My phone android os is using huge amount of Internet. how can I control it???
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Install and configure firewall?
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Say I download an apk from market.
There are times that I don't want it to access Web (so as not to download any ads and get over my monthly cap). Still i want it to have access to my 192.168.x.x home network.
Is there any way to do this (access only certain IPs per apk)? I'm using Linux and I don't even know how to do it there. So I dont know what to look as to get some ideas.
Probably an ad blocker will take care of downloading banners and such. There might be some apps on the lines of Droid Wall which might allow you to filter traffic. I've never used it.
If you are trying to access your LAN I'm assuming you are using your wireless connection and you might be able to filter traffic from you AP if it has the proper tools and APs usually do.
First of all thanks for the reply.
Ok, an ad-free script could be possible but how can one find out what IPs are being used from a specific apk?
As far as I know there is no log that logs the sockets that are open or even better have been opened...
P.S.: I know my apk pid. The issue is to find out which IPs it uses...
Use terminal emulator to issue "netstat -a" command. I really think that DroidWall could help.
DroidWall cuts all connections (say all wiFi connections)!!! And I don't want that. I want my apk to be able to connect to my home network but cut off all other connections. But only for the specified apk.
netstat -a doesn't say which application uses which port.
Thanks for the ideas. I have already tried those. Feel free to tell other ideas as well though.
Hi guys
I really need to get ad hoc connection on my xperia play. There is no wifi connection at my office so i must share connection from my laptop to my xperia play via ad hoc.. Office is the only place i can get fast internet connection to download sd data for games thats why...
After some google n reading around i know it has to do something with editing wpa supplicant but i'm no programmer so i dun know how to.. If any of u developers can do this plz help me
Try using a software called as PDA net which is installed both on pc and android, or if you have peer networking installed in ur laptop. In that way, you can share your internet with your mobile devices
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Ok My bad.. PDA net is used to share your mobiles data connection , as good as wifi tethering. If you want to share your laptops wifi connection, which is connected through ethernet, you can try enabling the peer network and bridge the two Local area connections. That way u will be able to use your laptop as wifi hotspot. Apparently i was also searching for the same.
http://superuser.com/questions/8662...ps-wi-fi-connection-through-its-ethernet-port
I have a better application to do this well
Try this app. Your r800i must be rooted.
how to use it:
1. Install it.
2. Open it, and if the superuser asks you, choose "Allow".
3. If it's the first running, it will pop some warning. Just choose "Continue and don't" for all warnings.
4. (You'd better turn your display to Portrait mode.) Under "Disable Wi-Fi" button, there is another button but it's not completely shown. Just tap it, then the settings window will appear.
5. Set your SSID, and if needed the WEP options.
6. Press return button.
7. Tap "Try to switch to Ad-hoc mode, just to try..." button.
8. Wait a moment, and you'll be connected.
thanks guys i will try them n will report back
Hi,I've a Play too, and I tried the app...It actually works!But the only problem is that it works pretty randomly...sometimes it's fast to find the WiFi,some others you have to pray in chinese to get it work....many times it sees the hotspot,but the WiFi icon doesn't enlight,and disappears after few seconds...maybe there's a right procedure,or maybe the app should be improved in terms of stability and reliability.But it's anyway so cool...I'd just like to get it right when I want,in this way it feels a lot random...Keep up the job
Windows has its own software to do this: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/windows-vista/Using-ICS-Internet-Connection-Sharing
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Well for about now, the only way to transfer data between two mobiles is Bluetooth. Infrared has gone for a long time and despite we don’t use it much, still sometimes we have to use it to transfer small size photos or Music. The real reason why we hate transferring large files via Bluetooth, is because it is not that much fast. You will get a 200kbps rate, not fast enough for files of 1GB or even 100MB, they will consume a lot of time to transfer them.
In Past, we share an article about using ES File explorer to Stream movies from PC, today we will share how to transfer very large files, in terms of Bluetooth, within Android devices using ES File Explorer. Since ES File Explorer has the option to connect to an IP for data transferring, without having any Access point to connect, using a concept of Wi-Fi Direct. All you need is Two or More Android devices with ES File Explorer installed on both of them and your Android device must be running Android 4.1 or Above.
How To Transfer Large Files Between Android Devices
First of all we need to Create a Personal Hotspot, no need to connect to any external Hotspot.
Go to Setting, Select More under Wireless and Network Settings, Tap in Portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
Set the Password if you want, and also set the SSID name.
Now connect the Devices using that Wi-Fi Hotspot, just make sure you have the Dynamic IP, not the Static one.
Once the devices are connected, Open ES File Explorer.
Select the File/Files in ES explorer,either Tap the 3 Dots or the option key in your device and Tap Send.
If the devices are successfully connected, you will see the IP or the Second Android device on the List.
The other device will see the Notification. Once accepted, the transfer speed will be more than 3-5Mbps, you can transfer a full HD movies in a matter of Minutes.
You can minimize the Transfer if you want to do anything else.
You can do the same with more Android devices, I mean more than Two.
Mohamed Nagy said:
Well for about now, the only way to transfer data between two mobiles is Bluetooth. Infrared has gone for a long time and despite we don’t use it much, still sometimes we have to use it to transfer small size photos or Music. The real reason why we hate transferring large files via Bluetooth, is because it is not that much fast. You will get a 200kbps rate, not fast enough for files of 1GB or even 100MB, they will consume a lot of time to transfer them.
In Past, we share an article about using ES File explorer to Stream movies from PC, today we will share how to transfer very large files, in terms of Bluetooth, within Android devices using ES File Explorer. Since ES File Explorer has the option to connect to an IP for data transferring, without having any Access point to connect, using a concept of Wi-Fi Direct. All you need is Two or More Android devices with ES File Explorer installed on both of them and your Android device must be running Android 4.1 or Above.
How To Transfer Large Files Between Android Devices
First of all we need to Create a Personal Hotspot, no need to connect to any external Hotspot.
Go to Setting, Select More under Wireless and Network Settings, Tap in Portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
Set the Password if you want, and also set the SSID name.
Now connect the Devices using that Wi-Fi Hotspot, just make sure you have the Dynamic IP, not the Static one.
Once the devices are connected, Open ES File Explorer.
Select the File/Files in ES explorer,either Tap the 3 Dots or the option key in your device and Tap Send.
If the devices are successfully connected, you will see the IP or the Second Android device on the List.
The other device will see the Notification. Once accepted, the transfer speed will be more than 3-5Mbps, you can transfer a full HD movies in a matter of Minutes.
You can minimize the Transfer if you want to do anything else.
You can do the same with more Android devices, I mean more than Two.
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Use Superbeam... Simple And Hasslefree...
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DMJoh said:
Use Superbeam... Simple And Hasslefree...
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Try fast file transfer it's faster than super beam and it doesn't use any mobile data or wifi data (if you want to test try sending a file with mobile data and wifi off)
VanshKhanna said:
Try fast file transfer it's faster than super beam and it doesn't use any mobile data or wifi data (if you want to test try sending a file with mobile data and wifi off)
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I believe Fast File Transfer uses the same WiFi connection itself. You have to connect to hotspot.
Superbeam can transfer files between PC and device too.
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I am using Data Monitor app on Fire TV to check data usage etc.. it shows Live Data usage as well on top of my screen which I love.
But I was looking for monitor that supports and counts ethernet usage (it does count LIVE Usage via/ ethernet) but does not COUNT over-ALL data used, on WiFi it counts all data just fine.
No I don't have a cap but I like to track things and know how much they use.
any tips?
I am trying to figure out how to best tether my phone without my carrier throttling me down or detecting this and getting some exorbitant bill.
Both of these things are important to me but I am trying to find a balance between shielding my tethered traffic while also:
1. Not killing my battery so quickly
2. I am concerned about a notification that I am overloading the CPU on my device.
Equipment\Software:
Samsung Galaxy S9 4 GB RAM w/o Root
SecureTether (Google Play Store)
NordVPN (Paid Subscription)
Major US Carrier w/ Unlimited Data
Dell Inspiron 5559 (Only device tethering to phone)
Here is some of the background:
I get a notification on my phone, no matter how I set things up with Secure Tether and NordVPN either running on my laptop or on my phone.
"Some appications or processes are overloading the System (CPU) and need to close.
How serious is that message?
Critical to protect device or more just a power consumption or load bearing metric?
I keep my phone plugged in when I'm tethering 99% of the time so the power consumption doesn't bother me, but I want to make sure I am not doing something that is detrimental to the phone. Everything looks like it's working correctly and the internet works fine and isn't lagging on my laptop or phone.
Secondly,
I want to use my VPN provider (NordVPN) to setup a VPN to shield my my carrier, to be on the safe side that they can not see my traffic and/or that I am not using their metered hotspot connection. This comes with a performance and power penalty so, I know a VPN is a good idea but is it necessary in order for my carrier not to find out I am using something else to tether my device. This is just for some more general knowledge.
Third,
I can use NordVPN on my device or my laptop and both work fine on either device, in both cases though I get the message: "Some appications or processes are overloading the System (CPU) and need to close."
I can tether my laptop to my phone and then connect NordVPN on my laptop and it takes a minute to connect but it does and when it does. everything works fine.
I was skeptical it would work fine because in order to setup Secure Tether you need to setup not only a basic WiFi connection on my laptop but also use a VPN (SSTP-->192.168.49.1:8822) from my laptop to phone, even before throwing NordVPN into the mix, but
Configuration One:
Laptop ---> Secure Tether WiFi ----> Secure Tether VPN (SSTP 192.168.49.1:8822)----> Connect Nord VPN on Laptop ----> Internet. (((Laptop has NordVPN Internet))) (((Galaxy has clear Internet)))
Configuration Two:
Laptop ---> Secure Tether WiFi ---> Secure Tether VPN -----[[Connection Established to phone]] ----> Connect Nord VPN on Phone ---> Internet (Laptop and Phone)
I am looking for some feedback to see if that first configuration is:
First, Masking my Tethered Traffic correctly. I am only shielding my tethered Internet and otherwise my phone is using normal Internet. I only care about my carrier not seeing that I am tethering my laptop essentially.
Second, taking some of the load off of my phone by not running both services (SecureTether and NordVPN) on it.
But then I thought, if my carrier is seeing a lot of VPN traffic and some clear traffic that might look worse, because generally when you run a VPN on your phone everything runs through it, so with half and half traffic, they may suspect that I am tethering something but they wouldn't be able to necessarily prove it.
But just raising red flags might be enough to warrant a closer look at my account, so it might just be better to run NordVPN on my phone and send all traffic through it.
I only really have this one device connecting to my hotspot, one laptop so it isn't like I have 5 devices each running their own VPN and probably creating more work for my phone with constantly open VPN connections. With one device there has to be an open VPN connection somewhere device/computer and it doesn't matter where it is because it's the same amount of traffic/bandwidth used up anymore, it's just a matter of where it is.
With multiple devices it would be more advantageous to run a single VPN connection on my phone and this generates less traffic/uses less bandwidth?
Am I correct in assuming that with 1 device this first configuration takes some of the load off of my phone because it is just passing data through rather than running the VPN service itself.
Either configuration works for me, I would think that Configuration 2, that is, connecting\running Nord VPN on my device would be a better option from a security standpoint and it simplifies things because:
A. Any device connecting to the hotspot is using the VPN automatically.
B. All of my phone data, hotspot or not is being sent through the VPN.
However, the // [major [/I ] // downside is that power runs through your phone like a sieve and the load on the CPU is increased.
I just got this S9 a few days ago and I am switching from iPhone to Android so my depth of knowledge isn't developed enough to where a reliable instinctual of how this device handles, so I'm sorry is this seems redundant.
Sorry for the length of this post, I got more nuanced than I thought I would but I wanted everything to be clear and maybe this will help someone else along the way.
Any input you have would be greatly appreciated.