my wifi stops working when

[tordofm]

Can anyone explain why my wifi connection is dropped when I put my phone into standby mode. This does not happen when I am using GPRS?

If the battery was not so crap I would not need to keep putting it into standby mode.

[bilbo_28]

I guess its because when the device is in standby all the PDA functions are stopped, but the phone functions are not. GPRS is connected via the phone line which is active in standby mode thus it does not drop.

This does not sound out of the ordinary to me.

[tordofm]

thanks for confirming my fears. So does anybody know how you can use this device for 8 hours (working day) with wifi switched on? I normally leave it logged into IM when I am at home and do not want to leave it charing all the time.

[Davebravey]

Try Start-Settings-System-Power-Advanced and untick the battery Power Timer.

[tordofm]

Dave,

Agile is clever enough not to power off the device but and all that happens is the screen dims. I am trying to put the device in to standby but leave wifi on along with running agile messenger but this does not seem to be possible. The reason for this is to prolong the battery life by not having the screen on as wifi zaps my juice so much more than GPRS.

It is however possible when using GPRS as the phone function works when it is in standby.

Marc

[maltloaf]

i needed to do this on my dell axim too, used a program called screenlock which kills the display and locks the buttons. you press 2 buttons to wake the system. Wifi and other apps continue running.

my post http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showpost.php?p=840747&postcount=2

the app
http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=14621

be careful, if you cant work out which hardware buttons its using, you'll have to soft reset your device (if it works at all, i've not tested on wizard)

let me know if it does what you want

[maltloaf]

just tested and it appears to use messaging and voice speed dial as its 2 buttons

[tordofm]

Thanks I will test it asap