Is this a possible sync solution??

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Hey guys,

Let me preface this by saying that I can't DEFINITIVELY confirm this as a fix but it seems to have worked for me and my wife. There could be other factors that I'm not thinking of though. But essentially, the idea is that you turn off T-Mo syncing when both background data AND auto-sync are on. I think this causes the phone to actually "register" the T-Mo getting turned off, rather than still operating underneath your OFF controls. Then you turn back off the sync settings.

- In Accounts and Sync, check ON Background data and Auto-sync, if they're not on.
- Go into T-Mobile and UNCHECK Sync Contacts
- Go back to and UNCHECK Auto-sync.
If you now look at the T-Mo settings, there will no longer be a check box OR a sync icon and while the icons themselves probably have nothing to do with it, it would appear that the phone is no longer even offering the OPTION to sync T-Mobile. Again, I can't say this is a definitive fix for the problem, but since doing this, I haven't seen the syncing icon. And since doing this to my wife's phone, hers has gone from syncing all the time to not at all. And needless to say, battery life has improved.

I'd love to see if it DOESN'T work for someone. Just so that we can rule this out if it's not really a solution.

Thanks guys.

I say this works has worked for me and greatly improved my battery.

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T-Mo just needs to get rid of this software when 2.2 is ready. There is absolutely zero reason for it to be there when google does this much better and it's built into the OS. They are killing their customers. My wife is furious about her contact issues.

This is actually the first time I've read about the syncing issue, though I have noticed it. Out of curiosity though, I'm assuming that by disabling the general Auto-Sync setting that things like Facebook, Twitter and Pure Messenger aren't going to update unless I do so manually, right?

Originally Posted by sandpaperback

This is actually the first time I've read about the syncing issue, though I have noticed it. Out of curiosity though, I'm assuming that by disabling the general Auto-Sync setting that things like Facebook, Twitter and Pure Messenger aren't going to update unless I do so manually, right?

If you turn off auto sync, everything needs to be manually updated. I noticed a HUGE jump in battery life from disabling auto-sync. I just turned it back on, but turned off auto-sync for everything except gmail and weather. I'll see where this leaves me.

I just got my new slide and I like it execpt the keyboard it weird compared to my old g1 & sense kinda bugs me. I had trouble w/ all the syncing killing my battery but after this I see a great increase in battery life.

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I have Background data still checked and Auto sync. But i disabled News Stock and Tmobile. And left Facebook Gmail and Weather. Well see where that leaves me with battery