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[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (8 children)

That’s what airplane mode is. Try it out in the control center. It doesn't disable my WiFi unless I had WiFi disabled when I last turned airplane mode off. Similar with Bluetooth except turning airplane off turns my Bluetooth on even if I had it off before.

Of course, an OS update or a reboot might reset the value of the previous WiFi state. 🤷‍♂️

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (7 children)

Right, but the person I was replying to appears to be saying there is a toggle button that isn’t airplane mode to turn off the antenna, unless I’m misunderstanding.

[–] VelociCatTurd@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (4 children)

There’s a separate cellular toggle yes.

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yes but the cellular toggle is for mobile data only. Turning it off won’t stop your phone from trying to connect to a network when there isn’t any (which drains the battery unnecessarily). Airplane mode turns off the antenna completely. The person I was replying to appears to say there is a button to do the latter without using airplane mode.

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