diff --git a/src/App.Android/MainActivity.cs b/src/App.Android/MainActivity.cs
index 0d0cd3c..2e0704b 100644
--- a/src/App.Android/MainActivity.cs
+++ b/src/App.Android/MainActivity.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using Android.Content;
 using Android.Content.PM;
 using Android.OS;
 using Avalonia.Android;
+using AvaloniaApp = PalladiumWallet.App.App;
 
 namespace PalladiumWallet.Mobile;
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ public class MainActivity : AvaloniaMainActivity
     internal const int ScanRequestCode = 9001;
     internal static TaskCompletionSource<string?>? ScanTcs;
     internal static MainActivity? Current;
+    private bool _wasPaused;
 
     protected override void OnCreate(Bundle? savedInstanceState)
     {
@@ -24,6 +26,26 @@ public class MainActivity : AvaloniaMainActivity
         Current = this;
     }
 
+    protected override void OnPause()
+    {
+        base.OnPause();
+        _wasPaused = true;
+    }
+
+    protected override void OnResume()
+    {
+        base.OnResume();
+        if (!_wasPaused) return;
+        _wasPaused = false;
+        // The TCP socket can die silently while the screen was off/locked (Doze,
+        // mobile radio suspend, NAT timeout) without the app ever observing the
+        // failure. Force an immediate health check instead of waiting for the next
+        // 20s keep-alive tick, which may itself have been suspended for longer than
+        // the lock.
+        if (AvaloniaApp.MainViewModel is { } vm)
+            _ = vm.CheckConnectionOnResumeAsync();
+    }
+
     protected override void OnActivityResult(int requestCode, Result resultCode, Intent? data)
     {
         base.OnActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
diff --git a/src/App/App.axaml.cs b/src/App/App.axaml.cs
index f76d859..e4f8635 100644
--- a/src/App/App.axaml.cs
+++ b/src/App/App.axaml.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ namespace PalladiumWallet.App;
 
 public partial class App : Application
 {
+    /// <summary>Set once the single ViewModel is created; lets platform heads (e.g. the
+    /// Android activity) reach it for lifecycle events without a second instance.</summary>
+    public static MainWindowViewModel? MainViewModel { get; private set; }
+
     public override void Initialize()
     {
         AvaloniaXamlLoader.Load(this);
@@ -16,6 +20,7 @@ public partial class App : Application
     public override void OnFrameworkInitializationCompleted()
     {
         var vm = new MainWindowViewModel();
+        MainViewModel = vm;
 
         // Desktop (Windows/Linux): classic window. Mobile (Android): single
         // view. Same shared UI (MainView) and same ViewModel.
diff --git a/src/App/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs b/src/App/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs
index b538981..a4a3cb4 100644
--- a/src/App/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/App/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public partial class MainWindowViewModel : ViewModelBase
     {
         if (IsSyncing)
             return;
-        if (_client is { IsConnected: true })
+        if (_client is { IsConnected: true } client)
         {
             // If the wallet is open and the last sync failed, retry automatically.
             if (_syncFailed && _account is not null)
@@ -173,8 +173,24 @@ public partial class MainWindowViewModel : ViewModelBase
                 await ConnectAndSync();
                 return;
             }
-            try { await _client.PingAsync(); }
-            catch { }
+            try
+            {
+                await client.PingAsync();
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                // TcpClient.Connected only reflects the last known socket state, so a
+                // connection killed silently while the app was suspended (e.g. Android
+                // Doze after screen lock) still reports IsConnected == true. A failed
+                // ping is the only reliable signal here: tear the dead client down so
+                // the next tick reconnects instead of retrying forever on a dead socket.
+                await DisconnectAsync();
+                if (_autoReconnect)
+                {
+                    ConnectionStatus = Loc.Tr("conn.reconnecting");
+                    await ConnectAndSync();
+                }
+            }
         }
         else if (_autoReconnect)
         {
@@ -183,6 +199,17 @@ public partial class MainWindowViewModel : ViewModelBase
         }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>Forces an immediate connection health check, bypassing the 20s timer.
+    /// Called when the app resumes from background/lock screen, since the socket may
+    /// have died silently while suspended and the UI would otherwise show a stale
+    /// "connected" state until the next scheduled tick (or forever, if it never fires
+    /// during Doze).</summary>
+    public async System.Threading.Tasks.Task CheckConnectionOnResumeAsync()
+    {
+        if (IsSyncing) return;
+        await KeepAliveTickAsync();
+    }
+
     // ---- wallet lifecycle ----
 
     [RelayCommand]