Use iPhone wifi only?

[homerdog]

My old iPhone 4 still works fine so I want to use it around the house like an iPod with wifi only (no data or voice plan of any kind). I've turned off 3g data but I cannot make it stop searching for a cell signal which kills the battery I'm sure. Putting it in Airplane Mode does the trick but that's not ideal since it disables all wireless connectivity.

Am I missing something? Do I need to "root" it or anything? Never done that but since it's a spare I'm not opposed.

 

[Rurouni]

I don't know about ios, but can you turn on WiFi after entering airplane mode. On android, when turning in airplane mode it disable all connection, but you can turn on those thing (wifi, bluetooth, etc) while in airplane mode.

 

[itsmydamnation]

jailbreak it and install sbsettings, in it you can disable cellular specificlly

 

[nutball]

I don't know about ios, but can you turn on WiFi after entering airplane mode.

This does work for iOS. I use an old 3GS in just this mode.

 

[RudeCurve]

On the Iphone 4 it works. Turn on airplane mode...it will turn off WiFi but you just need to turn WiFi back on and it works. I just did it on my own phone.

 

[homerdog]

On the Iphone 4 it works. Turn on airplane mode...it will turn off WiFi but you just need to turn WiFi back on and it works. I just did it on my own phone.

Sweet! I did not know that. I suppose you can manually turn on bluetooth as well?

 

[RudeCurve]

Yes BT works as well. I'm running the latest version of IOS 7.1.2.

 

[homerdog]

Mucho gracias guys!

 

[SlimJim]

This is exactly how I use my iP4! It can go for weeks if I leave it like that. That is with push mail on 2 accounts!