Whats the best/latest data tracker app? I'm leaving the country for a week and would like to stay under 20 megs. I've heard of spb wireless monitor and batterystatus. anything else out there? hopefully one that doesn't suck alot of resources but is accurate?
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Hi,
Is there a simple app which will tell me how much data i have used in a month etc etc?
This app will save me from getting high bill charges......
beany
Spb GPRS Monitor....works a treat
rafter_01 said:
Hi,
Is there a simple app which will tell me how much data i have used in a month etc etc?
This app will save me from getting high bill charges......
beany
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=416210 !
Desmondo said:
Spb GPRS Monitor....works a treat
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just to let you know its not free
Desmondo said:
Spb GPRS Monitor....works a treat
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I beg to differ. Whilst it's feature rich and a very intuitive application which does an extremely good job at monitoring your GPRS/3G usage, it's a CPU/battery sucking WHORE and slows down your device, especially when streaming data.
I've had to (regrettably) uninstall it, as I just can't justify running an app that, when doing nothing, CONSTANTLY uses 1-2% of the CPU, and just turning on the tray icon increased that constant cpu usage to 3-4%. It NEVER drops down even when your data connection is completely idle. And if you're running it when watching any kind of streaming media, well, just forget about it. I've tried several versions and they all do the same things. I hope one day they can fix that... If you do a bit of searching you will also find many other people experiencing the same problem. With the limited battery life of the diamond, you will be shaving HOURS off your mean time b/w charges.
It's a real shame. And unfortunately I don't have any other alternative apps - I'm still looking for one myself.
So which versions of the Touch Diamond had SPB GPRS Monitor free on the CD? Mine did and mine's the UK edition.
Hi,
I'd like to know whether there's an app that can show which app is currently using the GPRS connection, or if there's an option to create a log file, which shall contain all apps that used GPRS in a givnen time period, including the data volume.
Thanks.
Check out SPB GPRS Monitor, I'm not sure if it can log each app, but at least it will log the traffic.
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Check out SPB GPRS Monitor, I'm not sure if it can log each app, but at least it will log the traffic.
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There is a new version and its calle wireless monitor:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/wirelessmonitor/?en
Yes, I saw it late last night.
That is exactly what I was looking for.
Has anyone tried this yet?
The last version of GPRS Monitor slowed down my connection so much I couldn't stream any video. Just curious if they fixed this.
Yes, it's excellent.
Regarding slowness, you might want to try Efficasoft GPRS monitor, it's much lighter, but I couldn't get it working on WM6.1.
Just got home and tested the new version out. It has none of the data lag that I experienced with 2.x. Streaming video works just fine now.
I suppose I'll upgrade and start using this program again.
Now if SPB would update Insight...
I recently installed SPB GPRS monitor as I found I was using up quite a lot of data each month on GPRS downloads.
I checked the report today and found that my Diamond had received 450kb of data between 2-3am this morning...whilst I was asleep...WTF???
What is frustrating is that I have wi-fi at home and any data downloads should be using that instead.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can find out what app(s) is using grps? I have checked the usual suspects such as weather, GPSfix, etc which are all set to manual updates. I also didn't have any other apps running at the time.
The problem is a moot one as I recently changed my data bundle with Orange so I'm unlikely to exceed my new limit, however it would be nice to know. I've also just downloaded NODATA which might also solve the problem.
Thanks for any help you can give.
Hi!
First you should try NoData. That little program help me to save money. You only enable data connection you use. NoData doesn't handle the WiFi connection, it only handle "dial in networks".
Which application use the GPRS Connection? There are a lot of applications. I think it could be the daily wheather forecast download.
CU, dc7os
I would be curious to know myself. I got my phone in the evening and started an unlimited data plan for it the next morning when AT&T call centers opened up. I did very little with the phone that evening, plugged it in, swiped around tf3d a little bit and thats about it. I didnt actually go on the internet and browse, download videos, or anything else that would seemingly account for the 4500 kilibytes of data it downloaded on its own hook that night. To the tune of 50 dollars as it was not covered by my data plan which wouldnt start till the next day. I called customer service when the bill came and they immedietly offered to throw the charge out. Score one for the often maligned AT&T customer service. Im now covered under unlimited data but I still wouldnt mind knowing which program is going out on the town and partying at night.
BUMP.
After a bit of investigation, I think the culprit might have been the RSS Reader application which was set on auto-updates. Although why it used GPRS and not the wi-fi I'll never know.
Anyway, NODATA is great and is really helping.
For people that like to keep track of data usage, which one do ya'll use?
I use to use one for XP when I first started tething. I found NetTraffic and it seemed buggy and then I found NetCounter which seemed to not keeping track of my usage correctly.
Now NetTraffic has another app out due to complications in Market... whatever, but I wanna know what other people use or if they dont care.
NetCounter is good but the UI is a bit corky. Roiding is good, but the on/off popup seems genuinely random, and the UI is confused.
Leaning towards NetCounter. Still have run a test to compare the usage to my actual billed usage though...
i would like someone to release an app that does what SPB wireless manager does for WM. It tells you how much data you have used and also tells you how much data each app used so you can see which are the data hogs etc....
Cheers,
Im using these 2 apps to monitor my Data usage since im on a 1000MB data
limit. My Data Manager is nice and gives me also my wifi Data Activity and also
breaks down the usage to which apps uses the bandwidth. Droidstat on the other
hand not only monitors my Data Usage but also my Free Calls and Texts, which I
find important as well since im on a 500minutes/500texts plan.
My question tho is that how come these 2 apps gives me different figures for my
data usage? I mean for My Data Manager it says that I have already consumed
542MB with 11days left, while DroidStats says 745MB Data Remaining with 11days
remaining on Billing Month any idea as to which one is more accurate? or maybe im
missing something? I didnt notice this during my first billing period, as of the moment
im erring on the side of caution and just assuming that My Data Manager is the
correct one as I dont want to go overboard my limits.
Thanks.
I have never used those 2 apps.. but just a suggestion, use 3G Watchdog (Pro if u want to buy) best app.. 100% accurate 3G+Wi-Fi usage and very cool design
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.rgruet.android.g3watchdog&hl=en
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Im installing 3g Watchdog while typing this... thanks for the suggestion.