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My Moto x Style is churning through my data.
Checking in my settings, under data usage my device is saying it has used only 1.78GB in 15 days. But when i check my Vodafone app, it is saying that I have used 10.8GB.
Not sure what is using it.
I do have background data turned on. Could this be using it. Never had issues before with my other Android device.
Anyone got any pointers. Thanks
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Are you on a shared plan or anything? Are you sure that you don't have 10.8GB left?
Not on a shared plan. Called Vodafone and they confirmed my usage so far.
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pr0nhub. it's always the culprit.
my usage demon has been exchange server... i used 7 gigs in 12 days... I dont like the Gmail intergrated exchange setting its too vague... only lets me max of 1 hour.... I turned off cellular background data for exchange and it is back to normal
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I been connected to wifi for the past 3 hours. I got on my work computer and registered on ATT.com for an online account. Which at that time I noticed that I had only used 4mb of data. I then played with my phone for about 5-10 minutes while still on wifi. I then got back online and logged into my ATT account to sign up for the insurance and I just so happened to check the data and noticed that it was at 9mb...or something like that.
So basically ATT is using wifi data usage towards the allotted 2GB of data.
No. It doesn't update instantly, it takes a while. During that lag you probably used data.
What FLAC said. There is anywhere from a 2-8 hour lag on data usage being updated on the web. Same as call or text history, sometimes calls might even be 24 hours before showing up online.
Oh ok....thanks everyone. I was just a little worried.
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Yeah, me especially. I've used 900MB over wifi. I've used about 6MB over network. I have a 200MB data plan.
I got a text from o2 on Sunday saying I'd used 80% of my data allowance—a huge amount since Tuesday!
I've disbaled data for now while I try and figure out what's gone wrong.
I checked the stats on the phone under network usage and it seems that 'Media' has been using the most (nothing else comes close). This has DRM Protected Content Storage, Download Manager, and Media Storage in the package.
I've been on the same ROM for ages (Rod's MIUI) and haven't installed any news apps recently…
Anyone have this problem before or know what's gone wrong??
Have you been using Pandora or another online radio app? Streaming movies?
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Use Network Counter by mapeapps to get an idea of what is using data...
I use Google Listen Alot by the end of the month I used 2 GB minimum of data
SPB Mobile Manager will tell you which apps are download/uploading and how much
I've got an app called Monitor (it came with the ROM) that lists the apps and what they've used. Download Manager is listed as having used it all.
I haven't been streaming anything unusual no.
Does anyone know what Download Manager would be used by? I've disbaled it's 3G access and turned my data back on, I'll see how things go...
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I use Google Listen Alot by the end of the month I used 2 GB minimum of data
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For me, a single 3 hour podcast ( I <3 listen) is 90+ meg. Add a little bit of twitter and facebook into the mix, 2G is easy to break in one billing cycle.
This is just silly now. I've disabled Download Manager with firewall but it's still using data, apps must be using it and my monitor isn't logging it as the app but that process.
I've had data turned off all day apart from a couple of times to check mail but I've just checked and I've somehow used over 50MB!
Can anyone help?
I think I've figured out what's happened if anyone is interested.
I've had the Android update alert popping up for ages now but I was waiting for Rod to update his ROM before I installed a new one. It's gone now so I'm guessing it's been trying to download the android update in the backgroud whenever I've had a signal.
Serves me right to not updating to a ROM that gets rid of the update alert I guess.
This is gonna be a fun month with no data allowance…
Are O2 that stringent about their data caps or are you a frequent abuser? It pisses me off no end that caps are even in place, especially on 'unlimited' plans, but when they get all pedantic it makes me rage!
FWIW, Vodafone have always been good to me if you're ever thinking of switching. And i abuse the hell out of my data allowance
I've used the full 500MB so I've turned data off, rather not face a large bill...
I've updated ROM from Rod's 2.5 to 2.9 as it had apparently removed the updater. I did this today, in the last few hours Media Storage has used 265MB (on wifi as I still have 3g disabled) even though I've been doing nothing.
Anybody have any clues as to what's going on? I've tried googling with no luck. I did see a couple of similar sounding things and mention of a patch to disable OTA updates... anybody know anything about it?
I purchased a new, unlocked, Nexus 4 several days ago. I had a new SIM card installed by T-Mobile the same day. Since I have a plan with a 2 GB mobile data download, I want to keep an eye on my mobile data use. I set up the entire phone using only WiFi, and the data download info under WiFi shows it. The Mobile data also continues to grow.....not by much...only 5.24 MB over three days. Other than several phone calls I am not aware of any data downloads via the mobile phone. Can anyone help by telling me what gives? Thanks.
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I purchased a new, unlocked, Nexus 4 several days ago. I had a new SIM card installed by T-Mobile the same day. Since I have a plan with a 2 GB mobile data download, I want to keep an eye on my mobile data use. I set up the entire phone using only WiFi, and the data download info under WiFi shows it. The Mobile data also continues to grow.....not by much...only 5.24 MB over three days. Other than several phone calls I am not aware of any data downloads via the mobile phone. Can anyone help by telling me what gives? Thanks.
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Not sure what caused that but even if you go over your 2GBs of data you won't be charged, you will just be reduced to edge speeds.
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I purchased a new, unlocked, Nexus 4 several days ago. I had a new SIM card installed by T-Mobile the same day. Since I have a plan with a 2 GB mobile data download, I want to keep an eye on my mobile data use. I set up the entire phone using only WiFi, and the data download info under WiFi shows it. The Mobile data also continues to grow.....not by much...only 5.24 MB over three days. Other than several phone calls I am not aware of any data downloads via the mobile phone. Can anyone help by telling me what gives? Thanks.
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an app or two working in the background, checking in possibly. maybe even a badly behaving app. you can turn all mobile data off.. main phone settings, data usage, mobile data off(will tell you here what apps are using how much data).
Thanks to all for the help....
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an app or two working in the background, checking in possibly. maybe even a badly behaving app. you can turn all mobile data off.. main phone settings, data usage, mobile data off(will tell you here what apps are using how much data).
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My thanks to everyone who helped me.
I found this answer to fit my situation best. Per your advice I found what apps are using the mobile data, and each one to what extent. I also found that I can turn my mobile data off. I had no idea that certain apps periodically use the mobile data in the background. Obviously this is my first smartphone. Thankfully, I have several Nexus 7's to have a least a little experience with this device.
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My thanks to everyone who helped me.
I found this answer to fit my situation best. Per your advice I found what apps are using the mobile data, and each one to what extent. I also found that I can turn my mobile data off. I had no idea that certain apps periodically use the mobile data in the background. Obviously this is my first smartphone. Thankfully, I have several Nexus 7's to have a least a little experience with this device.
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first smartphone, huh.. i feel that youll probably have more questions. if you do get stuck somewhere, feel free to pm me, ill help where i can.
I'm having a problem with mysterious 15kB data usage. My mobile service is showing random 15kB data usage at random times, over the last week there have been 48 session.
I've disabled data and I am still getting these 15kB sessions, then I changed the APN to a dummy APN, and yet I am still getting this 15kB sessions. From my understanding this should be impossible for my phone to connect to the data network?(I have wifi on)
My phone is currently running slim bean, but I have swapped rom(PARANOIDANDROID) the other day and I was getting the same issue with that rom too.
Any suggestions?
Sounds like your mobile provider is ripping you off man. Does this happen in another phone? If not then it's most likely your phone, but I highly doubt it as I haven't seen reports of this and this doesn't happen to me.
Those bits of data are typically location services. You may have something on your phone that is using GPS to report back location.
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Those bits of data are typically location services. You may have something on your phone that is using GPS to report back location.
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Thanks for the informaiton, and that is what I thought too, but how can my phone connect to data network if the data is turn off and I've changed the APN to a dummy APN
fatall said:
Thanks for the informaiton, and that is what I thought too, but how can my phone connect to data network if the data is turn off and I've changed the APN to a dummy APN
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Renaming an apn as dummy won't stop it from functioning. What you are likely seeing is carrier related. It's purpose is for phone location for 911 services. In an apn it is referenced as supl. It has the ability to call on data, meaning it can turn data on and off at it's own discretion. If it was not showing on your carrier log before, it could be a change with how your current rom is handling it or a change with your apn. Not sure, other than I always see it in my data log and I have supl referenced in one of my apns. I run a two apn setup. One for data and one for MMS and supl. This keeps them functioning without the worry of them failing when calling data when it is off.
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fernandezhjr said:
Renaming an apn as dummy won't stop it from functioning. What you are likely seeing is carrier related. It's purpose is for phone location for 911 services. In an apn it is referenced as supl. It has the ability to call on data, meaning it can turn data on and off at it's own discretion. If it was not showing on your carrier log before, it could be a change with how your current rom is handling it or a change with your apn. Not sure, other than I always see it in my data log and I have supl referenced in one of my apns. I run a two apn setup. One for data and one for MMS and supl. This keeps them functioning without the worry of them failing when calling data when it is off.
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Thanks for the information, the reason I am tracking this is because my service provider charges $0.05 per MB, so each 15kB is counted as 1MB(rounded up to MB billing) and I am on pre paid plan. I don't make a lot of call or SMS. My reasoning was I could recharge with $30 and it takes 12 months till it expires, but the 15kB=1MB is killing this idea. I have also tried leaving data on full-time, but all this does is give me 5-10 data session an hour, killing my pre paid plan.
I have also tried 10 or so different roms over the last 3-4 months and the same thing is happening on all the rom's I've tried.
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Thanks for the information, the reason I am tracking this is because my service provider charges $0.05 per MB, so each 15kB is counted as 1MB(rounded up to MB billing) and I am on pre paid plan. I don't make a lot of call or SMS. My reasoning was I could recharge with $30 and it takes 12 months till it expires, but the 15kB=1MB is killing this idea. I have also tried leaving data on full-time, but all this does is give me 5-10 data session an hour, killing my pre paid plan.
I have also tried 10 or so different roms over the last 3-4 months and the same thing is happening on all the rom's I've tried.
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I have the same problem with the Nexus 5 and finally figured it out. It's related to AGPS, assisted GPS.
To disable it, Goto Settings - Location - Mode
Use Device Only. Getting a GPS signal will take longer, a minute.
High accuracy or Battery Saving uses mobile networks to speed up getting GPS signal, which some providers register as a 15kb data usage.
Did you say 15kb?
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Not sure if this is the correct place to ask this but the free unlimitedmusic streaming seems to be counting against my high speed data. I checked my tmobile app and pandora shows 6mb of data used today(1st day of billing cycle) and my phone shows 56mb of data used today by Pandora.
I am new to tmobile so wondering if I am missing something here? Are the ad's being counted against my LTE data bucket? Thanks!
interesting question....I'm sure you could call T-Mobile support and ask them to track your data usage
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Not sure if this is the correct place to ask this but the free unlimitedmusic streaming seems to be counting against my high speed data. I checked my tmobile app and pandora shows 6mb of data used today(1st day of billing cycle) and my phone shows 56mb of data used today by Pandora.
I am new to tmobile so wondering if I am missing something here? Are the ad's being counted against my LTE data bucket? Thanks!
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It depends what plan you are on. I have the unlimited txt talk and 1gb lte and stream music everyday with soundcloud, beatport, and youtube. I have had no issues with these. Normally tmobile sends you a txt when you are close to your limit.
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The built in meter doesn't differentiate the data usage. Also advertising and anything not streaming related like album art, and lyrics do count against your data albeit should only be like 50MB a month depending how often you leave it on.
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I am going to keep monitoring it and see what it is towards the end of the month. Right now Samsung milk music is showing 20mb used on my phone usage screen 2nd day billing cycle and tmobile app has 15mb....there is no way 15mb could be from album art ads etc etc right?
Whats weird is I used Pandora mainly and my phone reads 60mb and yesterday tmobile app showed 5mb and today it isn't even on list.
You'd be surprised how. You are looking at them individually and not collectively. All that stuff isn't downloaded one at a time, but collectively.
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