I have found in Setting -> Connections -> Data Usage where I can designate certain SSIDs as mobile hotspots. However, unlike on my Nexus 5 I don't see how to restrict background mobile data usage. The Nexus 5 has a checkbox to restrict this.
Is it somewhere else on the Tab S 10.5?
The option to To limit background processes is in the "developer options" section under the "general" tab in the settings. In order to unlock the developer options you must go to settings, general tab, about device, and tap the build number a number of times. after that, developer options will become available right above "about device". In there you'll find an option for limiting background processes. Look at the screenshot attached. If I've helped, please press thanks.
I'm not talking about limiting the number of background processes. This is about limiting background process data usage when connected to a hotspot.
Under settings, Data usage, select an app, there is a checkbox to restrict data usage on my Nexus 5. I want to do the same on my Tab S (I've designated some SSIDs as hotspots).
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Hey all,
Before my great Desire I owned a touch HD, with the same data plan: 3gb/month.
With that device I managed a maximum of about 3-400 MB/month, but averagely it was only 100-150. The things I used on it: Twitter update every 15 mins, fb every hour, e-mail every hour, weather hourly, some - quite a lot - browsing with opera, and some youtube in pub while drinking&sharing =)
With the desire, i realized that it's really much moore It's 19th, and i just passed 1gig, with quite the same use, only the gmail is push now.
So my question is: what background app can use so much data - or is it average with this phone - , or can you recommend me a data counter app that shows consumption app by app so i could check it very easily.
The main purpose of it is I want to change my cell rate to a better one, but it 'only' has 1gig of data.
Thx for your help
Cheers
it will be youtube, a few mins of youtube and you can easily early up nearly 100mb if the video is in HQ
3G Watchdog is very good for monitoring data usage. You can set custom alarms to warn you if you area approach your limit.
To find exactly WHAT is using your network though, in your dialer enter *#*#4636#*#*
This gains you access to a hidden menu. Select 'battery history' then from the top drop-down menu, select 'network usage'. This will show you exactly what has been chewing through your megs!
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wnp_79 said:
3G Watchdog is very good for monitoring data usage. You can set custom alarms to warn you if you area approach your limit.
To find exactly WHAT is using your network though, in your dialer enter *#*#4636#*#*
This gains you access to a hidden menu. Select 'battery history' then from the top drop-down menu, select 'network usage'. This will show you exactly what has been chewing through your megs!
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Thank you very much, this code is awesome =)
I use watchdog, but it doesn't count the usage app by app, this is perfect.
The item named "internet" is the most, so it can be browsing or youtube.
Glad to be of help!
If your 'internet' is using that much though (when you only used a fraction on your Touch HD doing the same things), I'd say there is something up. I've TRIED to pass my monthly limit but can't get close.
One thing that can cause your 'internet' browser to use a lot of data all the time, is having iGoogle as your home page. All the widgets you can put on your i-Google home page constantly update and keep your data connection active.
If you do not have i-Google, is there a page you are leaving it on that could also require constant updating? Sites with lots of cycling flash advertisment banners could do this.
I do not use task killers, as I have found they cause more problems than they solve, but try force-stopping the 'internet' app. Without having a task killer, go to Settings, Applications, Manage Applications, select the 'internet' app and press the 'Force Stop' button.
Try this for a day after each use of the internet (a hassle I know) and if it seems to help, perhaps putting on a basic task killer and only have it 'auto-kill' your internet app could save you some unwanted data bills!
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Glad to be of help!
If your 'internet' is using that much though (when you only used a fraction on your Touch HD doing the same things), I'd say there is something up. I've TRIED to pass my monthly limit but can't get close.
One thing that can cause your 'internet' browser to use a lot of data all the time, is having iGoogle as your home page. All the widgets you can put on your i-Google home page constantly update and keep your data connection active.
If you do not have i-Google, is there a page you are leaving it on that could also require constant updating? Sites with lots of cycling flash advertisment banners could do this.
I do not use task killers, as I have found they cause more problems than they solve, but try force-stopping the 'internet' app. Without having a task killer, go to Settings, Applications, Manage Applications, select the 'internet' app and press the 'Force Stop' button.
Try this for a day after each use of the internet (a hassle I know) and if it seems to help, perhaps putting on a basic task killer and only have it 'auto-kill' your internet app could save you some unwanted data bills!
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It's not igoogle, but i figured out that i use eredmenyek.com what is the hungarian version of livescores.com (i am betting a lot ) and if i let my browser on that site, it can be able to communicate a lot - updates every minute, all the events
Thx again, i'll try to set google.hu when i finish browsing, it's sure that it won't communicate a bit then
Hello fellow XDA members,
Last week I flashed my favorite ROM to it's newest version again and once again I had to put some settings right and all. Now, this is nothing new and you can let the process be done for you with tools already availabe. However, I'm not pleased with the options given by the different apps to be set!
Synchronizing different data is one of the most important features on any smartphone at the moment in my opinion. Some you like to do manually, but lots of them you just let go on schedule. This is where my problem popped up. Quick searching didn't give any results, so I decided to start this tread. Example of a problem: you have to set every app to roaming or not and give them a refresh rate.
My idea/project I would like to start is making an app that has the following features:
setting up syncing schedules with the following options:
selecting days on which it syncs
timespan for synchronisation
refresh rate
roaming/no roaming
toggle list for assigning installed syncable programs fast and easy
assigning apps to different schedules
menu item for a list of schedules (with a subtext which programs follow and list of programs (with a subtext which schedule they follow)
Manila styled menus for known user interface
detection of different already syncing apps or syncable apps on the phone (adding them to the program list but not importing schedules since those would spam the list)
menu option to stop all syncing so everything is manual (useful when roaming but wanting to sync on demand)
import/export settings and automatic importing settings from the XDA_UC folder on install
making internet connection on sync and if it was off before turning it off after sync (don't know if some apps do this already, but then the turning off has to wait until the end of all synchronization)
option to show pop-up on sync fail with an option to retry in a given time or automatic retry time
I had some more features in mind but they fail to pop up right now.
What this solves:
schedules all crossing eachother which makes your phone connecting to and disconnecting from the internet all day (some have 3h option, some 4h)
unnessecary syncs, for example during your sleep
hopefully more options for selecting sync times (like with the FB-tab which can't go higher than 99)
one menu serving all the main apps on your phone
if importing settings on install works: no need to set everything up again, never!
There's only one big problem:
I'm not a developer and have no idea of any coding for WM devices at all. I do have some basic insight in structures and can help searching for entries and locations of different settings/manual sync triggers, but not much more than that. I'd like to see how this works during the project if there are others out there who like this app and a developer to take the big job!
Coding challenges I expect:
I think it has to set the apps assigned to a schedule to "manual" in the offical app/tab and has to trigger the manual synchronisation when schedule starts. If we really get into the core of other apps too: we could add the option "XDA_Sync schedule" to the drop down menus which pops up a schedule selector for the app. This way you could enable the automatic sync in the tab and the "roaming" item should be grayed out because that's fixed in the XDA_Sync schedule.
Locating all syncing.
Different devices (I have a Touch Pro2)
So: Good idea?
And: Any developer willing to take the challenge?
P.S. Not sure if I'm allowed to use the "XDA" part in the name, thread name could then be changed to "Cell_Sync" or something similar.
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
thanks
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.
Hi,
I need help with set mobile data from operator in Zooper. I have tariff from 16.th to 15.th every month, I want to zooper counted my mobile data monthly from 16.th.
I set #NTMTHM16# but it doesn´t work, mobile shows 200 MB and Zooper shows 5 MB.
How do I set it work?
thx
Nobody knows?
Hey mate,
I've tried the same thing you did and it works normally for me, it shows the same usage of MB as it does in Setting > Data usage, so I don't know what's the problem. Just be sure that you are writing it correctly in Zooper -> #NTMTHM16# . I'm using ZW PRO v2.42.
I have Zooper Pro 2.44 from GPlay. I will wait for new period of month (16th - 15th), because i set up it during the period.
Has anyone figure out what each character of these network data codes do?
#NTMTH1#
NT=network data
T/W/M=Total/Wifi/Mobile
T=???
Last characters could be:
H1/H7=past day / past 7 days
OR
M/MM/MM25=this month / this month? / since 25th
I can't get mine to match up either though. I have:
#NTMTH1# which seems to show today's data correctly for me "17MB" (matches android data usage)
#NTMTM25# shows "1083" but my data since 25th should be 88MB
#NTMTMM25# shows "118" but my data since 25th should be 88MB
Then the question of units, some show MB/KB which looks nice, but it makes progress bars misbehave since they can't differentiate KB and MB.
Anyone clear this all up?
My period begins on the 5th and I use #NTMTHM5# and it seems to do the job for me
Does it match the android settings - data usage screen?
For me right now, Data Usage shows 243MB used while Zooper widget shows 168MB.
It generally does match (or closely approximate) what it says in Data Usage, however I have noticed that it occasionally resets for reasons I have yet to figure out. I think it might be tied to some reset events (manual/battery pull/battery empty), but this is not consistent at all. If I keep a decent charge in it, or only change the battery before it gets below 5% I do not seem to get this data stat reset.
It might be that you had a similar reset of the data variable in Zooper. I would be curious to see if the gap between Zooper and Android remains consistent or widens.
I also noted that the MyATT app which shows data usage differs from the Android Data Usage and Zooper as well
Note: This is for the users who have Nova Launcher installed
My thought is you can create a dedicated icon in the Zooper Widget and go to 'tap on action' in the creator mode. after selecting that option go and find nova activities. and find the settings icon of your phone(i do not care about the model of the phone you might have.). in the nova action menu you'll see all of the apps that your phone currently have(including the system apps). also keep in mind that these icons are displayed in vertical alignment. and each icon is a drop down menu and when you select the icon you want the will be a sub icons and names of the particular actions. in the setting icon, find 'mobile data usage' or anything similar. and select that option. after that save your current settings. go back to the home screen and test it out for yourself. IF YOU DON'T SUCCEED TRY TRY TRY TRY TRY TRY AGAIN.
I have a kiosk mode app where the user should not interact with the device outside the app. Usually I disable things like notifications, etc. using User Manager options or at least I check that the initial settings aren´t correct checking settings.secure, global or system and redirecting the initial setup engineer to the correct settings page.
But I´m not able to find neither a setting (secure / global / system) that changes with the stylus menu setting nor the stylus menu setting activity.
Any clue will be welcomed.