I noticed that Play Music was using a large amount of data. In about a week it used up just under 2 gb of data. I would say total stream time was only around 3 hours. I do have unlimited data with my t-mobile plan so I'm not too worried unless I get throttled after 5 gb or something. I was just wondering if anyone else had the same experience. I know you can regulate the quality to reduce data usage, but I still don't think high quality should use up that much.
Do you have the "highest quality" option chosen, that will increase your data usage. If you are streaming 3 hours worth of music that was not on your phone assuming that a song was around 2.5-3mb it seems possible. It also could've been downloading album art.
This is my biggest complaint with Google Music. It uses too much data regardless of whether I change the streaming bandwidth. It consistently uses more data than Spotify even on the lowest quality. I never had to worry about this when I was on Sprint but I have since switched to Straight Talk and don't want to be throttled either.
Google needs to fix this issue. It's the biggest issue keeping me from switching.
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I noticed that Play Music was using a large amount of data. In about a week it used up just under 2 gb of data. I would say total stream time was only around 3 hours. I do have unlimited data with my t-mobile plan so I'm not too worried unless I get throttled after 5 gb or something. I was just wondering if anyone else had the same experience. I know you can regulate the quality to reduce data usage, but I still don't think high quality should use up that much.
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lol, seriously? how many mb is each song that you are listening? and then you chose high quality. 2gb is very normal. throw in a little more into your data plan and you can have completely unlimited high speed data, without throttling. its not an issue here, i have the completely unlimited high speed data with tmo, no throttling. now data usage isnt a factor, and i completely enjoy my device because of it.
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laestrella said:
This is my biggest complaint with Google Music. It uses too much data regardless of whether I change the streaming bandwidth. It consistently uses more data than Spotify even on the lowest quality. I never had to worry about this when I was on Sprint but I have since switched to Straight Talk and don't want to be throttled either.
Google needs to fix this issue. It's the biggest issue keeping me from switching.
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its not an issue. google does not assume that you have data limiting you. to fix the issue, get a plan with more data.
simms22 said:
lol, seriously? how many mb is each song that you are listening? and then you chose high quality. 2gb is very normal. throw in a little more into your data plan and you can have completely unlimited high speed data, without throttling. its not an issue here, i have the completely unlimited high speed data with tmo, no throttling. now data usage isnt a factor, and i completely enjoy my device because of it.
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its not an issue. google does not assume that you have data limiting you. to fix the issue, get a plan with more data.
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I do have the completely unlimited plan, but I heard that apparently you still start to get throttled after 5 gbs. Maybe not to 2G, but just a bit slower. Could be true could not, since you haven't experienced it. I did think about the size of each song, but I thought since streaming is different from actually downloading it, it wouldn't have to use up 3 mbs or whatever the size is per song. I know Pandora doesn't use nearly as much. Also, I think it might be because I skip songs often. So Play music loads up the song before I skip to the next one.
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I do have the completely unlimited plan, but I heard that apparently you still start to get throttled after 5 gbs. Maybe not to 2G, but just a bit slower. Could be true could not, since you haven't experienced it. I did think about the size of each song, but I thought since streaming is different from actually downloading it, it wouldn't have to use up 3 mbs or whatever the size is per song. I know Pandora doesn't use nearly as much. Also, I think it might be because I skip songs often. So Play music loads up the song before I skip to the next one.
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all tmobile data plans are "unlimited", meaning a certain amount if high speed data then being throttled to edge data speeds. well, all plans but one, and it has completely unlimited high speed data($70 everything completely unlimited). i use on average 25-45gb a month, some use much more.
i spend a day or two of my week listening to music, usually either using google play or pandora. i easily use on average between 1.5-2.5gb with google play music after 2-4 hours, and about the same with pandora, on high quality both. also, in play music settings, there is an option to cache music you stream(until you empty the cache). you might have that enabled. itll download and save to your device this way also(as opposed to saving to device).
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all tmobile data plans are "unlimited", meaning a certain amount if high speed data then being throttled to edge data speeds. well, all plans but one, and it has completely unlimited high speed data($70 everything completely unlimited). i use on average 25-45gb a month, some use much more.
i spend a day or two of my week listening to music, usually either using google play or pandora. i easily use on average between 1.5-2.5gb with google play music after 2-4 hours, and about the same with pandora, on high quality both. also, in play music settings, there is an option to cache music you stream(until you empty the cache). you might have that enabled. itll download and save to your device this way also(as opposed to saving to device).
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Gotcha, yeah I know how it works. I do have the $70 one. Well, I have a family plan, but I pay the $20 extra for the true unlimited that now comes with the 2.5 gbs of tethering. That's good to know that they don't throttle. 45 gbs is pretty insane haha.
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all tmobile data plans are "unlimited", meaning a certain amount if high speed data then being throttled to edge data speeds. well, all plans but one, and it has completely unlimited high speed data($70 everything completely unlimited). i use on average 25-45gb a month, some use much more.
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Is this your only means of internet access? That is quite a lot and would make me think t-mobile would shut you down
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Is this your only means of internet access? That is quite a lot and would make me think t-mobile would shut you down
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its a lot, yea. but not that much that use 100+ of gigabytes, lol. it is my only internet access,plus i use the device much. and updating 2gb size apps often! i believe the usage number that they used to post on their website(before their recent site change) if you had the completely unlimited was like 99XXgb allowed. anyways, the plan is for completely unlimited high speed data, completely unlimited is a lot more than 25-45gb
If I did that the At&t police in their orange and blue uniforms would find me.
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Is there a way that actually works to defeat data throttling? Or has this petty much been given up? I just got throttled and now I'm only getting 56 kbps :O
I don't think so...
I think I might have been permanently throttled on my 4g speeds. I was getting 15-18mbps in speedtest.net for the last couple weeks and I've used 12GB of bandwidth on my last monthly statement with my unlimited data plan. Starting Monday I have not been able to get anything above 4mbps. My month plan reset so my bandwidth usage is back to below 1GB but still not getting above 4mbps.
I'm not sure if I am permanently throttled or if something else on the phone went wonky and is preventing me from getting the 15-18mbps speeds again. Is there a way to check if throttled or to check phone to make sure the settings are correct?
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I think I might have been permanently throttled on my 4g speeds. I was getting 15-18mbps in speedtest.net for the last couple weeks and I've used 12GB of bandwidth on my last monthly statement with my unlimited data plan. Starting Monday I have not been able to get anything above 4mbps. My month plan reset so my bandwidth usage is back to below 1GB but still not getting above 4mbps.
I'm not sure if I am permanently throttled or if something else on the phone went wonky and is preventing me from getting the 15-18mbps speeds again. Is there a way to check if throttled or to check phone to make sure the settings are correct?
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Verizon cannot throttle 4G. It is part of their acquisition of the Spectrum C block they won.
For those of you who switched from another smartphone how are the radios from LG.
I currently have an HTC One and it is passable in my workload, but nothing to write home about. I'm looking at phones now to JUMP with and the N5 is what I really really want but the terrible battery and unknown radios worry me a lot.
So how are you finding them? I don't care about speed, I care about the ability to get and hold signal. Compared to your last device is it better or worse.
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For those of you who switched from another smartphone how are the radios from LG.
I currently have an HTC One and it is passable in my workload, but nothing to write home about. I'm looking at phones now to JUMP with and the N5 is what I really really want but the terrible battery and unknown radios worry me a lot.
So how are you finding them? I don't care about speed, I care about the ability to get and hold signal. Compared to your last device is it better or worse.
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first off, your questions dont go into the general section, they go into the q&a section.
now, whatever you read from bloggers is mostly untrue.
the battery life on the nexus 5 is actually very good. i average about 5-6 hours screen on time. also, im with tmobile in nyc, theres absolutely not a single issue with the radios for me. calls sound great, they dont drop. and data speeds are very fast, i average arounf 30mbps download and 20mbps upload speeds.
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first off, your questions dont go into the general section, they go into the q&a section.
now, whatever you read from bloggers is mostly untrue.
the battery life on the nexus 5 is actually very good. i average about 5-6 hours screen on time. also, im with tmobile in nyc, theres absolutely not a single issue with the radios for me. calls sound great, they dont drop. and data speeds are very fast, i average arounf 30mbps download and 20mbps upload speeds.
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I don't go on bloggers, I know what I've gotten with other devices (namely the One) and the average I've seen throughout forums. I don't believe in turning off features I use such as location reporting and such. Most I've seen with same/similar usage as I aren't getting great battery life. Top that with the fact that I work in a Studio in the middle of a building and get minimal signal as it is, I have to assume I will get lower then average battery life.
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Cellular radio is great
WiFI radio is okay not as good as my Galaxy s3 or my iPhone 5C
I'm pretty impressed with my speed.
Yea, xlte is quick. Wish I still had my unlimited data.
Agreed. Seeing fast cell data speeds doesn't really impress or excite me anymore. You can't utilize ANY advantage you get from the increased speed without:
1.Paying an absurd price per GB to have enough data that streaming and downloading gigantic files that were too "slow" before is something you do now just because you can. Which if you have WiFi at home or somewhere accessible almost everyday then imo your just being impatient and spoiled by current tech. Remember when none of this stuff even existed?
2.Keep your plan with a **** amount of data and use it all in a 5-10 minute blowout to be able to witness the FASTER speeds you saw on tv that alledgedly justify the ludicrous bill you get every month.
Wow I can't wait for faster speeds to come to my neighborhood!
Unless you are like me and are still holding onto unlimited data
Is anyone else noticing bad ram management? I know it is 6gb but something feels off. I can only keep like 3 maybe 5 apps in the background. Any suggestions 10.0.0.0.1 192.168.1.254?
Yeah, I also noticed this, when I switch to maybe 3rd recent app it has to re-load the app. This did not occur in my pixel 4.
frustrating. Especially when only switching between a couple apps. Moreso that there's plenty of RAM free when this happens. Not sure what Android takes into consideration when closing apps out. Could be the app itself decides to close out after certain amount of inactivity. I notice it with Chrome often.
I've noticed the 6a seems to keep a lot more memory open than my 4a did (both have 6gb). I run the same 'family' of apps, background and foreground, as before on my 4a except I seem to keep ~2gb free on the 6a vs. ~1gb free on the 4a. That's hardly a scientific evaluation ofc. Esp. with android's 'free mem = wasted potential/speed' PoV. It's still a new-ish phone...I'm sure google has some tuning to after it has a chance to 'analyze the analytics'...or whatever, lol.
I am noticing the opposite. In fact, my phone gets really hot for no good reason. And whatever it is, it isn't reporting the usage in the battery drain report.
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I am noticing the opposite. In fact, my phone gets really hot for no good reason. And whatever it is, it isn't reporting the usage in the battery drain report.
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Not sure if you're using hotspot, that causes a large amount of drain and heat. Also my VPN was using a lot of battery.
damian5000 said:
Not sure if you're using hotspot, that causes a large amount of drain and heat. Also my VPN was using a lot of battery.
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Nope. Not using hotspot. Also not using VPN.