Hi ppl, I was looking at my data usage in settings and I notice that Android OS uses alot of my data. Was wondering if you his was normal or not... Please assist....
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Do you watch a lot of YouTube? For some reason all my YouTube and maybe other apps data fall under Android OS. I know for sure that I used more than that for YouTube, maps, and Yahoo mail.
Yes I do... that must be it then... thanks for the assist...
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My data use in the background by my os is using a lot of data. Is this abnormal for a week of use? Seems excessive to me
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My HTC one only uses about 2mb of data per day for comparison.
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That's why its so strange.
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My android os os has used 32mbs since I gotbit on april 27th...
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Should I complain to at&t?
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I just checked and I have the same issue.
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colts187 said:
Should I complain to at&t?
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Att has nothing to do with it...it has to be one of your apps...something is constantly syncing/and or jot stopping its data use...I suggest a factory reset through kies or odin if rebooting the phone doesnt resolve the issue
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mg2195 said:
Att has nothing to do with it...it has to be one of your apps...something is constantly syncing/and or jot stopping its data use...I suggest a factory reset through kies or odin if rebooting the phone doesnt resolve the issue
Thanks. I did a factory reset and that fixed it. Now to figure out the culprit.
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colts187 said:
My data use in the background by my os is using a lot of data. Is this abnormal for a week of use? Seems excessive to me
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I faced the same problem, issue was somewhat with auto backup of data, sync of app data & people details in google account,
BUT the main culprit in my case was uTorrent application.
Even though there was no torrent added to it, i didn't even opened it,
it was using 1GB data daily on WiFi and in data usage it was coming under Android OS usage. I uninstalled it, everything went back to normal.
So try to look for such apps which eat up your data in background, it may not be an error of android OS as such.
Hope this helps, Press THANKS if it did help you
Enjoy
It's using up my precious data for the month.
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Ascertion said:
It's using up my precious data for the month.
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Have you streamed any videos? Youtube? Etc?
When you use youtube app only the app browsing is recorded by the youtube app, if you actually play a video it is recorded by android os not youtube app.
You should actually stop doing so many speed tests!
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Ascertion said:
It's using up my precious data for the month.
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That's a lot of speed tests!
prking07 said:
Have you streamed any videos? Youtube? Etc?
When you use youtube app only the app browsing is recorded by the youtube app, if you actually play a video it is recorded by android os not youtube app.
You should actually stop doing so many speed tests!
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I actually figured it out. I had used that much YouTube data earlier and I uninstalled it to install a modded YouTube. The new YouTube is considered a new entry, while old YouTube became part of android os.
I need some useful battery tips!
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This works for the S4 as well...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37891031
searching and reading can show you everything you need to know.
Only thing ive disabled is google play apps auto update.
My brightness is always at max and disabling auto updates helped me out greatly. You really don't need latest updated apps to run. Just go home and update them manually while charging.
My phone goes through over 12 hours on a single charge. But then I am not a heavy user. Just facebook, web browsing, emails when I am not on ky desks. Maybe 1 hour of phone conversation daily.
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kevinrubio1 said:
I need some useful battery tips!
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Use a power manager app. I'm using GO Power Manager, but there are many.
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I need some useful battery tips!
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Get better battery stats app and figure out where you wake locks are. Then work on reducing them.
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Google talk make sure u signout/offline is a must. Facebook notification to off. Enable power dsaving mode
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I always have my mobile data turned off so that I don't get charged for it extra on my bill as I don't want random apps to be using data in the background without me knowing. I want to find a way to only enable data to the app Cerberus which can track your phone and stuff when lost. Is there a way to only enable data on certain apps because I don't mind paying a few extra dollars if that means me finding my lost phone.
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michaelsp9 said:
I always have my mobile data turned off so that I don't get charged for it extra on my bill as I don't want random apps to be using data in the background without me knowing. I want to find a way to only enable data to the app Cerberus which can track your phone and stuff when lost. Is there a way to only enable data on certain apps because I don't mind paying a few extra dollars if that means me finding my lost phone.
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If you go to settings>data usage and tap on an app in the list at the bottom of the screen, then you have an option to turn off background data when using mobile. See screenshot (it's in polish, but you get what I mean )
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If you go to settings>data usage and tap on an app in the list at the bottom of the screen, then you have an option to turn off background data when using mobile. See screenshot (it's in polish, but you get what I mean )
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I don't know if that will work because I really just want data enabled for one app that I can utilize remotely to track me phone
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I don't know if that will work because I really just want data enabled for one app that I can utilize remotely to track me phone
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Disable data for every app except the one that will track your phone this way then
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gallardo5 said:
Disable data for every app except the one that will track your phone this way then
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How?
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A firewall from the play store. I recommend Android Firewall.
Edit: requires root
Use droidwall (rooted users only)
OK so a firewall did work and let me set which apps I want to allow WiFi and data... However it was really annoying because after I install a new app it would prompt me asking me to set the settings up for the new app... I don't want to keep doing this for every app I install is there any other way??
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For the longest I've had this Media Server issue that would drain my battery by 35% or more and I think I may have figured out how to kill this S.O.B. Go to Settings>under account select Google>click on account> then where it says Google Play Music let it sync once then unselect it.. Haven't seen in since..
Update: Also received this from user: @xdafoundingmember seems to have killed it completely. Thank you sir https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rrr.android.mediaserverkiller
This is a big problem is aosp and on nexus devices. ....there is an app on plaster called media server kill or something I will try to find the link
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This is a big problem is aosp and on nexus devices. ....there is an app on plaster called media server kill or something I will try to find the link
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Thanks for the link to the app, that did the trick for me. :good:
Sweet thanks man, will try it out..
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This is a big problem is aosp and on nexus devices. ....there is an app on plaster called media server kill or something I will try to find the link
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rrr.android.mediaserverkiller
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My nexus 7 did this and it was draining 38% battery. .. many ppl have this and not much fixes t other then wiping, .... this app is a savior
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got it!!
OK, so mediaserver was killing my battery too. I did some digging with the digging being geared towards media and serving information. Turns out, for me anyway, that the Google play store was using twice the amount if background data as it was foreground data so, I checked the box to restrict background data and vioala!!!! Mediaserver went from using over forty percent to, now, 3 percent. I've been on battery all day from 8am, it's eleven now and I'm at 81 percent writing this.
I had mediaserver killer set to kill on screen on and I had camera FC issues so I set it to intervals and now it's great. Just FYI for those who use it.