I just upgraded to the One M8 and due to my phone being pretty beat up I am not going to be re-selling it. I am toying with the idea of letting my 6yr old have it solely for playing games etc. Is there a way to turn off the cell radios so that he can't turn them back on? Maybe a rom that breaks the cell or something? Any help would be appreciated. If this has already been answered i attempted to search and my skills have failed to probue an answer.
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What's up everyone.
I just got the G2 (nice) and so my 3 year old is getting his first smart phone. Issue is, I don't want him to actually have call capabilities... so in a nutshell I need to disable only the cell radio on my G1 but want to leave WiFi and BT on.
I've seen several posts on this subject but generally the answer is to set up one of the power management apps or yank the SIM card (already done.) I want to make 100% sure he doesn't end up accidentally calling 911 though and it seems to me the most thorough way to ensure he doesn't is to cut the radio altogether.
I just downgraded from CM6 back to 1.6 (DRC83) but will root/reinstall if needed.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions you might have.
-DS
What if you remove Dialer.apk? That would eliminate a possibility of calling anywhere
Let us know if it works, I've been dying to do that to my old G1 but never get around to actually doing it.
I've searched for any information on this and I've found it's very limited.
Basically, I want to remove all phone-related things (that is, anything that will make a phone call) from my Captivate, basically turning it into an Android version of an iPod for my young son. I don't want him accidentally making emergency calls while playing around with an otherwise useful device that I just don't use anymore since I got my Infuse. I don't care about data or anything like that, since it's always on WiFi and never leaves the house.
If this has been answered somewhere else, I apologize for being ignorant and would just ask for a link to the right place.
If it's needed, I'm running MIUI 1.9.23, TalonDev 0.4.3 Kernel
Thanks in advance.
Got my answer:
Thanks to yoonhyeok.bae
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1087247
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...7#post14087277
Hello all,
I have an old Samsung Captivate laying around that I have turned into a media center remote control. There is no SIM card in the device and there likely never will be in the future. I have loaded Slim ICS (gotta love ICS!) on it and it runs great, but what I would like to do is COMPLETELY disable the cellular radio. I have no need for it and I know that having the radio active, even if it is not connected to an AT&T network, is still draining battery slightly. I want to know if there is some modem out there that I can flash that will be able to shut the cellular radio off totally, or at least give me the option to turn it off. I know this may sound dumb, but please bear with me. I basically just want to eliminate unnecessary hardware. I would also like a way to physically disable GPS if possible, but that's another topic for another day.
Thanks in advance to anyone who even takes the time to read this thread
-Steve
You can use airplane mode.
Or can't you just delete the modem?
Sent from my ICS Samsung Captivate
Here is a ROM that was the same idea.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093696
A guy on the last page says he just uses TiBu to freeze all the MMS and Phone stuff in Sliim ICS.
Just deleting modem will probably disable the wifi. That rom listed above had the basic idea. You could just use airplane mode and have working wifi.
Any chance someone can link me to the best or latest rom for tmobile that supports wifi-calling? I searched up and down, maybe it was due to a long day at work with idiot users that cant figure out how to even turn their computers on.. I just could not find it.
I wish I had better service at my house since I love this phone but without wif-calling its becoming hard to use it for what it is, a phone.
thanks a ton in advance
I've done some searching about and can't find what I'm after so new thread time!
Basically I've replaced my battered S4A with a OnePlus One (love it!) and was wondering what I could do with my S4A as its in no state to sell.
It's been sitting on the side all week and still got power!!! but I guess that's due to the fact its not connected to Wifi, has no sim and isn't being used but did make me think that I could prob get some use out of it when doing some of the long cycling events I do.
So I was wondering what would be the best way of doing this? I would generally only want to run Endomondo on it and keep it running for as long as possible with GPS on, prob have a PAYG mobile broadband sim in there for the data that it requires.
Is there a really stripped down rom anyone would recommend? Things I should remove/disable/turn off? Is this just a stupid idea?
Cheers