Is there any way to still use bluetooth while in airplane mode? If not, can I disable the radio, because I have found that leaving it inactive drains my tab's battery?
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Keivaun
By definition, no.
I'm not sure how much impact the modem.bin has on bluetooth, but if bluetooth is unaffected then removing the modem would go some way to disabling the GSM stuff.
Backup first (I can't stress that enough). Probably better advice: wait for someone who knows more than me to confirm either way
I can put my Tab in airplane mode and then turn on bluetooth and and wifi without enabling the CDMA (Verizon) radio. In fact, that's how it's usually set.
I was able to do this on earlier JMx builds, but it doesn't seem to be possible on JMI based ROMs.
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Dave
foxmeister said:
I was able to do this on earlier JMx builds, but it doesn't seem to be possible on JMI based ROMs.
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Dave
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Ok, thanks. I'm currently running the Overcome 1.2.1 ROM (based off JMI) and bluetooth in airplane mode is a no go.
markgamber said:
I can put my Tab in airplane mode and then turn on bluetooth and and wifi without enabling the CDMA (Verizon) radio. In fact, that's how it's usually set.
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I have two moto Droids (original) that want to turn into Android PDAs. Are there any ROMs that have been built/developed that leave out all the phone and text messaging. I want to keep wi-fi, GPS and email and the ability to use all the apps. Just don't want the radio turned on. Does this exist? If not, are there other ways to accompish he sme goal? I know I could just use it in airpane mode, but I worry that I would not be able to use the GPS.
You could leave it on flight mode forever so radio will always be off.
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Airplane mode does turn the radio off but it also prevents me from using Wi-Fi. Any other suggestions?
I had read somewhere that you could rename dialer.apk and some others to disable the radio.
I would be interested in a full rom with cell radio turned off, been playing with my old droids and d2 the last few days and cell standby still eating the most battery even in airplane mode.
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Just leave airplane mode on, it'll stay on even after you reboot. It DOES NOT prevent you from using WiFi.
I myself use an old droid as a GPS/music player/web browser, without a sim card inserted.
mateusm said:
Just leave airplane mode on, it'll stay on even after you reboot. It DOES NOT prevent you from using WiFi.
I myself use an old droid as a GPS/music player/web browser, without a sim card inserted.
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True. Only Bluetooth require Airplane mode off.
Head over to the Droid development thread. They've got a Honeycomb port you can try.
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downloadman said:
True. Only Bluetooth require Airplane mode off.
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Bluetooth does not require airplane mode to be off.
My SGT7 does not have any SIM cards in it, I don't use it as my main phone, and will most likely never have to call 911 or other emergency numbers (from this tablet anyway). So pretty much, I have no need for the cell radio.
I want to just disable the cell radio from doing anything (from what I see, I've been on battery for 3hrs so far, and Cell standby is at 19%). The battery usage is probably not too bad at all, but having cell standby do nothing at all would be ideal.
An idea I had would be that when I restock to Gingerbread (via Overcome's guide), I just don't flash the modem file. Not sure if this would be a "good" idea or not though.
you can set to flight mode, then turn on wifi or bluetooth or gps or other radios at will.
priyana said:
you can set to flight mode, then turn on wifi or bluetooth or gps or other radios at will.
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Yea but to my knowledge, you have to do this every boot. I was rather hoping for something else :/
Is it CM9?
I am on Overcome 4.1 and the setting sticks on reboot.
Why don't you give it a quick try? Been using this since Roto JMI Froyo rom through all overcome series. I don't have a SIM card in my slot.
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Is it CM9?
I am on Overcome 4.1 and the setting sticks on reboot.
Why don't you give it a quick try? Been using this since Roto JMI Froyo rom through all overcome series. I don't have a SIM card in my slot.
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Hmm, I could of sworn on another ROM, that setting didn't stick. I'm on CM9 now though and the settings stick Thx!
I do the same. I have mine in airplane mode all the time. Wifi reconnects on reboot. Battery lasts days. Used to use it as phone with BT but got sick of carrying it with me everywhere.
I just tried this on Gingerbread (Hyperdroid) and the wireless doesn't automatically re-enable itself on reboot :/
Switching on Airplane mode is not an option for me to kill my cell standby/cellular radio standby 40% battery drain. My kid uses madden mobile (and other apps) and they will not run with airplane mode on. (Eventhough wifi is on and connected (and internet is working fine with the browser and other apps).
I need to switch off the cell standby (radio) that is using up 40% of a 10,000mah battery on this android tablet.
I found that going into your file explorer and changing all "tele***.apk" files to .bak instead will kill these dialers for searching for signals all day. Battery doctor can help some too. We use 4.4.2 KitKat. possibly download from play store 'toggle cell' and 'data on off'.
If you can find any other .apk files on your device like phone.apk or telephony.apk, these need to be disabled or changed to .bak
I am not sure what cell radio does for me. I occasionally use mobile phone but normally have it in flight mode. I do not use blue tooth or radio broadcasts. I stopped using GPS as it seems to drain the battery. Do I need cell radio and if not, how do I uninstall it?
I've been trying to figure out if I can share WiFi that I have on my phone with Laptop/PC/Tab.
So far, I've only found out that Data Plan is the most common, or I must say, the defacto standard. I could find little to no reference of sharing a connection other than my data plan. I went through someone's post over another forum and found out that someone is doing just that. I asked how he did it and he posted screenshots to show how his S3 could route his home WiFi to his Laptop via USB Tethering.
I tried doing the same but at the moment I have no spare connection so I couldn't test this out, but, just for curiosity I tried looking into settings and found out that tethering is only possible for data plan So I installed all drivers (earlier they were giving a problem) then connected my Laptop to phone via USB cable and enabled tethering.
I thought I was done but then just to be sure, I disabled my SIM network. I turned on Airplane mode and then... tethering.disabled
Here, look how the option is grayed out
BTW my D410 is running on Stock ROM V10a-IND-XX, if it helps
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My bad, I didn't know about the Airplane Mode and assumed that it only disabled the carrier network. Turns out that one has to re-enable WiFi after turning on the airplane mode.
Here, find the screenshots attached. It clearly shows WiFi will be disabled and when after enabling airplane, I turn on WiFi, it works.
Wouldn't it be easier to buy a usb WiFi card from Amazon?
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I already have a USB modem. That's not the problem.
Just wanted to know if it is even theoretically possible because, well, it is(possible), on an S3 ? Fact is, that, such a problem is non-existent. Usually, when you have a wireless adapter(Laptop) then you don't need your phone to handle that. Routers are easily available but phone can function like one (though kinda limited). I went through an ArchLinux forum thread where someone has modified his, wait... some old HTC phone ? to work exactly the same way. Then isn't our model capable of doing just that ?
I'm sure there must be a way.
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I thought I was done but then just to be sure, I disabled my SIM network. I turned on Airplane mode and then... tethering.disabled
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't airplane mode also disable WiFi?
Airplane mode usually disables 3G/network and WIFI and you have to enable WIFI back on to use it with no 3G.
g4b3rm4n said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't airplane mode also disable WiFi?
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Airplane mode usually disables 3G/network and WIFI and you have to enable WIFI back on to use it with no 3G.
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Oh no, I think you both are right. My bad. This a total facepalm moment. Could be because I never fiddled with settings. I thought Airplane mode was about data network, and not, WiFi
I didn't enter the control panel, just toggled the switched on and off. It's only when you pointed it out that I decided to give that a try. Worked like a charm
Thank you both for pointing out the obvious Airplane Mode 101 :good:
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Oh no, I think you both are right. My bad. This a total facepalm moment. Could be because I never fiddled with settings. I thought Airplane mode was about data network, and not, WiFi
I didn't enter the control panel, just toggled the switched on and off. It's only when you pointed it out that I decided to give that a try. Worked like a charm
Thank you both for pointing out the obvious Airplane Mode 101 :good:
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HI archicorn27,
do you use LG L90 D410? is it your usb tethering work normally ? I have D410 but, there is no option to enable usb tethering. I just google, and see D415 have option to use usb tethering h t t p : / / support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-10547(sorry I'm a new user, can't post url link because my post < 10)
Hi,
After a while, as soon as I am out of wifi coverage, the wifi turn off itself without me doing anything.
Once back under wifi coverage if I must think to reactivate wifi else I needlessly consume my mobile DATA ...
What to do?
Thank
Some android apps causing this issue ! Find it and remove it.
Hi, I would suggest to remove your WiFi connection from your phone, restart it twice and reinstall it, including network name and password. Maybe that will solve your problem. Regards, kuzibri
Do you have this option enabled?
Abdullah.Csit said:
Some android apps causing this issue ! Find it and remove it.
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I checked and no app has authorization to act on the wifi
kuzibri said:
Hi, I would suggest to remove your WiFi connection from your phone, restart it twice and reinstall it, including network name and password. Maybe that will solve your problem. Regards, kuzibri
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Hi, no change.
fobtob387 said:
Do you have this option enabled?
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I don't have this option :-/
Did you ever find a fix for this? I'm always forgetting to turn it back on, and using loads of mobile data.
This problem might casusing due to some application which is conflecting with wifi settings. advice to re install the applications and then test. Factory reset can be done after this step. Thanks
itsmorefun said:
Hi,
After a while, as soon as I am out of wifi coverage, the wifi turn off itself without me doing anything.
Once back under wifi coverage if I must think to reactivate wifi else I needlessly consume my mobile DATA ...
What to do?
Thank
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I don't have these options, I'm running MiUI 12.5.6 if that makes any difference
lowndes783 said:
I don't have these options, I'm running MiUI 12.5.6 if that makes any difference
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May you will try this
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lowndes783 said:
I don't have these options, I'm running MiUI 12.5.6 if that makes any difference
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Or here
Thanks for the replies. But these solutions seem to be for a different issue, they have the WiFi randomly disconnecting. The issue I have, is the WiFi turning off, as in the WiFi toggle is turned off, it connects fine and is stable when in range. But when I leave range the toggle changes to off. I'd a assume it's either a bug, or a battery saving feature, but regardless I don't want to have to toggle the WiFi back on everytime I come into range of my WiFi.
lowndes783 said:
Thanks for the replies. But these solutions seem to be for a different issue, they have the WiFi randomly disconnecting. The issue I have, is the WiFi turning off, as in the WiFi toggle is turned off, it connects fine and is stable when in range. But when I leave range the toggle changes to off. I'd a assume it's either a bug, or a battery saving feature, but regardless I don't want to have to toggle the WiFi back on everytime I come into range of my WiFi.
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I would try it because sometimes different issues have the same solution.
Hi,
I'm seriously considering getting a good refurbished Pixel 5, but I would like to know if it's possible to set wi-fi calling preferences on 3UK.
To explain, I live in an area with very spotty cellular coverage so WiFi calling is a must have, but unless I can set the phone to prefer WiFi calling over cellular calling, I have to put my phone into airplane mode in my house because there is just enough cellular signal strength to prevent the phone from automatically using wi-fi for calls. Failure to use airplane mode results in many dropped calls because the signal isn't strong enough to support the call.
Any assistance gratefully received.
Thanks
stooby said:
Hi,
I'm seriously considering getting a good refurbished Pixel 5, but I would like to know if it's possible to set wi-fi calling preferences on 3UK.
To explain, I live in an area with very spotty cellular coverage so WiFi calling is a must have, but unless I can set the phone to prefer WiFi calling over cellular calling, I have to put my phone into airplane mode in my house because there is just enough cellular signal strength to prevent the phone from automatically using wi-fi for calls. Failure to use airplane mode results in many dropped calls because the signal isn't strong enough to support the call.
Any assistance gratefully received.
Thanks
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Works
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Works
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So it's possible to set the preferences to use Wi-fi calling whenever there's a wi-fi connection, even if there's a weak cellular signal?
This is on the UK 3 network?
Thanks
stooby said:
So it's possible to set the preferences to use Wi-fi calling whenever there's a wi-fi connection, even if there's a weak cellular signal?
This is on the UK 3 network?
Thanks
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It'll give you the option whether there's WiFi or not. It's either on or off.
Yes, 3uk
Thanks, but I don't think I explained my question very well.
What I'm wondering is, when you turn wi-fi calling on, is there another setting to prefer calling via wi-fi, or calling via cellular?
Cheers for your help.
stooby said:
Thanks, but I don't think I explained my question very well.
What I'm wondering is, when you turn wi-fi calling on, is there another setting to prefer calling via wi-fi, or calling via cellular?
Cheers for your help.
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I know this may not be what you're looking for but it may help..
I am on Pixel 5 Android 12L stock ROM
When turning WIFI Calling on, you get this menu option.
I'm imagining if have WIFI Calling options, then the menus would be the same, being the same phone/firmware.
But I obviously can't confirm.
Thanks!
That's exactly what I was looking for.
Which network are you on?
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Thanks!
That's exactly what I was looking for.
Which network are you on?
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Shoot sorry, meant to include it in my post I'm sorry. I know I'm in the US, and I'm on AT&T, but I hope it does some helping!
andybones said:
Shoot sorry, meant to include it in my post I'm sorry. I know I'm in the US, and I'm on AT&T, but I hope it does some helping!
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Thanks for your help.
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Thanks for your help.
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Just a shot in the dark, but changing your default language to US English might work. Here in Canada I had to do that to get "Hold for Me" working
xunholyx said:
Just a shot in the dark, but changing your default language to US English might work. Here in Canada I had to do that to get "Hold for Me" working
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Thanks for the suggestion but I think the availability of the wi-fi calling preferences options are based on the mobile network.
I'm currently using a Samsung Galaxy S20FE because it has Bixby Routines, which lets me disable the cellular radios when the phone connects to my home WiFi network. Obviously, this isn't as elegant as allowing me to set a wi-fi calling preference.
The point is that this is a dual SIM phone - I've noticed that it offers wi-fi calling preferences for my O2 UK SIM but not for my 3UK SIM.
I don't think I'm going to get any luck with this unless I change network.
Thanks to all for your assistance.
stooby said:
Thanks for the suggestion but I think the availability of the wi-fi calling preferences options are based on the mobile network.
I'm currently using a Samsung Galaxy S20FE because it has Bixby Routines, which lets me disable the cellular radios when the phone connects to my home WiFi network. Obviously, this isn't as elegant as allowing me to set a wi-fi calling preference.
The point is that this is a dual SIM phone - I've noticed that it offers wi-fi calling preferences for my O2 UK SIM but not for my 3UK SIM.
I don't think I'm going to get any luck with this unless I change network.
Thanks to all for your assistance.
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Very interesting.
Now I don't use it, I should start looking into it, but I just don't have any uses off the top of my head, like what I foresee could work to your advantage.
Instead of Bixby, why not give tasker a try? It should be able to allow you to do what Bixby does and probably more.
You should def. be able to set up a Tasker "Routine" that allow you to disable the cellular radio when you connect to WIFI network, and maybe even a Tasker for setting the WIFI calling preference?
I wish you the best of luck with everything!
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Very interesting.
Now I don't use it, I should start looking into it, but I just don't have any uses off the top of my head, like what I foresee could work to your advantage.
Instead of Bixby, why not give tasker a try? It should be able to allow you to do what Bixby does and probably more.
You should def. be able to set up a Tasker "Routine" that allow you to disable the cellular radio when you connect to WIFI network, and maybe even a Tasker for setting the WIFI calling preference?
I wish you the best of luck with everything!
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I actually tried Tasker first (I've used it many times over the years) but it isn't able to toggle Airplane mode without having to either root the phone or grant specific permissions via ADB (each time the phone is rebooted).
In case you are wondering, I have configured Airplane mode to leave WiFi and Bluetooth untouched, so it actually only toggles the cellular radio on and off.
Since Bixby Routines are "baked in" on Galaxy devices, it has no restrictions on setting Airplane mode on/off. Obviously, this solution is only available on Galaxy devices, which is why I'm using this S20FE 5G as my daily driver at the moment.
With any other devices, I have to remember to turn airplane mode on when I'm at home to force wi-fi calling. The problem is that I often forget to turn airplane mode off again when I'm out and about.
Thanks again to everyone for your help and suggestions.
stooby said:
I actually tried Tasker first (I've used it many times over the years) but it isn't able to toggle Airplane mode without having to either root the phone or grant specific permissions via ADB (each time the phone is rebooted).
In case you are wondering, I have configured Airplane mode to leave WiFi and Bluetooth untouched, so it actually only toggles the cellular radio on and off.
Since Bixby Routines are "baked in" on Galaxy devices, it has no restrictions on setting Airplane mode on/off. Obviously, this solution is only available on Galaxy devices, which is why I'm using this S20FE 5G as my daily driver at the moment.
With any other devices, I have to remember to turn airplane mode on when I'm at home to force wi-fi calling. The problem is that I often forget to turn airplane mode off again when I'm out and about.
Thanks again to everyone for your help and suggestions.
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Very interesting.
I'm not familiar with Bixby but it sounds awesome! Great feature.