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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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.
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I travel quite a bit and use airplane mode, though I noticed when I reboot my tbolt sometimes when I have it in airplane mode it boots out of it. I am requesting a flashable zip or apk to totally wipe out cdma and lte functionality. Then I will nandroid backup when I get back. Wifi is the only connection I am looking for. I know about the apps that disable, but I am looking for something full proof. Is this possible?
Why not just go into radio settings and turn the radio off?
mob87 said:
Why not just go into radio settings and turn the radio off?
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I was just testing you. Thanks. I swear I'm not usually this retarded. Have a thanks for not being an asshole with your response.
Much appreciated.
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I have an AT&T Motorola Atrix.
I've been having a lot of issues with the internet connectivity. 10 days ago internet was working well and suddenly stoped working well. I don't know what happened. I didn't install any application or update the Firmware version.
The problem is that when I use internet the arrows that show data activity show that the phone is sending data but it doesn't show the download arrows, and for that reason the connectivity hangs for about 1 to 2 minutes and thats is very annoying. When I want to use Google Music, YouTube or any internet demanding app I need to wait for data to load. I also have Dropped call problems and sometimes the people who I'm talking to is unavailable to hear me, but I can hear them good.
I have tried the different methods to get a solution:
--->Flashe back SBF 1.4.2 and used that firmware with its modem for 1 day
--->Flashe back SBF 1.4.2 updated to 1.5.7 and used that firmware with its modem for 1 day
--->Flashe back SBF 1.4.2 updated to 1.8.3 and used that firmware with its modem for 1 day
--->Flashed every single modem available for the Atrix on the XDA website. (Telstra, Chinese Atrix, Bell, Brazilian Claro)
---> I have tried the above methods with GINGERBLUR 2.5 and GINGERBLUR 4.5
---> I replaced the SIM card with a new one
---> I tested the 2 SIM cards with my Captivate and internet works great
None of the method
---> I have tried using the phone without any application installed on it. Only stock and gigngerblur apps.
The only way I can solve this problem is by tethering internet to Computer with barnacle and use a lot of data with the computer (I use mostly to upload my Itunes library to Google music). Then I stop tethering and the internet connection works great on the phone for I would say a couple of hours and the begins to hangs again.
NEED HELP to solve this problem.
ANY SOLUTION. Will donate you $30 if you fix my problem
When it hangs, does it solve the problem if you turn the airplane mode on and off? If this helps, try to shutdown your phone completely, as when you only reboot the phone, the phone radio doesn't shutdown completely.
You should also test to disable the automatic network search and select your service provider manually.
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When it hangs, does it solve the problem if you turn the airplane mode on and off? If this helps, try to shutdown your phone completely, as when you only reboot the phone, the phone radio doesn't shutdown completely.
You should also test to disable the automatic network search and select your service provider manually.
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When I turn airplane mode on/off it doesn't necessary helps and when I have tried turning phone off and on I take out the battery but it doesn't always help.
The only method that works 100% for sure is to tether internet connection and have heavy traffic
I had this problem today. And I believe I know why..I flashed a different radio. The radio that goes with 4.1.83 wasn't installed. I flashed a different one earlier in the day. wasn't impressed with it so I tried returning the stock radio with 4.1.83. Turns out I flashed the wrong one. H+ was still at the top but no arrows (data)...make sure you have the right radio with the right sfb.
Hope that didn't confuse you..
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I had this problem today. And I believe I know why..I flashed a different radio. The radio that goes with 4.1.83 wasn't installed. I flashed a different one earlier in the day. wasn't impressed with it so I tried returning the stock radio with 4.1.83. Turns out I flashed the wrong one. H+ was still at the top but no arrows (data)...make sure you have the right radio with the right sfb.
Hope that didn't confuse you..
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Yes I think I have the right radio. I have N_01.77.15P.is this the right one?
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Well there is always the option of contacting moto support and make use of the warranty. Just be sure to flash 1.2.6 or 1.5.7 and than OTA to 1.8.3 before you send it in.
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Yes I think I have the right radio. I have N_01.77.15P.is this the right one?
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Yeah that's the right one. As I was about to hand over my Atrix..I was looking through it and noticed minr read....01.77.xx ...wasn't 15. I was still covered under warranty so I got a new one.
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I am thinking of picking up a p500h and using it as a gps and mp3 players they are only 99$ here.
But I would like to turn the phone off do it will not use any battery.but if I do it turns of blue tooth also
(airplane mode).if I root can I uninstall or stop the phone from ever starting? Maybe uninstall phone.apk?
Thanks for any help
Its not a gps device or mp3 player,its a smartphone...deleting phone.apk will create a FC and you wont even be able to use the gps or music player function...
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nutpants said:
I am thinking of picking up a p500h and using it as a gps and mp3 players they are only 99$ here.
But I would like to turn the phone off do it will not use any battery.but if I do it turns of blue tooth also
(airplane mode).if I root can I uninstall or stop the phone from ever starting? Maybe uninstall phone.apk?
Thanks for any help
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Just by a cheaper phone without touch which has both the features
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Some smart phones have the ability to turn off the phone radio so it will not search for signal and kill the battery while leaving Bluetooth and wifi and Gps usable.some need the phone on to start the Gps then the radio can be turned off and the Gps will keep going.
I am hoping that some one here knows a way I can get the phone radio off and use everything else.
Finding an Android pda with a good Gps and all the features of the p500 for under a $100 is next to impossible.and I kinda like this phone all in all.so if it can be done it's a good deal for me.
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Its not a gps device or mp3 player,its a smartphone...deleting phone.apk will create a FC and you wont even be able to use the gps or music player function...
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From my experience if you rename phone.apk and reboot you should be fine. I do it on all my tablets to remove cell standby. Still have wifi and bt
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Simple solution ; flash baseband not compatible with your rom. Everything will work but GSM. Hit thanks if i helped
The phone I an looking at getting is gsm and hspa.will flashing the wrong base band disable both? If I re name the phone.apk will that work as good/well? Any other way to accomplish phone off with Bluetooth on?
What about use it with no SIM card. Does it do what you want?
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No even with out a Sim card the phone is still active and allows access to networks so you can make emergency calls.it's a feature they don't advertise much but all cell phones must be able to dial 911. On a network or not.
I could be wrong but my old phones worked that way.
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No even with out a Sim card the phone is still active and allows access to networks so you can make emergency calls.it's a feature they don't advertise much but all cell phones must be able to dial 911. On a network or not.
I could be wrong but my old phones worked that way.
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You're right... I knew I was missing something
I have been able to convince someone to rename the phone.apk. It appears to work the same as air plane mode as there is no cell standby shown in battery usage just phone standby (which is really just device standby).so far every thing seems to work fine Bluetooth works wifi works and most functions that access the phone radio FC error.(checking mobile operators etc.).
so just renaming the phone.apk is an effective option to disable the phone and still have Bluetooth for use.
Can anyone suggest a minimal ROM for Canada hspa phone?
nutpants said:
I have been able to convince someone to rename the phone.apk. It appears to work the same as air plane mode as there is no cell standby shown in battery usage just phone standby (which is really just device standby).so far every thing seems to work fine Bluetooth works wifi works and most functions that access the phone radio FC error.(checking mobile operators etc.).
so just renaming the phone.apk is an effective option to disable the phone and still have Bluetooth for use.
Can anyone suggest a minimal ROM for Canada hspa phone?
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Figured that would help.
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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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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)...
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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
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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
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He is using sip over WiFi, but he needs a dialer. That doesn't use the mobile radio.
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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.
I thought I saw a fix for this but I can't seem to find it.This happens to me regardless of what ICS rom I am on. Sometimes when I turn the screen on the wifi won't connect. It says it is out of range or it will just say that the connection is save. I have to turn the wifi off and the turn it back on and tell it scan. Then it will connect. I have tried changing the channel on the router and rebooting the router I connect to but that didn't help. Anybody know of a fix for this?
Unfortunately no...
I have the same condition when using ICS ...
It's very frustrating as you know ..
Since the chance of getting a fix is slim, considering jelly bean is the hot topic these days ...I've reverted to GB.
It's not perfect ....but at least the data and wifi are solid ....with great sound and call quality...
I'm staying rooted stock for a while.....g
I personally have not had any issues with wifi. I am running the ics Gubment Cheeze and have been since the first test build. Not once has my wifi not been there for me. Ics wifi has actualy been MORE stable than GB for me.
Just a silly question ... Do you both have your wifi set to keep wifi on during sleep?
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Unfortunately for my my issue is there even on GB based roms. Not sure what is going on. Doesn't do it on my sister's skyrocket or her husband's iphone so I know the router is okay.
Wifi setting for me is "always on "...
As I try to take advantage of wifi hotspots ...when traveling..
On the ICS builds, I get notification of an open hotspot, but no auto connect.
But on stock GB ....I get auto connect every time.
I can't remember if ICS has the auto connect toggle...but GB does ....at least in the hotspot system app.
If ICS ran as well for me ...I'd keep it....as I think flappjaxxx ICS build is far better than stock ...but between the dreaded lag and connection issues, I bailed out for a bit ...or until I get these connection issues fixed..
Maybe I should move ???.....LOL
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Wifi setting for me is "always on "...
As I try to take advantage of wifi hotspots ...when traveling..
On the ICS builds, I get notification of an open hotspot, but no auto connect.
But on stock GB ....I get auto connect every time.
I can't remember if ICS has the auto connect toggle...but GB does ....at least in the hotspot system app.
If ICS ran as well for me ...I'd keep it....as I think flappjaxxx ICS build is far better than stock ...but between the dreaded lag and connection issues, I bailed out for a bit ...or until I get these connection issues fixed..
Maybe I should move ???.....LOL
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I am on flapjaxx and haven't had any issues with auto connecting to any of my 'known' wifi's (5 of them as i move from site to site). It detects the at&t hotspots but doesn't connect (i actually never tried to connect ) so don't know about connect automatically. Might test it out next time i am close to McD's.
It's an att specific fuction using the hotspot app ...
If it's a wifi hotspot registered on the ATT network, then it auto connects when in range.
But I believe the UCLF6 upgrade pulled this feature out...
There is a similar app on the market from ATT too duplicate this in ICS ...but it's unreliable, and a battery hog for Me...g
I will look into when i am off work. Think i disabled it myself one of these go arounds of flashing. (think i was tired of it popping saying that it was available ). Want to see if i can duplicate it for you.
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I will look into when i am off work. Think i disabled it myself one of these go arounds of flashing. (think i was tired of it popping saying that it was available ). Want to see if i can duplicate it for you.
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thank you .....g
Well, looks like i didn't uninstall or freeze it, so imust have not been near one recently. Or just getting old and forgetting it. There's one done street from where i am. Will stop by on my way out and see what happens.
Sitting in McD'sdrive-thru as i type. At&t hotspot popped and connected automatically. Had to shut wifi off because it was super slow.( Lte in this area usually pulls 40-50mb downloads)
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Sitting in McD'sdrive-thru as i type. At&t hotspot popped and connected automatically. Had to shut wifi off because it was super slow.( Lte in this area usually pulls 40-50mb downloads)
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That is great news ...
So your good ??
I love it when a plan comes together ....LOL ...g
I don't have the wifi hotspot installed. This is happening to me at home with my home wifi network.
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I don't have the wifi hotspot installed. This is happening to me at home with my home wifi network.
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Oh.....thats right...I'm confusing my threads....sorry....g
Yeah, sorry if i hijacked your thread there. Was looking at what Greg posted.
Have you tried reflashing only the modem? Flapjaxx has some stickied in the dev thread or you can pull one from a pure stock and put it in an existing flash zip. That's what I had to do. I had all kinds of problems coming from GB to ICS with the radio. Once I found one that worked I made a zip and keep it just in case. Haven't had to use it yet but you never know.
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