I have a droid that I am about to put in a drawer. Its fully functional. Is it possible to modify this droid so that it only uses wifi? I'd like it modified so that my young son cannot make phone calls using minutes and verizon can't track, but he can still get to the market using my wifi at to play games. Is something like this possible? A possible Droid version of Ipod touch??
benjr06 said:
I have a droid that I am about to put in a drawer. Its fully functional. Is it possible to modify this droid so that it only uses wifi? I'd like it modified so that my young son cannot make phone calls using minutes and verizon can't track, but he can still get to the market using my wifi at to play games. Is something like this possible? A possible Droid version of Ipod touch??
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If the phone isn't active on any line, then yes. If he tries to dial out he'll just get an error message.
You can put it in airplane mode as well.
lowandbehold said:
You can put it in airplane mode as well.
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Airplane mode disables wifi...
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OllieArmageddon said:
Airplane mode disables wifi...
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WIFI works in Airplans on "some" phones, worked on my MT4G, MT3GS, and on newer phones. I'm not sure if that's a function of the OS version, or the phone type. It may be a feature implemented later on.
I tried to access my wifi from this OG droid in airplane mode and it doesn't work. Perhaps there are developers here who could think of a way to do this?
Try this.
As far as I know, you can enable wifi while on Airplane Mode, no matter the device you hold.
I am aware that when you turn on airplane mode with WiFi on, it turns it off.
But you should be able to turn it on after engaging airplane mode.
Also mentioned before, as long as the phone is deactivated
The only phone calls that could be successful are 911 and customer care;
Used to talk to a rep. in order to re-activate your device.
I use two devices (Samsung Vibrant, Moto Droid X) that are not in service with airplane mode on;
It will save battery by turning off the CDMA Radio completely, otherwise the radios will constantly be communicating with the tower.
Keep in mind, this does not matter if the phone is in service or not, If its ON,
its trading packets with the tower.
Thanks!
-Masterfuel
You could also delete Phone.apk lmao. I can't believe I didn't think of that.
I would also say to just have the phone deactivated.
Just make sure he doesn't dial 911
masterfuel said:
As far as I know, you can enable wifi while on Airplane Mode, no matter the device you hold.
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It will save battery by turning off the CDMA Radio completely, otherwise the radios will constantly be communicating with the tower.
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Thanks!
-Masterfuel
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How do I disable the cmda radio?
Just delete/freeze the phone and messaging apps with Titanium Backup! Or uninstall them.
To confirm what everyone has posted...
1) Deactivate phone with Verizon.
2) In Titanium Backup, Freeze the messaging and phone app.
3) Turn phone into Airplane Mode.
4) Turn on Wifi.
Did I get it all? Thanks everyone for the help.
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Hello All,
Have an HTC Touch Pro -CDMA- that i recently installed XDAndroid 2.2.1 -04 on. I have searched here but not really found a good resolve for my question,FYI. How do I go about disabling the cell radio of the phone to conserve battery life?
I am ONLY using the phone for wifi- web browsing,Google Maps for navigating while motorcycling,and email.
Thanks,
Barry
brcisna said:
Hello All,
Have an HTC Touch Pro -CDMA- that i recently installed XDAndroid 2.2.1 -04 on. I have searched here but not really found a good resolve for my question,FYI. How do I go about disabling the cell radio of the phone to conserve battery life?
I am ONLY using the phone for wifi- web browsing,Google Maps for navigating while motorcycling,and email.
Thanks,
Barry
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if youre rooted, and you have root explorer try renaming phone.apk and telephony.apk to phone.apk.bak and telephony.apk.bak, then reboot
see if that works
if not, just rename em back to normal, if it does work, when you want to turn radio back on, just rename em back to normal and reboot
Airplane Mode.
sitlet, if brcisna uses Airplane Mode, then WiFi cannot be used either.
One possible option is to install another country's baseband software so that it simply cannot connect to any networks. Make sure the baseband software works with your phone (I use GSM, not CDMA, so not 100% sure if this works) and flash via OpenRecovery.
While this doesn't turn off the radio completely, you will still save battery as it won't find any networks in your area.
If I am wrong about this, anybody may feel free to correct me as I'm not completely up on how CDMA phones work with respect to the cell radio
stukindaguy said:
sitlet, if brcisna uses Airplane Mode, then WiFi cannot be used either.
One possible option is to install another country's baseband software so that it simply cannot connect to any networks. Make sure the baseband software works with your phone (I use GSM, not CDMA, so not 100% sure if this works) and flash via OpenRecovery.
While this doesn't turn off the radio completely, you will still save battery as it won't find any networks in your area.
If I am wrong about this, anybody may feel free to correct me as I'm not completely up on how CDMA phones work with respect to the cell radio
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thats actually pretty clever
its kinda amazing that there's not a "radio on/radio off" option on any of the roms out there
if a phone has a sim card, of course, you could always just pull that out, wifi still works without a sim card as long as build.prop doesnt demand a sim card be inserted
If you enable airplane mode first, then turn your wifi back on your good to go.
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If you enable airplane mode first, then turn your wifi back on your good to go.
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nice! never thought of that
Nice I am doing this with my Droid incredible. On stock/sense ROM I could not turn wifi/bluetooth back on while in airplane mode but good old Cyanogenmod lets me!
After some hunting, I have finally found a pretty easy way to do what I wanted. I wanted to use WiFi and bluetooth with the cell radio off and airplane mode would not allow bluetooth to work.
Answer: *#*#4636#*#* -> Phone Information -> Turn Off Radio
Now if only someone could add a toggle in the standard drop down to one touch this...
Hey there,
I'm having a weird issue with my stock Nexus S. I've tried a few custom roms, but after realizing that I was better off with stock, I flashed stock again... Now, I've noticed that sometimes, with the WiFi off, I would receive emails and Google+ notifications! It turns out that my wifi is turning on and off, and I don't know how!
I don't have, to my knowledge, installed a program that controls wifi(if you want, I can post my list of apps).
So, what's happening here? Anyone has any idea?
Thanks
Ditto here
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Ditto here
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You have the same issue? Can you post your list of installed apps? I seriously don't know what's going on!
This may seem really obvious - but have you double-checked that those notifications aren't coming in via your mobile network?
If you have Juice Defender (or something similar) installed, that might also be responsible for switching on your wifi periodically.
RGX521 said:
This may seem really obvious - but have you double-checked that those notifications aren't coming in via your mobile network?
If you have Juice Defender (or something similar) installed, that might also be responsible for switching on your wifi periodically.
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Nothing like that... I was just activating my alarm clock for tomorrow and the wifi came on, out of thin air! It shutdown in less than a second, too! And I did absolutely nothing!
Also, I don't have any app like Juice Defender
Ok, so I've flashed the stock rom,locked the bootloader, etc, and I thought I had solved the problem. I didn't, the thing keeps turning on and off!!
I'm seriously thinking about sending it for repairs
you could send it in to samsung or install some newer 2.3.5 kernels which seemed to solve any wifi issues i may have had. Android 2.3.5 made some changes to wifi signal strenght.
dinuvali said:
you could send it in to samsung or install some newer 2.3.5 kernels which seemed to solve any wifi issues i may have had. Android 2.3.5 made some changes to wifi signal strenght.
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I have stock, and it's the regular nexus S, not the 4G one (so I haven't received 2.3.5 yet).
I'll try installing the 2.3.5 kernels and report back
check your advanced wifi settings.
by default they are set to turn wifi off when screen is off. so even if you have wifi on it will turn off when screen is off automatically.
menu>settings>wireless and network settings>wi-fi settings>menu(softkey)>advanced>wifi sleep policy>check the "never" radio button.
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check your advanced wifi settings.
by default they are set to turn wifi off when screen is off. so even if you have wifi on it will turn off when screen is off automatically.
menu>settings>wireless and network settings>wi-fi settings>menu(softkey)>advanced>wifi sleep policy>check the "never" radio button.
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I wish it were that simple... I've the wifi sleep policy set to never since I can remember. I only turn on wifi when I need it
Story: I got a new sim card a good while back and it made me have a voicemail icon in the notification area. I use GV so no need for carrier VM. I called and left myself a VM, checked it and it was gone. \O/
My sim card went caput and had to get a new one. Now I don't have carrier VM so there is no way to call... There is an app called Phone 4.1.1 that if I force stop it the icon disappears. \O/ The thing is that if my phone is rebooted or I turn airplane mode on and off, which I do a lot, it comes back. I toggle airplane mode because my carrier will drop data and this picks it back up and also if I'm roaming and then go back into a carrier zone and do wifi tethering the Internets thinks I'm still roaming and toggling fixes that.
Question: Will freezing this app be bad? In TB it's called [VOICEMAIL] Phone 4.1.1 so I think it's safe but I'm not totally sure.
Anyone?
Maybe nobody has experience with this? Why not freeze it and find out for yourself? It's only frozen, so at least if something goes wrong, you can defrost it.
i don´t think it woud be dangerous to your phone
S.R.
It didn't work. I froze the app but it just made it to where you couldn't force stop it whenever the voicemail icon appeared after you switch back and forth in airplane mode.
I wonder if aLogcat would show what's going on?
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does anyone know if their is a way to turn off the cell radio and not the wifi on my skyrocket ics stock rom
rtyauch301 said:
does anyone know if their is a way to turn off the cell radio and not the wifi on my skyrocket ics stock rom
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Airplane mode then turn on Wifi.
First of all please post next time the in Q&A thread.
Second try dialing *#*#4636#*#* in the dialer, then in the bottom you have turn of radio. You could also get an app from the market https://play.google.com/store/apps/...251bGwsMSwxLDEsImRlLm1hbmdlbG93Lm5ldHdvcmsiXQ.. which will get you to the same place.
my bad wasn't watching what i was doing thought i clicked Q&A was watching a movie at the same time was wondering why i couldn't find my question again.... anyway didn't realize you could turn wifi back on from airplane mode thank you...
rtyauch301 said:
my bad wasn't watching what i was doing thought i clicked Q&A was watching a movie at the same time was wondering why i couldn't find my question again.... anyway didn't realize you could turn wifi back on from airplane mode thank you...
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Yeah, you could turn the radio manually (as previously posted) though there are times when it has a hard time kicking back in (bugs maybe) but I found that airplane mode was the easiest to do in that situation which is also good for those tablets that have 3G/4G but are only connected to WiFi. Tested it and calls go straight to voice mail as well.
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Yeah, you could turn the radio manually (as previously posted) though there are times when it has a hard time kicking back in (bugs maybe) but I found that airplane mode was the easiest to do in that situation which is also good for those tablets that have 3G/4G but are only connected to WiFi. Tested it and calls go straight to voice mail as well.
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yea... delta has WiFi on flights now so the more convenient the better....
Get notification toggle app. Search on market
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Greetings,I have a problem with my phone that came from factory on 4.4.2.It is very fluid and everything works fine,but I noticed that if I have airplane mode on so I save battery,I can't turn on wifi and if wifi is already on and I turn on airplane mode,it will shut down.Do you know the solution since that is very importiant to me,I lost arround 25% of battery since airplane mode was turned off while I was on wifi.
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Greetings,I have a problem with my phone that came from factory on 4.4.2.It is very fluid and everything works fine,but I noticed that if I have airplane mode on so I save battery,I can't turn on wifi and if wifi is already on and I turn on airplane mode,it will shut down.Do you know the solution since that is very importiant to me,I lost arround 25% of battery since airplane mode was turned off while I was on wifi.
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You would need to tell us the exact make and model of your phone for anyone to help you out.
I know with Apple products you can turn on aeroplane mode and still use WiFi. Maybe your phone just doesn't allow this and takes the meaning of 'aeroplane mode' very seriously.
Quick google search and you will find tips for saving battery. Maybe you are actually using it too much. Try only using it when you really need to and you will notice that the battery will actually last you a whole day, maybe more.
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You would need to tell us the exact make and model of your phone for anyone to help you out.
I know with Apple products you can turn on aeroplane mode and still use WiFi. Maybe your phone just doesn't allow this and takes the meaning of 'aeroplane mode' very seriously.
Quick google search and you will find tips for saving battery. Maybe you are actually using it too much. Try only using it when you really need to and you will notice that the battery will actually last you a whole day, maybe more.
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Phone is Doogee DG310 Voyager 2,I saw some people can turn wifi back on their 4.4 and some can't.I have rooted it very easy and is there some app that allows me to have wifi on with aeroplane mode?
have the same problem
I have the same problem with the same version kitkat 4.4.2 stock on DG310
I used to use wifi on my s3 with version4.3 stock with no problem.
Can someone kindly look into this?
See http://muzso.hu/2013/04/07/changing...e-mode-radios-via-commandline-on-rooted-phone
The airplane mode toggleable radio entry in the settings.db file.
If you have root explore with the sql editor, it's easier.
Tried the method, wifi still not working
make it work by this way.
In addition to the link above , I also need to do this to make it work.
WHERE name='airplane_mode_radios' , take "wifi" out from the value string
the downside is when you toggle fight mode the wifi will keep on , not shut down. If you want to shut it off, you need to do it manually, which is no big deal for me.
Did you reboot between changes?
After the first link above, I did the reboot. For the additional update I did, I didn't reboot if I didn't remember wrong.Anyway I did reboot after, it stays that way.