Is there some application that can monitor internet usage by application? I know 3G Watchdog does the job, but it only shows the global consumption and I want to see which apps are using my internet because sometimes I can see my internet being used but I don't know which app is using it.
Also can someone tell me how I can deactivate it and turn it on until I need it.
Thanks!!
Have a look at Call meter NG...
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.ub0r-android-callmeterng-Fpn.aspx
3g watchdog
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nice post...
Call Meter NG doesn't do the trick either
@OP If you find software that does that please let me know, coz that would be pretty awesome, using watchdog at the moment but dunno where the data is going.
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Also can someone tell me how I can deactivate it and turn it on until I need it.
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Settings - Wireless Controls - Mobile Networks - MMS & Data to turn it on and off.
Netcounter
http://www.jaqpot.net/netcounter/
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Netcounter
http://www.jaqpot.net/netcounter/
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This is the same as 3G Wathdog, just shows the total usage. I want one where you can see Internet usage by application.
Does 3g watchdog count gps with it
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Does 3g watchdog count gps with it
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Count what about GPS exactly?
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GPS is never counted as data usage, it uses signal from GPS satellites, not the internet connection. However, if you are using Google Maps, the internet connection is used to download the maps.
3GW has not yet the capability of counting usage per application, but a "pro" version will in the near future, only for phones under Android 2.2+ because it's not technically feasible AFAIK with older versions of the OS.
Hey guys,
I really need per app counter especially now for my X10.
I have only a 200mb plan, but I don't ever do anything else on the internet except use Google Voice app to text(since I tend to text a bunch).
Anyways, first month that I had the phone my traffic got up to about 120mb, but that was because I browsed web etc (you know.. got a new toy and started to play with it type of thing), but after this month I installed counter and monitor it from AT&T's website too, and half-way through the month traffic got up to 140mb!
Now I have disabled background data once I noticed that, now I have enabled it but uninstalled Google Voice app, and gonna have to go without it for few days (which isn't that great) and see if it's it that's causing the problem.
The thing is that I need the app one way or the other, and second is that I want to know for sure what EXACTLY is using my traffic.
Any advice is welcome.
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LAN Spy Monitor is excellent all-in-one Internet usage monitoring software, it works very well.
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Hi
I was wondering if it is possible to use both wifi and 3g at the same time. The reason I want this is because, I am using 3UK and they provide free skype which only works if 3g is active. whenever I come home and connect to home wifi, the skype goes offline and requests to turn off wifi.
I had Nokia N95 8Gb and it used to run both wifi and 3g at the same time. Dosen't android have that option of choosing access points?
isn't skype a free app already??
sorry i don't know the answer to your question
I think that you don't get charged for data used when on skype with 3? Is there anything in the settings within skype that you can change to allow you to use wifi?
Otherwise try downloading the skype app off the market and see if that works? Did you get the 2.1 upgrade yet on 3?
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I think that you don't get charged for data used when on skype with 3? Is there anything in the settings within skype that you can change to allow you to use wifi?
Otherwise try downloading the skype app off the market and see if that works? Did you get the 2.1 upgrade yet on 3?
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No I am using generic 2.1 and you can download skype off 3 website. this skype is customised to run only on 3 network. I did try downloading Native skype off market but it is such a battery drainer and I think it is not free to use on 3's 3g network.
Hi guys,
I am looking for an app that does *two* things:
1. Shuts off Wifi when I get out of wifi range; and
2. Automatically pings for a WiFi connection, but not so often that it drains the battery.
It would be even better if I could set the app to stop background syncing when Wifi is off.
Does anyone know of an app, or a combination of apps that might be able to do this?
The only thing I have found so far is Juice Defender Ultimate, but it seems like overkill to use that just for WiFi control.
Tasker or locale
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Juice defender does a good job of it. Go for the paid version.
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I would agree with dafoxs.. juice d... I may be over kill but it works and you can always use it for more than just wifi.
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Tasker ftw!
you can do all that you've requested and much more.
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Tasker ftw!
you can do all that you've requested and much more.
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I got Tasker but I'm just too lazy to get it to do what I want. Maybe I should put some effort into it.
At any rate, I think I found what works, but it is a combo of three apps:
Auto WiFi On/Off by Impresk, which turns off WiFi when out of range and then you can set how often it pings (I chose every 15 minutes);
WifiKeepAlive by roys, which keeps WiFi on when it is still in range;
Wi-Fi Web Login by SysLynx. This auto-logs you in to those annoying hotspots where you have to click a button on a webpage to get access. It really smooths the process.
Have you tried the "AT&T Smart Wi-Fi" app as found on the Play market? Not sure if it is what you need or not. Decent ratings.
"AT&T Smart Wi-Fi connection manager is a free app that finds and auto-connects to available hotspots, maximizes battery life by only turning Wi-Fi on & off when needed"...etc.etc.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.att.android.attsmartwifi&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5hdHQuYW5kcm9pZC5hdHRzbWFydHdpZmkiXQ..
+1 for Tasker, but the free version of Llama would easily handle this.
There's also a interesting app called Geotasker, and its free
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I use Juice Defender Ultimate for this and lots of other things. You can set it to learn your habbits. After a few days it knows that when your on the cell towers around yours house that you use wifi, but never anywhere else. So it begins turning wifi off untill it sees your cell towers again. Lots of other crazy stuff too. I had a semi-aggressive set up going and with listening to slacker too and from work (45-60 min each way) plus FB and such throughout the day on and off, I got over 24 hours. Its worth shot. Tasker does lots of cool stuff too. I just use JDU because its aimed at tailoring battery life to your needs.
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Have you tried the "AT&T Smart Wi-Fi" app as found on the Play market? Not sure if it is what you need or not. Decent ratings.
"AT&T Smart Wi-Fi connection manager is a free app that finds and auto-connects to available hotspots, maximizes battery life by only turning Wi-Fi on & off when needed"...etc.etc.
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I have been using this, thanks for the idea. It works perfectly.
I just had too many problems with Juice Defender; it was always cutting off my communication when I needed it.
Hi guys,
Have you ever heard about the location search function on certain carriers?
For example, X wants to know where Y is, both doesn't have GPS or internet function. X sends an sms to the carrier to locate a number.
Y then receives an sms for permission to allow X to know his/her location. When approved, X receives the location of Y.
I was wondering if this can be done on our phones to know our own location?
Benefits:
-saves battery (not using data or GPS)
-saves time (don't have to search for satellites)
I found out on how to calculate our longitude and latitude from here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...triangulate-gsm-cell-towers-to-get-a-location
Maybe when we get our longitude and latitude, we can trick our phone by thinking it is a GPS data, allowing navigation apps like Google Maps to point our location.
Any devs wanna work on this project?
Lol just turn off your gps and use mobile internet in gmap. You can see tower based location in map
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Lol just turn off your gps and use mobile internet in gmap. You can see tower based location in map
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With what I suggested, you don't need internet
All you need is a normal GSM connection.
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With what I suggested, you don't need internet
All you need is a normal GSM connection.
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without internet I think its not possible because gmap need internet connection to load the area. Latest gmap has the Offline Map feature where we can preload an area. When we visit that area,we can get turn by turn navigation without internet
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without internet I think its not possible because gmap need internet connection to load the area. Latest gmap has the feature that we can preload an area where no net connection available. When we visit that area,we can get turn by turn navigation without internet
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Okay. Assume we have an offline map like you mentioned above.
What do you use to determine your location for that turn by turn navigation?
Gmaps uses GPS or internet to determine our location.
But our carriers determine our location from the strength of tower signals around you.
Open the link on the 1st post for a detailed explanation on how it works.
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Okay. Assume we have an offline map like you mentioned above.
What do you use to determine your location for that turn by turn navigation?
Gmaps uses GPS or internet to determine our location.
But our carriers determine our location from the strength of tower signals around you.
Open the link on the 1st post for a detailed explanation on how it works.
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Yeah I know about this things. But im confused that it will work without mobile internet. Lets see who can make it possible
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Yeah I know about this things. But im confused that it will work without mobile internet. Lets see who can make it possible
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It doesn't use internet because it only uses the coordinate of nearby towers and their signal strength to calculate our location.
Hope any devs can make an app to read tower information, calculate coordinates and point it on a map, tricking it into believing it comes from GPS or data connection.
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It doesn't use internet because it only uses the coordinate of nearby towers and their signal strength to calculate our location.
Hope any devs can make an app to read tower information, calculate coordinates and point it on a map, tricking it into believing it comes from GPS or data connection.
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We also need a preloaded map
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We also need a preloaded map
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Sygic does the trick
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...lt#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zeWdpYy5hdXJhIl0.
In certain locations, gmaps support offline maps too.
NOGAPPS Network Location
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1715375
uses data from http://opencellid.org/
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frief said:
NOGAPPS Network Location
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1715375
uses data from http://opencellid.org/
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Thanks, I'm gonna try it.
Doesn't work with Sygic. It still needs GPS.
Is there any way of making your phone think that data from GSM triangulation is coming from GPS?
I have Android-x86 (latest 4.2.2) since 2 days ago. When I connect my network via wifi, it goes blank, so I decided to skip the wifi and disable it. So I found way to connect internet via Huawei USB Dongle and everything goes well but some Google Service dont. After some research I found that using TTY to connect USB Dongle doesn't change the signal bar and leave the signal bar to blank, but I can connect to internet, as I said.
So, my final question:
How I can fake the signal bar ?
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Faking signal bar
I didn't got ur question exactly..
But according to my experience faking is nt that really easy as setting a wallpaper..
You can change your settings using root explorer and editing sim or wifi properties (As I didnt got what you want to fake) to display full 100% strength even when there is no signal..
But first make a nandroid backup..
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I didn't got ur question exactly..
But according to my experience faking is nt that really easy as setting a wallpaper..
You can change your settings using root explorer and editing sim or wifi properties (As I didnt got what you want to fake) to display full 100% strength even when there is no signal..
But first make a nandroid backup..
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I need to fake either wifi or 3G connection, just to fool the Google Play app
btw where is the location of the file i can edit?
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I think this one is not possible. The possible is removing the google play link to an specific apps but you need to be root your phone and use lucky patcher but the problem is... not all apps link to google play are supported with lucky patcher...
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I think this one is not possible. The possible is removing the google play link to an specific apps but you need to be root your phone and use lucky patcher but the problem is... not all apps link to google play are supported with lucky patcher...
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No, you don't understand me, I don't wanna remove Google Play, but I wanna run Google Play with TTY connection via USB Dongle
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No, you don't understand me, I don't wanna remove Google Play, but I wanna run Google Play with TTY connection via USB Dongle
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Any news on this?
Similar to AngSanley, I want to use Google based apps like navigation on a 'non-standard' internet connection, a bluetooth internet connection (via Blue VPN). Unfortunately, Google based apps or some of the non-Google ones that check for either wifi or 3G / GSM internet connection, (like TuneIn Radio) refuse to work with it.
I need to fake an established wifi or 3G / GSM internet connection to get them working. The only Google based app that works with my bt connection is Google Play. Many other non-Google apps that obiously aren't set to check for such a 'standard' internet connection are working fine.
In my opinion, Google should remove this really senseless inconveniece. This is a limitation in fact.
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Hello!
When my i9300 (Omini ROM) enable internet connection (WiFI or 3G), it starts downloading something to my device. Because i can see it fully utilized my internet connection (only download, not uploading). But I don't know what is it (Which application does it). Are there any way to track which app do it or are there anyway to view each application internet usage?
Thanks!
android addicts said:
Hello!
When my i9300 (Omini ROM) enable internet connection (WiFI or 3G), it starts downloading something to my device. Because i can see it fully utilized my internet connection (only download, not uploading). But I don't know what is it (Which application does it). Are there any way to track which app do it or are there anyway to view each application internet usage?
Thanks!
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There is a built in system in settings in data usage.. U can limit your usage too with that.. Then there are apps like 3g watchdog etc..which kind of do a similar job...
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There is a built in system in settings in data usage.. U can limit your usage too with that.. Then there are apps like 3g watchdog etc..which kind of do a similar job...
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OK Kunal. I'll try 3 G watch dog. But are there any way to view WiFi usage? I think in system settings it shows 3G, 4G data usage.
In device Settings>data usage>WiFI, I can see Google keyboard eats my data. It used 1.61GB. Oh man. Why is that?