Different gmail sync schedules? - myTouch 3G, Magic General

I have a plan that allows me to use unlimited data between 17-08 and in the weekends, but during daytime I pay per megabyte, so I wonder if there is a solution to have multiple schedules where I check gmail only once an hour during daytime, and more often during nights and weekends?

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[Q] Data Usage ???

I have the 200mb plan because I rarely need internet when I am in my car or out somewhere (I am just forced to sign up for a data plan obviously).
I was wondering what uses the most data from my apps? Is it the GPS(if I use it for getting directions) Is it e-mail?
I've just looked up my data usage and I have 7mb taken out of my 200mb on 12/31. I remember I was out with my wife and checked my e-mail and refreshed tweetdeck. I can't imagine that would suck 7MBs of data, would it?
Dodolom said:
I have the 200mb plan because I rarely need internet when I am in my car or out somewhere (I am just forced to sign up for a data plan obviously).
I was wondering what uses the most data from my apps? Is it the GPS(if I use it for getting directions) Is it e-mail?
I've just looked up my data usage and I have 7mb taken out of my 200mb on 12/31. I remember I was out with my wife and checked my e-mail and refreshed tweetdeck. I can't imagine that would suck 7MBs of data, would it?
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Google maps would use alot of data since its downloading the map data and directions. 7 megs a day is easy to get to considering when you are syncing up to email, maps, and market.
When it checks for email, even if there is no new email, data is still used. The phone sends out a request to the email server asking if there is any new email. If nothing new is there, nothing else is downloaded. But there was still data sent over the internet to find out. Going into the market, it has to download icons, app descriptions, review info. Go onto a web page, all the content of that web page is downloaded like html, css, images, javascript, just to name some.

why does android uses so much data????

I am currently using the nexus hd2 rom. I have 150 mb of data monthly and all i use it for is messaging such as ebuddy, whatsapp and liveprofile. I used 2 weeks of data for instant messaging everyday for about 7 hours a days and my service provider says i've used up all 150 mb. Do instant messaging take up that much data?????????
Dont't have good explanation why, probably lots of apps calling home on their own, it would be good to find some app for monitoring data usage per app. What I do to keep withing limits is set most of the apps to sync only over WiFi (if there's such option) and no more then once per day plus lock all the rest with DroidWall and LBE. Pluse some widget for monitoring data usage (like DroidStats).

[Q] Data usage.

How aboute the data usage of phone 7?
Does it stil use large amounts or is this solved with one of the updates?
Can't really find a clear answer.
not noticed it being high, but then i never did, perhaps some more anti windows phone FUD going around?
Make sure you switch off the automatic e-mail checking, location and hub updates. The People hub will not update until you actually open it, but then keep in mind: if you have Windows Live, Facebook, Google etc, they will all update once you open the hub - the pictures, status updates, messages and so on will eat your data. Set your e-mails to be checked manually. Disable reporting services.
Thanks for the info. I checked with my provider today and found out that i have 1gig limit, so i don't think it's a real problem.
thjansen said:
How aboute the data usage of phone 7?
Does it stil use large amounts or is this solved with one of the updates?
Can't really find a clear answer.
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Hey, i have:
1x exchange mailbox sync (mail, contacts,calendar...) - 15min check
1x gmail acc - only mail - hourly check
weather set to update every hour
set up all sync (fb, twetter, linked in)
WiFi mostly off (save battery) when not needed.
Data usage ranges from 90-150MB/month.

Possible solution for surprisingly high data usage

I'm on a data plan with 1GB/month on my Galaxy SII. Recently, I discovered that my "credit" was shrinking incredibly fast, sometimes by multiple hundred MB a day. First I thought I might have downloaded a big game or app that day, but these high drops did not stop so I finally started to look for a solution.
I downloaded a data tracking app and tried to find out which app it was that downloaded so much data.
Finally, I found out that the pre-installed (Samsung) Mails app caused the problem. At every try to receive mails (which I had set to an automatic interval of 15 minutes), the app downloaded between 20 and 100 MB. It seemed like logging into one of my email accounts failed, but the app kept trying for multiple times et each sync.
Finally I set up an automatic redirection of new mails of all my accounts to one gmail account on the email provider's web site, deleted all email accounts from the preinstalled (Samsung) email client and I am now using the preinstalled gmail app, which works fine.
Now, my 1GB is enough for the month, again.
I hope this helps anyone with similar problems.
U could have simply disabled the sync... And when ever u want u could simply refresh the mail....
Prashanthme said:
U could have simply disabled the sync... And when ever u want u could simply refresh the mail....
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Yeah, but every refresh would have been 20-100MB again vs some KB now...
1word droidwall
Download only headers and limit each mail to 20kb or so. I use K9 and Touchdown for my mails . As previous post, get a Firewall to monitor and block unwanted programs using up your data connection.

Email used 4GB of data in 4 days?

I haven't had this problem before, though for some reason my email decided to use a ridiculous amount of data in 4 days, I'm not sure why and I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem. I haven't changed anything since I got the phone. The settings are to check every 15 minutes in the background for new email. For now, I've restricted the background data, but I'm wondering why this happened. Any ideas?
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Did you figure out what happened ?
My wife today got data usage warning and it showed 3GB of data used by email from Feb 4-6.
I put data restriction on the phone and will call provider tomorrow to see if the can cut off data if it reaches certain number.
Thank god we have 6gb monthly or there would be some insane bill to pay.
Wow... Wtf lol. That's crazy.
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toyopl said:
Did you figure out what happened ?
My wife today got data usage warning and it showed 3GB of data used by email from Feb 4-6.
I put data restriction on the phone and will call provider tomorrow to see if the can cut off data if it reaches certain number.
Thank god we have 6gb monthly or there would be some insane bill to pay.
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You can always set a warning and also set a limit on your android phone so it doesn't use up all your data or go over. It's extremely helpful.
Also, check your data usage through your carrier first. It's possible that the phone may have calculated the data wrong (could be a bug or something).
Third, if it has really really used 4gb of your data then it maybe because you synced all your emails and while syncing all the emails, it may have amounted to 3-4GB (which doesn't seem possible to me). Good luck!
what sort of email is it? pop3 or is it an online system (hotmail, gmail, yahoo)
if you set it up for IMAP or some sort of setting to sync your entire online based mailbox with your phone it could easily bring in that much data... after years I finally cleaned out my gmail and am back down to only using 2GB haha
Isn't syncing with email done when you setup new email account ?
The phone worked fine for 2 months and this happened all of a sudden without adding any new additional email aco****s.
Could it be you got emails with large attachments like photos or pdf files? If photos are not resized they can easily run over 3 MB a piece. Same thing with pdf files they can be huge.
Sounds to me like another Auto-Sync funjob. When my girlfriend got her old HTC, it plastered 450mb in just 3 days syncing only e-mail. If I was you, I'd turn it off. Auto-Sync that is. Unless you desperately need it sync'd then I don't see the harm in simply opening the app and clicking refresh
When you first set up your email account on your mobile device, make sure next time you sync your mail via wifi. If the image download button is check under settings, un-check it.
That's ridiculous, I'm on my email every day, pandora for hours, youtube constantly, and amazon mp3 cloud, and have only used 550MB since January 31st.
Sinfamy said:
That's ridiculous, I'm on my email every day, pandora for hours, youtube constantly, and amazon mp3 cloud, and have only used 550MB since January 31st.
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I won't disagree that that is a crazy amount of data use... I'm almost done with my first month on the tmobile $30 plan (5gb) and dispite downloading a few movies via torrent, a good bit of netflix and hulu, LOTS of pandora and streaming music from my google and i'm right around 4gb so far after trying to kill all 5gb...
Well sinfamy, it all depends how much you use it. I can say that in 2 days, according to my device data usage I've used 728mb of data.

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