My data usege - T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII

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Are you serious?
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How did you manage to use 77gb? I used 10gb and thought it was a lot of data usage.
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Tethering and torrenting I would assume.

77GB lot of porn lol
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jpeps said:
77GB lot of porn lol
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No its not.
Ive heard.

don't they slow you down after 5GB?

tigersgt said:
don't they slow you down after 5GB?
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Not if you get their new truly unlimited 4G plan.
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If I recall, someone else used like 1 tb of data. So although this is quite a lot, others have done worse.

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If I recall, someone else used like 1 tb of data. So although this is quite a lot, others have done worse.
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Yeah was just gonna say that
But seriously OP why would you post a thread for your data? You know you don't get a cookie for that
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If I recall, someone else used like 1 tb of data. So although this is quite a lot, others have done worse.
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Wow 1TB. Did anyone know if tmobile will suspect the account for this much usage? Thinking if I can replace my home internet with this. I am getting 3mb internet only

Just let people know the new unlimited data.
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Can you still wireless tether if you have the new 4g plan and your phone is rooted?
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Yes, i am on cm10 rom, and wifi tethering work fine , that is why use that much data
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9 TB. Outrageous!
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OP: are you proud of yourself?
That kind is usage on a mobile device is why some carriers don't have unlimited anymore....
That"s just excessive.
(I don't really care if you don't agree with me, it's my opinion and I'm entitled to it...thank you)
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Babydoll25 said:
OP: are you proud of yourself?
That kind is usage on a mobile device is why some carriers don't have unlimited anymore....
That"s just excessive.
(I don't really care if you don't agree with me, is my opinion and I'm entitled to it...thank you)
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I think he post just for fun nothing to do with proud thing
Cause I use more data than he does and not even one month.two more weeks left

I was pretty surprised that I've used close to amount (last I checked a few days ago, 50GB). No tethering no Torrenting. But it seems that the Gallery likes to use nearly 2GB of data in the background every time I set up a new ROM or Reflash. That plus all the Roms and re downloading of apps from the Store. And more recently, the purchase of a couple HD movies and a hand full of re downloads of the Avengers movie.

77Gb on HSPA+? Come to my area Whole brooklyn gets like 0-0.20Mbit, Loading Netflix or Youtube is virtually impossible here. Called T-mobile they said they're fixing tower, well 4 Months and still fixing it? Good thing I have pre-paid I can cancel any time

Babydoll25 said:
OP: are you proud of yourself?
That kind is usage on a mobile device is why some carriers don't have unlimited anymore....
That"s just excessive.
(I don't really care if you don't agree with me, is my opinion and I'm entitled to it...thank you)
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Related

Get unlimited data on your VZW NEXUS

So if your like me and are/were constantly checking your data usage... don't worry b/c there is a trick to getting unlimited data! Its a very simple procedure if it works...
1st call vzw customer svc, then when the computer csr asks you what you want to do say "add a feature"
2nd it will direct you to a live agent then simply say you would like to add the "30$ Mobile hot spot feature"
this feature is for unlimited data plans so if you can get the CSR to add the feature your data plan will change to a unlimited plan! No joke I did this 2 days ago. And yes you will need to remove the 30$ mobile hot spot from your plan, and yes your new data plan will stay activated.
And remember if at first you don't succeed with the first CSR agent... try and try again, I got it on my second call in.
Good luck
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Thanks gonna try this later.
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Old news, Verizon already stopped/blocked this, and reverting everyone who did this back to a data plan.
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Several weeks old.
nxt said:
Old news, Verizon already stopped/blocked this, and reverting everyone who did this back to a data plan.
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Haven't switched mine back...been through 1 bill cycle too.
Don't hate b/c it didn't work for you.
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I got it right now will find out soon if they bring me back I honestly don't think they can tho once u have it that's like selling a random person something then telling u want it back u just can't do that if that makes sense
well i havent tried this one,
but i am sure then isnt any way to get anything free...
dont forget ---> " there is no free lunch"
Yeah, changing your contact is grounds for early termination ain't it?
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No they can't it is a CSR mistake for adding it in the first place.
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k0438028 said:
Don't hate b/c it didn't work for you.
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Huh? We're pointing out that this has been known for weeks now. Its a pointless thread to start up again.
emptyclipzzz said:
I got it right now will find out soon if they bring me back I honestly don't think they can tho once u have it that's like selling a random person something then telling u want it back u just can't do that if that makes sense
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They have the right to change it any time they want. Unless you signed a contract that specifically gives you the right to unlimited data on their network they can remove the unlimited data feature, especially considering you tricked their system to get it.
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Yeah, changing your contact is grounds for early termination ain't it?
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No, it is not. Although they reserve the right to refuse service to anyone they want (whether that be now, or at the end of the contract period).
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No they can't it is a CSR mistake for adding it in the first place.
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It's not the CSR's fault. They're only adding the WiFi Hotspot feature as they're supposed to do.
You're removing the hotspot feature later on your own without the CSR's involvement.
Well I know the other thread on here was deleted so I guess this one will be too.
If my posts keep getting deleted, I'll never reach 100.
This thread needs to be killed. This has been patched...
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Don't hate b/c it didn't work for you.
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What a childish response. It has been reported on many tech sites that it has been patched.
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I'm not trying to upset anyone... this happened to work for me. I saw the threads online and did not see any threads or comments in the threads stating they had there data feature retracted. I was just trying to help some fellow XDA members out.
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This also worked for me. I did it back in early December.
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What a childish response. It has been reported on many tech sites that it has been patched.
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When you say patched do you mean just stopped applying it? I'm on my second bill cycle and still have it.
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When you say patched do you mean just stopped applying it? I'm on my second bill cycle and still have it.
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A lot of tech websites say Verizon is going through every account that did this and removing unlimited data.
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A lot of tech websites say Verizon is going through every account that did this and removing unlimited data.
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Do we have any actual confirmation from someone who had it removed?
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[Q] new unlimited. Still tether?

I've seen a couple threads and I'm a bit confused.
I know the new plan doesn't have wifi hotspot... Not like that service really mattered.
Was wondering for those who are on the new plan. Can you still tether?
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Teo032 said:
I've seen a couple threads and I'm a bit confused.
I know the new plan doesn't have wifi hotspot... Not like that service really mattered.
Was wondering for those who are on the new plan. Can you still tether?
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I'm just gonna put my two cents in, I'm not on the plan, might get the s3 with this plan. But, from my knowledge, there is no way for them to know what's using your data unless you're on a stock ROM.
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Yeah that's what I'm thinking too. But rather get some hard feedback lol
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I was wondering this very question myself.
Tethering is still working for me after I made the switch yesterday. Hopefully I don't get charged though.. even though I don't use tether, it's good to know that everything works on my phone. How would i know I'm being charged for it? I didn't receive any "warning" popups or anything like that before continuing.. do I just have to wait for my next bill??
I wonder if they can develop some methods that could detect your tethering and block it?
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I had the tether feature free when i upgrade to 5G and now I'm on this new plan and the rep told me that i still keept my free tether and my other line will have it free as well...
but gosh Tmobile just got bad after they close the calls center with reps I had to talk to 4 people for one simple reason cause none of these new foreign knows what their talking about. so im not sure if i still have the tether will see.
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I wonder if they can develop some methods that could detect your tethering and block it?
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Only by puting an APP on your device. I know a little bit about networking, and thats the only way. packets are packets. the user-agent is the only way to see what type of browser it is. but like i said before, a lot of android browsers use the desktop user agent.
But why would/should any carrier stop it? Especially if you are on a tiered plan. Its YOUR data, use it how YOU want. PERIOD. wethere you are streaming on your laptop, or streaming on your phone and using an MHL conector to your TV, its STILL streaming. Period.
Just got this, and i'm on the plan. also using stock rom.. http://offers.t-mobile.com/tethering/upsell.do?source=pcweb
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Just got this, and i'm on the plan. also using stock rom.. http://offers.t-mobile.com/tethering/upsell.do?source=pcweb
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Were you tethering? And it's because you're on stock.
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Tethering is still working for me after I made the switch yesterday. Hopefully I don't get charged though.. even though I don't use tether, it's good to know that everything works on my phone. How would i know I'm being charged for it? I didn't receive any "warning" popups or anything like that before continuing.. do I just have to wait for my next bill??
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It wont connect now.
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I'm also getting the exact same page when attempting to tether with my nexus 7. I'm on an amaze running speedrom 7.5
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I was able to tether no problem to my laptop yesterday .. just tested it again and it still workibg great..
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For those unable to tether and being sent to that page, You could try using a different tethering app. Try foxfi, my dad is a tmo employee and doesnt have tethering on his plan, but says tethering works perfectly fine on his stock unrooted t989 with foxfi. I might also recommend cwm tethering.
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I purchased easy tether a couple of years ago. I'll try it when I get home.
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Just got this, and i'm on the plan. also using stock rom.. http://offers.t-mobile.com/tethering/upsell.do?source=pcweb
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I got the same thing
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If its unlimited data why it shows this? Anybody else get this?
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bmakk2055 said:
If its unlimited data why it shows this? Anybody else get this?
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Mine shows this on the website..
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If its unlimited data why it shows this? Anybody else get this?
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They need to show that because they need a
fixed number. It's the same with minutes, i remember a while ago they had something like 999999 minutes. That's a long time ago though lol. But do you honestly think you'll use 10000GB lol
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Mine shows this on the website..
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Yeah thats from the mobile site? They're probably slowly updating yo hide the number and showing unlimited instead... TMobile aren't exactly the best at web developing... Remember their slow and crappy websites when trying to check your usage. It's a tad better now lol.
Anyways, it looks like there are mixed reviews, but i assume native tethering is no good but some 3rd parties are still good? Keep the feedback coming fellas
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Im trying to change my data on tmobile website but no luck. It keeps loading or says "You cant change service at this time" Anyone has that issue like me?
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Question for you all: truly unlimited throttle

So about mud day yesterday, I was watching YouTube, all of a sudden everything started buffering no matter what video I watched. Downloaded a couple files and speeds were only 30kB/s. Didn't think anything of it. Thought it was the host. Didn't do much else but use tapatalk and noticed things were a but slow. Did a speed test and it shot up to like 300kB/s then hovered around 30-50kB/s felt that awfully strange.. as that's what would happen on my old throttle plan.
So I went to bed not thinking of it.
Got up this morning and speeds were the same. Stayed the same for the entire day til I got fed up and called T-Mobile. They "said" I wasn't being throttled. And after I *****ed they "reset" my phone on their network and things were back to normal.
Has anyone else experienced like symptoms? I'd hate to think they went this low to throttle us..
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Are you sure you have the truly unlimited 4G plan... Or the unlimited data with let's say 2gb, 5gb or 10gb of 4G data.
If you have the truly unlimited data then you shouldn't be throttled. But if you have one of the other three plans where they cap the 4G data then they throttle you after that certain point.
Or maybe t mobile was having issues with your tower and had to reset the connection?
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It wasn't just my area though, both s2 and s3 showed same speeds. And yes I have the truly unlimited.
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How much data have you used this period?
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This had to be all of tmobile last light because me and 3 buddies at work were all stuck on edge till 8 am
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Why is this posted in general? Not to sound an a$$ but yeah..
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You weren't being throttled. I'm in southern cali and had horrible speeds this morning.
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agtitan said:
How much data have you used this period?
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17gigs but that doesn't matter.
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This had to be all of tmobile last light because me and 3 buddies at work were all stuck on edge till 8 am
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well that reassures me that they weren't throttling me.
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Why is this posted in general? Not to sound an a$$ but yeah..
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And because I had general open in tapatalk and didn't realize it. Lol sorry I'm human.
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Lol no worries i just hate cluterred forums :/
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17 gigs? I really don't see how most people can go over 5 without tethering. I use my phone constantly and I've never gone over 2. Even with what I use on wifi, which might be another 2gb, is still not even 5gb's. So, I can only ASSUME you have been tethering, and they figured it out. That would explain the throttle.
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17 gigs? I really don't see how most people can go over 5 without tethering. I use my phone constantly and I've never gone over 2. Even with what I use on wifi, which might be another 2gb, is still not even 5gb's. So, I can only ASSUME you have been tethering, and they figured it out. That would explain the throttle.
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Get Netflix.....
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17 gigs? I really don't see how most people can go over 5 without tethering. I use my phone constantly and I've never gone over 2. Even with what I use on wifi, which might be another 2gb, is still not even 5gb's. So, I can only ASSUME you have been tethering, and they figured it out. That would explain the throttle.
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You get 100 uses of tethering anyhow. Then they block you. But as psykhotic said get Netflix and watch HD movies and then tell me how much data you use. Not to mention you can download torrents via your phone. And I never use WiFi except for when transferring files to my phone.
But irregardless, it's unlimited, there shouldn't be a throttle period.
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Get Netflix.....
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Yes. This and gogoanime plus a movie streaming website.
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elesbb said:
You get 100 uses of tethering anyhow. Then they block you. But as psykhotic said get Netflix and watch HD movies and then tell me how much data you use. Not to mention you can download torrents via your phone. And I never use WiFi except for when transferring files to my phone.
But irregardless, it's unlimited, there shouldn't be a throttle period.
Yes. This and gogoanime plus a movie streaming website.
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What do you mean you get 100 uses of tethering?
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.....irregardless
I could certainly reach well above twenty gig with Tune in radio, Hulu, Jetflicks, and Netflix.
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I just streamed music to and from work and I used up 5gb in 2 weeks... now if you don't have a full time job and don't commute in traffic m-f then you won't understand
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No not 100 uses of tethering.
You can use 100 MB before the block you if you already used the work around on the software they have on the phone.
The program by default on the phone though will actually block you right away.
Unless you use a custom APN then you get blocked after 100 MB.
If you change your User Agent on your browser the the User agent of the phone and you won't get blocked.
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17 gigs? I really don't see how most people can go over 5 without tethering. I use my phone constantly and I've never gone over 2. Even with what I use on wifi, which might be another 2gb, is still not even 5gb's. So, I can only ASSUME you have been tethering, and they figured it out. That would explain the throttle.
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Just syncing my phone after a factory reset uses over 5.
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Just syncing my phone after a factory reset uses over 5.
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Soooo.... why not factory reset while on wifi? I don't understand why people treat the network as a substitute for a home network?
And streaming music doesn't use that much data, you'd have to watch 8 or 10 movies on Netflix to hit a gig. Don't tell me you watch 10 movies a week on your phone. I feel sorry for your eyes.
It is the abuse of the system that will do nothing but raise data rates for all of us. Thanks alot people, enjoy your rerun's of Charles in Charge.
Netflix even on the phone does use more then that. A 2 hour movie would be about 600 mb for that one move.
I use around 25gigs lol
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So here is a screenshot of how much data I used so far

Here is a screenshot of how much data I have used so far and still got 7 more days to go... Do you think att is going to do something or say something? :/
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Here is a screenshot of how much data I have used so far and still got 7 more days to go... Do you think att is going to do something or say something? :/
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hope your on a unlimited plan if not your about to pay alot in overages.
Holly crap!
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I used that much a few months ago, didn't have unlimited data and ended up paying over $500.
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If you are tethering: they may threaten to kick you off unlimited.
If you aren't: they probably won't say/do anything, at least based on how they've handled things so far.
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Apparently you get throttled on speed after 5 gBs on LTE soooo but they won't say anything.. Have you noticed a speed hit in the last 46 GB?? (lol )
GOOD GRAVY !!
No wonder my LTE speed sucks so bad...it's your phone sucking all the bandwidth......LOL...g
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I used that much a few months ago, didn't have unlimited data and ended up paying over $500.
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Ouch.....that bites...g
Whatever it is, they're definitely going to do something.. Either throttle you if you're grandfathered on unlimited or $4-500 in overage on a tiered plan.
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Well if they have not throttled him and he only has 7 days left in his cycle, he may get throttled for 7 days.. but it resets when his cycle does so i think hes good to go... (as long as hes Grandfather'd on an unlimited plan that is lol)
Good lord. I'm grandfathered into an unlimited plan and I still get leery when I approach 5GB. Guess I can lighten up a bit and see what the actual limit is.
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And people wonder why providers are tight with data usage?
I think I've approached 5 gb maybe twice.
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On Verizon, and on average, I use about 40gb a month. Been this way for awhile and never had any trouble.
I'm not sure about this guy but I have no choice. My phone is my internet for my whole family. It's this or dial up. Luckily I have great 4g and unlimited data.
I usually keep my data usage hush hush because people react so negativity to it. I pay my bills. I buy all my devices full price. I'm gonna use my data.
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In light of recent events of tech companies giving away my data, I have zero qualms about using the hell out of their data.
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Wow are you running a server from your phone lol
Hahah yea I'm on the grandfathered unlimited. I have been switching my APNs around and found that I got my lte speeds back but recently they throttled me to around 400-500kbs. not a big deal really since I use my phone like a laptop anyways and I still get to do everything I want with those speeds. Just takes some patience for Netflix or videos to load though.
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Hahah yea I'm on the grandfathered unlimited. I have been switching my APNs around and found that I got my lte speeds back but recently they throttled me to around 400-500kbs. not a big deal really since I use my phone like a laptop anyways and I still get to do everything I want with those speeds. Just takes some patience for Netflix or videos to load though.
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Perhaps this is silly to ask but I'm not going to assume anything - have you gone through that much data without tethering? If so, that is quite a feat!
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Perhaps this is silly to ask but I'm not going to assume anything - have you gone through that much data without tethering? If so, that is quite a feat!
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Ya that would be impressive. I never tether and my record is 16 GB.
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Definitely tethering. We don't have internet at our apartment so I tether. Mostly streaming. Heh heh
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I've hit 150~GB without tethering. Constant pirating and/or having something (music, Facebook, Google+ picture uploads, DropBox, Box, etc.) use my data 24/7. My passive aggressive way of telling AT&T that I will not be denied my data usage even when throttled at 5GB.
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I've hit 150~GB without tethering. Constant pirating and/or having something (music, Facebook, Google+ picture uploads, DropBox, Box, etc.) use my data 24/7. My passive aggressive way of telling AT&T that I will not be denied my data usage even when throttled at 5GB.
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Wow. If I were AT&T I wouldn't even be mad. That's amazing.
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Extreme data usage

Hello, so I've been I've been searching around and haven't come up with a definitive answer. I've had the s4 for a couple months now and have been using an excessive amount of data, when I haven't been doing anything out of the norm. With my s2 I had a5 gb plan and only got throttled once in awhile, but with the s4 my data has jumped tremendously. I've used almost 16 gb this month and 21 gb last month.
Android os is to blame for 6gb this month and 12 gb last month, all clocked in as back ground usage. Why? Wth is this phone doing to use so much data. . I have unlimited no throttling plan, but if I was still on 5 gb I'd be screwed. I just would like to know how I can stop this.
Thanks
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Hello, so I've been I've been searching around and haven't come up with a definitive answer. I've had the s4 for a couple months now and have been using an excessive amount of data, when I haven't been doing anything out of the norm. With my s2 I had a5 gb plan and only got throttled once in awhile, but with the s4 my data has jumped tremendously. I've used almost 16 gb this month and 21 gb last month.
Android os is to blame for 6gb this month and 12 gb last month, all clocked in as back ground usage. Why? Wth is this phone doing to use so much data. . I have unlimited no throttling plan, but if I was still on 5 gb I'd be screwed. I just would like to know how I can stop this.
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Is called that's a wrong answer, as I don't use anything but hot spot which has its on use shown and only have 500mb.
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Dude, nothing on your phone, other than maybe a torrent client, can use 21 gigs of data without your consent. And since its saying "Android system" is responsible for the data usage, its you tethering. Period. You asked, so i answered.
What part of saying I don't tether other than hotspot which I'm limited to 500mb from Tmobile do you not understand? Also said I haven't increased use from my what ive done on the gs2 and actually there are several posts online of others experiencing this as well but no solution. I did ask but you surely haven't answered.
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LTE could be the answer it uses much more data to get data back to you faster.
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Your attitude isn't going to get anybody to help you. People are offering you advice, no need to be rude.
As far as your data, it can be many things. I would start by keeping track of each app's data usage over a few day span.
What towle is saying is right. We do this to try to help people. We don't get paid for this. We do this voluntarily, and if you have a bad attitude nobody will want to help you.
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Well try calling T-Mobile. They can tell you exactly the reason why your phone is using so much data.
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nicotheandroidguy said:
LTE could be the answer it uses much more data to get data back to you faster.
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Thanks for reply, I have been connected to Ite alot lately, but would that show as android OS usage thou? and its background data
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Do you happen to have/use Google Music/All access? Its been known to eat thru data and hit your cap in the matter of just a few days.
edit- BTW if you got to settings/data usage it'll tell you what apps are using the most data;
And another thing. Read the forum rules. No cursing. And be nice. This isn't our problem. It's yours.
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I have been having the same problem too. That is why I have been on Wi-Fi this month. I also do not tether or use Google music. I have talked to T-Mobile reps and I get the same response,"have you been using any Google applications or tethering." Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks.
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Adam0524 said:
Do you happen to have/use Google Music/All access? Its been known to eat thru data and hit your cap in the matter of just a few days.
edit- BTW if you got to settings/data usage it'll tell you what apps are using the most data;
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nope I don't stream music, no video, I only email, surf the Web, fb, eBay, I do have to upload Alot pix for work, but no more than I've done b4 the gs4.
And I know about data usage, the most is getting clocked in under Android os
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And another thing. Read the forum rules. No cursing. And be nice. This isn't our problem. It's yours.
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Actually Alot of people have this problem, while searching b4 coming here I've read serval baffled users. Some not lucky enough to have unlimited data and getting poundedwith $800 phone bills for overages.
Like I saidI'm not here to argue, but don't tell me how im using my phone. If you can't handle being told your suggestion isn't the cause than you need not reply.
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Peñaran561 said:
I have been having the same problem too. That is why I have been on Wi-Fi this month. I also do not tether or use Google music. I have talked to T-Mobile reps and I get the same response,"have you been using any Google applications or tethering." Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks.
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yes, this is Def a real issue, tethering is Def not the cause for one thing it shows as it's own data consumption for hot spot Tmobile Gave me the same and kept telling me you must be doing this and that. Would say nope sure haven't. There final conclusion was well we don't know. But on the gs2 I never exceeded 6gb, if I still had the same plan id been throttled the second week
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yes, this is Def a real issue, tethering is Def not the cause for one thing it shows as it's own data consumption for hot spot Tmobile Gave me the same and kept telling me you must be doing this and that. Would say nope sure haven't. There final conclusion was well we don't know. But on the gs2 I never exceeded 6gb, if I still had the same plan id been throttled the second week
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Yeah it looks like a software bug that shows Android system using alot of data so that could be play music all Access, tethering, or a bug.
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Install custom recovery and flash a better (& smaller) google apps package. Here it is. Any ROM. Any device. http://goo.gl/g9nBgZ enjoy. ((If you're running android 4.2.2, here's a direct download link to the latest gapps file. Its called yourzgapps. http://fs1.d-h.st/download/00065/sMh/YourZgappsXS-4.2.2-2013.08.14.zip simple. Download, reboot recovery, & flash + reboot + hurray!! ))
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Install custom recovery and flash a better (& smaller) google apps package. Here it is. Any ROM. Any device. http://goo.gl/g9nBgZ enjoy. ((If you're running android 4.2.2, here's a direct download link to the latest gapps file. Its called yourzgapps. http://fs1.d-h.st/download/00065/sMh/YourZgappsXS-4.2.2-2013.08.14.zip simple. Download, reboot recovery, & flash + reboot + hurray!! ))
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I'll give it a shot and see if it helps any thanks
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Yeah it looks like a software bug that shows Android system using alot of data so that could be play music all Access, tethering, or a bug.
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I've gone thru and froze all those apps in hopes of diagnosing that being the cause, ive froze 1 at a time and Monitored the use trying to determine if one was causing it. There all froze and have been for week and Android os still used 1.4gb in a week
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I've gone thru and froze all those apps in hopes of diagnosing that being the cause, ive froze 1 at a time and Monitored the use trying to determine if one was causing it. There all froze and have been for week and Android os still used 1.4gb in a week
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I've got no clue what else it would be sorry.
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