Hi all,
Can we turn GPS on in Flight mode? it may save power when going out.
Thanks
hcnhan said:
Hi all,
Can we turn GPS on in Flight mode? it may save power when going out.
Thanks
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hi, gps is normally always activated - also in flight mode, so what do you mean
do you mean turn full off gps?
Do you mean: Flight Mode=everything off?
HTC GPS tool will get GPS connection.
TomTom will not get GPS data and will tell you're in Flight Mode.
However, if you enable Bluetooth TomTom will work in Flight Mode.
Zakkosekk said:
Do you mean: Flight Mode=everything off?
HTC GPS tool will get GPS connection.
TomTom will not get GPS data and will tell you're in Flight Mode.
However, if you enable Bluetooth TomTom will work in Flight Mode.
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If you enable BT then you are no longer in flight mode.
This is not the same with mine. I have TTN6 and it works fine when I am in flight mode. Was sitting next to the window on a BA flight recently with flight mode on and switched TT on just to try it. It told me I was in flight mode (bottom left hand corner) but after a minute or so locked onto satelites and showed me my position, speed etc. My camera warnings kept coming up - warning me of a 30mph camera when we were travelling at 400mph!
By the way BA actually tells you on their website that they allow the use of GPS devices in flight, but not at take off and landing
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Hi ! Is it possible use WIFI with fly mode actived ?
Until today for me was not possible.
Thanks. :wink:
flight mode turns of all GSM, Bluetooth and WiFi services. It is not possible to use WiFi in flight mode.
Thanks for your reply.
I thought was a problem of mine, but now I know it's a standard feature of the Fly mode.
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hey,
is it possible to turn off automatic to-airplane-mode-switching when turning off the radio module?
background is, tomtom rejects to work when device is in airplane mode. but when i turn wifi on (or bluetooth, meaning any connection to prevent airplane mode) and radio-module off, tomtom works like a charm. i just want to have to gps running, no other connections - but without airplane mode on.
please can you help me with a registry fix or something?
thanks in advance!
Tomtom works very well on my TILT. But as long as Flight Mode is turned on, no satellite can be found. Is this a ROM limitation, or a software limitation, or a hardware limitation. Is there a hope to fix it? Or did I make any mistake? Thanks.
winsos1000 said:
Tomtom works very well on my TILT. But as long as Flight Mode is turned on, no satellite can be found. Is this a ROM limitation, or a software limitation, or a hardware limitation. Is there a hope to fix it? Or did I make any mistake? Thanks.
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Hmmmmm think about this one for a second. Flight mode is made to disable ALL radios when in an airplane so as to NOT cause interference with the Pilots Instruments. GPS is a type of radio, therefore "Flight Mode" disables GPS as well as Wifi, Bluetooth, and Cellular radios.
Simple Answer........ Its SUPPOSED to disable GPS while in "Flight Mode"
pyraxiate said:
Hmmmmm think about this one for a second. Flight mode is made to disable ALL radios when in an airplane so as to NOT cause interference with the Pilots Instruments. GPS is a type of radio, therefore "Flight Mode" disables GPS as well as Wifi, Bluetooth, and Cellular radios.
Simple Answer........ Its SUPPOSED to disable GPS while in "Flight Mode"
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Thanks for the reply. Then it is possible to disable phone and GPRS while keep GPS working?
Over the thanks giving holiday, I was able to use the GPS with flight mode on.
The GPS would not pick up a signal unless I held the phone to the window. Signal dropped immediately when I would pull the phone away.
Edit-I flew if you did not pick that up.
GPS works perfectly fine in flight mode here.
Where were you? If on an airliner, you rarely get any GPS signal in there, the metal hull acts as a good shield and prevents signals from reaching in. Even with a good receiver, you will have some signal at some point if sticking the receiver on the window, but usually it's unreliable and it will regularly drop. Forget about acquiring a first fix inside too, if you want to standa a chance make sure the GPS is on and has a fix before entering the plane.
pyraxiate said:
Hmmmmm think about this one for a second. Flight mode is made to disable ALL radios when in an airplane so as to NOT cause interference with the Pilots Instruments.
Simple Answer........ Its SUPPOSED to disable GPS while in "Flight Mode"
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Disable all TRANSMITTING radios - GPS only receives, so no problem there.
pyraxiate said:
Hmmmmm think about this one for a second. Flight mode is made to disable ALL radios when in an airplane so as to NOT cause interference with the Pilots Instruments. GPS is a type of radio, therefore "Flight Mode" disables GPS as well as Wifi, Bluetooth, and Cellular radios.
Simple Answer........ Its SUPPOSED to disable GPS while in "Flight Mode"
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Actually I disagree. Flight Mode is supposed to disable all radio transmitters on the phone, so that it does not interfere with the airplanes electronics. But since GPS is only recieving, and not transmitting, there is no need to turn it off. The GPS satelites will be transmitting signals no matter what the setting is on your phone, and thank god for that - the airplane is likely using the GPS for navigation.
Regards,
Spip
spip72 said:
Actually I disagree. Flight Mode is supposed to disable all radio transmitters on the phone, so that it does not interfere with the airplanes electronics. But since GPS is only recieving, and not transmitting, there is no need to turn it off. The GPS satelites will be transmitting signals no matter what the setting is on your phone, and thank god for that - the airplane is likely using the GPS for navigation.
Regards,
Spip
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Then I stand corrected. I never use flight mode these days because of the wonderful communications manager we get. I just click on what I want on or off. Its the easiest and most efficient way to have running only what I want on and killing my battery.
GPS/TomTom works perfectly in Flight Mode, I used it many times this way.
Thanks for the discussions.
I googled and found a possible solution to use GPS with phone disabled. One can set up a Simcard Pin. After rebooting the phone, you will be asked for the pin number, press "cancel". By doing this you disable only the phone service but GPS is supposed to keep running. At least I got it worked once this morning.
In flight mode, TT doesn't work in my case. The software says "no signal (flight mode)". But it's not gonna be a problem if the above solution works. Will try it again later and report here. The weather is not good here now in NYC .
By the way, I am doing it not for saving battery. I will travel abroad in the next month. It is important for me to have GPS work in flight mode, because the the locked device is not compatible with simcards from local carriers.
winsos1000 said:
Thanks for the discussions.
I googled and found a possible solution to use GPS with phone disabled. One can set up a Simcard Pin. After rebooting the phone, you will be asked for the pin number, press "cancel". By doing this you disable only the phone service but GPS is supposed to keep running. At least I got it worked once this morning.
In flight mode, TT doesn't work in my case. The software says "no signal (flight mode)". But it's not gonna be a problem if the above solution works. Will try it again later and report here. The weather is not good here now in NYC .
By the way, I am doing it not for saving battery. I will travel abroad in the next month. It is important for me to have GPS work in flight mode, because the the locked device is not compatible with simcards from local carriers.
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Just unlock it. It isn't hard. You can usually get the code from your carrier.
Try switching on flight mode AFTER starting TT
winsos1000 said:
Tomtom works very well on my TILT. But as long as Flight Mode is turned on, no satellite can be found. Is this a ROM limitation, or a software limitation, or a hardware limitation. Is there a hope to fix it? Or did I make any mistake? Thanks.
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On my device (HTC TyTN II not a Tilt) TT6 works while flight mode is on as long as TT6 is started before turning flight mode on. It's only if I attempt to start TT6 while flight mode is already on that I get TT6 telling me it won't do its thing because of flight mode.
I have a sprint galaxy tab I bought just to use with wifi, but I see cell bars on top and I dont want it using the cell radio at all since I wont ever be using it and need to conserve battery, anyway to shut off completely?
I cant do airplane mode because I need WiFi on
Take the SIM card out of it.
Otherwise turn packet data off & lock the radio to GSM only, uses very little power then.
3G no mas
I have/had the same issue. The other annoying aspect is that if you haven't activated the 3G, it attempts to FOREVER at every boot. I suggest Airplane mode. After you put the tab in Airplane mode, you can manually turn WiFi on, and not have to deal with the search for service you don't want taking up yer juice. That's at least what I did. I know there are other options for rooted tabs, but I'm too scurrrred to root mine...
This will do it.
http://www.thegalaxytab.com/2010/12/01/how-to-bypass-activation-on-samsung-galaxy-tab/
Wait..that's the jesusfreke verson of bypassing google activation.
He wants to shut off the cell radio.
Try this http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android Market/thread?tid=0c985d51aa0b8a23&hl=en
Or this http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=1f9a6305673f6eac&hl=en
Uhmm just turn airplane mode on, wiat 5 seconds, then turn wifi on. you're good to go.
some people don't get that the sprint GT is CDMA and don't have neither sim card nor APN.
I'm in the same situation, using the sprint GT as wifi-only in airplane mode.
knightnz said:
Take the SIM card out of it.
Otherwise turn packet data off & lock the radio to GSM only, uses very little power then.
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Sprint tabs dont use sims
Sent from my SPH-P100 using XDA Premium App
This worked for my Sprint tab!
dannyxda said:
Uhmm just turn airplane mode on, wiat 5 seconds, then turn wifi on. you're good to go.
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I tried airplane mode before, but when it killed the wifi (as I expected), I started searching... I had searched all over for this simple procedure with no success until now.
I had recently purchased this Sprint tab under the description of being a wifi only. When I received it and saw that it was a Sprint, I did not care at first, since I live in Canada, until the battery started being drained very quickly in my poor cell reception basement because the CDMA phone could detect a weak cell signal. I know that any other CDMA phone I had would use all its power to latch onto a weak signal.
Thank you very much.
Airplane mode turn off the cellular radios. Sim cards have nothing to do with it. Both GSM and CDMA are affected by airplane mode the same way.
It will turn your device into a wifi tab.
I just select airplane mode then re-select wifi on. This shuts off the 3G but lets you surf wifi.
Sam
The problem with the Airplane Mode is that it also turns off Bluetooth. For some reason, unlike wifi Bluetooth can not be turned back on individually while airplane mode is selected. Any ideas anyone???
I FOUND THE ANSWER!!!!! EasySwitch Pro
This is a fabulous app that allows COMPLETE and SEPARATE control of your wireless radios.
EasySwitch Pro by SMARTDYNE
Uses a very simple and effective widget to switch settings.
Works great on Samsung Galaxy Tab!!!
Here's the link:
market.android.com/details?id=de.SmartDyne.Donate2.EasySwitch&feature=related_apps
I'm not on my tab at the moment so I will do it from memory. For the data issue, if you hold down power, you will see a selection above airplane mode about something to do with data. Turn that off. When I was playing around with it I'm the past, you need to have the radio on (not airplane mode) in order for the GPS to lock. You can also, In settings, enable network location in the location section.
To get rid of the activation nag, note the icon in the notifications bar. See what it looks like? I used root explorer, rooted of course, to navigate to /system/app. Scroll down slowly until you see an apk that has the same green circle with a check mark inside it. Enter rw mode with root explorer. Add .old to the end of the filename. Reboot. No more nag. If you delete it, you cannot update to gingerbread. It needs to be running to get the update. You can disable it later. You also lose all update functions in the about my galaxy tab section.
I use Widgetsoid2.x it allows me to go airplane, enable/disable 3G, wifi, GPS and more. Can get it in Market.
passgab said:
The problem with the Airplane Mode is that it also turns off Bluetooth. For some reason, unlike wifi Bluetooth can not be turned back on individually while airplane mode is selected. Any ideas anyone???
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Sigh, you have it wrong. Turn on Airplane mode, go back into Settings and turn on WiFi and Bluetooth. Simple as that.
The ONLY way you can't turn on Bluetooth in Airplane mode is from the drop down slider thingy in Android. If you go into Settings, you can turn on Bluetooth in Airplane mode.
whats up?
Still wishin to kill cell-radio-app =) Any new ideas except the airplane mode?
ps:GPS and Bluetooth don't work in this mode..
I tried selecting airplane mode and then turning back on WiFi. However, Galaxy Tab is still trying to activate the Sprint account I do not have or want to get.
use titanium.
rwoolf said:
I tried selecting airplane mode and then turning back on WiFi. However, Galaxy Tab is still trying to activate the Sprint account I do not have or want to get.
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i use titanium backup pro... open titanium press "backup/restore" tab and look for the icon as appear on status bar, the app name is "System Updates 1.0.0" press and hit "Freeze !" this gonna stop the app to work is better than deleted dont delete it, you may need it later, then reboot. Sprint Activate message disappear on my tab. You must be rooted to use titanium app.
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nobz said:
Still wishin to kill cell-radio-app =) Any new ideas except the airplane mode?
ps:GPS and Bluetooth don't work in this mode..
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i have the same issue, cant find a solution. trying apps just turn on airplane mode.
Hi
when I set device to airplane mode, after turning off my mobile radio stays off. it is not searching for network.
i have to go to phone app and call for *#*#4636#*#* and there is setting for phone 1 and there I have to turn on GSM
is it only me?
im rooted, global 12.5.16
I have a similar issue, if I put the phone in airplane mode, when I try get out of it, thr quick tile does not work, I need to go to settings to do it
my second problem is, that if I have data connection on, an put phone in airplaine, my internet is working :O