not sure if this should be asked in general discuss or the q&a section so yeah...
I wanted to refresh my WiFi signal on my tablet so I put it to airplane mode, but accidently i slid the wifi back on WITH airplane mode still active. so... basically I'm running on both airplane and WiFi at the same time?
** seems Bluetooth,NFC,Location and GPS can all be turned on without deactivating the airplane mode.....
usually airplane mode shuts off all data and or radio frequencies on a device right? so what's the point of airplane mode? on a WiFi only device?
sent from xda headquarters.... no lie
In theory - airplane mode should switch off all transmitters.
I typically do that on my cell phone, then enable wifi for use in my house.
I view Airplane mode as a Master Off, with individual services able to be turned on even if it is in Airplane Mode.
Its always been so. Airplane maode turns off the radio, not wifi, bluetooth and so on. the confusion occures because our current generation devices usually have same chips and antenna for them.
Basically, radio signals emitted from cellphone can alter/affect the reading in airplane(and other things that run on radio, bt wifi, bluetooth run on far different frequency waves and thus are allowed in aviation and thus not controlled by airplane mode.
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.
Ever since the very last update to NG5 I have had issues with bluetooth connectivity. More specifically any and all bluetooth devices I connect (full charged batteries)) have scratchy, choppy, and intermittent audio. I for the life of me cannot figure out why nor how to fix it. I would really like some assistance.
So basic details.
Device: SPH-l720t
Stock Rom: NG5
Wifi power saving mode disabled through dialer menu
Normal Wifi options selected
Wifi Calling enabled (needed because of crap signal in house)
Things I've tried:
Re-provisioning through dialer menu
Removal / reset / re-connection of bluetooth devices
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Ever since the very last update to NG5 I have had issues with bluetooth connectivity. More specifically any and all bluetooth devices I connect (full charged batteries)) have scratchy, choppy, and intermittent audio. I for the life of me cannot figure out why nor how to fix it. I would really like some assistance.
So basic details.
Device: SPH-l720t
Stock Rom: NG5
Wifi power saving mode disabled through dialer menu
Normal Wifi options selected
Wifi Calling enabled (needed because of crap signal in house)
Things I've tried:
Re-provisioning through dialer menu
Removal / reset / re-connection of bluetooth devices
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Does this only happen when you are using WiFi calling? Unfortunately WiFi and Bluetooth frequencies are fairly close to one another (both are in 2.4 Ghz range) and can and do interfere with each other. You could very well get interference when using both at the same time. The WiFi is going to have activity when you are on a call, and so is the bluetooth - and they're both going to be active at exactly the same time - increasing the chances of interference. The only thing I can think to suggest is to change the channel that your router is using and see if that helps.
If it's happening all the time (even when not using WiFi calling), then maybe try deleting and re-pairing your bluetooth devices.
I have a Huawei G510-0200 GSM/CDMA support with CM11 custom rom.
I have no problem with call/sms/radio but my network data enabled (settings->mobile networks->data enabled) works only for a few minutes after rebooting the system or on/off airplane mode.
After 10-20 minutes i loose data enabled (it is ticked but not works!) and i have to on/off airplane mode again.
Also i have a correct APN from network provider.
How can i fix the problem?
Thank god LOS (14.1) brings back the Tile/Fast Settings for System Profile. I observed one old bug:
When I switch from WLAN profile (WLAN on/mobile Data off) to Flight Mode (not as a system profile) and than enable the LTE profile (mobile Data on/WLAN off) - WLAN keeps on.