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Hi I was hoping someone could help me with this. The only way I can see to disable the phone signal is to turn on airplane mode, however this will obviously prevent me from then enabling wifi. Is there a way to run the handset with just wifi enabled?
erm, kinda! you can use a settings widget included in the touchflo UI to disable mobile data, but not turn the whole phone off apart from airplane mode that i know of.
rhedgehog said:
erm, kinda! you can use a settings widget included in the touchflo UI to disable mobile data, but not turn the whole phone off apart from airplane mode that i know of.
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Thanks I spotted that but it was the whole phone part I wanted to turn off. How I miss the old HTC comm manager!
s4vva said:
Is there a way to run the handset with just wifi enabled?
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Remove the sim card.
Volker1 said:
Remove the sim card.
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haha very good.
I wanted to do something similar. That is, have all wireless turned off except for GPS (in order to preserve battery life). I put the hero in airplane mode and then turned on the GPS. Nice to know that works! Not sure why you cant use the same procedure for Wifi (but I can't either).
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Remove the sim card.
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Will not help... you can still make emergency calls without the SIM... it won't turn off the GSM/3g radio.
does anyone know of a widget that will just toggle the phone on/off like the HTC Widgets for bluetooth, wifi etc. ?
Just found an application in the market called "Airplane Autoswitch" which apparently switches on airplane mode according to a schedule, but keeps WiFi switched on. Assuming it works, this definitely implies that you should be able to write a toggle widget to do the same thing on demand.
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Dave
An app as just been released called "airplane mode wifi" which seems to do what you are asking.
gaz31 said:
An app as just been released called "airplane mode wifi" which seems to do what you are asking.
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Thanks, i'll check it out.
Well tried it it works after a fashon dose not turn wi-fi on if it of and once working you cannot turn wi-fi on. but if wi-fi is on it works and dose turn of phone signal other anoying thing it it works on timer
I have the View and will never use the cell network. When checking battery status it shows Cell Standby using 67% battery. I've searched for this,but many of the sol'ns could brick the device as they suggest renaming services. Anyone find a sol'n to disabling the cell Standby?
deejayspinz said:
I have the View and will never use the cell network. When checking battery status it shows Cell Standby using 67% battery. I've searched for this,but many of the sol'ns could brick the device as they suggest renaming services. Anyone find a sol'n to disabling the cell Standby?
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i run mines in airplane mode, wifi and bluetooth still work.
wolfpack612 said:
i run mines in airplane mode, wifi and bluetooth still work.
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I do the same. Battery life went through the roof after I started using airplane mode.
I tried this but Cell Standby was still showing @ 67%. Is it just a matter of turning airplane mode on and then starting WiFi again.
deejayspinz said:
I tried this but Cell Standby was still showing @ 67%. Is it just a matter of turning airplane mode on and then starting WiFi again.
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Yes. Turn airplane mode on, and then turn WiFi on/off as you need it. It will take a little while (possibly a few days depending on how often you charge) for Cell Standby to completely disappear from battery use since the system calculates that based on usage since a full charge. Cell Standby doesn't even show up on mine at all since airplane mode completely turns off the cellular radios.
Just turning off mobile data isn't enough for the View. Even with mobile data off, you can still see signal bars in the notification bar/navigation bar. It's designed to be able to receive text messages as well, so short of tinkering with some of the system files or installing a custom rom, airplane mode is the easiest way of making sure there are no cellular radios active at all.
If you're rooted, flash this from recovery:
http://www.multiupload.com/7CEDYMOSRZ
anycut to turn off radio.
Download anycut from the market. Run it and choose "new shortcut" then "activity". Scroll way down and choose "testing". This is a debugging app.
You now have a shortcut to "testing" on your home screen. Launch it and press the "turn off radio" button.
you have to turn off the radio after every reboot since rebooting turns the radio on again... but once you have the shortcut.. its easy.
globatron said:
If you're rooted, flash this from recovery:
http://www.multiupload.com/7CEDYMOSRZ
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I finished the GB to HC S-Off and rooted etc. Will this kill the 3G/4G radios completely so we don't have to run airplane mode? I will be only using WiFi period for my Evo View.
globatron said:
If you're rooted, flash this from recovery:
http://www.multiupload.com/7CEDYMOSRZ
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Yes, more info please!
This disables cellular radios without needing airplane mode?
is it reversable?
I would guess it is, likely either a new flashable file or restore your backup. Oh well this is perfect for my needs. Thanks Globaltron.
The method regarding Anycut is PERFECT! After a few hours, I can already see the improvement in battery life. Thanks again!
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globatron said:
If you're rooted, flash this from recovery:
http://www.multiupload.com/7CEDYMOSRZ
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Can this be installed from recovery using internal storage or it has to be from sd card?
jmsilva22 said:
Can this be installed from recovery using internal storage or it has to be from sd card?
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From the SD Card
x51 said:
Download anycut from the market. Run it and choose "new shortcut" then "activity". Scroll way down and choose "testing". This is a debugging app.
You now have a shortcut to "testing" on your home screen. Launch it and press the "turn off radio" button.
you have to turn off the radio after every reboot since rebooting turns the radio on again... but once you have the shortcut.. its easy.
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awesome, thanks! there isn't enough info on that zip file, so i didn't flash it..but this method seems to work!
btw, i flashed that file, and now everytime i boot up and sense loads, it force closes lol
FWIW, i'm running the stock Honeycomb rooted thing on this that glob made the thread on how to do it. dunno if this is incompatible or not.
Works fine on my rooted GB View.
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Please re-share, somewhere, the recipe for disabling htc view's cellular radio
globatron said:
If you're rooted, flash this from recovery:
multiupload url omitted
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What with megaupload and it's brethren blasted off the internet, this link is dead...as are so many other valuable assets to the modding community... can it get re-uploaded somewhere?
And, peripherally, isn't there a better place for hacks like this than file locker sites? recipes for gadget tweaking seem un-assailably non-infringing enough, and it seems like stashing such items in github or dropbox would be a better means of sharing and collaborating...
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deejayspinz said:
I have the View and will never use the cell network. When checking battery status it shows Cell Standby using 67% battery. I've searched for this,but many of the sol'ns could brick the device as they suggest renaming services. Anyone find a sol'n to disabling the cell Standby?
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Incidentally, if I'm not subscribed to a data plan, is there ever *ANY* reason to not have the radio turned off?
Like, for instance, does being able to see cell towers improve GPS fix time, or do you need data service to get the tower locations?
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What with megaupload and it's brethren blasted off the internet, this link is dead...as are so many other valuable assets to the modding community... can it get re-uploaded somewhere?
And, peripherally, isn't there a better place for hacks like this than file locker sites? recipes for gadget tweaking seem un-assailably non-infringing enough, and it seems like stashing such items in github or dropbox would be a better means of sharing and collaborating...
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Incidentally, if I'm not subscribed to a data plan, is there ever *ANY* reason to not have the radio turned off?
Like, for instance, does being able to see cell towers improve GPS fix time, or do you need data service to get the tower locations?
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If you are using the OTA, I found that the cell modem had to be on to see the updates.
Also, the cell towers will provide location information to Google Maps & Etc. I turn it on for this purpose only, otherwise I'm on WiFi.
globatron said:
If you're rooted, flash this from recovery:
http://www.multiupload.com/7CEDYMOSRZ
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Does anyone else have a source for this file? Globaltron has disabled his PMs.
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globatron said:
If you're rooted, flash this from recovery:
http://www.multiupload.com/7CEDYMOSRZ
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Download link does not work can you please reupload? thanks! or can someone please send me the zip thanks!
I'm deploying to Afghanistan and will have my phone with me but am wondering if I can use it on wifi only. Basically airplane mode but wifi on. Not that there should be any Verizon signal there but figure it's safer to leave it like this. Are there any options? Often wondered this too for airplane flights where they offer wifi access but you don't want the cell radio on... Thanks in advance.
If you deactivate the phone Wifi will still work. There will be no connectivity to Verizon.
Enable airplane mode. Then turn on wifi.
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I accidentally flashed a radio zip file in heimdall. No errors or fcs. It simply wouldn't activate.
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mentose457 said:
I accidentally flashed a radio zip file in heimdall. No errors or fcs. It simply wouldn't activate.
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go here: wiki.rootedwiki.com/wiki/Samsung_Fascinate
grab the stock radio and reflash it. If that doesn't work then your phone not activating might be an unrelated problem. Check the developer forum and flash back to stock.
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I'm deploying to Afghanistan and will have my phone with me but am wondering if I can use it on wifi only. Basically airplane mode but wifi on. Not that there should be any Verizon signal there but figure it's safer to leave it like this. Are there any options? Often wondered this too for airplane flights where they offer wifi access but you don't want the cell radio on... Thanks in advance.
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Every droid i have i've turned into a mini media server when it was time to upgrade to a new droid. And all of them run on wifi only. To get the full benefits, you'll still need a google account. I'd also flash a 3rd party ROM. If you're not even going to be on Verizon, no reason to use their ROM with all the limitations (e.g. no free tethering, though that might not be important to you). I'd use CM7 or MIUI. If you're tied to touchwiz, there's a lot of good options too.
Alright everyone, I'm getting annoyed and I'm hoping someone more talented than me can come here to save the day. I'm attempting to use a conditional init.d script that runs if it finds the file of my choosing (in this case, radio.sh in /system/bin) and then if it finds it, it will disable radio. What I'm having problems with is that it keeps giving me connection refused on boot when disabling radio. So, any idea?
Have you mounted your system as read/write at the beginning of the script?
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I'm using radio options I shouldn't have to but I guess I'll try that
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What command do you use to disable radio?
I tried a setprop command, that didnt work and I also tried "radiooptions 1"
edit: This was using both adb and init.d
Code:
stop ril-daemon
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Code:
stop ril-daemon
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Hey globatron,
If you remove phone.apk and telephoneyproviders.apk you no longer get cell stand by in battery usage but it breaks GPS. If I leave the files and issue the stop ril-daemon command. It turns off the radio and GPS still works but cell standby appears in battery usage. Is there a way to disable the radios completely, still have GPS work and not have cell standby in battery usage?
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You have to have cell standby for GPS to work, I think they are in the same chip.
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I don't get what you're trying to accomplish, if youre trying to disable the CDMA radio and use wifi only like me, but want GPS, just turn on airplane mode, turn on wifi and GPS and you're set. If I'm mistaken about what you're trying to do then never mind.
Side note, leaving the CDMA radio on didn't bother me because I don't have service with my view, but it still takes from the battery of course.
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Gordon, this is for a ROM. I'm looking into several options to kill it on boot simply. That's it.
I see, I I think I came across some lads in the Flyer forums either here or AC that had it working.
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Here is something odd.. gps does work if you remove the stuff for cell standby. I thought it was broken (everytime I tried in my house it never locked on a signal) but it's not. I fired up navigation just now and while it did take longer to lock a signal then with the radio stuff in, it did lock and start giving me directions.. I guess the cell radios assist the gps(considerably) but are not fully responsible for it.
This is an important functionality to disable the cell radio!
I've been trying for days now - can't understand why Android doesn't simply provide a checkbox in the settings for this (like for Bluetooth or Wifi).
When people suggest airplane mode, they don't realize that this blocks the stock dialer from placing any calls.
This is really poor design on the part of the Android team: they include a sip stack (thank you!) , then force users to resort to airplane mode to disable the cell, and then block the dialer (when all a user wants is simply to use sip over wifi)...
wutzin said:
This is an important functionality to disable the cell radio!
I've been trying for days now - can't understand why Android doesn't simply provide a checkbox in the settings for this (like for Bluetooth or Wifi).
When people suggest airplane mode, they don't realize that this blocks the stock dialer from placing any calls.
This is really poor design on the part of the Android team: they include a sip stack (thank you!) , then force users to resort to airplane mode to disable the cell, and then block the dialer (when all a user wants is simply to use sip over wifi)...
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Why would you care about the stock dialer for placing call if you turned off your radio? You ain't making any calls without the radio anyway.... I'm confused
immjg said:
Why would you care about the stock dialer for placing call if you turned off your radio? You ain't making any calls without the radio anyway.... I'm confused
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He is using sip over WiFi, but he needs a dialer. That doesn't use the mobile radio.
Indirect said:
What I'm having problems with is that it keeps giving me connection refused on boot when disabling radio. So, any idea?
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sounds like it sends the command before ril is ready.
The only way I got it to work was by having "sleep 60" before the radiooptions command.
Maybe there is some trigger for ril, so the command can run once its ready. I had done a loop to check if ril-daemon is running first, but that doesn't seem to be enough (probably takes more time to load the vender RIL next)
It seems radiooptions just disables the radio, but it still uses power.
Did anybody have success in disabling the radio? I'm also looking for the way how to use View 4G abroad without Sprint.
May be it's possible to modify the firmware to make it "wifi only" - exactly as it made for the HTC Flyer?
mar1boro said:
Did anybody have success in disabling the radio? I'm also looking for the way how to use View 4G abroad without Sprint.
May be it's possible to modify the firmware to make it "wifi only" - exactly as it made for the HTC Flyer?
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Download a WiFi only Rom
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Download a WiFi only Rom
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Is there any for HTC Evo View 4G? The one for the HTC Flyer is not compatible with the View 4G, is it?
I would like a GB, not the HC version.
first off, I am new both to the forums and rooting so please forgive me if this has been asked already. I did do a search for "remove sprint radio" and "disable sprint radio" and didnt see what i was looking for. maybe i am searching for the wrong thing?
my question is.. can the sprint radio be disabled or removed in my evo 3d? right now it is rooted, s-off, and has smooth criminal v2.3 rom installed. basically i want to use it in my car as an MP3, media player, GPS.. etc.. but i dont want to constantly be turning off the sprint mobile network every time it reboots. can i just remove it and forget about it? if yes, how? remember I am a noob to all this..
any help will be greatly appreciated.
If the phone is in airplane mode, when it reboots, it stays in airplane mode.
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If the phone is in airplane mode, when it reboots, it stays in airplane mode.
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thanks for the reply and as easy as that option is, I still want to use bluetooth and wifi and dont want to be turning airplane mode on and off every time i want to use it.