Hallo,
I noticed that the Android OS process uses a lot of mobile data. From 9 november till now it used 200MB. This is a problem for me because my data limit is only 500MB.
I didn't have this problem on my old Android devices.
Turning sync, location and backup off didn't solve the issue.
I this a known problem? And is there a solution?
Thanks!
mine just used ( as any of my last divices ) round 10mb per month, should be an issure with our device ^^
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Hi guys,
In the last couple of weeks I noticed my data traffic increased hugely (it used to be around 10MB for a week or so) up to the limit where my phone provider (Vodafone) told me I had reached the limit for my contract (500MB in 7 days). I did some research and it seems that the responsible process is android.process.media, which downloads i don't know what i don't know where at crazy speeds, some megabits per seconds, then stops, and then does it again after some hours.
I really have no clue what this process is doing, and why, since I don't remember changing anything since the time when this problem was not occurring. Any clue? This is really annoying because for the moment I have had to switch off 3G connectivity completely.
BY THE WAY: I don't know if this could be related, but a couple of days ago I was driving in my car and turned to google maps to get my location. Latitude was active and it kept saying that I was in China (!?!?), then as soon as my GPS receiver fixed the signal my location changed to the correct one, and then again back to China etc. For a while I thought that my google account could have been hijacked, but:
1) is it really possible for android malicious apps to steal your google account password?
2) that did not happen again, it just stopped after 10 minutes or so
3) I changed my password just to be sure, but now I am really wondering what malicious apps can do in Android...
I am running the basic nk02 rooted version of the original 1.6 Donut from HTC.
Thanks for your help,
Andrea
I have the exact same problem on a different phone with a different ROM... did you ever find a solution? I hit 5gb in 7 days :/
I recently came back from a two-month trip and started using my ATT sim card again. My Infuse is basically the same as when I left - Infused 2.23, no major changes.
All of a sudden my data usage has gone from an average of a couple of megabytes (at the most) a day to over ten. I only have a 200mb plan, so this is a problem.
I installed traffic monitor; unfortunately most of the data used falls under the heading of "System Traffic," which cannot be researched further. New build of Maps? Some rogue system program? I can't figure out how to find out what it is, and a google search wasn't particularly helpful.
Something is different, and I don't know what it is.
Anyone facing a similar situation or have any clues?
Start uninstalling apps and watch your usage to see which is the culprit.
Sent from my not-an-iPod
Thanks. That's a good idea, but it's all system apps, not apps I've installed. None of them are causing any trouble. I'm not even sure which are all the system apps...
Some apps I noted:
1. Quick Office Pro uses like about 20k on phone start up; not sure if it does it every time. There could be a few more apps that do this.
2. Google voice syncs itself
3. Push emails send info to server saying the link can be used
4. Maps new build could be a possible culprit (I keep mine frozen all the time now, and defreeze it only when needed)
I noticed this even on my wife's iPhone sometimes when she gets 65% usage sms (she has a 200 MB plan), and she's always on WiFi at home, and sometimes the data usage on AT&T site shows up to 20-30 MB per session. No way to track it. I tried taking it up with them, but that won't help since AT&T too does not track which app or what data it is.
I have notices since I rooted my 1.85 HOX I have had a huge spike in data usage. I downloaded both Onavo Count and My Data Manager to take a deeper look (the native Usage monitor was not detailed enough). The Onavo points to the data being used by "Android OS + Others" while the My Data Manager shows Download Manager as a pretty big hog (6MB an hour).
Any ideas on this. I trolled around some forums and everyone just days to shutoff background data and its fixed. Tried that and this morning in an hour I had downloaded 1MB in 10 minutes on Mobile data.
Any help on what could be eating up my data is appreciated. I rarely go above 1.5GB a month and in the last 3 days I have used 2GB.
kp1321 said:
I have notices since I rooted my 1.85 HOX I have had a huge spike in data usage. I downloaded both Onavo Count and My Data Manager to take a deeper look (the native Usage monitor was not detailed enough). The Onavo points to the data being used by "Android OS + Others" while the My Data Manager shows Download Manager as a pretty big hog (6MB an hour).
Any ideas on this. I trolled around some forums and everyone just days to shutoff background data and its fixed. Tried that and this morning in an hour I had downloaded 1MB in 10 minutes on Mobile data.
Any help on what could be eating up my data is appreciated. I rarely go above 1.5GB a month and in the last 3 days I have used 2GB.
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Similar thing happened with my wife's phone, ended up being related to her email settings which she had changed the option from default of not including attachments to include the attachments; due to all the pic's she had been emailing her data spiked to just at a Gig in just a few days.
on my moto g when i enable mobile data i see that an application Android OS is taking most of my mobile data and because of that i am loosing my internet speed . Itried to restrict background data but it seems this application is the only one whose background data cannot be restricted .
plz help
Might be a silly thought but have you edited the PlayStore settings to only update apps over wifi?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2680038
I had this issue - it turned out it was the combination of Google Backup & Restore being active (Settings/Backup & Restore), along with my automation app which I'd set up to regularly refresh my wallpaper (i.e. every 10 mins when the phone is in use). It turns out that Google Backup was uploading each wallpaper as it was changed and was eating data in the process.
non of the solutions apply to me. android os drained 30mb data in one month. it is not much but i only have 200mb data per month.
any other solution?
and thank you for helping guys, i really appreciate it! :highfive:
ManBearrrPig said:
non of the solutions apply to me. android os drained 30mb data in one month. it is not much but i only have 200mb data per month.
any other solution?
and thank you for helping guys, i really appreciate it! :highfive:
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I've just had a look at my Android OS data use over the last two weeks or so (since I fixed the issue I've had). I've been on Wifi a lot over the last week, but combined Wifi and Mobile data use in two weeks it's at about 65MB which seems par for the course.
so no solution yet guys???
for my thing it seems it slowed down but its still there it runs along when other internet apps r running like hangout and it slows internet down.
i dont mind it running but i need the speed cauz my data is 2g its just draining speed
i would also be thankfull for a solution. i have only 200mb data per month so if it drains 30-40mb a month it is a lot for me.
my current sollution is to load like 10 articles and turn off data and when i read all articles i turn on data and load another 10 articles.
Hi, have the HTC One M8 running the 5.1.1 Cynide L Rom. Recently my ISP warned me, that I had used 600MB of traffic in a few hours, I was asked to pay 264.-€ for exceeding my mobile data plan. The shock led me to check my data usage and I was horrified to see that over the last months my HTC Android OS had been draining 17-21 GB per month of online data traffic in "background data", which also kills my fixed line traffic quota. I have 2 other Android devices which do not show this issue.
This is more than a nuisance, it costs me real money,and I have to repair that. Anybody have any ideas, what on earth is happening in the "Android OS background"?
I have checked for viruses and bots, I have switched off background data and I have installed AFWall to disable those unwanted downloads. But of course if I disable internet access or the OS, my smartphone is barely functional. So I am desperately looking for another solution.