Guide: Make Android's "airplane mode" smarter
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In this video, we show you how to make airplane mode on your Android smartphone selectively turn off wireless radios instead of just all of them. So, you can now pop your phone into airplane mode and keep your Bluetooth headphones connected. Sounds nice, right? Watch the video to find out how to make this simple - and fully reversible - root-free change to your device.
ADB Installation:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48915118
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Command to check what radios are being toggled when enabling Airplane Mode:
adb shell settings get global airplane_mode_radios
OR
adb shell content query --uri content://settings/global --projection name:value --where "name='airplane_mode_radios'"
Command to Disable Specific Radios (Either one of these commands will not allow Airplane Mode to disable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth):
adb shell settings put global airplane_mode_radios "cell,nfc,wimax"
OR
adb shell content update --uri content://settings/global --bind value:s:'cell,nfc,wimax' --where "name='airplane_mode_radios'"
Command to Revert Back to Regular Settings:
adb shell settings put global airplane_mode_radios "cell,bluetooth,wifi,nfc,wimax"
OR
adb shell content update --uri content://settings/global --bind value:s:'cell,bluetooth,wifi,nfc,wimax' --where "name='airplane_mode_radios'"
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➨ Back Alley Kat: https://soundcloud.com/back-alley-kat
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