Whenever I connect to the internet on my N4, something keeps chewing up all the data bandwidth, so much so that my HSPA connection ground to a halt this morning!!
What is the best way to determine what is using up all the bandwidth without going through every single app and disabling them one by one?
Any good apps that will track this?
Please don't mention the "Data Usage" within Android Settings - to me it is almost useless!
Cheers
Stewart
3G watchdog on the play store
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StuMcBill said:
Whenever I connect to the internet on my N4, something keeps chewing up all the data bandwidth, so much so that my HSPA connection ground to a halt this morning!!
What is the best way to determine what is using up all the bandwidth without going through every single app and disabling them one by one?
Any good apps that will track this?
Please don't mention the "Data Usage" within Android Settings - to me it is almost useless!
Cheers
Stewart
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for me 3G watch dog and data usage gives almost similar number +-2%. Other than 3G watch dog I used phone usage from play store.
There are firewall available which makes you choose which all apps you want to use your data. (MIUI had great inbuilt option which I used year ago)
The Data Usage app built into Android 4.2 does work for you?
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You can even look at a day by day usage, by touching the graph and moving the white handles around.
Set a Warning notification by moving the orange handle..
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I've just noticed this as I've been trying to record how much data I can get out of my carrier since they won't actually say how much.
I digress, The Data usage in ICS' settings doesn't seem to make any lick of sense. The graph/total data used summary is less than all the apps' data usage added up. This also happened before an SBF flash and start from scratch. The numbers don't add up! (See the photos for details).
So what's the beef? Does this mini app not differentiate when one service uses another for a data connection within individual app counting?
i.e. Gallery uploads a photo to Dropbox. Data usage records both as having uploaded the 3Mb photo.
i.e. Android OS uses Tethering. Data usage records both as having used 20MB...
etc.
In other words, The graph records the total used between the phone and carrier, while the individual apps record exactly what the app uses, sometimes overlapping other apps. Is this what's going on?
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More photos:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/u93dw5gr67c15gm/Screenshot_2012-11-02-01-29-42.png
https://www.dropbox.com/s/t2j4ibejjsrhedj/Screenshot_2012-11-02-21-44-54.png
I think you're right about the overlapping measurement, although for me there is always a difference between provider and phone data measurement
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I think you're right about the overlapping measurement, although for me there is always a difference between provider and phone data measurement
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Thanks for your input. I'm not so concerned about how much the provider records, unless they differences are night and day.
Cheers.
Someone knows what's happening here?
My Google Keyboard data usage:
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Another user in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507021&page=152
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Someone knows what's happening here?
My Google Keyboard data usage:
Another user in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507021&page=152
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It might have something to do with Voice Typing. Try disabling Google Search from Keyboard Input Methods. Or try clearing the data of Android Keyboard.
I get the same issue.
Noticed it because my device got really hot and I saw all four cores constantly above 1,5 GHz (Galaxy S4).
If you look in Apps you will see that Google Keyboard is constantly starting dictionary service. Do not disable the keyboard because the device gets unusable due to Force Closes.
same problem
I have same problem with Google keyboard. Just now I restricted background data for wi-fi and mobile and I noticed that my phone cooled down very fast. I'will test it today and let you know what I found out.
Fixed problem with keyboard draining battery by restricting it's background data both on wi-fi and mobile. Before I got about 2h of SOT on full charge(100%-0%), and now I got 1h 45min SOT on 20%(100%-80%)
over 4gb.... I usually strict my data usage to certain mb. That way I don't have to worry about it. Anyway thanks for the heads up.
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So today I got this nice notice of Android that I'm reaching my mobile data cap. So as it seems, is that the aospa browser downloaded 1GB of data in the background during the night between 1 and 2 november.
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I'm very concerned on what caused this and costed me €10 of mobile data. I deinstalled the browser from /system/apps for now. I don't use the aospa browser myself, I use Google Chrome.
Can I check somewhere, or in some logs what it did and what caused it?
BTW, the data is really used, and not just a bug in the "Data Usage"-tab, as my carrier states I only got 178MB left for the month.
Have u done any speed tests for the your mobile data? Usually that eats a lot of data; even just doing one test.
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Have u done any speed tests for the your mobile data? Usually that eats a lot of data; even just doing one test.
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No, and besides that would turn up that the speedtest app would have consumed that data, and even in the background.
Specifically the aospa browser downloaded 1.05GB in the BACKGROUND.
Thread closed so the OP can create a new one in Android Q&A, as per request.
When i connected to wifi my.data used to.stop but now they are both on
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It's always been normal for my older phones to have both on at the same time. I assumed the wifi would take precedence dunno.
On my new S7E I saw a setting for fast downloads that uses both at the same time. You might have that turned on.
It's called download booster under, settings, wireless and networks, more.
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When i connected to wifi my.data used to.stop but now they are both on
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Have the same issue on mine after the update where both shows up. When this happens its usually in an area where data and wifi aren't strong so it seems that it uses a combined signal from both for faster connections. Usually I just turn off wifi and turn it back on and then it'll be wifi only.
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It's always been normal for my older phones to have both on at the same time. I assumed the wifi would take precedence dunno.
On my new S7E I saw a setting for fast downloads that uses both at the same time. You might have that turned on.
It's called download booster under, settings, wireless and networks, more.
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As already said by @Flintlock take a closer look at the following settings:
Turn download booster off
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Make sure that "Keep mobile data turned on" option is disabled.
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I've had the g4 for about a week now and have noticed that my battery is draining by 30-40% over night. I've reset my phone yet the issue still seems to remain. Going into the battery menu under settings, it shows that the majority is being taken up by mobile standby.
Here are a few snaps from the settings/battery.
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Thanks
Some of that data drain could be coming from a weak signal. On poor reception, the device spends a lot of power to find a better/stronger signal and if you're in marginal areas a lot, then it's going to use more battery. There are apps that will automatically switch the phone to airplane mode and apps that will switch the signal off and on depending on signal strength. There was one I use some time ago that I'm not sure if it even exists any longer is ShutUpBatterySaver. It would switch data on and off depending on what you set it for. Another two were Autopilot4 and NoBars. You could also just turn your data off when you know you won't need it.
Try uninstalling Google Photos. I noticed a very high CPU utilization. Not visible in battery uses (why anyway?)
Even used in "local" without synchronization.
Instead, enable the embedded file manager (in the list of disabled application, it's pre-installed), and update it in Play Store.
It looks like ur signal is weak too. Try to switch to 3G and your signal should be a little stronger
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Hello everyone! I have the same issue with my moto g4 (xt1622).
Signal seems always bad even when the phone displays 4g in full strength! If you look at the screenshot seems that the signal became bad only when screen is off! Is that an hardware problem or an Android bug?
Thanks