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April 24th, 2014 14:00

Airplane Mode

I have an Inspiron 5735 (M731) and can't get the Airplane Mode to turn off.  Have spent several hours with tech support and reinstalled all the drivers.  have even done a system restore (keeping my data file) sill the switch is grey'd out. 

I read on another list that the problem may be caused by a physical switch on the unit.  Anyone know if Dell has a REAL switch on their laptops to turn Airplane Mode On and Off ?

Thanks!

 

  • rama1111

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    Posted June 29th, 2014 17:00

    Had the same issue with my brand new Inspiron 5547. Spent days looking and reading.... no help... The solution for me was so simple I was kicking my head. Try the radio button. The icon of a wireless tower on the top row of your keypad. for me it was the secondary button of my "print screen" button, but I think it may be on the F2 button for yours. If you engage this, all options for airplane mode or wifi will be greyed out and not actionable. Press Fn + wherever the radio button is. Do this first before you load drivers.
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    Posted April 24th, 2014 14:00

    HI,

    M731r Airplane Mode Switch Driver win 8 x64

    http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/sg/en/sgbsd1/Product/inspiron-m731r

  • bree_zee

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    Posted June 25th, 2014 17:00

    I had the same problem with an Inspiron 15. There is a soft key that looks like a transmitting tower - that turned off the airplane mode manually. I could not do it otherwise. Good luck. 

  • vivarangela

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    Posted November 24th, 2014 11:00

    thank you so much. i had the same problem with my laptop and i did exactly what you said to do. it helped me thx.:emotion-2:

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    Posted December 30th, 2014 19:00

    I can't thank you enough!

  • Jesseneuro

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    Posted January 26th, 2015 13:00

    THANK YOU so much for this uber-simple fix.   I'm on an Inspiron 15  series 7000 and was going nuts...."the icon of a wireless tower" had completely eluded me...

  • saje1973

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    Posted February 17th, 2015 18:00

    THANK YOU SO MUCH!  This fixed my problem that I've been having for 3 days..How simple. I appreciate your sharing

  • Vacinat0r

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    Posted February 18th, 2015 22:00

    God bless you man! I have fighted with this problem all the week and the solution was so simple! :D  

  • ozarkrh

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    Posted July 6th, 2015 14:00

    I have tried the fn button, the control center. but air plne mode turns right back on