I noticed that was surpassing my data limit this month. I installed 3G watch dog to see if I could find the culprit. Obviously the browser is the main draw, and considering that I've already been spoiled with Flash I have been using it a lot. What I've noticed is that my second highest draw is a list of services, that used 20MB in a day. 3G watchdog groups these all together so I don't know which specific services is using so much data.
Anyone else seen this issue. Any way of seeing the data draw of each specific service?
Set the social networks on motoblur to sync only with wifi.
xabierd said:
Set the social networks on motoblur to sync only with wifi.
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Blur really uses that much data? Wow. I can't wait until they give us an unlocked bootloader and I can install CM...
Critic2029 said:
Blur really uses that much data? Wow. I can't wait until they give us an unlocked bootloader and I can install CM...
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20mb seems like a lot of data usage without your interaction. Did you install any apps not from the market? ie: sideload from a not so reputable site. Gingerblur the thing and start fresh. Then you can install the apps you want and leave out the ones you don't want.
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Anyone know how to get rid of the "Select a Wi-Fi network if you would prefer to run the app over Wi-Fi" screen?
I have to press "Do not use Wi-Fi every time and it's pretty annoying.
The only way I know how to get rid of it right now is to completely disable Wi-Fi.
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Anyone know how to get rid of the "Select a Wi-Fi network if you would prefer to run the app over Wi-Fi" screen?
I have to press "Do not use Wi-Fi every time and it's pretty annoying.
The only way I know how to get rid of it right now is to completely disable Wi-Fi.
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Then disable wifi. Not sure why you'd have it going in the background eating power if you're not actually using it for something.
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Then disable wifi. Not sure why you'd have it going in the background eating power if you're not actually using it for something.
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Thanks. But I was asking if there was a way to get rid of that dialog.
I know I could disable Wi-Fi, I even mentioned it in my first post.
But driving to the local Subway by my work place for my lunch break, I don't want to have to disable it and re-enable it for an hour.
If there is no way to do it, then a "No, there isn't a way" would've sufficed.
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Thanks. But I was asking if there was a way to get rid of that dialog.
I know I could disable Wi-Fi, I even mentioned it in my first post.
But driving to the local Subway by my work place for my lunch break, I don't want to have to disable it and re-enable it for an hour.
If there is no way to do it, then a "No, there isn't a way" would've sufficed.
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I'm going to assume you're either on uberBAMF or a Gingeritis ROM. I believe Chingy and TeamBAMF have attempted to address that issue, but to what success I'm not sure. Might check out themikmik.com threads for an answer or tool to fix it. That's the best I can tell ya. I never use public wifi because it's always slower than LTE.
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I'm going to assume you're either on uberBAMF or a Gingeritis ROM. I believe Chingy and TeamBAMF have attempted to address that issue, but to what success I'm not sure. Might check out themikmik.com threads for an answer or tool to fix it. That's the best I can tell ya. I never use public wifi because it's always slower than LTE.
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Thanks, I'll check it out.
I tend to use Wi-Fi at my work place to help from burning my battery too quick.
I'm not even on the phone while at work anyway, so sitting idly there with wifi on is a bit better than sitting idly with 4G.
Although I will be installing in a juice defender type app to do some battery testings later.
Hopefully it will help.
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Thanks, I'll check it out.
I tend to use Wi-Fi at my work place to help from burning my battery too quick.
I'm not even on the phone while at work anyway, so sitting idly there with wifi on is a bit better than sitting idly with 4G.
Although I will be installing in a juice defender type app to do some battery testings later.
Hopefully it will help.
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I'm not a big fan of task and feature killers. I consistently see a projection of over 40 hours standby on LTE with mine using none of that stuff. Additionally, they tend to hurt performance. I'd be more prone to just dropping a wifi widget someplace. Just my thoughts...
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I'm not a big fan of task and feature killers. I consistently see a projection of over 40 hours standby on LTE with mine using none of that stuff. Additionally, they tend to hurt performance. I'd be more prone to just dropping a wifi widget someplace. Just my thoughts...
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Yeah, I'm just doing some testings to see if it helps any.
Logically, I would think it does help, since while my screen is off, the data is disabled.
But who knows, there might be something within the app itself that's draining the battery life even more.
Thanks for your feedbacks!
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Yeah, I'm just doing some testings to see if it helps any.
Logically, I would think it does help, since while my screen is off, the data is disabled.
But who knows, there might be something within the app itself that's draining the battery life even more.
Thanks for your feedbacks!
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Just from experience, some chat clients are simply abusive when it comes to data use. Yahoo was one of them for me. I also try to very rigidly control when certain things sync or update. Seldom used email accounts update once, maybe twice, a day. Weather only every 6 hours instead of EVERY time the widget is viewed which is the default setting. A lot of the sync setting are WAY more frequent than I think they need to be... the information just doesn't change that much. And it's largely stuff you'll never notice it not doing. Also, I underclock my bottem end CPU speeds and undervolt them to the limit. My phone spends the VAST majority of it's time at or below 245MHz, sipping .8volts or less.
I use IM+ Pro and FriendCaster for Facebook.
I do not let FriendCaster ever do any syncing, however, since I don't even check that thing too much and when I do, I can manually sync it myself.
Other than those two, I use Gmail which is on autosync and Moxier Mail for my corporate email which is on direct push mode.
Since we're on the subject, would you know if direct push burns battery unnecessarily also?
I'm not certain how push works, but do not want to put it on auto polling every 3 hours or something.
johnnysyeah said:
I use IM+ Pro and FriendCaster for Facebook.
I do not let FriendCaster ever do any syncing, however, since I don't even check that thing too much and when I do, I can manually sync it myself.
Other than those two, I use Gmail which is on autosync and Moxier Mail for my corporate email which is on direct push mode.
Since we're on the subject, would you know if direct push burns battery unnecessarily also?
I'm not certain how push works, but do not want to put it on auto polling every 3 hours or something.
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Real push email service shouldn't need polling at all. The entire idea behind push email service, as basically invented by RIM, is that a remote server serves as a proxy user to your account and allows you remote access through that service. As a result, nothing is sent to your device until the remote service has something to send. I'm not familiar with your email app or setup through the corporate account, but if it's actually real push email, it's the best possible setup to preserve battery life. Real push email service is one of the few sports BlackBerry can still say they own the game. Everything else is just pretending REAL hard, but the harder it pretends, the harder it tends to be on your battery too.
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Real push email service shouldn't need polling at all. The entire idea behind push email service, as basically invented by RIM, is that a remote server serves as a proxy user to your account and allows you remote access through that service. As a result, nothing is sent to your device until the remote service has something to send. I'm not familiar with your email app or setup through the corporate account, but if it's actually real push email, it's the best possible setup to preserve battery life. Real push email service is one of the few sports BlackBerry can still say they own the game. Everything else is just pretending REAL hard, but the harder it pretends, the harder it tends to be on your battery too.
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I guess I did right by setting my Moxier Mail to direct push only then, instead of polling during weekends and such.
Thanks!
Hi guys,
For some time now I've noticed an increase of my mobile internet data usage. Since I installed ICS on my Galaxy S I'm able to see why:
I've turned off every sync feature of Google+ since the moment I installed it. EVERYTHING is disabled and it still uses a huge amount of BACKGROUND data. What does it do? Does anybody have an idea?
Thank you!
try using cache cleaner app from the market....it should work fine
Wow that is a problem. G+ is becoming so intrusive on every platform it is on, like the automatic upload feature.. Thats a ridiculous feature! Who would want EVERY picture they take to go to a public social network? Is it possible that you have not disabled that feature and all those uploads are eating your data?
Also, what will clearing cache do to stop background mobile data usage Wilfred?
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Wow that is a problem. G+ is becoming so intrusive on every platform it is on, like the automatic upload feature.. Thats a ridiculous feature! Who would want EVERY picture they take to go to a public social network? Is it possible that you have not disabled that feature and all those uploads are eating your data?
Also, what will clearing cache do to stop background mobile data usage Wilfred?
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i've had the same prob with my mobile... teh data consumption was like hell wen ever i go intot he market... later i tried usin cache cleaner(root) and it worked fine... i saw somewer that the temp files would pile up resulting in suckon of more data
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i've had the same prob with my mobile... teh data consumption was like hell wen ever i go intot he market... later i tried usin cache cleaner(root) and it worked fine... i saw somewer that the temp files would pile up resulting in suckon of more data
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Okay good to know! I will remember this when/if I experience the same. Thanks for the explanation.
I've signed out from the app and blocked the background app sync...this means no more google plus for me. Since december I've cleared my cache so many times.
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Who would want EVERY picture they take to go to a public social network?
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Apple Fanboys .
Like on say, miui roms and other actually smart phones? something to make this bloody phone only actually use data when needed- if i get or send mms, only if i open browser, etc
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Like on say, miui roms and other actually smart phones? something to make this bloody phone only actually use data when needed- if i get or send mms, only if i open browser, etc
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Turn off sync and background data in settings
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Like on say, miui roms and other actually smart phones? something to make this bloody phone only actually use data when needed- if i get or send mms, only if i open browser, etc
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I'm not familiar with MIUI but it's possible to create profiles with Tasker. It's capable of pretty much anything (activate data when a specific app opens, for example). Think I remember seeing someone do some stuff with MMS too. It can definitely be done.
Your phone IS only pulling data when needed. You and your phone just disagree on what constitutes a "need".
Are you on ICS or GB? Figure out what app is pulling the data. ICS data usage will show you, and let you disable the usage by app. GB will let you turn off background data in a blanket setting. On GB you can get an app like My Data Manager to see what app is using the data.
Juice Defender has settings too to disable data when your screen is off and such. But it's commonly believed to actually decrease battery life, especially the task killing aspect of it.
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Im on GB, ICS pissed me off to no end at the moment. Guess ill look into tasker.
Android devices are the only ones I've noticed to be unable to just idle properly on their own, but right now im in magical land of Japan where using Nokia is too problematic.
Hmm, good enough unless tasker will eat more battery than active data connection
hey i have a rooted i9305t running custom rom liquidsmooth 2.5
is there a way i can turn off data from the phone but have my phone making an active wifi hotspot for say if im using it connect to ps3 i dont want my phones apps using the network but allow the hotspot to have access to it?any thing please?
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hey i have a rooted i9305t running custom rom liquidsmooth 2.5
is there a way i can turn off data from the phone but have my phone making an active wifi hotspot for say if im using it connect to ps3 i dont want my phones apps using the network but allow the hotspot to have access to it?any thing please?
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That's quite an interesting request, I don't know of any bullet-proof solutions but turning account sync off and using a task manager to kill all non-essential running apps should mean that no apps attempt to use mobile data.
I've not used one but I'd imagine there are application level firewalls available for rooted phones, maybe someone else has experience with one?
Would be interesting to know which apps you want blocked?
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That's quite an interesting request, I don't know of any bullet-proof solutions but turning account sync off and using a task manager to kill all non-essential running apps should mean that no apps attempt to use mobile data.
I've not used one but I'd imagine there are application level firewalls available for rooted phones, maybe someone else has experience with one?
Would be interesting to know which apps you want blocked?
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thanks for the reply.
in perspective ive gone from a LG p500 to a i9305t haha huge jump for me.
ive only just rooted it and installed a custom rom so now i dont have no samsung bloatware running or any other non useful things running cause they didnt come with my rom . yeah i dont ever auto sync and since ive asked this i tick restrict background data while on wifi so pretty much alll my apps arent using BG data. now the only problem with a heavy task killer is it will kill my alarm all the time welln it used to on the p500. so i would have to install unistall everytime or freeze it i have rom manager pro i like the task manager in there. ill get on my phone and screenshot you whats in there after this maybe you could tell me whats actually running and whats not would be great.but from the looks of it barely anything i usually only play f1 2012 and ops 2 online so i want as much as possible incase lol. since the new rom its changed dramatically in my task manager.
application level firewall. what would that do mate?OH and also. i have TWO cpu/battery profiles in rom manager. one set for SCREEN OFF wihich i have it use 700mhz max 200 min and SCREEN ON max all the way. would that effect my active hotspot in anyway?like is being restricted by having that profile set?WAIT its always on charge while wifi is on. so if i make a new profile for when the charger is plugged in it shuold be set to full. but the screen would be off? so would those profiles clash in some way?thats why i only set 2 didnt wanna make it mess with the cpu all the time. sorry lol any help with anything is GREATLY appreaciated. im only registered on here so ill always be here now.
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That's quite an interesting request, I don't know of any bullet-proof solutions but turning account sync off and using a task manager to kill all non-essential running apps should mean that no apps attempt to use mobile data.
I've not used one but I'd imagine there are application level firewalls available for rooted phones, maybe someone else has experience with one?
Would be interesting to know which apps you want blocked?
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sorry if i wanted any apps blocked in particular id want them all if i could lol or as many as possible.
here's the screens. so what's active what's not. what's what? what's not lol sorry for all the posts mate. New here. loving the help and info.
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I have a good friend who believes her husband, they are separated and divorcing, has some kind of spyware on her phone. A lot of her claims as far as strange things happening with her phone, seem kind of impossible but her ex was involved in some high level activities in the Military. For one, she says she can factory reset her phone and all the strange things pop back on her phone. The first thing I looked at was what apps on her android were using the most data. I will include a picture of it but I personally have never seen anything like it. Many of the apps that are shown are "restricted".
Now, the app store for example. She claims she never installs new apps or really even looks around on the app store however the data use on it is insane. She also has NO work stuff on here and has no idea what osulogin is. Does anyone have a clue??
osu login is a preinstalled system app.
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osu login is a preinstalled system app.
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Thank you for letting me know that. Did you notice or see anything strange on there? Like why is the appstore data so high and all the app restricted? She said he ex was like scary good on cell phones.
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Thank you for letting me know that. Did you notice or see anything strange on there? Like why is the appstore data so high and all the app restricted? She said he ex was like scary good on cell phones.
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Have the phone reflashed to its original stock rom. Change Google account password.
Turn off wifi. Get off social media. Never leave anyone use your phone out of your sight... if at all.
I doubt the ex would risk his security clearance and job like this. The DOD has a vast array of spyware tools... I've seen some in use.
You upload and scan any app you want to with online Virustotal.
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Have the phone reflashed to its original stock rom. Change Google account password.
Turn off wifi. Get off social media. Never leave anyone use your phone out of your sight... if at all.
I doubt the ex would risk his security clearance and job like this. The DOD has a vast array of spyware tools... I've seen some in use.
You upload and scan any app you want to with online Virustotal.
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Gotcha. I will pass that on. Thank you very much again.