• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      And if you turn wifi back on once, it’ll tell you that it can remember and always leave Wi-Fi on if you want.

      Don’t even have to find the setting

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        8 months ago

        There is? I know the control center button for turning on/off mobile data, but I wasn’t aware there was a way other than airplane mode to prevent it from continuously scanning for networks.

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          The cell data button only disables data, but the airplane button disables the cellular radio entirely and doesn’t disable WiFi or Bluetooth. If you want WiFi and BT disabled, you need to tap them separately.

          However… the airplane button remembers your last preference. If you tapped airplane and then disabled WiFi and BT, it will disable them next time you turn on airplane mode. If you last used airplane mode with WiFi and/or BT enabled, it will only disable the cell antenna.

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          8 months ago

          That’s what airplane mode is. Try it out in the control center. It doesn’t disable my WiFi unless I had WiFi disabled when I last turned airplane mode off. Similar with Bluetooth except turning airplane off turns my Bluetooth on even if I had it off before.

          Of course, an OS update or a reboot might reset the value of the previous WiFi state. 🤷‍♂️

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            8 months ago

            Right, but the person I was replying to appears to be saying there is a toggle button that isn’t airplane mode to turn off the antenna, unless I’m misunderstanding.

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                8 months ago

                On iPhone the airplane toggle is the cellular toggle. It leaves all your other radios active.

                It also disables GPS but only because that doesn’t work anyway in a fast moving faraday cage without cell tower triangulation.

                If you want to disable wifi or bluetooth, those are separate toggles… and by default they just disconnect from your current wifi network and some of your bluetooth devices (your smart watch for example, will stay connected over bluetooth). The buttons are there to use if your wifi or bluetooth aren’t working properly, which can always be fixed by just disconnecting rather than disabling the radio entirely.

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                  8 months ago

                  Airplane mode is one button. Cellular is another button.

                  Just pull up your control center and you should see.

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                    8 months ago

                    In iOS, the cell-tower-looking button is for data, it doesn’t disable all of your cellular radios. If you hold down the button in Control Center so it pops up the larger version with descriptions, you’ll see that it says “Cellular Data.”

                    The Airplane Mode button disables your cellular radios but leaves WiFi and Bluetooth enabled. This is what you want for airplanes. Hence the name “Airplane Mode.”

                    It’s been a couple years since I had an Android phone (rest in peace, OnePlus 7T Pro 5G, you were too good for this world) but I think to accomplish the same I had to enable airplane mode and then re-enable WiFi and Bluetooth, but I could be mistaken.

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                8 months ago

                Yes but the cellular toggle is for mobile data only. Turning it off won’t stop your phone from trying to connect to a network when there isn’t any (which drains the battery unnecessarily). Airplane mode turns off the antenna completely. The person I was replying to appears to say there is a button to do the latter without using airplane mode.

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                8 months ago

                Probably, but that’s android right? I’m not sure there is a similar control for IOS that isn’t airplane mode.

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        8 months ago

        Yes. It’s a simple toggle that can be added to the qyickbar: “airplane mode on/off”. And while it’s on, you can override it with individual settings, such as turning on bluetooth while everything remains off. Hazzle free and fast.

        I use this feature a lot, as I fly very often, and I use bluetooth buds. I have filled my phone to the brim with various media to binge until touchdown. It helps conserve battery, as the radio doesn’t have to TX at full power while looking for a signal at FL500 in the middle of the Atlantic