GPS "auto-attaching" ?

[ReFLeX135]

a guy on a dif alltouchdiamond.com, orangecrush wrote:

"I read a fix on xda forum and I switched to GSM only but more importantly, I used a program to stop what is called "auto-attaching".
Basically, they explained it that it stops the phone from searching for GPRS all the time.
I tried it today and as usual, I turned my phone on at 6:45 am
It's 7:10pm and I STILL have 2 bars left.
Unbelievable, it would have been finished 4-5 hours ago.
Mark"

I searched here and cannot find what he is talking about. Can anyone point me in the right direction? (I have the US version with the official rom, and although some of your tweaks do not work, most of them do and are amazing!)

basically, I'm still draining battery power somehow and have done fixes and think that that above may help.

Thanks!

[Techno-Freak]

I think you're talking about GPRS auto-attach, but mis-spelled the thread title as GPS auto-attaching.
Anyways, there is a setting in Advanced Config (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=418151) under Data Connections, where you can disable GPRS auto-attach.

Hope this helps.

[ReFLeX135]

Yup you were right on! Thank you very much.

Now, does anyone know if it makes that much of a difference?

[MJNewton]

Be aware that even if you disable GPRS auto-attach then when you do come to connect, and subsequently disconnect, you will still remain attached. Only a soft-reset will return the device to a non-attached state (as indicated by a non-solid G icon).

Mathew

[axelpix]

Softreset is not required. Just turn off the phone unit in CommManager and turn it on again (need to re-enter your pin of course). And you will be not attached again.

By the way. It does not even show the non solid (grey) G icon for me when I'm not attached (o2 germany). While I'm roaming T-Mobile it sometimes shows a grey E (EDGE) icon.

[MJNewton]

Softreset is not required. Just turn off the phone unit in CommManager and turn it on again (need to re-enter your pin of course). And you will be not attached again.

Ah yes, I hadn't though of that. It's still a shame having to do this step anyway though.

For what it's worth I now leave mine as auto-attach as since upgrading to the latest ROM my battery life is quite acceptable, and I'm not sure staying detached really helped me much, if at all, in real terms.

Mathew