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   Your Name to Lars Anders   
   Re: What [automated] apps (or techniques   
   25 Nov 22 10:56:00   
   
   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2022-11-24 20:39:58 +0000, Lars Anders said:   
      
   > On 24 Nov 2022, Andy Burnelli  wrote :   
   >   
   >> Happy Thanksgiving!   
   >>   
   >> What [automated] apps (or techniques) do you use to ensure radios are off?   
   >> (This is not a question of manual techniques.)   
   >>   
   >> For a variety of logically prudent reasons it may be useful to   
   >> automatically turn some, each or all of our radios off, whether they are   
   >> a. gps   
   >> b. wi-fi   
   >> c. cellular   
   >> d. cellular data   
   >> e. nfc   
   >> f. bluetooth   
   >> g. mobile hotspot   
   >> h. nearby shares   
   >> etc. (any others?)   
   >>   
   >> The reasons for shutoff could be any one or all of these defensible basics:   
   >> 1. Battery drain   
   >> 2. Data charges   
   >> 3. Privacy protection   
   >> 4. Compute resources   
   >> etc. (any others?)   
   >>   
   >> What _automated_ apps (or techniques) do you use to ensure some, most, or   
   >> even all your radio transceivers are automatically turned off when unused?   
   >   
   > the iphone probably can't do anything like it but people should be able to   
   > find android hardware utilities to do what is asked with all kinds of user   
   > preference switches based on time of day or inactivity period or whatever   
   >   
   > https://play.google.com/store/search?q=auto%20turn%20off&c=apps   
      
   Can the those in the Android newsgroups please stop cross-posting their   
   know-nothing replies to the Phone newsgroup. We're not at all   
   interested in these garbage misinformation posts. :-\   
      
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