#airplane mode on

We are sure you all know, that when you go to the quick settings menu on your phone, there’s an airplane icon. When you activate airplane mode, it basically blocks all signal transmission from your device, particularly cellular connections. --There have certainly been times where we've forgotten to turn airplane mode on while on a flight, and nothing bad happened, at least. Way back in 1991, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which is an agency in the United States, banned phone calls on planes, as the radio frequencies emitted by old school cell phones with big antennas and other electronic devices could interfere with an airplane's equipment, including navigation and communication systems. That’s the reason for all of this airplane mode stuff. But, why are we still told to either switch off our devices or put them in airplane mode? So we could “value a moment of quiet at 30,000 feet.” In reality, modern aircraft equipment is robust. Even if these transmissions from your gadgets were to cause problems, the plane wouldn’t just fall out of the sky because a few people “forgot” to enable airplane mode. Read more in our articles including "Do you really need to turn on Airplane Mode?" and "TECNO POVA Curve 2: Top 4 Best Features".