So like the title says i need to track data usage per app. My data use for today was alarmingly high and i need to find the culprit. Is there any app that does this¿
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An app like 3g watchdog with extra listing for each app would be perfect
I've been searching for similar apps as well (light weight)
Found another option...
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.ir.apptrafficfree
Seems to use built in data monitored by the os, for ver 2.2 onwards only though.
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I activated the AT&T $15 for 250MB plan on my Tab. I've got the AT&T widget that displays exactly how much data I've used so far, and it goes fast.
Are there any good apps for managing data usage people recommend?
In particular, I like to sync things like Google Reader/GMail/Google Voice. However, it'd be great if there were a way to set non-essentials like Google Reader to sync only on wifi, while having GMail and Google Voice continue to sync whether on cellular data or wifi.
Due to the Android OS architecture you cannot set up I/O resource access on a per-application basis unless the app has the feature built in. That means, you can not control from an app how other apps access resources.
This happens because all apps run in their own containers that can access the system through the permission system. This helps isolate apps and prevent other apps from interfering with their environment. Access is one-way: from the app to the system. The system or other apps cannot enter another app environment.
Thus, as long as Google Reader does not provide the feature to sync only over WIFI, then you cannot block it in any other way except disabling your data.
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after switching to opera mini, my bandwidth consumption declined by about 30%
you may want to give it a try
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.opera.mini.android&feature=search_result
turruso said:
after switching to opera mini, my bandwidth consumption declined by about 30%
you may want to give it a try
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.opera.mini.android&feature=search_result
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Perfect suggestion turruso!
@manekineko: if you also browse the Net a lot using your device, you might give Opera a chance. Using the Opera Turbo feature will help you save a lot on your plan because they compress pages before transferring them to your phone.
Perhaps you are looking for something like traffic counter (from the market) it monitors cell, wifi, call and SMS and let you set limits to those.
Also calculate billing and monitors the installed apps data in and out
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PBL1 said:
Perhaps you are looking for something like traffic counter (from the market) it monitors cell, wifi, call and SMS and let you set limits to those.
Also calculate billing and monitors the installed apps data in and out
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I'm using the official AT&T traffic monitor for now, and I've been happy enough with it, so I'm mainly looking for ways to keep my data usage low when out and about.
I know what you want! (maybe) Its called DroidWall. Its a firewall controlling which apps and services uses what type of connection (3g or wifi). Ive been using it, and drastically reduced consumption of data plan by more than half.
zagitariuz said:
I know what you want! (maybe) Its called DroidWall. Its a firewall controlling which apps and services uses what type of connection (3g or wifi). Ive been using it, and drastically reduced consumption of data plan by more than half.
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That's a great suggestion! Only thing that keeps it from being completely perfect is it'd be nice if there were a way I could only prevent background data from an app on 3G, but allow it still for when I'm directly opening the app myself, like when I'm browsing Google Reader.
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Perfect suggestion turruso!
@manekineko: if you also browse the Net a lot using your device, you might give Opera a chance. Using the Opera Turbo feature will help you save a lot on your plan because they compress pages before transferring them to your phone.
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I'll second Opera with Opera Turbo. If I'm on wifi I use Dolphin HD and when I'm not I use Opera. It's cut down on my data use more than I expected.
when i saw the SKyrocket in the AT&T store i swear i saw an app or widget that stated your data usage in a bar graph of some type.
all i see right now on my phone is the My AT&T app which lets me login to my account and see the DATA tab but thats it.
am i incorrect in thinking i saw a widget of some sort that showed your data usage and a pre defined cap you could put for warnings?
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when i saw the SKyrocket in the AT&T store i swear i saw an app or widget that stated your data usage in a bar graph of some type.
all i see right now on my phone is the My AT&T app which lets me login to my account and see the DATA tab but thats it.
am i incorrect in thinking i saw a widget of some sort that showed your data usage and a pre defined cap you could put for warnings?
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3G watchdog. I have been using it and it's fairly accurate to atts site when I check.
I use an app called Traffic Monitor that I would recommend, it's free on the market. Has a nice widget that differentiates wifi usage vs data usage, and the app will breakdown what apps use bandwidth and how much.
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I use an app called Traffic Monitor that I would recommend, it's free on the market. Has a nice widget that differentiates wifi usage vs data usage, and the app will breakdown what apps use bandwidth and how much.
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+1 its a must have for me.
I use my data manager, works well for me and it has a nice widget and stays in the notification pull down.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mobidia.android.mdm&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5tb2JpZGlhLmFuZHJvaWQubWRtIl0.
I know what you are talking about I think it. I have it on my tab 8.9. I can find out the exact name and apk when I get home. It is linked to your att account and has day's left on billing cycle and data used.
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well maybe someone downloaded one of those apps onto the skyrocket phone i saw on display since no one has mentioend an official AT&T widget.
thanks guys and i tried traffic monitor and it was great and detailed BUT i really like the Data manager interface more. its simple and you can actually input your billing date and how much data you have used up until now which is great.
love the widget as well.
Hello, I use Google Current as my digital magazine and newspaper but I don't know why and when this handy app starts to drain my data (WiFi). In the past, I knew that this app use lots of data compared to other apps but recently its really starts to "conquer" my data plan. In fact, yesterday, when I check the data usage of my apps in 3G watch, I saw that Google Current uses about 1.05GB (84% of total data consumption of the phone) of data per day with extremely light use (I never opened it except one but I killed the app just right after). And when I check the data consumption of the phone of last 30days, it was even stunning: 91% of total usage is occupied by only Google Chrome it selves. Can anyone tell me why this app is so hungry? The only reason I could explain this is because I had lots of news feed subscription, when I opened the app, it may download EVERYTHING including picture and stuff even that I didn't pin them. Am I correct? Is this a bug? Do I really turn of the auto sync? Thanks.
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I just noticed that the RealCalc app has used 132MB of background data in the past month (wifi only). Why would a calculator use ANY background data let alone 132MB? This seems really suspicious.
Since this shows up as backgound data only on Wifi I don't expect that restricting backgound data will make any difference since that only applies to mobile data.
Any ideas?
That's odd. I've got it installed as well, and it doesn't even show up in my data usage..
Clear data and cache for it, then uninstall it & reinstall it.
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Thanks. Have done that and hopefully it will fix the problem. Only other thing I can think of is that the data usage log got a bit confused when I installed a new ROM recently and is reporting incorrect usage.
I'm not the first one to see this though:
"...Be warned though, I found RealCalc using a lot of background data a few months ago (~100mb). If you know how to turn off an app’s ability to use background data, I highly suggest doing that with this one." - http://upfromhere.net/2014/04/must-replacement-apps-android/
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Use droidwall to deny permission to use internet.
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Since reinstalling it hasn't shown up on the data usage list again but thanks, I'll keep this in mind for other apps.
Hi,
I'm from Germany. T-Mobile Germany offers free traffic for Spotify music streaming as an option for their otherwise limited data plans (mine has 1,5 GB/month). I'd like to use the data usage statistics, but as you might guess, when using Spotify a lot the statiscs are skewed since Android doesn't distinguish the traffic from the rest or offer an option to exclude Spotify from the usage statistics.
Does anybody know of an add-on that would give me an "include in usage statistics" checkbox in the corresponding settings tab? And if not, do you know of any plans to include something like this in Android Marshmallow or any custom roms?
Thx a lot in advance!
I would suggest you look for a 3rd party app in the play store which might give you the option to exclude a specific app. with the stock solution you will be ouit of luck and I cant imagine that Marshmellow will include such a feature.
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I would suggest you look for a 3rd party app in the play store which might give you the option to exclude a specific app. with the stock solution you will be ouit of luck and I cant imagine that Marshmellow will include such a feature.
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I have the same case, where i have TV in my plan.
TIll now i have spent 4185MB of data (without the tv, and this is official data from the carrier)
I use the stock data usage stats, and my data manager too. My data manager says that i have spent 3.86 GB so its not accurate, while the stock one says i have spend 4.44 GB where the tv is included and ive spend 400 mb of tv.
So i wanna say that the 3rd party apps arent as accurate as they should.
Any solution, even for rooted devices to add apps to zero zone ?