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I want to turn off phone calls/texts but still be able to use 3G and/or GPS on my iPhone 4S

I want to turn off phone calls/texts but still be able to use 3G and/or GPS on my iPhone 4S. 😕


⚠Please don't reply with suggestions of "use airplane mode" or "put it on silent". That won't work.


When I'm running I'm using Nike+ GPS or Runkeeper. These apps use the 3G and GPS connection so Airplane mode is not an option. Airplane mode stops my GPS and 3G connection from working.

Putting my phone on silent does not help. It interrupts the music and vibrates in my pocket. If I turn off vibrate then my doesn't vibrate but it still interrupts the music. The music will fade out and the phone will "silently" be ringing until it goes to voicemail and then the music fade back in. Plus, if I get a text message then the phone will fade out the music for just a second and then back again even if I have it on silent mode. I don't want that. Its a disruption I would rather not have. I want to recieve no communications while I'm running but still be able to use my phone's GPS/3G connection for Nike+ and/or Runkeeper.


I need an option that just turns off phone calls and text messages temporaily while I'm running without turning off GPS and 3G.


I wish Apple would add an option in settings to turn off Text Messaging and incoming Phone Calls seperatley from everything else. This could useful since we use our phones for so much more than talking these days.

iPhone 4S, iOS 5.0.1

Posted on May 2, 2012 4:28 PM

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May 2, 2012 5:22 PM in response to KC7GNM

It's not entirely impossible actually as someone has pointed out to me that I can turn on Call Forwarding and that stops any incoming calls. I've just forwarded it to my google voice number and then turned on "do not disturb" in google voice and whenever I get a call it goes straight to my google voice voicemail and my phone does nothing. The only thing now is I still get text messages but I think the phone calls bugged me more because they would make my music turn off for much longer.


Even though this isn't a perfect solution it's something so far so maybe you shouldn't just come out and say there's NOTHING I can do because so far I've found part of a solution. If you don't have anyting productive to say then just don't reply and close the tab. Thanks.


At this point I'm wondering if anyone knows of any Jailbreak tweaks that can enable what I want. Unless of course it's agaisnt the rules of this forum to mention jailbreak stuff...

May 2, 2012 6:08 PM in response to KC7GNM

I want to be able to use my smartphone's many features without using one of the features temporarily. That is, I want to be able to use my running apps and music apps without getting interupted by phone calls temporaily. If you think that's dumb then fine. Keep it to yourself! If you weren't filling this thread with garbage then maybe I could get some help from someone who actually wants to help. Why are you even continuing to post here? You obviously gave me your opinion and you can't help me at all apparently so just leave me alone please

May 2, 2012 7:58 PM in response to mrdude42

Insulting people isn't the way to go.

Yes, you can forward calls, congratulations on that one.

But the same cannot be done for messages. You cannot prevent messages from coming in at all.

This can ONLY be done by - and yes, we all know you don't want to hear this - turning on Airplane Mode. No, this is not ideal for this situation as it turns of 3G and GPS, but yes, this is the only way to do it without modification of the device, which cannot be discussed here.


You can ask the question as many times as you want, but the answer will remain the same. If you feel this is a feature that should be implemented in the phone, you should contact Apple directly through their feedback page (www.apple.com/feedback).


-ThatGuy

I want to turn off phone calls/texts but still be able to use 3G and/or GPS on my iPhone 4S

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