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   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Roger  wrote:   
   > On 23 Sep 2023 13:10:09 GMT, Frank Slootweg   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >Roger  wrote:   
   > >> On 22 Sep 2023 17:58:43 GMT, Frank Slootweg   
   > >>  wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >> >The Real Bev  wrote:   
   > >> >> On 9/22/23 8:16 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   > >> >> > The Real Bev  wrote:   
   > >[...]   
   > >> >> > [Rewind/repeat:]   
   > >> >> >> I just found out that MY location is picked up by google maps   
   > >> >> >> only via wifi+location services.  With wifi off and cell   
   > >> >> >> service+location services on it can't see me.   
   > >> >> >   
   > >> >> >    In the latter case, was 'Mobile data' off or on?   
   > >> >>   
   > >> >> I can choose 'airplane mode' on/off and wifi on/off. I hunted   
   > >> >> around for a 'mobile data'/other choice with no success.   
   > >> >   
   > >> >  Hmmm!? Strange!? On most phones the 'Mobile data' on/off toggle is on   
   > >> >the same panel as the 'Wifi', 'Bluetooth', 'Airplane mode', 'Location',   
   > >> >etc. toggles. My panel has 4 pages and I can arrange what goes on which   
   > >> >page, so perhaps your 'Mobile data' toggle is not on the main page.   
   > >> >   
   > >> >  Can someone with a Pixel  tell Bev where to look for the   
   > >> >'Mobile data' on/off toggle?   
   > >>   
   > >> Pixel 6a. Settings / Network and Internet / SIMs / Mobile data   
   > >   
   > >  No, that's the settings/configuration part, i.e. not for day-to-day   
   > >use.   
   > >   
   > >  I mean a - probably swipe-down - panel which has icons for each of the   
   > >above functions and these icons function as on/off toggles, i.e. you tap   
   > >the icon to switch the function (for example WiFi) on or off.   
   > >   
   > >  On most phones. there's also such an icon/toggle for Mobile data. On   
   > >my phone. the icon is two white arrows - one up, one down - in a blue   
   > >(when on) circle. If the panel is not extended, it only shows the icons.   
   > >If it is extended, it shows the icon with its description ('Mobile   
   > >data').   
   > >   
   > >  Does you Pixel 6a have such a panel with on/off icons/toggles? If so,   
   > >how do  you get to it?   
   >   
   > Not quite as what you described. Swipe down then Internet gives   
   > two toggles: mobile operator name and Wi-Fi. Press operator name   
   > and a box appears "Turn off mobile data?". The options are Turn   
   > off and Cancel.   
      
     Thanks! Hopefully Bev's Pixel (2?) has a similar panel/setting.   
      
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