You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!
When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.
When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.
Why isn’t aeroplane mode working on the current software version? I put aeroplane mode on and wifi is still showing. I did try everything I could think of. I owned iPhones for about 17 years and this never happened. Anyone else experienced this? Thanks!
If you turn on Airplane mode, the first time it turns off Wi-Fi. But you can then turn Wi-Fi back on. If you couldn’t, pilots flying the plane wouldn’t be able to use the iPads that have their flight plans, charts, checklists, ATC instructions and other critical data on them. And passengers wouldn’t be able to make use of entertainment features on planes, watch the all-important safety messages (complete with advertisements), and pay exorbitant fees to stay “connected” to email, texts and social media while aloft.
The Wi-Fi ON in Airplane mode is a “sticky” feature; the phone will remember the setting the next time you turn on Airplane mode. And if it wasn’t sticky, on each flight probably half the passengers would be complaining to cabin attendants that the in-flight entertainment wasn’t working, instead of just on their first flight.
And, of course, in the event of an in-flight emergency you don’t want the cockpit and cabin crews to fumble around wasting precious seconds trying to figure out why the emergency checklist wasn’t appearing.
And it’s been a sticky feature on all of my iPhones since my first in 2007.
If you turn on Airplane mode, the first time it turns off Wi-Fi. But you can then turn Wi-Fi back on. If you couldn’t, pilots flying the plane wouldn’t be able to use the iPads that have their flight plans, charts, checklists, ATC instructions and other critical data on them. And passengers wouldn’t be able to make use of entertainment features on planes, watch the all-important safety messages (complete with advertisements), and pay exorbitant fees to stay “connected” to email, texts and social media while aloft.
The Wi-Fi ON in Airplane mode is a “sticky” feature; the phone will remember the setting the next time you turn on Airplane mode. And if it wasn’t sticky, on each flight probably half the passengers would be complaining to cabin attendants that the in-flight entertainment wasn’t working, instead of just on their first flight.
And, of course, in the event of an in-flight emergency you don’t want the cockpit and cabin crews to fumble around wasting precious seconds trying to figure out why the emergency checklist wasn’t appearing.
And it’s been a sticky feature on all of my iPhones since my first in 2007.
I would say I second that. This time it didn’t cut off wifi it just stayed on. I had to go and manually switch off wifi. 🤷🏻♀️ I’m happy! I listen to a lot of audiobooks at night and it drive me potty not being able to switch my phone to airplane mode.
Yes. I say it's s bug others say it is a convenience while on a plane listening to cinema
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ .
Haha, thanks! Interesting… I worked for British Airways for nearly a decade and never had this issue before. I will try your suggestions. Many thanks again for responding!
It worked! 😅 I’m just not sure why I have only started having this problem since the last software update. 🤷🏻♀️
Thanks again!
My iphone 12 is sticky, my iphone 7 is not sticky. That always worries me
Airplane mode not working
