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App to monitor mobile internet usage

May be shooting in the dark here, but does anyone know if there is an app available that monitors your 3gp mobile internet usage. i.e Shows your internet usage(MB) that has been used over 3gp, not what you have used over wireless.
Thanks

I use Data Counter Widget, allows me to set it to show monthly statistics too from a set start point each month, so when your bill is paid & allowances are reset
Counts Wifi and 3g/GPRS/Cell data

PaulW21781 said:
I use Data Counter Widget, allows me to set it to show monthly statistics too from a set start point each month, so when your bill is paid & allowances are reset
Counts Wifi and 3g/GPRS/Cell data
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Sounds perfect, cheers!

PaulW21781 said:
I use Data Counter Widget, allows me to set it to show monthly statistics too from a set start point each month, so when your bill is paid & allowances are reset
Counts Wifi and 3g/GPRS/Cell data
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I used to use this too, until I discovered it stopped my phone from sleeping.
Moved onto 3G Watchdog which is pretty decent.

I can vouch for 3G Watchdog as well.

+1 for watchdog

can it distinguish between two sims?
i am having a dualsim adapter. and i only care for one of them.

Rusty! said:
I used to use this too, until I discovered it stopped my phone from sleeping.
Moved onto 3G Watchdog which is pretty decent.
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Can't say I've had the issue with the phone stopping sleeping, everything works perfectly!

try 'call meter ng'. monitors data as well as calls and messages. advantage with 3gwatchdog is the home screen widget, but both are equally accurate.

PaulW21781 said:
Can't say I've had the issue with the phone stopping sleeping, everything works perfectly!
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Easy to check, dial *#*#4636#*#* and go into Battery history.
My running figure was at 100%, and looking in the Partial wake usage menu showed DCW to the be culprit

PaulW21781 said:
I use Data Counter Widget, allows me to set it to show monthly statistics too from a set start point each month, so when your bill is paid & allowances are reset
Counts Wifi and 3g/GPRS/Cell data
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I use this, and have had no issues with it sleeping properly.

Rusty! said:
Easy to check, dial *#*#4636#*#* and go into Battery history.
My running figure was at 100%, and looking in the Partial wake usage menu showed DCW to the be culprit
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I did what you said and see no Data counter widget. They just update a new version 4 days ago, maybe it's fixed?

Perhaps... hope so, as I kinda liked it, other than the battery drain

same, i like how it auto reset itself every month.

3G Watchdog does that too, and even predicts how much you will use upto a given point (in my case, the billing date)

3G Watchdog for me

Can you de-activate "3G Watchdog" ?
I plan to use it only when roaming.

Thanks for the advice chaps, ill give the 3g watchdog a go.

gogol said:
Can you de-activate "3G Watchdog" ?
I plan to use it only when roaming.
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You can hide the notification icon, and not use the widget but that's about it.

Rusty! said:
Easy to check, dial *#*#4636#*#* and go into Battery history.
My running figure was at 100%, and looking in the Partial wake usage menu showed DCW to the be culprit
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Total time for Data Counter Widget - 2m 40s (since all time) and the app was installed after the phone was rooted the day Paul(modaco) posted up the r1 method.

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] Galaxy Nexus (rooted) wifi tether data question.

I rooted my Nexus and got the wifi tether app. Internet wen't down for a while, so I was all happy when I just tethered up and just kept browsing. I also played minecraft multiplayer.
I checked my internet and it was back up, so I untethered and I checked my data usage. The Wifi Tether app says I used 2.16kb of data. I'm like...I was watching a youtube video, I couldn't have used that little. The last time I looked at my data I was at 48mb. Now I'm at 56. But I can't account for all of the increase to be from tethering.
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Quick question. My 4gig limit refreshes every month from the day i activate my phone right? I got the nexus the day it came out, so the 15th?

NotSoSiniSter said:
I rooted my Nexus and got the wifi tether app. Internet wen't down for a while, so I was all happy when I just tethered up and just kept browsing. I also played minecraft multiplayer.
I checked my internet and it was back up, so I untethered and I checked my data usage. The Wifi Tether app says I used 2.16kb of data. I'm like...I was watching a youtube video, I couldn't have used that little. The last time I looked at my data I was at 48mb. Now I'm at 56. But I can't account for all of the increase to be from tethering.
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Quick question. My 4gig limit refreshes every month from the day i activate my phone right? I got the nexus the day it came out, so the 15th?
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No it refreshes by the billing cycle not activation date.

i had to change my to the billing cycle.
it was on the date i activated the phone.

first question!
Pheww. Good thing i know to change my cycle. But i still dont have an answer to my first question...

which version are you using?:
I have 3.1 pre108 and it installs fine and activates but there are several failures in the log of the app

NotSoSiniSter said:
I rooted my Nexus and got the wifi tether app. Internet wen't down for a while, so I was all happy when I just tethered up and just kept browsing. I also played minecraft multiplayer.
I checked my internet and it was back up, so I untethered and I checked my data usage. The Wifi Tether app says I used 2.16kb of data. I'm like...I was watching a youtube video, I couldn't have used that little. The last time I looked at my data I was at 48mb. Now I'm at 56. But I can't account for all of the increase to be from tethering.
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I have the exact same question. In data usage it always reports back as 1kb of data used no matter how much I use. Same goes for the data meter in my Verizon mobile.
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So its not only me. ugh if i cant accuraty keep track of my data i freak out...
Any fixes out there?

there are several download/upload meters and trackers in the Market
Im assuming you dont have an older unlimited plan?

Im very curious about this. Pdanet usage seems inline, one netflix movie = 1.5gb. Eek. But a week on wifitether = 17.88kb. Is it possible that the data is being masked ?
Anyone compare the built in data counter to a 3rd party app?

Please forgive me if i am misunderstanding your question as you don't mention whether you are on GSM or CDMA. I am on Verizon and my phone is not rooted so of course i use the Verizon app to determine my data usage. Am i right in assuming that you have deleted your verizon app?

NotSoSiniSter said:
So its not only me. ugh if i cant accuraty keep track of my data i freak out...
Any fixes out there?
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Use a pen and paper.
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You can move the sliders on the ICS data usage app in settings to change the amount of data reported by date range...

my data usage monitor self-erased, what to do?

I just switched to ATT, and got their Galaxy S3. I love my new service and love the GS3, but of course, I'm on the Mobile Share plan with another person. I use the data-usage monitor to monitor data usage so I don't run into overage. I had been running it since I got the phone on September 20, but just a few hours ago, it self-erased and went back to zero, even tho I had the data cycle going from September 20-October 19. ??? Why did it happen, and what can I do? Has anyone else run into this glitch?

Just dial *3282# (*DATA#) in the dialer, it will tell you your data usage straight from att. It is much more accurate. Not sure why the counter erased itself but it is kinda inaccurate at times anyhow and that could get you into overages. Dialing the code I sent you will get a free text sent to your phone with current data usage. There are other codes for minutes used and such as well, Google them if your curious.
Edit: att also offers an app in the play store that reports your data/text/minutes usage as recorded by att, where's as the on phone data counter records usage on the phone itself which is why it often differs from the way att themselves records data usage.
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corythug said:
Just dial *3282# (*DATA#) in the dialer, it will tell you your data usage straight from att. It is much more accurate. Not sure why the counter erased itself but it is kinda inaccurate at times anyhow and that could get you into overages. Dialing the code I sent you will get a free text sent to your phone with current data usage. There are other codes for minutes used and such as well, Google them if your curious.
Edit: att also offers an app in the play store that reports your data/text/minutes usage as recorded by att, where's as the on phone data counter records usage on the phone itself which is why it often differs from the way att themselves records data usage.
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thanks, but am I the only one experiencing this glitch? I hope I don't have a defective phone or something. Has anyone else with ICS experienced this?

DiamondJay20 said:
thanks, but am I the only one experiencing this glitch? I hope I don't have a defective phone or something. Has anyone else with ICS experienced this?
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It has happened to me from time to time, I've always looked at that feature as more of a novelty and never really worried about it though. If I was you I wouldn't really worry really either, it's software, it glitches here and there. At least it's glitching a non vital part of the phone lol.
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hate looking at the data meter.
reminder of how "unlimited data" isn't truly unlimited.
/rant

Self erased data usage.
This happened to me as well twice.
1)
I realized that the data was still there until I started to sync with my TiBu to dropbox/google drive. Then my data went to 0 on the charts.
I was still able to see the data used per app, but nothing shows on the charts.
Although it may not be accurate I use this feature a lot. I would just like to know what makes it reset on its own?
My cycle is on the 2nd of each month and I lost it on the 15th.
2)
Another issue is the vertical lines that shows you data used on each time period. I would like it to default to my cycle (so i dont have to readjust everytime) How do I do that.
Thinking back.......I think I did have my cycle set as the 15th, but that was changed a long time ago.
Could it be possible that the change only takes effect after the cycle is complete?
For example
Jan 1, 2000. I set my cycle to the 10th of every month.
Jan 2, 2000 I change it to 25th of every month.
I think it will still reset on the 10th?

Bump
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[Q] Very high mobile data usage reported by carrier, no evidence in phone

EDIT: The issue was the carrier's fault and not the OS
I found out yesterday that I breached the 5 GB limit of data usage for the month when the carrier completely cut my data connections.
I went to check the reported usage in the system settings and it just shows 687 MB used for the month, the highest usage app is facebook with just a little over 100 MB used.
Now here's some facts:
Running Ditto Note 3 v 3.2 (android 4.3) (based on XXUEMK9) (Baseband: N7100XXUEMJ9)
Never used tethering this month
I always keep 3G off at night and when I'm on WIFI
How do I find out what could have caused all this data usage?
The detailed connections report from the carrier will come in 2 months so I can't know anything yet from that, I'd like to try and figure out something now.
I will be getting a data plan upgrade that will allow me 500 more MB for the month but I'm afraid that if I don't do something fast I might end up wasting all the data again, for now I'm planning of clean flashing the newest release of the rom but I'd like to know if there is some app that will let me monitor data usage in a more detailed way as it seems the built-in android graph doesn't record this hidden data that was used.

Jackomel said:
I found out yesterday that I breached the 5 GB limit of data usage for the month when the carrier completely cut my data connections.
I went to check the reported usage in the system settings and it just shows 687 MB used for the month, the highest usage app is facebook with just a little over 100 MB used.
Now here's some facts:
Running Ditto Note 3 v 3.2 (android 4.3) (based on XXUEMK9) (Baseband: N7100XXUEMJ9)
Never used tethering this month
I always keep 3G off at night and when I'm on WIFI
How do I find out what could have caused all this data usage?
The detailed connections report from the carrier will come in 2 months so I can't know anything yet from that, I'd like to try and figure out something now.
I will be getting a data plan upgrade that will allow me 500 more MB for the month but I'm afraid that if I don't do something fast I might end up wasting all the data again, for now I'm planning of clean flashing the newest release of the rom but I'd like to know if there is some app that will let me monitor data usage in a more detailed way as it seems the built-in android graph doesn't record this hidden data that was used.
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Go to settings > general > accounts then turn of auto sync.

Mufrad said:
Go to settings > general > accounts then turn of auto sync.
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Auto sync is already off actually, I always do it manually (actually forget to do it manually), it should show up in the graph if it the culprit were auto sync

Check to see if photo syncing is enabled, google photo's, picassa etc.
I would also do a malware scan with a decent scanner like ESET.

TheATHEiST said:
Check to see if photo syncing is enabled, google photo's, picassa etc.
I would also do a malware scan with a decent scanner like ESET.
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Photo syncinc is disabled, ESET found nothing.

try another SIM card if the same happen again. if not, there is something with operator.

wviegas said:
try another SIM card if the same happen again. if not, there is something with operator.
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The operator confirmed that the 5 GB have been used, I must wait 2 months to obtain detailed reports though.
Still, something has to have happened on the phone, if it's the operator I have no way of proving it.

Jackomel said:
The operator confirmed that the 5 GB have been used, I must wait 2 months to obtain detailed reports though.
Still, something has to have happened on the phone, if it's the operator I have no way of proving it.
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Maybe they have to prove the data is consumed by you.
Try to shut off the phone and remove the battery all night for a few days.

Jackomel said:
Photo syncinc is disabled, ESET found nothing.
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Install a network monitoring app so you know exactly what is using what.

TheATHEiST said:
Install a network monitoring app so you know exactly what is using what.
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Would they pick what the system graph wouldn't though?
I don't know how they are made, what if they just use the same data?
Can anyone confirm this?

Jackomel said:
Would they pick what the system graph wouldn't though?
I don't know how they are made, what if they just use the same data?
Can anyone confirm this?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobidia.android.mdm this app will tell you how much data you've used each day and whether it was wifi or mobile plan also give a detailed usage of each app data consumption and this doesn't register the same as what our phone does,it works independently,i've used this app when i was on ICS when detailed data consumption wasn't availble in ICS and then checking my carrier's consumption bill there were only 4-5 mb differences between what the app had registered and what the carrier had. install this for the time being till your month renews and starting the next billing cycle you'll have a better idea about your monthly usage

singhpratik87 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobidia.android.mdm this app will tell you how much data you've used each day and whether it was wifi or mobile plan also give a detailed usage of each app data consumption and this doesn't register the same as what our phone does,it works independently,i've used this app when i was on ICS when detailed data consumption wasn't availble in ICS and then checking my carrier's consumption bill there were only 4-5 mb differences between what the app had registered and what the carrier had. install this for the time being till your month renews and starting the next billing cycle you'll have a better idea about your monthly usage
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Thanks for the suggestion!
Turns out that it was all the carrier's fault because it happened to several people at the same time, I was just the first to report it so they didn't know about it.
In the end there was nothing with the ROM, the data the system reported was exactly what I used, no more no less.