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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Randall, that screenshot is not relevant to this bug report. It is of
Android's Settings app -- but the equivalent screen in Ubuntu's System
Settings already has a switch for cellular data. On the Android 5.0
phone I just tested, you can get to that screen by tapping the Cellular
icon in Android's quick settings panel -- but you can get to the
equivalent screen in Ubuntu by tapping "Cellular Settings" in the
network menu, so there's no practical difference there, either. (Or if
there is, it's that System Settings takes too long to open, which would
be a problem for dozens of access points, not just this one.)

Android's quick settings panel does not have a toggle for cellular data.
<https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/6111329> Neither does iOS's
Control Center. <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202769> And neither
does Ubuntu's indicator menus. I emphasize this because Jelmer's and
Sebastien's mentions of Android might have given the impression that
Android has what people are asking for here, when it does not. The only
platform that does, that I know of, is Windows 10 Mobile.
<http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/getstarted-notifications-
mobile>

Turning off cellular data would not stop you from getting notifications
through wi-fi, or from on-device events such as reminders; if you want
to pause notifications you need something like a Do Not Disturb mode.
<https://goo.gl/yoiVKM> Nor is it a viable way to ensure that you
continue getting phone calls, since the proportion of phone calls that
use PSTN is only going to decline, as is already happening with the
proportion of messages that use SMS. <https://goo.gl/vkJldD> And for
limiting data use to a quota, much more effective would be to tell you
how much you've used so far (bug 1287267), and to provide the option to
cut it off automatically before you reach the limit (bug 1292930).

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1373463

Title:
  [indicators] Impossible to disable cellular data from indicator

Status in Canonical System Image:
  Confirmed
Status in Ubuntu UX:
  Triaged
Status in indicator-network package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  I was wondering : Why it isn't possible to disable data from the
  network indicator ? Probably with a switch button that offer the
  choice between no data or data activated (with the last data activated
  state (2g only or 2G,3G,4G).

  Why this ? Because it's the first setting to change to save battery,
  and probably one of the most used (I asked around me, everyone agreed
  they would prefer that over Wi-Fi if only one was possible).

  I think it's stupid to go to the settings app for the most common
  action (and very frustrating). Of course, this also apply for the
  battery setting page (that already contain Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth and
  brightness settings).

  I asked that on the phone ML, I've been invited to file a wishlist bug
  there to "help" designers with next iteration of network indicator. So
  here it is !

  [1] : mailing list discussion with already some support to this idea :
  https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg09910.html

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