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I want a more selective "airplane mode". There are some times when I don't care about receiving calls or texts, but want to use wifi only (or gps only). Turning off APN data isn't enough when I'm still wasting battery life on looking for cell towers.
Any suggestions? Is this kind of radio control even possible (i.e. I could write an app for it if no one has yet)
cdawzrd said:
I want a more selective "airplane mode". There are some times when I don't care about receiving calls or texts, but want to use wifi only (or gps only). Turning off APN data isn't enough when I'm still wasting battery life on looking for cell towers.
Any suggestions? Is this kind of radio control even possible (i.e. I could write an app for it if no one has yet)
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SwitchPro Widget, has an option in there for keeping Wifi on in Airplane mode. Great widget for the price.
Wi-Fi is separate from the cell radio already. I was on a flight recently with the EVO in airplane mode. I turned on the wi-fi and used the free connection onboard.
Theres a setting for mobile connecion, just look for it.
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Just turn on Airplane Mode, then turn on WiFi. Done.
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.
During a recent visit to Korea, I had 0 luck getting a GPS lock, even after using FasterFix to set GPS pools to Korea and Asia, and clearing aGPS each time with GPS Status. I tried stock EL29, stock ICS leaks, AOKP, and CM9. My Toshiba Thrive, however, was able to get a lock without a problem, and my og EVO was always able to get a lock. I can get a lock in airplane mode just fine in the states. Is the E4GT unable to acquire GPS locks outside of the States or is it just Korea? What's everyone else's experience with using GPS outside of the states?
If you had airplane mode on then that is most likely the problem. I experienced the same problem in the UK and New Zealand, for some reason it won't lock in airplane mode. I had limited success with getting a lock with airplane mode off and then turning it back on again, but the only surefire way was to have airplane mode disabled completely. Only downside is a bit higher battery drain as it looks for a non-existent CDMA signal.
perhaps that was the culprit. i always kept it in airplane mode but left wifi and gps turned on. that blows. my thrive and og evo have always been left in airplane mode, so i wonder why samsung doesn't like airplane mode.
I think it is a bug in their radio firmware or system drivers.
I think it is due to either limitation or lazy coding with their use of separate older qualcomm modem/radio subsystem and their own CPU.
I believe if they had more recent pure qualcomm solution and started with qualcomm source base, GPS would work like other phones.
Probably GS3 will have it fixed since it is a pure qualcomm solution.
I was in Korea at the end of March using the EL19 modem and I had no issue what so ever getting an accurate GPS lock. I was able to rome the streets and hillsides only using my phone GPS.
I was activated for voice and data over SK Telecom though. Hope this helps.
The bug we are talking about is GPS won't work with airplane mode enabled.
Why is that considered a bug? I thought the idea behind airplane mode was to shut off all radios that send or receive a signal. No?
Imadroider said:
Why is that considered a bug? I thought the idea behind airplane mode was to shut off all radios that send or receive a signal. No?
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It is to disable all radios that send.
A passive GPS receiver is not going to affect anything so there is no reason to shut it off.
Other phones' GPS work fine with Airplane mode enabled.
Also user has explicitly enabled GPS in Airplane Mode.
Gotcha. Thanks for the clarification. On a side note, without following all the other threads, are you getting out a fe22 one-click tonight? I wouldn't miss it for the world.
Imadroider said:
Gotcha. Thanks for the clarification. On a side note, without following all the other threads, are you getting out a fe22 one-click tonight? I wouldn't miss it for the world.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1694695
He's always one step ahead of us.
I used my gps hiking today with cardiotrainer in an area with no signal, airplane mode on. Worked perfectly. Was on stock FE07 sfhub one click.
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Was it outside the states? i'm able to use my gps in airplane mode when im in the states. i guess i should've specified that in the first post.
Once you get GPS lock, you can usually turn on Airplane mode and GPS will continue to work. It is just that initial lock where it wants to contact A-GPS servers where it often won't get lock unless you have signal. In this situation you should be able to turn on Airplane mode and have the GPS work in total standalone mode.
that makes sense, but if it only needs to contact those agps servers then a wifi connection should suffice, right?
cnstarz said:
that makes sense, but if it only needs to contact those agps servers then a wifi connection should suffice, right?
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I don't think these are the Google location servers. I believe they are the snaptrack tower-based agps servers (ie you can't connect to them from arbitrary IP addresses anywhere in the world)
If properly configured (by the manufacturer) these phones are supposed to be able to operate in complete standalone GPS mode. The best time to configure that would be in Airplane mode, where it doesn't make sense to do A-GPS. That's how other phones have it configured.
BTW I saw this same type of bug on Palm Treo 800w
do you think there's anyway to port those configurations to the e4gt?
I think there is a bug in the radio. I've configured NVRAM to specify standalone mode and I still can't get it to work in standalone mode. At first I thought I got it to work, but it was only because my USB cable was connected during the reboot. This somehow left the GPS running even after reboot, tricking me into thinking it was working in airplane/standalone mode.
Back in the WinMo days, there were registry entries where we could configure standalone and various assisted modes, but we found some radios just ignored your settings and some followed them.
Many manufacturers have almost zero interest in fixing GPS bugs. If Google maps brings up your location under some situations, they consider GPS working.
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I have switched from Sprint to Verizon and I now have 2 unused HTC EVOS (both rooted). I would like to do one of two things.
1. Is it possible to flash a rom that turns off all radios except for Wi-Fi and maybe GPS? The cell radios kill my battery, and I'd like to maybe use these as Android iPod touches, for media playback and games. If I do this they will never need cell access, so I'd like to turn that off like Airplane mode, while leaving wi-fi on.
2. The second option would be to flash these phones to a pay as you go service like trac-phone. That way the kids would have a pay as you go phone.
If anyone has information on how to do either of these that would be great, keep in mind that the phone numbers these phones have been moved to Verizon, so if someone has info on option 2, I would need a phone number on the phones, maybe google voice or something.
Thanks for any info!
Brian "ThePCTech"
You can always enable Airplane mode and then enable WiFi. I do that all the time (with my old Hero) I know that it also work with my Evo (on MikG). You have to do it in the right order. Enabling Airplane mode will disable WiFi. You then have to enable WiFi while Airplane mode is on. I am not sure if there is a ROM that will allow you to permanently set the phone this way. It is also possible that rebooting the phone may require you to manually re-enable WiFi when it comes back up in Airplane mode.
There is no Rom that is so minimalistic that it has no radios etc or that has the radios off when you flash. Basically any Rom you have, you are going to have to do this, read below:
Hello Brian "ThePCTech" the answer to your first question about being able to turn off your mobile carriers service. The answer is yes. Go to your settings and go to WiFi, scroll down and you should have two options to turn off mobile network, un-check both of them. Go back to your settings and find your GPS and un-check it. Go back to settings to WiFi and turn it on. Now, you only have WiFi enabled and everything else on your phone is off.
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You can turn off or un check "Mobile Network".
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Does this turn off all cell radios? Data and voice?
Brian
just go airplane mode. lots of newer roms have the ability to disable the network icon showing in the status bar as well.
Hi,
Usually i have wifi enabled permanently, as i have coverage at home, university and t-mobile hotspots. But my nexus sometimes does not get a working data connection if i disable wifi or come back from flight mode. Icon shows reception and 3G/H/H+ but stays grey. I can't access any internet services like mail,http...
If i reboot the device, everything is fine.
Any ideas ?
Latest (-3days behind max) CM10 with stock kernel, XXLF1 baseband, tmobile germany
P.s.: tried to search with google, found nothing. Currently the nexus is my only internet-capable device, so i am sorry if repost...
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Try toggling airplane mode?
Beamed from my Grouper.
Same issue here. Get random signal losses and afterwards no data until reboot. I've experienced this with other Roms as well. Toggling the airplane mode sometimes help for data recovering.
Try setting your minimum CPU above 500 Mhz...
How can that change the signal issues?
Maybe toggling wifi helps (sometimes)
un.droid said:
Same issue here. Get random signal losses and afterwards no data until reboot. I've experienced this with other Roms as well. Toggling the airplane mode sometimes help for data recovering.
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I have exactly the same problem on galaxy s. The status bar shows mobile network connection, but the symbol stays grey, and connection is not there. Reboot is the only safe way to solve that. Sometimes toggling airplane mode helps, last time toggling wifi helped.
Changing APN seems to be helpful. Someone that looks good with the current provider.
almost same issue for me...
but there is some weird difference...
I have a GSM Galaxy Nexus latest radio, consistent RIL and latest CM10.
I lost data suddenly while browsing.
I can see blue signal with 3G, start browse and it change to H/H+. No problem until now but, when data returns to 3G, all further requests stay "pending" for a while (phone call is not working in this state!!!!). after a minute.... CRASH, all signal lost. Something like a reset.
even toggling data does not work... I simply have to wait that the phone decides to work again.
I'm from Italy, carrier is Vodafone. Someone with some hint?
thanks!
martin_nrw said:
Changing APN seems to be helpful. Someone that looks good with the current provider.
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It's the correct APN, did autoconf OTA.
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un.droid said:
How can that change the signal issues?
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Because on earlier builds of some AOSP ROMs, the radio had a tendency to go to sleep and not wake up when the frequency dropped too low. The common fix at the time was to use a higher number for the minimum frequency...
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I was looking up the answers to this same problem. When I'm staying still my internet is fine but when I'm driving down the road I lose signal. I did a google search for "cm10 losing data connection". This is a "normal problem" it is caused from changing between 3g and LTE 4g. I'm still looking up solutions to this problem.