This is no way a request and for some reason i cant even figure out if it would be smart, but nonetheless...
would it be possible for a kernel to include the ability to automatically swith my phone to airplane mode when i went into an area that i get no service in and then like every "x" amount of mins, the kernel would force the phone out of airplane mode, check for service and, if none was found go back to airplane mode, and if service was found, leave the radio on. then if i was to leave a non-service area and enter a service area, instead of having to wait that "x" amount of mins to get service again, whenever i wake my phone, it instantly re-scans for services. so screen on would be the "highest priority".
quick question-would constantly going in and out of airplane mode actually use more battery than the phone would be potentially saving.
I think you could write a script in an application called Tasker that could do that. I have tasker set so that when I flip my phone end over end toward me it goes to full brightness, away from me to 20% brightness. It's a pretty powerful little app, I'd check it out.
One problem...if it goes into airplane mode...how can it detect if it is with no signal...you would have no signal to reference. You cannot leave radio on...that defeats airplane mode.
life64x said:
One problem...if it goes into airplane mode...how can it detect if it is with no signal...you would have no signal to reference. You cannot leave radio on...that defeats airplane mode.
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that's not what he said. he said every so often force it out or airplane mode and search for a signal and if no is found go back into airplane mode
chillfancy said:
I think you could write a script in an application called Tasker that could do that. I have tasker set so that when I flip my phone end over end toward me it goes to full brightness, away from me to 20% brightness. It's a pretty powerful little app, I'd check it out.
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do u by any chance know if theres an option add a toggle to a script in tasker to toggle airplane mode?
Re-read it, yep..my Bad.
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My Droid Razr Maxx is my third Android phone in three years. My last phone (Samsung Droid Charge), when I put it in Airplane Mode, it did not disable the GPS -- which is exactly the way that it should work IMHO. Anyway, I use my phone as a GPS unit in remote wilderness areas which are miles from the nearest cell tower. On a 15 hour hike, it's a ridiculous waste of battery life to allow the phone to keep searching for a cell tower that it's not going to find (or even worse, finding a 1x tower connection that is very weak and intermittent). I need to be able to turn off all cellular communication (voice and data), but leave GPS running. On my Droid Charge, just putting it in airplane mode would do that, but on the Maxx, Airplane Mode also kills the GPS.
On a rooted Maxx with 100% stock ROM, is there a way to modify this?
I think that the easiest solution in your case would be removing the sim card.
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geesoos said:
I think that the easiest solution in your case would be removing the sim card.
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Thanks for the suggestion, but not very practical. I need a software solution. The SIM is tiny enough that I'd lose it about the 3rd or 4th time that I did that. But thanks anyway for replying.
use the power control widget to toggle it on/off, after switching to airplane mode
putting ur phone to airplane mode disables gps but there is nothing stopping you from re-enabling it while in airplane mode
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My Droid Razr Maxx is my third Android phone in three years. My last phone (Samsung Droid Charge), when I put it in Airplane Mode, it did not disable the GPS -- which is exactly the way that it should work IMHO. Anyway, I use my phone as a GPS unit in remote wilderness areas which are miles from the nearest cell tower. On a 15 hour hike, it's a ridiculous waste of battery life to allow the phone to keep searching for a cell tower that it's not going to find (or even worse, finding a 1x tower connection that is very weak and intermittent). I need to be able to turn off all cellular communication (voice and data), but leave GPS running. On my Droid Charge, just putting it in airplane mode would do that, but on the Maxx, Airplane Mode also kills the GPS.
On a rooted Maxx with 100% stock ROM, is there a way to modify this?
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Use a Smart Action to disable whatever you want instead Airplane mode.
Just set an action: Meeting, Driving, Taking a snap.. (use the time trigger)
Then set
Disable wi-fi, 3g, background sync, etc.
Cheers
Or instead of airplane mode just shut of all radios with phone info app
I just tried Airplane Mode and looked in GPS settings, they were all on. I opened maps and it located me within a few seconds. Am i missing something??
EDIT: I am on a rooted MAXX, 100% stock rom.
I just tried it on my Maxx and switching to Airplane mode did not turn off GPS !!!
I had my DNA faced down before I fell asleep, and when I woke up just now, the phone was on airplane mode. I checked the battery usage chart and found out the phone went into airplane mode after 30 minutes of being idle. I had to manually turn off the airplane mode.
I never used HTC products before so I do not know if this is a feature of the Sense...but surely I don't want it as I receive international calls often. However, I could not find any options for turning this off.
Does anyone know if the scheduled airplane mode was automatically activated because I put the phone faced down? The other nights previously had no such thing done on my phone
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That is an anomaly my friend. I've never seen this happen on any HTC phone I've owned.
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Strange things happen at night/early morning. My wifi went AWOL.
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Strange things happen at night/early morning. My wifi went AWOL.
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The fact that network connection was in tact, it seems like wifi auto sleep but I can't be sure.
But as for my phone, it was on airplane mode automatically, so I will test my phone under the same conditions tonight to confirm my speculation
If the DNA does have a scheduled/sensor auto airplane mode feature or perhaps a deep idle, I am not sure of why HTC did not include an option to turn that off in the settings...
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I would hope its not an auto-off on wifi because I have it set to always be on even with screen off. Also, if it turns off, it sets LTE to active and thats an issue.
It's HTC SmartSync Power Save http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1708492. Unfornately this app doesn't work JB Sense... anyone with smali coding skills can try to code it for JB.
WiFi and 3G/LTE will disconnect from 12-7am to save battery life when screen off its a built in feature by HTC however it shoukdnt go into airplane mode
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I tested my phone under the same conditions, and it did go into airplane mode exaclty after 30 minutes of facing down. So I guess that Smartsync is back on the DNA?...I found several scripts relating to powersaving in sys, so maybe disabling some of them will remove the auto airplane mode or whatever it does...
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I tested my phone under the same conditions, and it did go into airplane mode exaclty after 30 minutes of facing down. So I guess that Smartsync is back on the DNA?...I found several scripts relating to powersaving in sys, so maybe disabling some of them will remove the auto airplane mode or whatever it does...
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Smartsync isn't putting it in airplane mode.
I put my phone upside down smartsync hours and left it for hours. I can confirm loss of WiFi but no network signal.
I am using hyperdrive ROM and would like to know if there is any way to disable the confirmation prompt when enabling flight mode. I am trying to use phone schedule to save some more battery life when I don't have phone signal for a period of time.
Thanks.
As someone who is in NYC and uses airplane mode whenever I go on the train, the airplane mode confirmation drives me crazy.
Dang! I haven't had a need for it yet (just 2 weeks in) but just tried it and it is pretty irritating. Hopefully someone can develop a mod to banish it forever.
I was going to try and post in devoper section, but I can't yet. I have an issue with battery usage, where I work, inside at least, the cell service is bad. I was wondering if anyone has heard of or can even make an app that would automate the airplane mode, while maintaining wifi.
I was thinking if there was no service for more than a certain time, it automatically enable airplane mode and re-enable the wifi, until it is manually turned off, maybe by a widget. If anyone has any knowledge of this, please give me an idea, I'm using 60% of my battery just searching for service.
I am rooted running hyperdrive rls14.
Airplane mode automatically disables all wireless services. Why don't you just disable mobile data when you get to work? You'll still be able to receive text messages.
Also, for future reference, the developer's section isn't for questions, but a place for developers to share their work. This thread should really be in Q&A.
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I was going to try and post in devoper section, but I can't yet. I have an issue with battery usage, where I work, inside at least, the cell service is bad. I was wondering if anyone has heard of or can even make an app that would automate the airplane mode, while maintaining wifi.
I was thinking if there was no service for more than a certain time, it automatically enable airplane mode and re-enable the wifi, until it is manually turned off, maybe by a widget. If anyone has any knowledge of this, please give me an idea, I'm using 60% of my battery just searching for service.
I am rooted running hyperdrive rls14.
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I have a similar issue with where I work. However, I just turn on airplane mode and then turn on wifi. You can have wifi on while being in airplane mode. It is just two or three button presses, so I don't think it is that big of an issue. When you leave your job, just turn airplane mode off...
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That's your answer. Set up a profile to turn on airplane mode and wifi at whatever time you want. Set up other profiles as you like. It will launch apps, toggle GPS (if you have secholeutils), mobile data on/off, volume levels, change ring tones, notification tones... pretty much anything you want.
You can always use NFC to trigger it too. I have a NFC tag on my desk at work the puts my phone into "work mode"
Hi guys,
I can't seem to find anywhere in this device to force cellular off. I don't want to enable aeroplane mode because I use wifi and GPS.
Also, is there a way to force the device to power down when it's at, say, 8% power? It seems like it powers down when it's totally drained, which causes the device to stop tracking time when it powers back up. I imagine if it could force power down earlier, it would still keep time when I get around to recharging it...
You can enable Airplane mode THEN activate Wifi and GPS ... it's what I'm doing on my truesmart to save battery
BurnQc said:
You can enable Airplane mode THEN activate Wifi and GPS ... it's what I'm doing on my truesmart to save battery
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Thanks!
Any way to get the device to shut down based on battery %?
It doesn't matter how much battery is remaining when you turn the watch off. It doesn't keep track of the time when its off unless you have it automatically checking the mobile network for the time. Try it. Turn your watch off before the battery dies, wait 10 minutes, then turn it back on. The time will be the same as when you turned it off. Seems stupid but hopefully it will get fixed in a future update.
Use tasker to do it
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Here's a free app that should do it. I tried it on my phone and it worked great.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=AutomateIt.mainPackage
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