matt504hrs
Newbie
Hi, I'm going abroad and would like to just use the wifi and nothing else, how can I turn everything else off so I don't get incoming calls or texts etc?
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SiHa
Android Enthusiast
But that will turn off WiFi also.
I think the only way to do this would be to remove the SIM, then it'll just function as a PDA.
I wasn't sure if the phone would actualy work wothout a SIM, but I've just tried it on mine, and it complains but still works OK and connects to wireless fine.
SUroot
Extreme Android User
When you first put airplane mode on, it may indeed turn wifi off. However, you can simply turn it on again. Try it
SiHa
Android Enthusiast
When you first put airplane mode on, it may indeed turn wifi off. However, you can simply turn it on again. Try it
Well f@ck me sideways, I didn't know that. Excuse me for now asking a bloody daft question, but doesn't that defeat the object of airplane mode? I thought the idea was to turn off all radio transmissions from the phone.
SUroot
Extreme Android User
No, wifi is different to mobile networks. Mobile network transmissions can interfere with instrumentation, wifi doesnt.
Infact some airplanes now have wifi networks.
SUroot
Extreme Android User
Fair enough.
...and it's aeroplanes in the UK
Indeed, however if a menu or folder item spells something incorrectly (eg airplane mode / program files), I tend to stick to the incorrect spelling for the duration of the conversation, if I had already refered to it using its visible name
I prefer consistency over correct English spelling when we refer to something universal