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In my experience, no not at all, as it causes my phone to drain its battery exceptionally fast while it thrashes the modem in a frantic search for signal.
by Arrath 4y ago
In my experience, no not at all, as it causes my phone to drain its battery exceptionally fast while it thrashes the modem in a frantic search for signal.
- crazygringo 4y agoYes! I don't know why nobody talks about this. If I don't go into airplane mode, half of my daily battery drain is from two half-hour trips in the underground subway. It's insane. By far, my #1 wish for my iPhone would be a mode to basically "detect subway networks constantly changing" and just give up trying. Like, if it observes all cell and wifi networks disappearing entirely together with movement... then totally new ones appearing... every 45 seconds... just stop. And wait passively until there's some kind of heuristic indicating you're above ground, before trying to establish new connections with everything. Obviously make this optional, but I turn on airplane mode every time I enter the subway and turn it off after I leave, just so I don't have to worry about running out of battery during the day otherwise in case I take 3-4 trips.
- xiwenc 4y agoVery good ideas! As hobby I like to automate mundane tasks. I’m applying a similar approach by using iPhone Shortcuts app. See https://twitter.com/xiwenc/status/1578670843584204801?s=46&t=A_7fJNYokcG2Nxl8DwzhiQ https://twitter.com/xiwenc/status/1578670843584204801?s=46&t... for how i did it by automatically turning off/on low power mode, wifi, etc. Perhaps you’re inspired by it.