3G icon in notification area

[carlos31820]

Is it normal for the 3G icon to be missing whenever I unlock the screen? I'm new to the Droid X and whenever I unlock the screen, I see a few signal bars and about two seconds later, the 3G symbol pops up. Does this mean that the phone drops the 3G connection while locked?

Btw - This is with wifi turned off. I know the 3g goes away while on wifi but I'm not on wifi when this happens.

 

[weasle543]

Yes it will if the battery management settings are set up to turn off the data connection. Check settings> battery manager> battery profile options> data time out for peak and off peak.

 

[WAldenIV]

Mine does this too. I think it's a bug. I don't get notifications from Sports Tap when this occurs.

EDIT: Thanks, weasle543. I've changed mine to never time out during peak hours, and one hour during off-peak hours.

 

[carlos31820]

Well, I have peak set to never timeout and off-peak is set to 15 minutes. The weird thing is that its doing it during peak hours and does it seconds after the screen goes dark.

I can press the button on the top of the phone, wait a second, press it again and the 3g icon is gone only to come back in about two seconds.

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[carlos31820]

I wonder if it has to do with the battery being low. The battery was at 30%. I plugged the phone to the laptop via usb and now that it's charging, it doesn't do it. The 3g stays on now.

 

[WAldenIV]

I wonder if it has to do with the battery being low. The battery was at 30%. I plugged the phone to the laptop via usb and now that it's charging, it doesn't do it. The 3g stays on now.

Mines been at 60 - 70% tonight and still did it earlier.

 

[carlos31820]

Mines been at 60 - 70% tonight and still did it earlier.

Is your phone set to battery saver mode by any chance? I found a thread on another forum stating that this behavior is normal when in smart mode and the battery gets low or when running in battery saver mode.

I can get my phone to do it regardless of battery charge level by switching the battery profile to battery saver mode. However, I always run my phone in smart mode so that may explain why I only saw the issue after the battery got low.

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[WAldenIV]

Is your phone set to battery saver mode by any chance? I found a thread on another forum stating that this behavior is normal when in smart mode and the battery gets low or when running in battery saver mode.

I can get my phone to do it regardless of battery charge level by switching the battery profile to battery saver mode. However, I always run my phone in smart mode so that may explain why I only saw the issue after the battery got low.

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No, I'm also in smart mode. I'm hoping that changing the data timeout will resolve the issue.

 

[wguffey3]

This is an issue than I am having as well. Changing to smart mode and tweaking the timeout settings has helped some. However, mine will drop network even when i am using it and it is dead in the water until it reconnects.

I love this phone and hopes this improves but I have tried everything I can find and it is some better, but it is still there. However, Thursday, I lost push to my Gmail account and had to do a factory reset to get it back. I am kinda concerned that the issues may be related. Time will tell I suppose. Please post it up if you find anything to alleviate your issues.

 

[wguffey3]

This is the same issue that I brought up in another thread. I also tweaked the timeout settings but even in smart mode, I still have the issue occasionally. Mine will even do it while I am using it regardless of battery level. If you find another possible cause please post it up as I am out of ideas.

I love this phone and this is, so far, only mildly annoying so I hope it gets better. However, I have already lost push capabilty on Gmail once as well and had to do a factory reset to get it back. I am wondering if the issues are related.