Ok, Im going on a cruise in April. Now VZW service will be unavailable. But we can still connect to GPS Sats w/o cell service?
Turning off all data
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Ok, Im going on a cruise in April. Now VZW service will be unavailable. But we can still connect to GPS Sats w/o cell service?
I mean no offense and I don't mean to question your purchases (people are free to buy whatever they want), but why get such a feature-rich, connected phone if you don't want to be able to use any of the features? It sounds like all you really want is an extremely basic cell phone.
Sorry that I don't know the name of the app, but I have seen an app that stores the maps on the phone (as I understand) allowing to use the GPS & Maps w/o a cell connection.
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I mean no offense and I don't mean to question your purchases (people are free to buy whatever they want), but why get such a feature-rich, connected phone if you don't want to be able to use any of the features? It sounds like all you really want is an extremely basic cell phone.
Oh trust me, I enjoy everything that is available on the Droid, but I would like to extend the battery life as much as possible. There are times in a day that I do not need the data service except for the phone calls. Having all, if not most, of the other data off does help with the battery life. That's mainly the reason I posted this thread. Again, I'll emphasize that I LOVE what the Droid can do (which is a lot), but you sacrifice battery life. I'm sure some others in this forum know what I mean.
This is a much easier method than all that dialing
sms will still work.
Install Better Cut or Any Cut
Long press on the home screen.
Choose 'Shortcuts'
Choose 'Better Cut' (Or Any Cut if that's the case)
Choose 'Activity'
Select 'Data Call Settings'
Select an Icon, choose a name and select 'Create'
Then open the shortcut and it takes you to a menu.
just uncheck 'Data Call Enabled' and that will cut off all 3g/2g data.
sms will still work.
Install Better Cut or Any Cut
Long press on the home screen.
Choose 'Shortcuts'
Choose 'Better Cut' (Or Any Cut if that's the case)
Choose 'Activity'
Select 'Data Call Settings'
Select an Icon, choose a name and select 'Create'
Then open the shortcut and it takes you to a menu.
just uncheck 'Data Call Enabled' and that will cut off all 3g/2g data.
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I ran into a problem using this method to turn of data. Once I connect to wifi than later disconnect from that wifi connection. the phone automatically renables data and i have to manually go and disable it by dialing or using the call settings shortcut.
is there a way to fix this so it doesn't enable data right after disconnecting from wifi.
is there a way to fix this so it doesn't enable data right after disconnecting from wifi.
Thank you for this information. It seems to work. This solution seems to keep the data from starting up again on its own. I hope others are able to find this solution. I know that there are people using Page Plus as their carrier who could benefit from this.
Thanks againdancedroid
I thought I did not either and then I discovered I had not scrolled down far enough.
Yea it's under "Network Settings" NOT Data Call Settings. At least for Any Cut. It's not a one click setting though.