200mb Data plan can be managed - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777

I am looking at getting my first Android phone and my first data plan. I would like to sign up for the 200mb plan and use WiFi where I can. Have others done this successfully? I hear about programs that still use the AT&T network even though they are on WiFi. I hear that some software programs make help you manage your data use. I heard that you can have AT&T cut off the data stream if you hit your limit. Others say that you can not do this. AT&T told me at one place that you can not do this and another stated you can for $5 a month. They called it Smart Limits but looking at it on line it seems to be for kid use and not data limits.
Maybe I am better off paying $25 a month and getting 2gb? I really don't want to even pay $15 a month.
So what are others doing if you have a 200mb plan? Thx and I can't wait to get my GSII on Friday!

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scottwood2 said:
I am looking at getting my first Android phone and my first data plan. I would like to sign up for the 200mb plan and use WiFi where I can. Have others done this successfully? I hear about programs that still use the AT&T network even though they are on WiFi. I hear that some software programs make help you manage your data use. I heard that you can have AT&T cut off the data stream if you hit your limit. Others say that you can not do this. AT&T told me at one place that you can not do this and another stated you can for $5 a month. They called it Smart Limits but looking at it on line it seems to be for kid use and not data limits.
Maybe I am better off paying $25 a month and getting 2gb? I really don't want to even pay $15 a month.
So what are others doing if you have a 200mb plan? Thx and I can't wait to get my GSII on Friday!
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Impossible. Just going on youtube and watching a hd music video will get you close to 200mb.
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I am using 200M and find it enough for me.
During the day I use wifi in office, at home I use home wifi. When I am using data, I try not to stream video, audio etc.

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Man, once you get your phone you'll see that you go threw that 200MB so fast. ID suggest to AT LEAST get 2GB , if not more.
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Looneyrat said:
Impossible. Just going on youtube and watching a hd music video will get you close to 200mb.
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I find that anything less than 5gb is crippling on a smart phone. then again I'm not a huge believer of WiFi. its just an inconvenience... I'd go with the 2gb plan.

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My wife has been easily keeping it under 200mb.
There are apps on the market that can warn you about your limit like netcounter.
Juicedefender can be set to disable background internet and only check at certain intervals. Saves quite a bit on data.
As well as droidapn. That makes it easy to stop all mobile data.
So yes a 200mb limit is very do-able. Just be smart about it (wifi, wifi, wifi!) and don't do data intensive things while on mobile (like Pandora or YouTube) and leave sync off.
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My wife and I both have 200mb and have never gone over. I am just on wifi when I'm doing anything big on it really.

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scottwood2 said:
Maybe I am better off paying $25 a month and getting 2gb? I really don't want to even pay $15 a month.
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I have 2.5GB i never go above 200mb, but only if i browse and ocasionally watch some youtube videos. If u wanna use tethering and to download music and watch a lot of youtube ur gonna need more MBs )
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Guess it depends on wether or not you believe in WiFi or not. XD

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Start with the 2gb plan for the first few months, see how you do with data and get/keep the data plan that will best suit your usage.
Personally id go with the 2gig plan, no fun being out and about and having to think "hmm is this going to eat up too much data if i do this or that?". With 2gb you can just use without having to worry about usage (for the most part)
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I started with 200mb on my iPhone 4 and had to move to 2gb since every month I was getting near 200mb and I had to monitor my usage quite frequently. With 2gb, I usually consume about 1gb per month and I just switched to unlimited today (iPhone 2g loophole), probably will consume more now on since I would stream radio using Tunein

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It depends on what you want to do. I TRY to use wifi as much as possible when I am around it but I also find myselfusing data quite a bit. If I am at work the wifi signal can be crappy in my office so streaming can be jerky. Plus I am almost daily downloading a nightly rom (except lately since nightlies haven't been available) and they are about 100Mb so I would use it up in two days for the month. Plus when I am away on weekends camping, or anything and away from the world so to speak as far as any wifi connections I still use my phone alot over the network and still update nightly when available.
I too would say fork over the $25 for 2Gb as I think it will be worth it compared to 200Mb a month. I am on the grandfathered unlimited data plan and I know I have used more than 2Gbs a month not even trying to.
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i use about 98 megs a month while my wife uses around 10 megs

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sailador said:
i use about 98 megs a month while my wife uses around 10 megs
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How's this even possible?

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Alucardis666 said:
How's this even possible?
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I am basically on wifi 99 percent of the time. I use My Data Manager to watch my data. You just have to be kinda careful that is it. As for my wife she never use the internet at all.

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It really depends on what you plan on using the phone for. If you plan to use it alot for web browsing, email syncing, and other things that use data, then yes you will need 2gb,. If you are just getting it for a protable wifi netbook like thing, then 200mb is all you need, but you will blow through it quick if you aren't careful.
AT&T really needs a 1GB plan...

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The market also now has an option that only downloads updates when on wi-fi, that should help save data too.

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sailador said:
i use about 98 megs a month while my wife uses around 10 megs
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That's ridiculous....
I usually avg. about 299mbs a day...
Youtube, mms pics, Netflix, Pandora, email
Gotta have something to do on my commute to work...
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I use wifi when ever I can. I almost use 200 MB daily. I generally see 6-7 GB monthly. If I was forced to the 2GB plan I would count down the days until I could cancel my contract and go to Sprint even though their coverage sucks where I live.
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My wife on her iPhone with basically Facebook and nothing else uses 800 MB monthly. She could live on 2GB. I think att is feeding everyone BS when they say 97% of smart phone users use less than 2GB.
Personally if you are using less than 200 MB I don't know why you would get a "smart" phone, especially a high end one. Att sells tons of "dumb" phones (or "quick messaging") that have web browsers and music players and touch screens etc that are cheaper.
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I've gone back and looked at my usage since the day I got my G1 when they first came out. The highest data usage I ever reached was 190~ MB.
I always connect to wifi when available, and never listen to streaming music/youtube on cellular data.
Check out mydatamanager in the market. It's a nice clean app that watches your data usage, per app. Separately on wifi and cellular. You can also set alerts when you get close to your max.
Bottom line, if you stay off streaming video/audio sites/apps, only update apps on wifi, etc, you'll be fine.
scottwood2 said:
I am looking at getting my first Android phone and my first data plan. I would like to sign up for the 200mb plan and use WiFi where I can. Have others done this successfully? I hear about programs that still use the AT&T network even though they are on WiFi. I hear that some software programs make help you manage your data use. I heard that you can have AT&T cut off the data stream if you hit your limit. Others say that you can not do this. AT&T told me at one place that you can not do this and another stated you can for $5 a month. They called it Smart Limits but looking at it on line it seems to be for kid use and not data limits.
Maybe I am better off paying $25 a month and getting 2gb? I really don't want to even pay $15 a month.
So what are others doing if you have a 200mb plan? Thx and I can't wait to get my GSII on Friday!
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