Hello,
I recently used Pdanet to connect my desktop to my wi-fi network and ran into the problem of using up all my data. I have t-mobile and I was connected to my wi-fi but it still counted the data and I was sent a text message saying that the rest of my data usage would be throttled. I was using albinomans CM10 rom and have heard of it reporting incorrect data usage if that is the problem. So my question is how can I use my phone to connect devices to my own wi-fi network but not use up my data? Thanks
PantsFullOfGuns said:
Hello,
I recently used Pdanet to connect my desktop to my wi-fi network and ran into the problem of using up all my data. I have t-mobile and I was connected to my wi-fi but it still counted the data and I was sent a text message saying that the rest of my data usage would be throttled. I was using albinomans CM10 rom and have heard of it reporting incorrect data usage if that is the problem. So my question is how can I use my phone to connect devices to my own wi-fi network but not use up my data? Thanks
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Albinoman's data usage bug is isolated to the phone. Tmobile meters your data outside the phone.
In all likelihood, your desktop blew through whatever your 4G allotment was-- not surprising given that a few windows updates, an hour or so of music and a TV show or two will easily eat up 1GB.
Also consider that accessing webpages via your desktop uses a lot more data than accessing the mobile versions on your PC.
The only real solution is to upgrade to unlimited 4G, but some have reported nag web pages from TMobile for tethering on that plan. There are a few ways around it, well documented here.
I really don't understand why I'm being charged then if I'm using data that is from my network. There has to be a way to work around this.
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Hello all,
I am new user of a brand new mozart windows phone 7, and i am almost very happy about it, Apart from one thing which i am trying to sort out however knowone at HTC seems to be able to assist me.
I have wifi turned on 24/7 however my phone still user data usage via GPRS for soem reason... if there any way of making the mozart use wifi and the primary connection.
Any help would be appreciated
I don't know, but maybe location services might still need to use your data connection. You can turn your data connection off though - settings > mobile network > data connection "off"
Casey
WiFi turns off in standby mode. Reconnects when you wake it up. So checking email will use data. Only way to avoid it is to turn off data in settings and not have push notifications
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for HD7 you need to ON your 3G and Data Connection but you can choose whether you want to roam or don't roam.
finite1 said:
Hello all,
I am new user of a brand new mozart windows phone 7, and i am almost very happy about it, Apart from one thing which i am trying to sort out however knowone at HTC seems to be able to assist me.
I have wifi turned on 24/7 however my phone still user data usage via GPRS for soem reason... if there any way of making the mozart use wifi and the primary connection.
Any help would be appreciated
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You try to disable your 3g and data roaming when there's a wifi.
I didn't have any issue since this week but this week when I'm on wifi I can connect to all websites but when I'm on 3g I can't connect to some of them. And my applications which collect data from those websites also can't receive any data (eg. like some local forum or traffic apps). When I switch to wifi everything works. Any ideas? btw I'm on insertcoin 2.2.5 SSE. But I tried other roms and the result is the same.
Gaudi73 said:
I didn't have any issue since this week but this week when I'm on wifi I can connect to all websites but when I'm on 3g I can't connect to some of them. And my applications which collect data from those websites also can't receive any data (eg. like some local forum or traffic apps). When I switch to wifi everything works. Any ideas? btw I'm on insertcoin 2.2.5 SSE. But I tried other roms and the result is the same.
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Sounds like this could be carrier related. Did you have this problem when you were on stock ROM?
Also, try using the phone as wifi hotspot and see if you can connect to those sites on a laptop using the hotspot.
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.
s197 said:
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.
jgeorge15 said:
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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Hi.
I noticed that after being connected via WiFi for a longer time, e.g. during work at the office and then when I go out of WiFi range and phone switches to mobile data some apps don't seem to be able to receive mobile data or don't see the connection at all. E g. Waze (shows "waiting for network") and OnePlus community app can't read contents. Chrome browser works without issues at the same time.
Only reboot fixes it.
Anybody experiencing similar issues?
Not sure how related it is, but I was having problem with my vpn. When I got off wifi it would not automatically connect and apps wouldn't have data, there were some other symptoms that I don't remember now. Anyway going to developer settings and turning on mobile data always active fixed the problem for me, might be worth a shot.
Same here
C3C076 said:
Hi.
I noticed that after being connected via WiFi for a longer time, e.g. during work at the office and then when I go out of WiFi range and phone switches to mobile data some apps don't seem to be able to receive mobile data or don't see the connection at all. E g. Waze (shows "waiting for network") and OnePlus community app can't read contents. Chrome browser works without issues at the same time.
Only reboot fixes it.
Anybody experiencing similar issues?
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Yeap, I use nordvpn, ones I leave my house using wifi and vpn, I loose data when switching to lte.
I don't have this problem with my op6.
Thanks for your input. So it looks like it would maybe be worth it posting about this issue in the OnePlus support forum.
I just noticed default 4G network mode is not the one I used to have on all my previous devices. (See attached picture). I'll try to switch to LTE Global and will be checking whether it changes anything.
What's the best Wifi Hotspot app that works on 4a and uses local phone data rather than 'mobile hotspot' data with carrier. TIA
edit: I've tried PDA Net, NetShare, NetBridge and others and none work. The wifi connects but no data. It is an Android 10 thing? I used to be on LOS ROM so haven't had to do this for years.
PDA Net works. You just have to make sure that you're using the client to connect otherwise you won't get data. I ran into the same thing this morning when trying it out.