How do I check data usage? - G2 and Desire Z General

This may sound like a stupid question, but when I first got the G2 I was about to check my data usage, but now I forgot how. I've gone to my.t-mobile.com and I've check the My Account app. My memory has lapsed!

Checkin' the ole data stream...
Once upon a time it was #DATA#, but I don't think that is the case anymore...

You can see you're data usage on T-Mobile.com. Log into your account, click on Account Use, click on the phone line in question, then scroll down and you will see the Data section.

There are a few apps on the market that monitor usage. But I imagine they also drain the battery.
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RuncaProfundus said:
There are a few apps on the market that monitor usage. But I imagine they also drain the battery.
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Those apps only moniter when there on. So if u dont run the app all the time it wont give you the right data. But yea log into t mobile and ur see it there
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Now for another question, why is my.t-mobile.com so SLOW?

3G Watchdog is a really nice app to handle data consumption and is very lightweight on both the system and the battery. Look it up on the marketplace.
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Data: 3,754.251 / Unlimited Megabytes
BAH!! That's just minor surfing and listening to Pandora. No tethering.

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[Q] Social Networking

How often does the Social Networking app update? I can't find any options to change refresh time. Also there's no manual refresh option...
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I actually uninstalled this app using titanium backup
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inheme said:
I actually uninstalled this app using titanium backup
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That didn't answer my question. I did some self testing and came up with about 2 minutes as the time refresh rate. The app is actually quite useful as you can get all your messages in the Universal Inbox.
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It is useful if u pay for unlimited 3G connection, not my case. So i prefer to download each social network app I use and manually refresh what I want.
inheme said:
It is useful if u pay for unlimited 3G connection, not my case. So i prefer to download each social network app I use and manually refresh what I want.
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Serious? You might not like it, but there are actually people who like Blur. You like it or not, just accept and respect that please.
About the refreshing: I've been looking for it too, but that option isn't anywhere to be found. I've also found the interval for syncing social networking isn't 2 minutes for me... Longer I guess.
Manual syncing is possible, but you have to disable syncing completely for a few seconds and re-enable it. Syncing will start after this.
Not sure if it's of use, but there is the option to only update the Social Networking apps over wifi which can be found in the Data Manager section of Settings.
Cheers,
Steve
StevePritchard said:
Not sure if it's of use, but there is the option to only update the Social Networking apps over wifi which can be found in the Data Manager section of Settings.
Cheers,
Steve
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I;m not worried about sync or data cos my plan has about 250MB a month...I am planning to upgrade to 1GB a month...
just annoyed about refresh issue that's all.
250MB... that's quite small ammount. With my plan I have 2GB a month, and I'm using about 700MB out of this
Yeah. I dont download music or videos on my phone. I use my PC for that.
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the reason yours is updating so often is perhaps cuz u have quite a number of friends on ur social networks. what u can do is u can filter which updates you'd like to see from which friends. that could significantly reduce how often your blur updates itself.
another option would be to do what steve suggested....theres an option in settings where it syncs ur social networking over wifi only. that should work
the best option however is to get urself an unlimited data package. 500MB-1GB data allowance would be sufficient, but if ur heavy on skype and other data intensive apps or sights a 2GB package would be recommended.

Network and App statistics

Hey all, I've been trying to get an app that tracks what app uses how much data in the background. So far no luck, none of the apps can get the data from my streak. I'm on a O2 locked streak running DJSteves 1.9.0. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
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i hd also tried lots apps ........but none support this feature....
if u concern abt ur data usage restriction .....try software juice defender which can used to restrict data access when phone is ideal...
I use 3g watchdog pro from the market to monitor usage although it can't monitor specific apps on the streak.
I use apndroid, also from the market to turn data off and on, it has a widget for use in your launcher.
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Thanks for the replies, its not that I'm concerned with with my data usage, I would just like to know what apps use how much data and when. I'll have to email more app devs and see if I can get someone to sort this. There are apps that do this, just not with the streak so far.
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data usage monitoring

hi,
im on a rogers 100mb data plan per month. can someone tell me, how do i see how much ive used with my sgs. cant find any logs or anything that says. thx!
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still looking for a solution but am testing a few apps..
if i find anything ill update.
my next diary post should be tomrw nite.
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data manager - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mobidia.android.mdm&hl=en
the best
syamsoul said:
data manager - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mobidia.android.mdm&hl=en
the best
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this is the best
+1
i use "3g watchdog" it is very stable and accurate.
I'm also using "3G Watchdog". has always been very accurate for me. also the widget and optional statusbar-icon come in handy.
3d watchdog is awesome! thx guys! this is the one for me.
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Per app
Installed Onavo today (featured on the market) which shows the apps that are using your data as well.
Looks nice, but I'm only using it for a day now.
Therer are several good monitoring-apps, except for the ones already named you could try NetCounter and PhoneUsage. With the last one you can monitor you calls, text and data traffic.
Broken303 said:
I'm also using "3G Watchdog". has always been very accurate for me. also the widget and optional statusbar-icon come in handy.
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Last time i use watchdog , tethering is not calculated in.
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Flash ICS rom and youll have that built in
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+1 to all.
Onavo drains battery and is annoying.
SOme roms, like MIUI have a nice 3g monitor built in the OS. And a firewall. SO this will help keep the balance
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this is the best
+1
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+1 for this
syamsoul said:
Last time i use watchdog , tethering is not calculated in.
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i'm not tethering that much, but i think they fixt that with one of the last updates. not sure though.
I've been using 3G Watchdog for a while and I'm very happy with it. Alerts you when you're close to busting your cap and it can even toggle off data before you go over your limit. You can have a data usage indicator in the notification bar and as a widget, if you want, too.
note that some carriers exclude certain downloaded content, and some charge per MB rounded session etc which doesnt get taken into account with most apps
often the carrier itself has an app which tells you your account usage and can send warning message when about to reach limit. Not sure if rogers has this but worth checking out
Traffic Monitor is very accurate, gives more data (tethering, current period, current day ...), is free
but is less colorful...
Regards

Anyway to get around T Mobile's tethering monitoring

I am running Juggernaut ROM and used it to tether quite heavily this past few days. I received a text message from T Mobile telling me to sign up for their tethering plan. I think they were monitoring the amount of data usage I was using and I exceeded some limit over a certain time frame. Is there anyway around this? Previously I only tethered for a few hours at most. Thanks.
No way around it
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Google how to change the user agent on your internet browser. The T-mobile upsell page only shows up when it detects you're using a desktop browser via the user agent. Try tethering to a tablet or Google Chrome with the user agent set to Firefox and it works fine even after they send you the message saying your tethering is blocked.
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sffish said:
I am running Juggernaut ROM and used it to tether quite heavily this past few days. I received a text message from T Mobile telling me to sign up for their tethering plan. I think they were monitoring the amount of data usage I was using and I exceeded some limit over a certain time frame. Is there anyway around this? Previously I only tethered for a few hours at most. Thanks.
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Use the wifi tether root app I've been using it since day one and never got in trouble
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Wow i tether for 2 months my PC my xbox and everything and tmobile said nothing ;D
so what, they cannot prove it, I used to tether 5gb a month with horrible Sprint and got a few notices as well.
fastfed said:
so what, they cannot prove it, I used to tether 5gb a month with horrible Sprint and got a few notices as well.
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They can prove it actually they can see the mac address of every device on their network and they know if a device using their network isn't a phone or isn't one of their phones
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The quick workaround for the tether monitor upsell is to use a VPN... You can use a free service (I use VPN Reactor) or a paid service (such as StrongVPN).
To find and setup VPN Reactor, use HTTPS://www.google.com to perform a search... VPN Reactor is a secure (HTTPS) site and the upsell notice will not appear (which you might have noticed when checking any other secure site, such as GMail).
I hope this helps those looking for a solution to the tether upsell notice.
Idk if this is possible but using cm9 and aokp I have had no problems with tethering, and from what I have been reading perhaps aosp derivative roms don't have this issue?
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No problems here using the native tethering app.......haven't had any messages or run ins with the upsell page. BTW I'm using FIREFOX on my laptop with some add-ons.
I opened titanium backup and froze "tethering manager" and now I can tether for free.
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schquigly said:
I opened titanium backup and froze "tethering manager" and now I can tether for free.
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They still know you're doing it.
I got this same text message from TMobile, even though they recommended getting a tethering plan I didn't and they said I wouldn't be able to tether anymore.
To this day I'm still tethering, so I don't believe they can do anything to stop the tethering if you are on a custom ROM.
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thatkidfades said:
I got this same text message from TMobile, even though they recommended getting a tethering plan I didn't and they said I wouldn't be able to tether anymore.
To this day I'm still tethering, so I don't believe they can do anything to stop the tethering if you are on a custom ROM.
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I dunno what they can do about it. Maybe charge you? Maybe shut down your data completely? Who knows
Wow I had just rooted my cousins phone and came across this issue as he got two text messages briefly after tethering.
download Logging Test App and the pro key off the market, gets rid of CIQ in juggs and not to mention makes the phone run like its ass is on fire... just be sure to run threw everything, and try not to brick yourself.... and if you don't backup and loose your os.. i just might die laughing
after running this i no longer got thoes nasty " we know your tethering " texts
Edit: i forgot to post the link lol http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17612559
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I opened titanium backup and froze "tethering manager" and now I can tether for free.
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No, you cant. Freezing that does not somehow hide your tethering data usage
BTW TMo will be stopping free tethering with ICS: http://support.t-mobile.com/thread/25504?start=0&tstart=0
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...e-tethering-if-you-ever-had-it-to-begin-with/
http://androidcommunity.com/t-mobiles-free-tethering-ends-with-ics-upgrades-20120515/
blackangst said:
No, you cant. Freezing that does not somehow hide your tethering data usage
BTW TMo will be stopping free tethering with ICS: http://support.t-mobile.com/thread/25504?start=0&tstart=0
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...e-tethering-if-you-ever-had-it-to-begin-with/
http://androidcommunity.com/t-mobiles-free-tethering-ends-with-ics-upgrades-20120515/
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yeah, you've got to get rid of tethering manager completely.... in other words find a rom that doesn't need it!
TMo can stop you from tethering if they want to, It's just a balance of the expected revenue gain and the likely backlash. If a nasty message accomplishes one without the other, it's a no brainer.
If you are rooted on a custom rom from the development section most likely you shouldn't receive any messages. That doesn't mean they aren't tracking your data. You will be throttled to 60kbs when you've reached the limit. For most people that's 2 or 5 gigs of data. There used to be a work around for the throttle but it's been patched.
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[Q] Facebook sapping all my battery

I have disabled GPS, and gone into my location access settings and ensured that facebook cannot make use of my GPS, but for some reason the app is taking 71% of my battery. When I click to see more details on the facebook app, I can see that under GPS in "use details" it says 1d 6h 48m (the same time my device has been on for).
If I have disabled GPS, and even force quit Facebook, how can it be taking up so much of my battery?
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I have disabled GPS, and gone into my location access settings and ensured that facebook cannot make use of my GPS, but for some reason the app is taking 71% of my battery. When I click to see more details on the facebook app, I can see that under GPS in "use details" it says 1d 6h 48m (the same time my device has been on for).
If I have disabled GPS, and even force quit Facebook, how can it be taking up so much of my battery?
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its a crappy app, uninstall it, youll be happier. use the browser for facebook.
First rule for android: Don't install Facebook app
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i use the facebook app with no issues...
Uninstall and reinstall?
Also you can use the data usage setting to disable background data by specific apps.
uninstall and never ever go back to Facebook?
that's going to take care of the problem.
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Get rid of it lol
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Use browser..it eats recourses like crazy for nothing and its slower then using browser..i just live it in mu phone for push notification
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Go into manage app's and turn off notifications from Facebook I noticed that helps a lot
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The browser is 10× faster than the app, without this "oh something went wrong" .. Even with this "better" update..
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fushla said:
The browser is 10× faster than the app, without this "oh something went wrong" .. Even with this "better" update..
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Yeah the up date was a joke it still sucks just now it sucks with more speed
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Really?
I've never had a problem with the facebook app, on my S3 or Nexus7. I can easily get over a full day on both. Twitter too. Have you tried a different app? Like Seemic?

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