Airplane Mode??

[Kenworth]

Hi all,
Read somewhere by turning on Airplane mode you could save a little battery power.
For the heck of it, thought I would see what happens. Green button "on" in settings!
Supposed to knock out WiFi and some other stuff but it didn't.
WiFi still works fine at home with no changes in email exchanges.
Don't get it??
Thanks.....Ken

 

[Jupiter7]

Hi all,
Read somewhere by turning on Airplane mode you could save a little battery power.
For the heck of it, thought I would see what happens. Green button "on" in settings!
Supposed to knock out WiFi and some other stuff but it didn't.
WiFi still works fine at home with no changes in email exchanges.
Don't get it??
Thanks.....Ken

Are you sure you have turned on Airplane mode?

 

[J. A.]

The button in Settings - Airplane Mode turns green when you enable/slide it.

 

[Jupiter7]

The button in Settings - Airplane Mode turns green when you enable/slide it.

Was about to edit that after checking!

 

[twerppoet]

When you activate Airplane mode, all the other wireless services below it should immediately change to 'off'. Did they?

After I check that mine did, I went on to experiment a little. Turns out that you can turn Wi-Fi and Bluetooth back on after turning on Airplane mode, and it will remember those settings so that the next time you turn on Airplane Mode, they will remain on. It's possible some time in the past you did this, and they remain that way. Or perhaps not. Try turning them off with Airplane Mode on, and see if they start toggling as they should after that.

I'm guessing this is so you can fine tune what Airplane Mode turns on/off. Like so you can turn off the cellular radio and leave your home wi-fi running, for a modest battery savings without losing the internet.

Also:

Cellular Data and Personal Hotspot always turn off. If the Cellular Data mode is on in it's settings, the test changes to Airplane Mode. If it is off in Cellular Settings, it will say off.

Personal Hotspot grays out when in Airplane Mode, so you can not turn it on.

At least that is what happens on my iPad Pro on iPadOS 17.

 

[Kenworth]

Hi Tpoet,
I can toggle WiFi and Bluetooth on and off with Airplane mode on. Green buttons.
This one doesn't have cellular.
Anyway, enough of that. Thanks for the response......."again!!"
Ken

 

[twerppoet]

No problem.

 

[Aerofly]

I’ve found the easiest way to select what you want on/off when using Airplane Mode is to select Airplane Mode from the drop down Control Centre, then turn off anything else you don’t want on when Airplane is selected, and the next time you turn it on all of those options will be off as well.

 

[Kenworth]

BTW.....turning "on" airplane mode "doesn't" shut of WiFi, only Bluetooth.
Ken

 

[twerppoet]

BTW.....turning "on" airplane mode "doesn't" shut of WiFi, only Bluetooth.
Ken

By default Airplane mode turns off both. As Aerofly said, you can turn them back on individually if wanted.

However, if you turn one or both of them back on while Airplane mode is enabled, it seems to remember your preferences and will leave that one on the next time you enable Airplane mode. It can get really weird, as if you've turned them both on when in Airplane mode, then it does pretty much nothing. Both will remain on in either mode.

I'm guessing you've turned Wi-Fi back on in Airplane mode in the past, and thats why it does not turn off for you. If you want it to turn both off again, enable Airplane mode and toggle both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth off, then turn Airplane mode off again. Then it should act as advertised.

I'm not sure why it is this complicated, but it's been that way for a while.

It is easier to experiment with this in Control Center than in Settings.

 

[Kenworth]

By default Airplane mode turns off both. As Aerofly said, you can turn them back on individually if wanted.

However, if you turn one or both of them back on while Airplane mode is enabled, it seems to remember your preferences and will leave that one on the next time you enable Airplane mode. It can get really weird, as if you've turned them both on when in Airplane mode, then it does pretty much nothing. Both will remain on in either mode.

I'm guessing you've turned Wi-Fi back on in Airplane mode in the past, and thats why it does not turn off for you. If you want it to turn both off again, enable Airplane mode and toggle both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth off, then turn Airplane mode off again. Then it should act as advertised.

I'm not sure why it is this complicated, but it's been that way for a while.

It is easier to experiment with this in Control Center than in Settings.

We're good.....thanks......Ken