APN on/off problem

I have this particular problem with APN on/off and wonder if it's the phone or my network problem. First of all, it doesn't matter which widget I use, they are basically the same, do the same, react the same. And all of them just work well.
Here comes the problem. If I turn APN off too long (like more than 1 or 2 hours), there's no way to get 3G back at all, except for a reboot ! It's obviously not the program/widgets fault, so I wonder if it's the Galaxy itself (i9000) or if it's my network that won't let me connect back.

BTW, there is a reliable way for me to turn off 3G and turn it back on after a while, and that's to turn off and turn on Roaming (because my network is designed like that), but as you might know, that's about 8 to 10 moves per on/off switch, and a widget on the home screen is almost instantly.

Assuming the coincidence we're on the same network too far fetched (NL KPN/Telfort), we can conclude with great probability that it's a problem in the Android system or one of Samsung's core modifications. Hope the update in Sept. will solve this.

I had the same problem initially but strangely, the problem went away automatically. Perhaps, you can try waiting abit longer before you reboot your Galaxy. Sometimes, it does take a while (1-2 mins) before the phone re-establish the 3G connection.

I'm not sure how to fix that problem completely (I don't have it) but I heard an easier way to get connectivity back than a reboot is to enable and disable airplane mode.

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I may have had the same problem but I turned off and on my WiFi to resolve it. When I turn on WiFi it turns off my APN data

Seemed like a tip to try out, because it's easy to tell the default preference where wi-fi precedes 3G, as it's only logical. It seemed like it was this bug after all.

But it's NOT practical. Why do I need 3G ? Because I'm AWAY from my wi-fi.

How DO you get 3G back, ONLY by turning on Wi-fi, connecting to  Wi-Fi, then disconnect again, while 3G is on. Precedence rules will be reset to good order.

However, the most common situation is, you're somewhere else with no Wi-Fi in sight, when you enable Wi-Fi, it does NOTHING (because there's no network to connect to). This tip is only valid when you have Wi-Fi you can connect to. Without the valid connection, the bug stays where it is.

So, still waiting for Froyo it is then.

Eeeh, I wouldn't have such an elaborate reply if I didn't try all of that yet. So again, on the Galaxy S, it's NOT a solution.

Nopz, mine does not have that as a shortcut. Updated firmware to JM2, slightly better. But still causes this problem sometimes (and no, still, turn on Wifi when none is available, or Flight mode, doesn't resolve it), having to wait for a full power off/on cycle before I can have 3G on the go.