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How much data do you use?

Hey guys, I just got my bill for my first month of using my hero on sprint. I ended up using 2,542,507 KB, I pretty much just watch youtube on my phone all day at work. I was wondering if this a lot? Will this get sprint upset with me? How much data do you normally do in a billing cycle?

I usually use close to or just above 1GB on a monthly basis. However, I did use 4.6GB once with no issues from Sprint. As long as you stay under 5GB you should have no issues. Though some people have reported going well over that with no problems.

I use around 1GB each month.
Home internet is another question...

About 2.5 gb here.

i would like to know something like this as well cause i used about 7 gb last month as my phone(tether) is my primary internet source!

I also got my fist bill. I just used about 180M. I only use google map on my way and watch some youtube videos and browser internet. when i am home, i use wifi. I think I'll try to use more next month.lol

As of now I'm at 2,144,456 kb. My plan starts over on the 12th.
Edit: Oh, and that 5gb cap is for the data cards, not phones.

Sprint site says I use approximately 6 gb

i am almost to 1.6 gb so far this month. been using iheartradio quite a bit at work. sure beats the data i used to pull down on my instinct lol.

I hit about 20GB last month.
Pushing about 5 this month.

lol I just got my bill and I used over 10gb and my wife's phone used almost 6. so I was wondering if they would get pissy about that as well.

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Wonder when you got your hero

abcdfv said:
I hit about 20GB last month.
Pushing about 5 this month.
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I would not push the limits for a third month. Might get a letter from Sprint dropping you for excessive data use. Just be careful. I know it says unlimited....but they can terminate your contract. Just like if you roam too much. I think they base it off a 3 month period for data whether or not you are abusing the unlimited plan.

Yall are some lightweights. I used 7.1gigs the first month and 23 gigs the second. Absolutely no tethering involved except for 400 mb the first month. I'm gonna shoot for 25 gigs this month. I wish sprint would send me a letter so i can frame it! Unlimited = unlimited.

20 gb and nothing from sprint...nice

acm2117 said:
Yall are some lightweights. I used 7.1gigs the first month and 23 gigs the second. Absolutely no tethering involved except for 400 mb the first month. I'm gonna shoot for 25 gigs this month. I wish sprint would send me a letter so i can frame it! Unlimited = unlimited.
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You're the lightweight
I hit 48 GB about 2 months ago when I had my Diamond and nothing at all from Sprint.
20ish last month, 15 so far this month.

Wow, I'm tethered for the first time and looked down adn saw I was at 46MB used and thought I should probably disconnect..then I saw this thread. Holy cow...I only use 380MB last month, I don't know how you guys are going into the tens of gigs each month! Glad to see though my little 100mb tonight isn't going to be a problem..

I'm hitting tens of gigs by using my phone as my primary internet source.
I enjoy video games and movies.

abcdfv said:
I'm hitting tens of gigs by using my phone as my primary internet source.
I enjoy video games and movies.
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how on earth do you do that!

How much data have you used?

I was checking sprint today to see if I could order another evo, and I noticed that I've already used over 5gb of data in the two weeks I've had this monster.
Now, I've been using 3g for the internet, pandora, podcasts via google listen and gps via google navigation, but I was still surprised at how much data I've consumed.
I'm willing to bet that I'm not alone, and that lots of other xda users are getting their $10 worth out of the premium data add-on, so if you are a data hog like me, how much data have you used so far?
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The stupid website is down for maintenance or something. Is there a star combination you can use to get usage info?
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The "stupid" website isn't going to be down forever. Calm down, geez.

I few days ago I was at 1.2 gigs.

Im at like 3.5 gigs, i had no idea i used that much lol
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As much data we used, I think Iphone4 (new AT&T customer) user will be so jealous with there 2 gig limit.

I have had my evo about 2 weeks now and I have consumed 11.1GB wow. I know I had tethered my phone up to my net-book a few times when I need to download some stuff for work, watched some videos, I stream Pandora a lot when im working out, and I browse the internet probably an hour or 2 a day.. I wonder if sprint will be yelling at me anytime soon.

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Excuse my noobness, but how do you check how much data you've used? I'm new to sprint.

probably a few gigs..
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i dunno what app i installed, but a few days ago i had to hard reset.. my phone was using up about 800 MB a day by itself- and my battery life was about 6 hours.. im at 7 gigs of usage right now because of that incident
I was trying to find a resource monitor that would tell me how much data each app is using

Excuse my noobness, but how do you check how much data you've used? I'm new to sprint.
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On the sprint website when you log in it has a summary of your usage
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I have had my evo about 2 weeks now and I have consumed 11.1GB wow. I know I had tethered my phone up to my net-book a few times when I need to download some stuff for work, watched some videos, I stream Pandora a lot when im working out, and I browse the internet probably an hour or 2 a day.. I wonder if sprint will be yelling at me anytime soon.
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11gb! Wow, now that's what I'm talking about.
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freditoj said:
Excuse my noobness, but how do you check how much data you've used? I'm new to sprint.
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Log into sprint.com and it's on the middle of the page under "About my device"
I'm currently @ 186Megs, but i'm also using wi-fi @ the house.

question~ the usage on sprint website shows the 3G usage, not the 4G....right? then how do i know the 4G usage

My bill cycled on 6/9 and I've used 2gb since then. Definitely more than my hero.

i've used 26mb from sprints website, although it seemed liked i used awhole lot more

I want to use the most out of my evo data plan like 40gb lol what will you guys recommend on how to use that much data not excatly 40 but like 20 or so

ive used 1gb >/ now im mad about the 10 bucks

a little over 1GB in like 10 days not bad considering i stream alot of pandora or slacker radio

Post up your Data usage

I was just browsing around on Sprint.com and found this neat usage graph that I found quite interesting. What does yours look like with your $10 premium Unlimited Data plan?
I broke over 13 Gigs last pay period all for the low low price of $79.99
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I can't find that graph. What menu is it under?
EDIT: Never mind. Found it!

Mine was around 6.5 gig but I've gone Wireless at work and other places and now 2.5 as an average

Wow, the average use for my wife and I together is about 1GB but we tend to stick with WiFi most of the time.

Sprint Hotspot for free is a large part of the spiking graph! lol
*Edit to find the graph I was under the My Account Tab - right sidebar - Analyze My Plan - See your usage trends - Data tab

The three of us didnt even make it to 1gb... lol all though our usage did double from november to december haha.

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Before I set up wifi in my house I was pulling around 5 to 6 gigs, now im averaging around 2.

Got my Evo in Sep I believe

I have 1 gig... except it's all roaming. That lil prl change is marvellous.

i have no home internet where i live but i do live in a sprint 3g area. got my phone on june 26th and used 8-10gb a month until november when it dropped to 5gb. i tether and download a 100mb or so of podcasts a day. thank god for unlimited data. i work for at&t now and refuse to ditch my evo because of it, besides the fact that they don't have any good android phones.

last month about 5 gigs... lot of various gingerbread rom downloading

Unlimited Data is pretty sweet, I am curious if Sprint would eventually say how the hell did you use that many GBs of data in a month? Over 13 is not enough I guess haha

When I had my Hero I was pulling around 600MB per month. I did have one month where I pulled just shy of 2GB. In October I upgraded to the Evo. I immediately ramped up to 3.5GB to 5GB per month. Awesome.

got mine on july 27 and only me how many gigs is that if anyone knows
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I have 4 days left on my billing cycle and the chart says that I already have over 12 gigs of data usage..... lol
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Sprint Data
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568,780KB/ Unlimited
Wow, I use wireless tether alot...i mean alot alot and i still havent hit a gig yet? Ima a slacker!! Mods & XDA users flame me!!!

I'm sitting at 4 gigs right now.....my use jumped up big time when Howard Stern came to the android app....well, that, and radioio.com. I listen to Stern in the morning, the switch over to BTLS on radioio.com, then I switch to either Pandora or some sirius station.....

cesarcerros31 said:
got mine on july 27 and only me how many gigs is that if anyone knows
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That is about 5.5 gigs

I'm around 1 to 2 gbs each month. Spend most of my time on the WiFis when at home.
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Wtf just happened????

I went to check my data usage for the month on the My Verizon app, and it said that I had over 117 TEREABYTES of data this month. I saw someone post something like this here a while ago. Does anyone know what happened?
I don't even think that amount is possible over 3g in a month.
Is Verizon going to come to my house and rape me or something?

Illegal tethering?

rocko73 said:
Illegal tethering?
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Actually this month I have not tethered at all. This is quite strange. I stream music with Pandora but that has only gotten me to around 4-5 gb a month

You can't get to 117 terabytes through tethering. It's impossible. Do the math; 117 terabytes in one month would require downloading @ 360 megabits (or 45 megabytes) per second, 24 hours per day, for 30 days.
You can't even copy data to/from your SD card on your phone through a USB cable that fast, lol. It's clearly a mistake, you may want to call Verizon before their computer automatically sends you a bill for more than the GDP of our entire country.

Roland Deschain said:
You can't get to 117 terabytes through tethering. It's impossible. Do the math; 117 terabytes in one month would require downloading @ 360 megabits (or 45 megabytes) per second, 24 hours per day, for 30 days.
You can't even copy data to/from your SD card on your phone through a USB cable that fast, lol. It's clearly a mistake, you may want to call Verizon before their computer automatically sends you a bill for more than the GDP of our entire country.
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That would be a sweet connection. Definitely call Verizon.
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I think your Misreading the data amount.
Jmoney47 said:
I went to check my data usage for the month on the My Verizon app, and it said that I had over 117 TEREABYTES of data this month. I saw someone post something like this here a while ago. Does anyone know what happened?
I don't even think that amount is possible over 3g in a month.
Is Verizon going to come to my house and rape me or something?
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I did not read it incorrectly. I took a screenshot using shootme but when I try to post it, it says the file format is not supported.
Anyway the amount of data in KB is: 126055582136.3 if you do the math, it comes to around 117 TB.
I'll try to find a way to show you the screenshot so you can see for yourself

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Here's the screenshot
For some reason the data amount has significantly increased since earlier today

Fyi the increase is about 30 gb in a couple hours

That's pretty funny, and you're reading it correctly. I think their system might be tallying all the use for some corporate account (like Boeing or some crap) on yours alone, haha.

Something else kinda weird: I went and put the data usage widget on my homescreen and it said I only used around 5.3gb so it may just be the app

ummm the first 3 or 4 numbers would b ur txts
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heres mine ur only 2 digits away from mine
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damn... you text alot bro....

Casen said:
damn... you text alot bro....
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Ha! Thats not bad, my daughter can do that in a week. She averages about 1500 a month.
She would rather text than use the phone. :-\

taterDX said:
ummm the first 3 or 4 numbers would b ur txts
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Are you blind???? If they were texts there would be a space. Look at the other damn screencap. There is a very clear space between the two numbers.
Why don't you learn to read before you comment next time?

Why dont you check to see why dont you check your my verizon account on a computer to see what it says before jumping to conclusions. I think that there are just alot of texts and the numbers are close together because of that.

are you blind? chk ur account dufus, where would the numbers go if you had too many digits to fill the allotted space? smart guy there wouldn't be a space... call verizon w/your idiotic inquisition & stop dogging on people trying to help your dumbass
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It seems to me like you're tethering on two computers, playing call of duty on one, and jerking off to gay beastiality porn...in HD.
Just kidding. Call Verizon and ask what's up.
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I also agree with tater, I've seen a few of your posts, and you've been a massive asshole to almost everyone.
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Data Cap!

I'm on the $20/month 5GB/month data plan. and I think I goofed, big time. i was downloading some ps1 roms and didn't realize I was using my data instead of my wifi. lol
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post your data graphs.
anyone know any ways around the caps? i don't think i can go the rest of the month with only 500mb to spare.

wifi

wifi:

Not to get off topic, but what app is that? Looks nice.
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Sniper_5 said:
Not to get off topic, but what app is that? Looks nice.
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comes with ICS.
it's simply in settings under "data usage"

Sniper_5 said:
Not to get off topic, but what app is that? Looks nice.
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settings >> data usage >> select menu button and check Show wifi usage

I believe it's under system settings - in the wifi/mobile networks area. Sorry, I don't have exact instructions... You'll find it. Lol
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Ah Gotcha. Guess I'll be waiting for the SGS3 then. I'm still stock GB on my DX
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This comes to show me just how little data one gets with Verizon and AT&T. Wow, one large download or 3 Netflix movie and you're done for the month!! No thanks I'll pass. You guys could show off all your network speeds all you want, at the end of the day who gives a **** how fast you go if you can't really use it for anything without going over your limit. I'll stay with Sprint and my unlimited data. Being on the list of the first to get LTE also helps my decision to stay with sprint.

shook187 said:
This comes to show me just how little data one gets with Verizon and AT&T. Wow, one large download or 3 Netflix movie and you're done for the month!! No thanks I'll pass. You guys could show off all your network speeds all you want, at the end of the day who gives a **** how fast you go if you can't really use it for anything without going over your limit. I'll stay with Sprint and my unlimited data. Being on the list of the first to get LTE also helps my decision to stay with sprint.
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It's impossible to support millions of customers on a network without it straining. They prioritize quality of the network over unrestricted access. So it works great for as long as you're allowed to use it, or pay overages.

shook187 said:
This comes to show me just how little data one gets with Verizon and AT&T. Wow, one large download or 3 Netflix movie and you're done for the month!! No thanks I'll pass. You guys could show off all your network speeds all you want, at the end of the day who gives a **** how fast you go if you can't really use it for anything without going over your limit. I'll stay with Sprint and my unlimited data. Being on the list of the first to get LTE also helps my decision to stay with sprint.
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Sorry but speed allows me to use my data the way I'd like. Unlike sprints dialup network. After 6 years of sprint I'm glad I left for att. Much better service.
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After flashing a rom a few days but not bad tho
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