Can someone explain me why Android OS uses so much data? I have most of my apps disabled and I also turned off background data usage for most of the apps. But data usage on 4g is 20 times more than on Wi-Fi. How to fix it?
P.S location and sync are off too
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I know about '3g watchdog' - which monitors data usage.
but I need an app which monitor time used. Here (thailand) I can buy hours of data usage time, and not by data usage data size.
any1 know an app which does this? I use juicedefender to auto turn off/on data usage, but need an app which sums upp the time for when edge/3g has been on.
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.
Hello everyone,
Let me explain you my situation: I'm on Nexus 6P on the latest Marshmallow. My provider currently has a a new offer: I can use Facebook, Viber and Whatsapp for free without limits (any other app usage will cost me money). So naturally I downloaded AFWall+ and blocked all apps besides Facebook, Messenger and Viber and I also turned on "Restrict Background Data". Now the problem is that after doing this, Android OS is still using some of my data (which enables a standard data plan for 1 day, which costs me money). I tried disabling sync, data backup, but something is still using background data under Android OS (I attached a picture from data collection, I wiped all the previous data usage, so it is showing data usage from like 5 minutes).
So is there a way of how to completely disable background data while on cellular network (not wifi)?
If needed I can provide extra information, thanks in advance
through settings change
In setting app you can choose accounts &s ync , there disable background data is shown .just tick it and done.
So yeah. Title says it all. This is also draining my battery, as on data the phone consumes about 1.5%/hr, compared to 0.7 on WiFi. Google Photos set to backup on WiFi only, so that shouldnt be the problem.
Bump. Does no one have any solutions?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/help/android-android-os-using-50-battery-life-t3327104/
Hi, have the HTC One M8 running the 5.1.1 Cynide L Rom. Recently my ISP warned me, that I had used 600MB of traffic in a few hours, I was asked to pay 264.-€ for exceeding my mobile data plan. The shock led me to check my data usage and I was horrified to see that over the last months my HTC Android OS had been draining 17-21 GB per month of online data traffic in "background data", which also kills my fixed line traffic quota. I have 2 other Android devices which do not show this issue.
This is more than a nuisance, it costs me real money,and I have to repair that. Anybody have any ideas, what on earth is happening in the "Android OS background"?
I have checked for viruses and bots, I have switched off background data and I have installed AFWall to disable those unwanted downloads. But of course if I disable internet access or the OS, my smartphone is barely functional. So I am desperately looking for another solution.