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.
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Hi,
I've recently discovered that very large amounts of data are being transferred from my Nexus S which is pushing me over my data limit of 750mb. I downloaded 3G watchdog and monitored traffic for a while and noticed that every hour or so data use goes wild running into the tens of mb over a very short period of time.
I'm currently running MIUI-109020 and have a fairly standard range of apps installed. I've tried killing all of the apps that might possibly transfer data but this makes no difference. So, at the moment I've turned off mobile data before it bankrupts me but obviously I'd like to have it back on again.
Anyone, anywhere have any thoughts or pointers as to what might be going on or how I could solve it?
BTW I'm in the UK on Vodaphone's network.
Cheers
David McNorton
davidmcnorton said:
Hi,
I've recently discovered that very large amounts of data are being transferred from my Nexus S which is pushing me over my data limit of 750mb. I downloaded 3G watchdog and monitored traffic for a while and noticed that every hour or so data use goes wild running into the tens of mb over a very short period of time.
I'm currently running MIUI-109020 and have a fairly standard range of apps installed. I've tried killing all of the apps that might possibly transfer data but this makes no difference. So, at the moment I've turned off mobile data before it bankrupts me but obviously I'd like to have it back on again.
Anyone, anywhere have any thoughts or pointers as to what might be going on or how I could solve it?
BTW I'm in the UK on Vodaphone's network.
Cheers
David McNorton
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That much data? Email, gmail, facebook sync.
Install Droidwall and prevent some apps from the network.
I would also like to see what exactly Android is doing all the time...
MIUI has a built in Monitor app. Use that to see which app is using up your data.
You may also want to opt-out of MIUI stats. I'm not sure of how much data it sends, but it will cut down on some of your data usage.
Droidwall is a great suggestion as well. Prevent some apps from connecting on 3G but allow them on wifi. If you want some apps to connect on 3G, check your sync settings.
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Thanks for your replies. I've now installed droidwall and that looks like it could help. I've also purchased the pro version of 3G Watchdog (hadn't realised MIUI had a monitor app) and that's showing me what how much data my apps are using.
I phoned Vodaphone and they increased my data plan to 1GB which gives me a little leeway while I try to work this out. So I'll test it again tomorrow and see if I can work out what's going on.
Cheers
David McNorton
Is your Gallery app syncing pictures to Picassa? It's the only thing i can think of that would explain that much data in a short period of time.
Problem solved. Google+ was the culprit. By default the app had Instant Upload of all photo's and video's set to on. That has cost me about £50 since installing the app in late September when it first came out. Thank's Google
Thanks for all your tips. At least now I have a better handle on data monitoring and firewall protection.
Cheers
David McNorton
Wow, never thought Google Plus would use that much, even though it syncs a ton. Good think I have unlimited, may want to look into it yourself.
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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.
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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 dont own the skyrocket anymore ( gave it to a family member got different phone ) but ever since she got it the phone randomly uses data, it wasnt this bad when i had it!
It has a old iphone 3gs sim card in it and i had to use different apn settings ( from a galaxy s2 thread ) to get it to work and she still has a iphone data plan... that should matter should it?
Either way the phone used 50mb on wifi on mostly standby with screen on in 30 minutes
and she only has the 300mb data plan, otherwords she is 27 days away from her data usage to reset and she only has 25mb left.
Try disabling your data when your not using it. If you want to know whats using it then check and see what apps are running. One of them is using it. It also may be a service. Like auto-update or sync.
3G Watchdog (free in Market) is a great data usage monitoring app... lots of info, and will tell you not only how much data you've used each day, but also amounts (sent/recvd) by application (wifi or data)
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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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.
Hey all, for whatever reason, android has been eating up SO much data for no apparent reason. I have all google related syncing apps disabled (google photos, google plus, etc). My data plan cycles on the 20th of every month, and according to the data usage in the settings, android OS has already used 685mb, and I've hardly even been off wifi networks much in the past few days... I'm on Marshmallow if that helps. Here's some screenshots: http://imgur.com/3taUO6t http://imgur.com/vgzv3nN http://imgur.com/7H1WXYE
I'd have posted the images directly but they wound up being huge on this page.
I've have no root data firewall installed for the past few weeks haven't really noticed much of a difference, and I went through every app in the settings (with view system apps checked) and couldn't find any clues. I have a 3GB high speed (LTE) plan, and once I go past 3GB, it simply slows down to sub 3g speeds, which is an absolute pain in the ass.
Thanks in advance
We have seen this before... the fix is usually a full Factory Data Reset and set it up clean. Not sure why, no one has been able to get a tcpdump to see what it is.