I used TMobile and so I can only use 5 gb of data per month.
When I'm at work I like to listen to sermons that broadcast with flash from this website. This kills my data usage. Is there a browser that can somehow lesson the quality of the stream so the data usage is less? I don't care about the visual quality, I'm mainly just listening.
I use skyfire which does save on bandwith for flash, but it doesn't have a pause button and I often have to pause for stuff at work.
Miren has a mode like this. Can set it so it only activates when its on mobile data.
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Thanks...I tried it but it won't play videos when the bandwith conserve is enabled.
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I ordered the Inspire and as I am new to Android/Smartphones would like to know is 2GB sustainable w/o tethering?
How to control unnecessary traffic? Which apps access data constantly?
I am sure there are apps which monitor data usage.
And can we turn off data when we are in wifi zone?
Thanks
the 2gb limit it easy to stay under. most roms have an option to turn off the cell data stream. use wifi as often as possible.
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Go into Settings>Wireless and Networks and uncheck "Mobile Network". That will turn off data. You can get widgets that will turn it off more easily. I usually keep it off unless I need to use it. I don't need syncing all the time. Also uncheck Stocks, Weather, News, etc.(whichever you don't want) under Settings>Accounts and Sync.
i got the grandfathered unlimited plan, i've only gone over 1gig if i tethered up.
also, on our iphones with 2gig, its been steady, at first it was towards 2gig but then it went down.
i found if you use alot of streaming apps like pandora and such, u can go thru the data quickly
Download an app such as 3G Watchdog from the market. It will allow you to enter your monthly limit and your bill cycle. It tracks your usage on a daily, weekly and monthly basis and even tells you how much you're on pace to use. It's free in the Market.
I have the 200mb/month plan, and for the last few yeras, that has been fine... Starting with iphone 3gs and then captivate and skyrocket (when on GB) - never really used much more than 100 mb/ month - since I'm at my office or home most of the time and on wifi. Lately with ICS on the phone, the data has been going wild and I'm pushing the limit every month for the last 2 months. I read about 3g watchdog and onavo and droidwall - but don't know much about using them. I was hoping to find an app that would come up while using mobile data and asking explicitly if I want to allow that app to go through the firewall or not. Droidwall can be configured to allow traffic - but I'm not sure what traffic to allow through or not. For instance, this month my top data useage so far is 'Google Services' @ 15mb and the next down is Maps @ 2.23 and then Pandora @ 1.59mb.
I would like to be able to enjoy using most of the phone features on the run but block stuff that happens in the background, like Google syncing bookmarks etc that could wait till wifi is available - or blocking pandora from network if wifi drops off accidently.
Playing around with the droidwall I cut off other apps that need some data use so was looking for something that would pop-up and ask me 'do you want to allow this app to utilize network data' or something to that effect. Any suggestions that I should look at?
Droidwall is the closest thing. If u are looking for an app that behaves like superuser except for data, there is no such thing. My suggestion is to leave everything for 3g in droidwal unchecked except the stuff u need. All the other stuff that requires data that u use occasionally, set to wifi.
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Sounds good - does 'disable background data' in the system cp do much better than droidwall?
That turns off pretty much ALL data, u have to leave that enabled
I can use 200 mb in a day... :/
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Just converted to winpho, and I love all the integration and fluidity as everyone says. But I feel like it takes up way too much data.
tl;dr. data usage hitting 10+mb daily, <3mb on android. wtf?
I find myself hitting 10mb+ daily, when i was below 3mb on android. WiFi continuously on (it wasn't on android either). I browsed wiki (one page) and used bing once, and found myself at 10mb halfway through the day. The only running app with data usage (that i know off) is 2 gmail account (probably 20 emails total, all text), with 30min interval and metrotalk (google voice client).
Looking at tmobile data spreadsheet, my phone seems to randomly access about 5+mb (up to like 13mb) daily in one section of time, and everything else below 1mb. I stream no music or video.
Not a new toy syndrome either, I used the phone for half a month already and found this trend.
Data Usage spreadsheet from t-mobile. http://bit.ly/JVQk0C
This is frankly, ridiculous. That would be like downloading a giant app a day. what could possibly my phone be doing?
phone: nokia 710
edit: i did the math, wp7 avg. at 15mb/day while android at 4mb/day wtf? (same usage for the most part)
Moved to Q&A for you mate, should get you a few more opinions
I actually found WP7 much easier on my data allowance than Android. Don't forget that your live tiles etc. will use data to refresh, and having your Google voice client open all the time may not be doing you any favours, either. It's entirely possible that the Voice client on Android hibernates one way, and the client you're using on WP7 does it another way
You could always turn off the xbox live synchronisation with your games and the zune account for the music. I believe they will take up some of your data. You should also check any of your applications that might use the internet a lot! By the way, why don't you use push notifications for your google accounts? Those might use your data too!
There are number of services that can use data in the background. A few suggestions of things to check:
Make sure the feedback info is either turned off or set to only send over WiFi.
Un-pin the Me tile, or accept that WP7 will need to ping Facebook to see what your contacts are saying about you (may also apply to the People tile).
Marketplace tile probably uses a little data, checking for updates, but it should be minimal.
Games hub definitely uses som data, if it's synching with the Xbox Live servers (not sure how much).
A small bit of Marketplace configuration data is downloaded nightly, but it should be only a few KB.
Tip: Leave the phone plugged in all night, even if it doesn't need it. WiFi turns off when the screen is locked, unless the phone is plugged in. No, that behavior is not (yet) configurable.
I note this too after NoDo update. At the begining, my phone uses a little of data every day (some Kb, never goes far than a Mb). I use data to sync my hotmail account, gmail account, rss channels, some webpages. After NoDo update, my phones starts to consume a lot of data (more than 10Mb every day with the same uses). Then mango goes out and i think maybe they fix this situation. Today my phone have 8107 and the data usage is over the clouds. I switch on data connection manually and my data usage is more "normal". I know my phone has a lot of new services over the cloud but i can't maintain its appetite of data.
I want to change my cell plan to one with either 100mb or 250mb.
I want to use:
- GPS (about twice a week)
- Leave my Live tiles on to have them update with data like email sync and weather+news
- Email check (about once a week)
How much data does a 10 minute session of GPS use?
Do you think I can fit into my data budget? I can't go above 250mb because my monthly budget stops there.
Thanks for your help
OS: WP7.5
Hardware: Samsung Focus
GPS doesn't use any data. It uses the 31 GPS satellites to determine the phone's position only, which is not a "data" connection at all.
What uses the data is the app that is using the GPS. Bing Maps, for example, downloads Map data on the fly, so using it will use your data. Nokia Drive, however, has the option to download maps on WiFi at home, then use it offline while you're out and about... meaning, it will not use any data even while it's using GPS. Does that make sense?
Yeah, it does. Thanks for the clear info. Let's say I won't have a Nokia phone, how much data will maps use per hour?
Also, how much data do live tile use? Is this quantifiable or is it just trivial?
Live tiles are pretty trivial data usage, a few KB a day normally. Apps with a lot of notifications, like an IM app (or of course email) use data much faster, although it should still only be a meg or two per day under normal situations.
As for the built-in Maps app, I haven't measured it but I suspect that 20 minutes of use a week won't break the budget. I haven't checked, though. Disable stuff like the birds-eye view - the high-quality images use a lot more bandwidth than the basic street map images - and if possible try to load the map immediately surrounding your route while on WiFi, and you should be fine (the data will cache until you close the app). Long trips, where the app is constantly needing to load more map data, will also use a lot more data than short ones that stay in one area.
I signed up for the 2TB cloud storage, and added my photos to the backup...and it is swamping my internet connection's bandwidth. I don't mind that happening overnight, but isn't acceptable during the day, because I use my internet connection for work, and other people want to use it too.
I would like a switch to only back up at certain times, like between midnight and 6am.
Also, the cloud backup solution only works with wifi, not with cell data. I have unlimited cell data, and it's upload speed is quite a lot faster than my wifi so I'd much prefer to use that. Is this an option somewhere?
My current 'solution' is to turn the wifi on my phone off, which stops the backup...but that's not entirely satisfactory.
Is there a solution to this?