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bbbronks
24th September 2008, 02:06 AM
Hi, my data connection has stopped working reliably, and hoping for some assistance.

I have the Sprint Mogul, never updated the ROM when I bought it about 5 months ago. I have the unlimited high speed data plan. Starting about 2 weeks ago, the data connection would periodically fail. For example, I'd be using IE and in the middle of a session, suddenly it would say it couldn't find the page I requested. The only fix was the kill the data session and the reload the page. It would start a new connection, and would be fine. Over time, it's gotten worse and worse, to now where the data connection works less than 10% of the time. I have to constantly reset it, try again, and again, and again. Sometimes it does work after a long delay--i.e. IE will say it's locating, locating, location for 10-20 seconds, and then suddenly "wake up" and load the page. The same is true for all apps that use the data connection--for example Outlook. Sometimes it just can't download emails, and other times it takes 10-20 seconds to connect, and then works fine for a short time.

I'm thinking that maybe I should just update the ROM--is there a new version? (I'm running 3.35.651.2 from 2/22/08)

A bit more info: Wifi works just fine, if I connect through that, all internet functions are perfect. The phone itself is also fine--I can make and receive calls as per normal.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

hbenz2008
24th September 2008, 11:29 PM
The latest ROM version is 3.56. You must update since you are running 2.17 I believe. You will have GPS and a more stable ppc. As to your internet connection, do you have any memory management tool that clear your cookies (see all the pages you visit are stored on your ppc and that can cause the lag too) . Look for sktool.Oxios,Memaid...
My suggestion is to definitely upgrade to at least 3.35,but keep in mind that you must back up your data lke contact or apps that you dowloaded to the ppc. Upgrade will erase everything you added to the ppc.
Look for pimback up to back up your contact,or you can look up spb backup or sprite back up.
Good luck and don't hesitate to ask.