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Help Gmail Push/Syncing Over Wifi Not Working When Screen is Off

A few weeks ago I noticed that when connected to wifi I wasn't receiving consistent notifications for emails from my Gmail account or my exchange account, but still able to get on the web, check Facebook, and basically do anything else that required a data connection. At the time I was running Incredibly Re-Engineered 2.3. If I received an email while using the phone, I sometimes received a notification, but if the screen was off and the phone was on my desk, then I wouldn't receive a notification. However, the moment I pickup the phone and unlock the screen, I receive an email notification.

I've been experiencing this problem while using multiple ROMs - Redemption 2.4, Incredibly Re-Engineered 2.3 and 2.4, and Incredibly Re-Engineered Z 1.2B (which I'm running right now) - so I don't think the issue is being caused by the ROM. I've made sure that the Wifi sleep policy is set to "never." In Accounts & Sync, "background data" and "auto sync" are both checked, as are all the sync options for my individual accounts. That being said, everything works fine on 3G, regardless of the ROM.

I really don't know what else I can do to fix this problem, and I'm desperate to fix it. Any suggestions?
 

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