Is there an app that will let me set firewall rules on a per network basis? Basically so my home network has full access but my 3G hub blocks certain apps. If I have to pay for the privilege then so be it. It will cost less than going over my data usage due to drop box camera upload haha. I am running ics on a Samsung galaxy tab 2 7 (GT-P3110).
Cheers, Bryn
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UK T-Mobile user.
Stock rom, unrooted
I'm in France on holiday and T-Mobile don't allow auto data roaming, to stop huge bills - they force you to choose a bundle - the £10 for 50mb is not bad, compared to other UK providers.
Trouble is Android system and app upgrades use huge quantities of data (Angry Birds Rio was 20Mb alone). Most of my apps are on auto-update, as I have a generous data allowance at home.
Q: Is there an Apps Roaming whitelist application to allow/deny the system apps and services from using roaming data, whilst still allowing GMail & nominated browser?
Q: Also, monitoring data - I always used SPB Wireless Monitor (on WinMo), but on Android this has proved to be inaccurate by up to 20%, I'm trying 3G Watchdog, and with the "pre-Froyo traffic counting interface" option selected, this seems to be working well.
Any other suggestions?
Cheers
En_Croute
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En_croute said:
OK,
UK T-Mobile user.
Stock rom, unrooted
I'm in France on holiday and T-Mobile don't allow auto data roaming, to stop huge bills - they force you to choose a bundle - the £10 for 50mb is not bad, compared to other UK providers.
Trouble is Android system and app upgrades use huge quantities of data (Angry Birds Rio was 20Mb alone). Most of my apps are on auto-update, as I have a generous data allowance at home.
Q: Is there an Apps Roaming whitelist application to allow/deny the system apps and services from using roaming data, whilst still allowing GMail & nominated browser?
Q: Also, monitoring data - I always used SPB Wireless Monitor (on WinMo), but on Android this has proved to be inaccurate by up to 20%, I'm trying 3G Watchdog, and with the "pre-Froyo traffic counting interface" option selected, this seems to be working well.
Any other suggestions?
Cheers
En_Croute
Sent from laptop connected to wife's Blackberry - £15 for unlimited BB roaming data
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try this
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.googlecode.droidwall.free&feature=search_result
so far working fine on me.....
Cheers - trying this now.
I have been looking for an application which is a more powerful version of the WiFi Tethering already included in a phone.
I have been looking for an application on Xda, Google, and the Marketplace but none I have found provides me with the ability to see individual users (or Mac addresses) data usage.
First a little background on what I am trying to achieve.
I regularly provide a WiFi router for people with IPods and devices with wireless but no internet connection who need internet access to update games / browse the internet, and whilst my FUP at 500mb is quite low, I rarely use more than 20mb in a month so it doesn't bother me as beyond 500mb the connection is just limited to text and images (downloads and internet streaming are disabled after 500mb) which is all that I need.
However when my FUP has been exceeded alot of devices cant do the small updates this is no good when games or apps require it (as I have seen a couple even stop working till updates are completed) due to the connection being restricted. I have usually tracked it down to an over enthusiastic user who is watching videos on youtube, which has wiped out 100mb of my usage within 2 minutes on one occasion.
I am running both Android and Windows Mobile on my HD2, however I doubt WM will have a suitable app which is why I am hedging my bet with the Android market place, however a Windows Mobile version wouldnt go without great thanks, Whilst the built in "Portable Hotspot" of Android is good as it lets me restrict the number of users and see the Mac address of connected clients, it doesnt let me monitor their usage and then let me disconnect individual users them from the connection.
Whilst im sure there is apps for overall phone usage I am looking to monitor the individual devices usage as with 3-5 devices it is hard to distinct between legitimate usage and constant heavy usage.
Is there any Wifi Tethering app to let me do this?
To summarise:
Wifi Tethering App
Android / Windows Mobile
Shows Client Usage
MAC filtering (or alternatives which allow individual devices to be disconnected)
Preferably freeware however im sure I could be persuaded otherwise.
Thanks in advance
I was also thinking an app like this would be useful.
I can keep track of all data with 3G Watchdog, but knowing exactly how much data each wifi connected user takes up would be nice.
I realize this is thread necromancy, but did you ever find such an app? I too share my unlimited connection with coworkers, and there is one in particular that likes updating Xilinx (a "patch" is 8GB) and Windows Updates and so on over my connection. I am looking for something with QoS so I can put bandwidth caps on the heavy users that aren't my 4 machines.
Bandwidth ruler
There is an app called " bandwidth ruler free " for this . But this app monitors all users data connected to the Wifi hotspot . So it gives the overall data usage.
It can also set the download/upload speed for the wifi hotspot and this applicable for all the users .
it can also create multiple simultaneous data plans for the wifi hotspot.
you can download it via this link :
Also , you can find its description in the following xda thread :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-bandwidth-manager-android-t2972889
Hi all,
Is it possible that my WIFI usage somehow faultily gets counted as data usage(3G), in any android device, particularly in Galaxy S2 I900?
I know it sounds silly, but here's what happened:
I just got 3G activated yesterday.
Through WIFI i downloaded about 600+ MB of data (Sygic)
Through 3G I browsed 2-3 small YouTube videos.
Today when i contacted my carrier (Vodafone India), They say my data usage is about 700 MB in last 2 days. That looks like my WIFI + 3G usage.
Hence this doubt.
Does anyone know of anything like this happening before?
Also, is there any way I can analyze my data usage for the past 3 days?
Now I have learnt my lesson and installed MyDataManager from android market, but it can only analyze data usage from the day of it's installation. Is there any other way I can analyze previous data usage?
PS: I swear I did the download through WIFI. I could see the WIFI signal strength indicator in my status bar. Neither the e(edge) nor the H(hsdpa) was seen.
Please help.
Thanks.
Network cannot charge for data downloaded over WiFi they do not know what WiFi you used . WiFi and network data re separate components .
You made a mistake and did not use WiFi but mobile data .
WiFi signal on and Data in use .
jje
JJEgan said:
Network cannot charge for data downloaded over WiFi they do not know what WiFi you used . WiFi and network data re separate components .
You made a mistake and did not use WiFi but mobile data .
WiFi signal on and Data in use .
jje
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Sorry, im pretty sure i used WIFI.
That's the reason im asking, is it possible that due to some fault in the device, it will somehow log the data downloaded through WIFI as 3G data, because unless there is some fault at the device's end, the network couldn't even know of our WIFI usage.
Also would it be possible that the device does an auto switch from WIFI to carrier data (due to any reason like weak WIFI signal strength) and fails to reflet this on the notification bar(still shows as WIFI on the bar)?
Has anything like this happened to anyone? I just want to cross check before I contact my carrier further. Anyways once i get my connection logs from carrier, it should show the server from which data was downloaded and that should make it clear.
>> WIFI signal on and data in use.
Is this possible? Doesn't the device switch to WIFI whenever its on? I thought WIFI takes priority over data by default
Pretty sure yep thousands if not millions say that when they get a big bill from the network . Network measures data at source and charges they dont get the data from your phone and charge you .
jje
JJEgan said:
Pretty sure yep thousands if not millions say that when they get a big bill from the network . Network measures data at source and charges they dont get the data from your phone and charge you .
jje
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Is it possible that the phone shows as WIFI on the notification bar while it is actually using carrier data?
I don't have any issues paying the bill if i have done the usage. I just want to analyze what happened here so that it won't repeat again.
I am pretty sure the notification bar had only the WIFI symbol and not the data indicator. since i had 3G activated recently, i was very conscious about it and watching it quite frequently.
Also previously i had similar over billing issues with my carrier and they promptly gave a reimbursement upon thorough analysis of the situation. so carrier mistakes isn't also something unusual.
I don't know how old your signature is but if you are running ICS rom then you can use built-in data usage monitor (in settings) to verify the volume of data used.
Installed Data usage monitor
samydroid said:
I don't know how old your signature is but if you are running ICS rom then you can use built-in data usage monitor (in settings) to verify the volume of data used.
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The signature is update to date mate.
I don't have a build in data usage monitor, but I have installed one from the market - My Data Manager
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JJEgan said:
Pretty sure yep thousands if not millions say that when they get a big bill from the network . Network measures data at source and charges they dont get the data from your phone and charge you .
jje
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After much analysis and discussions with the carrier, I have finally found out the issue.
As pointed out by jje, the usage has actually happened at my end.
The WIFI had become unavailable many times in between the download, and the download had switched to carrier data.
To avoid any such occurrences again, and to help people manage their data usage better, I have compiled a simple list of best practices here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25660370#post25660370
Download 3G watchdog
Hey buddy! a great app to keep watch of your 3g plan is 3g watchdog, it advices you when your plan is getting low on data, and its also very useful and user friendly, there is also a paid version with more features
Market: 3G watchdog
Also Onavo count is useful too!
Market: Onavo Count
Tried it
Tuner420 said:
Hey buddy! a great app to keep watch of your 3g plan is 3g watchdog, it advices you when your plan is getting low on data, and its also very useful and user friendly, there is also a paid version with more features
Market: 3G watchdog
Also Onavo count is useful too!
Market: Onavo Count
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Thanks mate... I have tried 3G watch dog and many more apps.
I find My Data Manager more likable.
It's simple, free and has all the same functionality - it notifies when ur usage is reaching threshold.
One good thing about it is that it stays cleanly in the notification area. When you pull down your notification bar, you can see it there, it shows 2 horizontal progress bars indicating 3G usage and WIFI usage each. It also shows number of days left in your bill cycle.
Pretty handy
I will be travelling to a foreign country next month. I have arranged to get a SIM while in country so I can continue to use my private Google maps and GPS on my phone while I am there. There are, of course, bandwidth restrictions and costs, so I am looking to keep the traffic utilized by my phone to an absolute minimum when utilizing the data signal via the SIM. I ran a traffic monitor on my data connection over the last 24 hours and with limited use of the phone, it still managed to cumulatively send/receive almost 180MB of data.
Can anyone suggest any apps or have any suggestions (short of uninstalling all of my other passive data-using apps) to control what apps are permitted to use the data connection? Any assistance is appreciated, thanks!
*I'm rockin' a Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II (SCH-I605) in case that affects anyone's response.
I have an unrooted t-mobile galaxy s5. I just learned that I have a 5gb limit on the mobile hotspot, I upgraded to 9gb. However I wonder if there is a way to use the mobile hotspot feature without t-mobile tracking the data usage? I have done the user agent switcher which is apparently how t-mobile knows if you're using data on your phone or your desktop. But are there other more thorough ways of doing this? And what if I wanted to play xbox live for a bit? How could I do that without going over my 9gb limit?
Thanks.
This may be of some help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2717137
I use WiFi Tether and a vpn.
As long as you have an Unlimited Data plan, you're good to go.
The hot spot data usage doesn't increase.
Regarding your user agent switcher method, make sure that the Hotspot usage isn't increasing.
lenglain said:
I have an unrooted t-mobile galaxy s5. I just learned that I have a 5gb limit on the mobile hotspot, I upgraded to 9gb. However I wonder if there is a way to use the mobile hotspot feature without t-mobile tracking the data usage? I have done the user agent switcher which is apparently how t-mobile knows if you're using data on your phone or your desktop. But are there other more thorough ways of doing this? And what if I wanted to play xbox live for a bit? How could I do that without going over my 9gb limit?
Thanks.
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For Xbox a vpn is needed. As you can't change the user agent.
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