Setting…enable data access over mobile network. I dont bother with mobile internet, just wifi. So am i good to disable this setting? Or is it also used for other things i.e phone calls etc?
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Doesn't effect calls but it does effect background data. Syncing of accounts, market and email.
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Edit: If you use WiFi however it'll be business as usual. All of your accounts will still sync.
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When I am at work, the signal is not great therefore my battery drain tends to be the worst during this time of day. It used to be that with by the time I unplugged my phone (5:45am) until the time I would leave work (3:30pm), I would have anywhere from 25% - 50% battery. I now turn off the DATA & SYNC options in my Notification Bar options and I have been leaving work with about 70% - 75% battery.
My question is;
DATA i am fairly certain is what allows the phone the ability to scan internet or do downloads of any kind. I can still get text messages and phone calls WITHOUT the DATA option enabled. Is there any other feature I am missing with the DATA option??
SYNC i actually have very little knowledge of. What is it about these two features that drain the battery so much faster??? DATA i can understand, but how far reaching and strenuous is the SYNC option, while enabled???
Thanks in advance gentlemen.......
Sync is what allows the phone to keep you Gmail account and contacts up to date with the Google servers.
If you turn off data, you effectively turn off sync as well, as you are cutting off anything that would require data use.
All email accounts won't refresh, notifications from apps like Facebook or Words With Friends won't occur, etc.
SMS will work because texts are sent and received via the voice radio, not the data radio. MMS won't work.
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can anyone shed some light on what exactly Mobile Data On/Off does? I turned Mobile Data off and yet i still can make/receive calls, send/rcv texts, access inet, access the market, receive vmail notifications.
Also, GB allowed to turn "background data" off, which really helped preserve battery life by hours. Is there any type of option for this in ICS. turning background data off had the effects of stopping vmail notifications, wouldnt allow access to the market while off, and basically blocked alot of apps constantly updating
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It allows you to keep up with your data usage .....if on it will show how much you have used and warn u if your coming close to what you set as a limit ....would be great on a carrier that throttles or you only have say 5 gb ..... All you have to do is go into system settings and scroll down to accounts and sync under personal and turn it off whatever you don't want to sync
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Well mobile data on/off should do just that. Toggle your mobile data on and off.
Setting a mobile data limit will limit the amount of data used when it's enabled.
Hello Guys, I just brought an S3 and I was looking at my o2 account and I've used nearly 300mb off data in 5 days and my allowance is only 1gb.
I had looked at my data usage and saw that its the facebook app that is using the most I was wondering how to limit the app to use little data.
Thanks, Gary - The S3 noob
Think this is a QA section question but if you go into the facebook app and settings- refresh interval and change this to your liking.
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Disable the notifications in the settings of facebook.
GaryS3 said:
Hello Guys, I just brought an S3 and I was looking at my o2 account and I've used nearly 300mb off data in 5 days and my allowance is only 1gb.
I had looked at my data usage and saw that its the facebook app that is using the most I was wondering how to limit the app to use little data.
Thanks, Gary - The S3 noob
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Go to Facebook Settings, change Refresh Interval to Never, Location Service to Off and Contact Sync to No Sync.
Remember, you still will get Push Notifications and data shall be used only that which you do it foreground.
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use "whats local today app" for 50% data use compared to Facebook App.
pxdx said:
Go to Facebook Settings, change Refresh Interval to Never, Location Service to Off and Contact Sync to No Sync.
Remember, you still will get Push Notifications and data shall be used only that which you do it foreground.
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Hi there!
Try an app called "whats local today" for accessing facebook, google+, linked in, twitter, tumblr on 1 screen itself, just a tap away.
Its a new style browser for mobile devices. I use an iPhone 5s, 'WLT' works best for me. 50% less data use compared to actual fb app.
No push notifications though!
Recently went to Europe and had Verizon activate my SIM card and disabled it on my return.
When I got there, I got a message, "Enable Background Data in Settings." I still get the message.
Can you tell me what this does? I have never used 3G to access the internet - only WiFi.
Thanks, cb
abredt said:
Recently went to Europe and had Verizon activate my SIM card and disabled it on my return.
When I got there, I got a message, "Enable Background Data in Settings." I still get the message.
Can you tell me what this does? I have never used 3G to access the internet - only WiFi.
Thanks, cb
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It just allows your phone to send and receive data without you knowing it, in the background. It does such things as keep your email, weather, and account data synced without have to open up those apps and manually sync them.
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Just wondering if there is some root type way to make your phone use ONLY MMS data??
Ive checked with a community specifically for my carrier, and the way they say doesnt work (changing the APN to MMS only.. it lets me select it, but nothing works unless internet + MMS is selected as the type.
So basically im wondering if there is some "illegal" root type of way to allow the same thing? Ive disabled background data on all apps that would let me except messaging (it doesnt seem to have ever used any, and since I want MMS it seemed silly not to allow it).
android itself seems to use a bit of background data and wont let me disallow that.
for the time being im stuck to waiting until im in a wifi area to send or receive MMS as i dont have (or want) a data plan. with my carrier MMS uses the data system but does not charge as though using data - theyre included within unlimited messaging. but sadly they must use the data network. if i could find a way to make sure that ONLY picture messages sending or receiving are using data.... i would be extremely pleased.
Anyone have any experience this?
Im running the rooted but full stock version of ICS 4.0.4 as can be found in the forums here. Dan's i think?
anyway, if someone with more exprience then me could let me know, that would be great!
My carrier uses different APN for internet and MMS, and when I turn off GPRS, I'm still receiving advertising MMS from my carrier. In messages app there is setting to download MMS automatically, and it bypasses my GPRS internet restriction. Working as intended from the box.
But you have an issue with that? If you turn off mobile data, you lose MMS functionality? That's strange... I think it can be either carrier (we certainly don't have same carrier ) or ROM (I'm on cyanogenmod 11, Android 4.4). But there's also a tickbox on the page with data usage graph, called Restrict background data. It tells Android not to use data for background processes, may be that's exactly what you want.
And there's also an app called Droidwall. It's a firewall for Android, you can block access to the mobile data for every program except messaging app and still allow them to work with Wi-Fi. A wonderful app - no internet, no ads!
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My carrier uses different APN for internet and MMS, and when I turn off GPRS, I'm still receiving advertising MMS from my carrier. In messages app there is setting to download MMS automatically, and it bypasses my GPRS internet restriction. Working as intended from the box.
But you have an issue with that? If you turn off mobile data, you lose MMS functionality? That's strange... I think it can be either carrier (we certainly don't have same carrier ) or ROM (I'm on cyanogenmod 11, Android 4.4). But there's also a tickbox on the page with data usage graph, called Restrict background data. It tells Android not to use data for background processes, may be that's exactly what you want.
And there's also an app called Droidwall. It's a firewall for Android, you can block access to the mobile data for every program except messaging app and still allow them to work with Wi-Fi. A wonderful app - no internet, no ads!
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mine doesnt have any setting for GPRS at all. in fact im not even sure what it stands for! lol.
But thats right, no data = no MMS functioning.
I have gone in and disabled background data for everything that would let me, except the messaging app. and, the android OS itself uses a little bit?? which i cant disable...
Does the firewall actually work? I only ask because, i recently tried a startup manager, which when i went in after reboot, i found that apps i told only to start when called upon were still automatically running when i went into app manager.
If you have root, droidwall should work. It changes iptables, so the selected programs can't send or receive data. Just run it once, apply changes and the changes are persistent until you change them again.