No ActiveSync Problems, no lockups, lots o' battery!

[dmcpilot]

I have fallen in love with my 6700 again...

Like many, I'd been having the ActiveSync start up on its own, turning on the light, draining battery, etc.

After some research, there was the "create a false server" idea as well as the suggestion to simply turn off the automatic time update with the phone provider's network (I have Verizon).

I chose the latter. For the last 3 days, the ONLY time ActiveSync has turned on by itself was when I manually updated the clock using either Tweaks2k2 or the "update now" function in the phone section to connect to Verizon. ActiveSync came on following both updates, I closed it via HandySwitcher, and eureka--no more AS problems.

The huge benefit is that the battery seems to really be lasting a lot longer. Now many will want me to quantify that, but unfortunately, my data is only anecdotal; however, for example, it's now early afternoon and my battery still has 80% juice left. Previously, I'd either be charging or swapping it right about now...

So the bottom line seems to be that, for whatever reason, time clock updates launch AS; not doing this (or manually doing it significantly less often--I haven't noticed any clock issues, either, btw), does not...