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Originally Posted by eduncan911
My data connection indicators (the two left/right arrows in the header area) are always on with this ROM when the screen is on. If i turn the screen off (power button), wait a moment and turn the screen on again, I notice that the arrows are off - and then they appear again.
Is this eating my battery?
I also attempted to install the Automatic_Data_Disconnect, rebooted, but it still acts the same way.
Lastly, when I receive an MMS (a text w/pictures/videos embedded), I get a notification popup that says:
And I am prompted with Hide/Menu (Yes/No) options. Clicking Yes doesn't do anything, and the notification remains. But, if I turn off the screen (power off), this kills whatever active data connection there was - and the MMS is immediately downloaded!
If this is not normal, could you help?
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Does the CommManager show the data connection active? Also, do you have push email setup?
One thing that has bugged me for a while is those darn arrows. My ROM by default does not end the data connection once it is initiated, so you have to manually stop it. I guess for some this isn't a big deal since it still receives calls, etc. It just bugs me that it never goes into "standby" mode where the arrows turn gray. It might actually go into standby but not show icons to indicate it (like bluetooth has no icon). This could be the stock dialer. I haven't found much information about this and haven't felt like testing it much since I would have to do it on my main phone which is working great hah.
Anyway, during my experiments, I did notice that if you setup EAS (push email) then the data connection is on 24/7 and if you turn it off, it comes right back on (because it needs a data connection). I use the automatic disconnection cab that you mentioned and yet it keeps the data on because it constantly is maintaining that connection. So what I had to do was change my scheduling setting in activesync so it only checks every so often instead of "as items arrive." Now it connects on that schedule to check for mail and data disconnects afterwards.
I don't know how much affect it has on battery life since I had to immediately find some solution. With the default settings and an Airave, if I have a data connection (1x) then it will not even attempt to answer incoming calls. In some ways I really can't wait till Sprint gets the new phones to solve stupid issues like this but I'm really gonna miss this phone.