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GPRS/Connection stays on and kills my batt. life :(

I have an unlocked Cingular 8525 on TMOBILE. I have TZONES plan. I have it set to check my gmail/hotmail every 60minutes....also have NewsBreak to check RSS feeds 2 times a day.
The problem is that my connection stays on once it is started on its own. Since phone is in my pocket i cant tell till i take it out and then i have to manually close the connection.
So is there a setting or .cab or app to close innactive connection? Anything that wont affect me while im browsing or chatting MSN.
I tried search but could not find the answer, also i suck at searching...sorry.
Thanks in advance!

adam we need a bit more info.
Please could you add the info about your device (ROM, Radio version etc...) into your sig, and also fill out your country and carrier in your profile.
An updated radio stack might fix this.

Having a cab that would turn off inactive connections would be very useful. Hope somebody finds the answer, same thing occurs with my device, I have to manually turn off after finished using. It is possible that the connection will terminate on my device when inactive, I have never trusted it to happen. If it is possible with my current radio is there a way to set the amount of time till disconnect. Maybe you know the answer Mrvanx.

With Comm Mgr Pro you can set to close idle connections for a X quantity of senconds..... (this is, connections that havent data traffic during x seconds)

How can i check my ROM and Radio version? Ive only had my phone for 2 weeks.
The apps connect on their own thru my TZONES GPRS data plan. When they are done getting new mails/rss feeds the connections remains open untill i manualy close it....this eats up my battery.
Where can i get Comm Mgr Pro? HOw much?

danielherrero said:
With Comm Mgr Pro you can set to close idle connections for a X quantity of senconds..... (this is, connections that havent data traffic during x seconds)
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Thanks for the info, I haven't put that on my device as of yet, just waiting to see some additional feedback. I just looked at the post and it seems that there is plenty to read there now, I will read over the course of the day and likely install. Will let you know if I find any issues.

o0adam0o said:
How can i check my ROM and Radio version? Ive only had my phone for 2 weeks.
The apps connect on their own thru my TZONES GPRS data plan. When they are done getting new mails/rss feeds the connections remains open untill i manualy close it....this eats up my battery.
Where can i get Comm Mgr Pro? HOw much?
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Free
Discuss from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299070
Download from www.commmgrpro.com

Here is the thread for comm manager pro.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299070&highlight=comm+mgr+pro

Gracias Daniel!
Hopefuly this solves my issue and i dont have to close my connection manualy many times a day!

o0adam0o said:
Gracias Daniel!
Hopefuly this solves my issue and i dont have to close my connection manualy many times a day!
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My connection is on 24/7 (alot of the time in UMTS mode) and i havent had to charge it up yet since upgrading to the new radio.
GPRS might be attached but its not ALWAYS transferring.

mrvanx said:
My connection is on 24/7 (alot of the time in UMTS mode) and i havent had to charge it up yet since upgrading to the new radio.
GPRS might be attached but its not ALWAYS transferring.
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Good point mrvanx, i always thought the radio was just for wifi
Im going to look into what radio i have and whats the newest one i can upgrade to....and HOW to do it...lol Im a newbie for PPC phones....Ive had 3
S60 Nokias before my 2 week old Hermes. So i got ALOT to learn.

o0adam0o said:
Good point mrvanx, i always thought the radio was just for wifi
Im going to look into what radio i have and whats the newest one i can upgrade to....and HOW to do it...lol Im a newbie for PPC phones....Ive had 3
S60 Nokias before my 2 week old Hermes. So i got ALOT to learn.
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If you wait for about 10 mins im updating my "radio upgrade guide".
The radio stack just controls the phone and GPRS stuff, wifi and BT are part of the OS.
BTW the latest version (1.40.30.00) works great, no complaints of battery drain, shogunmark has had his device on for over a day and is around 50% on battery life.
While you are waiting you might want to safeguard your device against a potential Brick (knackered device) by Flashing HardSPL to your device

If connection is staying on like mine did, it's worth checking data transfer icon is still active on Comm Manager

AT&T Rom for Orbit 2?

I recently purchased an Orbit 2 stateside and have been using it on Cingular/ATT for a few months. I struggle with internet connections routinely. Sometimes I can tether (modem for pc), sometimes surf directly, and always sms, but sometimes mms. What I'd like to do is simply find an AT&T ROM to flash to. Then I shouldn't have to continually tweak my connection settings. Has anybody considered or done this? There are a number of ROM's out there, but I haven't seen one specific to the Orbit (Not an AT&T product). Or alternatively, is there an AT&T ROM that will work well with the Orbit 2?
Any advice is highly appreciated.
Russ

No device... No ROM...
The only way to get an AT&T ROM for any device is if AT&T offered that device. Since AT&T is never going to offer this beautiful device (Due to the craptacular iPhone) there is no AT&T ROM for this device. Your best bet is to try different radios like the 1.64.08.21 or get them all and see which one works best for you. I am in MI and the 1.58.25.14 is working great for me. I am going to try that 1.64 radio though. Hope this helps...
cansler

Here is a cab that should help.

I'll give it a try
Thanks for the link.... I've tried a few of the .cab's for setting all the media settings with varying degrees of failure. But, I'm game for trying another. Do you recommend I delete all current settings, or just over-write.
Russ

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Here is a cab that should help.
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i use this cab on my Orbit 2 w/at&t and i never have any connection problems...

No dice
I immediately get the "cannot connect with current connection settings. To change.... blah, blah, blah.
Life is cruel. Any further suggestions. I'm committed to figuring this out in the next few days or ebay'ing it.
Thanks,
Russ

I am using the touch cruise on AT&T and I do not have or have had any connectivity issues at all. I have even had signal 7,000 feet up in the mountains in the middle of now where and received phone calls and access data such as emails ect...

bkeaver,
Great for you gives me hope.
I had things setup once before and didn't do a backup. Accidently hit the O2 Operator Settings and couldn't shut it down fast enough. Been hosed ever since. Still hoping for divine intervention from the guru's here and at other places.
Russ

I think I finally found the magic recipe.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1360192&postcount=1
I 'disabled proxy' using this cab setup after using an MMS cab setup. It has the ability to enable/disable proxy. I'm guessing this is different than whether or not the connection is trying to use one.
Should know in a bit if I can actually connect to my work emails again.
Thanks all,
Russ

Suweeeet Georgia Pie!!!
Finally, I'm connected to my work calendar. I wear so many hats at work that I'm only in my office 20% of the time and I really depend on my electronic reminders. They don't work so well when I'm not in my office. Having my electronic leash is a godsend (my daughter has a different opinion of hers

rtarver said:
I immediately get the "cannot connect with current connection settings. To change.... blah, blah, blah.
Life is cruel. Any further suggestions. I'm committed to figuring this out in the next few days or ebay'ing it.
Thanks,
Russ
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i understand you're good to go now and that's what counts! curious to know, however, if you deleted all of your previous connection settings prior to installing the cab file? i ask because i've been using the cab file to reconfigure all my connection settings over the last 4-5 months without a problem.

Really annoyed data connection problems, and mini review

Got my blackstone today. Network unlocked and my step back into the world of windows mobile.
I stuck an O2 payandgo simcard in and connected the WIFI.
I then started playing, after a bit thought lets see what the 3g data speed is like found the o2 settings and set the data connection slider to on.
I moved out of range of the wireless and went on a couple of websites speed was good and useable for facebook etc.
However one massive problem on reconnecting to the wifi I left the data connection open as you would I mean it's on all the time right.
All of the traffic from the following web browsing nailed my £10 down to 17p.
It would not use the wifi saying in google maps "an internet connection is required" if I turn off the 3G data connection it connects through the wireless, turn it back on and it *****es and moans at me.
WTF I said rather loudly, so a data connection over 3G is a higher priority than my 20Mb cable line here over wireless.
The web stuff is good although opera is a bit irratating at times, we need skyfire for this beasty.
I love the screen and the keyboard works well. The touchflo is lagging quite a lot and the screens can take a bit of thinking before they close.
Not sure if I need to upgrade the firmware. 1.14.405.3 (222373) WWE.
I am really hacked off as now I have to put another £10 on the phone to test properly within my 14 days. Or just straight up send it back and get an X1 or an Omnia. Help me out guys.

Works fine for me, wifi prioritised over 3g whenever it's connected. However, some apps only select which connection to use when they're started, can't remember if this applies to googlemaps. Try restarting it and see if it works over wifi.
Useful tip if you want to control what uses 3g: goto control pannel/buttons, and set the end key to disconnect 3g. Then you have a quick shortcut to turn it off, and you can see at a glance in the status bar if it has reconnected (the H above the signal strength). It's also useful if you set the X button to close apps rather than minimise, otherwise you might still be using an app that thinks it's on 3G even when you come back into range of wifi.

Thanks for the reply arfster. What you say makes perfect sense, I have used the Tweak HD to change the close on x and set the end button as a 3g off switch. Will put another £10 on and see how it goes

With Tweak HD you can easily make the performance of the TF3D alot better. Made the device much better workable for me.

I have changed some settings and it has improved, I'm going to have a proper play with it when it's charged and some stuff has finished copying to it Overall I am very pleased with the hardware (camera excluded but I knew that), it makes one of the guys Iphone's look weak and feeble! the 8gb card in the box was a bonus as well
It's just some bits with the software that are bugging me, after looking around the forum a bit more it would seem that I have a World Wide English rom, need to know if I can upgrade to a euro rom of a later version. I'll keep updating this thread I think with my impressions as I go along, probably from the device most of the time to get used to the keyboard. Good times software can be fixed hardware can't.

There is an app called nodata which allows you to turn on and off GPRS data connection, You can simply toggle data connection off when you don't want to use your PAYG credit, no matter what apps are requesting for data.
BTW, there are tweaks to speed up your Touch HD device including Opera.

“WiFi on demand” utility.

Hi
I’ve been searching for a Windows Mobile WiFi app that does the following:
When an application (namely Pocket Outlook) requires Internet access
WiFi app turns on WiFi and connects to a preconfigured WiFi network
Application (Pocket Outlook) connects to Internet, downloads, disconnects.
WiFi app turns off WiFi.
It is basically for situations where Pocket Outlook checks for email every 60 minutes and there is no Cellular data network coverage. Instead of tweaking the registry to keep WiFi on all time, I would like to conserve battery power and turn on/off WiFi when necessary. Kind of like a “WiFi on demand” utility.
Please let me know if any similar app exists. Thank you.
Chris
Sprint Palm Treo Pro

That sounds like a neat idea. I'm looking for an app that will just turn on the wifi based on time of day or GPS location. I wonder if there is an app out there that incorporates these features?

@AllononMage
You could try gprofile http://www.ageye.de/index.php?s=gprofile/about
It provides you with the capability to turn wifi on and off based on time of day or cell tower you are connected to. Though this is not GPS it might be what you are looking for.

GSDLt said:
@AllononMage
You could try gprofile http://www.ageye.de/index.php?s=gprofile/about
It provides you with the capability to turn wifi on and off based on time of day or cell tower you are connected to. Though this is not GPS it might be what you are looking for.
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this looks interesting, thanks for pointing it out.

Excellent Link
GSDLt said:
@AllononMage
You could try gprofile http://www.ageye.de/index.php?s=gprofile/about
It provides you with the capability to turn wifi on and off based on time of day or cell tower you are connected to. Though this is not GPS it might be what you are looking for.
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This program has SO much potential to help manage WinMo.
Excellent find.
Thanks for putting up the link

HIYinOR said:
This program has SO much potential to help manage WinMo.
Excellent find.
Thanks for putting up the link
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Hi HIY,
I hope that after you've found some time to explore the app you might come back and give some feedback. I can't quite wrap my head around how to utilize this app... but I sort of see the ballpark idea.
Thank you

quicksite said:
Hi HIY,
I hope that after you've found some time to explore the app you might come back and give some feedback. I can't quite wrap my head around how to utilize this app... but I sort of see the ballpark idea.
Thank you
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lol Yes it will take some time to figure out and I will give some feed back when I do... that may be a few days to a week though, as I have a few things on my plate.
From what I have read so far, you need to plan what you want to have happen... time-event-app-order-action like turn on bluetooth at 10PM start Activesync Sync calendar, disconnect, turn off blue tooth. Turn off radio at 11pm and on at 6am on monday thru friday, dim screen light to 20% at 6pm... It seems like an unlimited number of scenarios can be set up, but you then need to create a hierarchy for each G-profile so they do not cross paths.
Great potential, like having the radio turnoff while at work but on at lunch automaticlly... but will take time to master
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I am just too busy or lazy to spend time learning how to make this work, though really do I believe it would be worth it...

i found this app a while ago, and think its pretty cool. but i have an unlimited plan, so it doesnt matter to me. nice, and hope it helps. its called rk-OSR, i cant post a link because im a new member, but it is on this forum. use the search i suppose. it allows you to snyc instantly and will auto-connect to wifi before.
link: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=316696
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found this, may also be of interest
link: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=586991

How do I?

My HD2 is an Australian Telstra version hence with a lot of preloaded links.
1. some of these which I cannot delete, any Ideas?
2. I have downloaded a small app to control bluetooth and wifi as I use them a lot, how do I get this to the sense screen, I am in and out of the car a lot.
3. How can I force opera to use wifi instead of the carrier when I am in wifi range
4. I am about to use the replacement HTC sense app by cookie, is it a modified version and will it blend in with my carriers requirements.
5. lastly for today when the phone is locked and the slide is used to unlock, i notice after many disconnects that the buttons are still active, whats the point of the finger slide, or am i missing some thing, I would like to not accidentally disconnect people when i pull the monster from my pocket.
Thanks guys
I appreciate your help

Hey as far as designating a data connection to a specific program there is a cab you can install called wmlonglife that will accomplish this check out this thread to find out more about it

In regards to number 3, once you're connected to Wifi, your HD2 should just use WiFi for everything that uses the internet rather than your carrier.
This means Opera should automatically use Wifi when connected!