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I think wifi needs to be off, and you need to have 3g signal, to check for updates.
Just a thought, but are you giving the phone enough time to come out of sleep mode completely? I don't check for updates until I show the 3g signal or that my wifi is connected, otherwise, I have the same problem as you...just searches and searches until I back out, wait for signal and try again.