XPost: comp.mobile.android, sci.geo.satellite-nav   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Char Jackson  wrote:   
   > On 24 Sep 2023 09:01:16 GMT, Frank Slootweg  wrote:   
   >   
   > >Char Jackson  wrote:   
   > >> On 23 Sep 2023 12:44:30 GMT, Frank Slootweg    
   wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >> >Char Jackson  wrote:   
   > >> >> I would just add that a Mobile Data switch probably isn't actually   
   > >> >> needed. My phone, a Samsung Galaxy S20FE, doesn't appear to have such   
   > >> >> a switch, but it does have Airplane Mode, which does the same thing.   
   > >> >>   
   > >> >> If I wanted to disable only Mobile Data, I would have to enable   
   > >> >> Airplane Mode, which disables mobile data, WiFi, and BT, then   
   > >> >> manually re-enable WiFi and BT.   
   > >> >   
   > >> >  But Airplane mode also disables calls and SMS. That's why most phones   
   > >> >have a 'Mobile data' on/off toggle, in addition to all the other ones.   
   > >>   
   > >> I think you missed the last part of what I wrote. :)   
   > >   
   > >  No, I didn't, but you missed what *I* wrote! :-)   
   > >   
   > >> c/p   
   > >> >> If I wanted to disable only Mobile Data, I would have to enable   
   > >> >> Airplane Mode, which disables mobile data, WiFi, and BT, **then   
   > >> >> manually re-enable WiFi and BT.**   
   > >> (emphasis added)   
   > >>   
   > >> So that's how I disable mobile data, which I admit is an extremely   
   > >> infrequent thing, but on closer examination I see now that my Samsung   
   > >> Galaxy S20 does, indeed, have a Mobile Data switch. I'll probably   
   > >> never use it since I'm used to using the Airplane Mode method.   
   > >   
   > >  Yes, I understand that. But *my* point is that when you do that, you   
   > >*also* switch off calls and SMS. That may not matter to *you*, but is   
   > >*my* point:   
   >   
   > You're right, but calls and SMS are only off for a second or two, right? As   
   > quickly as you can hit the WiFi switch, they're back on again. For me, that   
   > hasn't been a big deal.   
      
     Ah, I see our confusion!   
      
     What's back on is *WiFi* calling/SMS (if your provider and phone   
   supports that). I meant normal 'cellular' calling/SMS. Cellular   
   calling/SMS is off, because Airplane mode turns off *all* radios and the   
   only way to turn the 'cellular' radio back on, is to switch off Airplane   
   mode.   
      
     Does this explain our misunderstanding?   
      
   >    
      
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