hey all.
i have 1 GB of 3g in my package.
some application download stuff like crazy and drain my monthly limit.
i installed TrafficCounter where i can see download quota per application.
the Download application is the blame, but i cant figure what it's actual download
any assistance here?
Obviously you downloaded something...
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eek! i go through 1gb in 2-5 days
Stop streamin them dirty vids.
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... well , if you can not locate which app is downloading
you should just install a firewall and use white list mode , enable these apps you sure it's ok and you needed
Now it's too late but you could use "my data manager" in the future to monitor data consumption
Or wait for ICS that has that feature built-in.
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is there a app that lets you download using 3g/4g without having to use wifi,there are some files that it wont let u download unless you have wifi on! I know the iphone has a program call 3g unristrictor that make the phone think your on wifi but your really on 3g
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is there a app that lets you download using 3g/4g without having to use wifi,there are some files that it wont let u download unless you have wifi on! I know the iphone has a program call 3g unristrictor that make the phone think your on wifi but your really on 3g
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It's an app-specific limitation. For example, gtalk limits video to wifi only.
Many apps have had their restrictions lifted, but you have to find a hacked version of whatever apps are restricted. (e.g. hacked Talk APKs.)
Get the aptly named app, "Download All Files".
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It's an app-specific limitation. For example, gtalk limits video to wifi only.
Many apps have had their restrictions lifted, but you have to find a hacked version of whatever apps are restricted. (e.g. hacked Talk APKs.)
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Exactly...download all files will help with some....tube mate will help with youtube
Still looking for one that will help with game content
It is comforting to know people are working on it
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maybe hes talking about how the browser is picky about downloading some files. install the astro file explorer and enable browser downloads.
He's talking about games and stuff. Amazon app store requires you to have wifi to.download some apps larger that. 20mbs I believe
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So i recently updated my phone to gingerbread about 6 days ago and im really irratated as i find all these apps randomly opening when i look at my tak manager usually i have only one app opened and thats the one im currently using although of course i multi task but i suddenly find all these apps open when i never used them,as i wrote this i looked at what has opened since i last stopped all tasks and i find:rom manager,messenger,gallery and weather. Any1 got the same problem or a way to fix this?
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Is Normal.
In GB , free RAM is used as cache applications.
Put in memory frequently used applications for quick opening.
No problem, are there but do not use CPU.
Only active services use resources.
they wont bother you, if the idle ram get very low，the system would end some apps.
there is a app called Autostart, it can disable some app you dont want it active after boot up. but use it carefully. a recovery backup might help,if something goes wrong.
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So I have noticed since buying my HOX, "Android OS" consistently uses several hundred (anywhere from 100-500MB) megabytes of data every month. This is really annoying considering I only have 3GB a month. It uses more data than facebook or the browser! I am rooted on 1.73, and removed some ATT bloat through titanium backup, no other modifications. But if I remember correctly, it was doing this even before these modifications. Any idea what could be the culprit?
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So I have noticed since buying my HOX, "Android OS" consistently uses several hundred (anywhere from 100-500MB) megabytes of data every month. This is really annoying considering I only have 3GB a month. It uses more data than facebook or the browser! I am rooted on 1.73, and removed some ATT bloat through titanium backup, no other modifications. But if I remember correctly, it was doing this even before these modifications. Any idea what could be the culprit?
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If you've setup Android to transfer all data to the cloud, you may just be transferring a massive amount of contacts or Wi-Fi passwords. If all of your contacts have pictures on them, this could be part of the problem.
However, 500 MB is a bit excessive. Time to do some troubleshooting!
I do have my contacts set to sync, along with gmail, calendar, the weather(every 3 hours), etc. My pictures come from facebook, so shouldnt that data come up under the facebook app? And since my billing cycle started on the 27th, I have used a total of 298MB, and 153MB of that is Android OS. And I have set the Play store to update over wifi only
I was having this issue as well. I went to Setting > Privacy > Backup Settings, and checked it off. I think it was backing up everything on my phone including podcasts in downloaded in the pocket cast app.
Since then the Android OS data usage has not increased.
I have auto sync turned off. I also think the respective programs that sync show up separately.
Hope this helps.
Did some more searching today, someone else also mentioned that turning off "back up my settings" severely decreased data usage by android os. Thanks for the tip gert260. I'll report back to see if that fixes it. Currently at 153MB
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That could be some APP showing as Android OS instead of the actual APP.... that happened to me with JANGO (Radio APP) I noticed that my Android OS was using a lot of DATA but Jango was using a few KB... I did a test and I confirmed that it was this app... WEIRD! because on my tablet it shows the correct amount of data. If you use a streaming APP you can do a quick test
The last option says it all. It says app data and settings I would assume that it should go down if some apps aren't being used and being updated. My thought is that the os is updating these settings and data even though their not being used. I personally haven't had the phone more than a month so I cannot confirm this. I will update when I can.
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That could be some APP showing as Android OS instead of the actual APP.... that happened to me with JANGO (Radio APP) I noticed that my Android OS was using a lot of DATA but Jango was using a few KB... I did a test and I confirmed that it was this app... WEIRD! because on my tablet it shows the correct amount of data. If you use a streaming APP you can do a quick test
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Pandora does this for me
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Hello, I use Google Current as my digital magazine and newspaper but I don't know why and when this handy app starts to drain my data (WiFi). In the past, I knew that this app use lots of data compared to other apps but recently its really starts to "conquer" my data plan. In fact, yesterday, when I check the data usage of my apps in 3G watch, I saw that Google Current uses about 1.05GB (84% of total data consumption of the phone) of data per day with extremely light use (I never opened it except one but I killed the app just right after). And when I check the data consumption of the phone of last 30days, it was even stunning: 91% of total usage is occupied by only Google Chrome it selves. Can anyone tell me why this app is so hungry? The only reason I could explain this is because I had lots of news feed subscription, when I opened the app, it may download EVERYTHING including picture and stuff even that I didn't pin them. Am I correct? Is this a bug? Do I really turn of the auto sync? Thanks.
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And this the screen shoot.
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My data stats show that "android OS" consumed about 200 mb? Is this normal? I mean, i don.t care about costs, but could a malicious app use kernel for transmiting my personal data to a third party site?
Is it possible?
Tjank you
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Nobody can exactly say the data consumed by their android.
But 200 mb in your case is very higher.That may not be by the os only,
See is there any download or any app(s) running at background.
So stop all the apps in seetings>app manager and see the consumption again.:thumbup:
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200 mb is never ok for your os to consume see if an update occured in that month ! My android os usage is 30 mb.
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My data stats show that "android OS" consumed about 200 mb? Is this normal? I mean, i don.t care about costs, but could a malicious app use kernel for transmiting my personal data to a third party site?
Is it possible?
Tjank you
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Aloha there...
Head over to f-droid.org and install networklog, root required thought. It gives a very detailed report about network traffic.
Happy network loggin...
Android FOSS repository https://f-droid.org/
I searched and remembered that i was having sync on, so that could be an explanation.
Thank you for your responses
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to prevent consuming too much data you could install "3G Watchdog app" it monitors your data every minute and send a notification (plus vibration) if you exceed your traffic data limit
The sync-on triggered that much data usage by your OS.
Its normally around 40 to 60 mbs approx.
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