Staying connected to the internet with cricket

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Hi all i have a HTC touch fully flashed to cricket. When i want to connect to the internet i have to unclick my data connection in my comm manager, then open internet explorer again to make it connection so i can use the internet.

Is there a way i can keep it connected? if i let it sit idle for abit i lose the connection and have to restart the process to connect.
 
Yes it is, its a sprint HTC Touch. I just need to know if there is a setting that i can change that will allow the connection to stay connected even though its idle
 
Are all cricket flashed phones like this? Must you really reconnect every time you need to use data? How would you be able to receive email if the data connection always shuts off by itself?

I was considering flashing a smartphone and using cricket but this would be a definite dealbreaker. Are all smartphones that are flashed to cricket have this issue? :befuddled
 
First of all, cricket blocks all ports except 8080 for web browsing and you must go through a proxy. This means you can't use your smart phone for email.

Secondly, I stay connected to cricket for hours at a time. This is just the OP's issue, not a cricket issue.
 
Okay say you're saying that smartphones flashed to cricket can be always connected to data but for some reason you can not use the data connection to receive email on a flashed smartphone?
 
Cricket internet can do anything, that uses a proxy. If you can not configure outlook email to connect via port 8080 then you can't use it. Palringo is one of the few messenger applications that allow a HTTP proxy configuration, and thats what we use for messenger.

Most carriers allow all ports open on their unlimited wap plans. Cricket does not. Cricket Broadband does allow connections on any port.
 
I dont get it. I always just use the default email clients on smartphones and I usualy never have to enter proxy settings. Only have to do that when setting up the internet connection itself?
Anyway at least you can confirm the internet connection does not shut off by itself and need to be constantly refreshed/initialized to connect?
 
I already answered your question. Also, the reason you do not have to enter proxy information in your email clients is because all other carriers allow connections on any port, which means outlook works fine for T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and whomever. It does not on cricket.

This means that if you require email, webTV, messenger, and other internet features on your phone, Cricket will not work unless you spend extra time doing things that are probably more complicated than you care to deal with. Cricket unlimited WAP is basically that, unlimited web browsing.
 
Isriam, I read your last post, and it sounRAB like there might be a work around for not being able to get email, webtv "slingbox" etc.. do you know how to do this or can you point me in the right direction to do this?

Thanks
 
There have been attempts at doing push email, and also using a proxy on the device, but I haven't really bothered to look or read since I don't use anything other than web browsing and palringo.

Check the PDA forum, I believe there have been a few things people tried that worked.
 
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