remove radio? dont need it

[raf1919]

basically i got a free evo 4g. my mgr thought she lost her phone went to sprint got new one under her ins plan few days later found it under her car seat. anyways she gave it to me to play around with. I have tmobile (blackberry) so i just use this primarily as mini tablet to just surf web, play games, get my andriod on, etc.

my question is is there way to remove the radio completely? and just use wifi? i figured it would save on battery. i have it rooted w/ cyan newest stable mod.

 

[cnstarz]

airplane mode.

 

[iitreatedii]

basically i got a free evo 4g. my mgr thought she lost her phone went to sprint got new one under her ins plan few days later found it under her car seat. anyways she gave it to me to play around with. I have tmobile (blackberry) so i just use this primarily as mini tablet to just surf web, play games, get my andriod on, etc.

my question is is there way to remove the radio completely? and just use wifi? i figured it would save on battery. i have it rooted w/ cyan newest stable mod.

No, what you do is this, go to settings wireless and network and disable mobile data, but if the phone is not connected to a network or anything it wont search for it anyway, if not I'm not mistaken airplane mode disables all connections so in fact your wifi would not work

 

[cnstarz]

you can enable wifi in airplane mode.

 

[NewZJ]

Get the app called "network" from the market, it will let you turn off the radio

 

[Dees_Troy]

I've heard that often lost/stolen phones don't get properly blacklisted by Sprint, so sometimes they can still be activated on Sprint. Even if it couldn't be, it could still work on Cricket and maybe Boost. You could sell it and list it as having a bad ESN. You'll likely still get $200 for it.

Technically though, the phone belongs to Ascurion, so depending on your morals, you should give it to them.

 

[raf1919]

I've heard that often lost/stolen phones don't get properly blacklisted by Sprint, so sometimes they can still be activated on Sprint. Even if it couldn't be, it could still work on Cricket and maybe Boost. If it were me, I'd sell it and list it as having a bad ESN. You'll likely still get $200 for it.

Technically though, the phone belongs to Ascurion, so depending on your morals, you should give it to them.

not a bad idea, but i actually like having it to use a pocket laptop. makes it easy to check scores for fantasy baseball or football things like that. play games. and test out new roms. i put in extended battery so does good job of lasting figured if i can disable radio should improve nicely.

and my morals are awful, although her plan was to throw it out and pollute our landfills so i did a good deed by taking it off her hands

 

[r916]

It will work for MetroPCS, Boost (alot of work), Cricket.
Just disable mobile data in settings. It will be a cool picture taker and mp3 player lol, a very nice one.
Would you sell it? Pm me a price.

 

[raf1919]

It will work for MetroPCS, Boost (alot of work), Cricket.
Just disable mobile data in settings. It will be a cool picture taker and mp3 player lol, a very nice one.
Would you sell it? Pm me a price.

yea thats what i thought too, be like an ipod touch but better. No i promised her i wouldn't sell she is afraid sprint will find out and charge or fine her. thats why she wanted to throw it out. i told her i will just keep it as toy and not activate or try selling it. but i like having it. lets me keep my blackberry for calls and i just play w/ this.

although why can't i get google voice to work on it? will google voice only work through mobile network?

 

[vladthedog]

yea thats what i thought too, be like an ipod touch but better. No i promised her i wouldn't sell she is afraid sprint will find out and charge or fine her. thats why she wanted to throw it out. i told her i will just keep it as toy and not activate or try selling it. but i like having it. lets me keep my blackberry for calls and i just play w/ this.

although why can't i get google voice to work on it? will google voice only work through mobile network?

I've been doing something similar for a while now. I got my evo right around the day it came out. A few months later I decided to transfer my service over to an old phone and minimize my service at sprint (saving approx 40 a month). i use just wifi on my phone (which is all i really used anyway). Your best bet is to just put the phone into airplane mode, and then re-enable the radio's you want (i.e. bluetooth and wifi). I know you used to not be able to do this, but i run CM7 which you can (other roms you may be able to now as well). I'd love it if i could just strip that part of it out completely. however, some apps (primarily swype for me, but i'm certain there are others) require to have some sort of communication with the towers. If I forget to turn back on the radio after booting and then try to use swype i get errors. just an fyi.

 

[matt2053]

yea thats what i thought too, be like an ipod touch but better. No i promised her i wouldn't sell she is afraid sprint will find out and charge or fine her. thats why she wanted to throw it out. i told her i will just keep it as toy and not activate or try selling it. but i like having it. lets me keep my blackberry for calls and i just play w/ this.

although why can't i get google voice to work on it? will google voice only work through mobile network?

Google voice uses the phone to call out just like placing a regular call.

Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

 

[flying_low]

^ that one

 

[superultramegarad]

< jealous of the free evo =P

+1 on airplane. Though it would be nice to actually have a rom that allowed all radio functions to be perm-removed from the software.