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Turning off updates

I should hopefully be getting my desire this weekend but my tariff change wont come in to effect till next month and my current tariff only gets me free data usage in the evening and weekends.
So is it easy enough to configure the phone not to automatically update anything itself as I don't want to run up a expensive bill with it using data during the day.
Does the data widget (slider one with mobile under) just mean 3g connection? Or is this the one I need to just keep turned off during the day?

The mobile data widget disables any cellular data connections (2G or 3G don't really enter into it, both are cellular data connections).
Using the widget to turn "mobile" off means that the phone won't create a data connection, hence no charges.

Data connection vs 3g switch in wp7

I have a data connection with limited mb, I am feeling that if I switch off data connection but left 3g switch on, my remaining mbs are used.
Anyone experienced a similar issue?

Not me, I leave data and 3g on and has only racked up 66.8mb for this month and my bill is due in a few days. Surf the web occasionally, and have all my email (4 accounts) set on 1hour, except my main account which is 30min.

Thanks but, if you have data connection = off and 3g = on, will the device waste your plan MBs?

No because you wont be using any data cause the data connection is off

In the current version of WP7, Data connection = 3G data so if you have
settings > Cellular > Data connection = OFF then your 3G data plan will not be used.
I am on the 200MB ATT plan but I leave my 3G data always ON and still have not used more than 15MB in the past week. I have 2 email accounts (gmail, hotmail) with auto sync ON and the Yahoo account set to MANUAL SYNC which I only sync on WiFi

FYI: 3G isn't just used for data, but also for voice and text.
3G incorporates better encryption and security than say standard GSM and 2G, hence why phone companies tend to try and use 3G/H if possible as it better protects the end user.

cbebop7 said:
In the current version of WP7, Data connection = 3G data so if you have
settings > Cellular > Data connection = OFF then your 3G data plan will not be used.
I am on the 200MB ATT plan but I leave my 3G data always ON and still have not used more than 15MB in the past week. I have 2 email accounts (gmail, hotmail) with auto sync ON and the Yahoo account set to MANUAL SYNC which I only sync on WiFi
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Thanks everyone! I am much more relaxed now.
I investigated where my mb did go, and I think was a celullar operator failure because the friday I have used like 14 mb in less than a minute in several connections 1.6mb -> 2mb -> 2mb ... the same minute.
Very obscure issue, but tomorrow I will call the support to get more info.

Questions on monitoring and limiting data usage

I will be leaving my Verizon Unlimited Data Plan to go to AT&T plan since verizon doesn’t have service where I am moving.
I am not used to watching my data usage. Now I will have to when I move to ATT.
What’s the best way so when I am connected to WIFI on the Note 2 so it uses WIFI and nothing else? Do I turn off mobile data when on wifi? I have the Onavo app which I will restrict apps like YouTube and Pandora to wifi only so I don’t accidently get in trouble there. I want to make sure I don’t overlook anything and go over my data.

Android is pretty smart... if you are connected to wifi, mobile data simply won't be used. (One exception is MMS - which must transport over the carrier data network - but usually doesn't count against data allotments.)
In addition, new versions of android (such as jelly bean that the note2 has) allow you to set up limits for data usage. If you go into Settings, the 3rd item in the list is "Data usage." That option allows you to see what is using mobile data, allows you to set up your billing cycle (so you can monitor how much you've used for the current cycle), lets you configure a "warning" level (so if you reach that level of mobile data usage, the phone generates a warning message) and a hard limit (if you reach the hard limit, the phone prevents any more mobile data usage.)
As an example, I have a 3GB plan with a billing cycle that starts on the 15th. I configure the data usage stuff with a billing cycle that starts on the 15th, turn on the "set mobile data limit" and configure the red value (limit) to be 3072MB (same as 3GB) and the yellow (warning) to 2560MB (2.5GB)

I know about the data usage settings. Never dove into it though. I'll have to play around and see what works for me.

There's an App called My Data Manager that does what you want & it has more options than the built in data usuage of JB.

RMXO said:
There's an App called My Data Manager that does what you want & it has more options than the built in data usuage of JB.
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Thats true - I used to use it quite often and for quite a long time but the amount of memory space it took up on my Xperia Neo was just too much for what it was worth and so I had to remove it - these days its probably not too much of a problem but app size is still worth considering.
The reason I'm searching here is to try and figure out how to set the limits for Data in Jelly Bean - while searching I worked it out anyway so I'll put the answer here......
1) Open "Tools"
2) Select "Data usage" (in the WIRELESS & NETWORKS section) normally at the top of the menu
3) Turn on "Mobile data" by sliding the button to the right - then a popup will ask if you want to accept the charges etc - click Yes
4) Once you've done this a "Set mobile data limit" selection should appear - tick the empty tick box
5) then next to Data usage cycle - select the drop down and select "Change cycle..." - if this is not there hit the back button to exit then select "Data usage again in quick succession
6) Select the start day of your data cycle and then select "Set"
7) Now the Graph should show 2 colored bars - the red one being the max limit you can set by sliding it up and down and the yellow/orange one is the warning indicator you can also set by sliding it up and down.
In theory the warning should somehow let you know if you've reached your warning limit - (I've not reached the limit yet to see it) and when the upper limit is reached it should disable your data - but again I've not had this happen.
Once your done you can either select the back button to exit or you can slide the Mobile data switch back to the left.

About limiting data.

I want an app which limits my daily usage of mobile data but every program I tried seems to lack this feature. Is there such an app for M8 that has this feature? :crying:

Settings -> (Wireless & Networks) More -> Data Usage -> Limit Mobile Data Usage (check) + Set usage limit.

@jshamlet its not for daily. I already know that monthly limit can be set from there

How to turn off Mobile Data Usage?

So I went into Settings -> Wireless Networks -> Data Usage... I wanted to try enabling the notifications, they seemed to work fine but I decided I didn't really need to be notified about data usage since switching to an unlimited plan, problem is I can't turn the data usage notifications off now? I can't change the data amount to nothing like it used to be before. Zero doesn't work either.
Anyone else run into this?