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220MB of data used in less than 1 day. WHAT?

I just checked my t-mobile account and noticed I used 220mb of data since yesterday afternoon. How in the world is this possible if I was on wifi 90% of the time?
This sucks because I lose 4g speeds after 2GB of data.

are you sure that's only since yesterday & not from the start of your billing cycle?

I'm a brand new tmobile customer. Signed up yesterday.

Might be the T-Mobile app thing. There was somebody else complaining of high data usage and traced it back to this app.
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brian85 said:
I'm a brand new tmobile customer. Signed up yesterday.
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it's probably not accurate then

redbullcat said:
Might be the T-Mobile app thing. There was somebody else complaining of high data usage and traced it back to this app.
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hmm. source link please? i'd really like to read in to this. that app is always shown as running on my phone, even after killing it.

xnifex said:
hmm. source link please? i'd really like to read in to this. that app is always shown as running on my phone, even after killing it.
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I'll see if I can find the thread for you

Couldn't find the specific post/thread I was quoting, but I did find this, on Android Police:
Update: Don’t install this app until it gets an update – it will turn your GPS on every 10 seconds to update your location info, and won’t stop unless you Force Stop it from the Manage Applications screen. It was at 68% on my phone’s battery usage menu after 6 hours of doing little with my phone aside from checking e-mail sporadically. Yuck.
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If it's using GPS to update your location every 10 seconds, that needs data. So I suspect, if you have this app installed, this could be your problem.
Get a data usage app that tells you what app is using how much data. If it shows that it is indeed this new T-Mobile app, there's your problem
From this post: http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...more-for-me-though-were-not-sure-why-exactly/
EDIT: Not the thread I was talking about (and still trying to find!) but I have found this, which may or may not be of use: Click

redbullcat said:
I'll see if I can find the thread for you
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thanks (will even press the button when link is provided)

xnifex said:
thanks (will even press the button when link is provided)
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Look above. I'm still searching for the specific thread, if/when I find it

Hmm I don't have that app installed. There are other Tmobile apps though that seem to always be running & match the Uptime of my phone.

Get Traffic Counter from the Market and trace the data.

redbullcat said:
Get Traffic Counter from the Market and trace the data.
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Just downloaded it. I'm not concerned with data (tho still want to read that post), I'm more concerned with why a lot of apps that I don't even use seem to always be on.

I think it's because they're stock apps and the default is always on. Once we have root, we should be able to get rid of them, and once we can flash ROMs, we can install stock HTC software, or Android Revolution HD
Just another reason to have s-off and root

Ok, after downloading traffic counter, it looks like it IS my fault for the excessive data usage.
It's showing the speed test app as using 130mb of data (since last reboot, which was yesterday). I admit I went a little crazy on the speedtest app yesterday and today (I've never had 4g speeds before switching to tmobile), but why does it use SO much data? I did quite a few tests, but still.

I tried that traffic counter app. XDA is killing my data 27mb. I spend to much time at this place.
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As I'm on an unlimited data plan, I don't really care about data usage. I can go up to something like 5gb and my network (giffgaff, easily the best network in the UK) doesn't really care! The only thing I can't do is tether, but I can create a wifi hotspot for when I need to get on the internet on a bigger screen
If you're in the UK, I strongly implore you to take a look at giffgaff. Link in my sig

brian85 said:
Ok, after downloading traffic counter, it looks like it IS my fault for the excessive data usage.
It's showing the speed test app as using 130mb of data (since last reboot, which was yesterday). I admit I went a little crazy on the speedtest app yesterday and today (I've never had 4g speeds before switching to tmobile), but why does it use SO much data? I did quite a few tests, but still.
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if you have a fast connection it needs to send/receiver bigger files to get an accurate account of what your speed it. if it only used like a 512KB file then it'd show your speed as 1028238234978234978MBps.
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The only thing I can't do is tether, but I can create a wifi hotspot for when I need to get on the internet on a bigger screen
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FYI that's still tethering, just wirelessly
redbullcat said:
I think it's because they're stock apps and the default is always on. Once we have root, we should be able to get rid of them, and once we can flash ROMs, we can install stock HTC software, or Android Revolution HD
Just another reason to have s-off and root
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I'm curious then why some of the other apps show that they're running that aren't stock?

Makes sense. Time to stop using that app lol

brian85 said:
Makes sense. Time to stop using that app lol
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just did 2 tests to test the theory. 30MB down/8MB up

[Q] Opinions on JuiceDefender?

Has anyone used JuiceDefender? I've been testing the free beta and I'm not sure its doing much (set to default balanced). The Widget just says n/a but I thought it should say how much power its saving?

Yeah i've been using it pretty much since day one with my thunderbolt. It definitely increases battery throughout the day. It give me a figure of how much battery i saved when i shut it off and its usually from 1.8x to 2.05

Using since day one with my phone aswell.. This is one of those Apps I believe should come standard on android smartphones. Not only does it save you juice, but the options for settings within the app are pretty useful aswell.. Deft worth the couple bucks..
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I assume you guys aren't using the free version then? Looks like its not having much affect with me, presumably because the free one doesn't control wifi.

got a problem with juice defender ... i use it to stop mobile data and turn it on just when device is turned on
so when someone calls me and leaves a visual voicemail i get the sms message but the audiofile is missing ...
so the phone cant download the voicemail when data is turned off...
is there a way to fix this ??

Do you mean a mms message? If so, as far as I know, mms won't work with "just" wifi. Im pretty sure the data has to be on. As far as a fix, to be honest I haven't looked around..
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mmhh strange .. now it works ... i think it was a temporarily problem with voice mail

rendez2k said:
I assume you guys aren't using the free version then? Looks like its not having much affect with me, presumably because the free one doesn't control wifi.
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Free version didn't help me any either.

Looking for a solution to email, data, and battery life

i want my phone to check email(Gmail) , but still maintain battery life. If I leave data or wifi on 24/7 with sync, it's going to zapp the life out of my batttery. Is there any way can make my email(Gmail) automatically go turn on data or wifi and check my email at certain time during the day then turn it off when done? Or if any1 have any other suggestions I'd would really appreciate the help.

I have email on 24/7 and it doesn't impact battery by much. Are you sure its not other apps?
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there is an app called juice defender that lets you set how often the phone syncs for email. The beta version is free, and lets you set email syncing every 30 minutes. the paid versions let you change that to longer intervals.

jager555 said:
I have email on 24/7 and it doesn't impact battery by much. Are you sure its not other apps?
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may be because i'm on Gingerbread and getting mediocre reception and bad wifi.
mike-y said:
there is an app called juice defender that lets you set how often the phone syncs for email. The beta version is free, and lets you set email syncing every 30 minutes. the paid versions let you change that to longer intervals.
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I never really liked JD cause most of the time i just turn off the things i don't need, but if it lets you do that i'l definitely give it a try. thanks.

I'm checking out juice defender ultimate right now and the triggers app feature doesn't seem to work. I set the browser to connect when opened, but when i opened the browser data or wifi did not turn on.

This app is turning out pretty well. Looks like I missed judged it before. Just a few hiccups here and there but overall its pretty decent.

did you figure out getting data/wifi to turn on and off with the browser?

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qpqpqp said:
i want my phone to check email(Gmail) , but still maintain battery life. If I leave data or wifi on 24/7 with sync, it's going to zapp the life out of my batttery. Is there any way can make my email(Gmail) automatically go turn on data or wifi and check my email at certain time during the day then turn it off when done? Or if any1 have any other suggestions I'd would really appreciate the help.
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I'm using XDA Superpower now. You just need to costumize it and you will get the wifi and 4g on and off. Battery life is good also.

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did you figure out getting data/wifi to turn on and off with the browser?
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Yeah i did, but so far I don't seem to be getting the super battery saving like everyone else mention. It say I increase battery by 2.14 i can't really tell. The data schedule is useful too but, it's kind of pointless when my email check at it's own interval time than the time i set for juice defender (max is 2hours). I have to admit that the auto data connect for the browser is extremely useful. Other than that I don't see much use of this app.

IMO, syncing email all the time doesn't consume much battery life at all. If you stay on wifi, that'll definitely drain your battery though.
It's always on for me with two email accounts, and I'm getting 18 hours with slightly above average use. Light or moderate use puts me over 24 hours easily.

im a moderate to heavy user. i never disconnect wifi and my email is always connected. so is my trillian. my battery lasts a minimum of 20 hours. what kills your battery is the facebook, sugarsync, twitter, and all those of social apps that updates every 15 min. the problem is, if you dont have a good signal, it will keep searching nonstop and that is what kills your battery.
also, are you undervolting?

jager555 said:
im a moderate to heavy user. i never disconnect wifi and my email is always connected. so is my trillian. my battery lasts a minimum of 20 hours. what kills your battery is the facebook, sugarsync, twitter, and all those of social apps that updates every 15 min. the problem is, if you dont have a good signal, it will keep searching nonstop and that is what kills your battery.
also, are you undervolting?
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I agree. I have a weak 4g signal so I get much better battery life with wifi.

Undervolting helps,also depends on what ROM you use...so far,Valhalla has given me the best battery life personally..

Anyone running Valhalla 1.1 wanna give me some UV settings? ...I tired dsexton's settings for icbinb but it just makes my phone reboot.
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Then it is not stable for your phone.... That's weird that it reboots on gb...
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I've been using BatteryCalibration when loading new ROMs. I felt a bit of an improvement on battery life since I started using it.

Woot. This is normal use, though. Not heavy use.
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G2x Possibilites

I'm interested in getting a G2x... Looks like good hardware for a good price right now, but I had a few questions to see if it will fit my needs.
-I'm going to be using it wifi-only. I'm planning on installing CSipSimple to use as a VOIP phone. Anyone have experience doing this? On my Samsung moment CSipSimple has terrible issues routing audio and microphone.
-I would like to hook up my wiimote and plug the phone into my TV with HDMI for emulators... Has anyone had experience with doing this? Theoretically it looks like it should work flawless.
-I may in the future want to hook it up to voice/data. But on the cheap through a prepaid carrier like straight talk. You can get sims from straight talk, but will I have to unlock the phone? Is it even possible for this to work? Has anyone here done it before?
-Wifi only, what's the battery life like? Is a full day with moderate usage (screen-on 3 hours sporadic usage, wifi always on for voip calls) possible? Without cell connections I'd think it would last longer than normal.
-Any other issues with the phone that annoy people that might turn me off to the device?
Thanks!

i just ordered one of these, waiting for it to arrive at this very moment
i saw on the LG site a TON of bad reviews on this thing, a lot of them recent. things like the phone rebooting during a call, running hot, locking up to the point you have to remove the battery, bad battery life, and a few others.
but there were just as many good reviews too, best phone ever, no issues at all, etc. and some of those from people saying they have had their phone for over a few months, so i'm hoping mine will be fine
and i too am looking at what i can do with this device. i hope i will not be dissapointed

You came to the right place, the developers here have done a great job making this phone as stable as possible. They are, of course, limited by the LG code that they are working with, but the custom ROMs correct many issues. Of course, if you get a bad phone/bad hardware, not much can be done, but that's a risk with any phone.

dodgefan67 said:
i just ordered one of these, waiting for it to arrive at this very moment
i saw on the LG site a TON of bad reviews on this thing, a lot of them recent. things like the phone rebooting during a call, running hot, locking up to the point you have to remove the battery, bad battery life, and a few others.
but there were just as many good reviews too, best phone ever, no issues at all, etc. and some of those from people saying they have had their phone for over a few months, so i'm hoping mine will be fine
and i too am looking at what i can do with this device. i hope i will not be dissapointed
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Just flash custom ROMs, the hardware on this phone is amazing for such a cheap price, but LG can't code software for crap.
The stock ROM is guaranteed to give you rebooting, overheating, lock ups, bad battery life, etc...
But CM7 based ROMs (NOT CM9 BASED, CM9 IS NOT FINISHED) are all pretty rock solid stable. And even some of the 2.3.3 builds are good, Bionix Reloaded is the only 2.3.3 one that has been recently updated, but man Bionix is smooth as butter.
Have fun with your new powerhouse of a phone.

orb360 said:
-I would like to hook up my wiimote and plug the phone into my TV with HDMI for emulators... Has anyone had experience with doing this? Theoretically it looks like it should work flawless.
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I can speak specifically to this one cuz I found out the hard way. You'll need to install a CyanogenMod7 based rom for this to work. Unless something has changed, the stock based ROMs don't have the necessary blue tooth profiles to connect a wiimote, sixaxis, etc. I was running Weapon G2x and my wiimote would not connect...so I switched to CM7 and it works.
With that said i love my phone and have little to no issues since I began running custom roms.
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I picked up this G2X off craigslist yesterday and after a day I am very pleased. I have CM7 on it with no issues. I have yet to sign up for service but have been making calls and texts using Google voice and groove IP together. Sound quality had been great. I switched from a Nexus S4G
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buttchip said:
I picked up this G2X off craigslist yesterday and after a day I am very pleased. I have CM7 on it with no issues. I have yet to sign up for service but have been making calls and texts using Google voice and groove IP together. Sound quality had been great. I switched from a Nexus S4G
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Welcome 2 the forums!
Might wanna flash Hellfire Phoenix 2.0 if ya like cm7, you can use either mordif or faux kernels on it( it already has fauxs latest kernel baked in) = Buttery smooth+great performance!
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buttchip said:
I picked up this G2X off craigslist yesterday and after a day I am very pleased. I have CM7 on it with no issues. I have yet to sign up for service but have been making calls and texts using Google voice and groove IP together. Sound quality had been great. I switched from a Nexus S4G
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You can text for free with that app? How does it work?

xAshxMoneyx said:
You can text for free with that app? How does it work?
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it's an app interface to http://www.google.com/voice
Google Voice is a (free!!) virtual phone service allowing you to make and receive calls/SMS for free from a web browser and forward these calls/SMS to any other phones you own.
GrooveIP is a VOIP app that connects to google voice via your cell phone's wifi connection, so you don't need to rely on a cell voice connection.
The Google Voice android app does the same thing for SMS.

Learn something new every day, thanks!

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it's an app interface to
Google Voice is a (free!!) virtual phone service allowing you to make and receive calls/SMS for free from a web browser and forward these calls/SMS to any other phones you own.
GrooveIP is a VOIP app that connects to google voice via your cell phone's wifi connection, so you don't need to rely on a cell voice connection.
The Google Voice android app does the same thing for SMS.
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yeah thats some good info there, thanks for that! i was reading in my t-mobile start guide and it says that wifi calling MAY be metered just like cell phone minutes, i guess i'll have to call them to verify that. one of the reasons i got this was to make free wifi calls, but i will also check out this app!

You want to check out the Talkatone app instead of the Grove IP app.
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NewBay Service Killing Battery?

Does anyone know what this is? It's draining my battery by not letting my phone sleep and using CPU the entire time it's running. Also cell standby is really high but it's not saying " Time Spent Without Signal blah%" it just says the time my phone has been on?
Anyone know anything?

Maybe try getting a battery spy app and it should show what's doing that.
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Isnt Newbay for social networking? If so, unistall it, that should clear up your issues.

DigitalDementia said:
Does anyone know what this is?
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It's part of Verizon Bloat I disabled all the Verizon bloat in App Manager

Jay Evans said:
It's part of Verizon Bloat I disabled all the Verizon bloat in App Manager
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I froze Verizon bloat or disabled it, however the NewBay service can't be disabled. I don't know what the issue is.

I just checked GSam Battery and apparently Android OS was keeping the phone awake too. I pulled the battery and it seems to be fine so far we'll see. I just didn't know what NewBay was.