I'm coming from IOS and I didn't expect this to be a problem at all. Whenever I send or recieve a video is so compressed that you can barley see what's going on. I don't hear much about this. Are android users pretending this isn't an issue?
10pmStalker said:
I'm coming from IOS and I didn't expect this to be a problem at all. Whenever I send or recieve a video is so compressed that you can barley see what's going on. I don't hear much about this. Are android users pretending this isn't an issue?
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Although iMessage handles SMS for iPhones (that's why you can still get texts from people without iPhones), iMessage doesn't use MMS (well, it can, but between iMessage clients, it doesn't). It uses your cellular data or wifi. MMS is different, and has limitations. It has nothing to do with Android.
You're perfectly free to use a different messenger service on Android that doesn't have MMS limitations, but of course the receiving party also has to use that app.
There's no fix to this with being rooted?
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There's no fix to this with being rooted?
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Completely unrelated. Use a different messaging app or just email the video.
Planterz said:
Completely unrelated. Use a different messaging app or just email the video.
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Do you know of another messaging app that won't downgrade the video?
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Do you know of another messaging app that won't downgrade the video?
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Take your pick of any of them. The issue with doing it with mms is that carriers put limits on them. Like ATT has a 600kb limit, I think T-mobile has like 1 mb. You could use things like whatsapp or others.
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Take your pick of any of them. The issue with doing it with mms is that carriers put limits on them. Like ATT has a 600kb limit, I think T-mobile has like 1 mb. You could use things like whatsapp or others.
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I don't know anyone that dosent use straight up carrier texting or imessage. I'm guessing we will never see good quality video transfer over carrier?
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I don't know anyone that dosent use straight up carrier texting or imessage. I'm guessing we will never see good quality video transfer over carrier?
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Most likely not. I am the same way and now no longer send video over mms. Many people are slowly moving over to things like whatsapp
Most Android users simply don't use MMS. Who would they, when apps like Whatsapp offer a free alternative?
Mind you, Whatsapp also downscales images and videos.
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Most Android users simply don't use MMS. Who would they, when apps like Whatsapp offer a free alternative?
Mind you, Whatsapp also downscales images and videos.
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Because in the US we get unlimited messaging and limited data. Data plans in the states are limited so its cheaper to use mms then it is for apps like whatsapp. Not o mention with facebook buying whats app many avoid it now.
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Because in the US we get unlimited messaging and limited data. Data plans in the states are limited so its cheaper to use mms then it is for apps like whatsapp. Not o mention with facebook buying whats app many avoid it now.
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We get unlimited messaging, too. But MMS services here require data to send and retrieve. We don't have unlimited data either. 10GB is the largest plan, and it costs about 70 euro a month.
There hasn't actually been that much of a decline in Whatsapp users. There was at first, but most went back to Whatsapp due to the lack of decent, large alternatives and the fact that 80% doesn't bother with privacy when it requires effort.
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We get unlimited messaging, too. But MMS services here require data to send and retrieve. We don't have unlimited data either. 10GB is the largest plan, and it costs about 70 euro a month.
There hasn't actually been that much of a decline in Whatsapp users. There was at first, but most went back to Whatsapp due to the lack of decent, large alternatives and the fact that 80% doesn't bother with privacy when it requires effort.
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It uses data here to but it's included in the SMS package. The average data plan on non contract devices here is like 2gb before they throttle you. Then data becomes almost unusable. You can get bigger limits with contracts but then you pay a stupid amount.
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I have been testing different IM apps, but all of them have some issue that makes them less than Ideal.
In actuality, the old stock IM app from the G1 always worked best for me. It was reliable, didn't disconnect constantly, and didn't seem to kill the battery as fast.
Is there anything like that, or a mod'ed version that will work on the Nexus?
I've searched for and apk, and asked over in the general section, with no luck.
Enomther's rom comes with it.
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Ebuddy.
Works great.
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I will see if I can pull it out of the ROM and install... I'm still stock ATM, I may root soon though.
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Ebuddy.
Works great.
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It works well, but I can not change the notifications; and the sound is based on the media volume for some reason. Plus it can not use the proper names for yahoo contacts.
Well I pulled the IM apk from the ROM and it installed fine, but it will not sign on. It force closes when you try to sign on, though still remains running on the screen, and you can interact with the program.
Guess it would need Mod'ed to work on non-root, or maybe pushed to the system partition. Can't push with locked bootloader, so would need it to be Mod'ed.
Any devs out there know if this app needs to be in the system partition?
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Ebuddy.
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The last time I tried it my battery life was dropping like crazy.
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The last time I tried it my battery life was dropping like crazy.
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Another reason I want the stock IM app. It uses sms to work, so after the initial login, there is no or next to no data use; being that sms is a push type service, it does not need to poll for new IMs.
I posted this in the dev section for a reason, but they moved it... ah well. Maybe a dev will pop in here and give it a shot.
i did an im.apk search here and found the original and have been running it for a while now.messenger doesnt always want to sign in but yahoo works fine
superg81 said:
i did an im.apk search here and found the original and have been running it for a while now.messenger doesnt always want to sign in but yahoo works fine
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Were at? I need lol
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Another reason I want the stock IM app. It uses sms to work, so after the initial login, there is no or next to no data use; being that sms is a push type service, it does not need to poll for new IMs.
I posted this in the dev section for a reason, but they moved it... ah well. Maybe a dev will pop in here and give it a shot.
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since it is based on SMS, you must be charged for SMS by your telco right?
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since it is based on SMS, you must be charged for SMS by your telco right?
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Yes, but I have an unlimited plan, so I can send as many as I want.
And SMS are the biggest money makers for these companies. A recent study showed that the cost to actually send an SMS is zero. The only costs the companies have is the cost of setting up the software needed to operate the SMS functions in their systems and the cost of some servers and storage needed to hold the data as it is being sent to users (like if you send a SMS to someone without signal, they must store the info until it can be sent, and its only a few kb) I think the costs of the setup was recouped within a few months and now its pretty much all profit. Sly dogs they are (some places charge $0.25 per SMS out of plan)
Sorry had to rant...
Ouch. Thought I'd be able to use this wonderful sounding app that you've been talking about but I don't have an unlimited sms plan lol.
SMS tends to be my main form of communication on the phone, so I got the unlimited plan. The tmobile everything plus plans are not that bad price wise; more so when you don't get unlimited airtime as well. I don't need a lot of airtime because the people I talk to most just use SMS.
I'm thinking the new radio in 2.2 is not letting the IM app work properly.
If you have had your TB for at least a week, what has your data usage been so far?
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Jeez!!!!!!
Here's mine.
Gigabytes 4.067 GB
Megabytes 4,164.481 MB
Kilobytes 4,264,429.050 KB
A little under 100MiB since 03/08.
I'm actually looking forward to tiered data.
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A little under 100MiB since 03/08.
I'm actually looking forward to tiered data.
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How on earth have you used so little? 3g only? Syncing email alone should have you above 100MiB... unless you are only using the phone on wifi...
is there a way to find out without signing in to a verizon.com account?
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is there a way to find out without signing in to a verizon.com account?
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not that i know of
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How on earth have you used so little? 3g only? Syncing email alone should have you above 100MiB... unless you are only using the phone on wifi...
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I use wifi at my house and when available. I guess the main reason I don't use much data is because I study, play video games, and watch a few tv shows/movies. With that much going on, I don't have any time to use massive amounts of data.
Honestly, I don't know how anyone uses 20+GiB. There just isn't enough time in the day unless you're taking time out of other things. Maybe tethering I could see... but if you're just using the phone?
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Call #DATA on your phone and you'll be texted the information
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Honestly, I don't know how anyone uses 20+GiB. There just isn't enough time in the day unless you're taking time out of other things. Maybe tethering I could see... but if you're just using the phone?
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Well, I have been enjoying the hotspot while it is free for now
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nice...
1648173 kb...almost 1.6GB...not bad, i use a lot of wifi too..
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1648173 kb...
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That's ~1.6GiB
lol, i google converted it...
I am sitting at 3.56Gb
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That's ~1.6GiB
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U mean 1.6 Gb (vs GB)?...
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How on earth, short of using wifi tether as your only internet service, do you use 30 gigs of data a month. I've seen a spike in my usage to just above 5 gigs for 2 weeks+ with the TB and < 2 weeks with the D2. But I have never come close to 10 gigs even during the holidays when I tether a crap ton, because most of the people I visit don't have wifi. I'm sorry, but it is people like you that are getting us all forced onto tiered plans eventually. And I consider myself a "power" user. I stream a lot of music, and use my phone a ton for nav. I just do see how you can use this much data.
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How on earth, short of using wifi tether as your only internet service, do you use 30 gigs of data a month. I've seen a spike in my usage to just above 5 gigs for 2 weeks+ with the TB and < 2 weeks with the D2. But I have never come close to 10 gigs even during the holidays when I tether a crap ton, because most of the people I visit don't have wifi. I'm sorry, but it is people like you that are getting us all forced onto tiered plans eventually. And I consider myself a "power" user. I stream a lot of music, and use my phone a ton for nav. I just do see how you can use this much data.
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exactly, there is people who abuse the system and some of us have to pay for their abuse of the system.
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U mean 1.6 Gb (vs GB)?...
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I mean 1.6 "GB"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix
I'm just trying to get into the habit of using the binary prefix rather than the colloquially accepted standard SI prefix.
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How on earth, short of using wifi tether as your only internet service, do you use 30 gigs of data a month. I've seen a spike in my usage to just above 5 gigs for 2 weeks+ with the TB and < 2 weeks with the D2. But I have never come close to 10 gigs even during the holidays when I tether a crap ton, because most of the people I visit don't have wifi. I'm sorry, but it is people like you that are getting us all forced onto tiered plans eventually. And I consider myself a "power" user. I stream a lot of music, and use my phone a ton for nav. I just do see how you can use this much data.
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Tether > xbox, netflix, hulu, etc. When this is faster than my DSL, why not enjoy it? Free tethering won't last forever. Plus ATT put their DSL into tiered plans as well.
550MB between my wife and I combined, having the TBolts since release day. We're on WiFi at home or it would be higher (up to double that). I would call us well over average volume users in regards to social apps and chat programs since it's our work.
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exactly, there is people who abuse the system and some of us have to pay for their abuse of the system.
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Yeah I hear ya. I'm reminded every time I look over my taxes or see someone buying soda and Ding Dongs with food stamps while talking on their iPhone. Hard to complain though because every group has a poster child to make you look evil for being against them lol.
For most folks here (mostly new ones) who don't realize the splurge in data usage out of the blue, here's one possible reason:
Speed Test app
Based on the network speeds, each test could take as much as 20+ MB.
diablo009 said:
For most folks here (mostly new ones) who don't realize the splurge in data usage out of the blue, here's one possible reason:
Speed Test app
Based on the network speeds, each test could take as much as 20+ MB.
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Omgosh I've noticed, I do it every night lol and I get about 8mb. I wonder if the speed is higher, a higher amount of data being passed is raised.
never thought about that... explains a lot!
I've always avoided SpeedTest like the plague, since I assumed it ate a lot of data. Particularly a problem for me on my GoPhone plan.
Another problem app is the stock email app. It would eat about 20MB per day with my Exchange account set up. Even if I never opened the app once. Downloaded Moxier Mail, and everything is under control. Annoying that Moxier doesn't integrate with the stock Calendar, though.
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Omgosh I've noticed, I do it every night lol and I get about 8mb. I wonder if the speed is higher, a higher amount of data being passed is raised.
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Yes. The faster speeds you get, the higher the data passed.
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I've always avoided SpeedTest like the plague, since I assumed it ate a lot of data. Particularly a problem for me on my GoPhone plan.
Another problem app is the stock email app. It would eat about 20MB per day with my Exchange account set up. Even if I never opened the app once. Downloaded Moxier Mail, and everything is under control. Annoying that Moxier doesn't integrate with the stock Calendar, though.
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I used to use Moxie Mail but it was killing my battery to I installed Enhanced Email from the market. It is by far the best Exchange email client out there. The dev is very good with support too. I paid for it because it works so well. There is another app you have to install if you use Enhanced Email to take care of an Android issue with it integrating with the contacts. The app is free and you can find more info on the Enhanced Email forum on his website. I highly recommend this app to anyone needing a solid exchange mail client.
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I like to keep my data usage on tab with the *3282# code. If you're on Att it sends you a text of how much of your data you've used and how many texts have been sent on your plan.
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I used to use Moxie Mail but it was killing my battery to I installed Enhanced Email from the market. It is by far the best Exchange email client out there. The dev is very good with support too. I paid for it because it works so well. There is another app you have to install if you use Enhanced Email to take care of an Android issue with it integrating with the contacts. The app is free and you can find more info on the Enhanced Email forum on his website. I highly recommend this app to anyone needing a solid exchange mail client.
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I downloaded Enhanced Email a week or two ago as Amazon's AOTD. Had high hopes, but unfortunately, it's not compatible with the NTLM Authentication my employer uses with Exchange (known issue per EE's developer).
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I like to keep my data usage on tab with the *3282# code. If you're on Att it sends you a text of how much of your data you've used and how many texts have been sent on your plan.
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I dont even bother with those anymore, they seem to be off by like a day or two.
my billing period started the 6th, which in reality hasn't actually started yet, and i got a text from att last telling my speeds are being slowed down for being int he top 5% of usage... assholes.
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I dont even bother with those anymore, they seem to be off by like a day or two.
my billing period started the 6th, which in reality hasn't actually started yet, and i got a text from att last telling my speeds are being slowed down for being int he top 5% of usage... assholes.
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LOL i wish I could start my own cellphone company, i would not have any bull.
Yeah I gave up speed test after my first test and it went up to 18MB after about 2 minutes of usage. lol
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Yeah I gave up speed test after my first test and it went up to 18MB after about 2 minutes of usage. lol
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Yes. It is an often overlooked culprit..!! About 5-10 tests a day, with speeds over ~5 Mbps, would eat through your 200 MB quota in less than a week.
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I downloaded Enhanced Email a week or two ago as Amazon's AOTD. Had high hopes, but unfortunately, it's not compatible with the NTLM Authentication my employer uses with Exchange (known issue per EE's developer).
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I like the Touchdown app for Exchange, it was on sale for 10$ on Amazon appstore.
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I used to use Moxie Mail but it was killing my battery to I installed Enhanced Email from the market. It is by far the best Exchange email client out there. The dev is very good with support too. I paid for it because it works so well. There is another app you have to install if you use Enhanced Email to take care of an Android issue with it integrating with the contacts. The app is free and you can find more info on the Enhanced Email forum on his website. I highly recommend this app to anyone needing a solid exchange mail client.
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Last time I tried Enhanced Email, it didn't support Exchange Web Services(Exchange 2010) which has replaced WebDAV so it wouldn't login via the native methods that would provide RPC over HTTP. I believe WebDAV has been deprecated.
Ditto here. 1st time I received this message. Currently at 5.6GB. Wonder at what limits are the other forum members getting this message?
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Never got message use 5-8gbs a month. My plan though can't even be touched by system as far as I know.
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I've used about 7GB without a throttle.
Although, now being on the Vivid, I've ate 2 gigs in a week.... I should be fine though.
I been thinking about that phone or skyrocket but ill wait til next year to buy another phone.
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Anyone here use their Nexus 5 on a prepaid cellphone plan that has no data or low data?
I am thinking about switching over to h2o's Unlimited Talk, Text and 500mb plan to save money and become less dependent on my cell phone. I find myself using about 5 GBS a month on straight talk but its nothing productive, just downloading the latest roms or downloading an app only to delete a few minutes later or checking facebook. I think I could get by fine just using wifi and then the 500MB to check email or use my GPS.
Thoughts?
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Anyone here use their Nexus 5 on a prepaid cellphone plan that has no data or low data?
I am thinking about switching over to h2o's Unlimited Talk, Text and 500mb plan to save money and become less dependent on my cell phone. I find myself using about 5 GBS a month on straight talk but its nothing productive, just downloading the latest roms or downloading an app only to delete a few minutes later or checking facebook. I think I could get by fine just using wifi and then the 500MB to check email or use my GPS.
Thoughts?
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No disrespect but try to find a hobby, its just a phone
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No disrespect but try to find a hobby, its just a phone
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I think you fail to see my point. This is XDA, where we talk about phones.
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I think you fail to see my point. This is XDA, where we talk about phones.
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True, but me personaly is see no point in flashing just to flash
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True, but me personaly is see no point in flashing just to flash
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I see no point in posting just to post.
But going off your post count and the lack of relation to the thread in your posts, you would disagree... Maybe you should get a hobby
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I see no point in posting just to post.
But going off your post count and the lack of relation to the thread in your posts, you would disagree... Maybe you should get a hobby
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Oke, lets call you the winner, i don`t argue to argue. You posted to get feedback and now you don`t like what i`am saying you make it personal. Good day bro
Hi,
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Sorry but... Hobby can be phones, it depends of your point. Maybe because you are on stock non rooted (as I read if I'm not wrong) doesn't mean other users do not have their phones to test kernels, roms, tweak their phone as a hobby.
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True, but me personaly is see no point in flashing just to flash
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For testing purposes?
Like you download an app just to see or to test, you can download a rom and flash it to test, right?
That being said, for the OP, not sure a low data plan will make you less "dependent" (maybe good for money), if you have access to wifi? You can always download all the last roms via wifi
It will depend of your real use apart downloading rom, maybe it will be enough with only GPS (again it depends the frequency of use, GPS can be a huge consumer of data ) and email...
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Oke, lets call you the winner, i don`t argue to argue. You posted to get feedback and now you don`t like what i`am saying you make it personal. Good day bro
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But you didn't post relevant feedback at all. You meant complete offense and said I have no life just because I was asking about thoughts on switching to a lower costing phone plan. I don't see how that has anything to do with me having a life or not.
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But you didn't post relevant feedback at all. You meant complete offense and said I have no life just because I was asking about thoughts on switching to a lower costing phone plan. I don't see how that has anything to do with me having a life or not.
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You stated in your OP that you think you download and flash too much and you want to cutdown on your plan. If you download 5GB of data and its usefull its fine, but if you delete most of it its a waste of time. It was not my intention to say you have no life, as i don`t know you Lets keep it at this, i never attack or judge users, you can read all my posts if you want.
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That being said, for the OP, not sure a low data plan will make you less "dependent", if you have access to wifi? You can always download all the last roms via wifi
It will depend of your real use apart downloading rom, maybe it will be enough with only GPS (again it depends the frequency of use) and email...
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I mean dependent in terms of using the phone when I am out in about in public where wifi isnt available. I have no guilt about using my phone when I am sitting at home on the couch watching TV but it will deter the urge to browse the web when I am out with friends or something.
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You stated in your OP that you think you download and flash too much and you want to cutdown on your plan. If you download 5GB of data and its usefull its fine, but if you delete most of it its a waste of time. It was not my intention to say you have no life, as i don`t know you Lets keep it at this, i never attack or judge users, you can read all my posts if you want.
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Telling someone they need to find a hobby usually implies that you think someone doesn't have a life.
PS it takes literally 5 minutes to download and flash the latest nightly of cyanogemod. I am not downloading a miillion different roms each month. Just staying up to date.
edit: also and saying "no offense" before saying something offensive isn't a hall pass to say something rude.
What's the issue here "Nexus 5 on no data / low data plan." or hobbies.....let's end the hobby discussion. Thanks
Only issue I can think of is that most of the Google Now voice commands seem to require an internet connection to work.
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I am also on a limited data plan (400mb /mo) and find it kind of limiting. What i use is DS battery saver which turns off your data while your screen is off and turns it on every 30/45/60min for updates. It saves me some data and some battery so it's a win/win for me. I tend to limit my data navigation to mail/facebook and messaging apps and keep the cat gifs/videos for wifi/pc.
Another app you can try is onovo extend (it compresses the internet traffic trough their servers) but i found it a bit fiddly (never know if it's working or not and need to check it constantly) and i suspect it interferes with some apps (had a problem with my maps app but dont quote me on that).
Opera browser also compresses traffic for reduced data use.
Other than this, only your common sense and self control can bring your data use down. Being prepaid can't you buy more data anytime if you need it ?
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Anyone here use their Nexus 5 on a prepaid cellphone plan that has no data or low data?
I am thinking about switching over to h2o's Unlimited Talk, Text and 500mb plan to save money and become less dependent on my cell phone. I find myself using about 5 GBS a month on straight talk but its nothing productive, just downloading the latest roms or downloading an app only to delete a few minutes later or checking facebook. I think I could get by fine just using wifi and then the 500MB to check email or use my GPS.
Thoughts?
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I don't download much but still using 2gb a month - maybe go for 3 gig and see how that goes? 500mb is nothing nowadays.
I think unless you actually turn the data off, you'd struggle to stay under a 500GB a month allowance. Having seen what mine does on a day when I Fine really use it, id be concerned. You'd definitely need to tweak your sync settings and/or turn off data. Possibily even use opera browser or similar to compress your web pages.
Managing that plan sounds like too much of a chore
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I have a voice and text only plan using WiFi when I need the type of downloads you describe. If I want to watch videos or listen to Music I carry a Meenova OTG micoSD card reader (check the N5 accessories section) and preload the files I need. I consider most of the data plans to be a huge consumer ripoff and am not willing not shell out the bucks for a minor convenience. My comments are definitely personal choice and there are so many WiFi hot spots around the impact of not always having Internet access hasn't hit me yet.
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I have a voice and text only plan using WiFi when I need the type of downloads you describe. If I want to watch videos or listen to Music I carry a Meenova OTG micoSD card reader (check the N5 accessories section) and preload the files I need. I consider most of the data plans to be a huge consumer ripoff and am not willing not shell out the bucks for a minor convenience. My comments are definitely personal choice and there are so many WiFi hot spots around the impact of not always having Internet access hasn't hit me yet.
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I think this comes down to region too (pricing I mean).
In the UK you can get 200 minutes, 5000 texts and truly unlimited data for £12.90 a month (sim only). £15.90 if you want 600 minutes.
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Why do you have to download ROMs and apps over 3G? Don't you have wireless at home?
I can easily survive a month with 500MB, while checking my e-mail a few times a day (about 10 e-mails over 5 syncs), checking a few tens of articles over feedly and reading at least 5-10 of them, playing 8 Ball Pool (by Miniclip) at least on hour, using Waze for at least half an hour and other occasional searches. I only install apps over 3G on rare occasions (once a week at most), and when I cannot wait until I get home. And sometimes I'm wondering how could I wisely use more data, not to pile it up at the end of the month.
But that's just me...
Both me and my wife manage fine on a 250mb monthly plan. Over 3G we only need the odd update for the weather app and the usual Whatsapp photos and videos, from other family members. Whilst the photos and vids do consume most of that meagre allowance it still works out fine. The videos will get downloaded when at home and using the wi-fi connection.
Knowing that we are "restricted" on a tight data plan (but managing fine) it does tend to discipline me to no longer bother about using the phone more "frivolously", in terms of data usage, and I suppose when I'm at home I'll use my tablet or PC, much bigger screens etc.
Neither of us feel restricted in our use, and it works out much cheaper, but it does focus the attention away from the phone and the habitual data usage which was neither important nor needed.
So I've tried using the stock app and 8sms but anytime someone sends me a picture, it comes in super small and very pixelated. Sender can be an iPhone or Android. I've also noticed if someone sends me multiple photos, the last one or 2 is in black and white and not color.
Any suggestions?
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MoNsTeReNeRgY22 said:
So I've tried using the stock app and 8sms but anytime someone sends me a picture, it comes in super small and very pixelated. Sender can be an iPhone or Android. I've also noticed if someone sends me multiple photos, the last one or 2 is in black and white and not color.
Any suggestions?
Sent from my M8
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This has happened to me too and not found what causes it. I also miss some videos people send. I believe it has to do with the 1200kb max MMS can receive. Wife sent a 1800kb video and everyone got it but me. All of them on verizon, half with android and other half with iphone. Im hoping we can make that max even bigger.
droidkevlar said:
This has happened to me too and not found what causes it. I also miss some videos people send. I believe it has to do with the 1200kb max MMS can receive. Wife sent a 1800kb video and everyone got it but me. All of them on verizon, half with android and other half with iphone. Im hoping we can make that max even bigger.
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If its a phone limit, I would imagine their is some file we can edit...
MoNsTeReNeRgY22 said:
If its a phone limit, I would imagine their is some file we can edit...
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Does anyone know for a FACT the file limit size Verizon will allow it's customers to send via mms??? This would help
Taking 10 seconds out of my day found this. Seems Verizon stats that the limit is 1.2mb which is 1200k correct? So that's our limit to send and receive no matter how high we want to make the setting on the phone, network will only do this?
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http://developer.verizon.com/conten...faqs/faq-multimedia-messaging-system-mms.html
deeznuts said:
Does anyone know for a FACT the file limit size Verizon will allow it's customers to send via mms??? This would help
Taking 10 seconds out of my day found this. Seems Verizon stats that the limit is 1.2mb which is 1200k correct? So that's our limit to send and receive no matter how high we want to make the setting on the phone, network will only do this?
Scroll towards the bottom
http://developer.verizon.com/conten...faqs/faq-multimedia-messaging-system-mms.html
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If that is the case, this is weird. I can understand iOS to iOS since they use imessage but the other people in my MMS group have android, S4 to be exact and no pics turn bw or horrible res
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droidkevlar said:
If that is the case, this is weird. I can understand iOS to iOS since they use imessage but the other people in my MMS group have android, S4 to be exact and no pics turn bw or horrible res
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Yeah didn't happen on any of my Android phones before this either.
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I dont understand how more people arent stating issues with this, its bugging the crap out of me!
MoNsTeReNeRgY22 said:
I dont understand how more people arent stating issues with this, its bugging the crap out of me!
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I switched to Hangouts just for SMS and I no longer have this issue. Only thing that comes in crappy is videos from an iPhone user, but that has happened on any phone I use.
deeznuts said:
Does anyone know for a FACT the file limit size Verizon will allow it's customers to send via mms??? This would help
Taking 10 seconds out of my day found this. Seems Verizon stats that the limit is 1.2mb which is 1200k correct? So that's our limit to send and receive no matter how high we want to make the setting on the phone, network will only do this?
Scroll towards the bottom
http://developer.verizon.com/conten...faqs/faq-multimedia-messaging-system-mms.html
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I think 1.2MB is 1228.8kb
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I switched to Hangouts just for SMS and I no longer have this issue. Only thing that comes in crappy is videos from an iPhone user, but that has happened on any phone I use.
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I will look into hangouts, thanks.
I installed Textra earlier today and it seems alot better.
Was looking into this as well. I use GoSMS and the pictures from group texts are mad crappy.
I was wondering if a custom ROM would fix it but I guess not.
Anyone getting better results with another messaging app?
I am using textra and it seems to be better.
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