I was at 1.3GB of data used for the month as of last night (there are 3 days left in my billing cycle). Today when I woke up, I am at 1.9GB. I installed a couple games last night...one of them being a gameloft game, Asphalt 6, and it told me it needed to download an additional 500MB of data. But in my home, I have wi-fi on all the time. I even use JuiceDefender to automatically keep me on wifi and have my data disabled when I am near my router.
So anyone have any idea why or how the game would have used my data connection to download the data instead of wi-fi, even though I was actively on my wi-fi connection?
Or is it more probable that my statusbar was glitched out and was showing wi-fi even though data was actually the active connection?
Or is it more probably that I'm dumb.
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Hey.
Is there a way to restrict gprs and other cell based data transfers IF open or accessible WiFi is available ?
I have all data (including Wifi) set to off, but as soon as i touch anything data related (weather update in this case) it happily turns on my DATA(cellular) even though i'm at home with my own Wifi floating about in the room.
I would prefer some sort inteligent priority manager over dumb forced data lockdown.
That doesnt mean i dont want to turn data off mnaually. Is there any means of reliably shutting off cellular data channels ?
I'm on recent Elite RC3 (flashed yesteday, rom and update).
I am still on stock AT&T ROM, and if keep wifi on and data off, then all data goes through wifi without switching on data.
But, I guess you are looking for a scenario when both wifi and data are switched off.
I am on the Verizon 2gb plan and typically use .5 -> 1.0 Gb per month. This has been for at least 6 months now. My billing cycle starts on the 7th and today when I checked my data usage I had already used about .5 Gb. Upon looking further I found that almost all of this was used by my SiriusXM app. Now, here's the thing, I have used this app for a long time. I only use it at home when I work in the evenings. I am always connected to my WiFi when home. Then I remembered I had noticed one time that I was home and saw at the top the screen the up/down data icon, then "3g", then the WiFi icon. I didn't give it much thought, but given this latest development I've been watching it and notice that it does the same thing on occasion. This is odd for 2 reasons. I have 4g coverage, and it should be off when connected via WiFi. If they are both on how do I know where the data is coming from?
This started after the last update from Verizon (I am not rooted). So I checked with them, but they had no knowledge of this and could only offer a "master reset". I declined. So, I thought in the meantime I would just turn off mobile data to be save. So I pull down from the top and turn it off in the bar at the top. It stays off until the screen times out or I plug in the charger, then it comes back on. I even set up a rule in tasker to turn it off when connected to WiFi, no joy. This is the ONLY tasker rule by the way, it wasn't even on the phone before this.
So, has anybody seen this and can you offer some suggestions?
Thanks,
Jim
Hello, I recently flashed CM 10.1 on my Note 2 and the mobile data seems a bit weird. For instance, when I enable the mobile data, it connects quickly and perfectly. However, after about 10 to 15 minutes, I don't know why even though it said to be connected (you can see the 3G/H+ icon and the signal bar was in blue), when I try to refresh a webpage or use services that require data connection, it fails to retrieve data. However, after I turned off and turned back on the mobile data, it works perfectly fine. This doesn't bother me allot as I do not leave my 3G idle for long time, but I still wants to know why and to see if there is a way to fix it. Thanks.
I'm just wondering if anyone else is running into this. Even though I've disabled most the apps the phone came with (including all the Verizon apps) even when I connect to wifi my LTE doesn't gray out. I'm really not sure what is keeping the data on I saw that visual voicemail and caller ID could be the problem but I've already disabled both. Should I be worried about this? Are you guys getting data grayed out when connected to wifi?
It stays on but it doesn't get used. There's a setting (I think it's called download booster or something similar) where you can use WiFi and Lte for big downloads but the default option is this is toggled off. I wouldn't worry about it. If it really bothers you, you can always manually toggle off data.
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It stays on but it doesn't get used. There's a setting (I think it's called download booster or something similar) where you can use WiFi and Lte for big downloads but the default option is this is toggled off. I wouldn't worry about it. If it really bothers you, you can always manually toggle off data.
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That most certainly is not true because my account is showing I've used at least 200 mb over the whole day even though I've been connected to WiFi all day. On my s5 the data symbol would gray out to show that it's not being used. But this is not graying out and I can see that's it's sending and receiving data. Going to data usage shows nothing. I know I could always turn off data but let's say someone sends me an mms I won't receive it until I turn data on again. Trivial but bothersome nonetheless. That's why I was wondering if people are actually having their data sign gray out because mine is not.
Remember, data reported to Verizon is always delayed. It's normal for it to show both, but when WiFi is on it doesn't use data unless you are downloading something using the download booster.
The data usage tab is correct, if it doesn't show data being used on mobile data then it's not. Check the WiFi tab and you should see it there.
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Remember, data reported to Verizon is always delayed. It's normal for it to show both, but when WiFi is on it doesn't use data unless you are downloading something using the download booster.
The data usage tab is correct, if it doesn't show data being used on mobile data then it's not. Check the WiFi tab and you should see it there.
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I don't have download Booster enabled. Yes I know it is delayed. But this was the first day of my billing cycle and I had been on wifi all day at my house and it still showed that I used 214 mb of data. I used a data monitor app to see if both connections are pulling data and in fact it is. I made a video call on hangouts and it showed 240 mb used on wifi while 40 was used on Lte. If the data is lit up and you can see the arrows under it lighting up while you're on wifi your data plan is still being used. Don't say that when you turn wifi on your data is not being used that is wrong. If it dims then it's not being used.
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I don't have download Booster enabled. Yes I know it is delayed. But this was the first day of my billing cycle and I had been on wifi all day at my house and it still showed that I used 214 mb of data. I used a data monitor app to see if both connections are pulling data and in fact it is. I made a video call on hangouts and it showed 240 mb used on wifi while 40 was used on Lte. If the data is lit up and you can see the arrows under it lighting up while you're on wifi your data plan is still being used. Don't say that when you turn wifi on your data is not being used that is wrong. If it dims then it's not being used.
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If the arrows are showing data on mobile data then yes something is wrong. Check WiFi settings to make sure it's not set to stop using WiFi of the connection is poor.
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I can't figure this out to save my life. 6039s Android 6. No root. No special mods. Nothing. Bone stock.
In the middle of the day today I suddenly started getting a horrendous wakelock. I thought it was a Google Play issue but it turned out that it's some kind of mobile data issue.
My LTE connection isn't working right. It's slow for some apps and non existent for others.
For instance my sports score app loads at 2G speeds. My web browser seems to work okay. But my t mobile tuesday's app gives me a big warning that I'm not connected to the internet at all. And the Google Play app gives me all kinds of warning that I need to have background data enabled to use Play, but background data IS enabled.
Making matters worse, when this issue is happening my phone enters a miserable and unstoppable wake lock that drains the battery so fast it hard to even charge it. And it saps up the system resources to heavily that the phone slows down to a crawl and can't be used for anything else. Not to mention the phone gets insanely hot from the excess processing. Could a tower issue that's causing a connection problem cause such a wakelock?
I tried doing a reset of the radio connections in settings, but I don't think it actually did anything because all my settings and connections were still there. Still had my wifi password, BT connections, etc.
I tried wiping cache in recovery but it didn't work. Says it did it. But on reboot I didn't get the "app 1 of 82 is updating". So I don't think it actually did that either.
I cannot figure this out to save my life.
I thought maybe it was a tower issue. But my wife has the exact same phone and it's working fine. I called T Mobile and they said they are having a tower problem near my house, but still...wife's phone is fine. And I've seen this problem now in 3 different locations across about a 5-6 mile range. So I have to have been on more than 1 tower in that time.
When I turn on wifi and have a wifi connection the problem goes away entirely. That's telling me that the problem is the system getting upset that it doesn't have a solid internet connection. Changing the connection to 3G or 2G does not solve the issue.
The problem lasted the whole second half of yesterday, was fine overnight while I left wifi on, was fine on day 2 when I was back to 4G networks, and then suddenly is back again.
Anyone got any ideas or suggestions?
Is there some server android is trying to stay in constant contact with that I can block the connection to? Perhaps limit background data to something? I can't figure out what.
This update was irrelevant. Turned out to be a red herring. Still having the problem.
Nevermind this update. STill having the problem
I give up. I'm about to throw the phone against a wall to smash it. The system has become totally loused up. Whenever it goes into these goofy wakelock states the system is so overtaxed that everything takes forever to process. Nothing solves it.
And its' getting worse. Now I have oddly limited connectivity.
T Mobile's tech support was useless. They had me thinking it was a tower issue. That was 3 days ago. Now suddenly they have no records of a tower issue in my area over the last week.
I can make voice calls. But I cant' send text messages. I can use my web browser to search the internet, but not SOME apps that need data like a weather app or Google Play. Other apps work fine to pull data.
Yet it says I have an LTE connection the whole time.
This is the single weirdest issue I've ever seen on Android.
What in the hell could have just jumped in out of nowhere and started causing these issues?