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Re: Mobile data switch on Network Indicator

 

:D Ok, question answered.

Turns out there is a bug for this already: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-network/+bug/1373463 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-network/+bug/1373463>

> On 20 Jan 2016, at 1:39 PM, vampireechidna <vampireechidna@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On Android devices, you have the ability to turn off mobile data (2G/3G/4G) still allowing you to be connected to the mobile network to receive incoming calls and text messages. I think this would be a good feature to have on the Ubuntu Phone. Some may get charged a lot for over use of MB/GB data usage. 
> 
> On Wed, 20 Jan, 2016 at 7:29 PM, Marcus Tomlinson <marcus.tomlinson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> The currently accepted method to doing this is to switch on flight mode, then turn WiFi back on. Do you feel that this is too convoluted? As far as I know, this is the same for Android devices.
>> 
>>> On 20 Jan 2016, at 12:43 PM, Heroldich Robin <robinhero@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:robinhero@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hey all!
>>> 
>>> I have been using a Bq Aquaris E4.5 phone as my daily driver for more than 10 months and I really love it. Last month my mother's phone was broken, so we needed to look for a new one. And we've bought a Bq Aquaris E5 to her. She really likes it. The only problem is that she has a SIM card with a very low amount of mobile data (50MB) and she easily runs out of this limit if she doesn't turned mobile data off when she doesn't use it. But on the Network Indicator there are switches only for Airplane mode, WiFi and Hotspot, there isn't any for Mobile data. So she needs to open System Settings everytime when she wants to enable or disable it. Is there a reason behind the decision to there's no switch for this purpose? If no, could you provide a switch for mobile data on this indicator too? She and I would really pleased. Thanks.
>>> 
>>> p.s.: Thanks everyone for you hard work.
>>> 
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