Comment 26 for bug 1373463

On the android version on my nexus 4 there IS a toggle in the quick settings to turn my mobile internet on/off

> On 22 Jan 2016, at 14:50, Matthew Paul Thomas <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> 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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