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Data usage widget?

Does anyone know of a good data usage widget for hercules?
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i used this https://market.android.com/details?id=net.rgruet.android.g3watchdog
when i had a limited data plan
since i got unlimited, i totally removed it off my phone

I also use 3G Watchdog.
Works fantastic. Tells me how much data I used today/this week/this month/this cycle, and what I am trending to do for the cycle. You set your bill cycle start date and data cap limit.

I like traffic monitor better than watchdog, its just a widget but it tells youvur data usage on wifi and mobile, even which apps are using data and how much
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.radioopt.widget
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both are good choices, but 3g wathdog is more accurate IMO, it also has backup/restore option so you can continue to monitor your data usage, eve after you wipe and flash to a new ROM

I dont think theres one that auto tracks like the droid phones. All these ones you have to enter in the info
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define auto track, what do you mean by that?
if the apps don't auto track, then you'll never have updated accurate information
so, i've no clue what you are trying to say

data apps
3G Watchdog wasn't tracking any usage for me on this phone(because I'm not using 3G?). I installed one from the market called My Data Manager Free that is ok. It's more basic but seems to do the job. I've only been using it for 2 days, so I don't really know how accurate it is.
*Edit*I re-loaded 3g watchdog this afternoon and it seems to work fine now. Not sure why it didn't work when I loaded it the first time.

3g watchdog ou have to enter your billing cycle so it resets. I was wondering if there was one that jst tracked my data withoit me entering in anything
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Just use the My Account app installed on the phone. Tells you how much data you have used, how many minutes talk time and SMS messages.

I have been experiencing a lot.of issues with any data monitor not working. Any ideas?? Thanks
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[Q] Throttling question

Anyone in nyc successful with the no throttling trick? Does the trick stop throttling or does it not allow Tmobile from seeing the data usage?

alzorak said:
Anyone in nyc successful with the no throttling trick? My cycle started again and i am already up to 357mb with almost no data just the occasional FB update.
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Occasional FB updates should not be using that much data. Are you uploading pictures? What apps are you using that use data? Maybe something in the background is data that you don't know about. Are you tethering at all?
My Data Manager Free will monitor which app is using what data. Maybe that will help.

Tasker malware possibility?

*Edit* The problem was found to be with Titanium backup and how it reports data usage by apps after you restore it. I have contacted the developer for investigation.
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So, I have Tasker installed on my Nexus just for simple automation that turns on Wi-Fi tether when my phone's Bluetooth pairs with my car stereo (which is also Android) so I can stream Internet radio etc.
I've been noticing lately that my data has been transmitting a lot when my phone has been sitting idle so I did some investigation and found that Tasker has sent over 2GB of data this month alone. This is more than I've used while tethered! I can't think of any valid reason as to why it would need to send that much data (if any at all) so I am highly suspicious of this app. Anyone else using Tasker? Can you check your data usage to see if you're seeing the same?
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The POS mobile app isn't uploading pictures. I will post from my pc in a bit.
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You can disable using background data on data usage settings. But really, its a weird case. Mine not using any data at all...
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digitalsunshine said:
You can disable using background data on data usage settings. But really, its a weird case. Mine not using any data at all...
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Unfortunately it's 99% foreground data which means I can't block it. There shouldn't be any reason for this app to send/receive data from my phone. The only other app that uses more data is YouTube which is valid since I use it all the time. Here's the pic:

OK, this is crazy.
I just went back and checked the previous months of Tasker data usage
September: 4.0GB
August: 3.36GB (date installed was August 7th)
WTF is going on?!

If I was you I would wipe everything including SD card and start from scratch. Def seems a bit fishy...

under settings..accessibility..services tasker is it on or off?

It is off.
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There's some setting to disable/enable external apps from controlling Tasker. Do you have that enabled? If so, try disabling.
What kinda tasks have you configured? Anything that uploads photos or something?

Mancubus99 said:
So, I have Tasker installed on my Nexus just for simple automation that turns on Wi-Fi tether when my phone's Bluetooth pairs with my car stereo (which is also Android) so I can stream Internet radio etc.
I've been noticing lately that my data has been transmitting a lot when my phone has been sitting idle so I did some investigation and found that Tasker has sent over 2GB of data this month alone. This is more than I've used while tethered! I can't think of any valid reason as to why it would need to send that much data (if any at all) so I am highly suspicious of this app. Anyone else using Tasker? Can you check your data usage to see if you're seeing the same?
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Did you get install Tasker directly from Play Store? If so, might be worth to contact the developer and ask about this. I have this application running in the background for a couple of months now and haven't got this issue.

Mancubus99 said:
So, I have Tasker installed on my Nexus just for simple automation that turns on Wi-Fi tether when my phone's Bluetooth pairs with my car stereo (which is also Android) so I can stream Internet radio etc.
I've been noticing lately that my data has been transmitting a lot when my phone has been sitting idle so I did some investigation and found that Tasker has sent over 2GB of data this month alone. This is more than I've used while tethered! I can't think of any valid reason as to why it would need to send that much data (if any at all) so I am highly suspicious of this app. Anyone else using Tasker? Can you check your data usage to see if you're seeing the same?
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Did you Titanium back up and restore the system data for "Data Usage". Youtube, my highest data usage app turned into another random app after backing up my Data Usage from stock rom and restoring to Rasbean Jelly.

Royal2000H said:
There's some setting to disable/enable external apps from controlling Tasker. Do you have that enabled? If so, try disabling.
What kinda tasks have you configured? Anything that uploads photos or something?
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I only have 1 task configured that pretty much reads like this (logically)
When paired to BTxxx turn on WiFi Tether, End statement=disable tether
That's it.
I haven't changed any of the default settings in Tasker except to remove the lightning bolt from my notification bar. I just unfroze the app. The setting 'Allow External Access' is disabled.

knightmedz said:
Did you get install Tasker directly from Play Store? If so, might be worth to contact the developer and ask about this. I have this application running in the background for a couple of months now and haven't got this issue.
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I did download it from the Play Store. I have been in contact with the developer and we haven't narrowed down what the cause could be.

akash3656 said:
Did you Titanium back up and restore the system data for "Data Usage". Youtube, my highest data usage app turned into another random app after backing up my Data Usage from stock rom and restoring to Rasbean Jelly.
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I did do a restore of data usage when I moved over from CNA to Paranoid so you may be on to something here. In your case, do you show any YouTube traffic as well, or has it all been shifted to the random app?
Thanks.

OK, I think I've found the problem. It appears to be a bug in Titanium backup and restoring the usage statistics.
I have also done a restore of my data use after flashing a new ROM so I did some further testing after unfreezing Tasker for a couple of days and everything appears to be fine in that there is no data use being reported.
Thanks for the suggestion Akash3656. I am going to report my findings to the author of Titanium backup.
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[Q] Mobile data by musicFX

So I have a limit to my data usage so I keep an eye out for data usage, pets this morning I noticed that music fx has used quite a lot of data and I can't disable it or restrict it since it's an pre installed app. Is this normal? Does anyone else have this problem?

Alextorres06 said:
So I have a limit to my data usage so I keep an eye out for data usage, pets this morning I noticed that music fx has used quite a lot of data and I can't disable it or restrict it since it's an pre installed app. Is this normal? Does anyone else have this problem?
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Have you tried checking the restrict background data option under Settings>Data Usage>MusicFX ?

[Q] unacceptable data leaking on Stock Evo

I have a stock HTC Evo 4G on 2.3.2 that I've hooked up to a 1gb data plan, its filling a kind of specialized role for me, only 1 app installed on which it uses about 20-30mb a day. The problem I'm having is checking my usage I noticed I was way overshooting that daily mark, I installed a data tracking app and discovered that between system.root and system.shell, I'm losing well over double the amount of data that my app is using. System.root is consistently pulling about 110% of what my app does, and system.shell is pulling about 50%, for a combined waste of 160%, I have no idea what its using this data on. Is there some way I could fix this? 2.3.2 has incredibly spartan data controls and I can't seem to find a 3rd party app that can regulate data, they all just track usage. I'm open to flashing a Rom if it'll help, but I've been out of that since my Droid X days so I'm pretty rusty.
Example: typical usage session: 45 minute timespan, app uses 5mb, system.root uses 7, system.shell uses 2.

Turn off background data in settings and you should be fine. It may have affect on other applications you use that require background data like gmail and weather apps. So be mindful of that. I hope I helped some.
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