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Old 11-06-2010, 14:23
GetFrodo
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Is there anyway to get the email/calender/contacts working over wifi when roaming with the data services turned off? Internet worked fine through safari as did other internet apps, but the 'in-built' stuff would not work.

Or is it safe to turn data services on when connected to wifi? (I need to be sure that it won't start using 3G)
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Old 11-06-2010, 20:27
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If roaming is disabled, it simply won't try to initiate a data connection, so it is safe to leave data aervices and background syncing on - it will just do so when you are in a wifi zone.
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Old 11-06-2010, 20:57
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If you have your apps set to update - say every half hour - and the data's off and you are not in a WiFi area they won't update obviously....
So when you do get into a WiFi hotspot and the phone picks up a connection would it recognise that the last scheduled update didn't happen and force an update or would you have to hope that you happen to wander into a WiFi hotspot when an update is due?
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Old 11-06-2010, 21:07
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If you have your apps set to update - say every half hour - and the data's off and you are not in a WiFi area they won't update obviously....
So when you do get into a WiFi hotspot and the phone picks up a connection would it recognise that the last scheduled update didn't happen and force an update or would you have to hope that you happen to wander into a WiFi hotspot when an update is due?
Good question, and one which I don't quite know the answer to. The "always-on" connections - ie. Google Calendar, Contacts and Mail - will pretty much sync when they detect a connection. Things like Friend Stream and Weather and such like, I don't actually know, although I would assume that they probably wouldn't update until they were next scheduled to.
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