I can only turn my mobile data on/off in the owner profile, which I only use to install apps. All my actual usage is happening in secondary profiles. Therefore it is kind of annoying to always switch to the owner profile and back to my other profiles, when I want to activate or deactivate my mobile data usage.
Is there any reason why it is not possible to do this in a secondary profile, since Wifi is possible to turn on/off?
Turn mobile data on/off in secondary user
Probably not the answer you're looking for, but you can turn on flight mode to only have wifi, if that's what you'd like?
6 months later
Hello,
it seems I have the same situation on my pixel 6a.
I'm unable to switch on/off the mobile data in user profile. The data switch in Internet settings is missing, I see only Wifi switch.
I'm able to switch on/off mobile data only from Owner profile.
That user profile has the phone calls and sms turned on and is allowed to run in background.
Have I missed any setting?
How can I allow concrete user profile to switch the mobile data on/off?
4 months later
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Bumping this, as i came across this thread when searching a answer for the same problem.
At night i would like to be offline, but still reachable for emergency.
With Airplane mode you aren't reachable for regular calls..
A big annoyance that disable data isn't available under secondary users.
One more try to up this then.
It's probably just not possible.
Possible hack: use a firewall app to block all internet traffic?
it doesn't work either in stock android on a pixel 8a
Zoanoid At night i would like to be offline, but still reachable for emergency.
just switch to owner profile and disable 4g and leave it on owner until the next day you reconnect and switch back to secondary profile.
if you disable the 4g the apps on the secondary profile will not work anyway.
the phone will ring in either profile.
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Things like seeing full network access settings and disable data made me fully switch over to Owner profile. (sadly)
If these permissions could be given from Owner to another profile somehow, that would be convenient.
3 months later
I'm in the same boat. I was planning on using a secondary profile as my main profile most of the time. But I normally like to keep both wifi and mobile data switched off and turn them on as needed (to save battery [it seems to prolong it a lot] but also because I have very limited data, so I only turn data on when needed).
So it seems like I may have to abandon my secondary profile and just use the Owner profile. It's weird how toggling wifi is OK but data toggle is forbidden, even if you enable phone/sms in the secondary profile.
if you disable the 4g the apps on the secondary profile will not work anyway
There are a lot of apps that work without Internet access. (I like these kinds of apps. I like apps that don't rely on the Cloud.) An example is Organic Maps: You can download the map data ahead of time and then the app will work without any kind of network access (for example, if you are driving through an area with spotty service).
DnniRY you (and everyone else) has to understand that secondary user profiles were never intended to be used as a main profile by the device owner. In a kind of way they are misused to achieve a goal they're not designed for. In a similar way that work profiles have been exploited for some privacy gains. Android is designed around the owner profile. Some apps have trouble running outside of owner, some permissions are limited to owner. This is not something that can be easily fixed. And it certainly won't be touched upstream by AOSP anytime soon, I'm pretty certain. It's a great hack that has advantages for security and privacy, but as you've already seen, also has some major drawbacks. It is for everyone to decide on their own if the gains outweigh the restrictions in usability.