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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.

CPCookieMan said:
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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norton utilites is a good app for monitoring usage.

Lame month for me...

13GB's of data last month

I posted once before asking why the inspire used so much data. Lots of people claimed it didn't and something must be wrong. Well the prior month the phone used 12GB of data. I just finished my month with a whopping 13GB of data and just 1 day into my new month, i'm already at 1.7GB used. I haven't touched the phone but maybe once to look up a restaurant's number. There has to be a glitch somewhere. AT&T again said "Don't worry, you have unlimited data. You have nothing to worry about". I'll post my data usage picture soon.

God damn! Lucky you have unlimited. Try and use advance task killer pro and have it so it closes everything when you close your screen. Works for me
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what apps are installed?
is it stock rom?
only reason mine goes so high is from streaming netflix in HD to my tv lol

I recently started using roms but the 12gb last month was pure stock rom usage. It's insane. Just basic apps, no pandora, no netflix, etc. I'm lost lol.

you sell your soul to Google with Android

Do you have like 5000 friends on Facebook syncing or something?

Lol, nope. Maybe 125 friends and I rarely check it. I'm telling you, this is so weird. I'm already at 1.7gb from 1 1/2 days of usage. It's crazy.

Just be glad your not on t-mobile
* I'm just sayin......

I've used .01 mb, 10 days into my billing cycle.
The phone itself, as a model, is not some data vampire, like the Windows Phone 7.
The mobile data toggle widget does wonders.
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LOL he said Netflix.
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LOL he said Netflix.
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I know android doesn't have netflix, I was just replying to the other post.

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LOL he said Netflix.
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You can stream netflix if you tether so it was not an odd thing to include.
[email protected], try 3g watchdog. I have seen people mention that they use that to track what apps are chewing through data.

You will need a HDTV thoe huh
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yeah i didn't mean on my phone.
Figured was obvious i tethered to PC to stream it since there is no app.

Something's horribly wrong or you have something running in the background. I don't enable WiFi for anything and I download kernels/roms/things from this forum all the time over cellular and my data usage is around 500 - 800mb a month.
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I chew through my 3GB a month here in Australia every month, but that's because I constantly tether when my home internet connection is capped. Therefore I download heavily when tethering (Mainly from XDA). But **** 13 GB? I'd be charged like 1000$ bill in excessive usage, I kid you not.
EDIT: Plus I make skype voice calls over 3G.

turn off your data in the phone or use wifi.

Mine is pretty damn high as well. BUT I have a grandfathered in unlimited data plan and well, honestly, I'm going to use it & not worry.
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cpbeats said:
I posted once before asking why the inspire used so much data. Lots of people claimed it didn't and something must be wrong. Well the prior month the phone used 12GB of data. I just finished my month with a whopping 13GB of data and just 1 day into my new month, i'm already at 1.7GB used. I haven't touched the phone but maybe once to look up a restaurant's number. There has to be a glitch somewhere. AT&T again said "Don't worry, you have unlimited data. You have nothing to worry about". I'll post my data usage picture soon.
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I've had the same experience. This phone eats up A LOT of data. Luckily I have unlimited.

Simba501 said:
I've had the same experience. This phone eats up A LOT of data. Luckily I have unlimited.
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It's crazy because I just checked from my iPad and it showed 2.3gb used so far and that's after 2 1/2 days.

[Q] A way to tether without the carrier seeing data usage

I heard that if you are running a custom ROM, that if you go into the ROM files and go to systems,app,and find device manager and remove the device manager app, the carrier can't see how much data or how it's being used on your phone. Does anyone know anything about whether or not this is real? If it were that simple I would think some of you Senior Member guys would have figured that out. Hopefully someone knows if it is B.S. or not. Thanks as always.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1237

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1237
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Froggys go ribbet

Good luck if you try it. Many people have said they got caught.
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i got caught a few days ago att send me email and text messages saying they were going to change me to the $50 tethering plan automatically if i didnt stop tethering
edit: dont have unlimited data im on the 2gb plan with tethermanager deleted using zeus rom i have used 3gb for the past 2 months maybe thats why they caught me
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I've been tethering for almost a year on Unlimited, I stream Netflix to my PS3. I have CM7 and nothing extra except OC and Voodoo Video but I don't get any messages saying I'm tethering I have got the Data top 5% message but I've used over 6 GB that month. (Was my only source of internet since I was moving)
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its easy to get them not to see if you are tethering, just delete tethermanager from /system/app. as for data usage, they provide your data, they can see how much you use whether or not you want to. download the myatt app if you want to monitor to see what they have you down for used data. if you are on an unlimited plan you dont really have to worry about this, only if you want to know when youll be throttled, but thats easy to get around.

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its easy to get them not to see if you are tethering, just delete tethermanager from /system/app. as for data usage, they provide your data, they can see how much you use whether or not you want to. download the myatt app if you want to monitor to see what they have you down for used data. if you are on an unlimited plan you dont really have to worry about this, only if you want to know when youll be throttled, but thats easy to get around.
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And how do you get around throttling?
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And how do you get around throttling?
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disabling 2g (gprs).

The Jack of Clubs said:
its easy to get them not to see if you are tethering, just delete tethermanager from /system/app. as for data usage, they provide your data, they can see how much you use whether or not you want to. download the myatt app if you want to monitor to see what they have you down for used data. if you are on an unlimited plan you dont really have to worry about this, only if you want to know when youll be throttled, but thats easy to get around.
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Yeah, I see people state being caught even without tethermanager. I don't know how they detect it.
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just got my notice and I only have the 2 GB plan. this is such utter BS. its my 2 GB I should be able to use that data however I wish.
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disabling 2g (gprs).
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And how do you do this? Seriously curious.. not trying to be a million-question-jerk... My guess is with an apn change?

http://m.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/03/att-tethering/
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Erik_T said:
And how do you do this? Seriously curious.. not trying to be a million-question-jerk... My guess is with an apn change?
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Well, if you have a support ROM (I know CM7 supports it, stock doesn't however.) Go to Settings->Wireless and networks->Mobile Networks and look for a section called network mode I think, and you should have the options of WCDMA, GSM, and WCDMA/GSM. You want to click WCDMA. also, you could try setting your APN as wap.cingular and seeing if that works to get rid of throttling. Hope this helps!

Eddie Bombay said:
just got my notice and I only have the 2 GB plan. this is such utter BS. its my 2 GB I should be able to use that data however I wish.
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wait your complaining about a 2 gig cap but you signed the contract ?

I've gotten the AT&T dreaded text/email twice in total. The first time I was definitely tethering. The second I hadn't tethered since the first time (over a month), so I gave them an earfull about it. I'm still on unlimited and I'm still tethering...
What I do to [hopefully] avoid the hammer coming down is a little more involved than most, but it seems to have worked thus far.
I've created a VPN to my home network (using OpenVPN). I have configured the phone to send all internet traffic over the VPN when connected. Using compression, it's actually pretty quick. I don't really notice any difference in speed, and every packet leaving my device and destined for the internet is encrypted. Let 'em try to sniff that!
This is a little further than most are willing to go, and arguably more than is necessary, but I really like my unlimited data. I'm going to do whatever I can to make sure I get to keep it (short of not stopping my tethering practices - I mean, let's not be stupid!)

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And how do you get around throttling?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474482 there you go.

They r not playing, somehow they know with the tethering manager deleted
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Use foxfi. I had to use it for a couple weeks. Tethered over 6gb total and they never said ****
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Use foxfi. I had to use it for a couple weeks. Tethered over 6gb total and they never said ****
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Foxfi works great and you don't need to be rooted to use your device as a mobile hotspot. works great on the Maxx.

Hotspot?

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Sry if this topic was covered already-but I'm wondering if it's a bad idea to use my Xbox on a free hotspot. I've read foxfi is great..but I also learned that downloading a power control widget with the hotspot toggle included that it provides the stock hotspot for free. It worked indeed..though unclear if this is using verizons paid hotspot...didn't warn of any charges or anything.My laptop connected to the stock hotspot though couldn't get internet(tho it's switching between 4g and 3g).
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Well if they find out you will get charged but as of now no one is sure whether they can tell or not and no one has come forward saying they got charged. Its a risk you have to take by yourself because no one can give a definitive answer.

If you use the hotspot, you'll be charged for it...warning in advance.they can monitor it.
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So if I use Xbox via firefi they still be able to tell? I've read in many other post where they consume an absurd amount of data through such tethering...hmm.
So if they see I'm using firefi, how much would they charge me? I have unlimited data. Thanks for info.
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You might be interested in this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29459067
I've used foxfi and WiFi teather apps and never had an issue, but I've also never connected an Xbox
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Hulk0069 said:
If you use the hotspot, you'll be charged for it...warning in advance.they can monitor it.
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Would love to know how they monitor your usage...
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Would love to know how they monitor your usage...
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No one knows for sure if they can..but as long as you don't use an absurd amount of data I don't think they have a reason to.

You think with the technology now, they can't monitor our phones, if they wanted to, they can. but it's true you can teather with out a plan but I warn you, be careful, me .I have unlimited data and unlimited hotspot.did you know if you have unlimited data your eligible for the unlimited hotspot which is $30 bucks.(4g phone's only)
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I paid for It once but got tired of paying for it and never using it. Then getting rid of it only to need it again. So I just started to go around Verizon it's a win win for me

Hm interesting. So the worst that could happen if Verizon notices I am using a free hotspot is charge me $30? That's not to bad for having unlimited data but mine as well go free first ey? They wouldn't try to teach me a lesson and charge a larger amount or take away my unlimited would they?
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If you use the hotspot, you'll be charged for it...warning in advance.they can monitor it.
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I use it all the time and dont get charged.

It's Verizon. Who knows what they would try to do if they caught someone.
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ronns81 said:
You might be interested in this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29459067
I've used foxfi and WiFi teather apps and never had an issue, but I've also never connected an Xbox
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I tether to my xbox all the time using foxfi, it says about 13MB of data were used while using it for a fairly long time. It only needs to download vector positions of people and such for Call Of Duty I would think, so not too data intensive at all. I dunno about other games.

thanks for the feedback guys..Will connect my Xbox via foxfi later tonight. So stoked to play some cod after two long months without it lol just hope the data will keep up with the game. Cheers.
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I could have sworn, just like vz nav, vzw only charges for the hotspot for the use of its app.
Use vz nav, spend 9.99 a month, or, use google nav for free.
Use vzw hotspot, 30.00 a month or, use foxfi for free.
I've never seen vzw advertise the accrued data usage as the fee for the hotspot- only the use of the app.
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On the Droid X running gb, there were three system files that had something to do with data service provider. It was determined that these apks could monitor tethering. They were easily removed. Not sure about today, but it used to be that when tethering, if you weren't redirected to vzw's Page showing pricing for tethering then you were okay. I did notice that the built in hotspot app now requires a subscription to even turn it on.
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The best plan ”carrier"

I was wondering what's the best deal out their. I want unlimited data and tethering.
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Tunderpimp said:
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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