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...
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Anyone using this app? Is it doing anything good for the battery time? I have heard different, some people are saying it consumes more battery then it saves...
I only used the free version myself, but found it a bit of a waste as all it really seemed to do was enable data connection every X minutes (X being an interval of your choice) for a short period of time to check mails and what not. I suppose this would be a good thing for someone who wants emails/facebook/etc to be synced every now and then without worrying about manually enabling the data traffic.
Like I said I only tried free version though, I might've missed some good function or the paid version's functionality makes it worth while *shrug*
I tried it on my Nexus One, the Free version, based upon recommendations I read in a magazine. I cannot tell you whether or not it helped. Over time it tells how the battery life of the device has increased (for example: it may diplay 2.14) but I didn't notice a doubling of battery life (longevity). If it helped out at all I didn't notice much.
Since then I've moved on to the Galaxy S which doesn't get great battery life either, but it does seem to do better than the Nexus One.
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I've used the free and actually bought the ultimate edition too.
I used it on my HTC Desire and that increased my batterytime from around 15-20 hour to around 30-35 hours with my normal use...
I haven't installed the app on my SGS since it has great batterylife with the JM2 firmware update... but maybe I should give a go
I used the settings where I disabled data as long as screen was off. That meant the phone would use 1-3 seconds to get dataconnection when turning screen on. Worked great. In the paid version there's another option where you can change CPU frequency when you've rooted your phone.
in your scenario where you gained so much battery time, did you have auto sync and 3G on all the time prior to installing juice defender?
Is anyone else experiencing a higher data usage than they previously had?
On my Desire HD I was on Unlimited data and I used about 450mb a month. I had pretty much all syncing enabled.
On my gnex I only have Google syncing and I appear to have used 120mb already in 4 days...
I might have to cancel my contract and buy outright on giffgaff..
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Have you not checked what's using the data, using the new data monitor in ICS? I had Google Books download 40mb without knowing!
saquib said:
Have you not checked what's using the data, using the new data monitor in ICS? I had Google Books download 40mb without knowing!
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Hah!! great point. use the data usage app OP!
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Hah!! great point. use the data usage app OP!
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Dont know if its just me but the data usage app is buggy. Still says 211kb for browser after 4 days so i wouldnt trust it.
Ymmm market backup? New phone everything is restoring?
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Of course you get much higher usage the first weeks with a new phone. Just as you get "worse" battery time.
This is because all sane XDA enthusiasts uses a new phone much more than the old one the first weeks or so...
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Of course you get much higher usage the first weeks with a new phone. Just as you get "worse" battery time.
This is because all sane XDA enthusiasts uses a new phone much more than the old one the first weeks or so...
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That is true, Hmm I ll have mine in a couple of days Ill look at this but for me I have unlimited data plan so doesn't matter really
The data usage app is a bit buggy, as is the battery one.
I set my phone up on Wifi etc. In the data usage for the my Wifi it shows as 900mb..
So effectively i've used almost 1GB in total over 4-5 days. I've only used the phone on data the same as I would use any other phone so I cannot understand why its so high.
It all seems to be random background stuff that isn't open in multitasking :s Think I might return it and buy outright with GiffGaff...
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?
First of all, I know that on Jelly Bean, there is data usage monitoring.
And it works well.
However, it is difficult if user would like to monitor the data limit "daily".
I often travel outside my home country.
When I do this, I only have 35 MB data limit (quota), per day.
If I use above this limit, I will pay extra and expensive.
I would like to know if there is a good app which I can enable "only" during travel like this.
And the app will start counting the data usage, and alert me if it reach certain limit.
Thanks!
Try 3g watchdog pro. It's a paid app but it's worth it. Been using that for over a year now.
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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.