G+_Jimmy H Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Does anyone know if there is an easy way to disable the cellular radios on a Droid Bionic without disable the WiFi, bluetooth or GPS? I want to set up my old phone as a media player and navigation device for my wife, without setting cell service up for that phone. Considering that I have an unlimited plan on my phone I would prefer to not annoy Verizon by having a deactivated phone pinging thier towers needlessly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Simmons Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Can't you put the phone in airplane mode and enable Wi-Fi and GPS?. Works just fine on all of my old android phones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Joe Morrison Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 I will give it a try, but my impression was that when I turn on bluetooth or wifi it automatically drops out of airplane mode and turns on the cell radios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Joe Morrison Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Verizon does not use SIM cards except for LTE service. Everything else is built into the phone. I already pulled the LTE SIM. Preserving the battery by having the radios turned off would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Simmons Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Joe putting your phone in airplane mode will disable all radios. You can however reenable WiFi Bluetooth and GPS while still keeping the cellular radios off. If you are truly insistent on turning your cell connection off, I would assume you could enter the service menu (##7764726) and disable the radio. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Matt Wells Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 "*##4636##*" > Phone Info > "Turn Off Radio" That will disable the phone only. --edit - Had to wrap that in " since it stripped out the stars --edit2 - keeps stripping out the stars - read below star-pound-star-pound-4-6-3-6-pound-star-pound-star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Joe Morrison Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Awesome that appears to be exactly the info I was hoping someone would know. I will try this tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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