Correct phone/data behavior (Sprint Touch)?

[acrh2]

I just played around with Cachetime and Suspendresume (the registry hack that allows one to turn off the data line after a certain preset period of inactivity, to conserve battery).

I read that some people were editing their registry incorrectly and were getting strange call + data behavior.
I'd like to confirm mine, whether my data+call works as it should.
Correct data+call behavior on Sprint Touch?

This is what I see.

When not roaming (EV) and connected to data:
1) Incoming calls are registered by the phone, the phone rings. If I pick up, the data connection is terminated.

When roaming (1X) and not connected to data:
2) Incoming calls are registed, phone rings, I can pick up.

When roaming and connected to data:
3) Incoming calls aren't registed, instead voice mail is used immediately on the other end.

Does this sound right?

[shaggylive]

yup, that's how 1x works.

[acrh2]

Thanks.

Now, the next question.

Everyone knows that (allegedly, the new revision 6.1 rom) Sprint Touch will keep up the data line connected indefinitely.

This is the case when my phone is connected to EVDO.
What would happen if I was roaming in some rural area?

Would the phone keep the 1X data connection up all the time as well? And wouldn't that mean that I couldn't receive any phone calls while roaming?

I have tried to disable the automatic data reconnection with a registry hack before. It works, and it can automatically disconnect the data line after, say, 60 seconds on inactivity.

But it has one problem - whenever I'm connected to EVDO and the phone rings, it takes something like 5-7 sec for the voice connection to be established after I press the answer call green button.
If I don't pick up on the first 2 rings, this delay makes the other party get the voice mail.

So, to reiterate:

1) Does roaming result in the data line always staying connected? And does that prevent from any incoming calls coming through?
2) Is there a way to remove the answer call delay, which is the result of the Suspendresume registry hack?

[shaggylive]

correct on EVDO

I don't believe the phone itself (rom, o/s, ect..) will maintain a 1x data connection, but an application may.

also, out of curiosity are you using s2u2 by chance?

[acrh2]

Originally Posted by shaggylive

correct on EVDO

I don't believe the phone itself (rom, o/s, ect..) will maintain a 1x data connection, but an application may.

also, out of curiosity are you using s2u2 by chance?

No, I don't know what that is.

Are you saying that, unlike EVDO, where the connection will be up all the time, the 1X connection will actually terminate like it should (after the delay set in HKLM/Comm/Connmgr/Planner/Settings/Cachetime)?

[shaggylive]

to be honest, I'm not sure. I use schaps config to set my data disconnect time.
also, evdo is pretty much everywhere I go, or I only breifly go to 1x, so I couldn't say what it's disconnect behavior is.

[sailor1960]

My bell Rom 1.19 wm6.0 did hold an continous internet connection indication even after all applications were shut down. This was proven in my billing showing the same.
I stopped this event from happening by going to the comm manager. shutting off data connection after every internet usage.
I am now on newest bell rom, it does not do it. WM6.1
Last years Bell Rom before 1.19 did not do this.

[joemike60]

If you want to be sure, you can turn the data connection on and off yourself. I use an app called AEButtonPlus, and have mapped a double press of the red button to toggle the data connection on and off. Works great.