Auto disconnect Data?
 

Anyone know of a way to auto-disconnect a data connection? I check my email automatically every couple of hours but the data connection stays on once the check is complete wasting precious battery power.

Re: Auto disconnect Data?
 

Yes the Data connection is on but should not have data unless you request like mail. You arrows should be grayed out andno data.

Re: Auto disconnect Data?
 

Yes they are greyed out. I just assumed incorrectly it was still sucking extra juice :)

Thanks!

Re: Auto disconnect Data?
 

yea i seems like it still kills the battery

Re: Auto disconnect Data?
 

You could go to your Comm Manager and turn the data connection off .

Re: Auto disconnect Data?
 

You can use the Diamond Tweaks program. It has a setting to disable data at 1 min, 5min, etc. for inactivity. I use it and it works well. Just search for the cab. I can't post it because I'm at work, sorry.

Re: Auto disconnect Data?
 

ill check it out thanks bro

is this the newest version?

Re: Auto disconnect Data?
 

i think the problem is even when my phone isnt checking my mail and no other web app running my arrows are still not grayed out

Re: Auto disconnect Data?
 

I thought this tweak doesn't work on sprint. When you apply it and someone calls you can't pickup your phone call?

http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:...ient=firefox-a

Re: Auto disconnect Data?
 

Well, it "works" in that it will disconnect your data after the allotted time. The problem is that I think it will ONLY disconnect after that allotted time. So, if the data connection is active and you get a phone call, you will not be able to pick up the phone. You'd have to manually disconnect data via comm manager, but usually that means you'll miss the call. If the data session is not currently active, you'd be able to pick up the call with no problem. CDMA is annoying in that you can't have both data and phone simultaneously.

As it's been previously noted, as long as the arrows are greyed out you're not actually using data, and therefore no real battery drainage more than disconnected. If you're noticing that your battery is draining more quickly with the data connection being active too much, you'd be better off managing any programs (email, weather, rss feeds, etc) that check data automatically, and maybe extend the time in-between checkups, or like weather for example, have it only go online manually (i.e. when you do it yourself instead of a set schedule every hour).

That, along with things like Lumos (hightly reccomended!) and nuedynamicclock (don't use with windows mobile 6.5.1, though), went farther towards saving battery life for me more than the automatic disconnect tweak.