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Re:Mass cellphone surveillance experiment in Spain by drclau on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @04:59PM (#21391958)
JFYI, at least on iOS 13, airplane mode disables only the mobile connection, while WiFi and Bluetooth remain on. This is not hidden in any way, the buttons remain active in Control Center. I assume that only mobile signal has enough power to be considered dangerous. Maybe someone can explain what's the reasoning behind this choice.
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Re:Mass cellphone surveillance experiment in Spain by flanbiscuit on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @05:26PM (#21392224)
I feel like this aligns with what "airplane" mode should be. I find it annoying when I turn on airplane mode and it disables my bluetooth and I have to re-enable it (Android X/Api 29 and below)
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Re:Mass cellphone surveillance experiment in Spain by ingenium on Thursday October 31, 2019 @12:23PM (#21410466)
You can set which radios are disabled with Airplane mode with an adb command. It persists and will even transfer to a new phone.

The default is:

adb settings put global airplane_mode_radios cell,bluetooth,wifi,nfc,wimax

I have mine set to:

adb settings put global airplane_mode_radios cell,wifi,wimax

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Re:Mass cellphone surveillance experiment in Spain by flanbiscuit on Monday November 11, 2019 @08:44PM (#21510777)
That is great! Thanks for the tip.
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Re:Mass cellphone surveillance experiment in Spain by dwoozle on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @05:46PM (#21392427)
The reasoning is that airlines used to ban all wireless communication during flight. Now they permit Bluetooth and WiFi but still forbid cellular. The iOS behavior is calibrated to the air travel rules.
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Re:Mass cellphone surveillance experiment in Spain by dwaite on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @12:01AM (#21394585)
I believe iPadOS/iOS 13 by default will leave Bluetooth on while in airplane mode (likely for watches and headphones). If you turn bluetooth off while in airplane mode, it remembers that as a preference.
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Re:Mass cellphone surveillance experiment in Spain by NowThenGoodBad on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @05:46PM (#21392423)
It's been like that for a while if you have your wifi/Bluetooth on when airplane mode is on, it will do it the same way next time you turn on airplane mode. I used that frequently on my 5S, spare 6, and iPhone X.
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Re:Mass cellphone surveillance experiment in Spain by ghostbrainalpha on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @06:55PM (#21392974)
You carry 4 phones?
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Re:Mass cellphone surveillance experiment in Spain by coldtea on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @05:25PM (#21392217)
The reasoning was so that WF on flight, and BT/WF peripherals like AirPods, Apple Watch, and (for the iPad) the pencil, connected keyboards, and so on, can continue to work.
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