reless and Networks, if Airplane mode is turned off you can choose Mobile Networks and turn off data selected.
That should stop the antenna from activating without using Airplane mode.
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I tried that originally and the battery monitor still showed the 3G radio being on. Also even doing that it still prompts on every reboot to be activated while in airplane mode it doesn't
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If you go into Settings in Wireless and Networks, if Airplane mode is turned off you can choose Mobile Networks and turn off data selected.
That should stop the antenna from activating without using Airplane mode.
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My understanding though is that this will ONLY disable data. It won't disable the physical radio that connects to the cell network. And as long as that radio is enabled (even if data is disabled) it will contribute to the draining of your battery. By putting the device in airplane mode, it will actually disable the RADIO, not just the data coming in through the radio.
I just switched to Airplane mode. Let's see if this will help battery life (not that I had to complain anyway)
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I just switched to Airplane mode. Let's see if this will help battery life (not that I had to complain anyway)
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Originally after about 30 hours I would have around 20% battery left. After enabling airplane mode I have 86% battery left after 1 day and 7 hours. I think it makes a big difference.
So is this right? The only way to disable the radio is to actually enable airplane mode and then turn wifi back on? Will the GPS still work?
I found with mine just on standby I used 17% battery in Cell Standby. I went into Mobile network settings and unchecked Data Enabled and it dropped considerably, down to about 3% (still while I hadn't been using the Xoom).
I'm going to try airplane mode tonight.
Is there any hope to activate 3G? I am living in europe (Denmark) and here is no verzion.
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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?
Force EVDO?
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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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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...
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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.
Does anyone know how to turn off the 3G radio without turning off the GPS?
I know the airplane mode trick will turn off 3G but that also turns off GPS, which some Google apps need.
I hope Google gives us dedicated radio toggles in 3.1.
Try unchecking 'Data enabled' in mobile network settings
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Try unchecking 'Data enabled' in mobile network settings
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That is the correct way to do it.
Airplane mode really should be used when you want ALL of the wireless turned off, including wifi. It's strange that it lets you turn it back on while in airplane mode. I guess it makes sense for those planes that now have wifi.
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Airplane mode really should be used when you want ALL of the wireless turned off, including wifi. It's strange that it lets you turn it back on while in airplane mode. I guess it makes sense for those planes that now have wifi.
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Also how i use my phone overseas without having to worry about a big ass bill.
Are you sure GPS is off in Airplane Mode? I run in A-M too when I'm on WiFi, and I've definately seen the "GPS on" indicator come up when doing something that needs my location.
But to be sure, I downloaded "GPS Test" from the market, turned on Airplane Mode after getting it, and GPS test was able to see some 6 satellites (inside- we have some really nice hardware!).
I don't think GPS is off when in A-M.
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Airplane mode really should be used when you want ALL of the wireless turned off, including wifi. It's strange that it lets you turn it back on while in airplane mode. I guess it makes sense for those planes that now have wifi.
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Well, it actually does kill-switch everything when enabled- which is what it's supposed to do, but it's a good thing that it allows selective re-enabling of BT and WiFi.
Besides, GPS is a reciever (unlike BT/WiFi which also Xmit), but while I'm aware of the heterodyne issue, that leakage is FAR smaller, and the only way to fix that is to turn off the device altogether.
Hey all, Just looking for some advice for my upcoming vacation.
I'm planning on taking my phone with me on vacation in a couple of weeks. Primarily I'll be using as a camera, but I'd also like to keep on top of my emails via hotel WiFi only.
I do not however want to make/receive calls or use any kind of roaming data etc.
Basically my question is what do I need to disable so I just have WiFi available and nothing else? How do I disable the radio without putting it into airplane mode (which obviously disables WiFi)
HTC obviously thought of airplanes with WiFi. Turn on airplane mode, wifi turns off, but you can turn it back on without enabling the radios and leaving airplane mode enabled.
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HTC obviously thought of airplanes with WiFi. Turn on airplane mode, wifi turns off, but you can turn it back on without enabling the radios and leaving airplane mode enabled.
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Great, so simple, many thanks for the quick response!
Also, If you're just using Wifi, You should remove your Sim Card, just in case airplane mode turns off somehow, you don't get data charges from syncing functions.
Enjoy your vacation.
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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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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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.