Cannot toggle Bluetooth when airplane mode is enabled

wag795

Device: Pixel 6
GrapheneOS version: 2023031500 (T2B3.230109.009.2023031500)

After updating GrapheneOS to 2023031500 I can no longer enable or disable Bluetooth when airplane mode is turned on. I can however toggle on and off Bluetooth after disabling airplane mode.

When airplane mode is on:

Bluetooth toggle in quick settings simply doesn't work.
Trying to switch Bluetooth in system settings crashes the settings application.
Bluetooth timeout (turns off BT automatically) crashes SystemUI when it tries to disable Bluetooth resulting in showing GrapheneOS boot animation.
I have BT headphones with NFC tag which enables device's Bluetooth and the interesting thing is that enabling Bluetooth this way with airplane mode on does work.

treequell

wag795

I am not able to reproduce this on a Pixel 7 running TQ2A.230305.008.2023031500.

On this device bluetooth can be toggled on/off from the quick tile as normal with airplane mode either activated or deactivated.

wag795

Alright I've managed to fix it.
Long time ago I changed airplane toggle to only disable cell network when toggled with:
settings put global airplane_mode_radios cell
Seemingly after the march update this setting breaks Bluetooth switching with airplane mode.
I set it to:
settings put global airplane_mode_radios cell,bluetooth
And it works properly after a reboot, although Bluetooth is now being disabled with airplane toggle which is of course expected.

treequell

wag795 When I activate airplane mode, it does not turn off Bluetooth.

Mr_Compliance

treequell

On a brand new pixel 7 with latest build, toggling airplane correspondingly toggles bluetooth on and off.
But to see it clearly, I had to pull the curtain down all the way or the words on/off aren't visible in the bluetooth button.

treequell

Mr_Compliance To clarify:

If Bluetooth is on but I am not connected to a Bluetooth device, turning on airplane mode turns Bluetooth off.
if Bluetooth is on and I am connected to a Bluetooth device, turning on airplane mode does not turn Bluetooth off.

Kiba

treequell On my Pixel 6, putting airplane mode turns off bluetooth whether or not I'm connected to a device.

Mr_Compliance

treequell

I see now, what you meant.
I should have paid closer attention to your original posts.

spindlegranite

Just wanted to say that I ran into this exact situation on 2023061402 as well. Prior to setting "airplane_mode_radios" to "cell,nfc,wimax" (removing bluetooth and wifi), things worked normally. After making that switch, I had the exact same issue as OP. I got the same crashes as the OP in settings, unable to turn bluetooth mode off, etc. Only after re-adding "bluetooth" to the list would it start behaving "normally", with enabling airplane mode turning bluetooth off.

For now I'll just live with bluetooth being disabled when I enable airplane mode, and handle it with Macrodroid. At least now wifi doesn't get disabled when I enable airplane mode -- which was the original goal.