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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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homescrub said:
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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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.

T-Mobile throttle speeds

Hi all I'm currently on Sprint with an Epic 4G phone and considering switching to T-Mobile with the LG g2x
In your experience what does tmobile throttle you down to?
Is the higher 5GB option plan still available?
Thanks!
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After you hit 5GB they will throttle the speed down to dial up speed.
If you get the 2GB plan then youll get throttled to dial up sped after you hit 2GB.
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hypersonicx said:
After you hit 5GB they will throttle the speed down to dial up speed.
If you get the 2GB plan then youll get throttled to dial up sped after you hit 2GB.
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Throttled for how long? Just the remainder of that billing cycle?

Spyvie said:
Throttled for how long? Just the remainder of that billing cycle?
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Yep
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Spyvie said:
Throttled for how long? Just the remainder of that billing cycle?
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yes just that billing cycle...

Thanks again! I'm surprised at how much they throttle you down by. Yikes dialup speed...
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or you can apply the cheat and remove the throttle

or you can apply the cheat and remove the throttle
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Not forever...you used to be able to remove the throttle in the G2 but as far as I know you are no longer able to do it. No one knows how long the fix will last untill t-mobile gets smart.
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Not forever...you used to be able to remove the throttle in the G2 but as far as I know you are no longer able to do it. No one knows how long the fix will last untill t-mobile gets smart.
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Shhhh......Lets never mention it again and maybe they will forget about it.

This sucks I got tgrottled this morning
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Will T-mo not sell you additional bandwidth when you hit your unlimit? I was just trying to figure this out on their website, but to no avail.
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What was the throttled speed that you got?
In other words you were getting 4g/3g speeds (don.t really know what the speed in MB/sec)
After throttling you now get how many MB/sec?
I just switched from a grandfathered t-zones plan to the android $10/month 200MB cap then throttle down "unlimited" plan. I just want to know how slow my internet speed will be after I hit the 200MB mark and if I will be able to use S*l*i*n*g* M*o*b*i*l*e or not. I used it for a minute and saw that I used 8 MB according the the usage chart on the TMo website. That's about 25 minutes at 4g speeds until I hit my 200 MB cap!!

After throttling you'll be on EDGE / 2G which is anywhere from 5KB/sec to 100KB/sec in my experience.

Ugh. Thats terrible.
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Here's what I get when I'm throttled.
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Thats about right and what I get to right now. Sucks none if these tricks works

Essentially you get EDGE speed which is like 20kbs

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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brorex said:
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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[Q] Your carrier?

What is your carrier?

Why would you want to know this and why would you care?
It says on our little info box next to each post anyways, no need to make a thread...
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Best Carrier
I've had quite a few but i love sprint since i first got it and will probably always stick with it.

Sprint, but have not been super impressed with service or data...
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well....
I have happymovil. It must be something really nice for british natives

Vodafone, but thinking of moving to giffgaff

jugg1es said:
Vodafone, but thinking of moving to giffgaff
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If you're a heavy user, don't switch to giffgaff. If you use data moderately then they are best.
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T mobile. I'd love to go to Verizon.
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KidCarter93 said:
If you're a heavy user, don't switch to giffgaff. If you use data moderately then they are best.
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How come, their 15 quid package includes unlimited data

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How come, their 15 quid package includes unlimited data
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It's not actually unlimited.
I used to be on GG myself and everything was going great. Then I started getting my internet cut off because I was using too much internet. How can one use too much of unlimited? I literally ended up getting cut of twice in one week for using too much and all I was doing was streaming through Netflix.
Here's a screenshot of the message I sent to one of their agents about the situation.
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I am currently on 500mb data, having to cut myself short as I'm averaging 3x that in a month. I think the most I'll use is about 3 gig, mainly Rom downloads. Won't be using Netflix or streaming media, but still like access to my files at home whilst I'm out, which is why I was looking at giffgaff.

jugg1es said:
I am currently on 500mb data, having to cut myself short as I'm averaging 3x that in a month. I think the most I'll use is about 3 gig, mainly Rom downloads. Won't be using Netflix or streaming media, but still like access to my files at home whilst I'm out, which is why I was looking at giffgaff.
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With that usage, you should be fine with giffgaff then. I was clocking about a gig a day and they said that was too much lol.
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Giffgaff offer very good options in the UK, just need to be careful to make sure you always have a goodybag including data otherwise your credit disappears rapidly. Even better now the goodybags can auto renew.

Straight Talk (AT&T)

gagdude said:
Why would you want to know this and why would you care?
It says on our little info box next to each post anyways, no need to make a thread...
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Why not? We can discuss about the service of each carrier. Which is the best in specific situations or regions.
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dbutun said:
Giffgaff offer very good options in the UK, just need to be careful to make sure you always have a goodybag including data otherwise your credit disappears rapidly. Even better now the goodybags can auto renew.
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I say I'll change, but it does depend on what vodafone offer me for my next twenty pound a month 18 month contract which I can upgrade in January.hopefully this handset will last that long, emmc and ghosting issues that it has

Alarmmy said:
Why not? We can discuss about the service of each carrier. Which is the best in specific situations or regions.
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Look at OP. He just asked about our carrier and hasn't posted since. He never wanted to discuss about our carriers either, he simply wanted to know WHAT carrier we were on. The replies started the conversation on what carriers were good.
Since I posted second, all I knew about this thread was that some weirdo with barely any posts just wanted to know what carrier other people were using. He never posted his carrier either, usually you would at least say "to start, I am on AT&T" or other carrier.
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Nar mobile. Cheapest that possible

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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