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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Asovse1 said:
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.
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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?
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
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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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 recently upgraded to an Epic 4G but I'd still like to use my Hero as a GPS and Wifi capable unit for geocaching and tracking my mountain bike rides. I figure if the cell radio is turned off, then that would just save that much more battery and processing. So how do I turn that off? I just want to be able to use GPS and Wifi only.
by using airplane mode you can turn of radio n data
but not sure whether it will turn off gps so in that case you wont be able to use as a gps device
try and see
agarp said:
by using airplane mode you can turn of radio n data
but not sure whether it will turn off gps so in that case you wont be able to use as a gps device
try and see
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I've used that before when I was riding, and still using my tracks, so I know airplane mode will leave GPS on, wasn't sure about wifi though.
Hi guys,
Is there a possibility to turn only the phone off on the SGT? When I'm in the plane I want the phone to be switced off but still be able to use the BT headphones. If I take the tab off te Airplane Mode, the phone starts too. If Airplane Mode is on you cannot turn on bluetooth. Any suggestions in this regard?
Thanks.
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When your on a Plane most companies and some countries don't let your devices send any signals eg. Bluetooth, So chances are its a good thing that you can't have BT in aeroplane mode
Some don't but some do allow you to use BT. I still would like to have a choice.
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Hold the power button, turn off "data network mode"
Turning off data network will not switch off the radio - you will still be able to make emergency calls.
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Turning off data network will not switch off the radio - you will still be able to make emergency calls.
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Can I make emergency calls with a US spec tab?
I thought all calls were artificially restricted.
I'll be flying again tomorrow. Any news on this please?
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Go into flight mode (press power button 3 sec). After that you can reactivate bluetooth or wifi in the setting menu (slider on the home screen). Phone radio will stay off. This does not work with the power control wideget strangely.
I use this at home when on wifi and want the calls to be received on another mobile (o2 multicard). At least on my german galaxy tab with phone function this works.
If I put it in flight mode the BT button won't work, as in greyed out.
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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.
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...
Elysian893 said:
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)
funnycreature said:
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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