I'd like to put an indicator of some sort to show me the current month's data usage on my mobile network and found a variable that could retrieve this number: #NTMTHM6# where 6 is the first day of the month in the cycle. However, the 26 mb it reports is significantly off the 360 mb Android reports (which I confirmed with my cellular provider and is accurate).
Of course, I did my research on these forums and learned that if you clear your cache this number is reset to 0 so I can only assume this is why I have such a large discrepancy. I don't remember if I did clear the cache but 26 mb sounds real low and could be only one day's usage.
Where does Zooper get this usage number? It looks like it could be pulled out of the OS since Android reports it so couldn't Zooper just fetch this number? Is there any way to set the correct value or will I have to wait till the next cycle to get accurate readings?
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I'm trying to check to see if the APN workaround to bypass throttling with my 2GB unlimited data plan, but when I call #932# to check my data usage, I get a different amount of usage than the usage shown on my my-tmobile page.
On my my-tmobile, I have ~30mb used, whereas when I use #932#, it shows around ~130mb. The 130mb is closer to my "true" usage (the actual amount while using the modified APN). I don't know if the trick is working for me or not. Can someone explain to me why the two measurements don't match up?
Thank you for your time.
Possibly lag between the network and the my-Tmobile Web page.
You can download Traffic Monitor from the market and it will give you fairly accurate data usage numbers. You can even monitor what uses data and how much. Set it up so it resets on the same day as your Billing cycle.
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I'm using a data manager that I downloaded from the market. It matches up with the #932# data. The problem is, it's been like this for a couple days, so the possibility that it is simply lagging is becoming less and less plausible..
I think the apn trick doesn't show up the website.
Not too sure though.
That could be true, but why would it be monitored via #932#? I really don't know if the APN trick is working for me or not
I'm trying to display the monthly data usage beginning with the 15th -> #NTMTHM15#
So now it should show the usage from the last 2 weeks, instead it shows only the last 24 hours.
Is it a bug in Zooper Widget or am I doing something wrong?
[Edit]
It actually shows the data usage for the current month (not the last 24hours as presumed)...
My plan starts on the 22nd each month, and I use this setting to track network data: #NTMTHM22#
Its been working properly for a long time but recently seems to show only the current days usage. I've tried other pre-built network codes in the widget and they all show the same value, except for "last week" which shows a different value. This seems to have started in the last couple of weeks although I can't think of a change that might have done this.
Any ideas?
Hi, I'm trying to create a widget/progress bar to show weekly cellular data usage. The built-in fields can give me my Monthly data usage just fine, by using #NTMTHM29# which resets on the 29th of each month. However, I'm going to be moving to a weekly data plan and I'd like to know how I could monitor my weekly data usage. I can see that there is an option to display "Cellular data usage current week" which I assume will reset every Monday, but if my data plan starts say, on a Thursday, how could I cover this?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
OK, I've managed to suss this out. As usual it's quite simple
For anyone who's interested, this is what I've done.....
7 rich text modules (one for each day of the week)
Let's say your weekly data allowance starts every Thursday....
Your 'Thursday' module would be:
$#DE#=Thu?#NTMTH1#$
This is saying "If today is Thursday, show me today's cellular data usage."
Your 'Friday' module would be:
$#DE#=Fri?#NTMTH2#$
Which says "If today is Friday, then show me the last 2 days' worth of data usage."
and so on, until you get to Wednesday which will show the last 7 days. Then the whole process starts again on Thursday and the data usage starts again.
There will only ever be one module that displays, as only one has met its' condition (i.e. the day of the week), all the others will show nothing. Works perfectly.
Dead easy to put into a progress bar too for a visual indicator.
[UPDATE]
Contacted Samsung Support - the app is related to Knox in some way, and the spike in usage happens to coincide with the latest software update. I still don't understand the high foreground data usage, but will monitor.
I have a 1GB data plan and never bothered to enable a relevant data usage alert because I never go over that.
This morning, however, I got a system notification to let me know I'd used 2GB of data (default setting I think). Well that's peculiar, I thought to myself.
Without exception the app with the highest mobile data usage is TuneIn Radio (650 MB for August) because I listen use it every day on my commute to and from work. But now I have a very close runner up, "Android OS" (581 MB for August: 568 MB foreground, 12.69 MB background).
That doesn't tell me much, and when I go one level deeper the app in question is actually Filter Provider V4.0.18. Now, not only do I have no idea what that is or what it does, but for previous months it never exceeds 30 MB. And more oddly, background usage is always higher than foreground.
I've attached two screenshots, one from August and one from July and shows the huge difference
Hoping one of the very smart people on XDA can enlighten me