Another bug in iPhone OS 2.1, which we have tested and reproduced, is that it will no longer fetch emails in the background while in sleep mode on battery power. It’s most probably one of the power-saving tweaks introduced in 2.1, since Apple says that the 15-minute fetch interval is the worst wear on the battery because it never lets the phone go into deep sleep mode. This Apple discussion thread chronicles the problem at length. It’s possible it’ll be fixed in the next update—a reader tells us that Apple confirmed it’s a “known problem” and that they are looking into it, but in the meantime, don’t lean too hard on fetch. [Apple - Thanks Josh!]
nate
Monday, November 24, 2008 at 9:34 AMHi- was wondering if anyone could help. I bought an iphone last week and had my IT guys synch with my work emails on the exchange. Due to my company’s security feature, it puts the phone into passcode lock and sleep mode every five minutes when not using the iphone. The only problem is once the phone goes into sleep mode, I am no longer notified of new work emails until I wake the phone up. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this bug so I can be notified of new exchange email even when the phone goes into the mandatory sleep mode that my company installed on it? thanks in advance!