Radios can still work without an antenna - the range will just be measured in inches. If you’re like me and use multiple phones (work, personal, testing, etc), and keep at least two in one pocket… A cut antenna won’t do you much good.
A real kill switch should cut power to the radio entirely. Which may be exactly what the software switch is doing. The radio controller may just be too integrated into the SoC to have a hardware kill switch.
make a switch to cut off the antenna or something
Yeah, antennas are connected with cables, so that should be possible.
I don’t know how effective it would be, though. I wonder if it would still get a very weak signal even without the external antenna.
Radios can still work without an antenna - the range will just be measured in inches. If you’re like me and use multiple phones (work, personal, testing, etc), and keep at least two in one pocket… A cut antenna won’t do you much good.
A real kill switch should cut power to the radio entirely. Which may be exactly what the software switch is doing. The radio controller may just be too integrated into the SoC to have a hardware kill switch.