XPost: comp.mobile.android, sci.geo.satellite-nav   
   From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 9/23/23 11:56 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Settings / Network & internet / Mobile network [only when 'on'] /   
   Mobile data off/on and Roaming off/on   
      
   Since I leave the 'phone' off unless *I* want to make (or am expecting)   
   a call or actually need to use non-wifi data, I'm leaving both settings   
   ON.   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers,Bev   
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       turn out to be well-founded."       -- Edgar Watson Howe   
      
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