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Massive Data USAGE OMG WTF. Leak?

So I checked my data usage today. I was actually logging in to find authorized accessories and noticed some insanely high data usage. It seems in 36 hours I used as much data as I used in a month on the EVO. Granted in the last month since I got the XOOM my data usage is closer to 400MB, but still I am worried by usage of 100MB in a day.
EVERYONE check your data usage and see if you also have insanely high amounts of data usage. Anyone know a way to track data usage by app?
The only thing I have that syncs on the phone is my google account, calendar, gmail, contacts. It is the same as it was on my EVO.
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3g watchdog is a good app. Nice small widget.
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Wow, I just checked and I am just under a gig... That could be a problem.

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Wow, I just checked and I am just under a gig... That could be a problem.
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Yea. I think we have some sort of glitch that is sucking down data exponentially.

You guys know that usage number on VZW is since the last statement right? So that's 18 days worth.
Mine shows 1.2 which is normal for me.
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I just signed up with Verizon, so my account is brand new as of Thursday and I'm at 304MB already. Good thing it's unlimited...

headcheese said:
You guys know that usage number on VZW is since the last statement right? So that's 18 days worth.
Mine shows 1.2 which is normal for me.
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Someone else pointed out the confusion. Like the Knossos, this is a brand new account. I was previously with Sprint so this line/account is less than 48 hours old.

Yeah, I figured.
If you're worried about it check out 3g watchdog... Make sure you adjust all the settings.
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Yeah, I'm already at 1.3 gig and I'm only 10 days into my billing cycle. Which I knew my usage was going to go up. I'll be tethering much more now. But I don't see any "unusual" usage on mine.

Something definately going on. 2 day old Verizon customer and I'm at 135 MB.

My fear in all this is that I need to make sure that I keep my data usage under 5GB a month. I want to be prepared for the day when unlimited data goes the way of the dodo bird. I also don't know where that data came from. I am using 3G watchdog now, but I wish it didnt have that stupid tray icon.

New customer from htc evo for two days now, crazy data use:
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setite said:
My fear in all this is that I need to make sure that I keep my data usage under 5GB a month. I want to be prepared for the day when unlimited data goes the way of the dodo bird. I also don't know where that data came from. I am using 3G watchdog now, but I wish it didnt have that stupid tray icon.
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You can turn that off.
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I can say mine was off yesterday in its box pretty much all day, and then I finally got time today to turn it on, but I haven't configured it. I did however use google to look up something quickly tonight and my usage so far is 2.72MB. I can say since I was smartphoneless for the last 7 weeks this is actual data, but seems high given I did a short google search.

yeah something is going on. I just signed up with Verizon yesterday, I literally charged the phone last night and downloaded all my apps today. already at 775Mb! What gives? I haven't used the hotspot, REALLY WEIRD!

400MB here one day old customer. Something is not right here.
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Speed tests with the speedtest.net app use about 10M down and 2M up each test. Running that 10 times over 2 days could easily account for 100+ MB.

paulmike3 said:
Speed tests with the speedtest.net app use about 10M down and 2M up each test. Running that 10 times over 2 days could easily account for 100+ MB.
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+1
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norton utilites is a good app for monitoring usage.

Lame month for me...

Data Usage

Hey guys,
Is anyone else having serious problems with data usage? Mine is getting used frivolously fast, and I don't have unlimited? Is there any way that I can upgrade to unlimited, or workaround data reports? I'm screwed if I can't fix this... Any tips would be great.
Thanks,
SCK
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Please guys... its getting ridiculous. I turned off data network, used the number to check my data usage, and it went up. I tried it again later, and it went up again. Are they intentionally faking data usage to force me over the 2gb? Anyone else having problems like this at all?

Unfortunately there is no work around for data plan, my suggestion is use WiFi and turn off cell data network when you're not needing it. I have Verizon Unlimited 4G, but I have a grandfathered AT&T 4G plan as well and my data usage is approaching 20GB this month and I don't even tether!! I just watch a lot of movies and stream things like radio constantly. I don't have WiFi anywhere I go except home.
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If you have sync with facebook and things like that and email runnin youll.have that. I dont have unlimited data but I dont watch mine either so I dunno. Id also turn background data off
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Today, I turned off sync, deactivated data network, and only used wifi. it went up by at least 120mb. Does the iphone 2g thing work or no?

Did you ever think that 120mb data you went up while not on data was just lagging behind in the logs on the system? I mean, i how real time is the data usage logs? Figure that out first

I've been measuring usage for a while. The data use came out of nowhere. Does anyone have an iphone 2g for sale/rent/loan because I cannot survive on the 2 gb plan
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btpd21 said:
I've been measuring usage for a while. The data use came out of nowhere. Does anyone have an iphone 2g for sale/rent/loan because I cannot survive on the 2 gb plan
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I don't have unlimited... I have the 2GB plan... and I guess I just don't use data at all... I mean I have WiFi turned on most of the day so I think it pops onto WiFi when I am at home or at work. I just tried *3282# and it said I had 364MB out of 2048MB used and I've had the phone for over two weeks now lol... you think it's server lagged?
I sync my gmail accounts, use facebook (a lot) and I stream Pandora everywhere I go... so I don't know...

get my data manager to see which program is using so much data and then either uninstall it or get droidwall and block it.
droidwall lets you set a list of apps that can access data only over wifi.
both are free in the market

Im an at&t rep and yes the iphone 2g works...if your in miami i can help.
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It's odd that youve got so much phantom data use. I have an unlimited plan and probably use 10-20gb a month because I stream radio and video all day at work. Our other phone has a 2gb plan and I think she has used maybe 200mb of the 2gb in 2 weeks just checking emails/facebook/etc.

Switch to Sprint the true no caps unlimited data. Other than that there is no more tricks to get unlimited.
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Now with Audiogalaxy, Amazon Cloud Player and Google Music I imagine data consumption will jump up. I'm consistently over 2Gb for the last two months.
Right now I don't have any music on my phone, I stream it all.

Anyone have an iphone 2g that they would be willing to loan or rent. I want to be able to monitor my support thread and PM's, but I can't without wifi or data :/
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Will this work with a 3g or 3gs iPhone?

i just realized why you are asking for a iphone 2g. didn't know you can trick the system like that....i'm interested in borrowing on as well. =D

If I get one, I would gladly pass it around the community
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There is a pending lawsuit against at&t for false data usage. I believe i saw this on phonescoop.Com
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come to think of it, i was told by someone that there is an app that can reset the data usage and fool the data counter on at&t's side....i wonder if that is true? does anyone know?

tjy8tim said:
come to think of it, i was told by someone that there is an app that can reset the data usage and fool the data counter on at&t's side....i wonder if that is true? does anyone know?
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That's not true, I work for AT&T and there is no such app. As far as getting unlimited, if you been a customer for a while and call retentions and tell them you will cancel to go to another carrier, they will transfer you and try to get unlimited data. I've called many times for customers and have a 60% success rate, if one says no, call back, someone will appreciate your business and ask for supervisor to please add unlimited data for you.

Battery life on edge - outstanding

I am in roaming n didn't opt for the 3g plan, technically leaving me on edge all through.
Attaching below, I want to show how awesome the battery life is on edge. Hopefully this will give more reasons for our devs to work on enabling 2g/3g toggle in roms.
2.5 days standby with ~1 hour display n ~40 mins calls, battery is at 51%.
Standby drain is at 1% per ~3 hours. Compare this to 1% per hour when on 3g/h in US.
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That's really amazing!
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definitely impressive - i can't say it's surprising... you never use the thing! 1 hour of display time and less than 1 hour of call time in ~2.5 days - it probably feels neglected. i would keep a leash on it so it doesn't try to run away.

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definitely impressive - i can't say it's surprising... you never use the thing! 1 hour of display time and less than 1 hour of call time in ~2.5 days - it probably feels neglected. i would keep a leash on it so it doesn't try to run away.
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The point here was abt the standby drain in edge, esp for users in travel like me who don't use data 24/7 n use only in intervals. Plus this is with frequent times in areas with low signal.
More importantly, an hour of calls now takes abt 6-7% battery, compared to 10-12% when on H.
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infused v2 has it in the setting app i was stoked

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infused v2 has it in the setting app i was stoked
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Oh. This I am not aware of. I am on vacation out of country and logged in on these forums after a week. Looks like I'll have lot of following up to do when u get back home
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I did not root my infuse. Long press power button and deactivate 'data'. You can happily make calls and use wifi for Internet. THIS WILL BOOST THE BATTERY LIFE A LOT.
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Just curious, what do you mean you didn't get the '3G' plan? I wasn't aware there was such a plan and either way, AT&T doesn't allow the toggling of WCDMA/Edge manually, even with root access on current US based builds or with the star codes
Even though you're in a roaming zone, it's still scanning WCDMA bands unless you did something
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Just curious, what do you mean you didn't get the '3G' plan? I wasn't aware there was such a plan and either way, AT&T doesn't allow the toggling of WCDMA/Edge manually, even with root access on current US based builds or with the star codes
Even though you're in a roaming zone, it's still scanning WCDMA bands unless you did something
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Nice one U see, I am in India now on vacation. I can opt for 3G at a slightly higher cost, or stick to edge. Since its only mails n xda stuff mainly, I decided not to take the 3g plans.
By the way, I am on prepaid n paying $1 and 20 cents for a 1 GB plan with 15 days validity. 2GB plan with 30 days validity is abt $2 and 20 cents. Saying this just for sake of cost comparision. I think 3g plans for the same are about $1 more than those on edge.
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infused v2 has it in the setting app i was stoked
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Awesome. I remember asking about it. I guess GTG was listening, enough people inquired about it, or he just wanted to throw it in.

diablo009 said:
Nice one U see, I am in India now on vacation. I can opt for 3G at a slightly higher cost, or stick to edge. Since its only mails n xda stuff mainly, I decided not to take the 3g plans.
By the way, I am on prepaid n paying $1 and 20 cents for a 1 GB plan with 15 days validity. 2GB plan with 30 days validity is abt $2 and 20 cents. Saying this just for sake of cost comparision. I think 3g plans for the same are about $1 more than those on edge.
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Ah, okay now it makes sense lol - that's pretty sweet
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Att to throttle top 5% data consumers October.

Link http://www.noticeorange.com/StoryBo...RpY2VvcmFuZ2VyDQsSBFNpdGUY2pTyFww&font_size=9
Wow what will they do next?
Edit: UPDATE (another page found)
http://myona.com/2011/08/01/att-will-throttle-your-unlimited-data-plan/
by the looks of my data usage im guessing that i will be one of the few that gets throttled
anyone else?

I'd be all in favor of this under the following stipulations:
1. You don't go from full speed to EDGE in one shot. 25% increments or something.
2. You are given fair and ample warning at all stages and before each tier drop
3. They bring back the $30 unlimited plan

Well I'm in the 30 dollar unlimited plan.and I say no. I payed for it, and I should have it all not some of it.
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Mines not as bad but its definietly getting worst, esp since I started to watch netflix heavily on my phone this month and very end of last month.
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I'd be all in favor of this under the following stipulations:
1. You don't go from full speed to EDGE in one shot. 25% increments or something.
2. You are given fair and ample warning at all stages and before each tier drop
3. They bring back the $30 unlimited plan
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Wow! You sure have changed your mind on data, power users, and unlimited. Haha welcome to the dark side.
-Figured i needed a signature for my phone. This is it......

I think this is just AT&T wanting you to change data plans so they don't have to have unlimited stuff anymore. Just another way to gouge us with fees.

Yeah well at that rate I prolly will have to.I can't stand any slower speeds than I have now, and then they wanna make it slower...well good job att.guess you win again.I know that 30 unlimited is prolly overpriced...but then you say " hey I got unlimited so its worth it" not the case anymore.
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Mines not as bad but its definietly getting worst, esp since I started to watch netflix heavily on my phone this month and very end of last month.
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This month is gonna be close (6 more days and at 1800MB). After that I'll loophole myself into unlimited and stop caring.

Where do you get those charts from?

Hell Yeah I love having my bandwidth throttled, yes!

I wouldn't mind a throttle if it was getting throttled faster.
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I think they are doing this so we don't rape their LTE network when it's launched. Regardless it's still lame on att's part. It would also be nice if they at least gave us a ballpark of what the top 5 percent are consuming.
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Ooops!

I think I read the ballpark is anything over an average of 5 gb
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Used 5.7gb the first month I had unlimited, with 5 days left in this billing cycle, I'm up to 7.5gb! Netflixin a movie right now!

Is att unlimited or "unlimited"? My first att phone was an iPhone 2nd Gen. I got grandfathered into the unlimited plan when I got my captivate.
I was not worried about it before but now I have Netflix on the go. Its starting to guzzle bandwidth.
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I don't think people really understand how big of a deal this is...
For someone that only has a 2 gb its prolly not, but to the people that pay good money. And have payed good money for a long time for unlimited, it just makes me mad at att.
I understand the whole thing. Just curious is this in the new contract that we signed.
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I don't think people really understand how big of a deal this is...
For someone that only has a 2 gb its prolly not, but to the people that pay good money. And have payed good money for a long time for unlimited, it just makes me mad at att.
I understand the whole thing. Just curious is this in the new contract that we signed.
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It's just TMo, it is unlimited, just slow. But when it does come, we will find a work around just like the guys on TMo have done. I'm not too worried.

Rape that bandwidth whilst you can!

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I really hope so. Of the 5% Im probably in the top 2%, so Ill be throttled within the first couple of weeks, every billing cycle.
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Oh I'll hit it the first couple of days.
-Figured i needed a signature for my phone. This is it......

The best plan ”carrier"

I was wondering what's the best deal out their. I want unlimited data and tethering.
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I was wondering what's the best deal out their. I want unlimited data and tethering.
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It would help significantly to say what region you are in.

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I was wondering what's the best deal out their. I want unlimited data and tethering.
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There is no "best" deal, but a popular one I know of and use is with T-Mobile, a non-contract $30 a month plan with unlimited data(first 5gb at 4g speed) unlimited texting and 100 talking minutes. I rooted my phone and can now tether without the fee and I use an app to make free phone calls. 5gb of data is a lot for phone usage, even if you tether it should last you a month. If you're looking for a home internet service though you should still order wifi because 4g speed isn't great on laptops.

i have sprint.. been with them almost 4 years.. i love them.. well service sucked for a while but now i get great 4g lte in my state so im happy.. i get unlimited talk.. text.. data.. and use wifi tether all the time with no issues.. i would hate to have a limit on data..

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i have sprint.. been with them almost 4 years.. i love them.. well service sucked for a while but now i get great 4g lte in my state so im happy.. i get unlimited talk.. text.. data.. and use wifi tether all the time with no issues.. i would hate to have a limit on data..
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Show me a speedtest with your Sprint N5 I wanna compare with T-Mo

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Show me a speedtest with your Sprint N5 I wanna compare with T-Mo
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thats in my house.. If I go outside its better
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thats in my house.. If I go outside its better
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Very nice to see Sprint chugging along
Unfortunately we wont see LTE in Hawaii from Sprint until 2015-2016

I'm in central va , Richmond
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mblacki said:
There is no "best" deal, but a popular one I know of and use is with T-Mobile, a non-contract $30 a month plan with unlimited data(first 5gb at 4g speed) unlimited texting and 100 talking minutes. I rooted my phone and can now tether without the fee and I use an app to make free phone calls. 5gb of data is a lot for phone usage, even if you tether it should last you a month. If you're looking for a home internet service though you should still order wifi because 4g speed isn't great on laptops.
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I'm with T-mob and pay much more than you for pretty much the same thing. What apps are you using?
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