Mobile Network sleeping?

[Janney66]

So I'm just curious if anyone else is seeing this. I understand wi-fi sleeps after 15 minutes of inactivity, but I guess I assumed mobile networking would always stay on. What I'm seeing is, if I leave my phone alone for a little while, as soon as I wake it up, the 3G symbol is not displayed. A second or two later it will show up, and then it will sync. This behavior makes it so that my Gmail push is not as instantaneous as it would be if the 3G always stayed active. I believe (although I'm not positive), that the phone must wake 3G every once in awhile to get e-mails though, although it might just wake up when i get a text or phone call.

I don't see this as a major problem, especially if it's helping me save battery life, but I am curious if this is due to a setting, or if it's just the way the phone works.

 

[howarmat]

you need to make sure

settings>wireless & networks>Mobile Networks>Enable Always On Mobile Data is check off

you MIGHT have more battery drain with this though

 

[Janney66]

Thanks....I'll have to check it out. I turned that setting off to save power but I thought it wouldn't affect the gmail push at all. I'll turn it back on and see if the 3G symbol stays on after the phone sleeps.

 

[jbdan]

Go to wifi settings and hit menu....there is an advanced menu in there and you can set the sleep policy to never if you would like.

 

[jbdan]

you need to make sure

settings>wireless & networks>Mobile Networks>Enable Always On Mobile Data is check off

you MIGHT have more battery drain with this though

Isn't that just for 3G mobile data?

EDIT: my bad I see OP's question is referring to mobile sleep....doh

 

[Janney66]

Jbdan, I saw that setting for WiFi but I assumed the 3G would not be affected by the WiFi setting.

 

[jbdan]

Jbdan, I saw that setting for WiFi but I assumed the 3G would not be affected by the WiFi setting.

You are correct I misunderstood the orig question sorry

 

[Janney66]

Yup, so the 3G stays on when I enable the Always On Mobile Data. I get e-mails quicker too. So far it doesn't seem to be draining my battery any faster, but we'll see. Thanks for your help.

 

[howarmat]

Yup, so the 3G stays on when I enable the Always On Mobile Data. I get e-mails quicker too. So far it doesn't seem to be draining my battery any faster, but we'll see. Thanks for your help.

no problem glad its working for you