I recently moved from a Galaxy Note 2 to this great looking phone. However I noticed that it is using a lot more data than my previous device. Upon looking into my device's data using with an app called 'Callistics', i noticed that an app called "MMI TEST 2" was on number one of my data usage apps (about 60Mb daily) next to Ingress. Using a different data usage tracking app (My Data Manager) I noticed that an app called "Keyguard" was using the same ammount of data as MMI TEST 2. Perhaps these are one and the same thing? But why would a Keyguard app or MMI TEST 2 app use up so much mobile data? What is it sending or receiving? I have no way of finding this out. All I managed to figure out was that these were pre installed system apps. I asked Huawei support on this but they are yet to get back to me on these apps. Still, it smells fishy. I cannot help but being suspicious about the behaviour of these apps since my last device running the same android version 4.4.2 did not have this issue, so it's not something that the system 'needs' in order to run. Can someone here verify this? Or better yet, tell me what these apps are actually doing? Thanks!
there ppl still watching data these days ?? .. ive got unlimited internet..
MMI TEST 2 is not using any data or battery on my L09, this system app is used by manufacturers to test the hardware components.
When you go to the "secret menu" from the phone application..
"Manufacture test of the internal components.
You can chek the main components(lcd,keys,sound,etc) if they are working properly."
You have to know the MMI codes of the Mate 7 to use it ...
This is really strange. Here is a screenshot of the suspicious apps activity.
Here you can see MMI Test 2 using 42Mb data in one day according to Callistics (I had to remove the image since I need at least 10 posts to be able to post images)
And according to "My Data Manager" (pre installed on many Samsung phones) the app Keyguard used 51Mb in one day. (I had to remove the image since I need at least 10 posts to be able to post images)
So I rooted my phone and installed Avast. Using it's firewall I blocked all network access to both Keyguard and MMI Test 2. After that those two apps no longer use any data but now a new app (com.fingerprints.service) has consumed my data while I was asleep (83Mb).
Why the frack would a system app for fingerprints use my network data? What is it sending / receiving? And why does this app show up as number one data consumption AFTER I blocked the other two?
As you can see, there is no reason for me NOT to be paranoid here. Too bad there is no Cyanogenmod for this device yet, I would have installed it in a heartbeat....I really wish I could find out what those apps are doing...
Try installing a packet sniffer app and trace the IP address which your phone frequently receives/transmits packets to and from.
blitzkriegger said:
Try installing a packet sniffer app and trace the IP address which your phone frequently receives/transmits packets to and from.
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Yah check/downl. app which shows upload bandwidth in real time ..
I COMPLETELY AVOIDING crappy custom ROMs long time ago from UNKNOWN persons here they think they can make ****ty ROM which easy to make but ALWAYS doesn't working properly ! Their (maybe no all of them) purpose is to GOD KNOWS what maybe spy on ppl they has maybe their own service which shows nicely all your SD card or internal memory .. and browsing happily in your phone !
U don't know these days what to expect really ...
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Anyone know of an app that monitors individual apps net connect? I use 3g Watchdog but would like to know what apps are using the net and how much?
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Lee
I've noticed my Android phone is gobbling data a lot faster than my Blackberry ever did. I'd like to know what's eating it as well.
I know the Blackberry is a lesser experience, but I've burned through half of my data cap in a week.
I've now resorted to just disabling data unless I need to use it, but it would be nice to know if there is one app, or a few apps that are chewing through it that I don't need to be running.
"Phone Usage" is what you should be looking for in android market! Droidwall is another app that will allow you to explicitly enable/disable certain apps from accessing data on your phone!
Try spare parts, there's a battery management option that'll show you data usage, gps usage, partial wake lock and cpu usage. if it shows a UID in place of the app you just need a app identifier to tell you what that uid is.
Biggest thing I found using it was dolphin browser had a huge data leak even after closing it through exit causing massive battery loss on my phone
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"Phone Usage" is what you should be looking for in android market! Droidwall is another app that will allow you to explicitly enable/disable certain apps from accessing data on your phone!
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Droidwall requires root access though. I am trying Phone Usage now next to Network Monitor (which does not monitor seperate apps) cause I am wondering if Network Monitor catches everything (Provider says I am using more...)
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Droidwall requires root access though. I am trying Phone Usage now next to Network Monitor (which does not monitor seperate apps) cause I am wondering if Network Monitor catches everything (Provider says I am using more...)
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Ugh..I meant to "quote" you and accidently "thanked" you. So..thanks?
Anyways, I have PhoneUsage, which is useful for showing how the data is spread across your phone, and shows the top apps. However, I don't think it shows individual apps..only the top hogs.
3g watchdog PRO does monitor individual apps also. This is one of the extra features on the pro version
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You can also try ZDBox.
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Thanks for all the replies. Now to track down the source of my issues.
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Thanks for all the replies. Now to track down the source of my issues.
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this might be useful. Although it's more on applications that are not closed properly or running on its own..
You can identify the problem by looking at your CPU usage.. if you have application showing and the cpu is high. probably, the problem lies on the program.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=967686
Hello. I am also looking for an app that monitors individual installed app network usage (3G or WiFi) in a real time sense (graphically or text based).
There are several utilities that monitor apps individually (3g Watchdog, Network Counter, NetworkTraffic Stats, OS Monitor) but nothing I've found offers a real time showing of individual apps the way that some apps show real time network usage of the OS.
Some show hourly tracking and some will refresh and show slight changes, but for real time tracking purposes (what the heck is consistently sending data *right now*), these are not as helpful.
Some background: for the past few days, my Vibrant would only get 3-4 hours of uptime, way down from the 8-12 I'm used to. I then noticed that my 3G connectivity was always on in both directions and I wanted to know exactly which app(s) was constantly transmitting. With the hourly monitoring, I had to wait, and I might have missed it. With the constant refreshing utility, the changes were so miniscule and not sorted by actively transmitting apps that it was counter productive to search that way.
Again, I'm not looking for one of the many utilities than do real time monitoring of the total network traffic, but real time network monitoring of the individual apps.
If anyone knows of any app that can do this, assistance would be really appreciated.
Thank you!
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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My wife got a Skyrocket in December and as of January 18, it started sending a TON of data. I'm talking GBs at a time. The first night it sent 4GB and thereafter it's 500MB-1.5GB here and there. Obviously this is busting our extra gigabyte purchases pretty quickly.
I've installed a couple of per-app monitoring applications. TrafficStats allowed me to show system applications and filter to network data only. It shows the data was sent (not received) in the total, but doesn't attribute it to any application. Right now it's over 731MB but the Gmail app, which has used the most, is at 31MB.
It seems to happen whether or not Wifi is enabled and connected. Turning packet data off does stop the traffic.
What can I do to figure out when this is? I have ADB working and root access, but not sure how to go about seeing which app is doing this.
Thanks!
I m guessing its CIQ that's sends this much ****ttttttttt so just disable ciq and it will hopefully stop sending!!!!!
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My wife got a Skyrocket in December and as of January 18, it started sending a TON of data. I'm talking GBs at a time. The first night it sent 4GB and thereafter it's 500MB-1.5GB here and there. Obviously this is busting our extra gigabyte purchases pretty quickly.
I've installed a couple of per-app monitoring applications. TrafficStats allowed me to show system applications and filter to network data only. It shows the data was sent (not received) in the total, but doesn't attribute it to any application. Right now it's over 731MB but the Gmail app, which has used the most, is at 31MB.
It seems to happen whether or not Wifi is enabled and connected. Turning packet data off does stop the traffic.
What can I do to figure out when this is? I have ADB working and root access, but not sure how to go about seeing which app is doing this.
Thanks!
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I removed CIQ via the commands here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399429&highlight=remove+ciq
We'll see if that helps. Would CIQ really transfer gigabytes at a time? Is it sending real-time video back to AT&T in addition to keylogging??
If anyone else has a good tool to monitor the traffic I'd still be interested.
Download / Install "My Data Manager" (free) from Market.. it will show every app/service using data, wifi... and how much.
Unfortunately I'm having a problem finding any apps that support AT&T LTE interface monitoring.
I can, however, see some traffic flying by on tcpdump over adb (on rmnet_sdio0 which I think is the mobile interface). But there's no way to tell which app it's coming from.
download "Data Usage Defender" its the best data/wifi monitoring. It tells you exactly what apps sent and received how much data, over what network 3G/4G/Wifi, it monitors and can cut off your data connection to a pre-set limit you chose, it also gives you realtime speed from a little windows under your status bar. I've had it, but since i have 10Gb of data and NEVER go over i uninstalled it
Thanks! Data Usage Defender seems pretty great, and was able to catch all the traffic. I just watched the 'Email' app send 50MB in about 45 seconds while receivinf 4.4kb.
Now to figure out why...or just uninstall email and switch entirely to the gmail app. Has anyone else experienced this?
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.
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I have strange behavior of my wife phone... From 2-3 month I see on her bill it something use 1KB of data per minute. Our local phone provider count it as 100KB. So its mean whole 500MB package was consumed for 2days.
My question is, Do you know application or way how to determine what consume internet for 1KB per min?.
Strange is, when my wife phone is at home, should use WIFI but in same time mobile data is still used...
Please help me with this. Any hint will be helpful
Thanks!
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Hi All
I have strange behavior of my wife phone... From 2-3 month I see on her bill it something use 1KB of data per minute. Our local phone provider count it as 100KB. So its mean whole 500MB package was consumed for 2days.
My question is, Do you know application or way how to determine what consume internet for 1KB per min?.
Strange is, when my wife phone is at home, should use WIFI but in same time mobile data is still used...
Please help me with this. Any hint will be helpful
Thanks!
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You can use this app: My Data Manager to check what apps are using the most data and how much have you used already.
Anyways if the phone is connected to wifi it will NEVER use mobile data while it's connected.
Wifi off = Data will be used
Wifi on and not connected = Data will be used
Wifi on and connected = Data will not be used
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You can use this app: My Data Manager to check what apps are using the most data and how much have you used already.
Anyways if the phone is connected to wifi it will NEVER use mobile data while it's connected.
Wifi off = Data will be used
Wifi on and not connected = Data will be used
Wifi on and connected = Data will not be used
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hmm strange. I installed "Onavo count" app and I see that "Android OS" use background data. Something like 90KB (for me 90KB is mean 9MB because is used 1KB for one minute and for all 1KB my internet provider rounded to 100KB). And during this time my phone was connected to WiFi but Onavo show me that this 90KB was used from my mobile package and on online bill I see that is true.
I tried to disable background data for this "Android OS" but it is not possible and only possible is to global disable. I disabled it for few application and tomorrow I will se what will hapend. Anyone know how to disable background data only for "Android OS"?? My wife have Sony Xperia Z1 Compact Adroid version: 5.1.1
Thanks!
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hmm strange. I installed "Onavo count" app and I see that "Android OS" use background data. Something like 90KB (for me 90KB is mean 9MB because is used 1KB for one minute and for all 1KB my internet provider rounded to 100KB). And during this time my phone was connected to WiFi but Onavo show me that this 90KB was used from my mobile package and on online bill I see that is true.
I tried to disable background data for this "Android OS" but it is not possible and only possible is to global disable. I disabled it for few application and tomorrow I will se what will hapend. Anyone know how to disable background data only for "Android OS"?? My wife have Sony Xperia Z1 Compact Adroid version: 5.1.1
Thanks!
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Is that device rooted? If yes then you can easily limit anything using AFWall+
It's available on Play Store.
unfortunately it isnt rooted
the_blade said:
unfortunately it isnt rooted
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Then I highly doubt you would be able to restrict something like "Android OS"...
Maybe you should consider rooting...
the_blade said:
unfortunately it isnt rooted
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NoRoot Firewall - It creates a VPN that can block connections/apps you want. Does not work for LTE as of the time of posting this, but the developer is working on that.
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NoRoot Firewall - It creates a VPN that can block connections/apps you want. Does not work for LTE as of the time of posting this, but the developer is working on that.
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oooo this apps looks nice I hope i will find this stupid apps who consume whole data package of my wife
Thanks!
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oooo this apps looks nice I hope i will find this stupid apps who consume whole data package of my wife
Thanks!
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You're welcome!
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Just to add to this, my 'firewall' of choice is Opera Max. You can selectively block certain apps altogether, and it works to compress data on many apps. Apps that don't work well for data compression are things like SnapChat and streaming, in my experience.
Just an idea in case you're not happy with the above firewall mentioned or would want to save data in other places (note, you cannot use more than one firewall at a time due to only one being allowed to monitor the VPN)