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Wifi only & Disable GSM?

Guys I am going away with work for four months somewhere which will cost me fortune to use my phone. That said I want to take it with me use it as a tablet of sorts as I have access to wifi.
I know I can turn off mobile data, but can I disable the GSM modem too. Basically I want airplane mode but with wifi enabled. That way there is no chance of any costs been incurred.
Thanks

Don't know if it works for you, but I just tested like this:
- Go to Settings/Wireless & Networks/Mobile networks/Network operators
- Just select an operator different from the sim card you have
Wifi should still work.

I use a free app from market called airplane settings that allows you to select which radios to keep active when turning on airplane mode. It works with latest Runny v4 so should work for you.
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Turn on Airplane mode, then turn on WiFi. Wifi should be turned on and gsm is still off
I do what i want, because I can.

Flussen said:
Turn on Airplane mode, then turn on WiFi. Wifi should be turned on and gsm is still off
I do what i want, because I can.
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Never thought to try that as figured airplane mode would have killed the wifi entirely. It seems to work so thanks!

What about just removing the SIM Card?

Cadocson said:
What about just removing the SIM Card?
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Would perfer to keep it in, there is the availability to use my phone where I am going, just is very expensive, if need be I can then just turn it back on and make a quick call/send a text. Just dont want it standby all the time with the ability to cost me a fortune to recieve calls!

noisy_lightning said:
Never thought to try that as figured airplane mode would have killed the wifi entirely. It seems to work so thanks!
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I must than be doing something wrong here. The moment I go into Airplane mode, my WiFi gets turned off and won't turn on untill I disable airplane mode. So what's the catch here.
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What you want is very easy just go to setting> wireless. And then take the mark away by data connection.
And if you want airplane mode with wifi enabled that's easy to: First put airplane mode on and after that switch wifi back on.

Yep, switch to Airplane-Mode and turn on Wifi.
I did that some weeks ago when I went to Israel and gonna do it again when i'll be in England this weekend.
Works like a charme
DN41

Remember to turn off your voicemail (you may have to talk to your provider), or youll be paying international rates for any calls you miss.
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JagDave said:
Remember to turn off your voicemail (you may have to talk to your provider), or youll be paying international rates for any calls you miss.
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Yes indeed or else you will be charged if people speak into your voicemail. Well I already disabled it for a long time, I don't see the use off voicemail, people can better send an e-mail or text message.

DexterMorganNL said:
What you want is very easy just go to setting> wireless. And then take the mark away by data connection.
And if you want airplane mode with wifi enabled that's easy to: First put airplane mode on and after that switch wifi back on.
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DN41 said:
Yep, switch to Airplane-Mode and turn on Wifi.
I did that some weeks ago when I went to Israel and gonna do it again when i'll be in England this weekend.
Works like a charme
DN41
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Are you guys running stock ROM's or costom ones.
I tested it yesterday several times, but when I go into Airplane mode, I can enable WiFi but it does not connect to known AccessPoints.
Also does not give me a list of found AccessPoints.
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Just because I wouldn't instantly disbelieve you guyes I tried it one more time, and a miracle happend.
It connected to the WiFi access point on Airplane mode.
So what you were saying is the correct way

Had forgotten about the voicemail part, thankfully I can phone it myself before i leave and disable it from the options menu so thats easy enough. Will just place a new message on it from me saying I am away and to contact me by email.
Thanks for the help though, I knew you guys would have a solution to this!

*#*#4636#*#*
1. Put *#*#4636#*#* into the Dialer (or use any application available on the Market like 4636 — takes you to the same service screen)
2. Choose Phone Information
3. Press Turn off radio

Thanks
noisy_lightning said:
Never thought to try that as figured airplane mode would have killed the wifi entirely. It seems to work so thanks!
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Turning ON Airplane and Switching ON WiFi works like a charm.
Thanks..

I know its old thread but good for googlers. Airplane mode will not disable internal modem as you can still see its active under battery details straight red bar = weak or searching for signal. Its draining battery and its still able send/receive data. I read about flashing a script to completely turn it off and cut its power but it shows pie security error in terminal -.- I deleted dialer&related stuff from phone as its only used with VoiP so I can't access service menu. Do you still get red line in battery details and does the modem stays off after a reboot? Some devices you can actually physically remove the modem.

[Q] How to stop auto wifi connect without forgetting networks?

On my Galaxy Nexus running 4.2, the WiFi is really annoying. The functionality I want is that when WiFi is on, it automatically connects to remembered networks when it detects them, but when it's off it should never connect to any WiFi network. What happens though is even when I turn the WiFi off, as soon it detects an available network the WiFi turns back on automatically and connects to the remembered network.
I don't want to forget these networks because I do use them. I just don't want my phone to automatically connect to them after turning the WiFi off.
Has anyone else experienced this? Does anyone know how to fix it?

Sounds buggy.
If your wifi is off it should NOT detect any networks.
Custom rom? clean install?

gpfnzl said:
Sounds buggy.
If your wifi is off it should NOT detect any networks.
Custom rom? clean install?
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Sorry, should have specified. It's running stock, I haven't even rooted yet.

it shouldn't be doing that when wifi is set to off...
did you install any apps that control wifi?

mcubed45 said:
it shouldn't be doing that when wifi is set to off...
did you install any apps that control wifi?
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I was planning on it, but I haven't gotten around to doing that yet.
I guess I'll file a bug report, but it's going to be annoying living with this

Uh...whats the point in turning it off if its not off? I think you're confused.

Hemidroids said:
Uh...whats the point in turning it off if its not off? I think you're confused.
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I don't understand what you're asking. I turn it off and it comes back on. I want it to stay off.

Wifi issue

Does anyone know how to stop the WiFi from turning on automatically ? I have all of the options for the WiFi off and I'll turn the WiFi of but my WiFi will still turn on and say there is a hotspot available.

hanfordrob said:
Does anyone know how to stop the WiFi from turning on automatically ? I have all of the options for the WiFi off and I'll turn the WiFi of but my WiFi will still turn on and say there is a hotspot available.
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You mean the options under Advanced in Wi-Fi settings you have off right? If so I am not sure I have not noticed my Wi-Fi coming on without me hitting the toggle.

Yes all the settings in advanced are unchecked,I will turn off my WiFi and next thing ya know I'm getting a notification that there is a hotspot available and sure enough my WiFi is on again! Its starting to get annoying that I get the hotspot notification all the time

hanfordrob said:
Yes all the settings in advanced are unchecked,I will turn off my WiFi and next thing ya know I'm getting a notification that there is a hotspot available and sure enough my WiFi is on again! Its starting to get annoying that I get the hotspot notification all the time
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That is odd, one of the options under advanced is to make it so it does not try to connect to hot spots in general, also the other says to make it not scan while Wi-Fi is off. If both those are unchecked and it is still happening then there is some sort of issue I would guess. Hopefully someone else with the issue pops in here after a bit.

Me too
Yes, this is happening to my Note 4 as well. All settings in WiFi>Advanced are "off" and when I go walking through the neighborhood and turn on the phone I get a screen showing a list of wi-fi networks.
hanfordrob said:
Does anyone know how to stop the WiFi from turning on automatically ? I have all of the options for the WiFi off and I'll turn the WiFi of but my WiFi will still turn on and say there is a hotspot available.
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Im gonna guess everyone has saw this already but thought i would post it anyway. In the advanced menu in wifi,there is a section called Always Allow Scanning. Description says "Let google location service and other applications scan for wifi networks, even when wifi is off". Sounds as if that could be the issue but if everything is already unchecked in the advanced settings menu, then im at a loss as well. Im gonna test this on my Note 4 and see if i am getting the same issue you guys are getting.

Nope no issues here i don't get that i turned it off, and i would know this cause if i walk in Walmart i use to get that on the the Wifi Hotspot not no more since i've turned it off, use to tell me the same for kmart or the AT&T Store where i live no more since i've turned it off!

Try disabling AT&T Smart Wifi. Could be the cause, especially if its alerting you to "hotspots".

I have the T Mobile version and it does the same. The white menu pops up telling that there is Wi Fi available, listing hotspots.
On my previous Note 3, it did not present itself as a page over my screen even if I had Wi Fi turned on. I simply had notifications of available wi fi's turned off. But it seems with the Note 4 one has to turn off wi fi completely for this to not show up?

hanfordrob said:
Does anyone know how to stop the WiFi from turning on automatically ? I have all of the options for the WiFi off and I'll turn the WiFi of but my WiFi will still turn on and say there is a hotspot available.
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Check in Location Services... Specifically the google stuff. One of them allows the use of your WiFi & GPS data even if they are turned off... Meaning if you choose the high accuracy mode (instead of GPS only) the location services will periodically turn those things on to better pinpoint your location (and send that data back to google)

Mobile network staying on when connected to WiFi...

Hi Everyone,
I recently updated my phone and everything seems to be working fine, but I noticed after updating, that when connected to my Wi-Fi, the mobile network stays on, it does disappear. Before the update, if I was connected to Wi-Fi, the 4g LTE indicator would disappear, but now it stays on. Even when I turn off the network, it still stays active.
Does anyone know why this is happening and how to fix it?

jeanxx said:
Hi Everyone,
I recently updated my phone and everything seems to be working fine, but I noticed after updating, that when connected to my Wi-Fi, the mobile network stays on, it does disappear. Before the update, if I was connected to Wi-Fi, the 4g LTE indicator would disappear, but now it stays on. Even when I turn off the network, it still stays active.
Does anyone know why this is happening and how to fix it?
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That is normal. It is Volte icon.

purple patch said:
That is normal. It is Volte icon.
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It's actually just the LTE icon for data and I've even turned off VoLTE and it still stays active

jeanxx said:
It's actually just the LTE icon for data and I've even turned off VoLTE and it still stays active
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I had that icon using Viper. Switch to airplane mode and it goes away. Get LTE discovery app from playstore. It will show mobile disconnected when on Wi-Fi. Look under network info
Edit: just noticed you also asked in Viper thread as well and got your answer (it's just an icon issue). Lol XDA users.

You guys are funny.
Check Developer Options. There is an option to keep data on at all times to make switching between data/wifi faster and that's what's happening to you.
It's either preset by a MOD in Viper ROM or you somehow toggled it on accidentally. Easy fix.
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datafoo said:
You guys are funny.
Check Developer Options. There is an option to keep data on at all times to make switching between data/wifi faster and that's what's happening to you.
It's either preset by a MOD in Viper ROM or you somehow toggled it on accidentally. Easy fix.
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Actually, you are funny cuz I already checked that toggle and made sure it was off haha. It was actually an icon bug in the Viper ROM I am using. I switched the signal icons from ATT to T-Mobile and the data icon vanished when connected to WiFi.

jeanxx said:
Actually, you are funny cuz I already checked that toggle and made sure it was off haha. It was actually an icon bug in the Viper ROM I am using. I switched the signal icons from ATT to T-Mobile and the data icon vanished when connected to WiFi.
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Yes, I am quite funny. Thank you for acknowledging it.
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New update killed Wifi

My phone had an update for some reason in the last day and now my WIFI wont work even though it's connected. The 4gLTE will stay up on the phone as well but nothing is able to use data. If I disable wifi my LTE works, but I cant use my home wifi. What can I do?

Herox said:
My phone had an update for some reason in the last day and now my WIFI wont work even though it's connected. The 4gLTE will stay up on the phone as well but nothing is able to use data. If I disable wifi my LTE works, but I cant use my home wifi. What can I do?
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Reset network settings
On Edge of Galaxy

Eh, I fixed it by setting up static settings (IP, DNS, etc). Thanks tho.