XPost: comp.mobile.android, sci.geo.satellite-nav   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   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:   
      
   > >  Example scenario: At home, streaming video. I don't want to risk that   
   > >a WiFi problem makes my phone switch to Mobile data, so I switch off   
   > >Mobile data and still can get/make calls (and get/send SMS (Yeah,   
   > >*right*!)).   
   > >   
   > >  Does your phone have a - probably swipe-down - panel with icons which   
   > >work as on/off toggles for things like WiFi, Sound, Bluetooth, Location,   
   > >Airplane mode, etc.?   
   >   
   > Yes.   
      
     Thanks for the confirmation. Being a Samsung, I thought it likely that   
   it would have the Quick panel.   
      
   > >  If so - no offense intended - can you drag/swipe down that panel to   
   > >get more toggles and more pages?   
   >   
   > Yes, and that's where I finally found a Mobile Data switch, but I'll   
   > never use it because Airplane Mode and WiFi are more important to me,   
   > and they do the same job as the Mobile Data switch.   
      
     No they don't (see above), but for you the difference (no calls/SMS)   
   apparently does not matter.   
      
     Anyway, the beauty of the (Samsung's) Quick panel is that you can put   
   the buttons on the initial/main panel which are important to you and   
   leave the rest on the extended panel / extra pages, or hide them   
   alltogether.   
      
   > >  For example, my swipe-down panel initially shows 5 toggles (I can   
   > >configure which ones). If I drag/swipe it down further, I get 2 rows of   
   > >4 toggles each. If I swipe left the extended panel, I get 3 more pages   
   > >of 8 toggles each.   
   > >   
   > >  The settings part (three vertical dots) calls this panel the 'Quick   
   > >panel', which term I assume is also used on other Samsung phones.   
      
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