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Is there a way to maybe spoof the Android Market so that we can download apps that it says we can't install because it's incompatible on the device? The main example is My Verizon because it's useful for monitoring data usage.
NoHolidaysForAHooker said:
Is there a way to maybe spoof the Android Market so that we can download apps that it says we can't install because it's incompatible on the device? The main example is My Verizon because it's useful for monitoring data usage.
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I used titanium backup And restored those apps..
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If you are running ICS it has the data feature built into it.
System settings -> Data usage
xwhofarted said:
If you are running ICS it has the data feature built into it.
System settings -> Data usage
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I don't know about everyone else, but that's never worked for me. I'm not really worried about it cause I have unlimited data, but if you do want the Verizon app you can always sideload it. I've seen the apk floating around various places.
So far, I've never had data usage actually actively work. Although oddly the wifi data usage operates correctly. I like the My Verizon app though because it tells you your actual usage from their side, as opposed to the 4.0 feature or an app like Onavo, which I'm using, that has inaccuracies.
I'm actually the person who asked for it in JT/TeamHacksung's thread on RootzWiki but I just realized I didn't word the thread correctly because I'm more trying to see how to update some of the apps that the Market says are incompatible.
A common question I assume, but no good answers showed up on a quick search, everything was ad-hack, not really practical.
Since I got my SIII I've seen a large rise is the amount of data I'm using, also all of which is listed as Android OS and if I drill down it is all background. Is there a way to easily track down what is using so much background data? In my case the top app is Play with 51mb, but the Android OS background is at 2.8GB in 10 days, which is insane. Thus I'm looking for some way to break down what is using all of this data.
Thanks,
ERIC
settings/data usage shows a breakdown, or there are several apps on the market. Might be a Samsung account backing up data or Google, or drop box, piccassa web album, all these could use a fair bit, make sure they only synch on Wi-Fi, or ditch them, even better
My problem is that the it only shows up as Android OS and then if I select it as background data (none is foreground), all of that does not help as I still do not know the cause, I have setup blocks in Droidwall so that many Apps can only run on Wifi and according to the per app break down that's all fine (none exceed 50 or so megs) the problem is with background data usage by Android. I do have Kaspersky install, so I do not think it is coming from Malware, but .... starting to wonder if maybe a reinstall is in order, that's such a pain.
Current breakdown (1 day all in K unless stated otherwise):
Android OS: 238megs
Google Play Store: 1.48megs
Email: 774
GoogelServices: 152
Gmail: 133
Maps: 124
Google+ 80
Go Weather ex 70
...
so basically no app is using anything yet I've used 238megs.
Maybe it is a Google backup then, do you use that?
Thanks will try that (just disabled google sync),
I've tracked down it is a matter of large uploads normally 30 to 250 megs that occur in the over night hours (between 1Am and 6AM), but do not know the cause will see if that is it. Also odd that as the phone is connected to a Wifi connection during those hours, so it should not use any mobile data, also as if it is using mobile data when it should be using wifi, will see if I can verify whether this is the case or not tonight. I have 3g watchdog installed now so I can see if the traffic is wifi or cell.
ERIC
Maybe it is a Google backup then, do you use that?
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Yep that was the problem, moving massive amounts of data and not using the Wifi connection, turned it off and poof all gone.
ERIC
Sorry to bring this back from the dead but what did you disable exactly?
I think disabling the google backup would help, coz enabling it makes app data back up to google servers. If there's an app with a lot of app data, it can eat up your data bandwidth.
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Hi,
I am using KITKAT ported by Legacy Xperia. Me too facing same problem. From starting, I have not enabled data backup. Still, for 10 days, Android OS consumed 9.5MB data. Look high side for me as I have only 500MB data / month.
Kindly let me know the solution.
egandt said:
A common question I assume, but no good answers showed up on a quick search, everything was ad-hack, not really practical.
Since I got my SIII I've seen a large rise is the amount of data I'm using, also all of which is listed as Android OS and if I drill down it is all background. Is there a way to easily track down what is using so much background data? In my case the top app is Play with 51mb, but the Android OS background is at 2.8GB in 10 days, which is insane. Thus I'm looking for some way to break down what is using all of this data.
Thanks,
ERIC
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I faced the same problem, issue was somewhat with auto backup of data, sync of app data & people details in google account,
BUT the main culprit in my case was uTorrent application.
Even though there was no torrent added to it, i didn't even opened it,
it was using 1GB data daily on WiFi and in data usage it was coming under Android OS usage. I uninstalled it, everything went back to normal.
So try to look for such apps which eat up your data in background, it may not be an error of android OS as such.
Hope this helps, Press THANKS if it did help you
Enjoy
Folks,
New Verizon customer, now s.t. Verizon's data limits. Monitoring Data Usage via <Settings> <Data Usage> and noticing that there's an app/process that accounts for 25% of my data usage MTD, and, unlike the other apps that are recognizable (Google Play, NY Times, Facebook, etc.), I have no idea what this app is or does.
It's labelled as 'Unified Daemon(EUR)'. I've frozen it for now using TB, but I'd prefer to know what it is and why it's consuming from my data plan allowance. Anyone know?
Thx!
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I am having the same issue on my S4...any ideas?
Related to your phone retrieving updated info on your News and Stock applications.
From Here:
http://community.giffgaff.com/t5/Help-Support/Unified-Daemon-EUR/td-p/8432378/page/2
Emilianos2k6 said:
I am having the same issue on my S4...any ideas?
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by way of follow-up...I froze the app using Titanium B/up a couple weeks ago and have experienced no unusual issues. As the poster above mentions, I believe it may be related to one of the default-loaded 'widget' apps, perhaps Yahoo News or Yahoo Finance; I've also frozen these, as I don't use them.
While investigating this issue, I also came across a recommendation for an app called Greenify, which I now highly recommend. It's kind of a fail-safe in that it basically allows you to prohibit apps from running in the background while still allowing you to use them when you'd like (unlike freezing or deleting).
It is boatware WeatherWidgetDaemon.apk
Everyone can restrict background access by going into Data usage, clicking the app you are interested in, and then thick Restrict background data.
You don't need an extra app for that.
This unified Daemon sucker used about 3MB in one day that's something. I also enabled weather in my S Planner calendar, I wonder if it uses extra data to download weather info data or it uses the same data as the widget.
But are you sure this sucker only handles weather data?
It is a unified Daemon and i am testing to fix the issue now. I Just cleared the data for it after the 4.3 update and restarted. Im going to see if i get the same issue.
Update: 2 seconds later after the restart and its fixed. Just go to applications manager and clear the data for the Unified Daemon(EUR) towards the end of the list
Unified Daemon (EUR)
Atrix2destroyer said:
It is a unified Daemon and i am testing to fix the issue now. I Just cleared the data for it after the 4.3 update and restarted. Im going to see if i get the same issue.
Update: 2 seconds later after the restart and its fixed. Just go to applications manager and clear the data for the Unified Daemon(EUR) towards the end of the list
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This issue started after the Samsung update. I tried this in January when the process used over 2 GB of data between 2am and 6am when it ran the battery down and shut the phone off. The service turned itself back on and kept using data, so I disabled it by turning it off. After the new billing cycle began, I tried turning it back on, this time it used 250 MB of data after I went to bed one evening. Clearing the data does nothing to stop this from using massive amounts of data. I would like for this to be fixed, however, because with it off, the Briefing alarm doesn't update the weather and it no longer reads the news stories. This was never a problem until the latest Samsung OS update. Is there an estimated date when this will be fixed? My favorite feature of the phone is the briefing alarm which has been disabled by stopping this Unified Daemon (EUR).
Seems something to do with a game called ingress
I installed this game an noticed huge data consumption next day. I think this game Ingress uses background data which uses - Unified Daemon(EUR) for its updates or whatever.
I found out that the app is used for samsung weather widget...i recommend you to delete it in case of huge data usage
Last night in just a couple of hours, the unified daemon (eur) consumed 1gb of data - my monthly subscription gone! galaxy s4, 2015/10/16
Hello everyone, I just got a notification from my phone telling me I have hit and went beyond my data usage limit. So I checked and was sickend by what I saw. Why does google+ need that much data? I have never uploaded a picture using that app. And the play store app is the most disgusting...62GBs on WiFi alone, what the hell...all if that is background data.
Anyone having similar problems? Any known fixes for it?
For now I have set google+ to restrict mode.
Phone is a Rogers Samsung galaxy SIII 16GB
ravencore17 said:
Hello everyone, I just got a notification from my phone telling me I have hit and went beyond my data usage limit. So I checked and was sickend by what I saw. Why does google+ need that much data? I have never uploaded a picture using that app. And the play store app is the most disgusting...62GBs on WiFi alone, what the hell...all if that is background data.
Anyone having similar problems? Any known fixes for it?
For now I have set google+ to restrict mode.
Phone is a Rogers Samsung galaxy SIII 16GB
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Theres no fix for this,you need to check out the apps resources before using it,theres alot of apps that will use alot of data,also when your installing a 3rd party app,you will see all the info you need on the installer itself,it will usually tell you what it uses as far as data goes.
Since a few days ago, Android OS has been using an extreme amount of background data. I have never had this issue before. I did some research and found a ton of conflicting things about this supposedly common error. Does anyone have any idea how to fix it?
I have tried turning location off, still uses data. I have tried turning sync off, still uses data. I've tried using third party apps to track and see what is causing the problem, no luck.
Wiping cache & Dalvik cache can help correct this. Do you have root / custom recovery?
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Wiping cache & Dalvik cache can help correct this. Do you have root / custom recovery?
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Yes. I do. Dalvik and cache has been wiped several times already, but I will try it again and see if it works.
I tried wiping cache and dalvik. Didn't do anything. This is ridiculous... My little bitty data allowance disappearing because of a stupid bug...
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Have you checked the list of apps below the usage graph in Settings / Data usage?
Be sure to place a check mark in Mobile data in the upper right.
Scroll down the list, tap on each major app & consider limiting its background data usage to wifi with the individualized Restrict background data setting.
You could use an app like Network Log to at least see what Android System is connecting to, might narrow down what's causing the issue.
Yes, I have looked there. I have limited everything I can think of. The problem is, it says Android os is the app using the data and I can't limit that app. And I will install that app and see what I can see.
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You can read up on using Better Battery Stats at its excellent xda thread.
This could help especially if the detail on Android OS in Settings / Battery usage shows excessive wake time.
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use a firewall app to block internet access to all the apps except the ones you use
I've tried doing that. I just can't block access to android os.
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This is ridiculous. My tablet never used this much data before. Android OS is the worst, but Google play services are using a lot too.
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It must me something else.
Data usage displayed by each application when summed up don't give even half of global amount used.
Something like:
Google play - 2Mb, Chrome - 5Mb, Android OS - 4Mb, some other apps - 300Kb each, together - 45Mb !!!
Where 20+ Mb has gone - no idea.
There is option to stop background data usage but then phone is almost useless.
BTW:
I don't have any sync to network drive, no FB, no mail or other regular checking.
Bobby060 said:
Since a few days ago, Android OS has been using an extreme amount of background data. I have never had this issue before. I did some research and found a ton of conflicting things about this supposedly common error. Does anyone have any idea how to fix it?
I have tried turning location off, still uses data. I have tried turning sync off, still uses data. I've tried using third party apps to track and see what is causing the problem, no luck.
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I faced the same problem, issue was somewhat with auto backup of data, sync of app data & people details in google account,
BUT the main culprit in my case was uTorrent application.
Even though there was no torrent added to it, i didn't even opened it,
it was using 1GB data daily on WiFi and in data usage it was coming under Android OS usage. I uninstalled it, everything went back to normal.
So try to look for such apps which eat up your data in background, it may not be an error of android OS as such.
Hope this helps, Press THANKS if it did help you
Enjoy