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On Virgin Australia they make you turn off all electronics gadgets, radio based or not, until the plane is in the air, they say nothing about mobiles. Then you can turn them on once the aircraft is at cruising altitude. They never said not to turn the mobile back on - they just said we could turn our electronics back on. They made no differentiation between "electronic" and "mobile phone".

I put mine in flight mode anyway.


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Posted: 2008-05-01 08:40:42
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as far as i know all planes ask for you to turn off all electronics for take off and landing once at cruising altitude you can use electronic gadgets, i'm gonna see with olympic airways this year see if they have a problem with the phone in flightmode.

Was hoping to watch a movie, but i think i may just have to keep my Mp3 player handy just in case.
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Posted: 2008-05-01 09:54:58
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a friend has juts asked me if you can put the choice of "flightmode" when starting the phone, to enter directly without turning it on...you know what I mean ?
I cant' remember for sure, can you tell me? So I can answer him
Thanks

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Posted: 2008-05-01 15:23:11
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If u mean what i think go in2 settings general start up menu n turn it on!

[ This Message was edited by: brownie1989 on 2008-05-01 17:09 ]
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Posted: 2008-05-01 18:08:04
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Thanks, I'll tell him

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Posted: 2008-05-01 18:11:10
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sonyericsson P series & walkman phones will ask you on start up if you want the flight/walkman/offline mode or not but with nokia the phone will 1st switch on & then you can switch over to offline mode by pressing the power button & choosing the offline profile.
i am not sure if it is still the same with the newer nokia phones.
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Posted: 2008-05-02 05:45:17
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Some phones do allow this to happen without the power on/off at all.
I'm definitely sure the Nokia 6300 allows this and with access to normal phone functions, bar calling/texting/web browsing.
There are a fair few more handsets that are capable of this
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Posted: 2008-05-02 09:07:34
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Yes, at this stage SE have chosen to use the turn off and on method of choosing flight mode. I'm not sure why, it seems short sighted since casual use of flight mode is effectively wiped out with that method.

It may be that a whole redesign of the circuitry or software is required to enable flight mode aka "Nokia" style.

Hopefully they will offer it soon. Since K800, you can press power button on K800 to select profile, but unfortunately "flightmode" is not an option in profile settings.

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Posted: 2008-05-04 17:11:39
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Flightmode is very convenient and just 2 steps away from standby in SE smartphones so far. I can either tap on the signal icon and choose 'flight mode' or press the power button and choose 'flight mode' instead of 'turn off'. I've made use of it on flights without any problems so far. Be it for pictures or watching movies, it's a great and convenient feature, especially on my P990. Hmm...I'm starting to sound like an SE ad
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Posted: 2008-05-04 18:54:43
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@mode, I indeed thought that was the case with SE smartphones, but @ftyk indicated that you had to turn it off first.

I'm relieved that atleast SE smartphones can enable flight mode without a restart. That means I can look forward to this ability when I get my G900

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Posted: 2008-05-05 11:31:51
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