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    PSA: Airplane Mode and Poor Cell Coverage

    This has likely been discussed before but if you live or work somewhere with poor cell coverage, put your phone into Airplane Mode when at home or work. I don't have great cell coverage at home (with any of the Big Three U.S. providers). This made sending and receiving texts and calls difficult...
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    iPad How long will ipad mini 4 battery last?

    Hello, I am going on a long airplane flight. I was wondering if my iPad mini 4 will survive the whole flight. I will be watching downloaded movies using the mobile Netflix app. This means that: Airplane mode will be on I will have headphones plugged in I will be watching movies that I downloaded...
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    All Devices toggling the Settings > Airplane mode button does not turn off the Bluetooth.

    When we switch on Airplane mode by googling the button in Settings app of iOS device. It turns off the WiFi and mobile data as expected. But it does not turn off the Bluetooth. This is not expected.
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    Apple Watch Airplane Mode Only Use?

    Can I use Apple Watch when the device is in Airplane Mode and not receiving or sending wireless data? For example, to use the clock and fitness tracking, can I turn off wireless and still use the device? (For those interested, if I can avoid it, I’d rather not expose my wrist or body to a...
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    iPhone 7/Plus Calls on airplane mode and more

    Dear community, I'm just wondering if it would be ok to share my story here. Just to let you know how Apple treats loyal customers (using Apple since 2006, iPhones since 2008). Since May 2018 I have issues with my iPhone 7: - calls on airplane mode (WiFi disabled), - unable to connect to the...
  6. stylinexpat

    Save all News for offline reading

    Is there a way to download and save all News Channels articles from your favorites for offline reading at a later time? Say you are about to board a flight and would like to read all the Channels you follow or subscribed to at a later time where there is no reception or signal. I know there is...
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    No service after turning off airplane mode (iPhone 6S)

    So I woke up one morning and noticed that when I turned off airplane mode I couldn't get any signal. I literally tried everything from resetting everything, setting up as a new phone etc... I went to apple with it and they couldn't find anything wrong with the hardware. They also did a couple...
  8. Avenged110

    iOS Update Notification Tricks

    Noticed this after the recent iOS signing changes, as that provided an easy opportunity to see definitively what happened, and I was curious if anyone knew anything about this. I updated my 5th gen. iPod touch from 6.0.1 to 6.1.3 and (though I had to connect to Wi-Fi to set it up) immediately...
  9. drlib2011

    Airplane mode not mirroring 7+ 10.1b5

    Hello I have a 7+ 256g and just put on 10.1 beta 5 and was using the airplane mode and it does enable on the watch but (setting are mirror iPhone) but does not disable AW SS 2 with 3.0 any one have this happen? I did do a bug report on it also
  10. yanki01

    remove airplane mode & get notifications

    At night or when i get home from work and don't use my watch, i put it on airplane mode (to preserve iPhone battery life) and leave it on the charger until the next morning. of course throughout the evening and overnight, i get some text message notifications that I've replied to or have seen...