there are times i only really want to use the desire for net access etc and would like to cut off the phone ability to save power. airplane mode would do but it cuts off 3g/wifi as well - and bluetooth.
is there a way to disable phone mode and leave the rest on?
Try *#*#4632#*#* and then phone information scroll down and click radio off.
Sent from my HTC Desire
Its 4636
is there a widget that can do this for ya?
Best way to remember that is *#*$info#*#*
Turning off the radio will disable 3g. You may aswell use airplane mode, its easier.
Edit. You can't cut the phone ability and keep 3g. But you can wifi.
Airplane Mode Wi-Fi is a widget which will allow you to reenable WiFi and Bluetooth whilst in Airplane mode, leaving the cellular radio off.
As has been already mentioned, you can't switch off the phone radio and have 3G, because they are one and the same.
Regards,
Dave
My bad, was writing from my Desire and got it mixed up
Ive noticed an annoying glitch with the Airplane Mode toggle, if I put it into airplane mode as I would at night, the following morning it wont re- connect and I have to toggle it on then reboot the phone to connect. This gets old pretty quick Any ideas? I'm on T-mobile contract and dont use Blur.
I've got a similar glitch where when I turn off airplane mode, the phone connects to the 3g data network even if 3g data is disabled in the options
rom: 2.51.1
Hermes300 said:
Ive noticed an annoying glitch with the Airplane Mode toggle, if I put it into airplane mode as I would at night, the following morning it wont re- connect and I have to toggle it on then reboot the phone to connect. This gets old pretty quick Any ideas? I'm on T-mobile contract and dont use Blur.
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Well... next time this happens try this for the hell of it: INFO (*#*#4636#*#* on dial pad) > Phone information > scroll down to "radio" and see if it is OFF. Turn it on and see if it then works.
Or... after you shut off airplane mode, have you tried turning on wifi? What happens?
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Well... next time this happens try this for the hell of it: INFO (*#*#4636#*#* on dial pad) > Phone information > scroll down to "radio" and see if it is OFF. Turn it on and see if it then works.
Or... after you shut off airplane mode, have you tried turning on wifi? What happens?
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Just tried this while radio still active (airplane mode off, i.e phone normal) amd hit Dial. Got a Running USSD code message then an error message, something like wrong MMI. No Phone information or options ( must only work when airplane mode is on)
i have 2 gnex phones that both just updated to 4.2, and prior to the update, when i turned on airplane mode, cell data would turn off but wifi would be left on.
after the 4.2 update, one phone continues to work that way, with airplane mode on, cell data is turned off but wifi is left on. the other phone, enabling airplane mode turns off both wifi and cell data.
i know that apps are not able to toggle airplane mode anymore (AutoAP) because of security changes but why would airplane mode work differently on 2 phones running the same 4.2 build?
both phones are running stock android, no root, no flashing.
is there a setting i'm missing? was this something in the update that other people are experiencing?
thanks for the help!
Can't you just toggle wifi back on after?
WiredPirate said:
Can't you just toggle wifi back on after?
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yes, but it immediately shuts wifi back off.
with airplane mode on, i can go to the wifi settings screen, and hit the toggle, it turns on, scans, finds the local wifi, connects and at the same moment it connects the wifi on/off toggle flips back to off.
just seems weird that it is happening with this phone but mine is working as expected...
Then you must go back to 4.1.2 with 4.2 gapps.
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Then you must go back to 4.1.2 with 4.2 gapps.
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any idea why it would work with one 4.2 phone and not the other?
seems odd i'd have to backport one phone but leave the other at 4.2
This happens on my Nexus 4. 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.
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This happens on my Nexus 4. 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.
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thanks i'll try that out. that app is actually dev'd by the same guy as AutoAP.
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thanks i'll try that out. that app is actually dev'd by the same guy as AutoAP.
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that didn't work
i could check "keep wifi on" but whenever i went back to that settings page, it was unchecked again. like it was refusing to save.
the rest of the settings saved.
wrong thread
chadd_k2 said:
i have 2 gnex phones that both just updated to 4.2, and prior to the update, when i turned on airplane mode, cell data would turn off but wifi would be left on
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im on ARHD 7.0.0 and even in prior versions, when airplane mode was turned on wifi would turn off but it could be turned back on. how come your wifi stays on during the airplane mod transition?
Isn't airplane mode means disable any active radio transmission includes Wi-Fi which is sent and receive data ?
If you just wanna stay off calls why don't you just use automatic redirect incoming calls to voice mail or just simply pull out the sim card?
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Airplane mode is supposed to turn wifi off (its a transceiver). However, You can turn it back on while airplane mode is activated and still have the other functions off.
That how airplane mode is supposed to work, thats not a bug, every phone ive had does this
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im on ARHD 7.0.0 and even in prior versions, when airplane mode was turned on wifi would turn off but it could be turned back on. how come your wifi stays on during the airplane mod transition?
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i don't know why, but wifi always has always stayed on when switching to AP mode since i got our Gnex phones in sept. (4.1 i think). wifi even stayed enable when switching to AP mode in my old crappy kin two.
and i think it must be fairly common based upon the instructions in the $30 cell service thread, but i'm no android expert so maybe i'm wrong.
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i have 2 gnex phones that both just updated to 4.2, and prior to the update, when i turned on airplane mode, cell data would turn off but wifi would be left on.
after the 4.2 update, one phone continues to work that way, with airplane mode on, cell data is turned off but wifi is left on. the other phone, enabling airplane mode turns off both wifi and cell data.
i know that apps are not able to toggle airplane mode anymore (AutoAP) because of security changes but why would airplane mode work differently on 2 phones running the same 4.2 build?
both phones are running stock android, no root, no flashing.
is there a setting i'm missing? was this something in the update that other people are experiencing?
thanks for the help!
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There's a lot of talk about this. Check the [GUIDE] to voip/$30/month plans. But it sounds like google moved it into part of core services or something like that. So none of the autoap type programs work any more. But one member had this suggestion below in that other thread. Gotta buy Tasker, but should be able to get back to working like AutoAP did.
Download Secure Settings. Launch Secure Settings, go over to the Helper tab and install the helper. Then go to Tasker. Go into your task and delete the Airplane Mode radio step and the Airplane mode on step. Then hit the + at the bottom left, go to Plugins, select Secure Settings. Hit edit. Scroll down to "Airplane Mode Radios" and select it, and then select "Cell" from the dropdown. Hit the save button at the bottom left and select the check mark to create the task. Move the task where it needs to be by dragging on the right side up and down. Then create a new task, Plugins, Secure Settings, edit, Airplane mode, on, save button, check mark, move to position. You can figure out the rest. Works perfectly.
Llama works as well, it's free and looks less complicated
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There's a lot of talk about this. Check the [GUIDE] to voip/$30/month plans. But it sounds like google moved it into part of core services or something like that. So none of the autoap type programs work any more. But one member had this suggestion below in that other thread. Gotta buy Tasker, but should be able to get back to working like AutoAP did.
Download Secure Settings. Launch Secure Settings, go over to the Helper tab and install the helper. Then go to Tasker. Go into your task and delete the Airplane Mode radio step and the Airplane mode on step. Then hit the + at the bottom left, go to Plugins, select Secure Settings. Hit edit. Scroll down to "Airplane Mode Radios" and select it, and then select "Cell" from the dropdown. Hit the save button at the bottom left and select the check mark to create the task. Move the task where it needs to be by dragging on the right side up and down. Then create a new task, Plugins, Secure Settings, edit, Airplane mode, on, save button, check mark, move to position. You can figure out the rest. Works perfectly.
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Many thanks. Got this working after playing with Secure Settings and Tasker, works great...:good:
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I guess I have figured out how to do it with Tasker or Secure Settings.
Both have two actions like "Airplane Mode" and "Airplane Radios", so the second one doesn't turn off anything, but set, what to control with "Airplane Mode" action. Setting seems to be system wide and permanent (saved after reboot).
Good luck
If I enable airplane mode, after few minutes my wifi automatically enable by itself. I use the latest official rom [Lenovo P2a42, build p2a42_s251_171107ROW], never rooted. I looked for virus with malwarebyte and I found none. I disabled use of WLAN for improve geolocalization. I don't know which app enable my wlan, I checked apps permissions and I found nothing useful.
I created a task in tasker, when wifi is actived and airplane mode is off then tasker disable wifi. But this is an infinite loop, because when the task ends, the app (or system) soon try again and then tasker again shut wifi off.
How can I fix it?
I don't remember in detail, if it is the same for your stock ROM, but with Pie, there is an option in WiFi settings to turn on automatically if the device is near a known WiFi location. Did you check this?
Hi there,
i am facing a curious problem and i am kind of lost. Usually i (manually) set my phone on airplane mode during the night and thus was quite surprised when it kept vibrating because i got messages. So i took a look and was dumbfounded, when the quickSetting-buttons for airplane mode was highlighted (airplane mode active) and the ones for WLAN and MobileData were grey (deactivated). Sometimes, there were arrows blinking beside the mobile-data-button as if up-/downloading. After that i tried calling someone and it did work, too.
How is this possible? How can i get back my airplane mode?
I found a way to deactivate MobileData by going to the *#*#4636#*#* menu and deactivating "Mobile Radio Power" in the "Phone Information" tab, i'm not sure if it should be activated by default, but it is on my phone. If i deactivate this option MobileData gets deactivated, but it stays deactivated even when i activate MobileData in the QuickSettings.
I run LineageOS 18.1 (Android11) 2021-03-21
I have Tasker installed and tried to get it to be able to change to airplane mode and back, but i wasn't able to make it work yet.
So... Any Ideas? Help is much appreciated.
Kind regards,
d4foasta
d4foasta said:
Hi there,
i am facing a curious problem and i am kind of lost. Usually i (manually) set my phone on airplane mode during the night and thus was quite surprised when it kept vibrating because i got messages. So i took a look and was dumbfounded, when the quickSetting-buttons for airplane mode was highlighted (airplane mode active) and the ones for WLAN and MobileData were grey (deactivated). Sometimes, there were arrows blinking beside the mobile-data-button as if up-/downloading. After that i tried calling someone and it did work, too.
How is this possible? How can i get back my airplane mode?
I found a way to deactivate MobileData by going to the *#*#4636#*#* menu and deactivating "Mobile Radio Power" in the "Phone Information" tab, i'm not sure if it should be activated by default, but it is on my phone. If i deactivate this option MobileData gets deactivated, but it stays deactivated even when i activate MobileData in the QuickSettings.
I run LineageOS 18.1 (Android11) 2021-03-21
I have Tasker installed and tried to get it to be able to change to airplane mode and back, but i wasn't able to make it work yet.
So... Any Ideas? Help is much appreciated.
Kind regards,
d4foasta
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Try the "SystemUI Tuner" application from the "Zachary Wander" developer on google play.
Just yesterday I took it off for the first time and noticed the option to control the airplane mode. It was an option whether to turn off the sim card or not in airplane mode.