Went from a TP2 to the Evo 4g and saw a huge jump in data usage like going from 500mb to 1.4gb. When I went from the Evo to the SII my data went from 1.5gb to 2.1gb. No big changes in how the phone is used, no more email, no different apps. Also wondering if this large increase in data is contributing to the battery drain issues. Has anyone else noticed an increase in data usage with the SII?
Mine always goes up with a new phone cause I use it more. But that's the only reason. Yes it could be this device cause your sending larger picture files and such
mine has increased a lot as well but probably because its new and im using it constantly.
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so i got the nexus couple days ago and i have been previously on at&t with galaxy s2 of course the internet was slower there so it was kind of harder to reach that 2gb limit.
Now i wanted to ask do you guys know any good software that will show me exactly how much each program is eating the bandwidth?
i know the built in ics meter usage but i dont really trust it.
So far i checked that the go weather widget was using 0.01 kb of data each few minutes so i turned off the auto update ( i did 300 megs somehow in 2days)
i know speedtests really take a lot so i dont do them anymore
i also listened to sirius xm for like 20 minutes but even on at&t it wouldnt eat as much data.
Thanks guys
Why don't you trust the built in data usage app? It's not perfect, but even if its within 50mb of the actual, that's an acceptable measure.
martonikaj said:
Why don't you trust the built in data usage app? It's not perfect, but even if its within 50mb of the actual, that's an acceptable measure.
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It's not within 50MB lol. Last month I went through around 3GB and it said I used like 2.7GB. A difference of 10% is pretty big when you have a data limit...it could mean spending an extra $30 that month.
OP, check out 3G Watch Dog. Best data-monitoring solution on the market. Set how much data you get per month and when your billing period starts (just like the ICS built-in one) and it'll keep you updated with what you're doing. It's not perfect for monitoring specific apps either, but the overall total is usually exact (since it monitors at the last possible point before exiting/entering the phone).
I find Network Counter to be pretty effective...
So i was thinking on how i want this phone to be delivered, since i have to wait until monday... but then i was imagining those fast speeds that i was gona have, and the it hit me... faster means quicker.... so is it true that the probabilities of your data to reach your data allowance is quicker?? i need to know because i only bought 4gb of internet... and i use my phone's internet a lot
thanks
You use the same amount of data whether on LTE or 3G. It all depends on your usage. If you decide to use more because its faster, then yeah...you will hit your cap faster.
If you drive a mile at 20mph, vs 120mph, it is still a mile. You went the same distance, just arrived at it quicker.
so it's not going to affect it at all?
It depends on your usage. People typically use more data when things are faster because it is more enjoyable, or it allows them to do things they could not before, such as HD video streaming.
In a controlled environment where habits do not change whatsoever, you use the same amount of data no matter your speed.
It will only affect the speed at which you consume the data. If you're requesting 1.5Mb on Facebook over 3G, or 1.5Mb on Facebook over 4G LTE, it's still 1.5Mb. What you may experience, though, is that since you view information so much quicker, your usage of 4G LTE may go up. Just remember to have WiFi on whenever you're in an accessible WiFi hotspot, and if you start using more data (viewing more sites, watching more YouTube videos, etc) because it's delivered faster, just keep tabs on it. If you're on Verizon, they have a data widget you can download from the market. If not, you can keep close-enough tabs on it by seeing your data usage in settings.
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so it's not going to affect it at all?
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It'll probably effect you subconsciously as you'll more than likely be like "wow this is fast, I'll do more stuff!"
but if you do the exact same things, the faster speed doesn't use more data by default.
I'm still at the same usage as on 3G. As mentioned, if you stream video that's one of the few things where the same use can pull more data because you may be pulling better quality video. If you're really concerned, ICS has a lot of alerts to warn you when you're getting close to your cap, install the VZW data usage widget, and use WiFi at home and (if possible) work.
I spent more time doing speed tests once I started using LTE. It accounted for a lot of my bandwidth for the first week or so.
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so no speed tests.... even though it was one of the things i wanted to do... i wanted to see how fast it was.... how much did it take? and how many tryouts did you do?
Hey guys just wondering if the Gnex has any real bad data drop issues? I'm considering getting the Gnex or the Rezound and I'm curious to see what the users have experienced. And any large problems with the Gnex itself?
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Data drops can be only caused by your carrier. It's very rare that your phone causes data drops (especially rare if you use stock rom). First priority of every phone built is stable connectivity (that was priority since first phone was made and every phone that has been made and will be made). So every phone should have no data drops, but there are maybe exceptions that I dont know of. To answer your question, I own gnex and Im familiar with Rezound (my friend has one), both phones are great and have no data drops
I have massive data drops. Every time I wake the phone from sleep it drops. It's even effecting my push notifications. Ever since 4.2.1
I sometimes lower background process allowed to 4 to increase free Ram. I did some research and can't really determine if Ram used=Battery used or just Ram in use. On some Roms it seems to make a difference. On DG M7 Rom is was using average 6% or less overnight unplugged but lately on Synergy, Darth, Galaxymod or really any I can't get the same. Usually 10%. On some Roms it seems to help, on others nothing. Any insight on whether this is helpful or harmful is appreciated. BTW I think I may be a battery dork. When the 5hit hits the fan I want a great battery life ready! One more question. I hate the Email app. I only use Gmail. Can I freeze it?
1. Freeze email/gmail whatever you want to freeze.
2. Turn off data when you sleep, and turn it on when you wake up.. will increase your standy duration a lot.
3. Switch to EDGE if you don't care about data speeds.
4. Turn off animations.
RAM used by preloaded apps = 0 battery.
RAM used by active applications/background services = battery used
you shouldn't need to keep clearing the ram and worrying about how much is free. do you know how ram works in our phones? here is an article about it if you don't know.
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That is an excellent article. Thank you for you responses. I did not understand it to that degree before. It seems 4 might be a little low. Thanks Diablo. I use Juicedefender and I live in the mother of all ATT dead zones so my data is usually off. FIY, when you work hard to get a long life battery and the stuff does hit the fan cause of a hurricane, don't forget to put it in airplane mode until data system is back up. Looks like i need to do more in depth tweaking experiments. Ever since my days with the unbelievably bad Backflip, I have been paranoid.
You could also read the "Android Memory Management" in my signature I wrote it in the days "long long ago" to help people understand how Android memory management works.
So I have noticed that my note 3 has been reporting high data usage than I normally do. my verizon nexus did an avg of 5gb while this thing has been known to register 10-20gb a month. With the same usage between the two phones and phone companies. (using data usage in settings)
T-mobile registered me using 12.6973 GB / Unlimited Non-Shared for one month. My phone says I used 13.67gb for the same time period. However, I actually added up all the data used by each app individually and got 4.08gb of usage. (and I counted 60 apps using less than 1mb as 1mb each)
I can't possibly be using 8+gb of data that the phone aint counting am I? Do you have similar results?
Here is my math proof
2 apps using more than a gb of data = 2.3gb data
all apps measured in mb = 1771.21 mb. Converted to gb = 1.729697266 gb data
60 apps using less than 1mb counted as 60mb data converted to gb = 0.0585938 gb data
added up == 4.088291066 gb data used
Can't help you with your missing data, but I just did rough estimate on mine and it adds up pretty well to the totals showed, but I'm nowhere near your totals. The discrepancy between bill and phone could be data used over wifi or slightly different cutoff time (phone could be running totals until midnight your local time and T-mo could be using pacific time).
If I had to make totally wild guess, I remember once somebody posted something about some program going wild on his phone and using gigabytes of data in a matter of days, don't remember the outcome, if it was virus or just crashed program in a loop accessing internet at random, but maybe you should start with some full reset or something. Also maybe look for a better program monitoring your data access and usage. I would be concerned and tried to figure it out, if it was my phone, especially that I have 2GB high speed limit, LOL. Is your phone set up as mobile hot spot? Could somebody else use data from your phone? Did you run virus check?
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Can't help you with your missing data, but I just did rough estimate on mine and it adds up pretty well to the totals showed, but I'm nowhere near your totals. The discrepancy between bill and phone could be data used over wifi or slightly different cutoff time (phone could be running totals until midnight your local time and T-mo could be using pacific time).
If I had to make totally wild guess, I remember once somebody posted something about some program going wild on his phone and using gigabytes of data in a matter of days, don't remember the outcome, if it was virus or just crashed program in a loop accessing internet at random, but maybe you should start with some full reset or something. Also maybe look for a better program monitoring your data access and usage. I would be concerned and tried to figure it out, if it was my phone, especially that I have 2GB high speed limit, LOL. Is your phone set up as mobile hot spot? Could somebody else use data from your phone? Did you run virus check?
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this has been going on since I got the phone brand new. I have unlimited so i wasn't too worried, but after months of repetition, i'm trying to get to the bottom of it. virus scan is good with two programs.