Don't want Airplane mode setting changed from on to off after IOS update

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Don't want Airplane mode setting changed from on to off after IOS update

I have extended travel out of US. I leave iPhone 13Pro on Airplane mode with Wi-Fi turned on entire trip. Never an issue except when there is IOS update. Upon reboot, phone comes on with Airplane mode off, and Voila! I have $10 AT&T International Day charge. How can I have the phone stay in Airplane mode when it reboots after IOS update? BTY saw 2020 thread similar to this but never a solution offered. I turn Airplane mode on from Settings and well as WiFi.

iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 16

Posted on Apr 3, 2023 2:32 AM

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Mr_DuPa Author

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Apr 14, 2023 8:29 AM in response to GTimothywhite

A work around for us is to not initiate an update on the iPhone unless we have changed settings on the phone not to connect to roaming networks. Our AT&T plan has to be set to "no international day plan" set on each phone's account/plan. We conduct the update and then turn it back on if we wish or need to have access to a local network while traveling.

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Apr 3, 2023 5:21 AM in response to SravanKrA

Hmmm, that may be it.....there might have been changes to the Airplane mode feature software causing it to be off when rebooted after update. Note: this occurred the other day on both my phone and my wife's iPhone after each of us did the update on our respective phones. Thanks.

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Apr 3, 2023 4:15 AM in response to Mr_DuPa

Updating your iOS will not disable airplane mode after the update.

An iOS update may bring changes and improvements to the airplane mode feature or other wireless connectivity settings, but it will not automatically disable the feature after the update. You can continue to use airplane mode on your iOS device as needed, even after updating to a newer version of iOS.

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Apr 14, 2023 5:13 AM in response to Mr_DuPa

The exact thing happened a few days ago with my wife’s SE2. We are in the US from Canada. It was on airplane mode, when it rebooted itself after an update airplane mode was off, it connected to cell service and we got charged international use fees by our Canadian carrier instantly.

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Don't want Airplane mode setting changed from on to off after IOS update

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