Hi Mark, can I ask you a question?

howdy, Marco!

go right ahead with your question!

In my app I use alarms to periodically retrieve and update the rss feeds in my sqlite database to mantain fresh the content inside my apps. Now I'm using an IntentService started by the pending intent fired by alarm manager. It seems to work correctly

do you think that I will improve the reiability using the wakeful intent service? I dont' use wake lock right now

but seems to be ok..

what sort of alarm are you using?

is it a _WAKEUP alarm?

yes it's a wakeup alarm

then I recommend WakefulIntentService

the device might fall asleep mid-update otherwise

Perfect. This was my worry, I will switch to wakefulintentservice

thank you Mark

no problem!

I'm leaving the room, have a nice day!

see you later!