Dear devs and users,
I came up with a weird problem and I need some help because it has cost me a lot!!!
I previously owned a Samsung Galaxy Note 2. (N7100 international version).
All went well, had no issues.
For some reason I had to sell the device and now after some time I decided to buy it again.
I mention this because only on my 2nd Note 2, I am facing this issue.
I suddenly discovered a HUGE amount of data consumption (cellular data ofcourse) that I had never seen before.
Checking into the data usage settings, I found that the data was consumpted by: "scloud.datasync" and after this there is a number displayed but the whole number does not fit in the screen because of the megabyte reading.
My question to all friends (devs and users) is this: What in the world is this????
Ofcourse there was a setting to restrict background data and I ticked it, but when I did that, I also got a warning that some apps may not perform due to this setting.
I attach 2 pics of the data usage screenshots and please keep in mind that the presented data consumption (204MB) was done in about 8hours!!!
Any help will be highly appreciated.
Did I do well to restrict this source and what is it that consumes some much data in such little time?
Please keep in mind that at the time of the data consumption, the phone was in the pocket just standing by.
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Hi, read a lot of threads about wifi-sharing on the Galaxy S2 and just on Android in general. I have not found an answer for my specific situation. I have NEVER configured, used, or even glanced at any menu settings regarding any wifi-sharing features on my phone. Yet, for the past 2 days my phone battery is all but dead by noon to 1 pm after NO use due to wifi-sharing showing up in battery usage at about 85%! "Media sharing" is showing up too. As I said, I've never used this feature before, It's never even showed up in battery usage before. I have NOT installed any new apps recently. Any ideas why this would be happening all of a sudden?
Paranoid side note : Can wifi-sharing be activated remotely?
For some reason the wifi-sharing only shows up in battery usage after arriving at my workplace. Is there such a thing as someone else remotely turning on your wifi sharing on your phone? I know that the phone carriers have the capability of doing this, but does the average Joe have this capability as well? I also recently became aware that bluetooth can be hacked to get through to your mobile data, that's why I'm wondering about the possibility of remote wifi-sharing activation too.
Somebody please tell me I'm an idiot and there is a perfectly reasonable explanation.
And be nice please. Thanks.
Galaxy S2 GT-I9100M
2.3.3
Gingerbread KG2
Bell Canada
Unless you paired you mobile with any other in your work place its almost unhackable. If you see anything under paired devices in wifi direct , remove those.
Hey guys,
I just got a Galaxy S3 however there a lot of annoying issues. First of all I haven't rooted anything and at the moment everything is stock.
The main really annoying thing is the Wi-Fi on my S III seems messed up. On all my apps which require the internet it lags really slow. For example if I load Instagram or Facebook it'll take ages to load the pictures. The same goes for random web pages. It takes around 1-2 minutes to load a page.
This does not always happen, I would say about 3/4 of the time. This issue is also guaranteed to happen in the games Hanging with Friends and Words with Friends. I doubt this issue is the app's fault as so many other apps have problems with Internet access.
I also use an iPhone 4S as a back up phone and it has no problems at all. I've also had no IP adress conflicts so that should not be a problem. This is extremely irritating as it makes using the phone a total pain.
Another thing is that I have created a folder on my home screen and whenever I open it, an annoying tone goes "Folder Open". I looked in Accessibility and couldn't figure out how to turn it off. Please help.
Also, I noticed that on my Galaxy S III when I listen to my music I hear a slight static buzz every now and then. I don't think this is an issue when the file and headphones as I've had them on my iPhone for a long time and had no issues. Do you guys have any solutions? Needless to say it is quite annoying listening to your favourite tunes and hearing this annoying buzz when you least expect it.
I also discovered something very interesting using Android. I have 250 MB of data to use and before on the iPhone it was extremely hard to cap that. However on this phone I'm already 50% through that. I used the iPhone just as much as the Galaxy so why is this happening? Does Android have another system of using data, like loading full size images?
Cheers, Jason
Bite_Me_21 said:
Hey guys,
I just got a Galaxy S3 however there a lot of annoying issues. First of all I haven't rooted anything and at the moment everything is stock.
The main really annoying thing is the Wi-Fi on my S III seems messed up. On all my apps which require the internet it lags really slow. For example if I load Instagram or Facebook it'll take ages to load the pictures. The same goes for random web pages. It takes around 1-2 minutes to load a page.
This does not always happen, I would say about 3/4 of the time. This issue is also guaranteed to happen in the games Hanging with Friends and Words with Friends. I doubt this issue is the app's fault as so many other apps have problems with Internet access.
I also use an iPhone 4S as a back up phone and it has no problems at all. I've also had no IP adress conflicts so that should not be a problem. This is extremely irritating as it makes using the phone a total pain.
Another thing is that I have created a folder on my home screen and whenever I open it, an annoying tone goes "Folder Open". I looked in Accessibility and couldn't figure out how to turn it off. Please help.
Also, I noticed that on my Galaxy S III when I listen to my music I hear a slight static buzz every now and then. I don't think this is an issue when the file and headphones as I've had them on my iPhone for a long time and had no issues. Do you guys have any solutions? Needless to say it is quite annoying listening to your favourite tunes and hearing this annoying buzz when you least expect it.
I also discovered something very interesting using Android. I have 250 MB of data to use and before on the iPhone it was extremely hard to cap that. However on this phone I'm already 50% through that. I used the iPhone just as much as the Galaxy so why is this happening? Does Android have another system of using data, like loading full size images?
Cheers, Jason
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Haven't got this phone yet, i'm getting mine today.
But from what you've said, it sounds like it could be a few things including your phone.
First tho, check the stuff you can fix yourself.
Firstly, try not to compare any android phone to an iphone, they're not the same and have different qualities and weaknesses, the iphone in comparison to this beast is a pipsqueak.
About your connectivity, completely remove your APN and put them back in manually.
Perform a battery pull at least once a day.
Is your sim card a new one or old? You could possibly query that too.
250MB is nothing by the way, not sure how you managed it but even on an iphone that's not a lot, i can easily use 500MB just by allowing my phone to sync normal stuff, i'd personally recommend a gig as a minimum, unless you don't mind actively managing your internet habits and you frequently switch off data altogether.
As for your wifi, pull all cables on your router and start afresh, once everything is back together, connect using your phone and perform a speed test using the speedtest.net app, see what your getting, some apps don't use the speed that's available and that's a limitation of the app and not the phone or connection.
Also regarding your apps, either remove them or remove the data associated with them and start over.
As for the headphones, they're sh** so try some others.
Not sure about the voice over, maybe check settings and see what you can find.
If all this doesn't help then try a factory reset and see if your still having a problem.
Like i said i don't have this phone yet so i don't have too much hands on experience but give this little lot a whirl and see how it goes, if nothing helps then maybe return it if your unsatisfied.
Personally I'll be rooting my SGS3 on day one, right after i've tested to see if everything works of course.
dladz said:
Haven't got this phone yet, i'm getting mine today.
But from what you've said, it sounds like it could be a few things including your phone.
First tho, check the stuff you can fix yourself.
Firstly, try not to compare any android phone to an iphone, they're not the same and have different qualities and weaknesses, the iphone in comparison to this beast is a pipsqueak.
About your connectivity, completely remove your APN and put them back in manually.
Perform a battery pull at least once a day.
Is your sim card a new one or old? You could possibly query that too.
250MB is nothing by the way, not sure how you managed it but even on an iphone that's not a lot, i can easily use 500MB just by allowing my phone to sync normal stuff, i'd personally recommend a gig as a minimum, unless you don't mind actively managing your internet habits and you frequently switch off data altogether.
As for your wifi, pull all cables on your router and start afresh, once everything is back together, connect using your phone and perform a speed test using the speedtest.net app, see what your getting, some apps don't use the speed that's available and that's a limitation of the app and not the phone or connection.
Also regarding your apps, either remove them or remove the data associated with them and start over.
As for the headphones, they're sh** so try some others.
Not sure about the voice over, maybe check settings and see what you can find.
If all this doesn't help then try a factory reset and see if your still having a problem.
Like i said i don't have this phone yet so i don't have too much hands on experience but give this little lot a whirl and see how it goes, if nothing helps then maybe return it if your unsatisfied.
Personally I'll be rooting my SGS3 on day one, right after i've tested to see if everything works of course.
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Hey thanks for taking the time to reply,
This is going to sound stupid but what is an APN? I googled it and it came up with 'Access Point Name'. Is that what you mean?
My SIM card is a Micro-Sim and was in my old iPhone 4S before so it is not brand new.
I understand 250 MB is nothing but I'm being totally honest on my old phone it was really hard to blow it. I asked another guy and he said that Facebook for Android loads the images full size so I'm not 100% sure. It's just a bit of a shock since on iOS it used such little data.
Also, I'm not using the standard headphones. I'm using Audio Technica Solid Bass so I'm sure it's not a problem with that. But please try and help me with this issue. I need music for studying, transport, school etc.
I really want to keep the SIII. The big screen is really nice and the customisation of the home screen is great along with the widgets. Just these issues troubling me.
**EDIT: Also another issue. Sometimes when I go to the Play Store it'll attempt to load and display the page with "Connection timed out." **
Bite_Me_21 said:
Hey thanks for taking the time to reply,
This is going to sound stupid but what is an APN? I googled it and it came up with 'Access Point Name'. Is that what you mean?
YES its your network .
My SIM card is a Micro-Sim and was in my old iPhone 4S before so it is not brand new.
I would check with network for problems .
Factory reset and return phone to seller .
I understand 250 MB is nothing but I'm being totally honest on my old phone it was really hard to blow it.
You have apps syncing data in the background .
jje
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tinggy Tel
did you solve this issue ?
I'm having the exact same issue, I have two S3 devices .
both are bought from a different countries .. .
Both suffer from an extremely poor and slow internet . ..
it's "IMPOSSIBLE" for me to opan Google Play with no wifi . ..
it will time out if I try that with 3G network .. on both devices ..
tried soft reset + hard reset + rom flash ..
nothing worked .. .
"iPhone is soooooooooo much better than androind ..
this is my (3rd) time now ..
with S1, my phone suffered from instant disconnection from the internet
S2, people always get "this phone is out of service" when calling me
and now the lovely S3, which takes 2-3 minutes just to load google's default page ...
how wonderful !
I've been an avid android user for several years but have just had a rush of blood to the head, put my HTC oneX on ebay and bought a lumia 800 which I recieved yesterday.
First impressions: beautiful device with a totally different operating system, fairly intuative and very smooth.
However...my wifi connection appears to turn off when my device goes into standby. This is a massive issue to me as I like to have everything functioning (syncing) reguarly and I spend a large percentage of my time within reach of wifi connectivity but I only have a 0.75gb data allowance. Hence, a few questions for those of you who know their way round a windows phone.
Is there any way to prevent wifi from sleeping when the device is in standby?
Is it possible to force background processes to only sync when connected to wifi?
Is there any way to force background processes to only sync 'on demand' ie when I open the application. (probably my prefared option)?
Is having wifi turned on at all times a significant drain on this devices battery?
I would be very grateful for any informed help with regards to setting up my device taking into account my above issues as this 'niggle' is preventing my enjoyment of my new baby at this stage. :crying:
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I've been an avid android user for several years but have just had a rush of blood to the head, put my HTC oneX on ebay and bought a lumia 800 which I recieved yesterday.
First impressions: beautiful device with a totally different operating system, fairly intuative and very smooth.
However...my wifi connection appears to turn off when my device goes into standby. This is a massive issue to me as I like to have everything functioning (syncing) reguarly and I spend a large percentage of my time within reach of wifi connectivity but I only have a 0.75gb data allowance. Hence, a few questions for those of you who know their way round a windows phone.
Is there any way to prevent wifi from sleeping when the device is in standby?
Is it possible to force background processes to only sync when connected to wifi?
Is there any way to force background processes to only sync 'on demand' ie when I open the application. (probably my prefared option)?
Is having wifi turned on at all times a significant drain on this devices battery?
I would be very grateful for any informed help with regards to setting up my device taking into account my above issues as this 'niggle' is preventing my enjoyment of my new baby at this stage. :crying:
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I ask Why you swapped an One X for a Lumia 800? I am actually about to do the opposite.
bobsie41 said:
I've been an avid android user for several years but have just had a rush of blood to the head, put my HTC oneX on ebay and bought a lumia 800 which I recieved yesterday.
First impressions: beautiful device with a totally different operating system, fairly intuative and very smooth.
However...my wifi connection appears to turn off when my device goes into standby. This is a massive issue to me as I like to have everything functioning (syncing) reguarly and I spend a large percentage of my time within reach of wifi connectivity but I only have a 0.75gb data allowance. Hence, a few questions for those of you who know their way round a windows phone.
Is there any way to prevent wifi from sleeping when the device is in standby?
Is it possible to force background processes to only sync when connected to wifi?
Is there any way to force background processes to only sync 'on demand' ie when I open the application. (probably my prefared option)?
Is having wifi turned on at all times a significant drain on this devices battery?
I would be very grateful for any informed help with regards to setting up my device taking into account my above issues as this 'niggle' is preventing my enjoyment of my new baby at this stage. :crying:
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Hi, I believe there's an app in the windows phone 7 sections in either development and hacking or software development. Its in pretty early stages and needs at least developer unlock to work but it does aim to keep WiFi on behind the lockscreen.
And the battery drain question, I have two email accounts set to sync every half an hour and 3G and WiFi on all the time and it doesn't drain my battery too much at all, I get at least 14-16 hours of moderate to heavy use from my lumia 800. Plus I only have 0.5gb of data and syncing when the phones locked really doesn't take up much data, I've had 3 windows phones and never has it caused me to go over on data allowance. But obviously it depends on how much your suncing and have in the background.
Hope this helps.
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1. Is there any way to prevent wifi from sleeping when the device is in standby?
If you connect to a charger Wi-Fi will remain active. Obviously this does not help when moving, but then again you will most likely be stationary when using Wi-Fi in most cases.
2. Is it possible to force background processes to only sync when connected to wifi?
3. Is there any way to force background processes to only sync 'on demand' ie when I open the application. (probably my prefared option)?
No, at least not as 'end-user'. Developer can set this up by design
4. Is having wifi turned on at all times a significant drain on this devices battery?
Not really in my experience. I have Wi-Fi on at all times as this way I can connect to any known Wi-Fi acces point when in range. I do switch to 2G instead of 3G unless I need 3G speeds while on the road. I use the app Connection Tiles for this.
There are certain apps for streaming music that keep wifi on when screen is off and someone is creating an app that fools the phone into thinking it is streaming music when it is not for that reason (Something like that)
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I ask Why you swapped an One X for a Lumia 800? I am actually about to do the opposite.
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Do it. The hox is a great device shortly to become much better with the imminent update.
My problem is that I have become completely obsessed with android (customising etc) to the detrement of my family life so thought I would have a change which, hopefully, will not take up so much of my time (still got a android tablet though ).
It appears that I can't unlock this beauty though unless anybody could help me there (latest firmware and bootloader I believe )
I too customized too much when I was on Android. To the point it kind of took over my life a little bit. I was never pleased with it no matter how "clean" it looked.
Since I switched to Windows Phone I have never ever felt the urge to customize anything at all since the OS is so sexy and clean from the go. I'm so glad I don't feel the need to customize all the time anymore since it really started to bother me in the end instead of giving me pleasure.
And no there is no way to fully unlock your phone.
Hi,
First of all, I'm not a developer but only an end user with a need to minimize the huge amount of "dirty water" that Androids are leaking....
My example; I'm using my device abroad in many countries, I have a dataplan that allows me to pay domestic even if I'm abroad.
I have a very restricted dataplan(about 20MB), these MB is supposed to last 1 month. I'm only using 1 App, which collects GPS positionings and also sends event updates (i.e I have collected/delivered)... I send frequently positions to my server, these packages are very small, about 350 bytes at time, so you can imagine that 20MB will last quite a while...
But guess, it's not lasting long! Even if my app is turned off, the phone keeps transmitting data! and a lot of data too... It turns out that my application only uses less than 5% of these 20MB per month, even worse 20MB is not enought, the consumption is >30MB....
So, that was a very short back ground, now to my question: I would like to know how you can control the Android OS so you can minimize this "Dirty water" flow? The only information I would like to transmit is my own!!
I hope that someone of you great developers can assist me in this matter, if you need more information just let me know,
cheers
MrBTL
:good: Hi XDA Community. First I want to say thank you to all the devs, programmers, technical people, and anyone that helps out with XDA. It's a real treasure for Android users. I am a noob pretty much regarding Android however I pick up fast. Recently I rooted my phone and it just isnt what I expected, I guess I imagined my device turning into a super-cellphone or something. Anyway I've picked up some rooted apps (Tuners, Titanium, etc) however I really don't know enough about Android to go around playing. I have a few questions maybe someone would take the time to answer. Thanks.
1. I play a social game on my phone and it has a really clumsy way of switching between accounts. I'd like to have two instances of the game instead of one, where each instance launches a different account. Is this possible?
2. Is there any widget or button where I could manually switch my processor from underclock to maximum power without delving into a program? Also a switch between max screen brightness and minimum screen brightness would be nice.
3. How can I find out more about Android and various apps services and processes? I can't sort through them to disable them if I dont know what they are. I would like to delete any bloatware from my carrier. I favor a very lite load on my phone that conserves battery because all I really do is make calls, text, and play few games at this moment.
4. Last one ... I have to pay $5 or $10 a month to enable 4g hotspot capability on my phone. Is there any difference between software that make the hotspot because I'm playing a FPS over wi-fi and sometimes I catch some crazy lag. I am using Samsung or MetroPCS version of hotspot software. Also now that I am rooted can I stop paying the $5 or $10 a month and still make a usable hotspot for my PS3 gaming?
Thanks so much for anyone willing to take the time to answer.
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:good: Hi XDA Community. First I want to say thank you to all the devs, programmers, technical people, and anyone that helps out with XDA. It's a real treasure for Android users. I am a noob pretty much regarding Android however I pick up fast. Recently I rooted my phone and it just isnt what I expected, I guess I imagined my device turning into a super-cellphone or something. Anyway I've picked up some rooted apps (Tuners, Titanium, etc) however I really don't know enough about Android to go around playing. I have a few questions maybe someone would take the time to answer. Thanks.
1. I play a social game on my phone and it has a really clumsy way of switching between accounts. I'd like to have two instances of the game instead of one, where each instance launches a different account. Is this possible?
2. Is there any widget or button where I could manually switch my processor from underclock to maximum power without delving into a program? Also a switch between max screen brightness and minimum screen brightness would be nice.
3. How can I find out more about Android and various apps services and processes? I can't sort through them to disable them if I dont know what they are. I would like to delete any bloatware from my carrier. I favor a very lite load on my phone that conserves battery because all I really do is make calls, text, and play few games at this moment.
4. Last one ... I have to pay $5 or $10 a month to enable 4g hotspot capability on my phone. Is there any difference between software that make the hotspot because I'm playing a FPS over wi-fi and sometimes I catch some crazy lag. I am using Samsung or MetroPCS version of hotspot software. Also now that I am rooted can I stop paying the $5 or $10 a month and still make a usable hotspot for my PS3 gaming?
Thanks so much for anyone willing to take the time to answer.
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I may not be entirely correct, however I am doind my best to help:
1. I think this is possible with Android 4.2.2 onwards with the Users feature, however I cannot confirm this because I am on 4.1.2.
2. I think Voltage Control will work for this. Find it in Play Store.
3. This can be done, but the process is really hit and miss. Generally you shouldn't touch any package that has "com." at the start of its name. Also all Google apps. For the rest, all you need is common sense.
4. T-Mobile, as far as I know, has disabled free tethering on Samsung devices recently. However, I have also heard that your tethering will still work if you tether to other Android devices. Use a user-agent switcher plugin for your PC browser to mask your PC as an Android device if you are tethering to PC. You can also try FoxFi.
Other devs or users, if you are reading this, please confirm if what I have said is true.
I hope I helped
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Thanks for setting me in the right direction aureljared. I feel stupid because I don't see a thank button but I will keep looking for it. I am also on 4.1.2 so if anyone knows of a way to do #1 with my version of Android please let me know. OK, I will check out Voltage Control. My phone is terrible on battery. If I am doing something for like 10 minutes I will drain like 10% battery! About number 3, how can you tell if something is an ad or snooper process coming from installing another app? #4 Yes T-Mobile and MetroPCS have disabled free tethering and charge us now for it. They are basically the same service. And I will check out FoxFi. Thanks alot!!
Also, if anyone needs help rooting Samsung Galaxy Exhibit (SGH599N) I know how to do it. Post here and I will help you.