Hello all, I will be getting the Inspire in two weeks as well as getting the 200mb data plan also.
I've never had a data plan before so I wanted to know how much data the weather widget takes up as well as Gmail and Facebook updates.
I'm mostly around wifi so I don't foresee the data being a problem, but I'd like the heads up.
baconissweet said:
Hello all, I will be getting the Inspire in two weeks as well as getting the 200mb data plan also.
I've never had a data plan before so I wanted to know how much data the weather widget takes up as well as Gmail and Facebook updates.
I'm mostly around wifi so I don't foresee the data being a problem, but I'd like the heads up.
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You will go through that in a week. Get the 2gb
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You can sign up for the 200 and go into your account and change it to the 2gb plan if you are using more which is likely.
Really...
Thanks for the replies guys, but are you really sure I'm going to go over?
I receive less than 3 emails a day, I usually receive less then 5 Facebook notifications a week, I'm never going to surf the web on the network, I'm never going to download apps on the network, and I will most surly never stream video or music on the network.
Will just weather and 2-3 emails a day run me over?
You'll be fine as far as usage goes if its based on what you posted. And like said before, you can always move it up to the 2gb. However if it was me I'd start with the higher plan and move down to better determine my usage.
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Keep in mind the overage charges as well. Also keep in mind that there are apps that use your data even when your connected to WiFi.
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I have used 27.7 MB of 200 for billing cycle FEB 21st - MAR 2st
That's about 1 week so 30MB * 4 week = 120 MB
I don't count on going over
I turn off autosync and background sync while on mobile network
and flip it back on while on Wifi
Thus on 3g i only get email when i manually refresh and on wifi i get instant notification
Of note... gmail offers forwarding of emails as text to your phone which is free... assuming u have unlimited texting. Thus, i can receive an email text and if important i can flick 3g on and open up gmail app
mcca555 said:
I have used 27.7 MB of 200 for billing cycle FEB 21st - MAR 2st
That's about 1 week so 30MB * 4 week = 120 MB
I don't count on going over
I turn off autosync and background sync while on mobile network
and flip it back on while on Wifi
Thus on 3g i only get email when i manually refresh and on wifi i get instant notification
Of note... gmail offers forwarding of emails as text to your phone which is free... assuming u have unlimited texting. Thus, i can receive an email text and if important i can flick 3g on and open up gmail app
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Ok cool, thanks for the help. I didn't know about the sms thing, but thats great.
You can certainly get by on that if you turn off sync and mobile data when you aren't using it or are not on wifi.
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Hello! First post! nice
I swear i searched and searched and couldn't find anything about this but...
i was wondering if there's an IM app besides OZ that uses SMS to send IM's. I have unlimited text but no data. OZ sucks so i was wondering if there was an alternative. Thanks!
i need the same...i have no data and unlimited text also...i have a an At&t Tilt.
OZ is the best you can get for SMS/text IMing. Sorry to dissappoint.
All SMS IMing is the same, it is all sucky, and slow, with little features. The reason for this is that it uses your operator's SMS (Short message service) which is slow to be sent over the internet. It will never be I(instant)Ming with SMS.
However, hacked AIM 2.0 works very well if you have Wifi. It also uses data if you aren't on wifi, but about 5 Instant messages can be sent per 1 KB. At 1 cent, thats 5 messages per penny (if you are in the USA )
But my advice is to just get a data plan. SMS messaging has and will always suck.
damn...where can i get Oz or w.e its called
aim mobile...go to aim.com and you can send/recieve IMs via text msgs....no wifi/data connect necessary
simply sign up from your computer
uh.....but you can't start a convo from that....
anybody link to Oz?
I am looking for an instant messenger application that is easy on the battery of my HTC Fuze. I tried Beejive, but it just runs down my battery in no time when connected. I also tried OZ, which uses SMS instead of a data connection. This of course saves some battery life as it doesn't need an always-on data connection, but it would also quickly decrease the pool of my included text messages.
I was searching for a solution that would allow forwarding of instant messages via email. And if I were to receive such an email, I could then fire up Beejive and engage in the conversation. Does anyone know about such a service? I googled like crazy but couldn't find a thing.
As an FYI, I am using my HTC Fuze on T-Mobile with the $20 Blackberry unlimited data plan and a bucket of 400 text messages.
i would say that the im client is the least of the batt drain thing
the fact that the phone have to be online with gprs or wifi all the time
to be connected is what drains the power
which program would not make much of a diffrence
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I am looking for an instant messenger application that is easy on the battery of my HTC Fuze. I tried Beejive, but it just runs down my battery in no time when connected. I also tried OZ, which uses SMS instead of a data connection. This of course saves some battery life as it doesn't need an always-on data connection, but it would also quickly decrease the pool of my included text messages.
I was searching for a solution that would allow forwarding of instant messages via email. And if I were to receive such an email, I could then fire up Beejive and engage in the conversation. Does anyone know about such a service? I googled like crazy but couldn't find a thing.
As an FYI, I am using my HTC Fuze on T-Mobile with the $20 Blackberry unlimited data plan and a bucket of 400 text messages.
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I think I might have a solution... Scratch the Blackberry plan, add T-Zones 5.99 plan and an unlimited 15$ a month text plan and your good for a buck extra a month.
Not a bad idea, if I wasn't using the Blackberry Connect software to get push-mail -- which is surprisingly gentle on my battery, even though it uses an always-on EDGE connection.
I'm trialing this at the moment, tempted to buy it when my 7 days runs out
http://www.shapeservices.com/en/products/details.php?product=im&platform=pocketpc
Very little battery drain and when signal drops can forward messages to an email address you specify
Is there any way to do this? my friend has a very small data limit and does not want to go over so she only uses wifi. On her last android phone pic messages still worked with data disabled, but this one dies not. She has unlimited picture messaging so that's fine, just that dang data cap.
Any ideas?
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On her last android phone pic messages still worked with data disabled,
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I don't see how that is possible. Just as you can't use T-MO's 'my account' app without data being on. Perhaps on other carriers they always have it on just for messages even if you have 'disabled' the data connection?
It may be possible to do this with wifi calling enabled, but I doubt it. Pictures and video are sent via cell phone data and have always been as far as I know.
FWIW, picture messages do not apply towards data usage (and should not apply towards data usage). Be aware that upon turning on your mobile data connection many programs will begin using it especially if you have 'background data' enabled. I personally leave it off and turn it on PRIOR to looking at messages I've just received to ensure I will receive a sent picture. If you don't have your data on prior to viewing the message thread you will be 'downloading' the messages forever and never get them.
If you believe that they are counting pics in data usage go into a t-mo store and show them your evidence of their evil pink wrongdoings (stay away from india telephone support )
Aaron is right, picture messaging does not count towards data. I know, since I don't have a data plan at the moment, but I can still use 4G for improved call quality, syncing contacts etc., and picture messaging.
You will need a text plan though, obviously
This downloaded yesterday to my 8X (Telstra)...
Messaging improvements.
A great messaging experience is now even better. You can now add multiple recipients at the same time when you send a text message and automatically save unsent text messages as drafts. You can even edit received text messages before you forward them.
Text replies to incoming calls.
Can't take a call? Now you can send a prewritten text reply to a caller directly from the call answer screen. It's a nice way to let people know that you're not ignoring them.
Internet Explorer improvements.
You can now change your settings to prevent pictures from downloading automatically—an easy way to help keep data usage low. You can also delete selected sites from your browsing history and leave the rest intact.
Wi-Fi connectivity.
Got a favorite Wi-Fi network? Windows Phone 8 will now prioritize Wi-Fi connections based on your connection history.
Other improvements. Includes many other improvements to Windows Phone.
this is portico update, isnt?
So, it is old.
Yeah, just got Portico Saturday on the Bell network in Canada. A bit late, but at least I finally got persistent Wifi.
Among those improvements my battery life went from barely lasting a day before needing a charge, to nearly 3 days! VERY HAPPY!!
What battery are you on I get barely 12h
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Among those improvements my battery life went from barely lasting a day before needing a charge, to nearly 3 days! VERY HAPPY!!
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3 Days?!?! i'm lucky if i get 3 days with my phone off!!! lol lol
With regular use.. 10mins of phone calls every hour, whatsapp, im+ and track my life running in the background, 30 emails received every hour (across 4 different email accounts).. i get roughly 6 hours lol lol lol
Hey!
Yesterday I bought a N5 and today I noticed my friends dont recieve my pictures if I do not turn on my Mobile Data. This isn't really bad..the worst thing is that if I do not have Mobile Data turned on I do not know I even got an MMS.
So I must get my data always on to even know somebody sent me a picture? If there was a way I could at least get a warning that MMS ciuldn't be downloaded because there is no networtk that would be great.
How is everyone else experiencing this?
Oh, and I have Android Lollipop
MMS (pic messages) is data dependent. Even if on WiFi, MMS will use data
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Hey!
Yesterday I bought a N5 and today I noticed my friends dont recieve my pictures if I do not turn on my Mobile Data. This isn't really bad..the worst thing is that if I do not have Mobile Data turned on I do not know I even got an MMS.
So I must get my data always on to even know somebody sent me a picture? If there was a way I could at least get a warning that MMS ciuldn't be downloaded because there is no networtk that would be great.
How is everyone else experiencing this?
Oh, and I have Android Lollipop
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You HAVE to have data on to do anything MMS related. Unless you're using an instant message client like WhatsApp you REQUIRE to have data on.
Actually, in part MMS send and receive configuration is dependent on carrier configurations and not only device or ROM settings.
Somehow, I think data switching for MMS is okay when data is off and other times it is broken. Some kind of receiver or meta-info with the mms transmit.
Textra app on playstore used to have "temporarily activate mobile data for mms" in a troubleshooting section. I don't see it in the current new version for Lollipop, maybe soon though.
Some phones and ROMs and carriers will turn data on for mms and not tally against plan data usage limits, so data could otherwise be technically off so zero or very low data plans don't overage.
Is there a way to make the Nexus 5 auto turn on data whenever sending or receiving a mms?
I'm using go sms and there's a setting for that but it doesn't work