Hey, guys.
I am about to sign up a new contract with my carrier, but I am in doubt... I hesitate between two post-paid programs.
1. The first one has 1500 minutes on the same network and only 30 minutes included for calls to numbers in different network. It has unlimited data with 1GB on maximum speed (HSDPA) and after that, speed drops to 128 kbps.
2. The second one has 300 minutes/month to any network in my country or numbers from International zone 1 (USA, Canada...).30 minutes out of the 300 can be used roaming in the EU. All this is great, as I never use more than 300 mins/month. The downside, however is that there are only 300 MB on maximum speed included and when they are gone, the speed drops to 64 kbps (and I don't even know how slow this is - what can you do at this speed... is it enough for Viber, skype calls and stuff like this, how long would an average webpage load at this speed...)
So, guys, help me out here. How many megabytes/month do you use and what do you use them for?
I am goiung to need it for Viber calls, rarely skype calls, corporate exchange server e-mail, Beautiful widgets home widget with weather updates every hour, medium web browsing... I do have very fast wifi connections at home and work, but if I need to travel, I need to be able to rely on my data connection, as my work depends on good internet (I am a support specialist - use e-mail, skype, phone and often VNC or Remote desktop.)
What would you recommend, and how much data/month are you using?
Thanks
As for my usage, its around 900-1000 MB/month.
Use it for e-mails, some video streaming, normal internet usage, app updates from play store,social netwrk updates, weather updates & navigation too sometimes. But I rely on the mobile network only and never use the wi-fi.
As for the bandwidth, 64kbps is way too slow for skype calls or viber calls. Though it won't affect exchanging e-mails and webpages will take a little longer to load.
On mobile - 1000MB for light browsing, navigation, play store and some emails on 2g speed
On tablet - 3000 MB for emails, vedios, browsing, downloading ROMs, internet radios on 3g speed
On laptop - Unlimited used for downloading movies, games and other stuff on 2 mbps speed
I use 300 mb just for sinc and social networks,wheater,etc. For the rest i use my WiFi connection.
Sent from my Defy with Android 4.0.4
normally i use 50-200MB per month without wifi, mostly for syncing and 2-3 google navigation. I have contract with 100MB fast, then 56kbit.
56kbit is enough for google navigation. Browsing with 56kbit and android browser is very slow, a bit better with opera turbo.
Eg. for this site i had with android browser 4.0.4
with wifi=11s
with 3g=20s
with 2g edge=3m50s
Haha, i have the midget data plan at max of 50mb at high speed HSDPA (when it works on my defy anyway )
I have a very cheap plan though, as I dont use much data on the go.
Also, Auris, where can I fix this data stuff?
Cheers :laugh:
I used about 200mb on my old phone, about 500-600mb on my defy, up to 2gb when my home net was down...
Email, news and weather, xda, google searches, play store updates, facebook, ... I use my phone on 3g or wifi don't care... apart from download of videos, music, cm9 nightly etc I wait for wifi.
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Ive only had my X1 for 5 weeks and just checked my account online before I go away for Xmas and Ive used 14 and a half megs !! £35 on my Orange racoon tarrif, I dont have a data plan.
Ive only played around with google maps and used Opera and IE a couple of times just to try them and updated the weather a couple of times a day, (how much data can that take), oh' and tested the modem capability for my pc when my BB went down for a couple of hours ( turned off images and animations and videos beforehand), (very good by the way). I prefer Opera mini and always use it normaly for its low bandwidth. No more IE or Opera use on my phone thank you. !!
Carefull if you are on a non data plan or you will get a shock like me !
14mb over 5 weeks is nothing. I regularly do around 50mb a day, and that's pretty light usage IMO.
Right you go online quite often. I installed No data, so I can say when to go online. You may also use Adcanced Config to set this. Then you have control.
if you want to shut off data connections download a handy tool called NoData. You can manually make sure that it does not connect to gprs anymore, great foor people without internet in their contract
google maps takes quite a bit of data. You can see it in the corner when it is loading. It often says +-200kb when it`s downloading.
Use the program NoData and deactivate your data connection with it if you want to have control over your data connection.
Hi,
my mobile service provider sent me a bill, wich contains 6GB data transfer (and I have no flat-rate). I'm 100% shure, that I didn't caused that data traffic.
Are there log-files for data transfers at the Touch HD device? I used the "standard" ROM with no traffic manager installed.
Thanks for you help.
Regards
hqqh
hi, as far as i am aware, there is no inbuilt logs of data transfer
but 6GB?!?!?!?!? what on earth have you been doing with your device? using it as a modem for a desktop pc???? downloading loads of video on it?
i thought i was pretty having at surfing, emailing (no attachments thats just silly) etc etc and i dont get through my allowance of 500MB per month
seems an awful lot of data transfer, if you are not sure you've used this up, then i would challenge your service provider
an idea of data usage is here:
http://online.vodafone.co.uk/dispat...fpb=true&_pageLabel=template09&pageID=MB_0005
but also consider that this is a 3g usb stick for a full size pc, the data usage on a pda should be considerably less for the same sort of usage as you are less likely to have such big files going back and forth
i used that to guestimate that to use 6gb you must have.....
surfed for 5 hours daily, sent 30 emails daily, downloaded 100 mp3 each month, downloaded 50 high res pics each month and downloaded 4 movies each month
that or youve been watching shed loads of streaming porn!
seriously, its not unknown for service providers to get their data billing wrong.....
just a thought, you havent got it setup as a mobile hotspot or something?
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Hi,
thanks for you answer.
I don't use the HD as modem or mobile internet device. Only if I have a wlan connection, I check my emails or some news pages!
This 6GB download should be taken place at one day according to the bill. If you take the theoretical download speed of 7,2MBit/sec this should have taken about 2 hours. But I this under real conditions a bandwidth of 7,2MBit/sec * 0,5 or 0,3 --> I should have downloaded or streamed 5 - 7 hours.
So my plan is to do not pay for these 6GB (580€) and then the moblie service provider has to check the technical equipment. Hopefully there is an error .
Does someone has experience with not correct bills?
Regards
hqqh
i had an incorrect bill, hence my reply
i told them what you are saying basically... that i could not have shifted that much data overnight while i was asleep (i cant remember how much it was now, several hundred MB i think.... which while possible i knew i did not do due to the times the data was transferred.... that was with the HTC Charmer which didnt havent wifi so couldnt have been hacked over wifi somehow (bluetooth was permantly off and unless you were stood outside my front door, you would connect via BT anyway)
they didnt argue and credited my bill
as you are talking about 580euros, then persoanlly i would put a block on the direct debit or however you pay your bill to make sure they dont take the payment then challenge them... this action could mean you breach your contract though
what ever you do dont just not pay them and wait for them to contact you... i would ring your service provider now if i was you
I do a lot of browsing and I often watch a few YouTube videos each month and I've never really gone over 1GB, so something very strange must have happened for that much data to have been used, especially if you don't even browse the web or anything.
Can they deliver to you a detailed bill with when you have downloaded these 6gb.
I use internet access alot, and I reach my 5OOmb limit only one month over 12. It was when I have used alot poping email with big attached files.
You said you that you sometimes alless the net on wifi. But are you sure that you are using only wifi and not gprs.
The best solution for you for the future is to deactivate gprs data access. You will find tools to do it like HDTweak or others.
Hi, this is my first post here so be kind
Tomorrow, I will be a proud (hopefully) owner of an x10, and the plan I am going on allows either 250 or 500mb Internet a month, not sure which one. I have some questions about Timescape:
1. How much data does Timescape use? - updating, opening tiles etc.
2. Can you set Timescape to update only when you open it?
Next two are just other questions:
3. Does Mediascape use the Internet, for online photos, or does it take them from Timescape?
4. How much data would be used if I left 3G on throughout the day?
Thank you if anyone has answers to these questions.
- a very excited, but confused x10 buyer.
wow, those are some tough questions to answer.
and i don't think any of us can answer that for you.
data usage depends on the person.
you can however set timescape to never update until you launch it. but other than that, i have no idea how much data it uses.
mediascape will use some data but this depends on your setting. if you link your facebook account for example, you can view those pictures and i think that uses data.
i would suggest wifi access for your data needs and switch to 3G ONLY if you know you don't have wifi access available.
i've used over 2.7 gigs of data in my first month wth an android phone. i browse the web, youtube, emails, upload photos, twitter, facebook, qik, ustream, send mms and blog from my phone.
Hm, ok.
I don't currently have wi-fi access at home, but will be getting it pretty soon. From then, I will only use 3G outside of home, where no wi-fi is available. I'm thinking of 3G as a "last resort" almost.
Wow 2.7 gigs? I wouldn't be using my x10 for that much, just browsing, twitter and facebook really. I won't be spending very long on Youtube, maybe a few videos now and then. Thanks for the reply though!
Edit: just another question - does 3G come on once you open Internet, or is set to stay on all the time?
Hi generally if you've got 3G on.. it's on all the time from what I've seen - I've used.. and then stopped using.. and then started using again.... an app called juice defender, which switches off the APN (3G and 2G).. to save juice (and also data I suppose!)
Does it not use up data if it's kept on all the time though? Or is it only if you start using apps which use the Internet? Do any background tasks use data?
As you can tell, I'm very inquisitive.
I've seen other say that the phone still uses data when it's off.. but that's probably all of the various widgets and apps etc updating... Best thing I can suggest it to download a network traffic monitor and see what it shows you..
Firstly, if I were you now who is planning on buying a new phone, I would certainly wait for iPhone 4G or the Nexus two or Motorola Shadow. They may be all coming out this month. Just wait awhile for the comparison and you know you wouldn't want a phone that is with limited capabilities in Android 1.6.
Nexus two with guranteed update of OS, Motorola shadow with Android 2.2 and 4.3 inch screen, 4G with new OS and new processor. All these are music to my ears unlike the specifications of X10 which I think is a bit outdated.
BUT, unless you are planning to get a phone with Timescape, Mediascape which is obviously the X10, then I would respect your decision I've been using Mediascape often and I would not want to use PlayNow as the online service which requires data usage. Timescape will update itself when the categories such as Mail is being updated before you enter timescape. I don't suppose it uses data usage. But for social networking categories such as Facebook or Twitter, I've no idea. I don't use them.
I've currently used 800mb in one month, with web surfing as the main use of my local data usage. I can't even think of exceeding the 1GB mark, because I have been using my phone for web surfing, youtube videos, email, meebo, games that all require local data usage. I don't enable my 3G for one whole day as it consumes battery, but only enable it when I want to use it. So I suppose you can get a 1GB data usage plan to play safe
AND WOW 2.7 GIG?! Everyone in my family uses 3G network even at home and I still hold the record for 800mb usage in one month. But 2.7 GIG IS OMG?! I got 12GB free but I suppose I would use that much if I were to use Wifi-tethering with my new Nexus two or something. But I don't do these: upload photos, twitter, facebook, qik, ustream, send mms and blog from my phone. So maybe that requires like 2GIG of usage lolol.
Well I got the phone and I think it's amazing. It was about half charged when I opened it and it lasted until about 5 (bought it at 12). Charged it up fully just then. I love Mediascape, I'm thinking of deleting the accounts on Timescape as they seem to suck up data like a hoover. Earphones are very nice, very good quality. Downloaded a few apps so far, very nice. I'm ver please so far, let's hope that continues!
Oh, are there any "must-have" apps?
Aztriltus said:
Firstly, if I were you now who is planning on buying a new phone, I would certainly wait for iPhone 4G or the Nexus two or Motorola Shadow. They may be all coming out this month. Just wait awhile for the comparison and you know you wouldn't want a phone that is with limited capabilities in Android 1.6.
Nexus two with guranteed update of OS, Motorola shadow with Android 2.2 and 4.3 inch screen, 4G with new OS and new processor. All these are music to my ears unlike the specifications of X10 which I think is a bit outdated.
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The specs of the X10, 1Ghz processor with 512MB of RAM, and 1GB of memory, 4 inch 480x854 display, and 8 megapixel camera is "outdated"??
I wanna live in your future, man!
I have donwload 2 Data monitors: 3G watchdog and NetCounter. 3g Watchdog tells me I've used 11 mb, NetCounter says 30mb :s I don't think I've gone anywhere near 30, all I've done is download about 6 apps, went on Timescape once (set update to never) and went on Facebook. Which is the more reliable?
simr! said:
I have donwload 2 Data monitors: 3G watchdog and NetCounter. 3g Watchdog tells me I've used 11 mb, NetCounter says 30mb :s I don't think I've gone anywhere near 30, all I've done is download about 6 apps, went on Timescape once (set update to never) and went on Facebook. Which is the more reliable?
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3G Watchdog for sure counts only the 3G/2G data downloaded and uploaded and it works really well, so, in my opinion and my experience, you should trust 3G Watchdog.
iead1 said:
The specs of the X10, 1Ghz processor with 512MB of RAM, and 1GB of memory, 4 inch 480x854 display, and 8 megapixel camera is "outdated"??
I wanna live in your future, man!
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LOL! That's the most witty comment I've seen in a while!!!
Well I decided to ring up 150 (which tells you how many minutes, texts etc you have left), and it said I have 403mb GPRS left? I really don't understand this. To make matters worse, I decided to delete a few apps which I thought might use the Internet, and deleted the Timescape account, and now the Internet won't even connect - it ticks when I click on it, but no signal comes up. Any help here? :S
The data usage will be because regularly telcos don't count actual data usage, but rather packets of data. So if you only use say, 15kb in one go, you'll be charged a full packet, which could be 100kb or more. Could be less too though. You'd have to speak to your carrier about packet data
Another problem for you, I'm hopeless. I seem to use a ridiculous amount of data whilst I'm using the Broswer or the Facebook app. So far today, I downloaded an app which wasn't large in size, and used the Facebook app for about 30 seconds. I've managed to use 2.18mb already, is this right?
What is T-Mobiles Fair Usage Policy for internet WRT WP7 phones?
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What is T-Mobiles Fair Usage Policy for internet WRT WP7 phones?
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Two different T-Mobile CS people have stated to me that it's the same as they offer for Android phones - 3GB. That's what http://www.coolsmartphone.com/news6340.html were told too.
Nothing in the website terms and conditions to confirm or deny that though.
i bought mine in the t-mobile store (UK). They guy said its definitely 3GB fair usage and if you go over it they normally do not care.....[said a guy came in with a letter from t-mobile saying not to do it again when he used 96GB!!]
The problem is if you have bought yours through a website tht is not t-mobile then you will get the crappy data speed and 1GB limit....so watch out
T-Mobile will send you a text when you use 80% of your 3 gig limit. After you go over the limit you'll be limited to web browsing only during peak hours (4pm - 12am) from memory.
I just called T-mobile, because i had a text message saying im on 80% fair usage policy im like WTF!!?!? ive got free internet booster (even though i know its just for browsing and stuff) .. ive hardly downloaded anything. Im pretty sure most of the time the apps ive downloaded were off marketplace on zune (PC) . I think maybe the odd few times ive downloaded few apps like Hydro thunder from my phone, which may have may have done the damage (i had to due to hard reset and some apps dont automatically load up) . Unfortunately i do not own a wireless router...yet, i have to buy one .
At first i thought t-mobile may have made a mistake, but saw somewhere an app like Hydro Thunder is like 230MB , thats a large file certainly on a phone's data usage. The lady at T-mobile said im on 430MB and 570MB left ...which makes you wonder why the hell do they say ive used 80% in the text message .
I should have not bought my omnia 7 from buymobilephones . I would have had 3GB allowance if went directly with t-mobile
btw how does one find out the size of these apps you download? im shocked Microsoft haven't given us a right click type feature for the windows phone 7 ..that would be such a vital feature. I like to check on the size of pics, apps, movie clips etc ... you want to know the dimensions too like so and so clip is 1280 x 720p etc .
sid8810 said:
I should have not bought my omnia 7 from buymobilephones . I would have had 3GB allowance if went directly with t-mobile
btw how does one find out the size of these apps you download? im shocked Microsoft haven't given us a right click type feature for the windows phone 7 ..that would be such a vital feature. I like to check on the size of pics, apps, movie clips etc ... you want to know the dimensions too like so and so clip is 1280 x 720p etc .
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I'm going to get an Omnia7 from T-Mobile directly on their £15/month tarrif with Internet bolt-on. If I am not mistaken that entitles me to 500 MB internet monthly allowance. Si if I exceed those 500 megs of data, I am not charged till the limit of fair usage policy??? Is that limit 3000 MB? I'm not talking for the £25+ tarrifs that were recently changed to include trully unlimited data...
As far as your comment about the right click / properties type of key I totally agree. Over-simplification is not good.
chemeng said:
I'm going to get an Omnia7 from T-Mobile directly on their £15/month tarrif with Internet bolt-on. If I am not mistaken that entitles me to 500 MB internet monthly allowance. Si if I exceed those 500 megs of data, I am not charged till the limit of fair usage policy??? Is that limit 3000 MB? I'm not talking for the £25+ tarrifs that were recently changed to include trully unlimited data...
As far as your comment about the right click / properties type of key I totally agree. Over-simplification is not good.
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Yeah good idea get it directly from them, they told me if i exceed my fair use policy..they just charge £1 a day after that (when u use data) ..and you can use as much as you want ..until the new month comes and it all refreshes back to the start. Its every start of the month the free data allowance starts. You should get something with at least 1Gb Internet booster , 500mb will go easily. But ideally a router is best so you dont have use the free allowance ..only for situations when your not near your PC.
yeah i wish MS adds that, you need that right click feature ..so you can find out how big apps and other file are
New official T-Mobile UK Data policy
As far as T-Mobile Data allowance is concerned I found the following on their site...
''... If you join T-Mobile before 30 September 2011 and select a 24-month price plan of £25 a month or more, the good news is that there's no fair use policy. Remember that you can only use internet on your phone in the UK and you can't use your phone as a modem (tethering) or use internet on your phone for peer-to-peer file sharing or making internet phone calls...''
Comment: do they block voip packages????
''... If you're choosing any other pay monthly plan (<£25), please see the fair use policy below.
However much you use the internet, you'll never get charged extra
We're the only operator to offer you a fixed price for browsing and emailing on your phone with no limits and no extra charges. Use 3G for getting online on your phone when you're out and about. Never pay more than your monthly fixed price. You can always browse and email with no limits.
Is there an allowance?
You can browse and email as much as you want. There is a 500MB allowance for streaming videos and uploading and downloading files. If you hit this limit during the month, you won't be able to do this stuff again until the next month.
For the best internet on your phone, connect to your home WiFi, so you won't even touch your 500MB allowance.
What about using apps?
Some apps use a normal internet connection, so they will work just like your browsing and email allowance. But there are some apps that use streaming connections, so these will fall into the 500MB allowance...''
So their new fair usage policy discerns between ''normal'' data and ''streaming'' data''. (packet inspection??) Web browsing and email sync fall into normal data category that is unlimited and does not count towards your 500MB download data allowance
When downloading a file off the internet (let's say an app off the MarketPlace), or streaming a movie, you are consuming data from a 500 MB data ''pool''. If you exceed tgis limit, you cannot further download/stream, but you can still continue to have data access for http/browsing data. apps like netflix, vevo, youtube fall into that download data category, I assume.
One question arises, what happens with voip data packages (if there are any voip apps for wp7 for the time being, anyway there is a google voice client I recon)
Hi Guys,
I am wondering what kinda data usage you can expect from the DZ per month. I plan to use it for occasional web browsing, weaher updates, email and calendar sync.
I would like to download and use different apps - but concerned do a normal app always need to be connected to the internet for it to run or does it run locally and only connects if it needs to download any data?
Any thoughts will be very helpful.
Thanks.
Audette said:
I would like to download and use different apps - but concerned do a normal app always need to be connected to the internet for it to run or does it run locally and only connects if it needs to download any data?
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Apps will only access the Internet if/when they need to. So for a standalone app, that might be never.
So no, normally apps don't need to be connected to the Internet, unless that's part of their function (e.g. an online banking app that only works via the Internet to access your bank's servers etc).
Maybe I'm a little offtopic: is there any app that will show daily and monthly data usage for each application, but only data from the mobile network (no WiFi/USB)? It would be useful to know how much each app is using. With WM, I had SPB Wireless Monitor for that - so something similar would be perfect.
Audette: it's always better to get a data plan for a smartphone. Mostly much cheaper then pay-as-you-used.
darthmelk: try Check out "3G Watchdog" in the market.
I use 3G Watchdog, but it doesn't show data usage for each application (or I don't know how to display that?). That's the only thing it's missing.
There is one app that showed individual data usage, however this app itself was a massive drain on the phones CPU and battery so I would not advice using it.
In any event I forgot what it was called
I use about 500mb a month mobile data, but I use wifi whenever I can.
Try TrafficInfo or TrafficStats. They do show per application usage (sent/recieved). I just installed them yesterday and the TrafficInfo seems a bit nicer to me.
I am looking for an application that could show which application is currently downloading/uploading real time, something like netlimiter on the PC.
At traffic stats is what I was on about, watch out with these apps, by their very nature they will be a big drain on resources (and therefore battery life).
I had a quick try of Traffic Info. Maybe I was missing something, but this just seems to show Internet usage per application.
The problem is, it doesn't seem to distinguish between Internet usage via my phone carrier connection (which I'm more concerned about) and Internet usage via wireless (which I'm not concerned about).
Can anyone recommend an app which splits the two ? I would have thought that if something access the information at the correct level then it could differentiate.
I am using Network traffic counter (NetCounter) and quite satisfied. It does not track usage per application (and I don't really care...), but fully separate cell & wifi.
So far reached 735 MB on cell and 3 GB on wifi since got the phone on 9th November.
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I am using Network traffic counter (NetCounter) and quite satisfied. It does not track usage per application (and I don't really care...), but fully separate cell & wifi.
So far reached 735 MB on cell and 3 GB on wifi since got the phone on 9th November.
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Thanks, that sounds like what I'm after, I'll give it a try.