Hi
My company has Samsung phones (Android). Since there are areas in the office which can't allow using mobile phones for cellular calls, only Wi-Fi, can I disable cellular/GSM services permanently without users would be able to tur it back on? I know airplane mode allows Wi-Fi, but I don't want my users to switch off airplane mode and use their SIM cards.
Is there any method for this?
One important thing, rooted phones are not allowed at all.
Or is there any possibility to turn on airplane mode and have the airplane mode switch disappeared or removed or disabled?
Thank you!
What you want to achieve requires a phone's Android got rooted.
jwoegerbauer said:
What you want to achieve requires a phone's Android got rooted.
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I am looking for an app that automatically switches off the cellular radio when wifi is connected and switches it back on when wifi loses connection. I'm not talking about the APN data connection which already does that, I'm talking about the regular cell phone connection.
According to my lack of results searching through the forums, Market, and Google, such an app does not exist yet. Currently the best app I've found to do anything remotely like this is the Airplane Mode Wi-Fi app, which is a manual switch and a slightly cumbersome one at that, not nearly good enough for how often I go in and out of wifi.
The reason I ask for this is because I use Google Voice with SIP and a prepaid plan. I want to use SIP as much as possible to save my prepaid minutes for when I really need them. When wifi and cell are both connected with Sipdroid running and I receive a call, they both ring at the same time. To be sure I don't accidentally use prepaid, I usually reject the call and call back over SIP, which is slightly annoying for both me and the caller.
Might someone be willing to create this app? Or better yet, does it already exist and I just wasn't doing the right searches?
You can turn the phone radio off with code but you need to use non-public apis and probably extra permissions. For anyone interested, have a look at RadioInfo.java (Phone Info when selecting an activity with AnyCut).
I'll add the option to the Airplane Mode Wi-fi Tool.
It was simple, I'm testing it right now, then I'll update it in the market as soon as it works properly.
UPDATE: Done, go download "Airplane Mode Wi-Fi Tool" (free) from the market if you'd like to stay updated from there, otherwise install it from the attachment here.
It only enables airplane mode if it successfully connects to a Wi-fi network, if it disconnects, connection gets dropped, or wi-fi gets disabled from the settings or widget, the phone goes back to regular radio mode.
Make sure to check the Preferences and enable/disable it according to your preferences. It's disabled as default.
Enjoy!
Perfect! Airplane Mode Wi-Fi Tool has become one of my top favorite apps with this feature. Thanks!
cant' find it on the market
sorry: I needed to search for the translated name
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is this app still available on market? Can't find it.
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It is, Market link -- Airplane Mode Wi-fi Tool
Also, you might be interested in this one, Market link - AutoAP
I found the application on the market, however it doesn't behave as expected. I have to manually switch to airplane mode, and then enable wifi.
What I would like is a single switch to enable wifi AND disable the cellular radio.
And then a single switch to switch back to cell radio with wifi off.
I will try autoAP, thanks
How hard is it on the battery if I always leave wi-fi on even when not used?
autoap seems just fine, I just have to disable wifi to automatically enable cell radio
thanks
However I think, from a marketing point of view, you should consider a better name. Auto AP sounds like Automatic Access Point to me.
Yeah, works fine on tablets without internal 3G. This provides a battery saver.
My Nexus One has it enabled as a standard feature, but I understand it may be disable by the carrier.
If I get a sim-unlocked Android phone, can I count on wifi hotspot being available, or do I need to get a Nexus, root my phone, install custom firmware, or do other additional steps?
yes wifi hotspot is standard Android feature but the carrier can't turn it off except if the phone was locked already from the provider
Hello,
I'm about to be an owner of one of these units, however I do not plan on signing up for tmobile service.
I had an HTC EVO View 4G and there were quite a few roms out there that disabled the sprint activation on boot and a script that disabled the radio. I think that script might still work, however does anyone here make any custom roms that automatically disables it?
I haven't really heard much talk about just using WiFi, who here just uses Wifi? How does it work and perform?
I use WiFi almost always when at home. No problems whatsoever.
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Do you have a tmobile subscripttion on it as well though?
I don't want to use a subscription, just don't want my battery to die by having it connect to 3G or searching for it.
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Do you have a tmobile subscripttion on it as well though?
I don't want to use a subscription, just don't want my battery to die by having it connect to 3G or searching for it.
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No I had unlocked it. I use airtel/aircel in India. It should work just the same I think. I keep it on airplane mode always. When I need net, I use WiFi or I get off the airplane mode and enable the mobile data to access internet. Simple as that. There is a setting in the buld.prop as well which allows me to restrict the mobile connection to 2g only thereby enabling me to receive messages if I want to. It saves the battery needed for scanning for 3g or lte network. So I guess shouldn't be a problem irrespective which network you are on.
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hasseye said:
Hello,
I'm about to be an owner of one of these units, however I do not plan on signing up for tmobile service.
I had an HTC EVO View 4G and there were quite a few roms out there that disabled the sprint activation on boot and a script that disabled the radio. I think that script might still work, however does anyone here make any custom roms that automatically disables it?
I haven't really heard much talk about just using WiFi, who here just uses Wifi? How does it work and perform?
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Ok, I found this and I tried it.
You can 1st enable phone by editing the build.prop settings (need to be rooted for that).
Once that is done, you need to type in *#*#4636#*#*
It automatically opens a Testing Menu of Settings. This gives useful information including battery etc.
Under the Tablet menu, there is an option to disable the radio all-together. I haven't tried this , but I did try changing the network mode from 2g-3g-4g and it worked for that. I would still suggest you use the airplane mode and put on/off wifi as and when needed. I didn't try this because saw some people complaining that after disabling it, they were not able to re-enable the radio. So be-warned about this.
Hi,
i like to use my HTC Legend as VOIP phone at home via wireless lan only.
So i don't need the telephone functions like UMTS, GSM and so on.
So my question is how can i disable the telephone functions permanently (i don't like to use the airplane mode and i don't like to see the info for missing sim card at the home display).
At the moment i have installed the CyanogenMod. Does anyone know another good Mod or has a good idea to realize that?
Thanks all
I have an NEC Terrain that is carrier unlocked, I would like to use the hotspot/tethering features of this device but whenever I do it tells me it cannot check entitlement, which is the stupid restriction ATT networks place on it. However I'm using it on T-mobile.
From what I can tell It cannot be rooted, is there any way to use the tether or hotspot without rooting it?
It would seem almost illegal to restrict access to certain services once it's unlocked and you own the phone.... This has to be an issue for other ATT phones right?
Slithica said:
I have an NEC Terrain that is carrier unlocked, I would like to use the hotspot/tethering features of this device but whenever I do it tells me it cannot check entitlement, which is the stupid restriction ATT networks place on it. However I'm using it on T-mobile.
From what I can tell It cannot be rooted, is there any way to use the tether or hotspot without rooting it?
It would seem almost illegal to restrict access to certain services once it's unlocked and you own the phone.... This has to be an issue for other ATT phones right?
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You could try PdaNet. There's a good chance though that the wifi hotspot function will simply trigger AT&T's provision app though - it does that on my Galaxy Light from T-Mobile. There's a free/trial version, so it won't hurt to give it a try. PdaNet does have a bluetooth tether and USB tether too. USB or bluetooth tether to your computer, or bluetooth to a tablet with PdaNet Tablet running on the tablet.
Without root, that's probably about all you can do. I can pretty much guarantee you that nothing else on the Play Store will work.