Any one else notice data saver does not work like its supposed to? I tried d/l a podcast over wifi and it would not start until i turned off data saver.
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Question is why do you even need data saver on when there is unlimited data on Sprint?
ericdabbs said:
Question is why do you even need data saver on when there is unlimited data on Sprint?
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Battery drain. For example, when I commute and my train transitions underground in the city for an extended period of time... or while you're sleeping and could care less about your e-mail constantly polling every X minutes.
Give THIS a try...
Data Toggle
Much easier, and more efficient!
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Does having auto-sync enabled with wifi or mobile connection off wastes battery?
I've always wondered that... I'm always turning off auto-sync when I also turn off every data connection. Does it help saving battery or it's pointless?
It does save on battery yes. Disabling all the settings does. Unfortunately it's not practical to run your phone that way for long periods of time.
Why not?
I only turn on wifi/mobile data connection occasionally when I need it, not all the time so...
Nazgulled said:
Why not?
I only turn on wifi/mobile data connection occasionally when I need it, not all the time so...
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If WiFi and mobile data are disabled it shouldn't make a difference whether sync is enabled then - however it may still send requests out to check for data connection and therefore drain battery.
I do exactly the same as you but for a business customer who needs e-mail on the go it is impractical and i'm sure there are other examples too.
Sure. In my case it's not though...
ive noticed that every now and again even with wifi/data disabled i see a flash in the top notification area of the sync logo. so i disable mine too when turning of data. i never saw it in 1.5 though
Hi,i'm a xperia mini pro user and i have been getting high bill for alternating month and i would like to ask some advice from the community.I'm not a plan user or anything,so i don't have data plan for my mobile.At home i always leave my data background traffic on(with auto sync),wi-fi on and data roaming is always off.When i'm outside i turn off my background data traffic,wifi and data roaming.So can anyone help me what is the reason for me on getting this high bills.I've also install this app call "my data manager" to keep track of my data usage but it show 0 on mb usage of my data.So please help me and thank you.
My bill is arround 90 to 100 for november
October was 20.
September was 98.
liuteikwooi said:
Hi,i'm a xperia mini pro user and i have been getting high bill for alternating month and i would like to ask some advice from the community.I'm not a plan user or anything,so i don't have data plan for my mobile.At home i always leave my data background traffic on(with auto sync),wi-fi on and data roaming is always off.When i'm outside i turn off my background data traffic,wifi and data roaming.So can anyone help me what is the reason for me on getting this high bills.I've also install this app call "my data manager" to keep track of my data usage but it show 0 on mb usage of my data.So please help me and thank you.
My bill is arround 90 to 100 for november
October was 20.
September was 98.
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Turn off data transfer off.
By data transfer if you mean background data traffic and data roaming or data enable yes those are off when i'm out side by still manage to get this high bills
have you tried checking the summary of your bill? usually maxis will lay it all out which charges have gone through during the entire duration of the billing period, from there you'll know why go are being billed over your average billing during the past months
check your message delivery report settings:
open messages, menu->settings
i know some operators charge if you have this option enabled, meaning u r sending texts which is going from ur allowance but DR is charged even though u might not be receiving !!!
i have check my bill and under usage charge section it's almost RM94.iphysal i have check the delivery report and no i have not enable it.By the way can i ask something,do i get charge if data background traffic is on when i'm using wi-fi.TY
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Ok one more thing i forgot to say my facebook inside xperia is always on even though when i'm outside does that somehow affect my bill.TY
you should try and install 3g watch dog and juice defender.
it help me alot to manage data traffic.
Easy: if you don't have a data plan, keep mobile data turned OFF. They charge an arm and a leg per MB, typically. If you need to look up something urgently while on the road, just turn data on for a moment.
On the other hand, if you can't live without, e.g., your hourly fix of facebook updates even when you're otside, then get a data plan. Seriously.
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thank you all for advice i will post again by this month end ty again
Also when youre done browsing facebook app..hit sign out coz it will keep updating if you just close it and not sign out.
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I don't want to be too critical but many Smart Actions I found here or other Razr forums tend to be very restrictive on your use.
Com'on, you bought an expensive fancy phone which uses the fastest 4G LTE network, you paid some premium on those joy. It is never a Verizon LTE Razr if you turn 4G off.
So my bottom line is :
1.I want to be able to surf web/watch youtube/check email on 4G or wifi network when I want to (as opposed to wait for 5 seconds because it was off when screen was off)
And
2. I want to have reasonable battery life.
After some testing, Smart Actions that work on my Razr is
1. At Home: when it detect my wifi, it will switch there.
2. In call: When there is incoming call, turn off Data Connection and Screen turn to 0% brightness. (This is CDMA network, so you can't surf and use data at the same time anyway. Or do you really do a lot of such things? If so, please ignore this)
This #2 will help if you have constant phone conversation of about 30 mins daily. You won't want to burn unnecessary juicy while you are only talking.
3. At work where no wifi is available (for security reasons), I turn it off. I sit in office most of the time of the day, so you won't want wifi keep scanning and eating juice. I used TImeFrame to identify this, not geo location because wifi will need to be turned off.
4. In the night, using the night saver sample, I turned off cell data and background sync.
5. Low battery saver: surprisingly, in this action I only turned it to 0% screen brightness. Why? Just imagine you are using it as GPS or some important task on the road, you dont want to lose the GPS/Data if the battery dropped below a threshhold?
6. Most helpful action:
No Action At Work.
If you are working in office most of the time, your cellphone is quietly sitting on your desk mainly. So if you specify
1. at work
2. movement detection found nothing moving
then disable background sync. it will save the juice and when you turn on the screen to check email, the 4G is always there.
The whole idea , is not to disable data connection whenever you turn off screen. Many times you will have background downloads and sometimes when you turn on the screen, the phone takes some time to restore the data connection. which makes you staring at your phone can wait for a while. quite unfortunate if you have an Iphone user sitting beside you immediately pull the data out, right? =)
Personal settings, hopefully it helps you. It will easily give you 12 hours of usage. and for my charge now: 10 hours later it is at 80%, of course it has 6 hours of night standby.
Let's discuss more TESTED smart actions here? =)
note: if your phone is in your pocket a lot during a working day, don't use motion detection and you know why...
You can use voice and data simultaneously when on 4g. Just fyi.
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Yup, it's definitely useful too.
Example: talking to friend on phone about hanging out, go to home screen open Google maps to check when the next bus comes, while still talking to friend
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"Movement Detection"
Is there such an option? Been looking for it, can't find it.
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"Movement Detection"
Is there such an option? Been looking for it, can't find it.
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It's motion
+ you need to update to get it
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Copy that, update req Glad moto is updating though, it could be a uber powerful app.
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Copy that, update req Glad moto is updating though, it could be a uber powerful app.
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Think if they make it more granular it will be great
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thank you for the tips.
I have unsuccessfully tried to set up smart actions to disable wifi and enable gps when I am not connected to a wireless network(or no wireless signal), and enable wifi and disable gps when I get to certain places. Can anyone give me some guidance on how to accomplish this? Any other power saving smart actions are welcomed.
I would also like to ask if theres any tweakes for better performance and better battery life. Im running stock ICS and am rooted.
Juice Defender Ultimate has some nice location-based controls for WiFi. Not sure about GPS...but it saves me so much battery even on stock ROM that I just leave GPS enabled all the time. Worth the money for Ultimate.
If you don't require data for emails and facebooking or whatever else the kids do these days, I use a smart action to disable data and background data sync when screen is off.
It doubles my battery life. I can now go two days on my maxx with medium use.
I can kill it in a day if I want to. Usually it takes two though.
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What exactly does cellular data disable? Well i not be getting messages from contacts? How about background sync, what all does that eliminate ? Is there any action to turn off wifi when not connected to certain ones?
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Cellular data is data(3g/4g/1x). It stops your phone searching for a signal or downloading anything or uploading for that matter.
Background sync is what gives you emails and messages from various polling services such as Facebook.
I don't need to get emails except when I turn my screen on.
Juice defender does allow periodic data and background to check for emails and such.
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bwheelies said:
If you don't require data for emails and facebooking or whatever else the kids do these days, I use a smart action to disable data and background data sync when screen is off.
It doubles my battery life. I can now go two days on my maxx with medium use.
I can kill it in a day if I want to. Usually it takes two though.
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I also have the same features for data and background sync, my battery life is so much better now (xt910)
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Thanks for the tips, i don't think disabling background sync is an option for me cause I get emails atoll the time.
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I would recommend trying to do what you need with Juice Defender, since that helps battery life dramatically, at least for my uses.
If you need to set up something more complicated/specific, Tasker seems to work well.
just wondering does leaving the GPS on for location services eat up my data? just wondering as i upgraded to the S4 and had to get the 2GB plan and now i have to start watching my data and use wifi since i lost my unlimited plan.
also does leaving it on eat a lot of battery life?
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just wondering does leaving the GPS on for location services eat up my data? just wondering as i upgraded to the S4 and had to get the 2GB plan and now i have to start watching my data and use wifi since i lost my unlimited plan.
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Yes, GPS will use data unless connected to WiFi. Any widgets, weather apps, or location accessible apps will use their specified update interval to ping your location.
also does leaving it on eat a lot of battery life?
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That's dependent on your device and its configuration. For example, if you have a weather app set to update the forecast and temp every 30 minutes, it'll wake your device to gather the necessary info every half hour. That means more awake time, less deep sleep. Conversely, if you set it to update every 2+ hours, it'll be waking your device less often which will allow longer periods of sleeping.
Do you know if its a lot of data? I only use one weather app and that is beautiful wigets then I use facebook but JUST to look at peoples post, I never post and I never like post where im at or use check in
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To be clear, GPS does not, in and of itself, use data and turning it off won't save data. Apps such as BW alternatively uses network location to approximate your location. The app uses your location to download information relevant to that locale. The same amount of cellular data is used in both scenarios. In either case, your best practice is to adjust the refresh rates for location aware apps accordingly.