When you're boarding a plane or going somewhere where your phone's wireless signals need to be completely disabled, there's a single toggle to make this faster and easier — airplane mode. It turns off ...

Barometer (and altitude estimation based on pressure readings). Compass (and magnetometer readings display). Magnetic declination is not accounted for. Metal detector.

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